Good 'GTA' clone games
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I agree with Ian that Total Overdose is an enjoyable game, in small doses. It suffers from a serious lack of variety, but what it does it does well in an original fashion.
The same is true of Just Cause, unusual for having so few missions that after a few hours the player will almost certainly have completed the story, or encountered a mission so broken that it appears impossible. For this reason it simply devolves into being nothing but a sandbox game; this is actually far better than the storyline missions.
To put it simply: how many games allow you to skydive for around 3 minutes, parachute onto a car roof, ride the car off a cliff and follow it up by grabbing the tail of a helicopter and flinging yourself into the pilot's seat. This is, of course, followed by the obligatory ride off into the sunset.
The same is true of Just Cause, unusual for having so few missions that after a few hours the player will almost certainly have completed the story, or encountered a mission so broken that it appears impossible. For this reason it simply devolves into being nothing but a sandbox game; this is actually far better than the storyline missions.
To put it simply: how many games allow you to skydive for around 3 minutes, parachute onto a car roof, ride the car off a cliff and follow it up by grabbing the tail of a helicopter and flinging yourself into the pilot's seat. This is, of course, followed by the obligatory ride off into the sunset.
I've seen a lot of people saying good things about Gun lately. I enjoyed the hell out of that game (and the $15 I paid for it certainly didn't hurt.) I think it suffered in initial reviews because it was one of those early 360 games that was obviously ported up from the original xbox w/ minimal improvement. Still, fun game.Ian Dorsch said:
Turbo Esprit.
A GTA clone for the Spectrum from 1983.
Other than that I loved Crackdown - Only played through once mind.
A GTA clone for the Spectrum from 1983.
Other than that I loved Crackdown - Only played through once mind.
i was thinking no more heroes for a bit but im not sure if it constitutes as a GTA knock off. but i loved it anyways. it was a neat concept of being a ranked assasin. 
I agree with Scarface, its a movie game, but it was truly excellently done, and had GTA4's police system years beforehand.
Also Merceneries I thoroughly enjoyed!
GTA in a warzone, with less cars and more guns.
Also Merceneries I thoroughly enjoyed!
GTA in a warzone, with less cars and more guns.
I seem to recall one called Boiling Point, which while pretty buggy, was in itself actually quite a lot of fun (perhaps not GTA fun, but you cant have everything).
Crackdown was actually a lot of fun. Nothing quite like hurling a van off the top of a building at some guy down the street. The climbing was kinda cool in itself, too.
I'd have to say I didn't really like Scarface. It was just too damn repetitive for me. I stopped playing because running drugs got mindless and I had to do that way too often. Saints Row was awesome. I know I'm going out on a limb but I would say it was better than GTA4 because it kept with the old style wacky cartoon enviroment. I remember borrowing money and being chased by a helicopter because I didn't pay it back. That was pretty intense. Also all the stores closed at a certain time brought it back down to earth. Being able to make my character look like he was made out of pure platinum and carry around a cane that doubled as a shotgun that blew up cars in two hits was awesome as well. If I remeber correctly it was the first sandbox game out for 360 so the detail for a game like that was amazing.
On an off note, in GTA one time I got in a police car that I had saved in my parking space and a cop arrested someone and put them in the back of my car then he walked around and got in the front, then for some reason I got a star and the cop got out and started shooting at me.
Climbing the Agency tower then jumping off in Crackdown FTW!
On an off note, in GTA one time I got in a police car that I had saved in my parking space and a cop arrested someone and put them in the back of my car then he walked around and got in the front, then for some reason I got a star and the cop got out and started shooting at me.
Climbing the Agency tower then jumping off in Crackdown FTW!
ya scarface is totally the gta clone i was hoping for..in my opinion it blew everyone off the map...hughball said:
+1 for Scarface, +1 for Saint's Row, +1 for Crackdown.
I also enjoyed True Crime: New York City. It may have it's issues, but it's not without it's merits too.
I enjoyed playing as a cop, being able to stop & search people, plant evidence, extort shop keepers, chase & arrest random perps.
I also enjoyed the fighting, being able to switch between 3 different martial arts & weapon styles mid fight, dual wielding chickens, performing finishers on stunned opponents.
The car combat was good too, eg being able to overtake someone, perform a 180 switchblade & shoot the driver in the head then do a reverse 180 and carry on your way.
Also being able to store all your weapons in the trunk of your car was a good innovation. Better than the magic pockets of most sandbox games.
It also has a good music soundtrack & a good voice acting cast.
I also enjoyed True Crime: New York City. It may have it's issues, but it's not without it's merits too.
I enjoyed playing as a cop, being able to stop & search people, plant evidence, extort shop keepers, chase & arrest random perps.
I also enjoyed the fighting, being able to switch between 3 different martial arts & weapon styles mid fight, dual wielding chickens, performing finishers on stunned opponents.
The car combat was good too, eg being able to overtake someone, perform a 180 switchblade & shoot the driver in the head then do a reverse 180 and carry on your way.
Also being able to store all your weapons in the trunk of your car was a good innovation. Better than the magic pockets of most sandbox games.
It also has a good music soundtrack & a good voice acting cast.
