The decision to make a simple game, looking almost identical to the first GTA games is the best thing Rockstar could have done with GTA Chinatown wars. There was no way that the DS could do anything but that and the fact that some people are complaining is plain stupidity, what do they expect.
The use of the touch screen sets it apart from the other GTA games and it’s fun to play unlike GTA 4, which I found tedious with little or no humour. I especially like the way you can get rid of police cars by smashing them into buildings, much more fun than trying to out distance them yawn.
It’s a fun game and not a crime sim like the other GTA titles so for all the would be gangsters give it a miss but if you like a game that is fun then buy it.