Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is a video game co-developed by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, and Fire OS. The PlayStation Portable version features upscaled widescreen graphics, improved lighting, and new story missions.

Plot
Huang Lee, the spoiled son of a recently murdered Triad boss, arrives by plane in Liberty City bringing the Yu Jian with him, a sword that Huang's father won in a poker game, intending it to be used as an heirloom, to deliver it to the new patriarch of the family, Huang's uncle Wu "Kenny" Lee. Shortly after landing, Huang's escorts are killed by assassins and he is shot (a bullet grazes the side of the head but he survives) and kidnapped. The assailants steal the sword and, thinking Huang is dead, dump his body in the water. Huang manages to survive and informs Kenny that Yu Jian has been taken. Kenny explains that he had intended to offer the sword to Hsin Jaoming, the aging Triad boss in Liberty City, as a means of securing a position as his replacement. Kenny has been dishonored and reduced in power due to the loss of Yu Jian, leaving him and Huang working to keep their businesses afloat.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) There are many fun missions to play and complete, with the total of 65 missions.
 * 2) *It has a mission replay feature where you can replay them to get a better time record, a rare sight in the entire franchise.
 * 3) The gameplay is great for DS standards, with it being similar to the 2D universe (GTA 1 & 2), but with many improvements and features originating from the 3D (III, Vice City, & San Andreas) and HD universes.
 * 4) Decent graphics for DS standards, and they've been improved on the PSP and mobile versions.
 * 5) The view is neither from the top as seen in GTA 1, GTA 2 and Advance nor from the back of the protagonist as seen in GTA III to GTA V. Instead, it's a fully rotational aerial camera angled down at the action.
 * 6) A large part of the missions introduces fun touch gimmicks (by using the touch screen in the DS and mobile versions), which worked out very well.
 * 7) Huang Lee is a funny protagonist, and he makes sarcastic comments in nearly every mission.
 * 8) Many different and creative side missions (such as HoboTron, in which you need to kill as many homeless people as possible).
 * 9) The map is similar to the one in GTA IV, but lacks several buildings and elevated highways to accommodate the DS.
 * 10) There are many types of random characters, which is impressive for a handheld-only game.
 * 11) Each mission provider has a unique cutscene music, with them actually matching the tones of them.
 * 12) Great instrumental music on the various radio stations named after real-life record companies or musicians, like Deadmau5, Alchemist and Truth & Soul. The PSP and mobile versions adds 6 more radio stations.
 * 13) Drug dealing is a neat activity, and you can earn tons of money by making deals with various dealers across the city. You can also steal the drugs from vans driven by other gangs and stash the drugs in your safehouse in case you don't feel like buying any.
 * 14) Ammu-Nation yankee trucks can be stolen for free weapons and ammo. Weapons can also be purchased online and delivered to your safehouses.
 * 15) The cops are way easier lose. Aside from Pay n' Spray, disabling police vehicles by causing them to crash into something (ex. another car or wall) will also gradually reduce your wanted level.
 * 16) It actually has cheats on all platforms, which makes the game more fun.
 * 17) In a nutshell, this game did what GTA Advance did, but much better with many features and a large map.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) While a good protagonist, Huang Lee might be the weakest GTA protagonist in the HD era (if you dont count the Online Protagonist), he's overall not that interesting compared to the other GTA protagonists in the era, and at times he could get boring.
 * 2) No voice acting except for NPCs which reuse dialogue from GTA IV and GTA: Liberty City Stories. If you don't count subtitles, Huang Lee is almost as silent as Claude from GTA III, though he does utter one word in a mission recycled from a Triad in IV; he also reuses Niko Bellic's grunts.
 * 3) The six star wanted level is brought back, but unlike in the 3D Universe, the tanks make full use of their cannons again with pinpoint accuracy, like in GTA 1 and GTA 2. You will almost certainly die if you encounter a tank on foot in this game. Tanks have also lost their immunity to explosive weapons, making it virtually impossible to survive inside one for extended periods.
 * 4) On DS and PSP, the hidden two storyline missions could only be accessed through linking with Rockstar Social Club, and you would have to have collected 2 lion statues (which could spawn in 20 possible locations) to unlock them. These missions are no longer available without modding due to Rockstar discontinuing linking the game to Social Club. In the mobile versions, they're automatically available to collect due to those versions omitting Social Club.
 * 5) The Melanie Mallard missions from the PSP version are not included in the mobile versions.
 * 6) Yet again, you can't use planes at all and can only ride on helicopters in certain missions.
 * 7) The sniper rifle cannot be used outside certain missions.
 * 8) Most likely due to handheld system limits, the state of Alderney (New Jersey) had to be omitted from the game, which fortunately leaves the rest of the map from Grand Theft Auto IV available from the start.
 * 9) The Ammu-Nation yankees don't drop a lot of weapons despite the difficulty of hijacking them.
 * 10) The custom music on Independence FM doesn't work in the Android version.
 * 11) Unlike previous GTA titles, there are no rewards given to the player upon 100% completion.
 * 12) The game (as mentioned above on WIR #1.2), lacks a variety of free-roam activities (other than the rampages, races, destroying cameras, causing mayhem and playing the side missions by interacting with random people). While they can encourage the player to make progress to the story, after finishing the game, there's not really a whole lot to do.
 * 13) The Main Story is very short, clocking around 8 hours.

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