Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Published on: 10th April, 2009
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Although Grand Theft Auto has found its way to the small screen, don’t make the mistake of expecting a downgraded GTA just because it’s on a portable console. Oh no, Chinatown Wars is a bona fide Grand Theft Auto game, complete with a full-fledged campaign, side-missions, and other diversions that are true to the series. Provided there’s much ground to cover, there’s ample opportunity to run into trouble, particularly for an amateur thug like yourself.
General Tips
Missions
Grand Theft Auto has long been known for being a “sandbox” experience. That is, there are generally many things for you to see and do at any given time. However, the main story is pushed forward by a series of missions offered by any of your many contacts, such as your uncle Kenny, the eh ethically dubious, but well-meaning cop Heston, or the fat biker Lester. Whenever someone has a mission available to you, their icon will appear on your GPS unit. Pay them a visit to obtain your next mission.
As a gangster, you always run the risk of catching the cop’s attention. Thankfully, they only seem to focus on high-level crimes, so don’t worry about running red-lights or making illegal U-Turns. Instead, you need to make sure that you don’t perform any horrendous crimes while a cop is on-screen, such as stealing a car, ramming into a police vehicle, or killing innocent bystanders (in fact, using your guns while a cop is on-screen is a bad idea in general).
If you catch the cops attention, you’ll earn a Star–this is not a good thing. The more stars you gain, the harder the police will try to take you down. For instance, if you have one star, you’ll only have to deal with a cop car or two who’ll try and put an end to your rampage. But say, if you decide to kill a few officers, this will quickly escalate your star rating to 3 stars or more, at which point they start calling in helicopters and other heavy artillery, making it very difficult to escape.
If you get captured by the cops, they’ll toss you in the slammer overnight, confiscate all of your weapons and drugs, and charge you $100 to be let free. In short, getting caught can be a very costly mistake. But there are several ways you can shake the cops off your tail:
* Keep a Low Profile
* Pay ‘n’ Spray
There are numerous Pay ‘n” Spray locations throughout Liberty City. These car shops will paint and repair your car…for a price. As long as you enter one without being spotted by the cops, they’ll be fooled by your paint job, and you’ll be able to explore Liberty City star-free once more.
* Disable Cop Cars
You can shake the cops off your tail by disabling the police cars chasing you down. However, disabling does not mean killing, so don’t use your guns! Instead, try and ram the police cars into buildings, tree, or any other solid obstacle. The amount of police cars you need to take down is dependent on your star rating. If you have 1 star, disabling a single police car will lose the cops entirely. However, if you have two stars, you’ll have to disable a pair of vehicles just in order to drop down to a single star. As such, this tactic can be handy during a mission, but if you’re just roaming the city, you might be better off visiting a Pay ‘n’ Spray.
Drug Dealing
The biggest addition to Chinatown Wars over its console brethren is the addition of a drug trafficking mechanic. As you explore Liberty City, you’ll come across various drug dealers in out-of-the-way locales, such as in parks, alleys, and other shady locations–they’ll be marked on your radar whenever you get close. The trick is to buy drugs from those selling them at low prices, then resell them to others at high prices. Whenever you approach a dealer and check out his stash, the game will display the going rate for the drugs, and the amount of profit you can expect to make–sometimes it’s a lot, and other times you’ll take a loss, in which case you shouldn’t buy the drugs at all. In general, we suggest against buying drugs unless you can expect a profit of at least a few hundred, if not thousand, dollars. But remember, carrying the drugs is a liability, and if you get caught by the cops, you’ll lose all of your goods, putting you out whatever amount you put in, so tread carefully!
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