It's kind of cool when you hear about the way game's are made and compared. Well in a recent article from EDGE, the new Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is to be twice the size of Vice / Liberty City Stories, and will contain a good deal more coding than San Andreas.

• The Satellite navigation system is "identical" to GTA IVs in appearance and functionality.
• Ammunation has gone online! You order weapons with your PDA and they show up at your safehouse.
• You can replay any mission by selecting it from a menu in the safehouse.
• Grenades and molotovs are thrown using the touch screen - you touch one and drag it, with an indicator on the top screen (where the action is) showing you where it's going to land.
• The A button is used to fire weapons.
• One minigame involves assembling all of the parts of a sniper rifle with the touch screen, before using it to assassinate a designated target.
• Another touch-sensitive mini-game will be paying bridge tolls - you push the coin into the slot to get through the barrier.

While some might perceive them to be gimmicky, EDGE describes the mini games as being "short" and "smoothly integrated".

Chiggins via neoseeker.com »