<s>
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
open	O
world	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
games	O
told	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
law	O
enforcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Streets	I-Application
of	I-Application
LA	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
York	I-Application
City	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Luxoflux	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
by	O
LTI	O
Gray	O
Matter	O
,	O
to	O
mobile	B-Application
by	O
MFORMA	O
and	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
by	O
Aspyr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
York	O
City	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Luxoflux	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
by	O
Aspyr	O
and	O
to	O
mobile	B-Application
by	O
Hands-On	O
Mobile	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
received	O
generally	O
mixed-to-positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
reviewers	O
favourably	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vice	I-Application
City	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
a	O
two-part	O
series	O
set	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
poor	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
performance	O
,	O
Activision	O
scrapped	O
the	O
direct	O
sequel	O
and	O
put	O
plans	O
for	O
future	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
games	O
on	O
hold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2009	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
had	O
become	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
employee	O
,	O
and	O
avid	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
,	O
Heath	O
Hallas	O
made	O
strives	O
to	O
revive	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
until	O
,	O
ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
were	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
several	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
was	O
ultimately	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
as	O
Sleeping	B-Application
Dogs	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
no	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Activision	O
abandoned	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Streets	I-Application
of	I-Application
LA	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Luxoflux	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
by	O
LTI	O
Gray	O
Matter	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
by	O
MFORMA	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
Aspyr	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
all	O
systems	O
by	O
Activision	O
,	O
except	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Aspyr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
November	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
York	I-Application
City	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Luxoflux	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
by	O
Aspyr	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
Hands-On	O
Mobile	B-Application
for	O
mobile	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
November	O
25	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
in	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
games	O
is	O
broadly	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
Detective	O
Marcus	B-Application
Reed	I-Application
of	O
the	O
PDNY	O
(	O
a	O
fictional	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NYPD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
non-Grand	O
Theft	O
Auto	O
open	O
world	O
action-adventure	O
games	O
released	O
after	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
III	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
was	O
labeled	O
by	O
many	O
as	O
a	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
clone	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
core	O
game	O
mechanics	O
are	O
identical	O
to	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
2002	O
successor	O
,	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vice	I-Application
City	I-Application
–	O
in	O
both	O
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
and	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
travel	O
across	O
the	O
city	O
freely	O
,	O
commandeer	O
vehicles	O
,	O
do	O
whatever	O
they	O
want	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
attacking	O
and/or	O
killing	O
innocent	O
civilians	O
,	O
and	O
progress	O
through	O
the	O
storyline	O
at	O
their	O
own	O
leisure	O
,	O
spending	O
as	O
much	O
time	O
traversing	O
the	O
city	O
as	O
they	O
wish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
major	O
difference	O
from	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
games	I-Application
is	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
law	O
enforcement	O
officer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
Bad	O
Cop	O
score	O
reaches	O
99	O
,	O
SWAT	B-Application
will	O
attempt	O
to	O
kill	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
Activision	O
revealed	O
Luxoflux	O
were	O
developing	O
an	O
"	O
original	O
action-racing	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
action	O
films	O
"	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
combined	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
ups	I-Application
,	O
third-person	O
shooters	O
,	O
and	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
over	O
twenty	O
branching	O
missions	O
and	O
multiple	O
endings	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
recreating	O
of	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
casting	O
of	O
Russell	O
Wong	O
as	O
protagonist	O
Nick	B-Application
Kang	I-Application
and	O
Gary	O
Oldman	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
main	O
villain	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
York	O
City	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
when	O
Activision	O
CEO	O
Ron	O
Doornink	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
"	O
sequels	O
to	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
,	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
,	O
Spider-Man	B-Application
,	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
,	O
Shrek	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
nothing	O
more	O
was	O
heard	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
almost	O
a	O
year	O
;	O
until	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
when	O
Activision	O
revealed	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
so	O
big	O
,	O
developers	O
Luxoflux	O
had	O
drafted	O
in	O
staff	O
from	O
another	O
Activision	O
owned	O
developer	O
,	O
Z-Axis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
Activision	O
debuted	O
a	O
trailer	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
protagonist	O
Marcus	B-Application
Reed	I-Application
arresting	O
some	O
criminals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2005	O
E3	O
event	O
,	O
Activision	O
dedicated	O
a	O
large	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
booth	O
to	O
the	O
upcoming	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
footage	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
,	O
nor	O
was	O
any	O
plot	O
information	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
a	O
title	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
going	O
by	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
that	O
was	O
confirmed	O
at	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
definitely	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
current	B-Application
generation	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marcus	B-Application
Reed	I-Application
was	O
voiced	O
by	O
Avery	O
Waddell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
's	O
launch	O
,	O
PUMA	O
revealed	O
a	O
unique	O
sneaker	B-Application
mission	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
edition	O
sneaker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
if	O
players	O
find	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
RS-100	O
sneakers	B-Application
throughout	O
the	O
city	O
and	O
return	O
them	O
to	O
real	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
retailers	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
unlocks	O
an	O
exclusive	O
PUMA	O
outfit	O
for	O
Reed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
players	O
could	O
purchase	O
the	O
limited-edition	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
RS-100	O
sneakers	B-Application
within	O
the	O
same	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
stores	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
two-part	O
series	O
set	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
and	O
featuring	O
Marcus	B-Application
Reed	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
sequel	O
was	O
scrapped	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
proved	O
a	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
Activision	O
approached	O
United	O
Front	O
Games	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
game	O
for	O
next	B-Application
generation	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
set	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
and	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
into	O
development	O
,	O
Activision	O
proposed	O
that	O
Black	O
Lotus	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
hoping	O
the	O
new	O
ideas	O
brought	O
to	O
the	O
table	O
by	O
United	O
Front	O
could	O
help	O
revitalize	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2009	O
Spike	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
,	O
Activision	O
debuted	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Activision	O
cancelled	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hong	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
quality	O
issues	O
"	O
,	O
further	O
investment	O
would	O
not	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
competitive	O
in	O
the	O
open	O
world	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
competition	O
posed	O
by	O
other	O
titles	O
,	O
particularly	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
and	O
Red	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
Redemption	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
series	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
Activision	O
's	O
view	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
compete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
,	O
Square	O
Enix	O
acquired	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
buy	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
retained	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
Sleeping	B-Application
Dogs	I-Application
and	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Activision	O
abandoned	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
trademark	O
completely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
franchise	O
garnered	O
different	O
reactions	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Aaron	O
Boulding	O
wrote	O
of	O
Streets	O
of	O
LA	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
greatest	O
strength	O
of	O
this	O
Luxoflux	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
story	O
and	O
layers	O
of	O
game	O
design	O
into	O
one	O
cohesive	O
package	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
game	O
if	O
you	O
can	O
clear	O
your	O
mind	O
of	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
expectations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informers	O
Andrew	O
Reiner	O
wrote	O
"	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
come	O
along	O
and	O
truly	O
give	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
series	O
a	O
run	O
for	O
its	O
money	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
called	O
Nick	B-Application
Kang	I-Application
"	O
quite	O
easily	O
the	O
most	O
annoying	O
new	O
character	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
's	O
Russ	O
Fischer	O
wrote	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
more	O
to	O
True	B-Application
Crime	I-Application
than	O
GTA	O
emulation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
's	O
Tom	O
Bramwell	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
citing	O
"	O
low-resolution	O
textures	O
,	O
some	O
clipping	B-Algorithm
issues	O
,	O
a	O
rather	O
horrible	O
depth	O
of	O
field	O
effect	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
screen-filling	O
vistas	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
's	O
Jim	O
Rossignol	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
:	O
"	O
The	O
perps	O
you	O
take	O
down	O
never	O
suggest	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
anything	O
other	O
than	O
mindless	O
automata	O
ready	O
to	O
be	O
slain	O
,	O
and	O
exhibit	O
an	O
artificiality	O
that	O
could	O
never	O
be	O
described	O
as	O
'	O
intelligence	O
 '	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considering	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
console	B-Device
and	O
not	O
a	O
five	O
year-old	O
PC	O
running	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
unacceptable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
cited	O
"	O
collision	O
detection	O
issues	O
and	O
edge	B-Algorithm
detection	I-Algorithm
problems	O
that	O
cause	O
you	O
to	O
get	O
stuck	O
on	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
a	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ And ] 	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
actually	O
freeze	O
up	O
entirely	O
from	O
time	O
to	O
time	O
 [ ... ] 	O
There	O
are	O
also	O
some	O
pretty	O
ugly	O
clipping	B-Algorithm
issues	O
here	O
too	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
