True Crime Streets of LA offers a GTA-like where the player plays a cop. Open Los Angeles, branching missions and a tough crime mood. Flawed but singular.
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Category
Open-World1 player18+
Description
A Luxoflux and Activision open-world released in 2003, the Streets of LA True Crime franchise entry. Agent Nick Kang, outlaw LAPD cop, investigates a mob conspiracy in faithfully reproduced Los Angeles open-world (Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Watts). Third-person combat with martial arts, car chases and moral choices affecting the scenario. Ambitious attempt to answer GTA, partially successful.
True Crime - Streets of LA review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾1,8 GB📅04/11/2003
Published by Activision
True Crime - Streets of LA (PS2) price, value & rarity
Wearing the badge ought to inspire restraint, but the adventure mostly lets you roam an open city dishing out shootouts, car chases and hefty beatdowns. The story invokes the fight against crime to legitimize the chaos, even as, controller in hand, the line between the zealous cop and the crook he's chasing grows deliciously blurry.
Is True Crime - Streets of LA still worth playing in 2026?
An open world action game from Luxoflux, True Crime Streets of LA has you play an outspoken cop in an extended recreation of Los Angeles, blending driving, gunfights and bare handed combat, with a morality system that bends the story according to your choices. The freedom of the city, the genre blend and the urban crime mood appeal in the wake of Grand Theft Auto. The stiff handling and an uneven production have aged. A good action game for fans of urban open worlds and gritty crime.
