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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
(2006, Video Games - Action/Adventure, Rated M, Play it on: PSP)
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Very well done, but VERY mature content.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories was written by Aaron Lazenby
Parents need to know that despite being limited to the small screen of a portable system, this Grand Theft Auto installment features all the violence, sex, drugs, obscenities, and criminal behavior of its console cousins. Parents should not confuse the handheld gaming experience of Nintendo's Gameboy or DS systems with that of the Sony PSP. The PSP has the graphics, sound, and display capabilities to create an immersive experience -- and GTA:LCS puts those capabilities to work for a decidedly adult game.
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What’s the Story?
GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES shifts the series storyline away from the faux-L.A. of San Andreas and back to the site that spawned the series: Liberty City. This PSP-exclusive installment follows Tony Cipriani (a face familiar to anyone who played GTA3 or GTA: Vice City) in his return to the mean streets and ascent to the inner circles of the Leone crime family. Players guide Tony as he completes missions that endear him to the godfather of the family, prove to his mother he's man enough to be loved, and bloodies the streets in pursuit of money and respect.
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Is It Any Good?
Like the last three GTAs, Liberty City Stories is a landmark sandbox video game experience, allowing players to putter at their own pace in an expansive game universe. Every car on the road can be driven -- after yanking its driver out of the front seat by the hair, of course. Every location in the game universe can be explored. It's this flexibility and total immersion that's won the series its acclaim, despite the complaints about its graphic content.
But this impressive, expansive environment is filled with adults-only material. Storylines feature domestic violence, drug smuggling, contract killings, rigged elections, cannibalism, car bombings and police corruption. There is no doubt that GTA:LCS is an impressive feat for the still young PSP. It's too bad that a game of this imagination and production value doesn't exist for the system without the over-the-top explicit content.
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Released on 1/16/2006, price $49.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs, Intense Sci-Fi Violence, Strong Violence)
ESRB rating: M (for Blood and Gore, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs, Intense Sci-Fi Violence, Strong Violence)
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- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
again mild for gta
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
It's GTA. There's going to be graphic violence, sex, profanity and drug content. Most kids know the difference between games and real life. I played games like this when i was younger, it all depends on the kid.
- I rate this title on for age 16 and give it
Not as bad as four, but still bad.
It doesn't hold anything special in the grand theft auto series. It just seemed like I played grand theft auto three again.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
i lovie it
This game is very good. But like all of the other Grand Theft Auto games it is full of murder, sex, drugs and achol, and bad language.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
People All Say
When your playing a game you need to remember it's not real life.People take the GTA series like its the most graphic game in America.It's not on the list of most graphic games of all time GTA was number 23 out of 25.It's not that bad of a game.So if your kid wants it go get it remember it's just a game.
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