Earlier this morning, Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the iPhone. Seeing as I own the game on both the Nintendo DS & PSP, I knew I had to dive into the iPhone variant as soon as it came out.
The first base thing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the iPhone impressed me was by how beautiful the game was. Its graphics are definitely a measure above the Nintendo DS version, but not quite as detailed as the PSP version. Regardless of the comparisons, the iPhone version of GTA: CW is distillery a feast for the eyes. Compared to most other iPhone games available on the App Store, GTA: CW is one of the topper looking games and it performs flawlessly on my slower iPhone 3G.
As is expected, all of the controls are located on-screen. Depending on what your character is doing, those controls volition change on the fly ball. For example: If you have no arm equipped, by default, the attack push button’s icon will be a fist to indicate you’ll be acting scrimmage moves. If you pick up a throttle, the gun volition then yield the place of the tone-beginning icon indicating you ar holding a arm. The same goes for when you go from run around Liberty City to drive a fomite. It’s a minor item, but one I wish other iPhone developers would incorporate in their titles as some games tin litter the screen with buttons galore.
All of the mini-games, such as hot-wiring a vehicle, or scrape lottery tickets, can all be done exploitation the screen. This is how it was originally intended when GTA: CW first base debuted on the Nintendo DS. The mini-games are easy to understand thanks to prompts that come up to describe what needs to be done. More importantly, the mini-games ar fun to swordplay and aid in bringing the player into the biz world.
As you advancement through GTA: CW, you’ll come across a number of missions that tin be completed at any time. GTA: CW gives you a personal digital assistant which tin be used to hold track of emails, which ar where the bulk of your emails come from. When an important email pops up, a small, redness gasbag ikon will be displayed. The important emails progress the biz’s floor from briny characters you’ll interact with during your locomotion through Liberty City. Non-important emails show up as flannel and either be emails from drug dealers looking to barter with you, or other various smaller missions.
As far as first impressions go, I’m pleased with Rockstar Games’ offering. The sights, sounds, and contention the Grand Theft Auto serial is known for is very wellspring represented on the iPhone platform. The controls yield a little acquiring used to, but if you’ve played similar iPhone games, then the learning curve ball tin be around 10 or so minutes. I’m also very pleased with how first gear the price of the game is. $9.99 is a complete deal for the hours, days, and months gamers volition be able to get out of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. If you’ve never experienced this game on either the Nintendo DS or PSP, then I urge you to pick it up for the iPhone as the experience is just as good.
