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History of Grand Theft Auto

Posted by Zonk on from the back-to-the-top-down-days dept.

jasoncart writes "With the launch of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas this week, Ferrago has taken a look back at everyone's favorite non-linear series."

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  1. GTA2 by NereusRen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Am I the only one who loved GTA2? I still play the multiplayer occasionally with my dorm friends. The balance of power between various weapons and powerups makes it quite strategic, with lots of room for improving your game through intelligence and skill.

  2. Lots of info missing! by Jagasian · · Score: 4, Informative

    You would have figured that they would point out that the first GTA released in 1997 included Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas all in the same game. Most gamers who even played the first GTA when it was released never got past Liberty City. I personally never got past San Andreas. The original GTA was far more difficult than GTA3, mainly do to the fact that messing up a mission was a far bigger set back in GTA. You couldn't just do the mission over again, and it would also reset your score multiplier making even harder to raise enough money to get to the next city.

  3. Re:GTA remakes? by HAKdragon · · Score: 5, Informative

    For what it's worth, Rockstar relased GTA as freeware a while back. It wouldn't hurt to try to get it to work under Wine.

    And for the record, other than the opening movies, Vice City works perfectly under Cedega.

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