Grand
Theft Auto 3 for the PlayStation 2
Changes
from GTA2
- Change from 2D
to 3D
- It now has a
story that the player must play through
- Added new
vehicles: boats, helicopters, airplanes
- Kept almost all
of the gameplay elements from GTA2 player
can still go anywhere, its completely open,
you can do everything you did before only
now in 3D!
City
Liberty City
- Game takes
place in Liberty City, which consists of three
districts Industrial, Commercial, and
Suburban which also serve as your 3 levels
of gameplay. As the player progresses through the
game, each of the districts open up. Liberty City
is loosely based on New York City with its
Boroughs the 3 areas are connected by
bridges, tunnels, water, etc.
Gameplay:
- Non-linear
gameplay aspect (still there) The Player always
has choices. Odd jobs, taxi jobs, cars to scrap
dealer, etc. Earn money on the side loads
of side missions on top of the plot missions.
- Added Time of
Day. Some missions have to be performed at exact
times during the day.
- Weather and
Handling Changes thunder, lightning, for,
rain makes road slippery, affects car
handling, and also visibility.
- Streets are
populated with workers and businessmen during the
day and people dressed for the clubs, drunks,
criminal seedy types at night. Streets are
obviously more dangerous at night.
- Players work
their way through gang hierarchies
- Wanted Levels
1- 6 cops, swat teams, FBI, the army
- Drive-By
Shootings
Vehicles:
- Vehicles
Physics (roll, etc) handbrake turns, ramps
Will be in Store October 2001
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