Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (commonly abbreviated as
GTA: LCS,
GTA: Liberty City Stories or
Liberty City Stories) is a
sandbox-style action-adventure video game developed by
Rockstar North and
Rockstar Leeds. It is the ninth game in the
Grand Theft Auto series. It was released for the
PlayStation Portable in
North America on October 25, 2005 and in the
United Kingdom (UK) on November 4, 2005. The game is the prequel to
Grand Theft Auto III and was succeeded by
Vice City Stories. It was published and distributed by
Capcom for the Japanese release.
A port for the
PlayStation 2 was released on June 6, 2006 in North America, and June 22, 2006 in the UK and the rest of
Europe. The PS2 port does not feature the custom soundtrack ripping capability, in comparison to its PSP counterpart. It was released on October 1, 2009 as a downloadable game on the revised PSP model
PSP Go.
Gameplay
Liberty City's layout is largely similar to
Grand Theft Auto III, while it also incorporates elements found in
GTA III's successors, such as more indoor environments, clothing changes, and motorcycles. In addition, in keeping with recent GTA games, the player has more flexibility in terms of moving the camera...
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