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Title: Analogy--nutrasweet:heroine; mafia;GTA
Review: If you're like me, you may be considering taking a chance on this game while twiddling your game thumbs in anticipation of GTA San Andreas (and DTing from too many replays of III & Vice City). Take my advice...don't bother with the placebo here. I am not an impatient teenager, but from the getgo the load times on this thing make Max Payne 1 look like fast forward. If you're going to rip off a great thing like the GTA line, why mess with what works? True Crime, no great game in comparison to Vice City, is a masterpiece of open play and nonlinear storyline compared to Mafia. To be honest, I only played half of this game...because I got bored with a lack of variety, one-strategy mission completion, and uncooperative controls. If you're really fascinated with the whole Capone/thirties gangster thing, maybe you'll find something novel here, but as a lover of the Sopranos, it's just not worth the $50 price tag, or even the $6 rental fee.
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