GTA: Chinatown Wars packing content for the DS

DS News | Apparently far bigger than PSP GTAs.

Gaming site 1up has uncovered the newest Grand Theft Auto game to hit a handheld will be the biggest one yet - far bigger than even past PSP GTA titles.

“Chinatown Wars is much bigger than anything we have ever done before [in terms of scope]: more odd jobs, deeper missions, and more moments of over-the-top action,” said Gordon Hall, president of Rockstar Leeds.

“We have a huge interaction with the Rockstar Social Club, a massive [narcotics trafficking] game that would stand alone on its own. The list goes on and on; this thing is huge. We are very proud of all of the PSP games we have made, especially the two GTA games, but this game is far bigger.”

GTA: Chinatown Wars will be released in Australia and New Zealand March 20th.

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22 Comments

inigel

3 years ago

SCREEEEENS!

bleach1st

3 years ago

how the hell are they going to fit all that action onto a NDS screen? The processor won't be able to keep up will it? I thought they were pushing it using the PSP processor for Stories

admeister

3 years ago

inigel wrote

SCREEEEENS!

After reading the article:

pdaddy

3 years ago

Graphically, the game will of course not be able to hold up against the PSP.. and I doubt it will have full voice acting like the PSP games, so I can see where the memory could be used for more game modes..

That being said, DS carts do have the ability to actually be bigger than a UMD (which are capped out at 1.8gb) but it just costs too much money to make cartridges that big..

All in all, this games keeps on getting more promising, so am definitely looking forward to getting into some portable GTA action soon..

Benza

3 years ago

We had screens from a magazine scan a while ago, it's like a 3D isometric view with cell shading.

Burnz posted em over in the Nintendo forum

Jarrod

3 years ago

bleach1st wrote

how the hell are they going to fit all that action onto a NDS screen? The processor won't be able to keep up will it? I thought they were pushing it using the PSP processor for Stories

They're not talking about the visuals, but raw gameplay content. According to them this has more 'content' than the PSP versions.

It's really very ambitious of Rockstar to put so much effort into a DS game like this. When announced, the cynic in my had this pegged as a crappy port.

What I've seen so far I like. I'm still a fan of the old GTA visuals, and the isometric cel-shading they've got here coupled with 3D looks great. All the content they are adding seems to be a sign that Rockstar WANT this to be good.

Rabscallion

3 years ago

am i the only one who thought those screens looked ugly as.

Toneiiblue

3 years ago

Commentator wrote

screens looked ugly

No, actually. DS screenshots often do look meh to me but then a game pleasantly surprises visually. I think they look quite good and will be far better in motion... and there's still weeks of development time anyway.

waz79

3 years ago

The question is whether they were serious about deciding to do a Wii version only if this was a success.

If thats the case ill buy a DSi next yr

Uber_jumpman

3 years ago

Hmm niice i know nintendo will get totally ripped by fans of gta ( psp that is ) saying its lame but i mean the very first gta looked like this i think

anyways i'm syked

Benza

3 years ago

Uber_jumpman wrote

Hmm niice i know nintendo will get totally ripped by fans of gta ( psp that is ) saying its lame but i mean the very first gta looked like this i think

anyways i'm syked

The first GTA looked nothing like that.

Karai Pantsu

3 years ago

Sure, but to be fair it looked a hell of a lot more like that (pictured above) than any other GTA game post number two.

Save for a different HUD, the GBA version was like a mashup of vers. 1 and 2, which could easily be thrown into the same 'Top-down 2D' grouping, just like pretty much everything GTA after no. 3 could be chucked into the '3rd person 3D' category.

shiraj

3 years ago

who cares about graphics on the DS -
I love DS games fro their fun factor which is a lot higher than PSP games.
Cant wait for this though ... playing GTA in the office ....

TheAnswer

3 years ago

This is the game that's actually wanting me to get a DS Lite, I can't wait for it to actually come out.

Rabscallion

3 years ago

Toneiiblue wrote

Commentator wrote

screens looked ugly

So bassically your saying that the statement the screenshots look **** is wrong as even though you yourself beleive that screenshots look **** but they might be better in game... say what? I never said the gameplay woudlnt look decent.

Rabscallion

3 years ago

Toneiiblue wrote

Commentator wrote

screens looked ugly

Vervain

3 years ago

Commentator wrote

Toneiiblue wrote

Commentator wrote

screens looked ugly

No he said that DS games in general usually don't look very good but this game suprised him because the screens actually look quite good and he believes that they will end up looking better in game.

Rabscallion

3 years ago

Well his first line is a throw off none the less, sorry for the mix up. however I enterepreted as it was written that he disagreed with me on the basis that he thinks that most screens look 'meh' but the game looks better, which is infact what he says. So it all comes down to a matter of opinion, so

no, actually.

Benza

3 years ago

He said that often DS screens look **** but then the game general looks a lot better in real life.

I mean I just grabbed my DS and those screenshots are atleast twice the size of the DS's screen.

Also it's a **** DS, seriously. What do you expect?

Wedley

3 years ago

1) DS screenshots always look awful. Usually games looks better in motion because they (often) have a good framerate (contrasted with PSP GTA, where the screenshots were better 'cause the framerate is bad).

2) These graphics do look a hell of a lot like GTA 1&2, and an isometric viewpoint and stylized cutscenes aren't going to change that. This game may have more missions, but judging entirely by the screenshots it looks like it has a lot less depth of gameplay than the new GTA games. When you think about all the best parts of San Andreas (I haven't played IV), you're inevitably left with stuff like flying planes, rooftop motorbike runs, holing up on the roof of a skyscraper with a bazooka and seeing how high you can get your star count... this is all stuff that would be impossible (or else simplified to the point of no longer really being fun) if not played in true 3D.

Benza

3 years ago

GTA 4 allready got rid of most of that stuff.

Also GTA 1 and 2 we're increddibly fun even without that stuff.

Sin Ogaris

3 years ago

I have two words for you. Kill... and Frenzy. Nothing else need apply in terms of fun.

Oh, and bring back the Elvis's I say.

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