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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PlayStation Portable
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PlayStation Portable follows Huang Lee as he takes a family sword to his uncle in Liberty City. A violent ambush costs him the heirloom and draws him into a power struggle within the Triads. You steal cars, carry out jobs for criminal contacts and explore the city from a high, angled viewpoint. Three-dimensional streets lie beneath a camera that turns with you, while illustrated story panels show Huang's conversations and sarcastic remarks.
Your PDA holds messages and helps you find a route to your next destination. Between missions you can drive taxis, race or trade illegal goods, for example. Taking out police cars helps you shake off pursuers. On PSP, small actions such as hot-wiring a car use buttons and the analog stick. This version adds missions involving reporter Melanie Mallard and extra radio music to the original DS adventure.
You play the story alone. There are also separate local matches for two players, including races and intercepting a van in Stash Dash. Both participants need their own PSP with wireless support and their own copy of Chinatown Wars; sharing one UMD is not enough. Extra systems and games are not included. The former Rockstar account features, such as synchronising statistics, are no longer supported. That discontinued internet connection is separate from the local ad hoc link.
Region and language
Our PlayStation Portable games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
You receive the physical UMD edition. You need a PSP with a UMD drive to play it; a PSP Go cannot play this disc.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for PlayStation Portable. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Chinatown Wars first appeared on Nintendo DS in March 2009. Rockstar Leeds developed the adventure with Rockstar North as a new story about Huang Lee, not a scaled-down campaign from Grand Theft Auto IV. The PSP adaptation followed in October of the same year. Rockstar released it both on UMD and through the PlayStation Store. Its high camera recalled the early GTA games, while Liberty City and its traffic were built in three dimensions.
For PSP, the designers had to rework actions originally performed on the DS touchscreen. At launch, Rockstar producer Rich Rosado described how forcing an ignition lock and operating a fire hose would use the analog stick. The visuals received a higher resolution, revised lighting and animation. New missions and music expanded the content during the move. The illustrated storytelling remained, giving the PSP release its own identity alongside Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories.
Versions for phones and tablets appeared later, with controls adapted again. The PSP release belongs to the original handheld generation and retains physical button controls and local matches. Rockstar now confirms that this version's account features are no longer supported. Online statistics are therefore no longer among the available services; the solo campaign and separate local activities have their own structure.
Similar games for PlayStation Portable
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on PSP also lets you drive around Liberty City and carry out jobs for criminals. Toni Cipriani works for the Leone family in 1998, whereas Chinatown Wars follows Huang Lee and the Triads. The camera also changes the experience: Liberty City Stories usually looks from behind Toni and his vehicle. Chinatown Wars shows more streets at once from a high viewpoint and interrupts the action with illustrated story panels.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on PSP combines the same freedom to steal vehicles, choose jobs and evade the police. Vic Vance builds a network of criminal businesses in Vice City in 1984. Chinatown Wars focuses on Huang's family conflict and trading between street dealers. Vice City Stories uses a camera behind the character and voiced scenes; Chinatown Wars tells its story through illustrations and text and keeps its camera above the city.
Driver 76 on PSP shares the combination of a crime story, free driving and on-foot action. Its city is New York in 1976, with period cars, clothing and music. Driving, chases and upgrading your car receive considerable emphasis. Chinatown Wars uses a later, fictional urban setting and more frequently alternates driving with weapons, trading and short PDA interactions. Both leave room for side jobs between the main steps of the story.
Gangs of London on PSP also offers a crime-filled city with vehicles, weapons and a story presented through illustrated images. You choose a London gang and can give orders to fellow gang members during missions. Chinatown Wars keeps Huang Lee as its fixed protagonist and follows his work for different contacts. Gangs of London also adds a separate strategic board game and British pub games, whereas GTA organises its street activities around one continuous city.
The Warriors on PSP also brings together gangs, street violence and dark urban locations. It follows the group of the same name in New York in 1979, focusing mainly on fistfights, improvised weapons and help from fellow gang members. Chinatown Wars gives Huang firearms and vehicles within a freely traversable Liberty City. Individual fighting missions and the film's story determine the route in The Warriors; Chinatown Wars lets you start a race, taxi run or trading circuit between appointments.
