Grand Theft Auto IV : Chinatown Wars ( Nintendo DS )

Published by: Rockstar Games
Developed by: Rockstar Leeds
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Genre: Third-Person Action


About GTA lust, the last time to eat. Less than a year after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, and a spacious month extension Lost and The Damned, there is another new and very full part in the series, Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars. Not on the big screen you just bought, but for the smallest platform of all, the Nintendo DS. But if that goes well. Past a large and great concept as GTA on a handheld like the DS?




Tested on: Nintendo DS (exclusive title)

In itself, have shown that Rockstar on a small screen from the feet, with Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories in 2005 as the main evidence. The DS has significantly less computing power than the PlayStation Portable, so it's not obvious that the concept to the device from Nintendo can be put. Thankfully Rockstar indeed not such a challenge and the design of China Town Wars is ambitious. The makers promise the same freedom as in the GTA games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, in a city of comparable size. In the latter, the authors quite successful. The comparison is also easy to define, for Chinatown Wars is set in Liberty City, like GTA IV. In China Town Wars is the island of Alderney - Where The Lost and Damned takes place - fell, but the city is the same as in GTA IV. The area covers about two-thirds of what your GTA IV was presented, while the city has the same details. You will find as many alleys, squares, parks and gardens, and just as many cars and pedestrians.

Map

The road is largely the same, so who knows the way GTA IV can in China Town Wars from the feet. Not that it is necessary to move away from your head to know, because CTW has a route planner, just as its big brother. The route of China Town Wars is even better than in GTA IV. If you have missed a turn, it re-calculating the route faster than in GTA IV. The route is included in your PDA, the mobile phone will replace you in GTA IV to your decision. The PDA plays an even greater role than the cell phone in GTA IV. By default, the lower screen of the DS for your PDA, where you also next to a mini harness, health, weapon used and available ammunition visible. In addition, you will see a warning if you have received mail, which you can also read the same screen. By tapping on the mini-open the route to where you can specify waypoints. Nice is that you often directly from a mail if you set a waypoint. So if Uncle Kenny for a job you have, you can at the bottom of the mail already indicate that the residence of Kenny as a waypoint on the mini should be indicated.