open world/sandbox

1. 2017-04-22 at 6:08 AM UTC

   #21
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Lanny Yeah, I agree SA was way more fun than 4 but map space doesn't really require programming, it's more design effort. TES games are examples of the inverse, quite a bit of space on the maps but the total number of things that actually have to be coded for are relatively small, lots of places to go but your means of interaction with each is pretty limited. Even in SA, you drove and shot at things and that was pretty much it. GTA 4 didn't have a lot of places but there was a (perhaps unnecessarily) high level of interactivity. Things like mantling, all the different angle contingent animations and special cases for car entry, that thing where you could ragdoll out of a car if you didn't put your seatbelt on. Fairly small things but they generally require a lot of code and testing to make work well. Maybe not what a game needs to be fun but technically quite interesting I thought.
   
   
   
   Lol, when I played VC as a kid it was a rip uploaded to limewire or whatever the popular filesharing thing was at the time and they literally just deleted all the dialog to cut down on the transfer size so all the cutscenes played but had no sound. I had no idea what the story was and I played through the whole game like that.

   
   I will always love GTA4 because of that boardwalk in front of the last house you unlock
   
   I used to get fucked up and drive down that boardwalk hitting pedestrians and wooden benches for hours yelling "SPLINTERS!!" while laughing maniacally
   
   The way the animation was done makes it fucking hilarious
2. 2017-04-22 at 11:54 AM UTC

   #22
   

   Number13 African Astronaut [dispute my snotty-nosed seagull]
   Oh and the drunk mechanics, where you can go get pissed and it fucks up your walking/driving but can be done if you're careful, that was kinda fun though again it required you doing the shitty friend outings.
   
   

   Originally posted by Lanny Snip

   
   Now that you mention it that was quite cool, sometimes jumping to another roof and all being able to take cover was useful but SA almost had exactly that, imo they weren't capable of as much stuff back then but now that they're capable of more they waste their budget on graphics, SA didn't look bad, it still stands up, paint a picture if you want it to look good but have nothing to do in it.
3. 2017-04-22 at 10:11 PM UTC

   #23
   

   benny vader YELLOW GHOST

   Originally posted by Lanny Yeah, I agree SA w

   
   get 5 stars.
   
   get on a rustler.
   
   wait for harrier jump jets to chase you.
   
   ]shoot them down with rustler.
4. 2017-04-22 at 10:20 PM UTC

   #24
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Ghost Prototype Needs more sandbox. Who's into Space Engineers?

   
   Right here
5. 2017-06-12 at 8:39 AM UTC

   #25
   The Dude Yung Blood
   Do NOT BUY SAN ANDREAS ON PS3 or 360
   
   They tried to HD up the cutscenes.Theyre the stuff of nightmares
6. 2017-06-12 at 10:09 AM UTC

   #26
   

   Number13 African Astronaut [dispute my snotty-nosed seagull]

   Originally posted by The Dude Do NOT BUY SAN ANDREAS ON PS3 or 360
   
   They tried to HD up the cutscenes.Theyre the stuff of nightmares

   
   I've got the original xbox version on my 360 hardrive, still haven't completed it tbh