![]() Free roam, third person shooting and plenty of crime to sink your teeth into, Scarface was a GTA clone only with the original prototype of a GTA protagonist in the leading role: Tony Montana. Scarface: The World Is Yours went for the whole nine yards. Scarface: The World Is Yours Scarface: The World Is Yoursĭeveloper: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Sierra, Vivendi Platform(s): PC, PS2, Xbox, Wii There’s a reason you forgot about this one, basically.Ĥ. It sounds good, but the game took inspiration from GTA and literally every other grey and brown game of the mid-2000s, while the core gameplay couldn’t match up to tighter 3D brawlers like Urban Reign. ![]() Separated from each other, your character has to avoid corrupt police officers and rival gang members to accrue a crew of your own, finding answers by leaving a host of cracked skulls in your way. You control one of five underworld enforcers who are betrayed and left for dead. Meanwhile, Capcom hired a team to produce Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance, a beat ‘em up with free roam elements that serves as one of the worst games of the PS2/Xbox era. SEGA’s gamble on Yakuza, an authentic(ish) look into organised crime in Japan proved to be a huge success for the company. With the success of GTA, Japanese developers wanted a slice of the pie, and some were a lot more successful than others. Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance Beat Down: Fists Of Vengeanceĭeveloper: Cavia Publisher: Capcom Platform(s): PS2, Xbox That is, if you’re not just heading to the pub to play a few games of darts or pool instead of kidnapping your enemies.ģ. Each one of the game’s five gangs have their own characters, identity and motivations, but they all have one goal in common: take over London. That game is Gangs of London.Īs the name would imply, Gangs of London’s biggest attraction is the various crime families that call England’s capital their base of operations. The Getaway spawned a sequel in the form of Black Monday, but there’s a third game in the series that might have slipped under the radar of most people, likely because it was released on the PSP with little fanfare. ![]() PS2 fans of a certain era, who also happen to be British, will likely remember The Getaway, a somewhat GTA-inspired crime jaunt through the streets of London. Unfortunately, the core gameplay was clunky and the open world itself was rather sparse, making for a weak GTA clone as a result.ĭeveloper: Team Soho, London Studio Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform(s): PSP You create your own little mafioso, rise through the ranks of the family, all the while inserting yourself into key moments in the first two films. If that sounds a little bit like wish fulfillment fan fiction to you, that’s because it is pretty much what The Godfather games are. Still, that’s what EA did with The Godfather games, which thrust you into the center of the intricate crime family drama, solving everyone else’s problems before ultimately becoming The Don yourself. Making an open world crime game based on one of the most iconic mafia films ever made was a bold move in and of itself, so doing it twice, despite the fact that critics and gamers weren’t exactly keen on the first game, is almost staggering. Here are ten GTA clones you probably forgot about.ĭeveloper: EA Publisher: EA Platform(s): PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Wii Others, however, were resigned to history. ![]() ![]() Some of them have gone on to achieve great success, like Saints Row and Crackdown. There were many GTA clones that tried to claim some of Rockstar’s success for their own. While emulating Rockstar’s winning formula isn’t quite so popular these days (unless you’re in mobile game development), it was all the rage back in the mid 2000s. Some copycats are destined to fail along the way, and this is true of battle royales and even an older genre of imitators: the GTA clones. Many in recent years were swift to leap onto the battle royale wagon in the hopes of some additional cash or recognition, but not every game can just hit the fast-track to success. The idea of developers following the latest trends in the hopes of making a quick buck or two isn’t exactly a new one. ![]()
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