- Use the DS' touch screen as a PDA device to set GPS waypoints, change radio stations, communicate via e-mail with in-game characters and order weapons on the Internet..
- Largest DS game ever, features include a world full of pedestrians, weather and traffic patterns, five different radio stations and four different sprawling boroughs to explore..
- Endless gameplay, complete with mature storyline 70+ story missions, dozens of side quests, collectibles, contextual mini-games and the all new mission replay feature..
- Nintendo Wi-Fi mode allowing for head-to-head and co-op multiplayer mayhem..
- Free access to Rockstar Games Social Club where players can chat, trade items and commodities and compete in online tournaments and leaderboards..
Product description
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry
into the critically accled Grand Theft Auto series, and brings
a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments.
With the use of the DS touchscreen, players will navigate their
way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic
tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate,
delivering the unprecedented a of depth that has become a
true trademark of the franchise. PDA Interface - Use the touch
screen as a PDA device to set GPS waypoints, change radio
stations, communicate via e-mail with in-game characters and
order weapons on the Internet.
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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the highly anticipated first
game in the GTA franchise designed for play on the Nintendo DS.
But although it comes in a small package, this is a full-fledged
game that stands on its own. With an all-new, deep story that
approaches the familiar s and sounds of the infamous Liberty
City from a different perspective, an innovative control system
and multiplayer options, Chinatown Wars captures the tone and
flavors of the long-running GTA series in unique ways that both
longtime players and those coming to it for the first time will
find hard to put down.
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Grand Theft Auto:
Chinatown Wars
Players:
Offline: 1; Online: 2
Gameplay Modes:
Single player; competitive & coop multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi
connection.
Kick some tail as Huang Lee.
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Use the DS stylus like never before.
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Reconquer Liberty via PDA.
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. The Story: Left for Dead in the Worst Place in America
Following his her’s murder, Huang Lee is given what seems a
simple mission: to deliver an ancient to his Uncle Kenny to
ensure his family retains control of the Triad gangs of Liberty
City. Huang is a spoiled rich kid who expects everything to run
smoothly, but his trip does not go exactly as planned. Only
minutes after arriving at the Liberty City airport at the far end
of town, he is robbed and left to die. Only through quickly
thinking is he able to survive and make his way back to his
neighborhood, but the damage to he and his family has been done.
Now his destiny is to search for honor, riches and revenge in the
most dangerous and morally bankrupt city in the world.
Gameplay
The largest DS game to date, Chinatown Wars is set in the Grand
Theft Auto IV-imagined version of Liberty City, and contains most
of its boroughs and neighborhoods. In exploring and exploiting
this vast area, players use the game's rotatable camera to take
in a 3D, 360-degree view of their environment, providing an
elevated and somewhat skewed third-person perspective, that
switches to first-person with the appropriate player action.
Assuming the role of Huang Lee your goal is to rise up in the
ranks of the underworld to challenge the Triad of Chinatown gangs
that have usurped your family's position and recover the stolen
heirloom and your lost honor. In true GTA fashion this entails
gameplay that embraces the seedy underbelly that Liberty City is
famous for. Throughout the game's 70+ missions -- all of which
can be replayed even after completion -- and its myriad of side
quests, players earn cash by completing jobs ranging from petty
street crime, all the way up to drug dealing and assassination.
As in other GTA releases, rising competence at crime raises the
a of attention received by , but unlike previous games
here players can not simply outrun alerted authorities. With each
additional star added to your 'wanted rating' players must
disable or destroy more of the pursuing units to keep them
off your tail. In addition to mission play, the game also
contains many rtunities, such as the safe cracking and car
hot-wiring mini-games and the various items and weapons hidden
throughout the game that demand skill with the DS' touchscreen
and stylus for success. By whatever means, once players have
attained a certain level of cash and street cred they will also
be able to recruit members for their own gang who pledge their
loyalty by allowing themselves to be tattooed with the mark of
the player's choosing.
Cars and Controls
Cars and control schemes play a prominent role in Chinatown
Wars. All cars feature GPS functionality based on available
roadways. Directions are shown on the lower of the DS' two
screens as part of the in-game PDA interface, but players may
take vehicles off roads wherever possible, with the GPS
automatically resetting when back on the pavement. While driving
players also have access to five in-game radio stations and use
of their weapons. Your PDA provides efficient management tools
for your growing crime empire, including quick weapons sw,
a running total of available cash, in-game e-mail and Internet
access and nearly instant game saves any time. The control scheme
in Chinatown Wars utilizes an easy to use and comfortable to play
combination of steering via the D-pad, choice of action through
the face buttons and/or stylus taps and manual and automatic
weapon locks and unlocks via shoulder buttons.
Key Game Features:
* The Largest DS Game Ever - Contemporary Liberty City is a
massive world complete with pedestrians, weather and traffic
patterns, five different radio stations and four different
sprawling boroughs to explore.
* Endless Gameplay - Mature storyline with over 70+ story
missions; plus dozens of side quests, collectibles, contextual
mini-games and the all new mission replay feature.
* Street Economics - Addictive drug dealing side game with 6
different drug types, 80+ drug dealers and a supply / demand
driven narcotics economy.
* Play with Friends - Nintendo Wi-Fi mode for head-to-head and
co-op multiplayer mayhem.
* Bragging Rights - Chat, trade s and commodities with your
friends, and compete for glory via online tournaments and
leaderboards on the Rockstar Games Social Club.
* PDA Interface - Use the touch screen as a PDA device to set GPS
waypoints, change radio stations, communicate via e-mail with
in-game characters and order weapons on the Internet.
Online Bragging Rights and Multiplayer
Care has been taken to ensure that players can share their
Chinatown Wars experiences with friends and fellow players in
different ways. First, players will have access to the Chinatown
Wars as well as the greater Grand Theft Auto communities through
the Rockstar Games Social Club. Here they can chat, trade
commodities, purchase special in-game items with in-game
currency, check the leaderboards and compete in online
tournaments. The DS' Wi-Fi capabilities also gives players the
rtunity to take their game online as they battle for
supremacy in their own little corner of Liberty City in both
head-to-head and co-op multiplayer battles.