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Online Game Collection - Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars Game Collection. (more : God of War Chains) Grand Theft Auto : Chinatown Wars Controversy. Chinatown Wars continues the series' tradition of controversy because of a drug dealing minigame that includes heroin and ecstasy. Protesters against the game include Darren Gold of the anti-drug abuse charity Drugsline, who stated: "Anything using drug-dealing as entertainment is sending out the wrong message (more : Holiday Spirit Ancient Rome and Vacation Quest).

Glamorisation doesn't help our work trying to educate kids of the dangers of substance misuse." In an interview with Edge magazine, Dan Houser said "we wanted to have a drug-dealing mini-game in lots of the GTA games. We played with it a little in Vice City Stories, because it worked really well juxtaposed with the main story. It works well with what GTA is, with driving around the map, and it gives you another thing to think about – another layer or piece of the puzzle to keep you motivated... It does intersect with the main story and things you learn from it work with the story, but it mostly runs on its own.


Chinatown Wars on the PSP may not look like more familiar Grand Theft Auto titles such as Liberty City Stories and Vice City, but looks aren’t everything. While the DS version makes frequent use of the touch screen to emulate the feeling of hotwiring cars, mixing drugs in your private lab, and etching tattoos into fellow gang members, Rockstar Games had the unenviable option of trying to translate much of the gameplay into the PSP’s control scheme. Not only did it work, but Rockstar also transferred GTA: Chinatown Wars to the PlayStation Portable without taking anything away from the DS version.


As the game’s title implies, the story of Chinatown Wars focuses around Chinese gang warfare, with protagonist Huang Lee arriving in town after the murder of his father, a Triad boss. Not long after Lee arrives, violence breaks out as various factions in Liberty City try to eliminate each other and take control of the city, which kicks off hours of gameplay that highlight Rockstar’s trademark narrative skills. With various mini-games geared toward activities that you’d expect from a real life of crime, there’s a lot of variety to be found early on in the action.


Actually, the PSP port of Chinatown Wars sets itself apart even further from its DS counterpart in a few ways. For one, the classic top-down perspective that harkens back to older Grand Theft Auto titles takes advantage of the extra real estate that’s provided with the PSP’s widescreen layout. Even though it’s largely a difference of inches, the visuals and controls are supported by larger screen on the PSP hardware.


Along with updated graphics and a modified control scheme, Chinatown Wars on PSP also contains extra missions that expand on the original version, alongside with bonus content exclusive to the PSP port. If you’re a PSP owner and a GTA fan that hasn’t rolled with the Triads yet, Chinatown Wars can be found anywhere for $20 or less — so get it before it’s rare.