Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story

The Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story released in 2005 is an installment of the Grand Theft Auto series and set in the same Liberty City called as the "Worst Place in America". Liberty City is an almost exact representation of New York City with all its shorelines and islands and a diverse sizeable population. It is a very connected city with all kinds of roads, bridges, ferries, and all kinds of transport. The time of the game is set in 1998.  

The main character is Antonio "Toni" Cipriani, who returns to Liberty City after making a major appearance in Grand Theft Auto III. He had committed the grievous offence of killing a ‘made man’ in the mafia under the orders of Don Salvatore Leone and left Liberty City only to return after so many years and regain his position among the mafia of the Liberty City. However, his absence has let others take advantage of him and he is shocked when Don Leone also refuses to make him a ‘made’. This ensures a bitter tale of revenge, assassinations, power politics, and double crosses before Toni is finally made the ‘capo’ of the mafia.  

The gameplay of the Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story consists of various missions that a player is assigned by different members of the Salvatore family, and others including Toni’s own mother. The main antagonist of the game is Massimo Torini who is a dangerous mafia leader from Sicily. In the game he would try to take over the underworld of Liberty City though his apparent actions make him trustworthy. There is a nonprofit organization of unarmed crime patrollers like the Guardian Angels called the Avenging Angels from whom the players can accept missions and earn rewards. There was also a club in the game called "Sex Club Seven’ which was locked in all the future versions due to a controversy.  

The Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story game has ten radio stations that play licensed tracks composed specifically for the game. The only time a player can listen to the music is when he gets hold of a car and a station plays a track randomly.  

The Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story was released for the PlayStation Portable in North America and the UK. The PSP is a handheld video game console manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was a competing brand of the Nintendo DS. The PSP version allows the game to be played in a multiplayer mode. Up to 6 players can play it in the same area using the WiFi ad-hoc mode. Later on the game was also released for the PlayStation 2. However, the PS2 mode does not allow the game to be played in a multiplayer mode. The developers of the game were Rockstars North and Rockstars Leeds and it was officially released by Rockstar Games.

Both the versions of the Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Story has sold more than a million copies in the U.S alone and earned rave reviews from all gaming sites.