Review - C.O.P. The Recruit (DS)

November 12, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

C.O.P. The Recruit is a technical achievement.

C.O.P. The Recruit is a technical achievement.

Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: C.O.P. The Recruit is a Grand Theft Auto clone. It’s set in a virtual, open-world New York City. The primary mode of transportation is driving, and like GTA, you can jack almost every vehicle you see. The main difference between C.O.P. and GTA is perspective. GTA games are told from law breakers’ side of the fence, while C.O.P. lets you play policeman. C.O.P. The Recruit is certainly derivative, but you can’t find fault with developer VD-Dev for crafting a well-realized, handheld-sized sandbox game for the Nintendo DS.

But wait–is a well-realized virtual world all that is needed to make a quality GTA clone? Let’s find out.

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Tips and Tricks - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

May 15, 2009 by Mike · 1 Comment 

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You can never have too many car chases in GTA.

More tutorials for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars are coming your way. Things get more interesting this week as you find yourself caught between crazy car chases, drive-bys, rub-outs, and an escaping helicopter. Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for your DS.

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Tips and Tricks - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

May 8, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

More GTA tips! We just keep on giving.

More GTA tips! We just keep on giving.

Is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars treating you well? If you’ve been having trouble with the tougher missions as of late, then get ready—they’re about to get worse. Fret not, that’s what we’re here for! This week, we’ll show you how to survive an urban warzone, recover a towed car, and blow up a gambling den like a Looney Tunes character.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

May 1, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

Having trouble surviving? Check out our new tutorials.

Having trouble surviving? Check out our new tutorials.

Like its predecessors, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars gets incredibly tougher as one accomplishes more missions. This week, we’ll have you stealing an artifact dealer’s van, protect a store from exploding firebombs, and lay the smack on Zhou’s enemies. This set of missions is slightly easier than last week’s but read on, GTA fan. You should be ready for a few nasty surprises along the way.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

April 24, 2009 by Mike · 3 Comments 

Time for more GTA DS tips.

Time for more GTA DS tips.

It’s time for more Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars tutorials. If you had fun cheating in street races or jacking a fire truck, then get ready for this week’s adventures: hurl huge crates from the back of a truck (yes, it’s actually fun!), perform a rescue while cops are after you, and defuse vans before they explode. Sound crazy? Trust us, it gets even nuttier so pay close attention.

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Tips and Tricks - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

April 17, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

Ready for more GTA tips? We sure are.

Ready for more GTA tips? We sure are.

Our Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars saga continues. Last week, we taught you how to brew Molotov cocktails and recruit new blood for the Triad. Today, we’ll show you how to sabotage a street race, put out a fire, and throw crates. It may sound easy, but there are twists you need to be alert for. Watch our new sets of videos and learn how it’s done.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

April 9, 2009 by Mike · 1 Comment 

Time for more GTA missions.

Time for more GTA missions.

It’s time for even more Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars action. This week, we tackle a couple more missions for the popular DS game. If you’re aching for some Molotov cocktails or fancy recruiting for the Triads, then these missions are for you. Trust us, they’re a riot.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

April 3, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

Stuck at GTA: Chinatown Wars? You came to the right place.

Stuck at GTA: Chinatown Wars? Let us help.

Want to see the next batch of missions for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars? Sure you do. The missions are fairly trouble-free, but the easiest way through them is to watch how things are done, and not read massive chunks of dizzying text. Each video does come with a few notes so take the time to read them for more insights.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

March 27, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

More GTA mission walkthroughs this week.

More GTA mission walkthroughs this week.

It’s time for more tutorials on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. This week, we cover a couple more missions, which serve mainly as teaching the game’s basics. These range from learning how to use firearms to making drive-by shootings—they’re all violently fun stuff.

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Tips and Tricks – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)

March 19, 2009 by Mike · Leave a Comment 

There's a good chance you're playing Chinatown Wars right now.

There's a good chance you're playing Chinatown Wars right now.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is red hot and with good reason. It’s one of the best GTAs to date, and Rockstar created this masterpiece on the Nintendo DS, which isn’t really known as a graphical powerhouse. In Chinatown Wars, Rockstar has reached the pinnacle of DS development by weaving a massive game that’s big on production values and polish, then compressing it all in a wee cart.

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