True Crime: Streets of LA

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 39
  3. Negative: 2 out of 39
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  1. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    72
    It's so-so styleless graphics fail to impress, and the whole thing's too short and easy. [Jan 2003, p.107]
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  2. GameSpot
    72
    A game that simply lacks polish and, in some cases, feels unfinished. It makes decent attempts with its different styles of gameplay, but none of them are particularly well done, and the game's storyline doesn't tie them together in a satisfying way.
  3. TotalGames.net
    72
    It's such a shame that the missions don't use the area to its full potential and, unlike GTA, there's very little to keep you coming back once you've completed them all.
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  5. Edge Magazine
    70
    As a place, Los Angeles simply isn't as much fun as Liberty or Vice. Too much of this silicon LA exists simply because the designers wanted to show that it could be done rather than because it serves any gameplay purpose. [Christmas 2003, p.107]
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  6. Eurogamer
    70
    This year's "The Getaway" - it's not GTA and it will frustrate for some on that basis, but it's a respectable enough game in its own right as long as you don't "play it the wrong way", which will lead you down a path of frustration and pad-smashing fury.
  7. GamePro
    70
    Compelling gameplay features elevate True Crime beyond mere GTA-clone status, but a cliché-riddled script and control issues keep it from being monstrously cool.
  8. GMR Magazine
    70
    The hand-to-hand combat is, despite a handful of unlockable combos, pure button-mashing chaos.
  9. Armchair Empire
    69
    Isn’t a bad game, however it isn’t terribly spectacular either. It’s unrefined, but still a reasonably fun title, more worthwhile to rent or track down in the bargain bin one day.
  10. GameCritics
    60
    It's a tossed salad of good ideas and cliché concepts that veers wildly between extremely polished and inexcusably sloppy.
  11. WHAM! Gaming
    60
    Maybe the problem is True Crime tries too hard to be all things to all people, and in the process, neglects to do anything especially well.
  12. Play Magazine
    58
    Not even the irreplaceable voice acting of Christopher Walken can rescue the mess of a script driving the action of True Crime, a misguided attempt to share the spotlight with the vastly superior "Grand Theft Auto." [Jan 2004, p.62]
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Awards & Rankings

77
#77 Best PS2 Game of 2003
25
#25 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2003
89
#89 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2003

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 117 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 117
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 117
  3. Negative: 13 out of 117
  1. TharikLeonardo
    Jun 11, 2013
    6
    Good game, but the frustrating controls, unpolished feeling, average story and bad physics made of this game a far less entertainingGood game, but the frustrating controls, unpolished feeling, average story and bad physics made of this game a far less entertaining experience than it should be.… Full Review »
  2. JimmyW.
    Aug 23, 2004
    8
    This game is cool with a great storyline and the snoop dawg cheat makes the game cos he swears his damn head off but is a bit annoying thatThis game is cool with a great storyline and the snoop dawg cheat makes the game cos he swears his damn head off but is a bit annoying that you lose points if you kill civilians and compared to vice city vice city would win by far still it is an awesome game.… Full Review »
  3. AliB.
    Apr 14, 2004
    10
    This game rules it will gta vice city in smitherens this game has lots of action and thats what the lebo,s like about it :)
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