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Animation was the big one, King says, as the team had to account for full body animations of removing someone from their car and climbing into the driver's seat - a task that's considerably easier with 2D sprites.Īlso, while the PS2's advanced hardware opened new possibilities, there was still the constraint of the console's 32MB RAM, which was addressed largely by the ability to stream content off the disc. But Rockstar and DMA were determined to make something that was truly new and different.įirst it had to contend with the myriad challenges of bringing the staples of the top-down 2D games to a 3D open world.
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There had been games set across an entire city before, with the likes of Driver and Midtown Madness - the latter impressing Rockstar so much, it acquired it and brought the team on board to develop Midnight Club Racing. Grand Theft Auto 3 was not the first 3D open world, of course. "They had vector units, and now we could actually run it." Building Liberty City "And then the PlayStation 2 came out," King says.
Nintendo 64 titles like Body Harvest and Space Station Silicon Valley show the kernels of ideas that would evolve in the open-world GTAs, and at the time GTA 3 was in development, the team was further experimenting with The Warriors, which was in its early stages at the time. The development team at DMA Design, which would become Rockstar North after the release of GTA 3, had already experimented with 3D worlds. "You couldn't really do it on a PlayStation, Dreamcast couldn't really do it - you could maybe do fake 3D sort of isometric-ish stuff." "From a storytelling perspective, it would be much more immersive if you can actually get down to the streets and go 3D," he tells. Although, according to Rockstar co-founder Jamie King, the team was simply waiting for the right technology.
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While the likes of Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Metal Gear and other classic series had already made the jump, GTA 3 was somewhat behind this curve. If anything, it was perhaps later than expected. Originally a top-down franchise, Grand Theft Auto's transition was inevitable. 20 years later, the industry is still feeling the impact. #FBConnect October 22nd, 2001, Grand Theft Auto 3 arrived on shelves for the first time. This classic is in development for Oculus Quest 2. When we do hear more about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR, we’ll be sure to let you know.Įxperience the iconic, open-world of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in an entirely new way. It was also announced later in the event that the company will be moving away from the Oculus Brand and becoming the Meta Quest in early 2022. It transpires that by the time Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR comes out on the headset, it may not even be called the Oculus Quest 2. There is one final wrinkle to this story, however. Resident Evil 4 VR launched last week for the Oculus Quest 2 headset to almost universal acclaim.
It’ll become the second mid-00’s game in recent months to get the VR treatment. Hopefully it won’t be too long before we hear more. Could it also be related to the GTA project Dr Dre is supposedly writing music for? We’ve currently no idea and, in fact, the blurb is really all we know, for now. We don’t know if it’ll use assets from that version, the 2004 original or its own thing. Timing wise, it’s certainly an interesting move with the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.
This is a project many years in the making, and we can’t wait to show you more of it.” “Get a new perspective on Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas as you experience (again or for the first time) one of gaming’s most iconic open worlds. Details are slight, but there’s an official blurb.
The news was announced during an eventful Facebook Connect showcase last night. Oculus has announced that a VR version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is in development for the Oculus Quest 2.
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