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Shortly after Grand Theft Auto III set the gaming world ablaze in 2001, one of the first games to attempt to emulate that game’s gritty style and open-ended gameplay was True Crime: Streets of L.A. The game left a lot of room for improvement, but it at least laid a foundation that could be built upon in future installments in the series. Somehow, though, with the follow-up, True Crime: New York City, the series has taken a huge step backward. True Crime: New York City is so riddled with problems that it feels like it was rushed to make it to store shelves in time for the holidays or was just a lost cause that got shoved to retailers in the hopes of recuperating some of the development costs. Even if you forgive the flimsy story, cliché characters, and derivative gameplay, it’s impossible to look past the myriad of game-stopping bugs, frustrating glitches, and glaring technical problems that plague this game.
