It really doesn't makes sense lore-wise, because Huang has only been fucking around in Hong Kong or wherever in China, so seeing GTA IV mentions Huang's name is just weird but appreciated
I spent so much time during my teenage years just dealing in CW, cause yes, it's just that incredibly addictive and fun, plus on the DS, the novelty of directly interacting with everything gave the entire game so much charm
The lil interactive bits on everything were so good in the DS version, down to dumb extra details like rearranging the fridge magnets on the mission/faction screen.
Ling has so much wasted potential. It's a crime she was killed off so soon because she felt like she added something to the story, especially with Huang. It's baffling how they had her advertised so much in promotional art and introduced her in the game as someone who would be important only to waste her. It would have been so much better to keep her around as Huang's companion throughout the game.
Its so obvious it was some stab in the dark attempt at subverting peoples expectations. But then it replaces that subversion with nothing. I remember this game so fondly. But completely forgot she existed. Such a shame
Based on the promotional artwork, Ling had a much bigger part in the story earlier in development but that was cut to simplify her short arc in the final release. Which is a shame because she had a nice romantic chemistry with Huang.
Even by GTA standards the plot in Chinatown wars felt very mean spirited lol. Great game regardless. Top 5 DS games and that’s saying something cus that platform had classics for dayz
I used to play Chinatown Wars on my ds all the time when I was in middle school. One interesting thing I found was that in the lcpd criminal database in GTA 4, you can actually find profiles for Huang, Kenny, Chan, Zhao, and Hsin.
Zhao is one of my favorite bosses in any GTA. I think it's a neat touch that (SPOILERS) he actually dealt straight with you the entire time, and you're tricked into turning on him.
Them killing off Ling Shan was just a complete fumble. She seemed like there was just so much more about her that we didn't know, I definitely thought that Huang's interest in her was going to be the thing that was a catalyst for escalation beyond just the triads. But no, instead she is quickly killed off and despite being carried off in very strange fashion, we never get to see her again confirming that she has died. I liked her back and forth with Huang, the healthiest relationship between a man and a woman that I'd ever seen Rockstar's series do, but of course they wasted it. If only her death had been faked and she was actually working for the police or something, we could have had a lot more complex story if that had been the case
I don't have an issue with it primarily since I think killing her off almost immediately was kinda the point for them, to undercut the love interest sort-of trope they had at that point. I think they took a lesson from GTA IV that it's better to have a great relationship that's severed too soon rather than a half-baked one that outstays its welcome.
@@DropsOfMars Well...Victor and Luise worked great but had a fight near the end of the game ...a bit of a nasty one ...but they were great together for the short amount of time
@@maxim196 lol Victor's character was super backwards and I never really bought into his motivations. Love VCS to death but when your square ex military guy still continues to willfully engage in criminal conduct even before his brother shows up to badly influence him, it's hard to buy into any of his relationships or actions.
Probably the most charming GTA game ever. This one actually made me buy a DS to play it. And it's worth it. The touch screen mini games add a nice unique feel from other GTA games. Like throwing the Molotovs feels so much better.
I love how cute the UI art is. I knew it was another gritty grand theft but I'm very pleasantly surprised at all the character it has. The scaled down cars (or scaled up character) gives fantastic clarity for both driving and on foot. I wish I'd played it now!
Yea love how u can wreck police cars out of the chase, in gta 5 ive made police cars run into trucks, trees, made them flip over and they still manage to get back into the chase
@@relate97 on top of that it looked beautiful. The DS version was fun. The only reason I stopped playing it is because I got caught in a storm and it suffered serious water damage. Never bothered buying another one
Around 2006-2012 was such an iconic era in gaming that it was inevitable that some gems were gonna fall through the cracks. This is the only GTA game that I didn’t play and I always regretted it given how much love this game got from fans and critics. I was a junior in high school back in 2009 and I was mostly playing the abundance of classic Xbox 360/PS3 games at the time and I completely neglected my handheld consoles. I just never found the urge to revive my Nintendo DS and play it as intended.
I just downloaded it lol I tried playing it when I was younger on my iPod but it never ran and always crashed so I never tried playing again and just forgot about it
@@jmgonzales7701 that’s a big part of what I love about it. It’s a top down GTA that plays like a modern GTA, with some arcady mechanics thrown in there to take better advantage of the perspective. It ends up being the best of both worlds as a result.
@@Kenshiro3rd well its good u like it. I just dont share the same opinion. Thou the game is great i wish we got a new gta china town or even a mafia type.
In the early days of the modern internet (2000ish) there was a downloadable drug selling game. No idea what it was called. The mechanic from Chinatown wars is almost identical to that game. Gave me crazy nostalgia when I played Chinatown wars. I absolutely love this game, it's so much fun
my fav set of lines in this entire video is "Which while pretty cool, you'll never use. As we are introduced into something way more powerful than a sweet roundhouse kick, a GUN"
The soundtrack of this game is underrated as hell. I love Hsin's and Rudy's theme it's really great as well as Heston's. They really fit each of the characters.
I remember this game so fondly. All of the different mini games are crazy fun to do. Searching dumpsters, hot wiring cars, selling pharmaceuticals. And most of all, SCRATCHING TICKETS. I was broke for the entire game and just stopped playing and resorted to killing people and searching dumpsters for anything that could help me make more money, so I could scratch more tickets.
I personally thought Chinatown Wars was even more fun than GTA4 and Episodes From Liberty City. It was like a redux of what made the entire GTA franchise so much fun - especially with that balance of realism and cartoonish zaniness that the classic GTA titles had. I did find it kind of strange that Chinatown Wars didn't have appearances by other characters from GTA4 though. It's almost as if that game exists in a different universe than GTA4. And I'm looking forward to your Saints Row 2 video. That game is the most fun I've had with anything available on the 360.
nah now you’re over exaggerating like bfr those two games can never be compared like one was developed on the ds and one was developed on the ps3 + ctw was after gta iv which was pretty underwhelming considering how good that game turned out to be and then we’d get a 2d game with no voice acting at least and easily forgettable characters, and in my opinion it should’ve been a dlc for iv since they’re both in lc and iv had lots of interactions with the chinese triads it could’ve been connected to the story like eflc
@@F3tz GTA4 did have a good story and good characters, but the majority of the gameplay was disappointing. I had more fun with Chinatown Wars since it had rampage challenges, Hobotron, etc., and none of that boring stuff like bowling or going to the cabaret. But seeing Chinatown Wars with the same graphics and engine as GTA4 in a DLC would have been cool.
@@littlegreengamerctw must add gangwars like in sa or vcs and more weapons imo. It's way way better than gta lcs too. I saw some guys said ctw sucks bec. of top view and lcs is better lmao. 💀
@@F3tz I never played Chinatown Wars myself, but the game looks fun and has lots of charm judging from the vid. Also, when GTA4 came out, I remember being REALLY disappointed in it. Took me years for it to click with me and I enjoyed Saint Row 2 so much more back then. If I got CTW, I probably would of preferred that too TBH. Not that far fetch for someone to like this game more than 4 at all...
@@littlegreengamerand don't forget gta 4 needed 2 dlcs in order to be a more complete game, the dlcs were one of the best dlcs of all time tho. gta 4 cult will skin u alive for this statement😂😂😂 ctw with gta 4 engine and sa and vcs gang wars will blow out every gta for real.
I got this in middle school on DS and was obsessed (After being a GTA fan prior) Spent hours and hours messing around in and exploring the map and got another copy for my sister- After our parents would send us to bed we'd wait for each other on Pictochat to meet up and decide who hosts and hop on to Liberty City Survivor (Deathmatch), but instead of killing each other we'd just free roam around the fully-accessible map and drive cars around together Taking cars off the ramp-like rocks at the beach and hitting gas pumps sideways on motorcycles to launch off was always SUCH a blast!
I had no idea you could play with other people thur hosting. That’s actually pretty cool that you mentioned. I remember playing this on my ds but I liked the one I had for my psp more. Better quality, more missions, easier controls, but the ds version was good to definitively blew my mind.
I remember my parents buying me this to keep me quiet on a long car journey. 14 year old me got addicted to the scratch card mini game and to this day I have a crippling gambling addiction. Thanks mom and dad ❤
Despite being a portable game and having its hardware limitations, we can agree it had some pretty unique and varied mission designs through the campaign. Some sort of remaster with voice work and actual radio stations, would do it marvel.
I still think the biggest mistake with the PSP was having only one analog stick. Many racing games would have worked nicely with another one, and think about if for the PSP version of this, they actually implemented a twin-stick shooter style control scheme for aiming!
Glad this game is getting mentioned again, it's nostalgic on psp and perhaps I think rockstar going back to it's top down format was something that I kinda appreciate about this game, the drug mini game was awesome
Been loving your channel the past few months. Even to your past videos years back. Great comfy retrospectives that help me relive favorites or get a good idea through your descriptions and opinions on games I never played. Great variety too.. play on man.
I work long hours where I can pretty much just listen to stuff in the background and you've become a quick favorite. But I'm always shocked when I see that your sub count hasn't hit 50k yet, for the quality of work you do you should have way more than that!
You really should play GTA 2. That game was fantastic. The gameplay is a bit wonky but the missions are fun, the characters are fun, there's a bit of mistery because of the dystopian setting (it's not exactly in line with the other GTAs), the radio is hilarious because of the hosts and also very interesting because of the commercials and announcements that give you a bit of insight in the game's world. I recommend it
I never liked 2 got it the day it came out i was obsessed with the first one and london add ons but 2 never really took off with me did like the gang aspect gaining favour with one will piss off another it was interesting..
My favorite memory of this game is as soon as you have control going to a gas station and playing the scratch off over and over, I remember winning so much money from nothing just because I could
As goofy as it was i sincerely hope they bring back that mechanic where if you accelerated while holding yourself in place with the brakes when you let them go you'd run off leaving a back to the future-worthy fire trail. My brother used it a lot to make fun of the police AI by holding it in place so they'd approach on foot and then let loose leaving everyone on fire.
Technically, while he's not named in game, the leader of the HD Universe Yardies is Real Badman from GTA 4, who is killed in CTW and thus presumably Little Jacob takes over the gang
2 things that this game did and I found them oddly fun: The whole drug market system, it was weirdly fun to look for good prices and do custom deliveries. The fact that to get guns, you had to order them online and wait for the delivery truck, there was something oddly immersive about that, and you could try to game the system and steal from the truck instead. A bonus is the chase system, it's kinda fun.
this game was my intro to gta as a 9 year old. one of my core memories was asking for it at gamestop because the copy at blockbuster didnt work. the worker listed off all the bad things to my mom and she was so embarrassed but bought it anyway
I strongly believe that not many gta game need remakes, but china town war is an exception for sure. I was always so salty when we could finally deal see the china town gangs story only to be done in a lesser version of all other gta games that came out during that time.
I loved this game. Parents never got it for me so I played it on my phone once I found it was on there. The driving controls for mobile were god awful. But it shows how memorable this game.
I'll be honest I wish we got a little bit more of the triad since the games usually have you working with the mafia it's nice to get the triad perspective since they are usually red shirts
Shout-out to whomever at Google decided i shouldn't be able to buy the game on play store regardless of which android version im running for whatever reason.
Call me a zoomer as much as you want, but i finnished the game like a week before this video and it was amazing, from the top down veiw, to the dealing, everything was very well done, and i dont think i incountered a single glitch.
I love gta chinatown wars. I remember going on long car rides just playing it over and over again. I really wish the drug deal mod would make it into the main series games or even give us a chinatown wars 2 on switch
There is a gun range mini game in this ...which is very fun . Good luck finding it though haha... also the melee is very useful in combat...if you are close enough you could kick and knock every enemy to the ground even if you hold a gun
One thing I really value in games is flamethrower fire effects, I didn't get far into this game so never saw that it had better visuals than modern games
I've only played this game's story once, and I really didn't remember much of it, so it was nice to get a refresh on it. The dealing minigame's gotta come back, that thing was so much fun and overall this game's has a nice story by itself. Anyways, hope to see you cover GTA Advance, it's a nice companion piece for GTA 3, and that'll complete your GTA retrospectives. Well, that and V, but that one's on the way soon-ish (tho I wonder if you'll get to the 2D universe someday). Well, looking forward to that Saint Row 2 video, been a while since I last played it so it'll be a fun watch :)
this is one of my favorite games in the series 🙏 the ds version is so good, especially the wanted mechanic, easily the best wanted mechanic in any gta game. the story is decent, but there are a couple shitty missions in there but a lot of memorable ones. i love the car jacking/touch minigames in general i think they were done so well in chinatown wars. also the drug economy was genius, it was so in depth and a really unique way to get money for a gta game. san andreas is still my favorite in the series but this is easily top 4, not to mention the MF DOOM intro song
This game is awesome on the DS, you can use the touchscreen to aim throwable weapons and it feels so alright doing so and the minigames using the touchscreen are really good, thanks to that I ended up with a bunch of molotovs, and ofc the dealer minigame I spent like half of my runtime just dealing drugs there, but yeah I really loved this game R* Leeds really showed that they can take the most basic portable hardware and make the best of it, Max Payne on GBA, GTA on PSP and Chinatown Wars on the DS, imagine if they were not just part of the GTA Online mines and were tasked to make a new GTA for the Switch pushing the hardware to its limits giving us a new entry in the series, but it is what it is.
This is my personal favorite GTA as i had it on DS and took it everywhere with me. My favorite thing to do was steal a Go Kart and take it off of the tracks 😅
I remember playing this when I was younger. I didn't enjoy it much, I remember hating the police escape mechanics but I don't really remember why, I should probably give it a go again some time.
Police were same as the first game and london add ons The cops always did the same thing speed up along side you then ram a left or right straight into your car depending on which side they are on i think they were meant to get in front then turn to stop/block you but they just ended up rsmming the side of the car so predictable just wait till they gain speed then slam the brakes on right before they cut in.. 😂
GTA2 was my intro to GTA. The experience of going from top down view to 3d with GTA3 in real time was crazy. Everybody should go back and play the top down view games and see how different it is going backwards
Such an amazing game imo ! The way it blends with the Ds and it’s touch screen makes it pretty unique for a gta game. Got wiring cars, digging thru dumpster, accessing your pda and even breaking your windshield when you drive your car into the water
I remember beating this on DS… then the PSP version came out and I couldn’t look back. The graphics were 👌 nothing more nostalgic than the police lights glowing on the map during the night time
As a kid i always thought the vehicles in this game looked like Matchbox cars. And i loved it! Was boss on the DS with the quick time event type things. Might have to get it and complete it
This turned out to be one of my favorite gta games and it's the only game I ever completed on the DS. It was perfectly designed for that hardware. The story and gameplay was just phenomenal despite the limitations of the ds it felt super ambitious. It's also crazy how the only gta game with actual drug dealing was on a Nintendo console and it was super fun. I liked everything about it.
I started playing this a couple months back, actually really like it. It takes the what I consider borderline unplayable top down gameplay of 1 and 2, and makes it not only playable but actually really fun. Started playing this a couple months back, actually really like it. It takes the what i consider borderline unplayable top down gameplay of 1 and 2, and makes it not only playable but actually really fun. Literally, only reason I stopped playing it is because my destroyed hands get numb from holding the PSP Go lmao. I gotta finish it at some point.
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Fun fact: in gta 4, when you use the police car computer, you can see the protagonists' names of gta cw in the list of criminals. 😮😅
Which doesn't make sense since IV takes place in '08 and Huang arrived a year later
(Seen the video tho not trying to deny your comment or anything)
@@nicoffee777 but huang did come there a some years before, iirc.
maybe he did crimes back then and dipped back?
@@nittayoshifumi8252 Well yeah that could be the case, but why would a ~20yo son of the Triad boss do stuff like e.g. steal a car?
It really doesn't makes sense lore-wise, because Huang has only been fucking around in Hong Kong or wherever in China, so seeing GTA IV mentions Huang's name is just weird but appreciated
@@frds_skce in the beginning of the game he says he's been to LC before and caught crabs
I spent so much time during my teenage years just dealing in CW, cause yes, it's just that incredibly addictive and fun, plus on the DS, the novelty of directly interacting with everything gave the entire game so much charm
Dealing drugs in this game as a kid made it easier as a teenager
@@connormoylan4320fucking facts
The lil interactive bits on everything were so good in the DS version, down to dumb extra details like rearranging the fridge magnets on the mission/faction screen.
I used to run a BBS that had a similar game to that called DrugLord.
@@connormoylan4320 as a teenager in the game right?
Ling has so much wasted potential. It's a crime she was killed off so soon because she felt like she added something to the story, especially with Huang. It's baffling how they had her advertised so much in promotional art and introduced her in the game as someone who would be important only to waste her. It would have been so much better to keep her around as Huang's companion throughout the game.
Its so obvious it was some stab in the dark attempt at subverting peoples expectations. But then it replaces that subversion with nothing. I remember this game so fondly. But completely forgot she existed. Such a shame
Based on the promotional artwork, Ling had a much bigger part in the story earlier in development but that was cut to simplify her short arc in the final release. Which is a shame because she had a nice romantic chemistry with Huang.
I don’t think her and Huang had anything together but she was still wasted simply as another user said her loss was replaced with nothing substantial.
Even by GTA standards the plot in Chinatown wars felt very mean spirited lol. Great game regardless. Top 5 DS games and that’s saying something cus that platform had classics for dayz
She's my crush so yes, it's a shame that she died so quickly
It's serious when Cartman cries
Its cuz riff raff wants a Ferrari
Not really, its usually just because of his own greed or just because he isn't getting his own way.
Liars and those who manipulate for pleasure, foster consent in many ways
I used to play Chinatown Wars on my ds all the time when I was in middle school. One interesting thing I found was that in the lcpd criminal database in GTA 4, you can actually find profiles for Huang, Kenny, Chan, Zhao, and Hsin.
Zhao is one of my favorite bosses in any GTA. I think it's a neat touch that (SPOILERS) he actually dealt straight with you the entire time, and you're tricked into turning on him.
Them killing off Ling Shan was just a complete fumble. She seemed like there was just so much more about her that we didn't know, I definitely thought that Huang's interest in her was going to be the thing that was a catalyst for escalation beyond just the triads. But no, instead she is quickly killed off and despite being carried off in very strange fashion, we never get to see her again confirming that she has died. I liked her back and forth with Huang, the healthiest relationship between a man and a woman that I'd ever seen Rockstar's series do, but of course they wasted it. If only her death had been faked and she was actually working for the police or something, we could have had a lot more complex story if that had been the case
I don't have an issue with it primarily since I think killing her off almost immediately was kinda the point for them, to undercut the love interest sort-of trope they had at that point. I think they took a lesson from GTA IV that it's better to have a great relationship that's severed too soon rather than a half-baked one that outstays its welcome.
"the healthiest relationship between a man and a woman that I'd ever seen Rockstar's series do,"
- Kendl and Ceser say Hi
@@maxim196 oh yeah I forgot about them. They're really only is two though huh?
@@DropsOfMars Well...Victor and Luise worked great but had a fight near the end of the game ...a bit of a nasty one ...but they were great together for the short amount of time
@@maxim196 lol Victor's character was super backwards and I never really bought into his motivations. Love VCS to death but when your square ex military guy still continues to willfully engage in criminal conduct even before his brother shows up to badly influence him, it's hard to buy into any of his relationships or actions.
Probably the most charming GTA game ever. This one actually made me buy a DS to play it. And it's worth it. The touch screen mini games add a nice unique feel from other GTA games. Like throwing the Molotovs feels so much better.
I love how cute the UI art is. I knew it was another gritty grand theft but I'm very pleasantly surprised at all the character it has. The scaled down cars (or scaled up character) gives fantastic clarity for both driving and on foot.
I wish I'd played it now!
This game was the best. The drug trading and police chases in this game is just unparalleled.
Yea love how u can wreck police cars out of the chase, in gta 5 ive made police cars run into trucks, trees, made them flip over and they still manage to get back into the chase
I loved this game. Had both versions. The PSP version with the extra missions and music was my preferred one
I think everyone would prefer the version with extra missions lol
@@relate97 on top of that it looked beautiful. The DS version was fun. The only reason I stopped playing it is because I got caught in a storm and it suffered serious water damage. Never bothered buying another one
I played the mobile port years ago.
@@thegamingprozone1941 I tried to get it the other day but apparently my Android OS is too new
@avace917 ah, that's a bummer 😕.They need to update it for modern phones.
The Ling part actually got me I was shocked because I didn't think it would happen any other way
Around 2006-2012 was such an iconic era in gaming that it was inevitable that some gems were gonna fall through the cracks. This is the only GTA game that I didn’t play and I always regretted it given how much love this game got from fans and critics. I was a junior in high school back in 2009 and I was mostly playing the abundance of classic Xbox 360/PS3 games at the time and I completely neglected my handheld consoles. I just never found the urge to revive my Nintendo DS and play it as intended.
I'd say peak gaming was PS2/XBOX/GameCube era and PS3/360/Wii is a close 2nd
I just downloaded it lol I tried playing it when I was younger on my iPod but it never ran and always crashed so I never tried playing again and just forgot about it
This game was SO DAMN GOOD. It took full advantage of the DS without being too gimmicky.
Chinatown Wars is my absolute fave of the series. Absolutely loved it’s blend of classic and modern GTA, and the Wanted Mechanics are awesome!
just wished it wanst top down
@@jmgonzales7701 that’s a big part of what I love about it. It’s a top down GTA that plays like a modern GTA, with some arcady mechanics thrown in there to take better advantage of the perspective. It ends up being the best of both worlds as a result.
@@Kenshiro3rd well its good u like it. I just dont share the same opinion. Thou the game is great i wish we got a new gta china town or even a mafia type.
@@jmgonzales7701 fair enough. I loved both approaches. It’s just CTW’s blend of old and new is what made it stand out from the rest for me.
In the early days of the modern internet (2000ish) there was a downloadable drug selling game. No idea what it was called. The mechanic from Chinatown wars is almost identical to that game. Gave me crazy nostalgia when I played Chinatown wars.
I absolutely love this game, it's so much fun
Gee do you know the name of that game?
@@Fidozo15 "no idea what it was called"
Drug Wars
Maybe stick RPG
Mafia Wars from Facebook? 🧐
my fav set of lines in this entire video is "Which while pretty cool, you'll never use. As we are introduced into something way more powerful than a sweet roundhouse kick, a GUN"
Drug running in this game is Goated and at times I usually would forget about the story and run block 2 block town to town, and bridge 2 bridge.
Fr I played it yesterday and got from 20k to 120k in just about an hour of playing
The soundtrack of this game is underrated as hell. I love Hsin's and Rudy's theme it's really great as well as Heston's. They really fit each of the characters.
I remember this game so fondly. All of the different mini games are crazy fun to do. Searching dumpsters, hot wiring cars, selling pharmaceuticals. And most of all, SCRATCHING TICKETS. I was broke for the entire game and just stopped playing and resorted to killing people and searching dumpsters for anything that could help me make more money, so I could scratch more tickets.
I personally thought Chinatown Wars was even more fun than GTA4 and Episodes From Liberty City. It was like a redux of what made the entire GTA franchise so much fun - especially with that balance of realism and cartoonish zaniness that the classic GTA titles had. I did find it kind of strange that Chinatown Wars didn't have appearances by other characters from GTA4 though. It's almost as if that game exists in a different universe than GTA4.
And I'm looking forward to your Saints Row 2 video. That game is the most fun I've had with anything available on the 360.
nah now you’re over exaggerating like bfr those two games can never be compared like one was developed on the ds and one was developed on the ps3 + ctw was after gta iv which was pretty underwhelming considering how good that game turned out to be and then we’d get a 2d game with no voice acting at least and easily forgettable characters, and in my opinion it should’ve been a dlc for iv since they’re both in lc and iv had lots of interactions with the chinese triads it could’ve been connected to the story like eflc
@@F3tz GTA4 did have a good story and good characters, but the majority of the gameplay was disappointing. I had more fun with Chinatown Wars since it had rampage challenges, Hobotron, etc., and none of that boring stuff like bowling or going to the cabaret. But seeing Chinatown Wars with the same graphics and engine as GTA4 in a DLC would have been cool.
@@littlegreengamerctw must add gangwars like in sa or vcs and more weapons imo. It's way way better than gta lcs too. I saw some guys said ctw sucks bec. of top view and lcs is better lmao. 💀
@@F3tz I never played Chinatown Wars myself, but the game looks fun and has lots of charm judging from the vid. Also, when GTA4 came out, I remember being REALLY disappointed in it. Took me years for it to click with me and I enjoyed Saint Row 2 so much more back then. If I got CTW, I probably would of preferred that too TBH.
Not that far fetch for someone to like this game more than 4 at all...
@@littlegreengamerand don't forget gta 4 needed 2 dlcs in order to be a more complete game, the dlcs were one of the best dlcs of all time tho. gta 4 cult will skin u alive for this statement😂😂😂 ctw with gta 4 engine and sa and vcs gang wars will blow out every gta for real.
I actually never knew that the CW map is just a downscaled version of the GTA IV map. Now I know why the game always gave off the same vibes as GTA IV
I got this in middle school on DS and was obsessed (After being a GTA fan prior)
Spent hours and hours messing around in and exploring the map and got another copy for my sister- After our parents would send us to bed we'd wait for each other on Pictochat to meet up and decide who hosts and hop on to Liberty City Survivor (Deathmatch), but instead of killing each other we'd just free roam around the fully-accessible map and drive cars around together
Taking cars off the ramp-like rocks at the beach and hitting gas pumps sideways on motorcycles to launch off was always SUCH a blast!
I had no idea you could play with other people thur hosting. That’s actually pretty cool that you mentioned. I remember playing this on my ds but I liked the one I had for my psp more. Better quality, more missions, easier controls, but the ds version was good to definitively blew my mind.
The best part about this game is the writing, the characters are so good
Great lines too
I remember my parents buying me this to keep me quiet on a long car journey. 14 year old me got addicted to the scratch card mini game and to this day I have a crippling gambling addiction. Thanks mom and dad ❤
Nice Fast and Furious original quote Fuzzy! Well played! Awesome video, as always!
Despite being a portable game and having its hardware limitations, we can agree it had some pretty unique and varied mission designs through the campaign. Some sort of remaster with voice work and actual radio stations, would do it marvel.
This game turned out incredibly well for something so risky and ambitious.
I still think the biggest mistake with the PSP was having only one analog stick. Many racing games would have worked nicely with another one, and think about if for the PSP version of this, they actually implemented a twin-stick shooter style control scheme for aiming!
The banshee is really strong in this game, it can sent other vehicles flying into the sky
I even managed to clip a chopper with this
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Glad this game is getting mentioned again, it's nostalgic on psp and perhaps I think rockstar going back to it's top down format was something that I kinda appreciate about this game, the drug mini game was awesome
I love it when southpark mentions some super niche game, CTW wasn't that popular when it came out.
I miss when they did GTA spin offs, they were always so good and really helped fill in the gaps between major releases.
I think you forgot doing Xin Shan missions. They are unlocked by completing "Salt in the Wound" mission and finding 2 lions of Fo.
Your channel makes some of the best GTA content. Especially because you’re covering almost all the games
This is my favorite gta. The overhead style works really well and it’s just really fun.
This is my 3rd favorite GTA game of all time, behind San Andreas at #2 and Vice City at #1
Try GTA VCS
@@maxim196 I have, didn't care too much for it
@@kinsan89 Shame
@@maxim196 the story on that game is something else 🔥
Been loving your channel the past few months. Even to your past videos years back. Great comfy retrospectives that help me relive favorites or get a good idea through your descriptions and opinions on games I never played. Great variety too.. play on man.
I've just started binging your videos and I wished there was a Chinatown Wars retrospective as well. The timing couldn't have been better
I work long hours where I can pretty much just listen to stuff in the background and you've become a quick favorite. But I'm always shocked when I see that your sub count hasn't hit 50k yet, for the quality of work you do you should have way more than that!
You really should play GTA 2. That game was fantastic. The gameplay is a bit wonky but the missions are fun, the characters are fun, there's a bit of mistery because of the dystopian setting (it's not exactly in line with the other GTAs), the radio is hilarious because of the hosts and also very interesting because of the commercials and announcements that give you a bit of insight in the game's world.
I recommend it
I never liked 2 got it the day it came out i was obsessed with the first one and london add ons but 2 never really took off with me did like the gang aspect gaining favour with one will piss off another it was interesting..
My favorite memory of this game is as soon as you have control going to a gas station and playing the scratch off over and over, I remember winning so much money from nothing just because I could
As goofy as it was i sincerely hope they bring back that mechanic where if you accelerated while holding yourself in place with the brakes when you let them go you'd run off leaving a back to the future-worthy fire trail.
My brother used it a lot to make fun of the police AI by holding it in place so they'd approach on foot and then let loose leaving everyone on fire.
Technically, while he's not named in game, the leader of the HD Universe Yardies is Real Badman from GTA 4, who is killed in CTW and thus presumably Little Jacob takes over the gang
The factory boss isn't badman,badman doesn't have dredds
Chinatown Wars was my first GTA game on iOS. Still my personal favorite GTA game.
You got my sub for the simple act of looking up how to pronounce Huang. I appreciate it
The coolest part about CTW is that its the second and currently last gta game that has dismemberment and gore (also pedestrians turns black from fire)
Dude I’ve spent like a huge portion of my childhood grinding this game out on my DS. Really underrated title that’s for sure
@20:33 I had to laugh at that dig at F&F 1 😂😂😂 the Hector jone will never get old
if this game had voice acting it would be damn nearly perfect
2 things that this game did and I found them oddly fun:
The whole drug market system, it was weirdly fun to look for good prices and do custom deliveries.
The fact that to get guns, you had to order them online and wait for the delivery truck, there was something oddly immersive about that, and you could try to game the system and steal from the truck instead.
A bonus is the chase system, it's kinda fun.
this game was my intro to gta as a 9 year old. one of my core memories was asking for it at gamestop because the copy at blockbuster didnt work. the worker listed off all the bad things to my mom and she was so embarrassed but bought it anyway
I strongly believe that not many gta game need remakes, but china town war is an exception for sure. I was always so salty when we could finally deal see the china town gangs story only to be done in a lesser version of all other gta games that came out during that time.
Well it was extremely smart to use Lings art “in her memory”. Can’t wait for saints row 2
That was actually in a episode of South Park??! that's a random mention of this game.
I loved this game. Parents never got it for me so I played it on my phone once I found it was on there. The driving controls for mobile were god awful. But it shows how memorable this game.
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GTA CTW is under-rated on par with the Stories games, no on includes them when they talk about the GTA Games.
I'll be honest I wish we got a little bit more of the triad since the games usually have you working with the mafia it's nice to get the triad perspective since they are usually red shirts
had this on my ipod touch when i was in middle school, played it for hours on end. for having no recorded dialogue, the game came out quite good.
fr man, i remember how fun it was just messing around and getting a tank n causing chaos
Shout-out to whomever at Google decided i shouldn't be able to buy the game on play store regardless of which android version im running for whatever reason.
Call me a zoomer as much as you want, but i finnished the game like a week before this video and it was amazing, from the top down veiw, to the dealing, everything was very well done, and i dont think i incountered a single glitch.
I love gta chinatown wars. I remember going on long car rides just playing it over and over again. I really wish the drug deal mod would make it into the main series games or even give us a chinatown wars 2 on switch
There is a gun range mini game in this ...which is very fun . Good luck finding it though haha... also the melee is very useful in combat...if you are close enough you could kick and knock every enemy to the ground even if you hold a gun
One thing I really value in games is flamethrower fire effects, I didn't get far into this game so never saw that it had better visuals than modern games
I've only played this game's story once, and I really didn't remember much of it, so it was nice to get a refresh on it. The dealing minigame's gotta come back, that thing was so much fun and overall this game's has a nice story by itself.
Anyways, hope to see you cover GTA Advance, it's a nice companion piece for GTA 3, and that'll complete your GTA retrospectives. Well, that and V, but that one's on the way soon-ish (tho I wonder if you'll get to the 2D universe someday).
Well, looking forward to that Saint Row 2 video, been a while since I last played it so it'll be a fun watch :)
there´s a good reason i got in on DS, PSP and my phone. its just a damn fun GTA.
first time i see this channel. really good stuff. i'm staying
I've been looking forward to this video
Definitely underrated
Awesome video and I would love a remake of this game with a modern take!!
You know what man? I rarely subscribe to anyone but you are getting a subscription today.
Currently on the hsin part of the video. LOVE how you played his theme for quite a bit. His theme is the best in the game hands down!
this is one of my favorite games in the series 🙏 the ds version is so good, especially the wanted mechanic, easily the best wanted mechanic in any gta game. the story is decent, but there are a couple shitty missions in there but a lot of memorable ones. i love the car jacking/touch minigames in general i think they were done so well in chinatown wars. also the drug economy was genius, it was so in depth and a really unique way to get money for a gta game. san andreas is still my favorite in the series but this is easily top 4, not to mention the MF DOOM intro song
This game is awesome on the DS, you can use the touchscreen to aim throwable weapons and it feels so alright doing so and the minigames using the touchscreen are really good, thanks to that I ended up with a bunch of molotovs, and ofc the dealer minigame I spent like half of my runtime just dealing drugs there, but yeah I really loved this game R* Leeds really showed that they can take the most basic portable hardware and make the best of it, Max Payne on GBA, GTA on PSP and Chinatown Wars on the DS, imagine if they were not just part of the GTA Online mines and were tasked to make a new GTA for the Switch pushing the hardware to its limits giving us a new entry in the series, but it is what it is.
this game is upper tier GTA and im tired of pretending its not
just past the into and already saying thanks for this. perfect background video for work.
This is my personal favorite GTA as i had it on DS and took it everywhere with me.
My favorite thing to do was steal a Go Kart and take it off of the tracks 😅
+ My mom likes to gamble, so I’d let her use my stylus to Scratch my lotto tickets after i dumpster dived for guns & drugs (IN GTA OF COURSE) 😂
Playing this on the DS was the full experience nothing else compares love this game
I remember playing this when I was younger. I didn't enjoy it much, I remember hating the police escape mechanics but I don't really remember why, I should probably give it a go again some time.
Police were same as the first game and london add ons
The cops always did the same thing speed up along side you then ram a left or right straight into your car depending on which side they are on i think they were meant to get in front then turn to stop/block you but they just ended up rsmming the side of the car so predictable just wait till they gain speed then slam the brakes on right before they cut in.. 😂
Tge comedy is marvelous in this game. Its perfect alongside all the minigames. Underrated game. 💪
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I guess when Wade Heston means that his wife is "dead", I guess she is dead to him. I dunno. Good video btw. I wish I can play CTW on the DS
20:34 Love the Fast n Furious reference!!! Amazing Videos man keep it up.
GTA2 was my intro to GTA. The experience of going from top down view to 3d with GTA3 in real time was crazy. Everybody should go back and play the top down view games and see how different it is going backwards
I’ll watch anything you put out. great hustle on the vids, quality always top tier.
Bro I love your videos! Keep up the good work 👏
Such an amazing game imo ! The way it blends with the Ds and it’s touch screen makes it pretty unique for a gta game. Got wiring cars, digging thru dumpster, accessing your pda and even breaking your windshield when you drive your car into the water
I remember beating this on DS… then the PSP version came out and I couldn’t look back. The graphics were 👌 nothing more nostalgic than the police lights glowing on the map during the night time
Chinatown Wars is an unrealized masterpiece, it could have and should have been epic
As a kid i always thought the vehicles in this game looked like Matchbox cars. And i loved it!
Was boss on the DS with the quick time event type things.
Might have to get it and complete it
I think, in regards to The Lost, the end of TLaD was only the end of the Alderney chapter. Not the Liberty City chapter.
Best GTA imo, the top view seemingly made it better, comic book artstyle makes the game hold up and out of all the GTA's it has the best plot twist.
This turned out to be one of my favorite gta games and it's the only game I ever completed on the DS. It was perfectly designed for that hardware. The story and gameplay was just phenomenal despite the limitations of the ds it felt super ambitious. It's also crazy how the only gta game with actual drug dealing was on a Nintendo console and it was super fun. I liked everything about it.
imagine if we got a new gta in the future such as gta 7 china town or gta 7 tokyo i think that would be a insane colorful game
The being able to sell drugs on the street for cash in this game was so wild at the time
I was a massive fan of this game and still am
Its my top favorite gta game
Everything just felt
PERFECT
Nice game :D An I know it was said a million times before but yeah the dealing mechanic was really addictive and so much fun!
I started playing this a couple months back, actually really like it. It takes the what I consider borderline unplayable top down gameplay of 1 and 2, and makes it not only playable but actually really fun. Started playing this a couple months back, actually really like it. It takes the what i consider borderline unplayable top down gameplay of 1 and 2, and makes it not only playable but actually really fun. Literally, only reason I stopped playing it is because my destroyed hands get numb from holding the PSP Go lmao. I gotta finish it at some point.
The drug mini game was one of the best features in any gta game
Ling
-Appear
-Die in the same mission 30 seconds later