If you read our hands on impressions of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP from PAX this year, you'd know we were surprised with not only how polished the game looked, but how Rockstar managed to adapt the Nintendo DS stylus controls to the PSP's analog stick. After playing the final build of the game for a few hours I'm happy to report everything still holds true...mostly.
We posted some fairly favorable impressions of Chinatown Wars for the PSP back during PAX. We were surprised at just how well the game cleaned up in terms of visuals, and we were impressed with how well it controlled despite the lack of touch screen input.
Game Name: GTA: Chinatown Wars Co-Op: Yes Co-Op Type: Scenario Mission Publisher/Developer: Rockstar Games (Publisher)/Rockstar Leeds (Developer) Release Date: October 19th, 2009
So much for exclusives. Rockstar Games and Sony have announced that the previously exclusive DS title, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, will be coming to the PlayStation Portable this fall. We reviewed both the single player and co-op elements of this game, and as a whole package for the experience top notch.
If you've played Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS, you know you can extend your experience to the Rockstar Social Club Website. The portal site offers in game stats, unique items, and other various ways keep the handheld version of GTA fresh.
Gamers are still waiting for the total co-op GTA experience, until that time though they'll have to contend with truly excellent Single Player titles with only a taste of co-op. Chinatown Wars continues the tradition, only in portable format. We give our take on the co-op modes.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars began shipping today for the Nintendo DS. In a return to the series roots, players find themselves in a top down open world game set in Liberty City. Co-Op fans may have noticed the back of the box mention our favorite game mode, but just how does it work?
