True Crime: New York City (Game Cube, 2005)

In True Crime: NYC, you play the role of Marcus Reed, former gangbanger turned cop. The story is like a lot of B-Movie cop films from the 1990's (usually starring Ice-T). But that's not a bad thing. In fact, the story itself is the most enjoyable part of the game.

The soundtrack is very good, with a wide selection of music to choose from at the start. You can also purchase more music later on in the game should you wish to. Unlike comparable games, such as GTA Vice City, you can actually choose which songs get the most play, or get played at all, by adjusting the rating for each song. It's a little time consuming to do this, but if you're used to doing that for Windows Media Player it shouldn't be much of a hassle.

As for the gameplay itself... The game is set in a large sandbox enviroment. The graphics are gritty, which is fitting for this genre, and the animations are well done. (Though, not as well done as other games).

The problems arise in the area of Frame Rate. There are times during the game when it slows down for no apparent reason. This doesn't make the game unplayable, however, and can work to your advantage at times, such as during gun fights. Another glitch is when you step out the door and everything looks like a grey haze has been drawn over it. This usually doesn't last long, but it does happen.

Despite a few issues, a wide variety of weapons, clothing and hairstyles that you can utilize to customize Marcus' look and combat ability make this an enjoyable game. Unfortunately, the aformentioned glitches knock what would be a spectacular game down to average.

On a final note, if you're looking for a sandbox game for the kids, buy them Spider-Man 2 or something similar. If the game is rated "M", there's a fairly good reason for that. This game is adults only.

Like most True Crime fans i waited for the release of New York City. Then like most True Crime fans i was disappointed. You would think that when a sequel is released it would be better than the original. Sadly this is not the case.
True Crime New York City is lame. The graphics are very dark and the city looks very dirty. The graphics are the worst i have seen in a video game. One minute it is raining next it's not then it is again.
If you liked True Crime Streets Of LA you might be disappointed with True Crime New York City
Activision needs to take a long look at this before it releases another flop.

I've read a lot of reviews about this video-game and yeah, from all of the negative reviews, I thought I made a mistake by purchasing it. Well, NOT TRUE! This game is damn good, although not as great as the 1st, but as far as I'm writing, this game is great! Don't read the bad reviews, just take your chance renting or buying it.

This Game is Very good the people giving it bad reviews arent playin it to its full potential there is more freedom on this one and stores u can go in and rob and tons of other free roam things u can do aside from missions,Mixture of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas And True Crime Streets of LA A+

This is a fun game, however we are unable to play it due to the strong language. We turned it on once and our children were in the room, bad idea the language was so strong and unavoidable that we turned it off and have not turned it back on since.

i dont care for this game at all but i like the price my kids are mad at mecause i dont let them play it anymore

it's a very good game if you want to take a break from the latest generation consoles. It can be a bit repetitive but when u ridin that ferrari and ready bust some thieves....it couldn't feel any better. If you do not care about story line and you're a fre spirit...this game is for you. Personally rite now i'm havin fun cleaning up the streets.....OH did i mention.....you can even be a dirty cop.

but true crimes was.. its a very fun free raoming game .. you play a cop named marcus.. and there are different crimes you have to solve in the big NYC nice cars.. nice graphics.. and nice story.. a few glitches ..it freezed on me 2 times so make sure you save alot.. but that doesnt destroy the gameplay..glitches are actually kinda funny..so yea..if you need your gta fix for gamecube true crimes is the closest to it as you can get

Good game to mess around on. Many weapons and cars. Aside from the glitches, there are many things you can do to have fun on it. Weird car graphics, but very fun to screw around on. Buy it if you want a quick killer game.

the graphics completely suck a lot of game glitches okay game overall. good sound track nice story to the game 2 stars

I thought this would be a great continuation of the series, but NYC really disappointed me. The graphics were way less then those in LA, to just start playing the game you have to go through like 10 levels just to reach the main area.

All in all the whole game was just a lack luster thing compared to LA.

Received before I expected. Thank you for your prompt mailing. Cannot wait to try it out. Will buy again

Got the true Crimes. New York game cube game within 10 days of ordering. The game has been hard to find and love the fact that that instruction book , original case are in excellent shape. Well looked after and would recommend anyone to shop with this seller.Great service!