I have been dreaming of a Sleeping Dogs sequel for YEARS. There were amazing plans for a sequel before it got cancelled. A prequel set in 1980s Hong Kong inspired by Hong Kong action films of the 80s would have been amazing as well.
The thing that i like about these games aside from gta is that while they take inspiration from it, they add their own theme to them that makes them stand out.
I feel like when you say the term "GTA Clone" people immediately think of all the Unity asset flip slop that gets thrown onto the mobile app store in bulk. The same games that flood you in ads and pointless in-app purchases to squeeze as much money out of whatever poor kid is unfortunate enough to download it. The same games that are called stuff like "Grand Theft Car Andreas Life 3D" that can barely even be called videogames.
Thinking about this, I realized something. The term GTA clone can be seen as a negative and people will see that. But because there is one term hardly used by many people. Crime simulators. Just as how Boomer Shooters were once called Doom-like or Doom Clones, Crime Shooters are as the name implies where you play as a criminal. Maybe just like boomer shooters, we'll start referring these sort of games as that. Crime sims. Or maybe not, who knows.
Yeah, I remember people used to say that any open world that wasn't GTA was just a game to kill time while waiting for the next GTA. So pretty much those ''smaller games'' were just filler until the actual GTA showed up.
GTA clones are my favorite genre of games, it's really a shame how it died. Silver lining is that without competition, hence no pressure, Rockstar are in a position to make GTA6 the game of my dreams. And your are absolutely on point about Cyberpunk. It's game loop and design is not close to a GTA-like game.
To be honest, they kind of have to compete with themselves now. GTA V is still making them lots of money so they need to put out a product that's going to make people want to move on from it and purchase VI and opt into whatever new online ecosystem they start.
Scarface was going to have its sequel tho, it would be set in Las Vegas and it had many original ideas, but the project got cancelled for unfortunate reasons
Probably most people who got mad at games being called a GTA clone... weren't of age during that era. Open world games with missions weren't a thing before GTA1 which is itself played down for the 'impact' GTA3 had on the world. That structure of gameplay especially in a modern city setting was called a GTA clone because at the time they really were following in its footsteps. It's not an insult, it's just a factor of the fast changing landscape of video games at that time. It's not like people weren't making that kind of game yet because GTA hadn't proven it to be popular... That kind of game hadn't been possible or even thought of yet. The term 'GTA clone' now would seem insulting and shallow, and would only be appropriate for those super cheaply made knock off apps that try to actually look like a GTA game but have none of the effort put into them.
Just beat mafia 2 last night. My opinion it’s a better narrative game, better cutscenes, more emotional voice acting, and more serious. The open world is an after thought in that game but it was alive enough to have me driving around all the time. But mafia 1: de is my second favorite game I have ever played. I teared up so much
I really liked Mercenaries by Pandemic Studios (EA). It was kinda the GTA Clone that's not a GTA Clone. Here's some reasons why. You can: -kill civilians (cost money for civilian casualties) -odd jobs -drive-by's (honestly the best type of drive-by's) -steal (hijack) vehicles -unlock maps Factions (gangs) There is no: -wanted system -Busted -losing weapons after dying -Armor -hidden weapons (found on map) -blood/gore additional uniques: - call in airstrikes, supplies, vehicles. -deck of 52 (unique bounty system) -Money for blowing up primary enemy faction -Destructible environment -can be infinitely replayed with same character -3 character choices -2 endings
There's an upcoming GTA clone game called "The Precinct", you're playing as cop and the game is open world set in Averno City with deep cop rank systems.
With all the retro throwback games I really wish someone would make a retro game in the style of III/Vice City, essentially a gta game from that era, with the graphics and everything. Might be too big of an undertaking for indie devs, but I know there has to be somebody out there with enough ambition to pull it off
You don't have to emulate Scarface on PC. You can fix the bad PC port with Silent Patch and Fusion Fix (and if you want, install Remaster Project on top). The only thing it's missing at that point is blood textures on Tony, but I don't think that's worth emulating it for. 31:00 Scarface was peak, the hell you mean not that good overall? It's better than both Vice City and Vice City Stories. It's the ultimate Miami game of the PS2 era.
Controversial opinion: I think I overall enjoyed Scarface and The Godfather more than the 3D era GTA games including San Andreas. I hadn't even seen either film before playing. Also you're right about Godfather 2, the only redeeming quality it has is the crew system. Completely anus in almost every other way, but I always liked giving my guys matching outfits and each one having specific jobs.
Because it's not particularly realistic. It's very Hollywood. Definitely cool, but not what you would actually expect to see, & GTA IV was very committed to building a believable world.
Honestly want more of this genre like Saints Row. Honestly probably the reason is the reputation over the years that make this genre not like smash hit like the gta games
oh also, that ending on wheelman... comedy perfection. because the less said about it the better, in fact what I already said about it added to the dreadful existence of that game in this universe. and a ps3 version, I mean I imagine it has some very specific ps3 problems... and that's coming from me who played a very jank pc port of it.
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GTA clone is one of the dumbest name in gaming history. Rockstar games did not invent an open world where people can choose what to do in it. Life created such a thing. Meaning every game developer has the right to create an open world without it being compared to some shitty overhyped games. That's coming from someone who played every gta game.
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them These games are gta clones
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Brazilian GTA 171 and Tru or Die Chiraq had potential only if it had the same treatment as a GTA 6 GTA 4 or GTA 5 Rockstar games would be done for Scarface video game already topped any GTA game ever made and Scarface was made in the PS2 Era
Maybe the formula is saturated? Too many very similar games releasing? No innovation, just copy copy copy copy and hope for easy money? Back when OG GTA3 released there was this Mafia game. Many dubbed this one a clone as it was played from the same perspective, involved gun combat and stealing cars. But it wasn't like GTA, not even close. It was a narrative-driven experience set in a very different setting, 1930's with all of its jank such as cars maxing out at 50 MPH. No one played Mafia just to cause chaos in the city. Game had much more realistic tone with police chasing you for something as petty as running a red light or speeding. Today we have soooo maaaany open world games with GTA formula. Entire series of games like Just Cause or Saints Row. I wouldn't bet on making one, it would be really difficult to get noticed and seen among so many competitors. It would be difficult to invent something groundbreaking in this formula. The genre has stagnated like racing games. It's quite sad that the best arcade racing game came out in 2005 isn't it. Best sim racing game came out even earlier, in 2004. I mean, can you blame them? It's god damn racing, it's not like you're going to re-invent a wheel here. Hundreds of racing games released over last 30 years.
You lost all credibility when you called cyberpunk not a GTA clone because of the multiple endings and first person view. GTA 5 has first person and GTA 4 has multiple endings. Cyberpunk is absolutely a GTA clone if any of these other are. If cyberpunk isn't, nothing is.
Did you entirely skip over the part where I say Cyberpunk plays more like a Fallout than GTA? The STRUCTURE of the games are very different. I don’t understand how you can’t see that tbh.
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them These games are gta clones
I still think the term "clones" for ganes is stupid. Let's call GTA Clones just City Action games or something. And that Mafia series analysis wasn't really good. Otherwise a pretty great video tho!
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them These games are gta clones
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them These games are gta clones
Saints Row 2 was particularly successful because it capitalized on the "backlash" regarding GTA IV; specifically, that Rockstar dramatically reduced the scope of GTA IV as compared to its predecessor, San Andreas. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE wanted to see how they would build on San Andreas... and what we ended up with was a game that was riding almost entirely on its technical qualities - the graphics (they were considered good at the time), the physics, voice acting etc... whereas the gameplay was a big step back. Saints Row 2's marketing took DIRECT aim at GTA IV's boring relationship quests and limited gameplay variety, promoting itself sort of as an unofficial spiritual follow-up to San Andreas. And it worked. MANY people preferred SR2 over GTAIV. Not me, I still preferred GTA, but I totally understood WHY people preferred SR2. The problem with all of the other games, like Mafia 2 and The Getaway, etc is that none of them have that "IT" factor that GTA has. Rockstar has always somehow managed to ground their GTA games in some way so that the gameplay feels like you're screwing with reality, doing things in a virtual world that you never could in real life - whereas these others games somehow fail to accomplish this same feat.
I wouldn't say the gameplay took a step back in GTA IV, quite the opposite. The technical qualities are what greatly enhance it. The physics, the improved gunplay, AI, etc... are the reason the gameplay is great. The foundation is the most important, what you do with it is secondary. Saints Row 2 has more gameplay variety/features, but I wouldn't say it has better gameplay, because the core gameplay behind them isn't as good (the only thing you could say it does better is the movement and how it handles weapon accuracy). What was missing from San Andreas were minor, unimportant features like customization and quantity/size which GTA never really focused on.
@@BDozer666 I mean, it did take a step back, though. No longer can you affect your stats by eating, exercising, fighting, driving, flying, etc. No airplanes, no car mods, no property ownership, minimal character customization, no dual-wielding, no stealth mechanic (or rather, a very simplified one), no swimming under water… The only things they added to the gameplay were more intricate physics. Even the dating and activity mechanics they kept were dumbed down. You call all that stuff minor, but it was actually MAJOR stuff. Not sure how old you are or how present you were during that era, but there was a big backlash because of the absent features and SR2 was made successful as a result. Mind you, I didn’t like SR2 and was always a GTA fanboy defending the series during that time- I still thing GTAIV is a way better GAME that SR2, but I’m merely pointing out why SR2 is a stand out among GTA clones - because it had what GTA IV lacked.
I love how triggered people get by the term. It makes no sense. People seem to take it personally when a game they enjoy is called a "GTA clone" & I truly cannot understand why. I LOVE the first Saints Row for example, but it's 100% a GTA clone. That isn't a bad thing, it's just a fact. It doesn't make the game any less fun or interesting. It is what it is. GTA is a household name & Rockstar are masters of their craft; naturally other games are going to be compared to the daddy of open world crime sandboxes. That's just how things work, there's no sense in getting worked up over it.
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them These games are gta clones
Sad thing is, we could use some GTA clones now more than ever considering how Rockstar is taking their sweet time with GTA6.
We'll get dozens of clones when no one needs them, and no clones when we're all starved for content
games have become too expensive for devs to publish as much clones as times past.
No competition can harm gta as they are chilling because of online earnings, not because of lack of threat
I have been dreaming of a Sleeping Dogs sequel for YEARS. There were amazing plans for a sequel before it got cancelled. A prequel set in 1980s Hong Kong inspired by Hong Kong action films of the 80s would have been amazing as well.
The thing that i like about these games aside from gta is that while they take inspiration from it, they add their own theme to them that makes them stand out.
Open world doesn't mean gta but they did popularise it so you can say they own the concept
next video should be 'When' gta clones have gone 😂
I feel like when you say the term "GTA Clone" people immediately think of all the Unity asset flip slop that gets thrown onto the mobile app store in bulk. The same games that flood you in ads and pointless in-app purchases to squeeze as much money out of whatever poor kid is unfortunate enough to download it. The same games that are called stuff like "Grand Theft Car Andreas Life 3D" that can barely even be called videogames.
Thinking about this, I realized something. The term GTA clone can be seen as a negative and people will see that.
But because there is one term hardly used by many people. Crime simulators.
Just as how Boomer Shooters were once called Doom-like or Doom Clones, Crime Shooters are as the name implies where you play as a criminal.
Maybe just like boomer shooters, we'll start referring these sort of games as that. Crime sims. Or maybe not, who knows.
But the thumbnail shows what he means by gta clones
Bro made a face reveal
Haha, I don’t think I could have made the video this way without my mug in it 😂
@@CaptainGlacki see🤝
ballsy after such hot takes, somethingdude1043 now knows what his face looks like
We probably shouldn’t have called them “gta clones” only dumb critics and journalists call them that.
It's like souls like games , every hard game is a copy of fromsoftware (what people think)
Yeah, I remember people used to say that any open world that wasn't GTA was just a game to kill time while waiting for the next GTA. So pretty much those ''smaller games'' were just filler until the actual GTA showed up.
GTA clones are my favorite genre of games, it's really a shame how it died. Silver lining is that without competition, hence no pressure, Rockstar are in a position to make GTA6 the game of my dreams.
And your are absolutely on point about Cyberpunk. It's game loop and design is not close to a GTA-like game.
To be honest, they kind of have to compete with themselves now. GTA V is still making them lots of money so they need to put out a product that's going to make people want to move on from it and purchase VI and opt into whatever new online ecosystem they start.
It's because cyberpunk is an open world and not a rpg like witcher
Also they wouldn't have made gta 6 early anyway as gta online is the reason
Scarface was going to have its sequel tho, it would be set in Las Vegas and it had many original ideas, but the project got cancelled for unfortunate reasons
My man really grew, he can afford to have face now and no longer be just a disembodied voice.
Probably most people who got mad at games being called a GTA clone... weren't of age during that era. Open world games with missions weren't a thing before GTA1 which is itself played down for the 'impact' GTA3 had on the world. That structure of gameplay especially in a modern city setting was called a GTA clone because at the time they really were following in its footsteps. It's not an insult, it's just a factor of the fast changing landscape of video games at that time. It's not like people weren't making that kind of game yet because GTA hadn't proven it to be popular... That kind of game hadn't been possible or even thought of yet. The term 'GTA clone' now would seem insulting and shallow, and would only be appropriate for those super cheaply made knock off apps that try to actually look like a GTA game but have none of the effort put into them.
Interesting watch, i dont deny my game is heavily inspired by GTA but i will try to make people view it as its own thing that has its own soul
Just gotta say that it feels the quality of your videos keeps getting better. I'm really excited to see this channel grow, keep at it man.
This and I Have No Thoughts are my two favorite channels for GTA videos right now
Just beat mafia 2 last night. My opinion it’s a better narrative game, better cutscenes, more emotional voice acting, and more serious. The open world is an after thought in that game but it was alive enough to have me driving around all the time. But mafia 1: de is my second favorite game I have ever played. I teared up so much
I love mafia DE too but I absolutely hate the shooting in it and mafia 3
Thanks for a segment only for me 😊
I really liked Mercenaries by Pandemic Studios (EA). It was kinda the GTA Clone that's not a GTA Clone. Here's some reasons why.
You can:
-kill civilians (cost money for civilian casualties)
-odd jobs
-drive-by's (honestly the best type of drive-by's)
-steal (hijack) vehicles
-unlock maps
Factions (gangs)
There is no:
-wanted system
-Busted
-losing weapons after dying
-Armor
-hidden weapons (found on map)
-blood/gore
additional uniques:
- call in airstrikes, supplies, vehicles.
-deck of 52 (unique bounty system)
-Money for blowing up primary enemy faction
-Destructible environment
-can be infinitely replayed with same character
-3 character choices
-2 endings
There's an upcoming GTA clone game called "The Precinct", you're playing as cop and the game is open world set in Averno City with deep cop rank systems.
I mention this at the end, and I’m really looking forward to it!
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you look cool man.
Fun fact: mafia 2 and gta iv is actually held by same parent company (take two) so that mean they were copying themselves
Errrrr, right. Gonna have to revisit this video at some point to properly note down some cool ass looking games to buy
scarface 2 set in vegas got cancelled by activision when they bought scarface
With all the retro throwback games I really wish someone would make a retro game in the style of III/Vice City, essentially a gta game from that era, with the graphics and everything. Might be too big of an undertaking for indie devs, but I know there has to be somebody out there with enough ambition to pull it off
There are modders who are making practically new games using the classic GTAs engines, check out Sindacco Chronicles and Forelli's Redemption
You don't have to emulate Scarface on PC. You can fix the bad PC port with Silent Patch and Fusion Fix (and if you want, install Remaster Project on top). The only thing it's missing at that point is blood textures on Tony, but I don't think that's worth emulating it for.
31:00 Scarface was peak, the hell you mean not that good overall? It's better than both Vice City and Vice City Stories. It's the ultimate Miami game of the PS2 era.
My older brother and I rented The Getaway when it came out, and we couldn't figure out where to go.
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I played all the GTA clones Mercenaries is my favorite
Controversial opinion: I think I overall enjoyed Scarface and The Godfather more than the 3D era GTA games including San Andreas. I hadn't even seen either film before playing.
Also you're right about Godfather 2, the only redeeming quality it has is the crew system. Completely anus in almost every other way, but I always liked giving my guys matching outfits and each one having specific jobs.
I just want to say that in Driv3r the cars explode in many little pieces. Even the GOAT of physics GTA IV didn't do that
Because it's not particularly realistic. It's very Hollywood. Definitely cool, but not what you would actually expect to see, & GTA IV was very committed to building a believable world.
GTA 4 isn't goat of physics.
Because it's annoying and driver is all about staying in the car
"GTAIV GOAT of physics" lol far from it.
this deserve more views
Honestly want more of this genre like Saints Row. Honestly probably the reason is the reputation over the years that make this genre not like smash hit like the gta games
oh also, that ending on wheelman... comedy perfection. because the less said about it the better, in fact what I already said about it added to the dreadful existence of that game in this universe. and a ps3 version, I mean I imagine it has some very specific ps3 problems... and that's coming from me who played a very jank pc port of it.
That moment when some gta clones are more fun than actual gta games.
Everyone asks why the gta clones are gone but no one asks how the gta clones are
I replayed Scarface on the PS2 a few months ago. Great game! So many stuff to do, the world is great
Watch Dogs Legion doesnt get anywhere near enough credit.
I miss them so much
Great and wonderful video. I am so happy you mentioned American Fugitive, I enjoyed that game a ton and am looking forward to The Precinct.
Ok, what was that sweet tune at the end? and please tag the music you use. there's a place in heaven for tubers who tag their music, they get what they want 3 seconds before they even want it manifested in front of them. there's also a room in hell for those who put banger tunes but don't tag it, they keep hearing good music but forever are haunted by anxiety of will they ever find it or hear it again. save your soul, tag your music. also, second video of you I watched, and the one that got me subbed
That’s actually my own mix of the Super Mario 3D World theme! 😂
9:43 American Fugitive was in sale on GOG for $ 0.77!
Ngl 17:58 Got me it was just a bit Unexpected.😂
Yees the waiting was worth it! Great Video Captain
"APB Reloaded" ahem not anything single player, but has the DNA part.
GTA clone is one of the dumbest name in gaming history.
Rockstar games did not invent an open world where people can choose what to do in it. Life created such a thing. Meaning every game developer has the right to create an open world without it being compared to some shitty overhyped games.
That's coming from someone who played every gta game.
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it
They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them
These games are gta clones
@@Yui-ys5cv Incorrect.
love the ubisoft strays at the end😂
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They stopped making GTAs after 2013 and all the clones disappeared or failed
They didn't stop , gta 6 is coming
@Yui-ys5cv yeah just confirmed 10 months ago and 5 came out 2013.
There's a reverse GTA game where you're playing as cop called The Precinct.
@channe3049 same devs who made American fugitive, seems fun but I prefer third person view than overhead cam
You look majestic
He has a face 😮😮
It’s a rental 🤫
Most games are a -Tetris- Chess clone
Ohh scarface i loved the game (movie too)
Great video and thanks for introducing me that fugitive game! (Really like the style) and to close this: The ONLY and real GTA CLONE is Mafia 3
No True Crime games?
This is pretty awesomesauce, if you ask me.
"Muh oversaturation!"
i feel like complaining about cyberpunk cops but it's way off topic
but for the love of god can't they make a chase work
hammond and carter are mentioned in vc
Scarface the world is yours is the best game on the list no doubt
I miss the Scarface Game.
It's like lil Wayne he was the first one with the lil I his rap name then after that every one wanted to be like him
'Lil' has been used since the 70's
@@sirfuttbucker6067 where? Who?
Brazilian GTA 171 and Tru or Die Chiraq had potential only if it had the same treatment as a GTA 6 GTA 4 or GTA 5
Rockstar games would be done for
Scarface video game already topped any GTA game ever made and Scarface was made in the PS2 Era
theres a gta reference in cyberpunk gta sa wrong side of the tracks jc tells little smoke all he had to do was follow the damn train
Too expensive to make, too easy to fail.
theres a mission in gta 3 called the getaway also the getaway is made by dma design the now rockstar north from what i know
Can Rockstars own games like red dead redemption or bully be considered GTA clones?
retro city rampage started as a top down version of gta 3 then it changed to retro same with gta advance and 3
Saints Row went in a garbage direction after 2 trying to shed that title, going mainstream and getting casualized with SRTT had killed it.
GTA clones are good because rockstar hasn’t made a gta in 10 years 😭
*released
I swear I’ve seen this video already or maybe someone else previously tackled this topic? hmm idk weird
almost as if he addresses this in literally the first 5 secs of the video lmao
Why isn't there a Sleeping Dogs 2 😢
Video is really cool
CYBERPUNK IS NOT A GTA CLONE! THAT'S WHY IT WAS HATED BY THE FUCKING GAMERS EXPECTING THAT THEY WILL GET CYBERPUNK GTA
scarface is a gta vc clone now gta 6 is both 6 will be scarface a few gta 3 scarface songs are reused the whole scarface ost
"i didnt kill my wife"
Where is Simpsons Hit and Run?
Maybe the formula is saturated? Too many very similar games releasing? No innovation, just copy copy copy copy and hope for easy money?
Back when OG GTA3 released there was this Mafia game. Many dubbed this one a clone as it was played from the same perspective, involved gun combat and stealing cars. But it wasn't like GTA, not even close. It was a narrative-driven experience set in a very different setting, 1930's with all of its jank such as cars maxing out at 50 MPH. No one played Mafia just to cause chaos in the city. Game had much more realistic tone with police chasing you for something as petty as running a red light or speeding.
Today we have soooo maaaany open world games with GTA formula. Entire series of games like Just Cause or Saints Row. I wouldn't bet on making one, it would be really difficult to get noticed and seen among so many competitors. It would be difficult to invent something groundbreaking in this formula. The genre has stagnated like racing games. It's quite sad that the best arcade racing game came out in 2005 isn't it. Best sim racing game came out even earlier, in 2004. I mean, can you blame them? It's god damn racing, it's not like you're going to re-invent a wheel here. Hundreds of racing games released over last 30 years.
People back then were not accepting, nowadays even a straight up copy would sell
too expensive to make em
You lost all credibility when you called cyberpunk not a GTA clone because of the multiple endings and first person view. GTA 5 has first person and GTA 4 has multiple endings.
Cyberpunk is absolutely a GTA clone if any of these other are.
If cyberpunk isn't, nothing is.
was also going to have a 3rd person mode at one point
Did you entirely skip over the part where I say Cyberpunk plays more like a Fallout than GTA?
The STRUCTURE of the games are very different. I don’t understand how you can’t see that tbh.
shakedown hawaii must be topdown gta vc
lego is gta for kids no lego is bully for kids XD
Because they are called gta clones, instead of their genre
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it
They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them
These games are gta clones
I still think the term "clones" for ganes is stupid. Let's call GTA Clones just City Action games or something.
And that Mafia series analysis wasn't really good. Otherwise a pretty great video tho!
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it
They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them
These games are gta clones
@@Yui-ys5cv Yeah, quests didn't exist before GTA games. Same with driving in the city.
"gta clones" driver was first so its driver clones? why gta clones?
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it
They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them
These games are gta clones
Saints Row 2 was particularly successful because it capitalized on the "backlash" regarding GTA IV; specifically, that Rockstar dramatically reduced the scope of GTA IV as compared to its predecessor, San Andreas.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE wanted to see how they would build on San Andreas... and what we ended up with was a game that was riding almost entirely on its technical qualities - the graphics (they were considered good at the time), the physics, voice acting etc... whereas the gameplay was a big step back.
Saints Row 2's marketing took DIRECT aim at GTA IV's boring relationship quests and limited gameplay variety, promoting itself sort of as an unofficial spiritual follow-up to San Andreas. And it worked. MANY people preferred SR2 over GTAIV. Not me, I still preferred GTA, but I totally understood WHY people preferred SR2.
The problem with all of the other games, like Mafia 2 and The Getaway, etc is that none of them have that "IT" factor that GTA has. Rockstar has always somehow managed to ground their GTA games in some way so that the gameplay feels like you're screwing with reality, doing things in a virtual world that you never could in real life - whereas these others games somehow fail to accomplish this same feat.
I wouldn't say the gameplay took a step back in GTA IV, quite the opposite. The technical qualities are what greatly enhance it. The physics, the improved gunplay, AI, etc... are the reason the gameplay is great. The foundation is the most important, what you do with it is secondary. Saints Row 2 has more gameplay variety/features, but I wouldn't say it has better gameplay, because the core gameplay behind them isn't as good (the only thing you could say it does better is the movement and how it handles weapon accuracy). What was missing from San Andreas were minor, unimportant features like customization and quantity/size which GTA never really focused on.
@@BDozer666 I mean, it did take a step back, though. No longer can you affect your stats by eating, exercising, fighting, driving, flying, etc. No airplanes, no car mods, no property ownership, minimal character customization, no dual-wielding, no stealth mechanic (or rather, a very simplified one), no swimming under water…
The only things they added to the gameplay were more intricate physics. Even the dating and activity mechanics they kept were dumbed down.
You call all that stuff minor, but it was actually MAJOR stuff. Not sure how old you are or how present you were during that era, but there was a big backlash because of the absent features and SR2 was made successful as a result. Mind you, I didn’t like SR2 and was always a GTA fanboy defending the series during that time- I still thing GTAIV is a way better GAME that SR2, but I’m merely pointing out why SR2 is a stand out among GTA clones - because it had what GTA IV lacked.
Its not because of gta , its because of their own dumb moves
This title makes no sense
Im just saying GTA Online copied a lot from Saints Row.
so gtas are mafia clones mafia 1 is "realistic"
bro never played Gangstar Rio
you fogor "C.O.P. The Recruit" OMG facepalm omegalul cringe (and Made Man)
I love how triggered people get by the term. It makes no sense. People seem to take it personally when a game they enjoy is called a "GTA clone" & I truly cannot understand why. I LOVE the first Saints Row for example, but it's 100% a GTA clone. That isn't a bad thing, it's just a fact. It doesn't make the game any less fun or interesting. It is what it is. GTA is a household name & Rockstar are masters of their craft; naturally other games are going to be compared to the daddy of open world crime sandboxes. That's just how things work, there's no sense in getting worked up over it.
The "go to a mission and do this" structure wasn't a thing before gta 1 and gta 3 popularised it
They created and popularised it , they may not own the concept but the concept owes them
These games are gta clones
17:55 Hehe, "crack". Like piracy, since emulation.
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Did this sore soiboy just called just cause a gta clone?
The "go to mission and do this" is the main thing , it's gta with fun traversal and good physics and no story
Technically no, I didn’t.
21:45 Created by the same people who made The Raid films. It is an 'in name only' adaptation but yet it slaps~! Highly recommend you see it~!
Nice video, brother. 😇💯❤️😊
Thanks my G 🖖💕
@@CaptainGlack You're welcome and thank you, brother.