True Crime: Streets of LA is an open-world action-adventure game designed for Xbox. Players assume the role of an undercover cop navigating the crime-ridden streets of Los Angeles. The gameplay features a mix of driving and combat, with a mission-based structure that advances through story-driven cutscenes. Players can explore branching paths and optional missions, though completing all main missions is required to finish each chapter.
True Crime: Streets of LA is a free-roaming driving and action game similar in concept to Grand Theft Auto III. The game's structure is mission-based; most of the missions are dictated by the story and initiate following a cutscene that advances it. Failing a mission still allows the player to continue playing through the chapter and undertake subsequent missions; in some cases this will lead to branching paths and optional missions. However, in order to complete the whole chapter the player must eventually succeed in all the main missions.