True Crime: Streets of LA

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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
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  1. uj4ng
    Jun 14, 2004
    7
    The game is very fun to play and addictive, the cutscenes are very entertaining to watch... the game has some major flaws though, the camera angle, control flaws, etc the camera is very annoying, if it isn't the entertaining aspect of the game, i wouldn't keep playing it.
  2. Horus
    May 27, 2004
    5
    Hmm there's something fishy about people who just come on and say "Perfect game!" I always assume they're one of the developers... Anyway, this is a LONG way short of the heights scaled by GTA:Vice City. Pretty much everything R.S. said above is true. The driving feels wrong, scenery pops up, and there's no "off-road" capability as there is in GTA, you can only really drive Hmm there's something fishy about people who just come on and say "Perfect game!" I always assume they're one of the developers... Anyway, this is a LONG way short of the heights scaled by GTA:Vice City. Pretty much everything R.S. said above is true. The driving feels wrong, scenery pops up, and there's no "off-road" capability as there is in GTA, you can only really drive on roads. The physics are decidedly dodgy too. I don't expect to reverse into a wall at 20mph and have my car flip 30 foot into the air. Controls are also very poor. The camera angles are lethargic and unhelpful, the fighting is repetitive, and the shooting slow (the bullets all travel, very visibly, at about 50mph). I could go on, but this thing doesn't do paragraphs and I hate large blocks of text. To sum up, a very poor cousin to Vice City. Not worth it.… Expand
  3. DanielS.
    May 29, 2004
    7
    Neither as Good as the GTa 3 en Vice City ,but entertaining ! allthough the game has some flaws , low textures ,clipping ,camera angle, and the shooting controls are some that could be fixed, for an update or a new patch 'what so ever ! but the game has some good things,aswell , the models for the characthers are looking good ,aswell the acting in the cut scenes ,the diffrent outcomesNeither as Good as the GTa 3 en Vice City ,but entertaining ! allthough the game has some flaws , low textures ,clipping ,camera angle, and the shooting controls are some that could be fixed, for an update or a new patch 'what so ever ! but the game has some good things,aswell , the models for the characthers are looking good ,aswell the acting in the cut scenes ,the diffrent outcomes of the game keeps you to replay missions ,just to see how it otherwise could end ,the fighting skills are fun , the soundtrack is awsome and there's a lot to do in the game , sure a game to pass by the time 'Till Driv3r and San Andreas are released ! … Expand
  4. Daddy
    Jul 15, 2004
    7
    Another great game let down by bugs. Overall it's great, but the controls can be annoying. Another "promising" title let down by the fact it was released before it was polished.
  5. 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 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 themBetter 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.… Expand
  6. storygamer
    Apr 16, 2021
    7
    True Crime: Streets Of LA was considered a strong competitor for the GTA series. That didn´t work out but nevertheless you get a cool and fresh open world action game. Especially I liked the gameplay and the short but great story. Pretty solid!

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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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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
  1. Game Chronicles
    81
    It’s this opened-ended type of storytelling mixed with diverse gameplay that makes True Crime: Streets of L.A. a decent console port and one of the better action games you can play on the PC.
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  2. Gamezilla!
    75
    Although the multiplayer options seemed underdeveloped, the strong plot element and gameplay mechanics will keep most satisfied with their purchase.
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  3. 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.
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