The Peak of GTA Clones - True Crime: New York City

Diving back into the gritty streets of True Crime New York City, a game that left a significant mark back in 2005, I'm hit by a wave of nostalgia mixed with curiosity about how it holds up today. As I navigate through the almost two-decade-old cityscape, filled with janky yet charming graphics, I'm reminded of the thrill that came from exploring virtual New York. The game, a follow-up to Streets of LA, brings back memories of intense missions and the darker tone that defines the True Crime series. Throughout this playthrough, I uncover hidden details and easter eggs that might have been missed by many during their first gameplay. Join me as I unravel the complexities of this classic, examining how its mechanics, story, and gameplay contribute to its status as a beloved relic from the past.
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[@Jugeum]

It all makes sense Police brutality occurs when they accidentally use the heavy attack and not the light jab

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

Is it an accident when they purposefully don't learn? This whole gameplay was an allegory.

[@Loayo]

The wait for gta 6 is finally over! Too bad it doesn't have Matt's immaculate voice acting

[@KamielDV2]

Matts voice is paid dlc

[@NASCARFAN93100]

​@@KamielDV2 I heard it was Free DLC

[@iconic1916]

Matto is going to be the new Lazlow lol

[@A1R617]

what do you mean, he's right there

[@franklinsharp1092]

Wdym we are still waitting

[@TheLatestMusicDude]

This game deserves a remaster, doesn't have to be crazy just playable on new machines.

[@jefferson-tan]

Needs better controls too

[@KingYungRome]

It really doesn’t , this game is trash

[@theonlyplain]

this game has horrible ass controls and optimisation but if they fix that this game is so good

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

Not a chance it recoups development costs, especially if the source code has been lost. It didn't even review or sell well during its original release.

[@SLAB90texicano]

San Andreas was an amazing game for the time, Still is amazing. I was in high school when it came out in 2004 I played it a ton but I do think it's the second worst game in the franchise.but it's still amazing better than ,, 99 percent of games. Here's my order of qll modern GTA game from least amazing to most amazing. Gta4 is by far the only GTA I'll never be bothered to play again. Then San Andreas then GTA 3, then vice city , and GTA 5 is undeniably the best one in my humble opinion. Yet every one of them is a all time great

[@yeirishpotato5710]

“Imagine only having one outfit” says the man who only wears tank tops and shorts 😂

[@Roof5tone]

The intro to this game is such a 10/10. The voiceover, the mood, the pacing, it is perfect.

[@redmattpog]

Also the detail of him putting in ear protection, is awesome

[@GodFaThEr09877]

The True Crime games had a star studded cast from Christopher Walken to Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, James Hong, Beetlejuice and Phil LaMarr. The early 2000’s games went all out on getting some big actors to help carry these stories and keep the player invested in playing despite how terrible the controls are on True Crime: New York City

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Yeah, gaming companies used to invest TONS on hiring famous actors & licensing tons of copyrighted music back then, but unfortunately a ton did become bankrupt or the product didn’t sell as well. And now gaming companies invest way too much in micromanaging accountants that this level of unique creativity is gone, except for low budget/independent developers.

[@GodFaThEr09877]

@@PauloHernandezXDthat is definitely true, the only successful franchises that banked off of famous actors were already well established game titles and the one that instantly comes to mind is Call of Duty (Lance Hendricks, Kit Harrington, 50 Cent, Keith David, Will Arnett and many others) and other less known studios that tried this ended up crashing and burning because of underperforming and or not capturing that same type of hold that these kinds of games have on us back when we were younger and simply just not being good as a game itself

[@whiteout1299]

"Olivia Benson" from Law and Order SVU is the Lt. Never realised it was Mariska until tonight xD

[@DRLongSchlong671]

You missed the hidden bonus zombie mission You play as the rapper Redman, every npc wants to kill you and you have to get to one end of nyc to the other.

[@biscuitsfohandz]

18:12 Laurence fishburne, Mickey rourke, and Christopher walken all being voices in this game is legendary now looking back

[@braderzjamez3197]

The company that made this game must of spent their whole budget on the voice actors

[@key0777]

12:30 It's ironic because you actual can unlock and play as Snoop Dogg in the previous game lmao

[@19homers]

I remember really loving this game as a kid.

[@SMthegamer1]

I remember really loving this game as a kid, a teen, and an adult.

[@Devastator_M1]

I loved it more than LA honestly

[@suavecito5116]

I had only played up to GTA III when I played this, so I thought it was amazing

[@alvarozepeda49]

True crime 2 really is a hidden gem, especially now because playing it on pc at least is really buggy, playing it on the PS2 is the best way to experience the game properly. Hopefully this game gets a remaster some day, even though it will probably never happen

[@EvilTim1911]

The company that made it was shut down not too long after this game sadly. They actually made Vigilante 8 on the PS1 which was one of my favorite games of that generation. I was sad to see them go because I really loved this game too despite its flaws. These guys could have gone on to do great things

[@ASDOrphan]

Soon, AI, will be able to "remaster" this generation of games

[@SirDankleberry]

True. AI could eventually make the video game industry explode with potential. I mean imagine being able to get an AI to help program the basics while the developers can focus on more important areas of the game. ​@@ASDOrphan

[@user-mj4pp9hi3p]

This game is such a jank, but I absolutely adore it. It was my favorite as kid, preferred it over GTA and other clones. Music is fire, melee combat is fun and creative, so much cool and innovative features (taxi, subway, guns in the trunk, buying cars, every building has an interior). Story is awesome, and the map size still mind-blowing to this day. Just role-playing as cop for hours was exciting, there's so much unique locations and interesting scenarios here. I'm totally convinced it would be the goat if all of that was implemented properly

[@EvilTim1911]

Same here, man. I adored the game as a kid. I also loved the feature where you have to go back to being a beat cop if you cause too much trouble and then solve street crimes until you can be a detective again. There was also actually decent variety in the reported crimes you'd get called for and all the shops you could enter. The weapon variety was huge as well, I remember you could pick up so much stuff, even like broken parking meters and use them as weapons.

[@user-mj4pp9hi3p]

@@EvilTim1911 Yeah, the fact that you can cut off someone leg and than take it as your weapon - sick! Also used that feature with going back to being a cop - just to get uniform, and drive marked police cruiser for roleplay I mentioned. There was a cool detail in that too - if you get your karma meter all the way to the bad cop - you random dialogue changes, Marcus will act as a corrupt cop, who abuses his authority, and in general will start acting like a jerk. Just so many unique little details, that you never know they were there, until it hits you in a face. For example, there's this one call, where you have to deal with disgruntled employee going back to his office with a gun. Most players just starts shooting at the guy, which is fair, he has a gun. But, you can deal with it without violence. He's not really a criminal, he's not gonna shoot at cops if not prompted, so just trail him a bit with siren and lights on, he will eventually stop, and leave his car, without a gun, might surrender, might flee or fight you hand to hand, but still way safer than having a shootout. There's a different outcome scripted for every call, how suspects will react to you flashing your badge/firing warning shots. Sometimes - they surrender immediately, sometimes they will flee, or change from melee to guns and start firing on you, so each situation requires correct approach. It takes some time to learn all of the tricks, for example cops might confuse you for a suspect when you are in a gunfight. If you ignore them - they will open fire on you, but you can prevent it just by flashing your badge, they will apologize and help you. This game has genuine effort and love in all of its details, but because it's buggy and rough around the edges people think it's just a lazy cash grab attempt to copy GTA, when it couldn't be further from the truth

[@_calebrandom_956]

I love the fact that you can break most of the shit in the stores.

[@elkdzn513]

6:10, just started and already finding new speedrun routes

[@diegolamha]

Oh I wish I was at the stream, I could have helped you a lot, played this game so much when I was a kid that I still know everything about it! Good times!

[@teckmo4335]

AHHHHHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO PLAY THIS ONE, I loved both true crimes but this one was my favorite I'm so happy

[@TheACTIONZ]

Perfect timing! Just rewatched streets of la again a couple days back

[@TrueKappa]

ACTUAL PEAK, I loved this game as a teen, what a title! What an experience! Thanks for playing it Matto!! Edit, the PS2 version is better than PC.

[@JeffTheCreator9]

Man I loved this game on my GameCube lol. Now that I’m older I never knew Christopher walkens was a voice in the game. Recognized his voice right away

[@Juiceboxhero9001]

I really don't remember this game being this freaking hard I. Remember playing it like 6 times as a kid. In fact, I still have the game. I want to replay it now, thanks

[@Ash.taka3]

I gotta say this was one of the most entertaining videos I’ve seen 😂😂 Keep playing these OG games ❤

[@wiredowo]

nice timing to be gifted a membership

[@Correct_Hamster]

same

[@ehskankers]

And me 😂 🎉

[@velocity7786]

And me

[@StrangeSeat]

​@velocity7786 you don't have one?

[@velocity7786]

@@StrangeSeat yes i do

[@Woud_]

That music around 1:12:30 is ingrained in my brain, Sly 2 is peak! I have so much love for that game, played it quite a lot back in the day!

[@SLAB90texicano]

@DarkViperAU You Jive Turkey Matto you have become my favorite streamer/ creator. Awesome vid brotha, looking forward to the GTA V speedruns !

[@tylerjennings8242]

1:51:18 Matto doing his best Orca impersonation

[@abandonexplorations3896]

I'm so happy that you finally made this video I commented on your streets of LA one a long time ago saying you Should play this game

[@ItssPeachy]

1:22:23 THATS what this sound is from??? How many years have I been hearing it for and I never knew

[@10ua1]

OMG! It's 100% the same sound!

[@skeet1144]

Kitty0706 used many sound effects from this game

[@andrew-kh6fe]

Watching you run into those mines made my day to be honest. This video needs more views man.

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

I am very happy you are bringing exposure to this game. This game is insanely cool idc how many bugs it got

[@xNovaTidex]

About time, I've waited forever for this, thank you darkviperau

[@crisnenu]

This game was one of my childhood’s favorites. I remember spending days trying to pass missions and getting frustrated with its clunky controls and no checkpoints. It was fun to rewatch but way different than I remember it to be

[@JuniorMajs]

The editing in this is so cool! It's a really entertaining video so far :3 I hope you play more unique games like this, even if its a different style of game.

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

He's done many others. Go watch if you haven't!

[@LuisLopez-qi1cq]

I’ve literally been trying to remember or find this game somewhere and now someone I actually enjoy watching makes a video of a game I’ve been looking for since I was so young

I spent so much time playing this when I was a kid, I remember every single thing from this game by heart

[@dreamycreature]

this is now my most favorite video from darkviperau

[@PauloHernandezXD]

49:10 aww, Matt is so endearing

[@87ThirdGen]

Heck yeah, been pretty excited for this one!

[@ajbusch6776]

Appreciate da 2 hour video spite u posting 10-20 minute long onez like u have been doin recently keep it up ❤😂💯one of yo American Viewerz btw😂

[@ultrasbelgrade]

More of this Matto brings me back to a much better childhood

[@MorgFlame]

I love watching near 2 hours videos by darkviper, i dont know why it doesnt get as many views as regular gta v videos. But these longer videos with the commentary is hilarious!

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

Bully is in his top 10 most watched videos.

[@MorgFlame]

​@Tatman2TheResQ yeah it's top 8 and I even watched that but nowadays when he uploads very long videos it doesn't get the views as he wants but I guess it's hit n miss idk

[@Kdkenshin215]

This was my childhood 😭 thank you Matt

[@PauloHernandezXD]

55:04 Matt truly is a natural speedrunner, WTF! that is an incredible sight to see :O 55:12 Until it got here, no chance. Also to answer Matt’s question, yes I do & I would, lol

[@PauloHernandezXD]

10:50 one of the best edits I’ve seen in a while

[@stash2823]

Wow that grapichs for 2005 game is actually crazy

[@EvilTim1911]

Yeah the character models especially were actually fantastic for the time. I remember comparing it to San Andreas which came out just a year earlier where the characters looked so much worse than here. But San Andreas overall was a lot more polished obviously.

[@LAVAMOOSE1369]

I enjoyed this video a lot. I think Matt should do more non gta gta games. I'm not saying his gta content is boring, I just feel like I've seen it all, and done everything in gta v so not many things seem new to me, but these long other game videos are such an experience, I had a good few laughs during this video

[@Shrok7833]

I didnt know Snoop Dog was a Cop

[@PauloHernandezXD]

1:51:28 Seriously, Matt is a master Speedrunner, discovering strats on a whim, lol

[@inurokuwarz]

I had this game on my Nokia Flip Phone and it was top down isometric like the original GTA's XD. I tried to play it on Xbox 360, but Streets of LA is backwards compatible but Streets of New York isn't.

[@TheArtofKAS]

Man this one takes me back. Probably one of my favorite games I played on OG Xbox. I don't miss the QTEs though😂

[@enzoofelba]

Love to see games from this time still being played and showcased

[@bloodredroses88]

You should play The Getaway, it's a gta like game based around london where you play as a cop/badguy. It's a PS2 hidden gem! I think you'd enjoy it!

[@Hexamath]

I love the out-of-pocket dialogue in these games so much lmao.

[@vergil1us]

1:55:35 Is that Matto REACTING to a youtube video??!?! Kidding of course 😂

[@JustAngryErik]

This game was my childhood, it took me ages to complete it on the ps2 because I couldnt turn off the ps2 without losing my save file, great game and story for its time

[@eplptic3734]

Always been a top 10 game for me and it's cool to see you play it

[@MaigenMaylight]

True Crime: Streets of NY is peak. Idk what else to tell you.

[@TheAPTGamer]

It's really not. It's a bad game that's so much worse than the first.

[@MaigenMaylight]

@@TheAPTGamer Did I ask? I don't think I did.

[@TheAPTGamer]

@@MaigenMaylight only learning things when you ask about them is probably how you ended up with such a terrible taste in games.

[@MaigenMaylight]

@@TheAPTGamer Fortunately, you cannot say I have bad taste in games when one of my favorite series is Monster Hunter :)

[@TheAPTGamer]

@MaigenMaylight That doesn't change the fact that you think this slop is, in your own words, "peak". That alone shows you have bad taste.

[@thepurperpanther2642]

43:20 mafia guy: "I've got two words: Witness Protection." Matto: "NO!!!"

[@guardianlynx1745]

We need the getaway next please!!!

[@EldenWretch]

This game was my childhood. Thanks, Matto for playing this.

[@thepatriarchy819]

How did you day this 3 weeks ago when the video just came out 2 hours ago?

[@PauloHernandezXD]

@@thepatriarchy819I’m pretty sure its membership

[@thepatriarchy819]

@@PauloHernandezXD wow creepy

[@PauloHernandezXD]

@@thepatriarchy819 I think it just gets uploaded on private, & then gets published again later on public. Idk, I’m not a member of any channel, just guessing.

[@EldenWretch]

I watched it while it was members-only.

[@icetitan3456]

This is a game that I played when I was 6 years old and I want to play it again. I got emotional when I saw this video.

[@FartingSpider12]

Making the decision to play the PC port of this was easily Matto's biggest mistake lol

[@lifeisoof]

28:34 Reminds me of the Virtua Cop 2 game. There is a boss mission with a similar design.

[@Sentinel_2294]

51:44 I feel your reaction should be longer at that joke

[@wiredowo]

True Grime: Street cleaners

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Best parody ever, lulz To image gaming companies used to have “beef” like rappers back then. Nowadays they’re too uptight to even insinuate criticism for other companies on the guise of being “sued”… lol I miss the good old days :(

[@user-cj6ft6in9h]

Get rid of the rubbish fast!

[@PauloHernandezXD]

45:44 - 45:50 It took six seconds to destroy the Motorcycle, those things are more sensitive than the ones from Jak 2 :O

[@CentreMetre]

24:59 i like how the box on the right just says "PORN"

[@PBnJ.]

Game came out the day I was born, played it when i was about 6 damn amazing game for me back then.

[@its_neck]

this video is making me wanna play the game again

[@jorgemarioaraya8525]

The most funny video I ever seen from you Matto

[@kostasdalaklidis5869]

As mentioned in the video: "Idiotas" does indeed mean "idiots". The original word is greek ("ιδιώτης") which was a person that is opposing the city state which in ancient Greece was considered stupid, hence the meaning.

[@jimmydesouza4375]

That water bit almost killed me lmao.

[@jakeooob5090]

This looks genuinely really fun

[@dannyhockensmith9724]

This was my favorite game growing up

[@PauloHernandezXD]

1:04:01 Matt didn’t even need to say a word, the spoke for him about the situation lol

[@dodo9360]

Thanks for thus video matt

[@ihavenoclue666]

awesome vid, underrated

[@boneheadedfellow]

16:00 so that's where that clip is from, damn

[@subjectc7505]

Funny enough this was like my first gta on PS 😂 and true crime LA. Man those were the days.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

29:21 Yeah, that is a speedrun strat, it reduces the amount of letters you have to shoot by more than half >:3 This game was so much fun as a kid, the shooting was easier on a PS2 console, but the driving was still a nightmare >:3

[@Mr-LionYT]

GTA 6 looks amazing 🤩

[@silentman1135]

Love the "no good eding" music

[@TheBassSinger]

Whoa you played this? Wait is there a video for Streets of LA? I wanna see that too.

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

There is!

[@flamingeel3196]

I haven't played this since 2013 and it was great

[@LordWay]

Snoop Dogg was an unlockable character in the previous game. The console version was much easier to play with the controls and I had a great time with this game. The visit informant option when you fail an interrogation would have prevented you redoing the office

[@drfirebone1-936]

This is why we don’t have more GTA rivals because all crime world games are seen as GTA clones

[@mylatahiri2572]

Such fond memories of this game, it looks so much better in ny head 😂

[@zekyu8474]

I grew up playing this, up until we eventually got GTA San Andreas i'd play this non stop every day, mostly just driving around while my sister spent time just doing the missions.

[@PraddaToddla]

I’ve replayed this game maybe 7 times and just watching you kill everyone was amazing 😭 my childhood sum’d up

[@PauloHernandezXD]

1:39:26 For those that’ve never played the game, you can visit Dojo locations & pay to learn a few martial art fighting styles. It actually becomes fun AF >:3

[@theps2guy561]

I remember spending hours on this game with the debug menu The developers accidentally left in... adds hours and hours of fun very easily accessible too

[@187producedit]

this is definitely one of the games of all time

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

LA seemed way better just because of the melee combat and wildly cheesey dialogue. Glad i never had to play these games myself. Great video once again.

[@salieri40]

That's one of my childhood games right there!

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Same :3

[@undeadk1ng-_-]

this game has always been a favorite of mine being able to enter a decent amount of buildings as well as criminals being able to run into them cops trying to arrest you if your gun is out unless you flash your badge it has some cool features it sucks they never continued after nyc

[@aceaj2620]

I miss this game. I remember you could train in different hand to hand styles and mix them or was the the first game. Can’t remember

[@sadspud5499]

Omg I haven’t played this in so long!

[@artemisDev]

The writers must have had a lot of fun making this game.

[@JJ-BT]

Really love the shar soundtrack

[@man_on_wheelz]

Gotta love that classic Motorola ringtone

[@PauloHernandezXD]

The wonky broken physics, the pedestrians casually flipping off & screaming, the fact a motorcycle can blow up in seconds. Legitimately, no irony, I would play this game EXACTLY as is, **just** for the experience alone >:3 lol