Gangstar: Crime City
Gangstar: Crime City is a 2006 open-world action-adventure video game developed and published by Gameloft. It was released in October 2006 for mobile phones.
A second installment in the series, Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A., was released in November 2008.
Gameplay
Gangstar: Crime City is a side-scrolling top-down two-dimensional (2D) action-adventure video game. The game world may be traversed on foot or by vehicle.Crime City, the titular setting of the game, is almost like a combination of Los Angeles and Miami. Areas such as Ocean Beach and Ocean Drive are examples. Policemen and their vehicles are patterned after the LAPD.
The game world is structured as an open one with a sandbox-based environment, affording the player a sizeable area in which to move around; it is divided into two maps representing an upscale and a run-down suburban district respectively. On foot, the player is able to run and shoot at pedestrians and cars and it is possible to operate a variety of vehicles. While storyline missions are necessary to progress through the game, they are not mandatory as players can complete them at their own leisure. Aside from the main storyline, players can also partake in side-activities such as street racing, purchasing properties such as a restaurant and a recording label, and drug-dealing.
At gun shops, the player can buy weapons, a pump-action shotgun, the AK-47 assault rifle, a sniper rifle, and a rocket launcher, additional health and bodyguards. Hand-to-hand combat and melee attacks aren't available in the game.