True Crime: Streets of LA

 PC
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31
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  1. GamerFeed
    70
    The most frustrating parts will come from the non-existent camera control that will interfere with almost every aspect of the game, even the easy hand-to-hand combat system.
  2. ActionTrip
    67
    Due to several such flaws, the short main story and lack of more engaging side missions, the good stuff about this game, like its relatively open-ended nature and decent plot, good AI and fun combat, don't get a chance to truly shine.
  3. Gamers' Temple
    67
    Streets of LA potential is sabotaged by poor control and some repetitive gameplay aspects.
  5. VIA Gamers Arena
    67
    Whilst it doesn’t fully succeed at everything it attempts to do (which is a lot), the driving aspect is good fun overall and if not anything else, offers everyone an educational and safer, if not sensationalized tour of L.A, with plenty of cool music to listen to in the process.
  6. Armchair Empire
    65
    While there is no doubt that True Crime is an ambitious game and that it does offer up a plethora of gameplay, the quality of that gameplay is somewhat lacking.
  7. eToychest
    65
    The game looks terrible, I'll just come right out and say it up front.
  8. PC Gameworld
    65
    One of those games that we see all the time. It’s not great, it’s not horrible, it’s ok. And that’s not always a good thing.
  9. GameSpot
    63
    The game's transition from console to PC wasn't handled as smoothly as you might have expected, thus leaving a game that was already a little uneven feeling a little broken in some spots.
  10. Gamer's Hell
    62
    Have you ever felt that your intelligence was underestimated when you began playing a certain game? Although it may be a slight exaggeration, that’s not far from the feeling I got during the first few hours of True Crime: Streets of LA.
  11. GameSpot AU
    60
    A lazy port of a game that wasn't all that great to begin with. Certainly, it has some great ideas in it, but they're all hampered by either having a weak implementation or a buggy interface, and all too often both.
  12. Gamers Depot
    60
    The PC release of this one feels as though it was rushed, and will probably bring you nearly as much pain as it does pleasure.
  13. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    A perfect example of trying too much an doing nothing in a particularly standout way. [Sept 2004, p.63]
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#49 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#86 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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User Score
6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 64
  3. Negative: 14 out of 64
  1. RTCWFAN
    Aug 28, 2023
    8
    Often compared to the GTA series, but True Crime has very own ideas. Especially the martial arts fights and the soundtrack are great. OverallOften compared to the GTA series, but True Crime has very own ideas. Especially the martial arts fights and the soundtrack are great. Overall rating: 7.7.… Full Review »
  2. Renat20
    Nov 3, 2022
    7
    Better than Saints Row. Overall worse than True Crime: New York City and GTA. Some textures in the game are stretched. You need to use WineD3DBetter than Saints Row. Overall worse than True Crime: New York City and GTA. Some textures in the game are stretched. You need to use WineD3D if you want to fix it, but it decreases number of frames per second. The map in the game is very big, but dead. The developers used a script to create it; because of that some structures are misplaced (buried), since the algorithm builds them incorrectly, ignoring terrain and its heights.… Full Review »
  3. Feofan
    Jan 20, 2022
    10
    Mo money, mo money, mo
    Mo burden, Mo burden, mo
    Not funny, not funny, no
    Gotta have heat, this world is so cold
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