Gangstar: Crime City

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Gangstar: Crime City is a 2006 open-world action-adventure video game published by Gameloft and developed by least one of its subsidiaries. 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 (fictitious) setting of the game, is almost like a combination of

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 (though given the heavily-censored nature of the game, euphemisms like "candies" and other confectionery-related terms are used to avoid any direct references to narcotics).

At gun shops, the player can buy weapons (including a