History VideoGame / GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars

* BrokenBridge: Averted, which is unusual for the series.

** Also see Jerkass below and Darkness Induced Audience Apathy in the YMMV section.

* CameraScrew: Averted. When you're driving around, the camera always shows you what's coming ahead and even realigns itself in a snap when you do a sudden u-turn.
* ChainsawGood

* CreepyCrossdresser
* DarkerAndEdgier: While previous titles condemn drugs (III, San Andreas) or make drugs trade conducted by the protagonists implied (Vice City, through the boat checkpoint and "ice cream" selling), Chinatown Wars is the first game that made drug trade explicitly done by Huang, and also the quickest source of easy money for Huang.
** The general tone was shifted back to the darker tones after ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Tbe Ballad of Gay Tony]]'', being in more in line with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Averted: Huang quickly gets fed up with all the stuff people are expecting him to do, and more than once wishes to go back to his luxurious life in China.
* DeadpanSnarker: Huang Lee. A lot of the cast members have shades of this though.

* DiscOneNuke: Drug trading can build up huge reserves of cash early on.
** Also the Chinese Sword. While more powerful weapons can be bought from Ammunitation later in this game, this melee weapon can be found very early in the game in a dumpster. It is a one-hit kill and unlike guns, doesn't arouse suspicion from cops (even if said victim is sliced ''right in front of them'').

* DynamicLoading

* EveryCarIsAPinto: Averted. Most cars take a beating before bursting into flames.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Uncle Kenny was the man who ordered Huang's father's death. While possessing the family's sword, he manipulated Huang to do his dirty work.]]
* FatIdiot: Chan Jaoming.
* FireBreathingWeapon: The flamethrower.

* GatlingGood: It's a great minigun.

* {{Jerkass}}: Chan Jaoming (the oblivious kind) and Zhou Ming (the egotistically dismissive kind)
** Of course, Hsin Jaoming is this too. Big time. Huang himself isn't the nicest person in the world.
* KillEmAll [[spoiler: By the ending, only a couple of named characters are left alive.]]

* MolotovCocktail

* PerpetualFrowner: A number of the characters in the game always seem pissed off.
** Special honors go to Huang's uncle Kenny who frowns all the time ''even when he's pleased with the results of your missions.''
* SarcasmBlind: Chan who takes every bit of Huan's scathing sarcasm as genuine compliments.

* SeaMine

* WideOpenSandbox

* DisposableSexWorker: Unlike other games in the series this doesn't have the "hire a hooker to regain health then run her over" bit. However, the one you can pick up instantly assumes that's what's going to happen and turns violent.

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS (though later ported to [=iOS=] and PSP), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first original title to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance'' on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance.

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the NintendoDS (though later ported to [=iOS=] and PSP), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first original title to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance'' on the GameBoyAdvance.

* TooDumbToLive: Chan. He is always either drunk or on drugs (or both), which makes him to do very poor decisions throughout the game.

* CoolCar: Although the top-down perspective and the lack of good camera angles make it difficult to apperciate them.

* GambitPileup: The plot is possibly the most convoluted of all GTA games.
* LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: See that chick in the purple dress up there? She doesn't last long and never wears that dress.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Uncle Kenny was the man who ordered Huang's father's death. While possessing the family's sword, he manipulated Huang to do his dirty work]]

* JerkAss: Chan Jaoming (the oblivious kind) and Zhou Ming (the egotistically dismissive kind)

* VillainousCrossdresser

* YouNeedToGetLaid: RunningGag. [[spoiler: Huang never does. It's the last thing he thinks of as the game ends.}}

* YouNeedToGetLaid: RunningGag

[[caption-width-right:282:Forget it Huang... it's {{Chinatown}}.]]

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the NintendoDS (though later ported to the I Phone and PSP handheld), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first original title to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance'' on the GameBoyAdvance.

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the NintendoDS (though later ported to the I Phone and PSP handheld), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance'' on the GameBoyAdvance.

* YouKilledMyFather: Huang's one and only motivation throughout the game, beyond not wanting to die.

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the NintendoDS (though later ported to the I Phone and PSP handheld), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of "Grand Theft Auto Advance" on the GBA.

* ManChild: Chan Jaoming

* TooDumbToLive: Chan. He is always either drunk or on drugs (or both), which makes him to do very poor decision throughout the game.

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[[caption-width:282:Forget it Huang... it's {{Chinatown}}.]]

* GunsAkimbo: The Dual Pistols

As an installment, it was almost universally well-received, though the DS platform's sales were far below expectations. When it was released on the iPhone platform, however, the sales soared to the top of the App Store's charts.

A 2009 game originally an exclusive for the NintendoDS (though later ported to the I Phone and PSP handheld), this is the thirteenth game in Rockstar's ''GrandTheftAuto'' series and the first to appear on a Nintendo console since the release of "Grand Theft Auto Advance" on the GBA.

[[DeadpanSnarker Huang Lee]], the spoiled son of a recently murdered [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad boss]], arrives by plane in [[GrandTheftAutoIV GTA4's]] Liberty City with Yu Jian, a sword that Huang's father won in a poker game and has decided to use as an heirloom to deliver it to the new patriarch of the family, Huang's uncle Wu "Kenny" Lee. Shortly after landing, Huang's escorts are killed by assassins and he is shot and kidnapped. The assailants steal the sword and, [[NotQuiteDead thinking Huang is dead]], dump his body in the water. Huang manages to survive and informs Kenny that Yu Jian has been taken. Kenny explains that he had intended to offer the sword to Hsin Jaoming, the aging Triad boss in Liberty City, as a means of securing a position as his replacement. Kenny is dishonored and reduced in power due to the loss of Yu Jian, leaving him and Huang working to keep their businesses afloat. What follows is a GambitPileup as Huang tries to find the sword, move up in the ranks of the Triads and keep all his body parts intact... something not always easy to do in Liberty City.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Many of the characters can be found in the ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' police database, released a year earlier.

* MoneyForNothing: The Drug-Wars inspired minigame let's you build up huge reserves of cash with a little investment of time.

As an installment, it was almost universally well-received, though the DS platform's sales were far below expectations. When it was released on the iPhone platform, however, [[IGotBetter the sales soared to the top of the App Store's charts.]]