I played the hell out of GTA 2, had a 3 disk box containing 1 2 and London. And only now I'm bring told it was set in the future!

Am I the only one who never realized it was supposed to be a futuristic city? To be honest my English wasn't that good at the time I played it, but that information never clicked with me.

Three weeks into the future. One teeming city. Seven streets gangs. Unlimited criminal opportunity

-gta2 manual

blah blah you get idea

Weird article. GTA2 came out in 1999. That’s a long time ago. I doubt most of that team still works there. The idea that they had an issue making it somehow meaning that, over two decades later, the same issues will remain is an odd conclusion.

It’s just a weird comment, I get what he’s saying back then, but Saints Row had multiple games come out in pseudo-futuristic setting that were batshit crazy and fun to play, so obviously it can be done.

Lets be honest, we won’t see a futuristic GTA at this point because shark cards are a money-printing machine and Take Two will never approve anything like that because it would be too risky.

It's some 20 years ago I played it but I don't remember it as being futuristic at all? Seemed like a normal city to me or what am I missing?

We probably won't see a GTA doing it anyway because Watch Dogs, Crackdown and Cyberpunk are already basically that.

GTA2 was the best, this is a true fact

At this rate we won't be seeing another GTA game after 6 until 2040 anyways

I actually really liked the weird scifish city of GTA2 a lot, it had surprisingly strange vibes.

It clearly wasn't the developers strength though, they are far better at making cities that are heavily inspired/woven together from chunks of real places.

In my opinion the game that captures GTA 2 vibes best is Skillshot City previously known as Gene Shift Auto.

Gameplay is fast and fun and it is a genuinely good free to play multiplayer game with fast rounds.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/Skillshot_City/

Just please put the random string of Elvis impersonators trolling the streets back in there

Bullshit I loved the hell out of that game. I definitely play a version just like it.

I mean, the historical and geographical context of the newer entries definitely adds to the satire, but GTA2 wasn't a bad game at all. I def liked it more 1 and 3 at the time. Interesting that the dev team wasn't fond of it.

I am honestly surprised that so many people thought GTA2 was the best.

I understand that a significant portion of the Threadi demographic probably grew up on the first two games, but even wit that factor I wouldn't have thought it was that popular.

I loved the faction angle for GTA2 , alongside the improved controls. I want to make a game inspired off it as one of the creative projects I'm trying to work on.

Good thing we have Cyberpunk 2077

I remember loving GTA2 but wanting a 3D GTA, then when they came out I never played GTA ever again

Wouldn't that just be Saint's Row 4?

GTA 2 is my favorite of the series.

My favourite of the lot