True Crime NY Story in the NY Post

[Griking]

Can you believe that this game was the subject of the front page of the New York Post on Friday? It sounds like this game is eventually going to cause a shit storm in New York. Any bets on how long before Hillary Clinton is involved?

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September 23, 2005 -- Join the NYPD — and within minutes you'll be able to pistol-whip suspects, sell evidence on the black market, shoot cabbies for fun and run over jaywalkers.

That's the premise of "True Crime: New York City," a shocking new celebrity-studded video game where you get to play a rogue cop on the crime-infested streets of a Manhattan more dangerous than any Midwestern tourist's worst nightmare.

The game's creators, Activision, have rendered all 24 square miles of Manhattan into a digital den of drugs, violence, corruption and vigilantism that more closely resembles the city of 1975 than 2005.

And noted stars including Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, Laurence Fishburne, and former teen porn star Traci Lords have all provided their voices for characters in the game.

Players of the game get to become Detective Marcus Reed — of the deliberately dyslexic but thinly veiled "PDNY" — and roam the entire borough with guns a-blazin'.

Best of all, says the former real city cop who provided programmers insight into New York's Finest, there's no Miranda rights, Internal Affairs Division or Civilian Complaint Review Board to ruin the fun.

"Marcus is the type of cop we all wished we could be," former NYPD Detective Bill Clark, who was also an adviser on "NYPD Blue," said on the game's Web site. "He doesn't need warrants to burst into buildings, search cars, or people. He doesn't have to deal with politics or property damage or paperwork."

Much like the highly controversial and immensely popular "Grand Theft Auto" games, "True Crime" allows the player to act out illegal, immoral and impossible fantasies — from driving uptown on Fifth Avenue at 80 mph to finding a seat on the subway by pulling the trigger — all with hyper-realistic graphics, including true-to-life squad cars and uniforms.

Even though the game's "hero" is a cop, it's sure to draw the ire of the real NYPD and the police unions.

Although gamers can play good cop — earning a steady if meager salary and abiding by the rules — there's little doubt the real action of the game is geared toward playing the bad cop and breaking all the rules.

"As a New York cop, you'll be faced with many decisions," game producer Brian Clarke explains on the game's site. "Do I turn this evidence in to the precinct and get it off of the street, or do I sell it on the black market and pocket the money?"

"Do I stick with police-issue firearms or buy illegal weaponry to get an edge on the bad guys? Do I arrest a perp and let the system take care of him, or do I take him out myself and enforce justice on the street?"

The game, due out in November for major game systems like PlayStation and Xbox, is a sequel to "True Crime: Los Angeles."

In the New York game, Fishburne's voice is used for a crime lord called "The King" while Rourke and Lords play other detectives and Walken is an FBI agent.

[Milk]

Can you believe that this game was the subject of the front page of the New York Post on Friday?

Why, yes. The Post isn't exactly world-renowned for their writing quality and journalistic skills. In format and content, they are a tabloid. Whether this turns into a shitstorm or not depends on how frisky the politicians are feeling. And by guv, it's an election year!

[mills]

"September 23, 2005 -- Join the NYPD — and within minutes you'll be able to pistol-whip suspects, sell evidence on the black market, shoot cabbies for fun and run over jaywalkers. "

And what's wrong with that? They are just trying to depict what happens in the real life of an NYC polife officer.

[Dahne]

That's the premise of "True Crime: New York City," a shocking new celebrity-studded video game where you get to play a rogue cop on the crime-infested streets of a Manhattan more dangerous than any Midwestern tourist's worst nightmare.

You mean theres another half-assed GTA clone out that's geared towards getting free publicity by causing a mass panty-bunchening? Wow! That IS shocking!

Wait, no, I mean "predictable to the point of absurdity."

[Mr.FoodMonster]

Much like the highly controversial and immensely popular "Grand Theft Auto" games, "True Crime" allows the player to act out illegal, immoral and impossible fantasies — from driving uptown on Fifth Avenue at 80 mph to finding a seat on the subway by pulling the trigger — all with hyper-realistic graphics, including true-to-life squad cars and uniforms.

That pretty much explains this game, only giving it more credit then it deserves. It's a lame watered down version of GTA thats boring and just not fun to play.