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GTA3: Vice City Announced
broller writes "According to IGN.com, Rockstar Games announced today that GTA3:Vice City, the next version of Grand Theft Auto will be released in October. GTA3 was released "October 2001 and has rapidly become the fastest selling, highest grossing game for PlayStation(R)2." The PC version of GTA3 hit stores today."
Kinda seems odd to come out with a new version of the game and keep the version number the same. Has GTA3 become what everyone associates with the Grand Theft Auto series and they don't want to chance having someone go "What is GTA4?". Seems sort of like Intel and their whole Pentium branding. Pent = 5. Yet they kept the name through the 6x86 line. It is odd that version numbers become the product's name eventually when the product really catches on.
Article refers to a GTA3 addon pack. The 'warez' version that just came out is the PC version of original GTA3.
Incidentally, three groups released it. None managed to do a proper release, as all three cracks included on the iso are buggy. Deviance has re-packed one thats *supposed* to work, but doesn't. You can't use savegame after more than four minutes of play.
So, SafeDisc3 is still secure. Just. Kinda. Maybe.
Janie took my gun...
The PC version of GTA3 hit stores today.
Is it out on KaZaa yet?
Or is it a very clever worm *NAMED* GTA3?
The only thing I didn't like about playing GTA3 was that I knew it would end. That saddened me.
I fear that I'm going to be reduced to a begging junkie sleeping outside of the store the night before it goes on sale.
..since Rockstar just announced their until-2005 exclusivity agreement with Sony yesterday.
yep, you sure know what you're talking about.
"Grand Theft Auto 3 and all future titles in the GTA franchise will be exclusive to PlayStation 2 until October 2004, SCEA announced today at its E3 press conference"
here's the link
"Weasling out of work is important to learn; it is what separates humans from animals. Except for weasels."
I really do hope for an MMORPG version of this. Imagine 20-30 of the main player characters running around in the city causing havok. You could have full-on gang wars, crazy races and several other challenges.
I heard that Vice city will be taking place in my favorite decade, the 1980s. We can only hope for Crocket and Tubbs references, several genres of 80s music on the radio, and be able to drive Toyota minivans around. I wonder if they'd have a Fiero-like car that starts on fire in the back? Would you be up against a gang of "punks", complete with thin sunglasses and mohawks? Will there be some special Knight Rider car that's cleverly hidden that has special weapons?
We can only dream for now.
Another thing I'd like to see is more mini-missions. How about drive a city bus around? The firetruck missions proved to me that driving around a firetruck in a busy city is a real PITA that isn't forgiving to the occasional running over people or smashing other cars.
Executive producer, producer, chief executive officer... chances are that none of these people have seen more than a couple of screenshots and concept drawings of the latest evolution. Wake me up when one of the developers is talking about how good and how soon it'll be.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
1) Australian Parliment Level. Guess what the mission is?
2) Marching Bands and playgrounds( in tribute to postal)
3) Mormons (with bikes!), Jehovah's Witnesses, Krishnas, etc.
4) Nudist Park Rampage
5) Drinking at the wheel improves score
I usually like racing games but this game is really annoying, it's just like that Wreckless game.
Maybe you didn't like Grand Theft Auto 3 because it's NOT a racing game.
The motorcycles! Remember those from GTA and GTA II? (Superbike etc.) They were so fast that you couldn't stay on for more than a few seconds, but they did the coolest jumps and added lots of extra craziness. Bring back the bikes!
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