With the release of the third installment of Grand Theft Auto, the series has set a new benchmark in the gaming industry, especially in the open-world third-person action game. At the same time, there are many titles that, in one way or another, are very similar to GTA and therefore may appeal to fans of the franchise. Cybersport.ru will tell you about ten of these games.
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Mafia Series
Ten months after the release of GTA III, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven was released – games with very similar gameplay, but also a lot of distinctive features. Despite the fact that there was no open world there, in the eyes of gamers, Mafia has become one of the main alternatives to the GTA series for many years. Now the Mafia franchise has three numbered parts, as well as a remake of the original The City of Lost Heaven.
The plot of all three parts is based on the history of the Italian mafia in the United States. Representatives of this country and in real life built huge criminal empires on another continent, until the American government began a full-scale fight against organized crime in the 1930s and 1950s. The key difference from GTA is also the more complex vehicle physics.
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Just Cause Series
The story of how in some distant paradise island state a dictator created a real tyranny and subjugated the whole people, is old as the world. But when it comes to the games in the Just Cause series, it ceases to seem so boring. CIA agent Rico Rodriguez is an indispensable person in case another tyrant needs to be overthrown somewhere in the world. And it is in the role of this character that the player gets used to it over the course of four parts. Rodriguez knows how not only to shoot entire armies, but also masterfully owns a grappling hook, a parachute, a wingsuit and other “gadgets” that will shock opponents and help the protagonist get out of the most brutal trouble. If this is not enough, you have at your disposal tanks, fighters and other equipment that has good defense, firepower and speed.
In order to get to the dictator, you will have to spend a lot of time exploring the open world and leveling your character. In addition, to begin with, the ruler needs to be weakened, and at the same time, and thoroughly angry. To do this, you will have to attack its military bases and important infrastructure. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to capture them carefully: you can blow everything to hell, arranging explosions in the style of Michael Bay’s films. This option is not just an alternative, but to some extent a necessity. After all, it is the level of the so-called chaos that will help make new acquaintances with the opponents of dictators and quickly reach the final goal.
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Watch Dogs Series
XXI century – the era of information technology. People have no idea how much they have become addicted to the Internet, smartphones and other gadgets. In addition, not only the personal benefits of ordinary people, but also the city infrastructure are tied to IT. Personal life can no longer be called personal, because private corporations use the information space in every possible way so that not a single step of citizens is left without their attention and control. At the same time, some people with good programming skills are not going to put up with it. The digital resistance is trying in every possible way to prevent evil companies and uses all its abilities for this.
One of these Internet rebels is the hero of Watch Dogs – an IT specialist who has accounts with the “corporations of evil”. To guide the rustle, the player does not need heavy weapons or military equipment – just a smartphone, good physical training for hand-to-hand combat and, just in case, any, even the simplest, firearms. In this case, the protagonist will have to not only physically eliminate enemies, but also to penetrate deeper into their server infrastructure, simultaneously solving simple puzzles.
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Bully
Another Rockstar game in which the developers used many of the chips from the GTA series. In Bully, the player will have to get used to the image of not a gangster or a bandit, but a teenage bully, who was sent by his parents to go to a boarding school. Naturally, such a bully will do his best to become a storm for all other students, no matter how tough and strong they are.
Naturally, the school has its own rules that do not allow violation of the rules. You will have to attend lessons on a schedule – if you do not do this, then the caretakers will find you and still send you to class. At the same time, good grades will help develop certain skills that will facilitate the passage of the game. Any aggression or disobedience of the administration will entail punishment in the form of community service – for example, you may be sent to mow the lawn. In his spare time from studies, it will be possible to visit the city – some missions will take place in it. But even there it will not work out just like that: the police are always on the alert.
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The Godfather Series
Based on the Godfather movie trilogy, The Godfather series overlaps closely with the movie franchise’s storyline. The main characters are members of the family and the Corleone criminal empire, and their task is quite obvious – to work for the good of the clan, while weakening the influence of rival families.
Like the movie, The Godfather games are imbued with the romance of the Italian mafia through and through. The characters’ images, musical accompaniment and the need to unconditionally follow the family code allow the player to fully experience the atmosphere of the criminal world of the early to mid-20th century. The user will not only have to expand the business, but also go out to the heads of other clans in order to eliminate them. Moreover, the killings need to be committed not by simple shots to the head, but to arrange entire ceremonies so that the enemies understand who they have contacted.
