Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

PAL box art Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-21423 NPUD-21423 (PS2 Classics) Release date: June 6, 2006 April 2, 2013 (PS2 Classics) CRCs: 7EA439F5 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-54135 SLES-54135/P (Platinum) NPED-00064 (PS2 Classics) SLES-54136 Release date: June 23, 2006 November 23, 2007 (Platinum) April 3, 2013 (PS2 Classics) CRCs: D693D4CF Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-66851 SLPM-55038 (Best Price!) Release date: September 6, 2007 May 28, 2009 (Best Price!) Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Rockstar Leeds
Publisher(s): Rockstar Games (US, EU, AU), Capcom (JP), SCEA (US)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 78/100
Game description: There are a million stories in Liberty City. This one changes everything. Once a trusted wise guy in the Leone crime family, Toni Cipriani was forced into hiding after killing a made man. Now he's back and it's time for things to be put right. The streets of Liberty City are in turmoil. Warring mafiosi vie for control as the town begins to self-destruct under waves of political corruption, organized crime, drug trafficking and union strikes. No one can be trusted as Toni tries to clean up the mess of the city's chaotic underworld. Deranged hit men, morally depraved tycoons, cynical politicians and his own mother stand in his way as Toni tries to bring the city under Leone control. Forced to fight for his life in an odyssey that will shake Liberty City to its foundations, Toni must use any means necessary to secure his place in the leadership of the Leone family in a town up for grabs.
Liberty City's layout is largely similar to Grand Theft Auto III, while it also incorporates elements found in Grand Theft Auto III's successors, such as more indoor environments, clothing changes, and motorcycles. In addition, in keeping with recent Grand Theft Auto games, the player has more flexibility in terms of moving the camera around for viewing surroundings (Grand Theft Auto III is noticeably limited in that respect). Things that are omitted from this game are the ability to climb and the ability to swim - contact with deep bodies of water is instantly fatal in this game. The overall sandbox play area, as it is based upon the original Liberty City layout, is considerably smaller than that of San Andreas.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
PAL	?	Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.4 Ghz Geforce 9600GT	r4600	GSDX r4643 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad r4510 0.10.0	GSDX 11 HW r4600 plays this at 30fps, r4643 plays at 10fps. Enabling Allow 8-bit textures in GSdx helps with speed. Setting the "FramerateNTSC=59.94" or "FrameratePAL=50.0" lines in the pcsx2_vm.ini file to 30/25 can play the game at full speed but lower smoothness even in slower PC., Scaling may severely hurt performance. Sniper rifles can be used only in software GSdx mode.	Lagahan
PAL	Windows	Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66 Ghz Nvidia GTX 260 896MB	1.1.0 r5576	GSdx r5464 SSSE3	SPU2-X 2.0.0 r5460 LilyPad 0.11.0 r5403	Game seems to be fully playable. Its kinda slow with default settings so you need to tick allow 8 bit textures. Vu cycle stealing helps a lot.	prafull
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5754	GSdx 5752 SSE41	SPU2-X 5733 2.0.0 LilyPad 5403 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot

Trivia

• Original names: グランド・セフト・オート リバティーシティ・ストーリーズ (SLPM-66851) & (SLPM-55038)
• Widescreen crops the top and bottom of the 4:3 image, meaning less visible viewing area than when played in 4:3.

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