Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

[The Last Stand]

Everyone dunked on LA for the dragons and shit.

Wasn't the best timing. Nobody wants to play as the police in GTA. The R* hegemony was a real thing. Then the sequel was announced, and it was "True" in the sense that it lacked dragons. But it still made very little sense:

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I felt True Crime: NYC went with a cop show drama take, while Streets of LA went with the more cheesy, supernatural movie type. It would be early to say "which direction" True Crime went; it only had two games under its belt.

I wouldn't say that people didn't want to play as the police in GTA. It's more the popularity of the GTA formula to where anybody willing to copy it needed to derivate itself.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I liked both True Crimes because I played them as police games and not GTA clones.

That being said, the True Crime name was always fucking hilarious. The first game had chapters devoted to being a Big Trouble in Little China rip off followed by chapters where you fought North Korean generals.

 

[Gravemind]

I liked both True Crimes because I played them as police games and not GTA clones.

That being said, the True Crime name was always fucking hilarious. The first game had chapters devoted to being a Big Trouble in Little China rip off followed by chapters where you fought North Korean generals.

How about the chapters where you fought the Russian mob that were tangentially related to the North Korean general?

The Russian mob were some kinky ass fucks considering the bathhouse and BDSM club sneaking/fight missions.

 

[CWCissey]

There was a GTA clone that had sections where you played as the police, and they were actually pretty good, and that was The Getaway.

Seriously, the first mission in Black Monday? I'd love to see something like that in a GTA game. It could be something based on Line Of Duty seeing as that's mega-popular at the mo, crap series ending or not.

 

[Captain Syrup]

Trivia: Supposedly the very first GTA (PS1) was supposed to feature cop and hoodlum missions. The cop parts were scrapped, cause they sucked.

 

[CWCissey]

Trivia: Supposedly the very first GTA (PS1) was supposed to feature cop and hoodlum missions. The cop parts were scrapped, cause they sucked.

I imagine the limitations of storytelling was the problem there. Get a good experienced bunch of writers and I'll bet a cop player character would work in a GTA game.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Yes, throwing more writers and dialogue and cutscenes is exactly what GTA needs.

 

[CWCissey]

Yes, throwing more writers and dialogue and cutscenes is exactly what GTA needs.

Eh, it's a better direction than micro-transactions and flying bikes for retard kids.

 

[X Pac Heat]

Eh, it's a better direction than micro-transactions and flying bikes for retard kids.

Touche

 

[The Last Stand]

Trivia: Supposedly the very first GTA (PS1) was supposed to feature cop and hoodlum missions. The cop parts were scrapped, cause they sucked.

Are you talking about GTA's inception? To add (or correct) to that, a bug with the cop AI after they changed course from Race n Chase sparked the decision to make it into the genre we know and love. It was more fun during testing to outrun the erratic, bugged cops.

 

[Captain Syrup]

To add (or correct) to that, a bug with the cop AI

Cops are still bugged out the ass. If you turn onto a highway during a pursuit, they'll collide with your car and explode, killing you both. I think they get stuck to your bumper and cause the collision detection to go haywire.

 

[The Last Stand]

Cops are still bugged out the ass. If you turn onto a highway during a pursuit, they'll collide with your car and explode, killing you both. I think they get stuck to your bumper and cause the collision detection to go haywire.

I assume you're a GTA veteran dating back to the 2D era? I think @ProblematicUser420 is the same.

 

[Anachronistic]

For anyone who cares for a bit of trivia, it seems that the "pointing gun at viewer" meme everyone likes to use nowadays originated from True Crime.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I started with GTA 1 and GTA2 in 1999, but I don't know them nearly as well as I do the 3D era and haven't played them in over 10 years.

 

[The Last Stand]

For anyone who cares for a bit of trivia, it seems that the "pointing gun at viewer" meme everyone likes to use nowadays originated from True Crime.

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Buy this game if you know what's good for you.

Streets of LA had better music and a better world than San Andreas, so it had something going for it.

Including the Game Boy Color title, which nobody remembers. Technically impressive, yet still not very good. There's a mission where you have to kidnap the Mayor's wife, and she just no-clips through buildings as she walks.

Damn near unrecognizable from its console counterpart. What did you think of GTA during that time period?

 

[Captain Syrup]

Damn near unrecognizable from its console counterpart. What did you think of GTA during that time period?

It was a lot like Hitman: Made a splash in the UK, but most Americans played it on PC. No name recognition over here.

And like Hitman, I knew they were onto something good. The sense of interactivity was unheard of on consoles.

 

[CWCissey]

Streets of LA had better music

Nope.

San Andreas at least had some real variety. Streets Of LA was all hip hop and rap as far as I can remember.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

That basically describes me. But I played the unholy fuck out of the 2D era.

Including the Game Boy Color title, which nobody remembers. Technically impressive, yet still not very good. There's a mission where you have to kidnap the Mayor's wife, and she just no-clips through buildings as she walks.

I played the Game Boy Color versions once back in like...2002 I think. Well I emulated them lol

Nope.

San Andreas at least had some real variety. Streets Of LA was all hip hop and rap as far as I can remember.

They had a few rock songs. I remember Peace Sells was on it as well as a few others that I didn't know. It was definitely like 95% rap though.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

I played the shit out of True Crime: NYC at the time, It's clear the devs were really trying and sadly ambition outstripped ability. Also, the main character looks like the Lion King Musical logo. I could never unsee this.

15+ years after Streets of LA the only thing I can remember is the bonus movie with people dancing:

That and the mobster getting a chopstick in the ear.

 

[CWCissey]

I played the shit out of True Crime: NYC at the time, It's clear the devs were really trying and sadly ambition outstripped ability. Also, the main character looks like the Lion King Musical logo. I could never unsee this.

15+ years after Streets of LA the only thing I can remember is the bonus movie with people dancing:

That and the mobster getting a chopstick in the ear.

And the dragons.