Comments on: GTA: Chinatown Wars sales “frustrating”, says Nintendo

By: boopev

boopev — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:33:35 +0000

I’m not saying CW wasn’t a good game, but i have a limited game budget. So because I have a recent GTA game, i wasn’t going to buy a whole other game just for portability and some new features.

By: Holly Green

Holly Green — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:37:56 +0000

Well, I personally got into Grand Theft Auto around the time of Vice City, well after the original top down versions. I’d played some GTAIII but it was VC really got my interest. I never really got to play a top down version. But now that I have, I feel in some ways that I prefer it. In fact, I was finding myself highly frustrated in GTASA when I went for a return round recently and couldn’t adjust the camera in enough of a “top view” to my liking. Its nice that we can have the best of both worlds by having GTA on console and handheld. CW just added too much great stuff to the GTA universe to be dismissed, like drug dealing and blowing up security cameras.

By: Brian Hefele

Brian Hefele — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:31:33 +0000

I wonder how many people got into the series well after the original top-down versions… Honestly, CW was the most excited I’ve been for a GTA game in a while… Sweet reminiscing…

By: Holly Green

Holly Green — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:12:51 +0000

Yeah, but Chinatown Wars didn’t make it to console. You can’t buy a better version unless you get the slightly better version for PSP. And saying “Oh well, GTAIV is better”? I’d rather play a less than picture perfect Chinatown Wars than none at all. I have been a huge GTA fan for seven years now…didn’t stop me from playing CW because the aesthetic was less than perfect. In fact, I loved what they added to the series and found myself wishing they’d return to top view.

By: boopev

boopev — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:02:31 +0000

i was going to get GTACW, i even borrowed it from a friend but then i realized, why buy a toned down, low graphics and small scale GTA, when i can get a full scale awesome GTA? and don’t get me wrong, i love my ds. But i don’t buy games for it when i can get a better version for a console. (except mario kart)