yourbeliefs said:
Syphonz said:
I really don't see how GTA3 would make that list.. GTA3 only took the already successful first 3 real GTA games (GTA, GTA: 1969 London, GTA2) to third person view with sub-par graphics. Don't get me wrong, GTAIII is still my favourite out of all the GTA's.
That's a BIT of an understatement. GTA1 + 2 are almost unrecognizable compared to GTA3. After GTA3 came out, "GTA 3 Clone" was used so commonly to describe games afterwards that it may as well have been added to the dictionary. I don't know of a lot of games that were considered GTA1 + 2 clones.
As well as this, look at the number of games that use the "open world environment" since GTAIII. Before it, there were a few open world games out, but after they've become huge.
In my pile of games to my left, I'm estimating around half make use of open worlds, several of which are sequels to games that originally WEREN'T open world, including Burnout Paradise and Tony Hawk's games (Tony Hawk games technically always were open world but they've only in the last few years grown to link all levels together as one world).
However, the concept and popularity of an open world would've definitely boomed eventually without the huge success of GTAIII. Since developer are constantly striving for perfection, little is better than an open world full of people (exc Burnout Paradise), recognisable locations and landmarks, greenery and distinguishable scenery. You don't see huge neon arrows you can't pass through in
real racing.
