IGN just came out with some news on the new Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories coming out for PSP (release next month?)! Review, pics, and trailer at IGN.com’s website:
But discussing all of San Andreas’ enhancements to the GTA series would take too long. Plus, it’s not really the point here. What is the point is how these improvements (and others) have found their way into the latest entry in the series, Liberty City Stories for Sony’s PSP. As most of you know, GTA: LCS is Rockstar’s latest attempt at shrinking GTA into handheld form. Sure, GTA and GTA II appeared on the Game Boy Advance, but GTA: LCS is something different altogether. For the first time, the entire GTA III experience (and we do mean everything) has been re-imagined for a system meant to be stuffed in your trousers.
Trust me, when we saw the game at their offices in San Francisco they made a point of telling us this, like, 400 times. They wanted to make sure we told the gaming public to expect a brand new product for the PSP and that Rockstar had developed GTA: LCS to be the system’s undisputed “killer app.” This translates to all-new characters, missions and narrative, as well as a host of changes to help the series transition from small screen to smaller screen. Just don’t expect sweeping changes to the core GTA formula. The game still revolves around a single character and his violent ascent in the criminal underworld.
The story takes place three years before the events of GTA III and centers on Toni Ciprini, who has just returned to Liberty City after laying low for four years. He killed a rival mob boss, after all, and leaving town is simply the smartest thing to do. Anyway, he strolls into town and lands in the warm embrace of Don Salvatore Leone, who quickly places him under the command of “capo” Vincent Cilli. From here, Ciprini embarks on a journey filled with more blood, explosions, and executions than a stack of Schwarzenegger movies.
A lot more to read, check the link out yourself. :D
* Concura
