It’s time to return to Liberty City, the town where all the rules were broken as Grand Theft Auto 3 revolutionized gaming and made the GTA series the biggest franchise on the planet. The PlayStation Portable edition is an all-new game with an original storyline and new missions set in the seedy, sprawling underworld of Liberty City. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories features the interactive, open environment, voice talent and diverse music that have become pioneering trademarks of the series.
The story takes place three years before the events of GTA III and centers on Toni Ciprini, who has just returned to Liberty City after laying low for four years. He killed a rival mob boss, after all, and leaving town is simply the smartest thing to do. Anyway, he strolls into town and lands in the warm embrace of Don Salvatore Leone, who quickly places him under the command of “capo” Vincent Cilli. From here, Ciprini embarks on a journey filled with more blood, explosions, and executions than a stack of Schwarzenegger movies.
As revolutionary as GTA3 was on the PS2. Find out more in this Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories video review.
To quote the video review: “Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is the best reason to own a PSP so far. And it’s much more than a port of one of the best games of all-time, it’s a fresh installment in the GTA franchise that fans of the series can’t afford to miss. It can be difficult to get used to the modified controls and it’s missing some gameplay upgrades developed for Vice City and San Andreas. But Liberty City Stories is still as revolutionary on the PSP as GTA 3 was on the PS2.”
Story — 9.0
Design — 9.2
Gameplay — 8.7
Overall — 9.1