If a developer could not realise some form of 3D explorable world that could literally be explored from the ground up, then what was the point of making such a title in the first place?Īlmost two decades on from the release of GTA 3, the video games industry, particularly in the smaller-scale, but no less ambitious indie games sector, has a much broader understanding of the different ways to create immersive, complex and narratively rich titles without having to create outright simulations. So popular and acclaimed was GTA3, that it seemed that open world 3D titles would be the default aspiration for any videogame developer of note.
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The consensus was that the title had achieved the impossible by creating a free roaming 3D game for consoles. Publications such as Gamesrader have therefore put Grand Theft Auto 3, with its open ended city setting, as being the most important game of the decade in which it was released. GTA3 was regarded as a milestone in the design of sandbox games – a term used here to describe an open ended approach to design where a player is afforded a large level of freedom with how they interact and navigate the world.
In keeping with a broader industry shift from the late 1990s onwards towards trying to build three dimensional game worlds, GTA 3 reflected an idea that true immersion and complex game worlds could only be realised in 3D. This time, the game took place in a true 3D cityscape, one where the player delivered mischief at a truly ground level and with much greater interaction being possible with the city’s denizens and buildings.
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While the series courted controversy from its outset, true critical acclaim and mass market blockbuster appeal wasn’t fully realised by the developers until Grand Theft Auto 3 was released on Playstation 2 in 2001. As such, the in-game population that drove around aimlessly in the game mostly served the soul purpose of being potential victims to mug or carjack, rather than digital citizens caught reacting to the chaotic machinations of violent criminals. Hardware limitations of the era meant that this city could only be realised from a top-down, 2D view that simplified the playing environment and gameplay to running and driving around a sprawling series of freeways and city streets. That is, until they are put down by in-game law enforcement, a rival gangbanger, or a disgruntled commuter. The first Grand Theft Auto game released on home computers and the Sony Playstation in 1997 was sold on the premise of having a single city that the player was free to create violence and mayhem in.
Streets of Rogue, released on Playstation 4 in 2019, developed by TinyBuild Games
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