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Grand Theft Auto Retrospective

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the garaaaanga dept.

Sadkey writes "In light of the release of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories for the PSP, UGO has posted a retrospective around the GTA games. "Come take a trip through time, and see how a franchise went from a cult hit to a cultural phenomenon, set the tone for an entire generation, and made open-ended gameplay a buzzword of the early 21st century. It's a long, bumpy ride, but at the end, Grand Theft Auto stands tall as the game that changed everything.' ." I remember playing the top down GTAs and just loving it. Great games.

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  1. Top down was ok.... by austinpoet · · Score: 5, Funny

    But i've learned to prefer the 'from behind' view

  2. Net play by lampiaio · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the best bugs^H^H^H^H features of the first two GTAs was the fun-packed, sync-less net play! I remember playing it in my school's computer lab (which had a very laggy network) with other "students":

    Player 1: HA! Burn, mother fucker!
    Player 2: What do you mean? I just ran over you!
    Player 3: Hey guys, will you stop walking towards the building's walls?

    the good side was that everybody always won.

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