Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
The depravity reaches a new plaform...
In 2001 Grand Theft Auto III revolutionized the gaming world with its unique blend of driving and shooting. You played as a character that was free to explore the city and complete missions at your own pace, unlike most conventional mission-based games that dictated exactly what to do next in a linear format. The next couple of GTA games built on the success of GTA III and worked on the same formula with more missions, larger cites and more expansive storylines.
This latest instalment has many things in common with the latest console GTA games, but for the first time ever GTA goes portable in 3D, with Liberty City Stories (LCS). To get such a PS2 showcase series onto a portable you would think many unfavourable compromises had to be made, but you'd be surprised...
Upon firing up GTA: Liberty City Stories, you'll realise that this feels just like a console game - you almost forget that you are playing on a handheld. The opening cut-scene shows your character, Toni Cipriani meeting up with his old boss Salvatore Leone, head of the Liberty City Mafia. From there, you are introduced to a new contact who gives you your next few jobs and the story develops from there.
As the name suggests the game takes place in Liberty City about two years before GTA III's storyline gets underway. Despite the city being much the same throughout there are some slight differences to the metropolitan transport system and a few other areas which make the city seem convincingly at a different point in time to GTA III. All the usual weapons you would expect to find in a GTA game such as pistols, shotguns, machine guns, rocket launchers and of course the good old body armour all make an appearance in LCS. As you progress through the missions collecting better weapons, the objectives tend to develop a little more than the basic missions you found yourself completing with ease early on. Although you might be disappointed to hear that even towards the end of the game the missions don't ever really get as complicated as they have been in Vice City and San Andreas.
As usual, in addition to the main story missions (which are likely to last the average player between 10 - 15 hours on their own), there is plenty to do 'on the side'. There are 100 secret packages scattered throughout the city, unique jumps to clear, rampages to fulfil and of course the alternate missions such as Taxi, Ambulance and Police Vigilante all making for a welcome return. If you go for 100% completion which really isn't easy, you are looking at an experience in excess of 35 hours altogether.
The graphics, rather surprisingly, look amazingly similar to what the PS2 offered with GTA III a few years back. The awesome lighting and reflections that gave Liberty City its atmospheric look in GTA III return with style in LCS. All the weather effects such as rain, lightning and mist look great on the PSP. The only real criticism that could be made of the graphics would be the occasional slowdown of the frame rate when you enter or exit a vehicle and the slight bugs in the drawn distance. Other than that, GTA looks superb on Sony's wee handheld.
The audio in GTA has always been outstanding and LCS is no exception. As usual, when you are in-car you have the choice of twelve radio stations. While this time around they aren't quite as inspired as the fantastic collection of 80s masterpieces in Vice City or the early 90s rap of San Andreas, each station represents its own type of music such as pop, techno, dance, classical, rap and so on. While there is an unforgivable lack of rock music, most of the radio stations do well to represent their respective genres. It has to be said the commercials on the radio stations are highly amusing and give the game part of its light-hearted humour you've come to expect these days from the GTA series.
There is a custom soundtrack option available, but to make any use of it you have to download a program from the internet which seems pointless considering the PSP already has MP3 compatibility built in. However, despite the hassle, the function is there should you wish to listen to your own music in the game. LCS features a multiplayer mode, which is really very good. It caters for up to six players with modes including Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and King of the Hill, all arranged nicely into team games and 'free for all's. If you're not feeling destructive, you and a friend can just explore the city in multiplayer. However your mood strikes you, there's tremendous scope in this multiplayer aspect to keep players amused for hours.
Nothing is perfect and even GTA LCS has its flaws. The controls feel a little awkward due to the shortage of buttons in comparison the console controller, and some of the missions feel a little basic. The cop response isn't quite as overwhelming as in the console GTA's, but overall GTA Liberty City Stories is not only an amazing technical achievement but an awesome portable game worth any PSP owner's £35.
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Comments
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when will GTA LCS come out on Ps2?
i would really like the game
iam getting a psp wit lcs is it a good game or does it suck
Yeh does it come out on ps2 or just on psp and if so any idea how long it will b b4 it does come out on ps2
played it at work and that lcs is fing awsome!!!
Will It ever come out for the ps2
buddy my port it on pc it is alredy out for pc it came out on pc bfore it came out for psp
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they better put GTA LCS on ps2
I can't play it when my parents watching
Its not coming out on ps2 or pc, it is only for psp, and it will not be going on them either
if it is out on pc then where the heck is it im been looking all over for it??
ben benim
ben benim
i wish the game had a cutomise for you to make your own cars
I REALLY LIKE SEXY GAMES THEY MAKE MY BOOOBS FAT
anyone know where a hearse is in the game?
ferrago always write good reviews
they better make a GTA LCS for PS2
my mom or my dad don't care if i play it i got a psp for x-mas so i bring it with my ass
how much is it
it costs to much to by the psp wheve games
When will lcs come out for playstation 2?
where can I give a hearse?
Dose liberty city come out on gamecube?
also does anyone know how 2 put on custom music tracks?
if u want lcs 4 xbox i want halo 4 ps2 first
thh gmane was good
LCS will come out on PS2, but we dont no when yet. And no...GTA has never and never will come out on nintendo anything.
uron maiden
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i love the game i done 100%
hekticst among hekticst game i av eva playd
PS3 comes out this year
Dont buy a psp because the games are relitivly sub-par and u shuld definity not by one just to play liberty citie stories, its just a capatilist ploy devised by sony to make u buy the PSP,why should you give in to them?
Hopefully sombody creates a modified pc version and freely destibutes it to everybody,you may call this communisim but actulay its freedom!!!!!
!Power To The People!
Guy Abbott-New Zealand
Ive been searching the internet and have found that on january 5 2005 it was anounced that LCS will be coming 2 ps2!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But i will be suprised if it comes out on PC beacuase the graphics arent that great and it would not compete with other games on PC.
hello
whoever is posting Bizarre comments needs to stop it now
i bet the guy who sed it wont come out for ps2 fells a bit stupid
i bet the guy who sed it wont come out for ps2 fells a bit stupid
have u played gta lcs thave put a new thing in it where
u can go on a ferry from portland to staunton island in
just minites yull at stauton but its a cham u cant driv
it
Does anyone know where to find a hearse on gta psp coz i need it for love media missions its the only car i need n i cnt find it its pissin me right off lol PLEASE HELP
There are a few things i am Dissapointed about in it...ive played all the GTA games there has ever been... and after playing San Andreas i feel like the game has dropped a level... and the fact there arent any choppers or planes to fly in is sad but i mean... ive grown to Love this game at a point where i find it equal to San Andreas in its way... im yet to play multiplayer, im havin trouble findin another player... and not yet got my own music on there yet... but it has made my Christmas holidays worth while :-)
"i dont tend to say the word Dude, and Awesome doesnt come out of my mouth very often... But The Games Awesome Dude!"
this game is the s***. It is f***ing awesome. I would like to own this game.
By the way how the f*** do u order a game?
Can someone help me to find the hearse in gta lcs
R DEY EVR COMIN OUT TO PS2 WIT GTA:LCS I SAW PREVIEWS FOR PSP AND DAT IS BULL SH*T THEY NEED IT FOR ALL GAME SYSTEMS NOT JUST THE NEWER ONES........
y cant gta lcs com out on xbox iv plaied gta 1,2,3, vice city,sanandreas but i cant now cuz lcs is on psp. gta is my fav game on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey, dose anyone know how to put custom track on GTA liberty city stories??
Hey Sexy, can you send a picture of your naked boobs?
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how do u find a hearse on lcs???
when me play this game me feel like me head is broken when it come out 4 ps2. it betta come out for ps2 or i come from punjabi in taxi and run u ova
lcs is class, but i wish there was a ammu-nationon the last island
does anyone know how to get a hearse
im getting annoyed
where can i find a Hearse on gta's liberty city stories because i need one for love media's crazy car give- away??????????????????
you can find a hearse behind the church ont the second island
hi.
I think thats is a good game. thats really great.
i want to have this game for compuer mac.
i have found the hearse, u can find it ALL the time near the ferry dock on the second island.... as u cum to the cross road before u turn to go to the ferry docks there is a white building opposite with a small car park next to it.... u will hav seen this building b4 its abit like a church, the hearse is parked in the small car park next to it. drive round the block if its not there and it will be trust me! it looks like that other car penninel! cheers anyway x
about time! gta lcs is for ps2 this year or early next year
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how do i get da music thing workin?? i want to plzy me mp3 music!
where do i find a hearse?
plizz let me kno where can i find this car hearse...
weer do u get the opening song on grand theft auto
i think grand thefth auto shoud b played online. i would like to play it
yay grand theft auto!
san andreas was the best though
tillza ur sick
hi trevor i own a psp and lcs and seven of my friends at school own the same game an we play on wlon(switch for multiplayer) i only have 45 % of the game done and it kick but
where is the ferry dock?
in the north orin the south???
GTA LCS is coming out April 24
Does any one know how to put the Liberty City Stories radio stations onto your PC???
finaly three days till it comes out on playstation 2
Ack, what a drag! GTA LCS PS2 will actually be released on June 6th, thanks to the delay. :( One more month to go! lol
hhhhhhheeeeeeeeyyyyyyy skinny
I hv a big willy
where is the hearse i need it for love
This game is the best on PSP.I don't have a PSP I have a PS2 and I can't wait to revisit the city. I say PSP stole the PS2's idea so the revolutioner PS2 is being waited until June so I sugest if you want me to support the PSP as I already do I sugest you to let PS2 have the 1st slice please of vice city stories but I will have a PSP before it comes out possibly.Finally why is there not a San andreas stories GTA should wait to 2008 to see what type of masterpiece is on offer
where is the hearse on grand theft auto liberty stories
where can i find a hearse? i need 1 for loves media ive looked in the church yard cun some1 help me
Gta iis my wirst anonymatation with ketchup on it
beat it on psp
can you fly in lcs
suports PC Grand_Theft_Auto_Liberty_City_Stories
how do u play multiplayer???????? i ahve a ps2 and don't know how to get it to multiplayer
how do u play multiplayer???????? i ahve a ps2 and don't know how to get it to multiplayer
bye
where abouts on staunton island is love media? an can u get a dodo on LCS for PS2????
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WHAT IS THE LOVE MEDIA?!?!?!
where is love media in liberty citie
The hearse
On staunton Island (2nd) if you go to the hosiptal at the back of it near the ferry terminal the hearse spawns if it isnt there go around a few times
Love Media
On stuanton Island (2nd) go to one of the roads with the american flag gunshop on it conitnue south and on your left you will find a sunken ramp to a garage this is the garage for love media. on the right hand side is the car list and drive the cars into the garage on thelist to get PCJ and Ghost spawn at your staunton penthouse
Hellenbach GT
On Shoreside vale (3rd) in the houses near your safe house there is a hellenbach GT parked on a drive way
Thunderodd
Next to the callaghan bridge on portland island(1st) there is a large building with carpark the thunderodd is in this carpark.
how can i get a fu*king hearse in liberty city!!!
hi
bye
how 2 play gta lcs with a controll pad
Anyone who knows where to find the car Hearse?