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Grand Theft Auto: Myst

Posted by Zonk on from the two-great-tastes-that-go-great-together dept.

j0hnyb1423 writes "Salon is running a "preview" for the next GTA title: Grand Theft Auto: Myst. You have to watch a short ad to see the whole article but it's well worth it. From the article: "Obviously, compromises had to be made. For example, if you've played "Myst" before, you know that go-go clubs are scarce and that there's no Little Havana, per se. Similarly, in "Grand Theft Auto," the only reason you might find yourself in a library is because you're hiding from the SWAT helicopter. Balance was key: Just the right amount of urban development -- followed by just the right amount of urban decay -- was needed to create a picturesque dreamscape that could also credibly be swimming in guns.""

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  1. Just a bad joke by Friar_MJK · · Score: 3, Interesting
    They almost had me on this. I thought it was going to be a real preview of the next sequel. I remember an interview with a Rockstar developer saying that the next (real) installment was going to be nothing like the previous three and will be about as big of a jump technically as going from GTA2 to GTA3 was.

    Instead, I get treated to a crummy article mixing two games that are so different this could never even happen. I think the next GTA is a few years off anyway, hardly past the storyboard sketching phase yet I'm sure.

  2. meh by WormholeFiend · · Score: 3, Interesting

    satire bleh

    What would be interesting is if Rockstar decided, for their next GTA title, to give everyone a little surprise...

    If, under the base-layer of GTA-style missions, there was something else lurking, like an evil cult bent on summoning Dagon or Cthulhu, except that Rockstar would have to not tell anyone about it.

    It could even be a series of ultra-secret missions that aren't even covered by the commercially released completist guides.

  3. Sure, The Onion has to pay its bills... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    But does Salon?