January 16th, 2009

GTA: Chinatown Wars has more code then San Andreas.

Published at 9:43 AM PST

While the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars title is still in development, the latest edition of gaming magazine EDGE mentions:

It's still a wonder that Rockstar was able to squeeze in more lines of code into Grand Theft Auto:Chinatown Wars for the DS than the PS2's San Andreas.

Of course this is no big surprise since CTW will include a lot of cool mini-games. Also don't forget that almost all of Liberty City is in there!

That's not all, EDGE also has some nice new details about Chinatown Wars, check them out below,

  • The Satellite navigation system is "identical" to GTA IVs in appearance and functionality.
  • Ammunation has gone online! You order weapons with your PDA and they show up at your safehouse.
  • You can replay any mission by selecting it from a menu at the safehouse. (Vice City Stories had this feature, but was limited to viewing the cutscenes)
  • Grenades and molotovs are thrown using the touch screen - you touch one and drag it, with an indicator on the top screen (where the action is) showing you where it's going to land.
  • The A button is used to fire weapons.
  • One minigame involves assembling all of the parts of a sniper rifle with the touch screen, before using it to assassinate a designated target.
  • Another touch-sensitive mini-game will be paying bridge tolls - you push the coin into the slot to get through the barrier.
While some might perceive them to be gimmicky, EDGE describes the mini games as being "short" and "smoothly integrated".

Not so long now before CTW is released, the game will hit the stores on March 17th in the USA and 20th March in Europe.

Thanks to QJ.net and Edge.