This is the tale of Jeff, a web producer, who on his personal blog tells the inside story of the average man at Rockstar games, from just after Grand Theft Auto III's launch, to right before the "Hot Coffee" incident. A feature he says the company was well aware of, but due to massive turnover and disregard for the depths some PC gamers will go, Rockstar ended up lying about their knowledge of "Hot Coffee." That lie, along with other Rockstar games, helped create the video game censorship and regulatory issues we face today.
By the end he says Manhunt turned a lot of people off, burnout was high, management was inexperienced and it just fell apart with "Hot Coffee," which he says the company was well aware of the whole time. Rockstar still hasn't found another viable franchise as we all sit and wait for Grand Theft Auto IV. A good read to understand the average man's experience at a company, away from the suits and the PR spin.
Revisiting Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was released on October 29, 2002, only a year after Grand Theft Auto: III. As hard as it is to imagine in an era that sees a decade go between releases, GTA games used to drop annually.
Game Rant Writes "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City turns 20 years old today, and many gamers will have fond memories of one of the open-world genre's pioneers."
Morrowind did a great job of open world in 2002 also but unfortunately Elder Scrolls has been diluted since then and hasn’t really progressed at all besides in the graphics department. Sad really .
Pretty sure that was GTA 3, and then it took san andreas to perfect it. San andreas is still one of my favorite games.
"A bumper crop of PlayStation titles make up October’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup. All these games will be available to play starting Tuesday, October 18. Without further ado, let’s dive in. Also added this month: The Medium, Dragon Quest Builders, Dragon Quest Heroes and more. "
Has vice city been fixed? If not it feels like a weird addition. Lots for Dragon Quests fans.
If you like assassins creed and Dragon Quest enjoy the multiple games.
Just plan on playing Medium and the Yakuza remasters right now.
Seems the PS Plus offer is running out of steam already.
Have they even added any new trials since launch?
The author provides a slightly detailed documentary of the events and jobs he had at R*. The author seems to take an unbiased and narrative approach to describing his time with the company. It almost reads like a fictional novel and sometimes seemingly non-fictional.
In light of the Take2 accounting fraud, after hearing this, it totally makes sense. A lot of what he has described confirms and solidifies my assumptions and rampant (negative) rumors I've heard about R* and Take2.
It seems their company name (R*) is fitting to their company persona and ethics. I almost pity them, not. I wonder if any of this is true. Personally, whether it's true or not I think when R* and/or Take2 get ahold of this, they're going to take some sort of action.
i don't really like gta games, they have crap graphics, i hardly do any missions. only reason i bought gta:san and.. was coz my friend got it. and they got it coz they like messin about going around killing people and doing the tank cheat. other than that i did 4 missions in gta san... before i got bored
well this wans gonna be a pass i guess....
Very good read. I actually liked Red Dead Revolver and Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition is one of my favourite racing games. One thing I think make R* games stand out in the crowd is the humour which simply isn't in many other games. Let's hope they sort out their staff any the controversies surrounding the company.
Great read so far. I haven't finished but I had to comment on the Vice City site, I didn't even know it was still up. I LOVED that site, it was, and still is, the best game (specific) web site around.