GTA Chinatown Wars, the Story and End

Since I have completed the storyline, this might be my final entry on GTA Chinatown Wars. The game only shows me a 48% completion, so I still got a lot of stuff to do. I don’t think I’ll be going for 100, but I might take on a few additional missions. According to the in-game counter, I’ve put over 10 hours in the game, so I got my money’s worth. However, there are still things I’d like to discuss.

gta_cw_main_characterI haven’t talked about the story yet, because I didn’t think it was worth mentioning. It starts of pretty so-so, but in the end things come together nicely and I guess it’s an acceptable excuse to have a big blowout fight. For a game it’s pretty ok story. It might even make a movie worth watching, but it wouldn’t work as a book. As far as storytelling is concerned, game makers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one side, you don’t want to spend too much time in cutscenes to show off your story, on the other hand, it’s difficult to tell a story if you only have action sequences. Ever since adventure games and full motion video games went out of style, we only have games like Half-life left who walk this fine line pretty nicely

gta_cw_gunfightIf you complete the story missions, you will undoubtely for ever remember the last three missions. The game ends in some seriously intensive gunfights. If you don’t like the gunplay in Chinatown Wars at all, I’m affraid you will be a bit bummed by the end. But by the time you make it this far into the game, you’ll probably have a pretty good grip of how to handle the situation. I thoroughly enjoyed the final missions. Althouh I had to replay them quite a few times. The key to victory: take it slow, don’t rush.

After you complete the story, the “Guardian Lions” mission is unlocked. Once completed, you can upload the mission data to the Rockstar Social Club for a bonus. Although it’s a small thing, I really love this online integration (and it cuts back on piracy, so it’s a win-win)

Anyway, if you still haven’t got the game, and aren’t convinced by now, I don’t think I will ever do so, but still: go buy and play the game!