Does anyone else think ORIGINALLY that GTA 3 was GOING to be in what is now known as the 2D-Verse?

[bigtree2x4]

It seems that back when rockstar was developing GTA 3 they were planning on having claude from 3 being the same person as claude speed from gta 2. I mean, whats the chances they accidentally picked the name "claude" twice in a row anyways, its not exactly a common name. Also the dude in the gta 2 live action video looks just like claude from gta 3 and i really doubt that was an accident.

 

[Silver]

Maybe. I think they chose to keep Claude because they thought his design worked well enough for the transition from 2D to 3D to show how things have evolved. But like with the HD era, they rebooted the universe and his character in the process.

[Patrick10]

Not at all, there is a camera from the top, but it does not affect. Gta 3 wanted to port to the Game boy advance and make a different story for it, but then it was delayed for a long time and instead of the promised release in 2001-2002, it was released in 2004 on the same day as GTA San Andreas 

[bigtree2x4]

6 hours ago, Patrick10 said:

Not at all, there is a camera from the top, but it does not affect. Gta 3 wanted to port to the Game boy advance and make a different story for it, but then it was delayed for a long time and instead of the promised release in 2001-2002, it was released in 2004 on the same day as GTA San Andreas 

huh? im talking about it linking to gta 1, gta london, and gta 2. i think you might be thinking im trying to say claude was originally going to be the main character of gta advance i believe, but im talking about him being the same main character of gta 2

[cant remember]

IMO he was meant to be some sort of spiritual successor. My theory is that they thought Claude was a cool character design that sort of had wasted potential in GTA2 so they kept his name/looks in GTA3. When the game was being made and came out nobody even knew he was Claude we just called him the GTA3 guy until people found "claude" somewhere in the game files.

 

GTA3 was sort of made in a time where none of the games had any sort of real continuity or any established universe, only GTA1/London/GTA2 existed and there aren't really any connections between those afaik the dev's goal was a reboot of GTA1 with inspirations from GTA2 (like the gangs hating you, cop star system, and the player's looks)

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

I don't think Rockstar were all too focused to try and call back to other games. But having El Boro, a protagonist named Claude and the references to Ziabatsu Pharmaceuticals I feel were trying to establish that this is might be same continuity as the original games. Obviously that all went out the window after Vice City.

Edited December 12, 2024 by HOW'S ANNIE?

[762Executive]

claude seems like a good name for a character

[Anywhere USA]

On 12/11/2024 at 8:02 AM, cant remember said:

IMO he was meant to be some sort of spiritual successor. My theory is that they thought Claude was a cool character design that sort of had wasted potential in GTA2 so they kept his name/looks in GTA3. When the game was being made and came out nobody even knew he was Claude we just called him the GTA3 guy until people found "claude" somewhere in the game files.

 

GTA3 was sort of made in a time where none of the games had any sort of real continuity or any established universe, only GTA1/London/GTA2 existed and there aren't really any connections between those afaik the dev's goal was a reboot of GTA1 with inspirations from GTA2 (like the gangs hating you, cop star system, and the player's looks)

Yeah 3 was supposed to be a culmination of mechanics from the first two games except in 3D. It basically is