Grand Theft Auto is a popular series of games that has delight gamers with their projects for over 20 years. Rockstar is working on it. The history of GTA began in 1997. In each part, gamers are offered to become a criminal who must perform the tasks of the mafia. The player will virtually kill, rob banks and earn credibility.
Series Scale
Despite the fact that the last game of the project, released in 2013, was GTA V, in total, the developers presented 12 games. They do not include a couple of additions to the first and second parts. Thanks to the quality and popularity of the entire series, Grand Theft Auto sales have long exceeded 120 million units.
First part
The history of GTA games began in 1997. It was then that the first one came out, under the name Grand Theft Auto for PC. At that time it was still difficult to assume that the project would be world-wide. It was hard to imagine that literally in 15-20 years GTA would become a brand. The series will often be mentioned not only in the gaming industry, but also in other industries.
The first series is a two-dimensional arcade with a top view. Despite the fact that it came out before the 2000s, at that time there were already more advanced projects. Nevertheless, something attracted the attention of players and in the future helped to become one of the most popular series in the world.
What has become the main reason for success? The fact is that at the end of the last century, games were developed taking into account the fact that children will play in them. Therefore, many were sweet, kind and simple. Grand Theft Auto appeared immediately with a rating of 18+ and, in fact, turned out to be a gangster simulator.
Players were also attracted by the possibility that it was possible not to follow the game blindly, but to influence the game process themselves. Although there was no open world, freedom of movement on the map was new then. Therefore, many gamers decided to abandon tasks and just drive on the roads aimlessly.
After the release of the first part, the developers decided to continue the story - "GTA" replenished with a couple of new series. The London 1969 expansion came out, which allowed a plunge during the sixties. And later DLC London 1961 appeared. It differed from the previous part only in that it opened up new missions and the area.
The second part
The history of the creation of "GTA" continued in 1999, when the second main part was released. A little later, she was translated into Russian, and she received the name "GTA 2: Lawlessness." The novelty was released on a three-dimensional engine, but it still had a top view. Thanks to the players who left feedback on the first part, the developers tried to do everything they wanted from them.
In the second part, the hero received a name. Claude became the protagonist of the series. He fights for gang authority in three districts. The players noted that the story of the new part was interesting. The developers also worked on AI. The mechanics of the gameplay has changed, there are a lot of new opportunities for the gamer.
Breakthrough: the third part
Grand Theft Auto III was released in 2002. She became the main breakthrough of the series. A feature of the project was three-dimensional graphics and a third-person view. Despite the fact that 3D games with an open world were already presented earlier, the players knew that Rockstar would not betray his style and would continue to promote the gangster theme.
Now we can definitely say that the project turned out to be a cult, albeit long outdated and few people now find it interesting. Thanks to its new engine, the game was able to attract the attention of beginners. Therefore, the fan base has significantly replenished.
The story of "GTA 3" and its characters interested millions of gamers, who helped her break sales records of previous parts. Dozens of new games immediately began to appear that tried to replicate the success of Grand Theft Auto. And although some of them became more or less popular, they did not succeed in becoming cooler than the cult series.
For the first year, the third series received a lot of awards and almost the highest scores from reputable gaming publications. But not even that made her the most popular. The new game attracted public attention to itself, and it turned out that not everyone is ready to put up with the fact that teenagers get acquainted with excessive cruelty.
Of course, in this sense, such disputes were justified, because the gameplay really forced the gamer to kill police and civilians for the sake of gaining and authority in gangs. Some were outraged that in the game you can remove a prostitute who will join the protagonist. Some events that took place in the United States began to be associated with the detrimental effect of the project on the minds of young people. As a result, even politicians started talking about the game. But since black PR is also PR, the number of players increased exponentially. All the scandals played into the hands of Rockstar - the company received so much money that it could think about the following developments.
New story
The new project was not long in coming. Now, players were able to get acquainted with the history of GTA: Vice City. In 2003, a new part was released, which was translated into Russian only in 2009. Prior to this, fans had to be content with custom localization.
The player is transferred to Miami in 1986. Naturally, we can only guess that this is Miami, since in the virtual world this city was called Vice City. Around palm trees, beaches, half-naked girls and cool cars.
The main character of this story was Tommy Versetti. Many players believe that this project appeared due to the film “The Scarface”, because there are too many references to this film.
The graphics or mechanics of the game has not changed much. The developers focused on expanding the capabilities of the protagonist, as well as on a new story. By the way, now in "GTA" it became possible to buy real estate.
The cult project
At that time, few gamers could imagine that something could be done better, since the third series turned out to be really successful. But the story of GTA: San Andreas proved the opposite. In 2005, this game comes out and instantly captures an even larger audience. They transferred to the Russian project in 2010.
This time again, there was a scandal. It turned out that cut-out erotic mini-games could be found in the game’s resources. But they were cut out so badly that hackers from the people easily restored them to go on a virtual date. After the meeting, the lady suggested the protagonist "go for coffee", after which the episode was called Hot Coffee.
If you do not use the modification, then the player sees only the house from the side, a wobbly camera and characteristic sounds. But when hacking this episode, you can get inside the house where the gamer sees a naked girl. The essence of the mini-game is to quickly click on a key to satisfy your lady.
When this piquant story was revealed in GTA: SA, the game series immediately got an age limit of 18+, and some stores sent the game to a pornography section. Some sellers even completely removed the disks from their shelves.
Since it was unprofitable for the developers to narrow the audience, they fixed bugs that forever removed the opportunity to go “for coffee” to the girl. Such an update was popularly called No More Hot Coffee, and the game began to be sold with a rating of Mature.
Another scandal with GTA: SA
A new scandal again affected the story of GTA: San Andreas. In 2006, the prosecutor Jack Thompson opposed the project. He tried again and again to prove to the public that the game provokes violence in reality. He believed that many, “playing a gangster”, would go out and start copying a virtual protagonist.
At that time, as, however, even now, in the USA there were frequent cases of murders and unjustified aggression by adolescents and adults. Many associated this with computer games. Thompson demanded to ban the sale of Grand Theft Auto. But the scandal did not rage for long. In 2008, Thompson lost his lawyer's license for trying to substitute Rockstar in every possible way, insulting the developers and even rude the judge for refusing him a lawsuit.
How did the scandal affect the project? Although the developers spent a lot of money on the court, it also became their main advertising campaign. The game interested everyone who heard the story of Thompson. Many bought the series only to see with their own eyes the “cruelty and violence” that the lawyer was fighting against. As a result, by 2011, nearly 28 million copies were sold.
Cities and locations
The story "GTA: SanAndres" takes the gamer in 1992 to a fictional state. The player could hear about San Andreas in the first part. Then this location was based on real San Francisco. In the new series, things are somewhat different. The fact is that the events in the game take place in Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas. As a result, the virtual location has become five times larger than in the previous part.
Los Santos is Los Angeles. The developers managed to implement many references to the real place. Instead of the famous "Hollywood", on the hill there is the inscription "Vinewood", behind which is the area of the rich. There is a dysfunctional ghetto in the city. in Los Santos there are many gangs who want to gain power over this place and its inhabitants.
San Fierro is San Francisco. The peculiarity of this area is the hills. Many players have tried extreme driving in the hills by car. There are trams in the city that cannot be blown up or stopped. The place turned out to be a cult thanks to a collection of cars and round-the-clock races.
Las Venturas is Las Vegas. Here, as in reality, there is a huge street with casinos and hotels everywhere. The protagonist here can gamble and risk large sums.
Characters
The story of the GTA: San Andreas characters is very interesting. The developers tried to make CJ interesting to the protagonists, which would immediately cause a lot of emotions. His real name is Carl Johnson. He was born in the ghetto of Los Santos and grew up there. His story begins with the fact that he arrives in Liberty City to bury his mother. But he is being arrested by corrupt cops who are trying to set up a hero.
Having escaped from the police, CJ goes to the funeral, where he meets with his brother and sister, as well as a couple of acquaintances. He is told about the bad affairs of the local gang, and the protagonist decides to help.
Of course, the plot is not the coolest. Claude's story seems a lot more interesting. But the developers managed to make unique characters. Each got his own character and can easily fall in love with himself or push the gamer away.
The player meets an old hippie on his way, who behaves strangely, lives with paranoia, but knows a lot of what is happening inside the gangs. The boss of the Chinese triad, fully realizing his image, turned out to be interesting. The benchmarks, croupiers and many others turned out to be excellent.
Walkthrough
In GTA: San Andreas, there are few scary stories. A couple of times CJ gets into trouble, but can handle them. All the most dangerous events will be associated with gangs that are in the game. Thanks to them, CJ will advance the game. There are four gangs at the game location: one of them includes a protagonist, the second will be friendly, but the other two will be very dangerous.
The essence of the passage is to "green" the map. The entire location is divided into sectors of different colors. Depending on the shade, you can determine where the territory of the rivals is located. the green color belongs to Grove Street - the gang of Carlos. After he unleashes a war, he will need to clear the area from his rivals.
To make the passage easier, the player can invite virtual comrades to the showdown. The more credibility gained by a gamer, the more and more assistants will be. To capture one of the sectors, it is necessary to start a war, after which to kill the enemies and repel three attacks from their assistants. When the territory is under the control of Grove Street, its allies begin to patrol it.
But after the victory, do not relax. Over time, gangs will want to pick up their location, so they will have to go and now defend themselves. When a gamer "lands" the whole map, the attacks of the enemies will stop.
100% walkthrough
To cope with the passage of this game 100%, you need to go through the main storyline quests. There are six of them in the game. In addition, gamers need to complete missions in the store and car repair shop. Trucker and courier jobs will also be available. After that you need to become a level 5 parking lot, and then go to the quarry: there the player will have 7 missions.
Next, the player will find a new movement in three gyms, several hidden tasks and competitions. Then you will need to get 12 levels as a paramedic, policeman, firefighter, and also an employee of an arms store.
The player must breed 50 taxi passengers, get 10 levels as a pimp and 2 levels as a driver. You will also need to graduate from a boat, flight, motorcycle and driving school. Acquire real estate throughout the location. Win all races in the state. After that, it remains to paint over graffiti in the city, take 50 photos of the sights, find 50 horseshoes and oysters each.
System requirements
To play GTA: San Andreas, a Pentium 3 processor or higher was required, 256 MB of RAM was enough, any video card, a sound card, and 3.6 GB of free hard disk space were required. There were also recommended requirements: a Pentium 4 processor, 512 MB RAM, a video card, a sound card, and 4.7 GB of free hard disk space.
If the fifth part of the game turned out to be very demanding, and many PCs could not cope with it, then San Andreas was available to many players.
Console Exclusive
GTA: Liberty City Stories is a console project that was released in 2005. A year later, this part was recognized as the best-selling. At first it was possible to play PSP, and then all subsequent generations of the PlayStation began to support it. In 2015-2016, this part became available for smartphones.
Virtually no major changes with the new product has occurred. In the new part, Tony Sipriani became the protagonist , who in one of the parts gave tasks to Claude. The player can receive all missions from authorities and other characters. In the new GTA story, characters appear that were previously known to fans of the project.
It is not difficult to guess that the game takes the gamer to Liberty City. This city at that time was already known in the previous parts. Events begin in 1998. The location is slightly modified and differs from that presented in the third part.
New story for the console
GTA: Wye City Stories is a video game released in 2006. The developers did not touch either the mechanics or the gameplay. The only thing it was decided to work on was a new plot.
The gamer is transferred to 1984. The story tells of Corporal Victor Vance. A man must move to Vice City to serve at another base. But there he meets a sergeant who is closely associated with crime. A couple of illegal services, and Victor loses his job. It remains for him to go to a friend Phil Cassidy.
In GTA: Wye City Stories, the player will again have to get involved in the gangster business. In addition, for the full passage, you will again have to get the right level of a policeman, fireman, paramedic and taxi. But these tasks have become more diverse. Now it will be possible to fly in a medical helicopter, extinguish a fire from the air and patrol the beach.
You can use cheats on GTA: Wye City Stories to quickly complete missions. For example, if you install the appropriate pack of codes, you can open a certain percentage of multiplayer content. You can also repaint all the cars in the game in black, get armor and the necessary weapons.
There are also codes for clear weather, an explosion of all cars, fast time and gameplay, a certain amount of money, etc. With cheats on any part of GTA, you can significantly simplify the passage of the game.
Reboot
In 2008, the game "GTA 4". The project was really good, as the developers redesigned the graphics. But the innovations prevented many players from enjoying the project, as high requirements for iron appeared. And if earlier each new series markedly lagged behind other projects in technology, and took only the scale and the idea itself, then such innovations had a significant impact on sales and popularity.
The gamer is back in Liberty City. But this is not the same location that met before. Yes, and the new story does not intersect with those that were before. This time, the developers tried to make an exact copy of New York from Liberty City, while distorting the names of key locations.
In the new GTA, horror stories now happen to Nico Bellic. The protagonist hails from eastern Europe. He arrived in the USA to start a new life. The authors of the game made him a former military man who could not find work in his homeland, so he traded there smuggling. Due to the incident, Nico had to leave the country to avoid reprisals from his boss.
After this part there was a couple more for consoles and PCs, which were not much remembered. But the real breakthrough was the release of the fifth series.
GTA V
The most terrible stories in GTA began in the fifth part. The game was released in 2013 for consoles, in 2014 - for new consoles and in 2015 - for PCs. The player is transferred to San Andreas. Now the passage is available immediately for three people. Each of them is ready for the most terrible things. They rob, kill and arrange outrage.
The world in the new part turned out to be huge, so it is not surprising that many needed codes to complete it. The history of "GTA 5" was interesting to everyone. The players were glad that at any moment they could switch from one character to another. Landscapes in the area became the idea for hundreds of desktop wallpapers. The virtual world was very large. It could be overcome on any type of transport. Many were happy to fly a military helicopter and crush cars on a tank.
The fifth part was very expensive. The developers have invested a lot of money both in the game itself and in its promotion. As a result, she became the most popular in the series. By 2018, sales of copies of the game exceeded 95 million. Ahead - only Tetris and Minecraft.
Due to such popularity for GTA V, a huge number of mods were invented. They did not affect the gameplay or storyline. For example, the Toy Story mod could be installed. In GTA 5, the main characters turned into characters in this cartoon. The modification looks funny, but despite this, it is still not suitable for children, since the essence of the game does not change. It's just that cartoon characters start running around with weapons and kill and rob everyone around them in the same way.
Cult game
Among the people who are interested in computer games, there are definitely no those who have not heard about the Grand Theft Auto series. Many went through at least 5 main parts of the project. There are those who know almost all the series, not considering the console options. The developers managed to create their own style, which is remembered by everyone. Despite numerous scandals, the project remains afloat. It does not seem to many players as dangerous as some activists say. And numerous awards say quite the opposite.