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Rumortoid: Grand Theft Auto DS details possibly revealed?
Jim Sterling08.05.08 - 3:59 PM 24 comments

Rumortoid: Grand Theft Auto DS details possibly revealed? screenshot

Since its announcement at E3, details on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS have been thin on the ground. However, if rumor is to be believed, some details on Rockstar's portable controversy-waiting-to-happen may have surfaced. Taking the form of a consumer survey that asked rather specific questions about an "upcoming game," some potential new information may have been unearthed.

If true, the questions posed in the survey shed some light on what Rockstar is currently mulling over for Chinatown -- including the story of a young gang soldier caught up in an internal power struggle, gameplay lasting 20+ hours and stylus-based minigames. 

There's no telling if this is true, although I understand the source is pretty reliable. Either way, I wouldn't advise too much stock to be held in the info at this present juncture. The survey questions certainly provide something to think about in any case, and you can read them after the jump.

16. Please grade each of the following game features on how interesting they’d be for a Nintendo DS game.

-OPEN WORLD: It takes place within an open, real world environment. You will have the freedom to navigate a massive map, explore a world with changing weather and traffic patterns, smart Police and pedestrian AI, and choose different missions to play at any given point in time.

-MATURE STORYLINE: This is the story of an outsider navigating the criminal underworld of a major city. You play as a young gang soldier involved in the internal power struggle for control of his gang.

-AD HOC MULTIPLAYER: With wi-fi connectivity, players can play each other head to head in four different game modes, including a race (seven different race maps, can race with all the game vehicles), and play co-op modes.

-LENGTH OF GAMEPLAY: 70+ missions, 20+ hours of straight gameplay—with significant replayability on top of those 20+ hours.

-STYLUS BASED MINI GAMES: Missions include a wide variety of contextual mini-games, such as assembling a sniper rifle to complete an assassination mission, and smashing locks and hotwiring cars to steal them.

-REPLAYABLE MISSIONS: A feature that allows you to jump to any completed mission from a convenient menu and play them again.




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Latest comment by TheDreadHawk |view all 24 comments
I've been wanting to get some sort of portable, either DS or PSP, and this might just be incentive. I'm a huge GTA fanboy ;_;...



linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 08/05/2008 15:58

Just make me a San Andreas stories
also, returns to playing vice city stories on his psp
garison's Avatar
garison at 08/05/2008 16:01

i hope there is a hidden hot coffee touch based mini game. and also better vehicle physics than in GTAIV.
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Jon2309 at 08/05/2008 16:04

"Mature storyline"? At least make this one fun, R*.
greeneggsnsam's Avatar
greeneggsnsam at 08/05/2008 16:06

Will Nintendo make this game require friend codes, even though it'll be a mature game?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 08/05/2008 16:09

A Cammie killing game would be AMAZING
Blake's Avatar
Blake at 08/05/2008 16:13

@Greeneggsnsam:

It's Nintendo. They'll push it, though R* may hold up. Only time will tell.
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stevenjazz787 at 08/05/2008 16:16

As I read that, I was thinking "OMG, crap, here come the 'stylus-based minigames'... wait... did that say assemble a sniper rifle to complete an assassination? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!1!!!!!!1111!"
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dronkmunk at 08/05/2008 16:21

Replayable missions??? Finally added to GTA..for the DS??
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Phantom Spaceman at 08/05/2008 16:41

Hopefully it'll have puppies and broken wrists
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Totally Tubular Thomas at 08/05/2008 16:42

They absolutely must include a stylus based Cammie killing minigame. Or just make all the pedestrians resemble her.
Alexradl's Avatar
Alexradl at 08/05/2008 16:59

I'd pay money to have Cammie killed. Virtually...of course.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 08/05/2008 17:01

Stylus mini games gives me pause...
wonky360's Avatar
wonky360 at 08/05/2008 17:19

screw this, where is my 360 downloadable content, why do I not know what it even is...
dronkmunk's Avatar
dronkmunk at 08/05/2008 17:32

@Heretic

THEN DO NOT FUCKING BUY!!11
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 08/05/2008 18:10

still no pics from the game.
videogamenut's Avatar
videogamenut at 08/05/2008 18:35

What I wonder is if it will eventually come out on the ps3?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 08/05/2008 18:45

Sounds just like what we expected: GTA on a handheld, plus minigames.
RestingSound's Avatar
RestingSound at 08/05/2008 20:02

That doesn't read like a survey at all. Looks fake to me.
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Jaren Face at 08/05/2008 23:24

"-REPLAYABLE MISSIONS: A feature that allows you to jump to any completed mission from a convenient menu and play them again."

Took them long enough. I would have loved this feature in the PS2 GTAs. So many great missions there.
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TheDreadHawk at 08/06/2008 18:26

I've been wanting to get some sort of portable, either DS or PSP, and this might just be incentive. I'm a huge GTA fanboy ;_;

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