The Game Rockstar Wish They Made - The First GTA Clone - True Crime Streets Of LA

True Crime: Streets of LA is a 2003 open world action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox in November 2003, for Microsoft Windows in May 2004, and by Aspyr for Mac OS X in March 2005. A mobile phone adaptation was released in November 2004. The game tells the story of Nicholas Kang, an uncompromising Los Angeles police officer who is recruited into the Elite Operations Division in order to investigate a series of bombings in Chinatown. As he delves further into the case, he discovers it may be connected to the disappearance of his police-officer father twenty years previously. The game features a 240-square-mile (622 km2) re-creation of a large part of Los Angeles, including most of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, with most street names, landmarks and highways reproduced accurately.
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[@patrickstar8356]

Neat

[@wilfordbrimleyful]

I remember this game, I thought it was great when I was a kid but looking back now I can see it truly was one of the games of all time.

[@Scared_Yoda]

@Unknown550 this is one of the comments of all time

[@Decim8ion]

@@Scared_Yoda this is one of the replies of all time

[@panthakurai5267]

@@Decim8ion This could become one of the memes of all time.

[@ProxiProtogen]

Honestly, the game isn't that bad looking

[@bokc_nonpopularsalt1011]

The boss battle with General Kim.. Once of the more frustrating boss battles...

[@Danie1_l]

You know a game is good when the opening credits can’t even render the whole map in

[@Glenni91N]

It doesn't have these issues on ps2 or gamecube. It's mainly just the PC ports of both true crime games being truly horrendous, haha.

[@ItalianStallion69]

@@Loayo edgy

[@Gonzas97]

@@Glenni91N honestly true crime new york city is a very bad game, terrible controls, unfair nature dificulty, terrible use of a huge map. Glitches, bugs. You move like a snail, etc Streets of l.a was actually decent, with obvious issues, but it did the job.

[@man_on_wheelz]

When I played this game back in the day, the city rendered in just fine, but see, if you look closely, it only rendered good enough for an old square TV, it was never meant to be viewed with a wide screen TV.

[@ItalianStallion69]

@@Gonzas97 bro what? Replay and say that shit 💀

[@SteampunkCorvus]

The animations and face animations are surprisingly good for 2003, the models are obviously primitive but the movement is so natural and fluid

[@mob7981]

pshhh look at yakuza on the ps2

[@technite5360]

@@mob7981 yakuza was good and was out after but not a grand open world with véhicules, it’s also more a A-Jrpg reviving Shenmue style than anything else, meaning less streaming problems… also models in yakuza was more low poly in game and the animation was anime like, still a great and beautiful game but not the same genre… and compared to 3D models and animations in gta the series true crime is top notch, but like any games with limitation, sacrifice need to be made, there’s more things to do in San Andreas than true crime New York City or street of LA… but could have been a great rival to gta if activision didn’t killed the game and studios because of cupidity. I remember being impressed to see scars on Marcus reed face and individuals animated fingers in 2004 compared to San Andreas even if gta was better many ways… Also for GameCubes it was great to have True crime games since gta was not on GC… so yes for 2003 they did a good job… with a lot of bugs tho and nothing to do on the side except getting snoop dog bones, true crime 2 tries to give more things like fight clubs, taking taxis(before gta4) and unlimited shops etc can’t imagine the 3… sadly it will never exist.(sleeping dogs was not made by luxoflux)

[@mob7981]

@@technite5360 oh wow thanks for the info. i didn’t really see it that way. i kinda hate the ps3 models for yakuza tho they look short and stocky

[@dvdbox360]

def jam fight (2004) look great for it time

[@Anonymous-ks8el]

True Crime really did it's own thing, it's not a GTA-esque plot, there're unique mechanics & gameplay elements, a 'morality' meter and plot choices. It needs passionate devs to bring it back

[@nathand6929]

It reminded me of the honour system in red dead

[@Journey_Awaits]

The games have their own identity in design and mechanics that carried over even in Sleeping Dogs but that one ended as too much of its own thing

[@ilyakoni6887]

Why you need that when well, you have sleeping dogs gta like game that has own identity and doesnt try to be a gta like game really(paradoxically)

[@ViApp0]

Sleeping Dogs is too different in tone (aside from the zombies dlc). If Streets of LA is Vice City, then Sleeping Dogs is GTA 4. And most of the improvements are for the city itself, side content and melee combat. Driving is bad but in a different way and shooting is arguably worse.

[@tannerewing8185]

That, and the combat system and multiple endings.

[@SJ-su1ki]

The branching storyline was dope in this game cuz even if you failed a mission you’d get an alternate cutscene or mission. And the different episodes/endings was a nice touch too.

[@91Definite]

But the bad endings I felt were fucked up. Like im 12 years old seeing Nick falling from a building and died that’s very traumatizing

[@Jartran72]

@@91Definite That is why they have age regulations on violnt games. Beacuse som children respond bad to it. WHen me an my gf were playing gta 5 for the first time back then, her 10 year old brother was watching when we got to the torturing Mr K Scene... He had nightmares.

[@MorgFlame]

2:24:19 That scream was so funny and dramatic it's so golden, probably my favourite part of the game dialogue. Actually, the entire dialogue for this game is pure gold. You won't see a 2003 game just like this one.

[@powerfuldot]

Nothing on KZbin has made me happier today than hearing “Yes!!! Yeeeeesssssssssss!!!!!!!” after you beat this boss fight at 2:00:29. Congrats!

[@TWOxTONE_773]

Christopher Walken being the first voice I heard always made this a great game.

[@HankJr.]

The nostalgia. I never owned this but one of my friends did and along with GTA, True Crime was a game we used to play a lot. That and Driver 3 lol.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

I had Driver 2. Imagine playing that endlessly as a kid. Buildings moved instead of shadows. NPCS always jump away from the car no matter how far away you are and shit.

[@NOOSE2008]

@@BlackMoonHowls driver 2 was good, it took place in 4 places including Chicago , Mexico, las vegas and Rio, yes Rio in Brazil, and the dialogue for Mexican police was impressive and funny hearing them shouting at a speeder in Mexican.

[@RoundShades]

Pretty sure driver 2 was Chicago, Havana (Cuba), Vegas, and Rio.

[@RoundShades]

@@NOOSE2008 , but I also had that game and it was great for it's time, but a huge difficulty curve

[@Fetidaf]

@@RoundShades it was

[@man_on_wheelz]

The map on this game was phenomenally huge. I think a drive from one edge of the map to the other at full speed on the straightest highway takes a solid 10-15 minutes!

[@HazewinDog]

Matto: "I don't know what a better car than this looks like" *meanwhile a tuned, modern car drives by...*

[@amsgamingandmusic]

I noticed that, lol

[@RoundShades]

He should have upgraded his fuzzy dice for a higher top speed

[@PrideCraft]

Time stamp my dude

[@blitzideer]

I can't stop saying "this must be where all the cool kids hang out” 😭😭😭

[@bartosz3837]

Merry Christmas to everyone!

[@iuliancampean4012]

Merry Christmas you filthy animal

[@Crom_]

you too!

[@magnuspetersson8510]

U 2

[@Squi-A-tone]

Ayyyy u 2 man

[@nathanyt57]

You too bro!♥️

[@man_on_wheelz]

This is such an underrated classic game, this and NYC were so much fun! This game is a fighting game first, a shooting game second, and way back in third a driving game.

[@dittytron450]

Kang is the type of guy to show up at an abortion clinic and say “This is where all the cool kids hang out”

[@dittytron450]

I decided to go with the Abortion clinic part (see where this will lead)

[@91Definite]

😂 I really can see Nick saying that!

[@jimmydesouza4375]

Well, I mean, he's not technically wrong if so.

[@Goosie.]

PLEASE play True Crimes of New York after this. I grew up on that one and would love to watch a playthrough by you!

[@Notinservice420]

New York was better than LA.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@Notinservice420 Detroit was better than NY.

[@DanTheFemaleFootMuncher]

it was a broken mess and the driving was legit the worst driving of any game ever.

[@FiatUno2003]

@@BlackMoonHowls San Francisco is better than Detroit

[@mr.adamgamer5702]

Guys just let him try true crime new york

[@StaceyBeeGaming]

Me entering chat: *_"This must be where all of the cool kids hang out"_*

[@kimjajestem6341]

Game: Escape pursuers Matt's brain: May I suggest the Benelli M4

[@LeoNasc23]

0:15 Driver 1 and 2 were created before GTA 3, so if similar games are "clones" of each other, GTA is actually a clone of Driver

[@hectorsthoughts3737]

Thank you dude

[@quntface1518]

But... Grand Theft Auto is older than Driver...

[@thatgothcat]

@@quntface1518 yes but that was just top down gta before 3, maybe not a clone but rather a successor or inspiration

[@Sceusell]

@@quntface1518 but 3d gta isnt. driver did 3d open world first, so open world gta is a "clone" of driver (tbh i think "clone" is a terrible term for a whole genre anyway)

[@thirdhandlv4231]

Yea but they didnt have anywhere near the scale and scope of GTA 3, also GTA 3 actually became an international hit and thus became iconic and influenced pretty much every game after it, so it was never about being the first really, the whole visual style of radar in the bottom left and stats in a corner was also taken from GTA 3 obviously, that is why its a GTA clone cuz it looks like it could be a GTA game. Driver had very limited missions and cgi cutscenes while GTA 3 had changeable radio stations with many famous songs, in game cutscenes, proferssional voice acting, better graphics, better rendering, much more details (a fuck ton of billboards with in game commercials as an example. The world felt ALIVE, unlike Driver.

[@erint527]

I’m so happy you played this! This game unlocks a core memory from my childhood and I loved it. This one and the Saint’s Row games have a special place in my heart

[@_jaggs_]

These random game videos are amazing. One of the best content creators for me on youtube

[@Roflchopper007]

This game has voice actors like : Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Michelle Rodriquez, Michael Madsen, Ron Pearlman. At the time of this games release they had a lot of money spent almost as much as GTA with Samuel L. Jackson.

[@InternetMouse]

Its nice to see matto venturing out to other games then gta all day. What a great gift matto. Thank you and i wish you a merry christmas

[@BossKiller01]

This was such a good stream lmao, thank god I can relive it again.

[@TehAwesomer]

The combat and driving mechanics in the first True Crime game were such a step ahead of GTA.

[@forsaille4655]

This game walked so Sleeping dogs could run.

[@LimitedHandles]

It wasn't really a GTA clone in my opinion. It was actually quite unique. I really enjoyed the game when I was younger.

[@oldmanpence4803]

This was delightful thank you Matt. I hope you have a good holiday, and I wish you all the best for 2023. Peace.

[@yashbhardwaj3392]

YESSSSS . I absolutely love these videos. Dont get stale and feel like a movie

[@AIexanime]

The first thumbnail was better for me, but this one looks great also. I love that you play all these oldschool games Matto. Hope soo much True Crime: New York City coming soon man. You doing really great. Keep up the good work! ❤️

[@aragoniravioli3560]

yeah I thought the thumbnail looked different, he removed the glasses for some reason

[@skorpyonking]

The best part of this video is watching matto not realize until the end that he should have did the upgrades throughout the game lol

[@Class380Fan]

I remember playing this for many hours on the PS2 and never beating the general fight as it was so difficult. Props to Matt for beating him!

[@MrOnboard]

5:42 in fighting games you block technically by holding backwards (away) from the opponent

[@NosHg1866]

You mean you dodge?

[@BrokenGodEnt]

@@NosHg1866 Depends on the game, it can be dodge, or block from what I've seen.

[@espernova228]

@@NosHg1866 its auto block.

[@SMEARGLEX75]

GCN is Auto Block when you hold the Stick facing away the Opponent, due to lack of L1. X-Box and PS2 has L1 so you block holding L1, yes.

[@kratos9524]

So excited to see you play this, as I was the only one to recommend the other one back when you asked for gta clones. I loved theq other one just because doing all missions pasively gave more content and was way more fun

[@ZxCo9]

Great video man keep up the good work, have a great christmas my friend. 🎄

[@lolieguy]

Love the Edit!

[@salvaz]

True Crime: Hong Kong aka "Sleeping Dogs" A 10/10 for me in terms of Story telling and gameplay of being an undercover cop

[@kbbbbb]

Was a mid game. played it 100% but never thought it was special.

[@SSJ3CyLink]

" Was a mid game. played it 100% but never thought it was special. " yeah felt the same about gta 5, wasnt as good as older gta's

[@Doominator99]

54:12 The blood of merryweather fleet's here bro

[@JasperOFlanigan-fb5lv]

Loved this game so much! Especially the RPG elements of upgrading your characters moves and weapons. The fact you could do switch blades while driving was awesome!

[@joanfelicianoo]

The Gran Turismo 4 OST at the beginning 👌 😍

[@oliverfasola19]

Grew up on this game, this video may as well be a early Christmas gift; thank you and happy holidays

[@lassgo]

Love this, keep it up matto ;)

[@JaviHunter95]

This video looks like a place where all the cool kids hang out!

[@edwardmerriam6970]

I loved TC:LA as a kid. I wish they’d bring a similar concept back, it was bold and ambitious for its time.

[@MoonCrew23]

Watching you play is so hard, but thank you for playing my favourite childhood games

[@anFerzy]

love this game so much

[@leopardsky]

First time seeing this game, other than hearing about it. Its pretty funny and the combat is nice

[@dmdvl4480]

Oh my lord, I had totally forgotten playing this in my childhood. Memory unlocked.

[@kirumizumi]

This made me remember a lot of my younger self playing this game and getting frustrated way too often because there were so many sections i struggled with

[@marekpant1860]

2:30:50 love that matto has played so much GTA he actually says fib instead of fbi 😅

[@theisgood0]

I wasted so much of my childhood playing this and Driver 3 on PS2. Does anyone else remember the Scarface game too?! Auh that was a good era of gaming. I loved the video as always!

[@neo123c]

Nice boss fight matto. Proud of you for not giving up.

[@ZeddyBoi786]

Omg i played this game as a kid .... never completed it ... thanks for bringing back memories 👍🏽

[@Icy_Pumpkin]

Maaaan so many good videos uploaded by Matto and so little time.

[@Rennscobar]

i loved this game, used to run round searching people all day lol

[@lil_cr3tin]

This is actually a charming, charming collection game, not a dumpster fire

[@ArcticFox964]

Christmas came early and so did I (I'm so happy matto is playing my favorite game of all time)

[@ThickManiac]

Darkviperau uploaded Let's go

[@jesuscrack26]

OMG I had several months remembering this game but neves came up with the name, I remembered it just as any GTA and much better but I finally saw it again, thanks for bringing the old good times

[@TheCrazyAussie]

hope your doing well matto, if you’re not doing well, I hope you get better soon. I love your content, keep it up

[@KingCrooler]

Merry Christmas matt.

[@graphicallity]

Merry Christmas Matt, hope you are having a great day.

[@tyrael64]

There's a special fun of playing the gamecube version of this while using an Xbox controller... When the game came out on xbox as well... But as always I enjoyed watchin'! Happy holidays!

[@waseemkazi4442]

These full game streams are my favorite 🤣

[@lowlag]

Bro I love these videos when he plays something else than gta v you can tell he puts more effort into these because gta 5 he has built his whole audience on while these videos he has to add some extra charm to the editing so it gets a similar amount of views

[@jantomas4884]

Hi Viper, thanks for these walkthroughs I really enjoy them :D is there a chance you could get your hands on the Driver San Francisco?

[@connorw.5132]

This the best Christmas gift matto has ever given us

[@ToxicSama]

i love the fact you're using themes from yakuza in your videos, and putting the brawler theme during the meele fights

[@ToxicSama]

and even some lego city undercover themes

[@LFPman]

Rocky’s Mansion, Ancient Wu and The General were crazy bosses to fight. Those were awesome to watch on stream

[@yea.whtvr1]

Dang I grew up on this game 😢 nothing more fun than playing this all day as a kid haha thanks for the coverage

[@Maxmulham]

I could never beat the North Korean guy at the end on the roof of the skyscraper when I was a kid. ugh.

[@themenacingsloth]

I STAYED gettin’ tossed off the roof, eventually I just said f-ck it & moved on

[@Maxmulham]

@@themenacingsloth oh same😂. I remember as a kid, I just managed to beat the Russian guy at the end of that storyline and said, OK, now I can technically say I beat the game. Never touched it again.

[@kevinreynaga6340]

Fighting him on the roof is the bad ending right? Can't remember

[@Manic_Panic]

Me either, that's where I dropped the game. Insane difficulty all of a sudden, I thought it was impossible.

[@themenacingsloth]

@@Maxmulham I could most likely do it now tho, I was like, 9 I think. Last I played this was 8 years ago & I think I had just finished shootin’ Wu’s dragons

[@Natesuki]

I absolutely loved this video

[@MrNightmarekill]

I loved this game as a kid! Spent so much time playing it, was soooo much frickin fun!

[@michaelwyatt8946]

this game WAS my childhood. it has so much going for it that was so unique for a game of its time: actual branching storylines an incredibly diverse skill tree for combat hilarious witty one liners for its time facial animations were on point the way you could damage cars or people in specific areas was innovative as hell for its time. and fun as hell

[@someblokeidk8565]

Happy Christmas, Matto

[@JackBaker954]

This brings back so many memories from my childhood wow, was such a fun game then. Would rent it all the time

[@bojackaumiel9763]

matto i havent watched the video yet but merry Christmas to you thank you for the wonderful videos this year (i watched even the Fortnite ones) take care of you I'm part of the silent majority

[@RavensSoTired4081]

I remember this play through I fell asleep watching it😄 Props to the editor😅😅

[@JJJW47]

Holy. This was a latent memory for me. I have an oddly specific memory for this game. I must have been 10. The whole flaming jet with the General. I live in the backwoods and the local gas station at the time used to be thriving. I remember because I had a M&Ms chocolate bar (which was like a limited time offer or something) and a 1 litre of Coke-Cola. The 1L was $1.50. Thank you for playing this, I completely forgot all about this game lol. I also remember the sequel somewhat. New York City and the protag named Marcus? If iirc there was a buggy instance in that game that involved a shipping container suspended in the air , whilst doing a melee fight.

[@ItsMeMaksi]

This game feels like a Jackie Chan movie

[@MaverickSolo_115]

Funny I started replaying this classic this week as well. I didn’t realise how much of my quips and smart ass attitudes came from Nick Kang lol

[@nextgengamestoof6566]

Hey Mr Darkviperau love your content and have been subscribed for a while. If you like this games fighting you should try the Yakuza games

[@LalitoNachito]

good video matto

[@hdenzelad]

Hey Matto! Loved The video.. You should play Total Overdose I think you would enjoy it! Also a Gta Clone

[@The12thDimension.]

29:51 wow, that was an exciting way to complete the mission!

[@tylertmm3977]

I hope you play Lego City Undercover after playing these gta clone games, I noticed the loading music during the last fight :)

[@arthurs530]

I would actually enjoy this

[@yummyscrummmy5840]

You should play the getaway Mattie. Loved this btw

[@GAMERIN-rn6dj]

Not gonna lie i miss the game now 😂 i wish there was a sequel 😢

[@arelavent3925]

There's one set in New York and that game Sleeping Dogs was originally supposed to be part of the same series. Definitely check out those games if you haven't yet, especially Sleeping Dogs

[@tianqi5008]

@@arelavent3925 Yeah the one in NY was a big step up. If you get Sleeping Dogs make sure it's the definitive version, sometimes on steam sales

[@alex99x99x]

@@tianqi5008 yeah I’ve seen the game for less than $5. Outstanding for that price.

[@regisegek4675]

I think LA was on par with NY @@tianqi5008

[@HondaHerb]

Yea its a real pain in ass to beat that end boss with no dojo moves on Nick

[@modermonkula]

Always like these play throughs

[@gatlindowney7247]

I wish we could get a remaster of this game, if it was polished and cleaned up a bit mechanics wise Id love to have the fun of playing it again

[@gameingbong0]

Merry Christmas matto

[@F34R-]

thank you matto for playing this 6 year old me playing this didnt know how to save the game and i wasnt good enough to get through the missions

[@juva6247]

Very good video

[@entitledmillennial6767]

A great time and one of my favourite games as a kid and i think it still holds up. The fighting mechanics are great and the story could be adapted into a movie.

[@anonymousart22]

i liked the general joke....its appropriate for all layers of your audience....jokes for the general..... :) love u matt0o

[@the_bezirksrat]

20 years! I can't believe it. This was my GTA game because my brother and i only had a GameCube.

[@TheGodina4life]

And honestly a video game narrated by Christopher Walken is something that we never knew we needed

[@665Sunshine]

This game used to be one of my favorites on the OG xbox. You could download CDs onto your console, and then select those song files to play in the radio within the game. That was the coolest tech to me back then. Listening to Nine Inch Nails driving around the streets of LA when I was 13 yrs old. That was the life.

[@tin2001]

Microsoft encouraged developers to include music from your personal collection like that on the Xbox. The PlayStation had no internal storage, so MS used the idea of your own personal music collection inside games as a marketing gimmick.

[@665Sunshine]

@@tin2001 yeah, but as far as I can remember, this was one of the only games that did it right. Not even the True Crime: Streets of New York sequel took advantage of the system, which sucked, because I remember looking forward to revisiting that.

[@finch94]

Definitely need to do true crime streets of New York now