Bulletbrain
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Personally had way more fun playing Sleepy Dogs and Watch Dogs 2.
Do any of the GTA clones have better gameplay than GTA?
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March Climber
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Bully happened right before the 'switch' to the post-GTA4 style of gameplay, and thank goodness for that.
kevboard
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I find it hard to name one that has worse gameplay than GTA.
if there's one thing GTA always sucked at, it's the core gameplay. they mainly triumphed in terms of atmosphere and map design.
the only GTA with decent gameplay TO THIS DAY, remains San Andreas. everything before and after played like ass
if there's one thing GTA always sucked at, it's the core gameplay. they mainly triumphed in terms of atmosphere and map design.
the only GTA with decent gameplay TO THIS DAY, remains San Andreas. everything before and after played like ass
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CuteFaceJay
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Sleeping Doges where you could open a can of kung fu on fools!
Kagoshima_Luke
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Most of them? GTA is not good because of it's gameplay.
xrnzaaas
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The problem with C2077 is that the world feels rather empty & fake during normal freeroam. The gameplay can shine during missions, but it's definitely not one of the better open worlds.
Paltheos
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Crackdown is one of my favorite video games ever. It bent way more in the direction of arcade action that GTA4 seemed too proud to continue from the series' PS2 era. Furthermore, Crackdown didn't get weighed down by silly things like plot even compared to something like Saints Row. It had a very simple gameplay loop of killing bad guys in regions (with rag doll physics ofc), collecting jumpy orbs on high structures, and otherwise blasting through cities on improbably destructive road vehicles.
Guilty_AI
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Didn't get that impression at all when i played. I often found interesting stuff just walking around, from remnants of some events, interesting dialogue from random people, just cool stuff in general. And that was before 2.0 and the dlc. Only aspect i'd say is worse than GTA is the physics/chaos elements.
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March Climber
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If you haven't already, give State of Emergency, The Warriors, and Manhunt a chance.
Rockstar was starting to lean into more responsive controls and arcadey design, but then they threw it all away once GTA 4's design philosophies became the norm.
kevboard
Member
I played basically all their games. and yes, it was sad to see.
they have struck a decent balance with Max Payne 3 however... and then threw that away once again real quick
Shadowstar39
Gold Member
I buy old games cheap when I see them at retro and antique stores with my wife.
I recently got True Crime streets of LA for $3.
I wasted $3. It sucks, the controls are horrible. I get that its ps2, but GTA3, VC and San Andreas had much better controls and they came out 1-2 years earlier.
Also all the timed driving, I barely played it for a few minutes before i was completely frustrated.
I've been playing video games since Atari 2600, I know bad design and this was a shit game.
How they went from that to sleeping dogs (which had good controls) I don't know, but glad they did.
Shadowstar39
Gold Member
Just cause 2 (3 and 4 as well), not because it's a good gta clone, as it's not. It's just a super fun game.
It's more an open world game similar to Mercenaries, only better. You can use vehicles, in fact you buy and spawn cars, trucks, bikes, planes, boats, etc... but the star of the game series is your parachute and grappling hook, slingshotting around.
Shooting your grappling hook at an enemy and attaching them to your bumper as you drive off. Oh and you can jump out on your roof of a car or plane and shoot or do combat as people try to jump on your vehicle.
Just Cause 2 is was amazing when it came out. So many easter eggs and creative ways to blow shit up and cause "Chaos" which was what the game is about.
If taking over territory by blowing shit up and painting the map sounds fun to you, then give this game a go.
JC1 was more a prototype its ok, but jc2 was the best, imo.
JC3 did everything the jc2 did but instead of going to tackle a dictator in the Philippines like island chain , it was islands outside Italy, They ratcheted everything up, graphics number of grappling hooks, and vehicles, plus a wing suit, but the plot wasn't as good, and biomes were less imo.
JC4 - went back to South America and added extreme weather, tornados, hurricanes, and a larger map but they messed up and changed the liberation mechanic, no more creating chaos to fill the meter to take out territory. Now it was all mission based.
If you want an action open world game with a lot of movement - Just cause.
IF you want post apocalypse with cars and combat -- MAD MAX
If you want GTA cars and crime, - watch dogs or sleeping dogs.
It's more an open world game similar to Mercenaries, only better. You can use vehicles, in fact you buy and spawn cars, trucks, bikes, planes, boats, etc... but the star of the game series is your parachute and grappling hook, slingshotting around.
Shooting your grappling hook at an enemy and attaching them to your bumper as you drive off. Oh and you can jump out on your roof of a car or plane and shoot or do combat as people try to jump on your vehicle.
Just Cause 2 is was amazing when it came out. So many easter eggs and creative ways to blow shit up and cause "Chaos" which was what the game is about.
If taking over territory by blowing shit up and painting the map sounds fun to you, then give this game a go.
JC1 was more a prototype its ok, but jc2 was the best, imo.
JC3 did everything the jc2 did but instead of going to tackle a dictator in the Philippines like island chain , it was islands outside Italy, They ratcheted everything up, graphics number of grappling hooks, and vehicles, plus a wing suit, but the plot wasn't as good, and biomes were less imo.
JC4 - went back to South America and added extreme weather, tornados, hurricanes, and a larger map but they messed up and changed the liberation mechanic, no more creating chaos to fill the meter to take out territory. Now it was all mission based.
If you want an action open world game with a lot of movement - Just cause.
IF you want post apocalypse with cars and combat -- MAD MAX
If you want GTA cars and crime, - watch dogs or sleeping dogs.
awwr999999
Member
Those are a direct extension of what we have in GTA San Andreas.
San Andreas has 3 fighting moves while Sleeping Dogs takes it to a level beyond what's really usable with 11.
Shadowstar39
Gold Member
I wonder if there is a tally on old good devs ruined due to the GAAS push? It would be interesting to know, and explain why we get so few new AAA games anymore.
PeteBull
Member
Back in the day controls felt clunky but good enough, like i said, only game of the 3 that holds up today in 2025 is sleeping dogs, and for a very good reason, controls are crucial
awwr999999
Member
Three on-brand Rockstar games with their signature dark cartoony aesthetic and responsive gameplay.
Manhunt should have been Rockstar's second big original franchise along with GTA.
The whole cowboy thing is boring and off-brand.
Everything GTA4 and newer isn't worthy of the Rockstar logo.
RoboCain
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Add the Scarface game and you have trifecta of the GTA clones.
Imagine a drug dealer game were you actually get to spend the money you make!
Cars, guns, businesses, more product to push, exotics that gives you XP but can also be placed as decoir in your mansion. All that while also having a shooting mechanic based on swearing.
Man, I love that fucking game.
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existensmaximum
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I tried the highest rates Saints Row but it was absolute dogshit. Especially compared to everything GTA.
