Ever since Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto III" became a cultural phenomenon in 2001, rival studios have been trying to compete with crime epics of their own.
Some, like "Saints Row," were slavish imitations. Some moved the action abroad, perhaps to England ("The Getaway") or Japan ("Yakuza"). And some took the stories that inspired "GTA," like "The Godfather," "Scarface" and "The Sopranos," and tried to pound them into the "GTA" template.
None of them caught fire the way "GTA" did, but that hasn't stopped developers from trying - or, in some cases, going back for seconds. Indeed, this month has brought us sequels to two lackluster crime games from the previous decade.
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
With E3 starting next week, 2K Games revealed the biggest E3 line up they have for the year
Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon
nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3
I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.
@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think
Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
I really enjoyed mafia 2, i love the story, i think the characters are very likeable, the voice acting is second to none. The shooting is fantastic and the driving is also fantastic.
Mafia 2 isnt ment to be a gta style game its ment to be a story based third person shooter which keeps you gripped in the story till the very end.
I wouldnt suggest the game to players who play gta for the cop fights and explaration but dont actually complete the story. This game is more for people who enjoy a good story and being put in a realistic enviroment.
Sure the game has faults like character clones and just little glitches but none actaully ruin the game.
I'd like to play a non chavy, non vilolent Open world city game one day.
i don't know...i felt mafia 2 was a lackluster
the graphics are joke on consoles and the physics are very bad
i guess red dead spoiled me because it physics engine is the best i have ever seen