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GTA Creator To Make GTA-Beater?

Posted by simoniker on from the five-star-threat dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the Gamespot news that Grand Theft Auto creator David Jones is dropping hints about titles in development at his new company, Real Time Worlds. An executive at his company hinted: "We are not yet talking specifically about our two titles under development, but I will hint that fans of GTA and next-generation racing games will not be disappointed." Jones is the founder of developer DMA Design, who created the classic carnage-based puzzler Lemmings and went on to make both the 2D and 3D Grand Theft Auto titles. He left the developer after DMA were bought by Take Two and renamed Rockstar North, and his own company, Real Time Worlds, have been operating in stealth mode for a while now.

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  1. Yet another early article by 42forty-two42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You know, it's not strictly necessary to fix slashcode...

  2. FINALLY by Naikrovek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    See any problems with this story? Email our on-duty editor.

    I am glad to see this - i think they're finally starting to understand that they're a freaking news source, and they're finally starting to act responsible.

  3. Uhhh.... by Feztaa · · Score: 2, Interesting

    fans of GTA and next-generation racing games will not be disappointed.

    Well, considering that in all of the GTA titles, all the racing missions were painfully unbearable, I'd say this guy has something of a history of making bad racing games.

    Don't get me wrong, though, I liked the GTA titles, they were lots of fun. Just not if I had to race anybody :)

    Let's hope these two misterious titles aren't stinkers.

    1. Re:Uhhh.... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "Well, considering that in all of the GTA titles, all the racing missions were painfully unbearable..."

      Can you qualify that a little better? I used to think they sucked too until I started driving the cars like I'd drive a real car. (I.e. slowing down for a turn.) At that point, what became diifcult was the randomness thrown in by being a world simulator. Stupid pedestrians would get in my way, get run over, and then get the cops after my butt. The type of car you had really affected how you drive as well. Are you going to take sharp turn in an Expedition? Not without rolling it! You had realistic options for picking your car as well. Now that I think about it, GTA's racing missions were far deeper than any racing game I've played.

      I'm not trying to just blindly defend GTA here, I just came to this realization about a week or two ago. Racing in GTA's not like racing in the arcade, you can't get by while you're holding the gas down the entire time.

    2. Re:Uhhh.... by mrpuffypants · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Well, yes, playing legit is much more fun and challenging.....I play legit too

      However, having to do a street race 200 times because racing games just aren't your forte isn't fun. When it halts progression of the storyline then it's just a pain in the ass on an otherwise brilliant game.

  4. Woot, another clone! by notque · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We are not yet talking specifically about our two titles under development, but I will hint that fans of GTA and next-generation racing games will not be disappointed.

    I'd rather not play anymore GTA/next generation racing games.

    Every other game released is a clone off of GTA, or an underground street racing game. 2 more titles going off the same lineage a gaming company does not make.

    I think I am just having withdrawls from my dreamcast, which while put out quite a few bad games, always seemed to bring out something intresting like shenmue, virtua tennis, worms, seamen, etc.

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  5. Re:Technical difficulties. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    MOD PARENT DOWN - OFFTOPIC; as any non-editor knows, if you discuss problems with Slashcode in a story, it will quickly be modded as offtopic. If you bring up problems you have with the design of Slashdot or how comments are rated, and you'll be modded down as flamebait. So moderators, do your duty.

  6. Article minus hype by cgenman · · Score: 4, Funny

    David Jones, who isn't really known outside of the industry, has today announced that he is working on two new games at his Scotland-based Real Time Worlds development studio. Working alongside Jones are a couple of suits.

    -hype deleted- "My goal is to create and ride gravy trains. Our whole team have experience with gravy trains, from those that make them to those that supervise those that make them."

    They have all worked on gravy trains, C|net has confirmed.

    -vague hype deleted-

    -vague hype deleted-

    We'll bring you more information on both of the games in development at Real Time Worlds as soon as it becomes available.

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  7. What I'd like... by Evro · · Score: 2, Funny
    What I'd like to see is a press release that says basically....
    Hi, this is Bob Jones, creator of the Super Quest series. I've started a new company making new games, but the games really aren't going to be as good as what I've made in the past. We're trying but really there's nothing we can do. Please buy them anyway!
    Seriously, it's news that a guy is touting his next project as being better than his previous one? WOW!
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