True Crime on PC. Worth buying again?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:16 am

OK, the deal is that I have TC on GC already. And although I enjoy the game, it is just terrible in the draw distance, amongst other things.

Would buying it on PC be worth it for the better screen rez and such? I'm also thinking of the multiplayer aspect of it too.

My bro bought it up the other day and installed it, but it's of no use to me now coz I don't actually own it. Neither does he, he hired it

So would I have to be a die hard TC fan to want it on PC too (or possible sell my GC ver. to buy the PC ver.)?

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:22 am

it depends I guess. Is your PC powerful enough to run the game better than your GC can?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:37 am

it depends I guess. Is your PC powerful enough to run the game better than your GC can?

I should hope so. Athlon XP2000+ 512ram. gf4 ti4200

I played it for a bit when my bro bought it up and the frame rate was better and looked better too. But I didn't get passed the first level, the shooting range. lol. I played it for about 2mins. So really I have no idea what driving is like

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:21 am

True Crime was a fun game, but I will agree (I had it for 'Cube for a while, and I've played it on PS2 and xBox...not really any better) that the visuals are really a letdown. It looks like a middling-to-high Dreamcast game. And coming out when it did, with the hype and budget it got, for the platforms it was on, that doesn't really cut it. [shrug] Ah well...still an entertaining game; just could've used another few months in development to work out the physics bugs and maybe get some cleaner textures/more optimized rendering in there.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:54 am

It wasn't worth buying the first time

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Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:01 pm

Its a rental at best if you ask me. The shooting scenes are great but everything else is sub par. Sky i'm sure you got to the end of that game, you know how disappointing the end was, right?

I'm sticking with GTA

AmadeusZull · Post by **AmadeusZull** » Mon May 31, 2004 12:58 pm

buy farcry for pc. game is just whoA!!!

CoasterKing · Post by **CoasterKing** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:29 pm

az_bont wrote:It wasn't worth buying the first time .

Agreed and from what I've seen the PC port doesn't look any better than the console versions. The only advantage may be that it doesn't crash every hour or so.

Neopunk · Post by **Neopunk** » Mon May 31, 2004 6:31 pm

Buy it for PC. I have it and it's a lot better than the GC one. It loads faster on some parts, plus it has better graphics

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:36 am

It wasn't worth buying the first time

Yeah I know, but Im never gonna get that $70 back. So what'ya gonna do

Its a rental at best if you ask me. The shooting scenes are great but everything else is sub par. Sky i'm sure you got to the end of that game, you know how disappointing the end was, right?

Yeah kinda, the whole Ancient Wu think confused me and thought "why?"

Agreed and from what I've seen the PC port doesn't look any better than the console versions. The only advantage may be that it doesn't crash every hour or so.

I thought the multiplayer aspect might be fun. Bullet time in multi player (if its in it) would be interesting

Maximo2703 · Post by **Maximo2703** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:42 am

i was thinking of picking it up on GC since im tryin to get into the more "mature" games. im just wondering if its even worth picking up at all. i wouldnt even bother with a PC verison cause one my pc is a pos and 2 i hate playing games on my pc. i would get it for my ps2 but i know how buggy ps2 games can be when compared to a gc verison

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:58 am

i was thinking of picking it up on GC since im tryin to get into the more "mature" games. im just wondering if its even worth picking up at all. i wouldnt even bother with a PC verison cause one my pc is a pos and 2 i hate playing games on my pc. i would get it for my ps2 but i know how buggy ps2 games can be when compared to a gc verison

Dont get it if you're thinking it's GTA. It's different to GTA and has features that GTA does not. The jerkiness, draw distance and genereal bugs that are in the game do drag it down a lot. My advice would be to rent it on GC first, then if you're pleased with it, think about renting.

Maximo2703 · Post by **Maximo2703** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:02 am

thankx for the advice will do

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:06 am

My advice would be to rent it on GC first, then if you're pleased with it, think about renting.

thankx for the advice will do

Did you realize that I said rent it, then if you're pleased to think about renting?

In any case, if you truly enjoy the story, the gfx problems that occur shouldn't be that much of a bother to you

Maximo2703 · Post by **Maximo2703** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:10 am

yeah i picked up on the double rents. was that on purpose? if so im assumin that means besides the story the game really isnt that great at all.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:45 am

It was meant to be that if you rent it and like it, think about buying it.

I personally didn't mind TC. I have Vice City too and they're both different games. So as I said, don't expect GTA. It isn't GTA. If you set aside thinking it's GTA, you should enjoy it

CoasterKing · Post by **CoasterKing** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:51 pm

Skynet wrote: I thought the multiplayer aspect might be fun. Bullet time in multi player (if its in it) would be interesting

With a mouse and autoaim you would never miss in multiplayer. I also can't imagine that the combat would work at all well with a mouse and a keyboard.

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:52 pm

thats when you plug in a controller

CoasterKing · Post by **CoasterKing** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:01 pm

Lunchbox wrote:thats when you plug in a controller

If you can that is.

Maximo2703 · Post by **Maximo2703** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:43 pm

well skynet i havent even played GTA so it'll be a new experince for me ive been thinkin about pickin up the more "mature" titles like i said such as True Crime,GTA 3/VC,Dead 2 Rights,Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes,Blood Omen 2,Bloodrayne and etc