Product description
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LONDON 1969 EXPERIENCE every classic car chase you've ever seen.
Race at breakneck speed through three immense, living cities in
the US.
THEN visit London in 1969, and take that over as well. You'll out
run and outwit rival gang members, hired killers, and elite
forces.
HUNDREDS OF MISSIONS, FEATURING EVERY KIND OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
6000 MILES OF STREETS, BACK-ALLEYS, BRIDGES, AND DEAD ENDS.
COMPLETE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND MISSION STRUCTURE; NO FIXED
TRACK-YOU CHOOSE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO
OUTRAGEOUS HOLLYWOOD STYLE CAR HANDLING
120 MINUTES OF AWARD WINNING MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK INCLUDING SKA,
REGGAE, HIP-HOP, HOUSE, METAL AND COUNTRY! AND CLASSICAL!
From the Manufacturer
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London 1969 - You are a stylish hooligan entering a new decade
of grievous bodily harm car-jacking and general thugggery. Drive
Run and Shoot your way into all sorts of trouble with the law
ruval gangs and civilians. Warning requires original Grand Theft
Auto disc to operate. Parental advisory - Explicit contents.
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Review
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The original Grand Theft Auto delivered a new type of
experience. The overhead "crime spree on a disc" managed to be
more than just a shocking, violent game. It was just plain fun to
drive around, get into a four-car pileup, hop out of your stolen
car, mow down four or five pedestrians with a machine , and
blow up a few cop cars for good measure. GTA: London 1969 bridges
the gap between the first game and GTA2, scheduled for release
later this year. As one would expect from a mission pack, there
haven't been many changes made to the formula, so only those who
still enjoy lessly driving through the streets of Vice City in
search of a new car to steal and blow up need apply.
Though mission packs have long been a part of PC gaming, there
really hasn't been any solid add-on technology on consoles. GTA
London requires that you own the original GTA disc (Rockstar is
selling the two discs together under the name Director's Cut, in
case you don't have the full game) and makes you put it in while
starting up as part of its bizarre swap trick-esque startup
sequence. You boot up the system with London in the unit. It'll
tell you to put in the original disc, spin for awhile, and then
tell you to put the London disc back in the drive. Whether this
is because it's actually using game code from the original disc
or just trying to keep people from playing the cheap add-on
without buying the more expensive full game is unknown, but I'd
suspect it's the latter.
The differences between the mission pack and the old GTA levels
are minimal. If you want to stay legal, you'll want to stay on
the left side of the road. You'll also be entering and exiting
vehicles on the right side of the car. This will initially cause
a bit of confusion. I know it caused me to get caught by the cops
(er... nicked by the bobbies... whatever) more than once. All the
speech has been replaced with the slang and accents you'd expect
to find in London around 1969. The music has also been completely
revamped, and it fits the scenario nicely. The graphics are
mostly new as well, providing new textures for buildings (there
were a lot of pubs in London back then, I guess) and new cars,
including an Austin Powers-esque ride, complete with accompanying
secret- music.
The GTA London mission pack really doesn't hold a candle to GTA's
original three cities, but it still manages to be reasonably fun.
If you've still got that itch to jack fools for their rides and
smoke cops (and honestly, who doesn't?), then GTA London should
make the wait for GTA2 a little bit easier to bear. --Jeff
Gerstmann
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- About this item First expansion pack for a console game; must own GRAND THEFT AUTO to play; start as small time criminal; steal cars; obey the English rules of the road to remain unnoticed.