The ultimate predecessor of "The Hot Blood Rogue" - the once famous "Crisis in Los Angeles"

2025-03-23 21:13:48|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Activision's Call of Duty series was already successful in 2005, although it had not yet completely revolutionized the genre of first-person shooters (which was actually achieved when Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released in 2007).Meanwhile, the publishers of the series are not idle, trying to expand their portfolio by dabbling into other game genres.The Luxoflux team seized this opportunity and produced "Crisis in Los Angeles", an action game with a huge open world that is often compared with the "GTA" series.

"The imitation of "GTA""

Before making this game, the Luxoflux team also had some other well-known works, such as Armed Fighter Car and Star Wars: Blast.When "The Crisis of Los Angeles" was released, it was undoubtedly the studio's largest work, presenting us with an open world of 622 square kilometers.A contrast on Reddit effectively shows the vastness of the world (interestingly, most of the players involved in the comments don’t have a good impression of the map, and they mention the endless feeling of walking between various areas of Los Angeles).

The game allows players to freely explore various areas of the city of Los Angeles, such as Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, all of which have been highly restored.Important buildings, objects, and other iconic landscapes are easy to find in these locations.

Crime Mysteries in Los Angeles

The game's protagonist is Los Angeles Police Detective Nicholas Kang, who is tasked with investigating a series of bombings in Chinatown.As a member of the Elite Operations division, Kang gradually uncovers a much larger plot that dates back 20 years ago and is associated with the mysterious disappearance of his father.Interestingly, the story presented in the game will have different endings depending on whether the player plays a good policeman or a bad policeman.

In the game, there is an indicator that reflects the player's diligence in performing police duties.By conducting investigations, arresting criminals, and subduing opponents in stealth missions (rather than killing them), we can increase the value of good police officers.However, when we kill civilians and criminals, we increase the score for bad police.

This may not only lead to the choice of different storylines, but may also make the citizens of the city enemies Kang.The result is that the SWAT team will be sent to hunt him down.So, as you can see, playing a bad cop is not a good deal.

Never boring

As a game that is often compared to GTA3 or GTA: Sin City, Crisis in Los Angeles allows players to walk or drive their vehicles around the city.What drives the game's plot is various tasks. Although we can freely explore Los Angeles during the breaks of completing these tasks, don't expect to have a large number of side missions like in Rockstar Games' games.

Even so, you won't feel bored.The developer prepares four types of tasks.The game lets us participate in gunfights, in which we can find cover and use weapons left by the enemy.In addition, Kang can also show his close combat skills, attack the enemy with a series of punches and kicks, and also use a wonderful "finaling skill".

Sometimes, the protagonist needs to do some stealth activities, quietly surrounds behind the enemy, and accidentally solves them (the game lets us decide whether to simply knock the target out or kill them).Developers pay great attention to details when designing stealth missions, requiring us to remain vigilant, not only pay attention to the enemies patrolling the area, but also pay attention to our own steps.Stepping on broken glass or plastic bags will make a sound, which may attract the attention of nearby enemies.

The last type of mission type is the level of driving a vehicle, we have to participate in the pursuit and track the target.The icing on the cake is the side missions that appear in the form of random crimes.

As the game progresses, we will collect points that can be used to redeem special badges.These badges are like a currency that we can use to buy upgrades related to weapons, vehicles, or close combat.To obtain a specific upgrade, you also need to successfully pass a special test.

A successful debut

"The Crisis of Los Angeles" was released in November 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2 consoles.This game has been warmly welcomed by industry media (the average rating on M site is 77/100).

In May 2004, this game also landed on the PC platform.Compared with the original version of the console version, the main feature of this version is that the control method is adapted to the mouse and keyboard, and there are also character skins designed inspired by other games under Activision.In addition, the PC version has added 32 additional tracks.However, this version of the game is not as popular as the console version (most of the complaints focus on picture quality), with an average score of only 68/100.

Anyway, "The Crisis of Los Angeles" was successful.Inspired by its good sales results (selling more than 3 million copies), Activision approved the Luxoflux team to produce a sequel.

What happened later?

"Real Crime: Streets of New York" is the sequel we are going to talk about. It was released on the console platform in 2005 and was launched on the PC platform in 2006.Although the game has been rated by industry media more cold than the previous game (the average rating is no more than 60/100), it still sold more than 3 million copies, which is comparable to the previous game.Although Activision decided to keep Luxoflux Studios from participating in the brand's production after the release of the second True Crime game, the series should have continued.The development of the third work of the series, True Crime: Hong Kong, was handed over to the United Front Games team.The project was launched in 2008 but was cancelled three years later due to extensions and budget issues.However, this game was saved by Square Enix, and its game was renamed "The Hot Blooded Rogue"... but that's another story.

Meanwhile, over the next few years, the Luxoflux team focused on making movie-licensed games, launching Kung Fu Panda and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Today, the game "Crisis in Los Angeles" is not available on GOG.com and Steam platforms, and is not found in the digital stores of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.Boxed games for PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox start at $4 to $5.The GameCube version costs about $20.

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