True Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series. Activision later released versions for Windows in May 2004 and the Mac in November 2004. One of the first open world action games to be released after Grand Theft Auto III, True Crime: Streets of LA focuses on the other side of the law in the genre of the police procedural. The player controls police officer Nick Kang, and is to set out catching criminals and doing missions for the... police force. True Crime's gameplay has been called "the GTA III clone where you play a cop," as the core mechanics are identical - the player can wreak havoc across the city, do whatever they want in the city and progresses through the storyline at their own leisure. However, as the game focuses on the other side of the law, committing similar crimes in True Crime: Streets of LA in comparison to that of Grand Theft Auto will has less severe concequences that Grand Theft Auto games, but will result in the player losing "good cop" points.
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