Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP)
Manufacturer: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Part number: 23696
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Gamespot editors' review
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP) price range: $6.75 - $19.99
- Reviewed by: Jeff Gerstmann
- Reviewed on: 10/28/2005
- Updated on:11/03/2006
- Released on: 10/24/2005
Call it Grand Theft Auto Gaiden. While there have been handheld takes on the GTA series in the past, none of them have ever properly captured the things that made the modern installments in the series so popular. Things like the sprawling environments, its fast-action freestyle mayhem, and, of course, the series' great sense of humor just haven't come across on a handheld before. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is not without its problems, either; but it gets enough of the series' signature features in there to do you right.
Toni Cipriani is a no-nonsense kind of guy.
Liberty City Stories brings you back to Rockstar's fictional take on New York City, first seen this way in 2001's revolutionary GTA III. This time around, the year is 1998, and you play the role of a returning wise guy named Toni Cipriani, who works for Salvatore Leone. Upon your return to town, you get right back to work, because the Leone crime family is about to start getting it from all sides. As you ascend to become Salvatore's right-hand man, you'll start and finish gang wars with other mafia types, a few triads, the yakuza...pretty much all of the usual suspects are present.
If you're familiar with the various mafia presences over the course of the past three GTA games, you'll recognize a few of the names and faces here. But the story stands alone and doesn't require you to remember the various cast members. That's a good thing, because the mafia characters in the other GTA games have been largely forgettable. The game's storyline really isn't up to par with the console installments in the series, because very little actually happens. Even potential plot points, like when Toni finally becomes a made man, are squandered by a bad cutscene that doesn't actually show the ceremony. The game's mission path doesn't deviate into crazy territory, and most of the characters are fairly lifeless. There are no enigmatic weirdos like Truth, the crazy hippie from San Andreas, or Steve Scott, the porno director from Vice City, to break up the heavier-handed mafia tasks. This dulls the game's personality, preventing its characters and events from becoming as memorable as we've come to expect from GTA games and their excellent storylines.
If you stick to the missions and don't mess around too much, you can finish the game's story mode in 10 to 12 hours. But the deceptive game-progress counter will only report around 40-percent completion if you stick close to the missions and don't do much else. The game has some rampage side missions and the standard pizza delivery, vigilante, taxi service, and ambulance missions, too. You can seek out ringing pay phones to get into street races. You can report to car lots to sell cars or motorcycles by test-driving vehicles for prospective consumers. And, of course, there are 100 hidden packages to find. If you get into all this optional stuff, there's a lot more city to see, and plenty of different cars to see it in.
The game's different outfits let you change your look from time to time.
Over the years, the missions in Grand Theft Auto have gotten more complex, but the overall difficulty has lightened up. The missions in Liberty City Stories, however, are extremely simple for the most part. Most of your given tasks are one-dimensional, such as stealing a specific car and driving it back to a location without wrecking it, or taking out a series of gang members and blowing up their prized tank. A few missions get a little deeper, but at some point, the missions just start to all run together because they aren't very interesting. The combat-heavy missions tend to be a little tougher than the driving tasks, because the game's control scheme occasionally gets in the way. The lock-on targeting in GTA games has always been a little squirrelly, but when you add a less-than-optimal target-changing control to that mix (left and right on the D pad, by default), you end up with some frustrating moments. In missions where you're given a large number of targets to take down, you're better off doing it from a distance with a sniper rifle, if possible.
User reviews
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Great PSP game
by skygtr on November 6, 2005
Pros: Good graphics, nice story, music soundtrack is good
Cons: Short, laggy
Summary: It's overall a good game with a couple downfalls. One, the story mode is short, sure there's all those missions you can do from answering phones and stuff, ...
Summary: It's overall a good game with a couple downfalls. One, the story mode is short, sure there's all those missions you can do from answering phones and stuff, but the main story is short. Second, the lag. You change the radio station and the game freezes for a second sometimes, or you jump out of a car into a battle and freezes. The short freezes are very annoying and common.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Simply Amazing
by mulletmusketeer on November 2, 2005
Pros: Looks as good as PS2, multiplayer, decent battery life, loading times, new missions, enormous environments, tons of vehicles/weapons
Cons: camera, a few glitches
Summary: You sure can spend a lot of time on this game, and now its playable anywhere you take it. Definiely the best game I've played for PSP. It is ...
Summary: You sure can spend a lot of time on this game, and now its playable anywhere you take it. Definiely the best game I've played for PSP. It is amazing to explore such a huge environment on a handheld.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Most Ambitious Portable Game Ever
by Soulquarian on October 31, 2005
Pros: Full 3-D world, Custom Soundtracks, 80 - 120 hours of gameplay, crisp graphics, Multiplayer, short load times
Cons: Targeting system, Custom Soundtracks is cumbersome, no infrastructure in multiplayer
Summary: Easily the most fun I've had in a PSP game. Everything that you know and love (or hate) about the GTA series is in this portable outing. All the ...
Summary: Easily the most fun I've had in a PSP game. Everything that you know and love (or hate) about the GTA series is in this portable outing. All the humor, violence, and amusing characters are back.
The detail of the enviornments is amazing. Even the wheels of the cars look more 3-D rather than texture mapped. Reflective surfaces is also a plus.
The radio stations are just as funny as ever, even though they tend to loop sooner than the console versions. Gameplay is perfect for 10 min. skirmishes while taking a work break or passing time between classes.
Great game.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The PSP shines with LCS
by SRKaye on October 1, 2006
Pros: Makes the game feel just as powerful as the PS2 versions.
Cons: None so far
Summary: It's a little hard to believe that I am playing GTA on such a portable device. Portable gaming has come a long way. I haven't played it too ...
Summary: It's a little hard to believe that I am playing GTA on such a portable device. Portable gaming has come a long way. I haven't played it too much, so I haven't seen anything that I could say that's wrong with the game. I just hope it gives me many hours of entertainment. If I beat it too soon then I will change my rating.
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GREAT GAME, BUT WHERE IS THE ABILITY TO FLY AND SWIM?
by vze4z7nx on November 4, 2005
Pros: Great game, great graphics, great missions, great movies, great new motorcycles- HARLEY! and PJ600!!!!!
Cons: No swim, no fly,
Summary: and great new cursor for aiming to shoot!!!!!!!!!!
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SPECTACULAR..Best PSP game by far...KILLER APP for sure!
by WhirlyWill on October 29, 2005
Pros: Better graphics than GTAIII, framerate, loading times, and battery life are just amazing for a game this size.I Love the new feature that allows for you to put your own songs on the radio.
Cons: Not AS much freedom.. but pretty dam close.(No airplanes, boats, cant swim)
Summary: This game is just amazing, the driving is more realistic than in any other GTA game (but not too realistic).
I think the Gamespot review wasnt very good of this ...Summary: This game is just amazing, the driving is more realistic than in any other GTA game (but not too realistic).
I think the Gamespot review wasnt very good of this game, as they didnt mention the awesome music feature, a first in a GTA game. I also thought the framerate was excellent for the circumstances, and never noticed any large drop off. A more adequate review is IGN.com's. Less partial. This game can carry the PSP for sure, even though SOCOM is comin out too. Its a good time to be a PSP owner. -
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories = Best PSP game to date
by TheReviewer on October 28, 2005
Pros: Everything
Cons: um??? Load times are a little slow, have to update your PSP.
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I got this game today, and have to say. This is the best game on PSP. The graphics ...Summary: Site Administrator
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I got this game today, and have to say. This is the best game on PSP. The graphics are outstanding, the playiblity is great. The sounds are great. It has cheats already. And it's just fun.. If you are a GTA Fan then you must get this game. NOW!!!
The only thing that shocked me, was when I first loaded the game it says "You have to update to version 2.00 in order to start this game".. I was like no.. but then I saw that it had a "Update" Icon so I updated it and it told me that I have to connect the AC apater in order for go on with the update so i did.. and it worked good. Now the load times are kinda slow.. but this is expected with a handheld system. And the fact that it can only do 32FPM it does stop from time to time (for about 3 to 5 secs).. nothing to bad.
All and all this game is one great game. The best in my opinion
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Same fun as in other games, awesome multiplayer modes, and just an all around good experience
by BryanLaz on October 27, 2005
Pros: Graphics are stunning for PSP, sound quality is top notch, along with voice acting - custom soundtracks and multiplayer modes
Cons: Soundtrack is short; minor slowdown when radio changing
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eh... not as good as i expected. but its ok. no lag.
by yosephyoo-20880396860336278106 on November 13, 2005
Pros: good game and i guess its pretty fun
Cons: a little annoying gameplay but i guess its good graphics.
Summary: i would prefer socom over grand theft auto. the missions in grand theft auto arent so fun and it just isn't the greatest game in the world. compliment is ...
Summary: i would prefer socom over grand theft auto. the missions in grand theft auto arent so fun and it just isn't the greatest game in the world. compliment is that there is no lag. unlike midnight club 3.
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Game
by cancernadir on November 5, 2005
Pros: rwerqrwerwerwerq
Cons: rqwe5rwerwerqwerw
0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
- Part number: 23696
Product Basic Spec
- Platform PSP
- ESRB rating Mature - Intense Violence,Strong Sexual Content,Blood and Gore,Strong Language,Use of Drugs
- Genre Action
- Number of players 1-6 Players
- Connectivity Wi-Fi
- Difficulty Medium
- Learning curve About a half hour
- Offline modes Competitive,Team Oriented
Game
- Developer Rockstar Leeds
- ESRB Mature
- ESRB descriptors Intense Violence,Strong Sexual Content,Blood and Gore,Strong Language,Use of Drugs
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