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Cancelled GTAIV Project Shows What GTA2 Would Look Like In RAGE Engine

DSOGaming writes: "Our reader Jonathan Gustafsson has sent us a interesting video from – what seems to be – a cancelled GTA IV project. This project attempted to port GTA2 into GTA IV’s game engine, the RAGE Engine, and looks cute and sexy. It also gives us a glipse at what a proper, top-down isometric, GTA game with high-resolution textures and assets would look like in a modern-day engine. Man, now that would be something worth waiting for."

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MrBeatdown4250d ago (Edited 4250d ago )

I think I can get the same experience from playing with Hot Wheels on one of those carpets with a street layout on it.

kira424250d ago

Very true the graphics look very plasticy...

kma2k4249d ago

nice i was thinking the same thing my son has one in his room...i see this every day :)

PS3Freak4249d ago

I had one of those!

I can't believe that was fun, I must have had a great imagination.

Jamzluminati4249d ago

All I remember from this game play are headaches.

Kurylo3d4249d ago

gta2 looks better then this mod.

Brawler4249d ago

Totally agree this game looks so fake, plasticy, doesnt have the top down GTA/GTA2 feel at all,GTA2 still looks awesome.

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FinaLXiii4250d ago (Edited 4250d ago )

If it had a flamethrower in a killing frenzy i would might get interested too bad it got canceled.

GTA2 is alots of fun freeware ver at - http://www.rockstargames.co...

Mutant-Spud4249d ago

Ah memories, I had GTA2 on Dreamcast and played the hell out of it, bring back the frenzy.

YodaCracker4250d ago (Edited 4250d ago )

It basically seems like Chinatown Wars to me.

TheColbertinator4249d ago

Chinatown Wars was sweet.I must have sold more drugs than the Mexican Mafia has sold for the past 10 years.

Raf1k14249d ago (Edited 4249d ago )

China town was made to be like the classic GTA games but with improved gameplay, graphics etc.

Would love for them to bring back the random Kill Frenzy objectives.

edit: Not just the Kill Frenzy but also the hidden missions. Anyone remember the Speed style mission with the coach where you had to keep driving it without it going below a certain speed?

claud34249d ago

Agreed, China town wars all ove

But still nice looking

Double_O_Revan4249d ago

And remember, Respect is Everything!!

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies1d 10h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken1d 5h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 21h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 20h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 17h ago (Edited 1d 17h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt1d 8h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken1d 5h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101143d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers143d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex360d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai360d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995360d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21360d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast