Size matters: Chinatown Wars bigger than GTA on PSP

by Chris Greenhough { Dec 23rd 2008 at 3:30PM }

If you dream of INCREASED SIZE and LONGER SATISFACTION, there's only one place to turn for your portable Grand Theft Auto thrills: and it's not the PSP. Rockstar Leeds president Gordon Hall has told Nintendo Power that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be "far bigger" than any of the GTA games on the Sony handheld, despite that platform's extra grunt.

Which is ideal, really, because Grand Theft Auto titles are all about playing in giant, sprawling cityscapes. Hall also believes the narcotics trafficking game could "stand alone on its own," and promises "more odd jobs, deeper missions, and more moments of over-the-top action" than anything seen in other handheld entries in the franchise. Contrary to any fears that the DS would see a reduced GTA, Rockstar appears to be stretching hardware boundaries ... again.

Gallery: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Tags: action, chinatown-wars, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars, gta, psp, rockstar, take-two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tim! @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:37PM

That settles that; I'm going down to EB and pre-ordering the crap out of GTA: CT.

WalkingCarpet @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:22PM

I think that I just might do that as well as soon as I get my Christmas money...

Austin @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:18PM

This just proves its ATLEAST worth a second look.

Many so called GTA fans hate how it looks and stuff.

Tim! @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:30PM

I like it because it recalls the first few GTA games with its semi-topdown view, but allows for more exploration and more recent GTA features that newer fans will appreciate.

Even if it's not stellar, it will be fun to just run around when I'm bored with my other games and looking to kill time.

ChromeAlchemist @ Dec 28th 2008 2:40PM

But that's usuall coming from the GTA fans that think the series started at GTAIII, I have no respect for them.

FatalChaos @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:39PM

If it had the same graphics as the PSP I would be impressed. Size isn't everything.

Jacob @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:55PM

Graphics aren't everything.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:00PM

Small penis: confirmed.

aj @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:03PM

"Size" in this case meaning that the game will probably be fairly lengthy.

I've played one of the PSP GTA's, but I am stuck on the third mission you get where you have to drive a forklift through a factory in 2 minutes. It's the single most absurd mini game I've ever played in a game, and they throw it at you in the beginning. After level grinding the bike skill in San Andreas just to beat a mission only to be rewarded with another asinine fetch quest I think I'm done with GTA. They've exhausted the "shoot people and curse" thing at this point. Cell shading and a top down view won't change much.

FatalChaos @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:10PM

I talk about video game size and penis comes to your brain? Homosexual: confirmed.

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:49PM

That's right, folks, you heard it here. The size and structure of the city is not the most important facet of Grand Theft Auto! It's all about the graphics! Always has been, always will be!

oh wait. that's wrong.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Dec 23rd 2008 7:01PM

I love a hostile man.

blahblah @ Dec 28th 2008 5:51AM

Rs doesn't know that A bigger sh*t still's a sh*t.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:01PM

This game is going to bomb so hard. Rockstar deserve that fate for peddling drugs to innocent children.

aj @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:04PM

Dude, have you ever smoked drugs? It's awesome. It makes everything better.

Robert @ Dec 23rd 2008 7:27PM

I wasn't aware you could smoke shrooms.

Hatebreeder @ Dec 23rd 2008 11:37PM

Haha, funnily enough, I actually have smoked shrooms. It wasn't much, just mixed in with some weed (I was told after we finished it all), and it was STRONG.

From what I hear, it's extremely unhealthy, so I wouldn't recommend it.

erico316 @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:31PM

of course its bigger less graphics would make any game bigger since you have to keep a high graphics standard that the psp had and still does .less graphic give you more space to play with as a developer making it easier to have a big area.
So far this game look bad from what i seen gta is 3 thing game play, graphic, and huge area.

atastysammich @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:59PM

But will there be neck-snapping? THIS IS IMPORTANT

Sam @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:44PM

LOL @ the first two lines.

You know what? I lol at most of these posts here today.

NetOperator Wibby @ Dec 24th 2008 12:43AM

Ditto, this is hilarious.

I seem to be one of the rare GTA fans that welcome the new look and cel-shaded graphics because really, when you're being chased by the cops, "OMFG, check out my reflection on the windshield" is NOT going to be on your mind.

I'll go for huge areas and gameplay with decent-enough graphics over gloss anytime. Stop whining people, you don't have to play it. ;)

NeoX @ Dec 23rd 2008 10:47PM

It might be "bigger" but it sure don't look better. Is that the best they could do with the graphics? I mean I realize that the DS has inferior graphics processing then the PSP but there is still some decent power there and I don't like what they went for in this look...

Turbo @ Dec 24th 2008 12:09AM

Yeah I know! They could have used the Super mario 64 type graphics, and could have just limited the game to just Chinatown instead of all of Liberty city, or mabye just one of the islands (the section things.) That top down view for GTA doesn't work that good, it is hard to see where you are going, atleast for me.