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True Crime: New York City | 
 enlarge | From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $1.93
You Save: $8.06 (81%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3831
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 0.5 x 7.5
MPN: 100730
Model: 80997
UPC: 047875809970
EAN: 0047875809970
ASIN: B0009Z3HXI
Release Date: October 4, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | access almost everything in the environment that will help them defeat enemies | | • | pulling off stunts on motorcycles or in a variety of vehicles | | • | high-powered police issue weaponry | | • | Dangerous situations involving multiple NPCs -- avoid shooitng fellow officers and innocent bystanders or you'll become a fugitive | | • | Your actions will affect each of NYC's districts - The environments will change drastically to showcase the current crime level |
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Product Description
True Crime: New York City is the most authentic depiction of New York in a video game. Marcus Reed was a gang member, just waiting for his turn in a jail cell, until Terry showed him he could do more than just fill an orange jumpsuit. Five years later, Marcus and Terry are New York City police officers, and life is better -- until Terry is brutally murdered. Marcus gets the call to go undercover and becomes obsessed with finding Terry's killer. If he has to, he'll take on every gang and mob in the city to do it. Navigate over 25 miles of Manhattan -- select from any number of undercover vehicles, or borrow one from the citizens. Prepare for the nightmare of NYC traffic GPS-accurate streets of Manhattan, complete with subways, hundreds of interiors, internationally recognized landmarks and real neighborhoods from Harlem to Chinatown to Times Square
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 TOMB RAIDER FOR THE HOOD! LOVED IT! August 22, 2008
THIS GAME HAS IT ALL FREE ROAM TONS OF GUN PLAY AND GREAT VECHICLES. THE STORY LINE WAS EXCELLENT. I GOTTA SAY I REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING THIS GAME. IT ALSO HAS GREAT REPLAY VALUE. I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE AHUGE REVIEW CAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID IT PRETTY WELL GREAT GAME!
 Yet again no different June 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game was okay i get tired of the samething over and over again. This game was like GTA3 but with some added stuff like going in store's and aressting people but the rest is the same. Okay let me tell you the game's that are no different, GTA1-4, GTA sanadrea's, GTAvice city, GTAvice city storie's, GTA libirty city storie's, and 25forlife. I'll give saint's row credit cause that's a awsome game with better quality and stuff and customization but back to this game. This game was okay if you really like doing repitive stuff then go ahead. I liked some song's in this game but that's it the rest is just no different. Yet again the picture view was terrible like GTA is, the picture quality is to small you can't even lie down on your bed and play the game you have to sit up and see what your doing that's the big problem. Interigation is pretty stupid, why bother threatning a clerk if you can easily beat the mess out of him for the money? so that did'nt make any sense. The storymode was okay it was'nt that bad but it was the same like GTA, so this game was okay.
 love it!!! January 28, 2008
this is a great game , i definately enjoyed this one, i spent hours getting lost in NY city, fighting crime, doin whatever, going on my missions whenever i chose too, its sooo cool, i highly recommend this game
 Trying too Hard; hits Technical Shortcomings January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This review was written by James Shea, my son.
The sequel to True Crime: Streets of LA, "True Crime New York City" takes the main idea of Grand Theft Auto and changes some key element; for example, the main character is a cop, rather than a criminal, and the game takes place in a map that is based on the actual NYC.
The general story follows an ex-gang member who joins up with the NYPD to follow in the footsteps of a family friend, and simultaneously tries to escape the influence of his crime-lord father. The story progresses to involve corrupt police, gang members, and the mafia. Like "Streets of LA", the player can choose to be a good cop (arresting suspects, using non-lethal blows, turning in evidence) or a bad cop (killing suspects, pawning evidence, and generally being corrupt). This leads to two different endings, but not as many branches as in Streets of LA.
The gameplay elements are fairly diverse. The controls, to start, are absolutely terrible. They're complicated, they don't handle well, and oftentimes they don't go where they're supposed to. The range of activities, and how the player deals with a given scenario, is extensive. There are many random crimes comitted across the city to deal with, ranging from a stolen car on the loose to a gang showdown to an assault and battery. There are many ways to deal with these problems. A good cop dealing with a sidewalk full of gang members has to flash his badge or fire some warning shots before they'll cooperate; a bad cop can simply run them all over with his car. Good cops need to only arrest legitimate criminals; bad cops can plant evidence to boost their reputation for getting an arrest. However, due to the bad controls, sometimes good cops may slip up and accidentally break a neck or some other unapproved act. This limits the full potential of the game. At the same time, civilians aren't entirely helpless, either. Frisk the wrong guy for drugs and he might just decide to pull a taser or a handgun. However, in a lot of regards there is no penalty (besides a bad cop rating) for running over civilians or your fellow officers.
The graphics are decent to good, and the sound has lots of good licensed music. However, the main issue in the game is the lack of crowds. Considering that the game takes place in NYC, the entire city should be jam-packed, but due to the software and hardware limits there are only four or five people on a sidewalk generally. This makes the game feel like it's more ambitious than it can afford.
As a whole, this game isn't terribly good; despite a lot of neat attempts, the game ultimately falls short due to a wide variety of technical shortcomings. It just seems like it's trying too hard to be GTA, and this makes it lose a lot of the little things that it had going for it.
Rating: 6/10.
A time consuming but awesome game February 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a game for full frontal melee and weapons players.It may take a while but it is very rewarding with cars, money, and new martial arts and weapon techniques. The time slow technique is used in many games but this definitely pulls it off with changing crosshair colors just to be sure that you can make the shot and don't worry about wasting bullets because every gun is single shot, even machine guns. The sights change very fast from tall skyscrapers to back alleys and shacks. This game has 2 sides, the bad cop or the good cop. The bad cop is the extortion and "accidental" running over citizens. The good cop takes out criminals big in story missions and small in random crimes. He also only chooses to beat the living snot out of criminals and not the "innocent" townsfolk. Don't harass the citizens too much, there's consequences! I highly recommend this game for the vigilante in all of us.
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