As the back story goes, the player's character was a reporter who investigated the Mafia which led to his false accusation and subsequent frame and conviction. Can he clear his name in 10 hours and evade the hooligans on his tail? By using fists and the ability to abscond a victim's clothing, the hero can disguise himself to look like an average Joe or even one of the prostitutes. For example, hero may walk up to a streetwalker and beat her down. Once unconscious, hover over her while pressing the "O-Button" furiously to make the clothing swap. By using disguise, thug tactics, and theft, the hero makes his way out of Los City.

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NCS Game Notes
» Tamsoft developed the Toubou Prisoner for D3P.

» At the outset, the hero wears an orange jumpsuit and may approach average citizens on the sidewalks of mostly deserted streets. Scenarios include day scenarios and night time scenarios where the streets are mostly quiet except for the occasional pedestrian who stands on a sidewalk without doing anything or reacting to your passage.

» Game may be played in Easy, Normal, or Hard mode.

» In the intro to the game, the backdrop of Los City and the protagonist is explained and a gritty neighborhood is shown pan 'n scan style. The hero of the game was once a reporter. No more. When his girlfriend is killed and he's falsely accused, he's convicted of a crime of passion. While being sent to prison, a stroke of up allows him to break out and go on the lam...

» The game starts at 6:40PM in Los City Somewhere and a police van is transporting a vato (with Leon the assassin shades) in handcuffs to his new home. The protagonist sits across from him and is also in cuffs. Both are wearing bright orange prison uniforms and the screen shakes and stutters as the van motors along the highway. After a short while, gunshots are heard repeatedly and the van crashes with the sound of glass breaking.

» Act 1: A Runaway - You're the runner in Monica Town and the first scene you see is the van flipped over and crashed through a fence while billowing flames and black smoke belch forth from the undercarriage. After a while, control is handed over to the player.

CONTROLS
L-Analog.............Movement
R-Analog.............Camera swivel
SQURE................Attack
CROSS................Forward roll
CIRCLE...............Talk to pedestrian
L1-TRIGGER........Crouch
L2-TRIGGER........Center camera
R1-TRIGGER........Hold down and move L-A to run (uses up stamina)
R2-TRIGGER........Hold down and move L-A to skulk along like Solid Snake

» Stamina decreases when a barrel roll is performed but continual running doesn't put a dent on the stamina gauge.

» Even though your guy is wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, you can walk right up to a number of cops that are standing in the first level and they're none the wiser after interacting with you. To get something going, attack the third cop that you encounter and knock him down. He'll call his buddies but continue to beat him until he's unconscious. Once he's down, hover over his body and press the "O" button rapidly to take his uniform and dress up like a cop. The other police officers will arrive and attack but beat them down and also steal their uniforms to make their bodies disappear. Reinforcements will arrive and shoot to kill if you're not careful.

» It's possible to beat down on one of the prostitutes on the street and knock her unconscious. If you do the "O-button" pressing routine over her, your guy will be dressed in her bikini, tight jeans, and brown boots and look very, very odd. When running, the protagonist develops a strangely spritely gait where he seemingly skips.

» When two cops gang up on you, allow one of them to grab you in a hold from the back. Next, attack and you'll throw him at the other cop and knock them both out at the same time.

» Crates may be broken to uncover cheeseburgers which recover health points.

» There's a D3 Store in the first level with yellow and pink neon fluorescent tubing lights on the top of the building.

» The Toubou Prisoner is somewhat reminiscent of Rockstar's Manhunt but it's missing the stealth kills and the perfect control of that earlier game. What Toubou Prisoner does bring to the table is an interesting premise that's executed well. The controls are acceptable and the camera can be controlled at all times to change vantage points while running or standing still.

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