Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

 PSP
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 268 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 172 out of 268
  2. Mixed: 58 out of 268
  3. Negative: 38 out of 268
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  1. ccrogers15
    Nov 15, 2011
    2
    this is not gta. its a crap game. Are we in the PSone era? No where in the PS3 era. Do not make a crap game like this again rockstar. I took it back and lied and said it was broken and got my money back!
  2. CicatrixNors
    Oct 18, 2013
    0
    Awful.
    This is why GTA should never try another formula like Overhead
    Action is bad, controls are awful, and impossible to shoot anything.
    A waste of money, stay away
  3. FedericoAa
    Nov 4, 2009
    1
    I absolutely do not understand how a game about being a scoundrel, robbing cars, dealing drugs, beating people up, and sabotaging order can get such a high score from professional reviewers. It truly saddens me to see how society favours this instead of banning it. But I guess that's human nature is simple, you give them evil as a choice, and they take it. No wonder the world is coming down.
  4. JacobHellflames
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    Bought this game on a blind hunch. Worst hunch ever. Possibly the most bland, tacky, uninteresting and boring GTA game ever. They completely wasted their time putting in all the rampages, unique stunts and extra missions because I'm never going to play them. Not only that, but the controls are extremely annoying and inconvenient and the game does not always let you do what you want to do.Bought this game on a blind hunch. Worst hunch ever. Possibly the most bland, tacky, uninteresting and boring GTA game ever. They completely wasted their time putting in all the rampages, unique stunts and extra missions because I'm never going to play them. Not only that, but the controls are extremely annoying and inconvenient and the game does not always let you do what you want to do. It seems like absolutely no effort was put into making this an immersive or even relevant game, no decent dialogue scenes or voice actors, just cut out art scenes with text. Games like GTA III completely own this game despite being it released about 8 years earlier. This is a pathetic excuse for a GTA game, and possibly the worst game to waste money on. Don't waste your time with this. Rockstar put zero effort into making this good and you should not put any effort into playing or buying this. Ignore the critics reviewing this as they have almost certainly been paid to write positive lies about this abhorrent piece of garbage. Avoid.… Expand
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    Apr 13, 2020
    0
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Awards & Rankings

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#1 Best PSP Game of 2009
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#2 Most Discussed PSP Game of 2009
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#1 Most Shared PSP Game of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 77
  3. Negative: 0 out of 77
  1. 1UP
    91
    As a PSP game, it's still a well-done portable GTA; not necessarily a better one than before. But that's fine; it's still worth playing Chinatown Wars for those bite-size bits of the GTA formula, and if you're still warm to it, then definitely give it a go.
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  2. GamePro
    90
    An absolute blast from start to finish with plenty of trademark Liberty City locales ripe for exploration, not to mention a cast of incredibly memory characters (Chan Jaoming, I hardly knew ya.) If you're looking for a good action adventure experience that harkens back to the more cartoony Grand Theft Auto days, then Chinatown Wars is certainly worth the investment.
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  3. Computer and Video Games
    87
    Chinatown Wars on PSP was always going to be a port job, and though it soils some of DS original's intuitive mini-games it maintains the inventive, thoroughly entertaining and built-for-handheld mission structure of the original - and that's what we loved most in the first place.
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