Gangs of London makes up for its iffy gameplay with an awesome story and great voice acting

User Rating: 8.1 | Gangs of London (UK) PSP
By lilhawkkid182 | Review Date:
Yes I am a fan of The Getaway and yes I hated The Getaway: Black Monday, so where exactly does the PsP spin-off entitled Gangs of London fall? Right in the middle of things. The gameplay in Gangs of London is problamatic at best. The Getaway never had the tightest control scheme and now that there is only one analog stick at your disposal the game suffers from that even more. I did however notice at times that this game plays nearly identical to The Getaway series on the Ps2, so if you are framiliar with the series, then the game will take less time to get used to. Gangs of London does however have a very intriguing story line that anyone who is a fan of GTA should love. The fact that you can play as any gang that you want and lead them to take over London is a very cool feature that gives the game lots and lots of replay value seeing as how the game can be quite short.

One thing that I noticed almost immediately is that Gangs of London looks very similiar to the original The Getaway. The character models look great as do the cars and the city itself. If I do have one complaint with the graphics though it is that you cannot see bullets while you are driving. One second I will be driving and the next my car is on fire. This is something that needs to be fixed.

Sound is one place that Gangs of London absolutely excells at. The voice overs are great as well as the in-game music. It is kind of disappointing though that the explicits are edited out, but its not like it is that hard to figure out what the guys are saying.

Gangs of London is all about replay. You can play through the game as five different gangs and if you do enjoy the game there is a chance that you will want to play through all of them. The mini-games are a nice touch but they wont keep you that excited after about thirty minutes with them. I must say that I really did enjoy this game, and the gameplay although problematic at times, really shouldn't be the reason you dont pick up this game. If you like the GTA storyline with some Guy Ritchie thrown in for good measure than Gangs of London is worth your time atleast in a rental.

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