Exploring “GTA Clones”

[@davisbowe8668]

Sad thing is, we could use some GTA clones now more than ever considering how Rockstar is taking their sweet time with GTA6.

[@trignite]

We'll get dozens of clones when no one needs them, and no clones when we're all starved for content

[@emmyjr1231]

games have become too expensive for devs to publish as much clones as times past.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

No competition can harm gta as they are chilling because of online earnings, not because of lack of threat

[@CyanRooper]

I have been dreaming of a Sleeping Dogs sequel for YEARS. There were amazing plans for a sequel before it got cancelled. A prequel set in 1980s Hong Kong inspired by Hong Kong action films of the 80s would have been amazing as well.

[@bbplay13]

While I never saw Saints Row as a GTA Clone, I wish it could be revived just to do a fuck you to Rockstar.

[@egg_lover-l2n]

Fun fact: mafia 2 and gta iv is actually held by same parent company (take two) so that mean they were copying themselves Edit:its take two Edit: i mean the developer are held by the same parent company. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding cuz I'm not that good at English

[@mr.nuggies3087]

Its still two different companies

[@egg_lover-l2n]

@mr.nuggies3087 i mean take two

[@mr.nuggies3087]

@@egg_lover-l2n yea but rockstar games and 2k czech are two different companies

[@TheFallenDemon]

​@@mr.nuggies3087correct, Take Two only does publishing for GTA

[@Milty2001]

The thing that i like about these games aside from gta is that while they take inspiration from it, they add their own theme to them that makes them stand out.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

Open world doesn't mean gta but they did popularise it so you can say they own the concept

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Scarface: The World is Yours, for example.

[@la912]

Scarface was going to have its sequel tho, it would be set in Las Vegas and it had many original ideas, but the project got cancelled for unfortunate reasons

[@Peterisgb]

When GTA 3 came out all those years ago I use to call GTA Driver clones lol

[@gcgc6381]

That damn Slalom. 😉

[@MarkieMark-vy7hg]

Just beat mafia 2 last night. My opinion it’s a better narrative game, better cutscenes, more emotional voice acting, and more serious. The open world is an after thought in that game but it was alive enough to have me driving around all the time. But mafia 1: de is my second favorite game I have ever played. I teared up so much

[@cam935n]

I love mafia DE too but I absolutely hate the shooting in it and mafia 3

[@cristhian900]

The way Mafia 2 let you see and experience Empire Bay during the winter of 1945 and also during the Spring or 1951 was superbly done. Right as you’re becoming a little bored of the linear prison section and are itching to get back out into the open world, the game not only releases you from prison, but the entire city, climate, time period, cars, and radio tunes have changed. It felt like re-discovering the city all over again… I loved it!

[@TheSultan1470]

...wtf

[@MarkieMark-vy7hg]

@@TheSultan1470 what?

[@zorochri]

In France we call the Gta Clones "Gta-likes"

[@PoiseChoice]

Bro made a face reveal

[@CaptainGlack]

Haha, I don’t think I could have made the video this way without my mug in it 😂

[@PoiseChoice]

@@CaptainGlacki see🤝

[@croozerdog]

ballsy after such hot takes, somethingdude1043 now knows what his face looks like

[@FlymanMS]

My man really grew, he can afford to have face now and no longer be just a disembodied voice.

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

next video should be 'When' gta clones have gone 😂

[@somethingdude1043]

Thanks for a segment only for me 😊

[@NoImNotJonsAltWhatDoYouMean]

I feel like when you say the term "GTA Clone" people immediately think of all the Unity asset flip slop that gets thrown onto the mobile app store in bulk. The same games that flood you in ads and pointless in-app purchases to squeeze as much money out of whatever poor kid is unfortunate enough to download it. The same games that are called stuff like "Grand Theft Car Andreas Life 3D" that can barely even be called videogames.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

Thinking about this, I realized something. The term GTA clone can be seen as a negative and people will see that. But because there is one term hardly used by many people. Crime simulators. Just as how Boomer Shooters were once called Doom-like or Doom Clones, Crime Shooters are as the name implies where you play as a criminal. Maybe just like boomer shooters, we'll start referring these sort of games as that. Crime sims. Or maybe not, who knows.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

But the thumbnail shows what he means by gta clones

[@NoImNotJonsAltWhatDoYouMean]

@@ferbthe2gadgetguy "Crime Sim" feels like a pretty great name. More specifically "Crime Open World" could be a more specific name for GTA clones, since stuff like Payday which is nothing like GTA could fall under the Crime Sim umbrella

[@SeekerGoldstone]

​@@NoImNotJonsAltWhatDoYouMean You aren't always a criminal in a GTA clone... See Sleeping Dogs, Agents of Mayhem, Crackdown, True Crime, L.A. Noire, etc.

[@SeekerGoldstone]

​@@ferbthe2gadgetguy The devs already have a name for them... "Third-person open-world narrative action adventure shooters"... That's why we still call them "GTA clones".

[@Bennyac11]

Just gotta say that it feels the quality of your videos keeps getting better. I'm really excited to see this channel grow, keep at it man.

[@internetera1523]

This and I Have No Thoughts are my two favorite channels for GTA videos right now

[@zebecat]

​​@@internetera1523 I Have No Thoughts is brilliant. Loving them and CaptainGlack at the moment

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Back in the day before most the competition threw in the towel, in french we used the term "GTA-like" to talk about that type of games.

[@Joshua_-The_Burned_Man-_Graham]

I really liked Mercenaries by Pandemic Studios (EA). It was kinda the GTA Clone that's not a GTA Clone. Here's some reasons why. You can: -kill civilians (cost money for civilian casualties) -odd jobs -drive-by's (honestly the best type of drive-by's) -steal (hijack) vehicles -unlock maps Factions (gangs) There is no: -wanted system -Busted -losing weapons after dying -Armor -hidden weapons (found on map) -blood/gore additional uniques: - call in airstrikes, supplies, vehicles. -deck of 52 (unique bounty system) -Money for blowing up primary enemy faction -Destructible environment -can be infinitely replayed with same character -3 character choices -2 endings

[@turismofoegaming8806]

Wow, this is so crazy!! I clicked on this video because I've always loved GTA loans and have quite a few of them.. But while watching this video, I realized that I completely forgot that I have the game American fugitive on my Xbox one X and I never even beat it or played it more than 15 minutes before I forgot I purchased it ?!?! I'm gonna play the game now !! Great video! Thanks

[@canadez71]

Jak 2 and 3 are my fave gta clones. Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😊

[@channe3049]

There's an upcoming GTA clone game called "The Precinct", you're playing as cop and the game is open world set in Averno City with deep cop rank systems.

[@CaptainGlack]

I mention this at the end, and I’m really looking forward to it!

[@channe3049]

@@CaptainGlack In case if you don't know, the demo just dropped on Steam and it's playable from Oct 14th to 21st!

[@J.A.Z-TheMortal]

That sounds like a good concept. Thanks for sharing

[@dantetirado4311]

I think the Saints Row series were the first GTA clones that I played. I remember playing the hell out of 3D era GTA games when I was younger, primarily GTA3 and GTA LCS. But when I saw Saints Row 1 on the Xbox 360, it just looked like next gen GTA to me and that is what got me into that series. I adored Saints Row 1 and 2 and those felt closer to GTA clones before it started to become more of it's own thing with the third game and onwards. We need more of these GTA clones to come back because as much as I love GTA, there is such a long gap of time between each release.

[@kalt7990]

GTA 4 and 5 felt like GTA clones to me. Something that broke my heart was when I read a comment criticizing GTA San Andreas as being overrated for its "nonsensical story." Sure, I understand that I'm old, it's an old game, and there's a lot of nostalgia behind it, but the game was complete freedom for the era. There were so many fun and novel mechanics that are exclusive to San Andreas alone, and all for the upfront cost of $49.99. So many were cut from GTA 4 and 5, plus many still haven't made it into GTA online. And one thing is for sure, nobody played GTA for their storylines back then. In fact, most of the stories felt cleverly designed around the mechanics as a way of introducing you to the sandbox. Much of the map and late game mechanics were locked behind a large chunks of the story, so you just wanted to beat it to unlock the full experience at the end. It's was the fact the story would always introduce all the post game mechanics that had me so out of touch with GTA 5. I remember the first time I played the heist with Franklin and Michael, I fully expected heists to be a new mechanic, that you'd be able to set them up anytime you wanted afterwards, because that's what all my experiences with GTA had taught me until then. I really wish everyone could've experienced San Andreas when it was released. I just can't do it justice here for how fun, innovative, and how much of a GTA game changer this classic masterpiece was at the time.

[@Rude_Boi]

I feel it man. I got to experience San Andreas back in 2005. To this day, it remains my favorite GTA game and one of my favorite games of all time.

[@GrandTheftDiamonds]

Mafia and GTA are actually both owned by Take-Two. Mafia is doing quite well, with a new game coming out next year (though I question the decision to release it the same year as GTA VI). Take-Two is really monopolizing the AAA open world crime genre, huh?

[@stephenmackey4854]

My girlfriend thought Yakuza games were GTA clones. Then she played one...

[@spectre.shadows]

Thanks for shouting out my comment I wasn't expecting it lol, glad I could be of help

[@Bunerd]

Yees the waiting was worth it! Great Video Captain

[@tonytang4668]

GTA clones are my favorite genre of games, it's really a shame how it died. Silver lining is that without competition, hence no pressure, Rockstar are in a position to make GTA6 the game of my dreams. And your are absolutely on point about Cyberpunk. It's game loop and design is not close to a GTA-like game.

[@Reds-Retros]

To be honest, they kind of have to compete with themselves now. GTA V is still making them lots of money so they need to put out a product that's going to make people want to move on from it and purchase VI and opt into whatever new online ecosystem they start.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

It's because cyberpunk is an open world and not a rpg like witcher Also they wouldn't have made gta 6 early anyway as gta online is the reason

[@lavenderllamamusic]

not only do they have to sell me on GTA VI, but on buying a PS5 to play it on as well lmao i haven't gamed in so long and i just realized i'm only waiting for GTA VI to release but I have no console to play it on

[@zoltanz288]

without competition cockstar are free to be as lazy and scummy as they want. they are free to be as mediocre as possible. cuz there are no alternatives. open world games fans WILL buy the next gta. because they have no choice. so why bother making the next gta game good?

[@orynx2835]

In my opinion that GTA clones ( at least some of them ) failed was purely on gta's community . The Moment saints row coming out everyone would immediately say that is a gta clone and no one should buy it, thus not achieving that much of a popularity. Not only that , it's difficult for even a AAA studio to make a game like rockstar makes , which even to this day it baffles me a lot that there is ONLY one company in the industry that can make a top notch game with details , graphics , maybe story but mostly world building in the open world crime genre. Then you have the indie devs which now you see a huge rise on them but they are lacking the equipment on it and even the budget to run such a huge project. I really hope soon or after a " Gta Clone " comes out and gives us some competition. That's what we need for rockstar to actually listen to us instead of being greedy over us and ruining some of their old games and even not reaching their limits which in my opinion, they can easily reach something beautiful to make even with a small team but they just either rush it or somewhere mess it up . Not to mention the community should stop this stupid mindset of gta clones , it doesn't make sense cause you wouldn't call battlefield a COD clone , it just 2 completely different games but yet in the same genre .

[@sensacionsombria5125]

I replayed Scarface on the PS2 a few months ago. Great game! So many stuff to do, the world is great

[@batowl]

this deserve more views

[@twiphe4375]

disrespecting ganster vegas like that 😭

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Goat Simulator 3 is a clear omission from your GTA clones list.

[@CaptainGlack]

You know what, you’re absolutely right. I love that game and it’s definitely floating around that genre.

[@Kooper785]

10:53 fucking love it when people get mad a video they havent even watched and still be wrong

[@blackreign673]

I thought that game American Fugitive looked similar. It was made by the same guys making the precinct which is gonna be an open world police sim and it looks really really good. They came out with a demo for it not too long ago and it was really impressive

[@KangelVtuber]

You are subscribed. You earned it. Can you make a next video? Where are all the Racing Clones go? Why are all the army clones go? For example. Call of duty World at war. Metal of Honor.

[@ziljin]

I actually like the clone term. It does have a negative connotation to it, but it lets you know what kind of game it is. Like open world games, is it a GTA clone? or a Fallout clone? or a Far Cry clone? Those are very distinct type of open world games so you know what you are getting by what game they are "copying".

[@johnclarce6894]

We need Scarface 2 game

[@BDozer666]

You don't have to emulate Scarface on PC. You can fix the bad PC port with Silent Patch and Fusion Fix (and if you want, install Remaster Project on top). The only thing it's missing at that point is blood textures on Tony, but I don't think that's worth emulating it for. 31:00 Scarface was peak, the hell you mean not that good overall? It's better than both Vice City and Vice City Stories. It's the ultimate Miami game of the PS2 era.

[@TheSultan1470]

No? Beedawg

[@ArdillaLoco]

Scarface is dope AF, I still have it for my still functioning PS2.

[@christophercordero9352]

I thought gta clones were called “crime sandboxes”

[@Merlaut715]

I'm a big GTA fan and always embraced games like it. I think True Crime: NYC is underappreciated. The tv commercial for the first Saints Row pulled me in, and made me want an Xbox 360. I'm not gonna call an RPG a GTA clone so Cyberpunk 2077 is outta the question. Watch Dogs is the closet we have to a cyberpunk GTA. I ignored Lego games, but made an exception for Lego City Undercover. I love the Scarface game & first Godfather game which I recently played again. Not sure which I'd consider my fav movie tie-in game. I feel like The Getaway could've been in a similar lane as Mafia. I was disappointed the PS3 sequel got cancelled.

[@Merlaut715]

I'm interested in MindsEye. I really wanna see more of it.

[@royasturias1784]

Enter the newest player in town: Ananta (formerly Project Mugen) Poster girl is named Taffy.

[@inz002]

What do you mean not enough character to mafia 1. The game has massive atmosphere.

[@MetalheadSean666]

They did make a sequel to The Godfather game, and it was also great

[@Enders1]

RETRO CITY RAMPAGE MENTIONED

[@MohammadAVGN1]

ah yes twin brother of charlie penguinz0 you look cool man.

[@Isteyak-78]

Yakuza... people call it Japanese GTA😂

[@Merlaut715]

Lol It's not, but the closet thing to that. I wish we'd get a legit GTA-like set in Japan.

[@Pmccaff2009]

Watch Dogs Legion doesnt get anywhere near enough credit.

[@ArdillaLoco]

thank you! I had fun with that game; it wasn't perfect but it's still a good time.

[@Sillybeanz]

13:08 a post apocolyptic gta clone could be fun Edit: bro forgot lego fortnite brick life

[@PoiseChoice]

Interesting watch, i dont deny my game is heavily inspired by GTA but i will try to make people view it as its own thing that has its own soul

[@kailomonkey]

Probably most people who got mad at games being called a GTA clone... weren't of age during that era. Open world games with missions weren't a thing before GTA1 which is itself played down for the 'impact' GTA3 had on the world. That structure of gameplay especially in a modern city setting was called a GTA clone because at the time they really were following in its footsteps. It's not an insult, it's just a factor of the fast changing landscape of video games at that time. It's not like people weren't making that kind of game yet because GTA hadn't proven it to be popular... That kind of game hadn't been possible or even thought of yet. The term 'GTA clone' now would seem insulting and shallow, and would only be appropriate for those super cheaply made knock off apps that try to actually look like a GTA game but have none of the effort put into them.

[@DrSpaceman42]

Exactamundo. Definitely shows their age

[@lPHOENIXZEROl]

Precisely.

[@SirAshOG]

Ngl 17:58 Got me it was just a bit Unexpected.😂

[@Ego_Sum_Nemo]

Fun fact: LEMMY FROM MOTORHEAD WAS A CHARACTER IN THE SCAR FACE GAME

[@Mikehunt-84]

No Lemmy was never in scarface!!!!!!

[@MoreBrainz]

I played all the GTA clones Mercenaries is my favorite

[@01RIE01]

Great and wonderful video. I am so happy you mentioned American Fugitive, I enjoyed that game a ton and am looking forward to The Precinct.

[@itstusk9495]

i think the getaway games are a good shout

[@tanmoymridha5002]

Have you ever noticed that since 2017, we never got any competent GTA clone? Instead companies tried and still trying to push multiplayer live service crap and failing. If a company made a good GTA clone, they would have made millions in this time period.

[@tonytang4668]

WD:Legion was not terrible for what it set out to do. I think the WD series still has potentials, it’s just sad that Ubisoft is in the state that it’s in.

[@cinnamontoastcrunch5665]

Lol i thought this was a re upload for about 3.5% of a second there but damm you're right about the comments section BOY OHHH BOY!!!

[@ChrisSealy1997]

Saints Row 1 and 2 along with Destroy All Humans 1 and 2 managed to seperate themselves from GTA with thier edgy humour and unique features the grounded gameplay also worked to balance the seriousness of the story and the silliness of the gameplay

[@Kacpa2]

Watchdogs didnt come from Driver. If it did it's drivong wouldnt suck so much.

[@hollywoodwillburn]

scarface is playable in first person on pc with mods i replayed the entire game in first person 4k 60 fps

[@jytvreal]

They can't compete I guess, they should still try though

[@animaegray]

GTA was fundamentally an open world racing game with a 3rd person or top down (for the 2D games) action game glued on top of it. Imagine a janky 3rd person shooter mechanics added to Carmageddon or Midtown Madness - you'd get GTA, right? I reckon these days people can be confused by all of this because "modern" open world games have become prolific and rather formulaic. If you didn't experience gaming in the 90s and early 00s, you just don't have the context for the older GTA games.

[@ColdsterColdy]

The Gangstar games on the Nokia are actually pretty fun, I know that not everyone agrees but that's just my opinion

[@martyparty7086]

I’ve always called them sandbox games

[@Ciphercl0ud]

ayo what about sleeping dogs.....literally the best gta clone ever made...in my opinion

[@SchizoidRambler]

You forgot sleeping dogs. 😢

[@justjohn8854]

Punishment like 😢

[@cirese22]

Health around radar was from Price of Persia

[@2008eastcoastavenger]

Forget to mention true crime streets of la

[@KidneyStealer02]

I honestly like Saints Row 1+2 and Sleeping Dogs more over some GTA games even Vice City and maybe San Andreas on how they age well for me. Vice City is popular game but personally don’t understand the appeal of the game. If these gta clones remind me of gta this how I see them: • Saints Row 2 = Vice City & San Andreas. • Sleeping Dogs = bit of GTA 4 and more like Chinatown Wars. • Saints Row 1 = San Andreas if set in mid 2000s.

[@asdnvd4644]

calling every action/adventure game the gta clone should be a crime

[@volcanoarrima]

Well gta laid the foundation, so it kind of is pal. Suck it up

[@IronicalChronical]

We probably shouldn’t have called them “gta clones” only dumb critics and journalists call them that.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

It's like souls like games , every hard game is a copy of fromsoftware (what people think)

[@TheTrollerGamer]

Yeah, I remember people used to say that any open world that wasn't GTA was just a game to kill time while waiting for the next GTA. So pretty much those ''smaller games'' were just filler until the actual GTA showed up.

[@RacerDrag]

i am expecting 171 to come this year,well hope so

[@dahotrod1533]

Another comparable game is the getaway. Set in England and a ps2 exclusive.

[@CaptainGlack]

I mention those games in this very video

[@thutumkhenkcele422]

What about sleeping dogs ?😢

[@retrebex5856]

en france , on apellait ça des "gta like "(et des "doom like" pour les fps)

[@yeeyee9694]

Lego city undercover is my favorite gta clone

[@dizzee2100]

too expensive to make em

[@JustSomeDude848]

28:46 haha ash's holo-spray

[@ThomasTheSkankEngine]

With all the retro throwback games I really wish someone would make a retro game in the style of III/Vice City, essentially a gta game from that era, with the graphics and everything. Might be too big of an undertaking for indie devs, but I know there has to be somebody out there with enough ambition to pull it off

[@la912]

There are modders who are making practically new games using the classic GTAs engines, check out Sindacco Chronicles and Forelli's Redemption

[@BaileyMagikz]

WHY have all the "GTA Clones" gone? it's *WHERE HAVE all the "GTA Clones" gone?

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

Does there excist a single "GTA clone" were we play as a criminal in modern times? I know of no one!

[@g0d182]

7:19 American Fugitive Cool game

[@MelvinSanford]

If Scarface: The World is Yours wasn’t a GTA Clone, then what is? I always felt like GTA Vice City was a video game knockoff of The movie Scarface. So who cloned who, The Chicken or The Egg?

[@anthonyalvarez3595]

Why, where, what happened, when, why did people stop making these clones? Idk. But i also have noticed this too n it makes me sad having really liked saints row and watch dogs 1&2. Its a good question

[@renaigh]

all games are derivative of what came before, genres are basically what clones become once they breakthrough with their own legitimacy and marketability.

[@TordaiJenci-x7g]

theres a mission in gta 3 called the getaway also the getaway is made by dma design the now rockstar north from what i know

[@twinberwolves4231]

Nice video, brother. 😇💯❤️😊

[@CaptainGlack]

Thanks my G 🖖💕

[@twinberwolves4231]

@@CaptainGlack You're welcome and thank you, brother.

[@Sanguivore]

13:04 Nikocado Avocado? He was more than just two steps ahead...

[@warlordhax5995]

Ohh scarface i loved the game (movie too)

[@FPoP1911]

Ok, what was that sweet tune at the end? and please tag the music you use. there's a place in heaven for tubers who tag their music, they get what they want 3 seconds before they even want it manifested in front of them. there's also a room in hell for those who put banger tunes but don't tag it, they keep hearing good music but forever are haunted by anxiety of will they ever find it or hear it again. save your soul, tag your music. also, second video of you I watched, and the one that got me subbed

[@CaptainGlack]

That’s actually my own mix of the Super Mario 3D World theme! 😂

[@FPoP1911]

@@CaptainGlack see, now that's just cruel.

[@asdnvd4644]

action/adventure game ❎ GTA CLONE ✅

[@CaptainGlack]

Listening to the video ❎ Generalising ✅

[@rikimarizard]

No Sleeping Dogs??

[@KingSmerk209]

Ok but hear me out elden ring is just GTA with swords and horses.

[@CaptainGlack]

Now I’m upset

[@tianamaycry]

I accepted my punishment and liked the video like a good girl. 🥰

[@tabsterg]

Video is really cool

[@TordaiJenci-x7g]

retro city rampage started as a top down version of gta 3 then it changed to retro same with gta advance and 3

[@MRMarioFan1-rg3qd]

This is a brilliant fantastic awesome amazing lovely 😍❤😀😊 Video On KZbin i love it 😀❤♥💜😍 Also i love Video Games 🎮 And also i love The GTA Video Games 🎮 !

[@Josh-jw3go]

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[@internetera1523]

I just want to say that in Driv3r the cars explode in many little pieces. Even the GOAT of physics GTA IV didn't do that

[@MeadeJ67]

Because it's not particularly realistic. It's very Hollywood. Definitely cool, but not what you would actually expect to see, & GTA IV was very committed to building a believable world.

[@austerplay47]

GTA 4 isn't goat of physics.

[@Yui-ys5cv]

Because it's annoying and driver is all about staying in the car

[@nogoodgod4915]

"GTAIV GOAT of physics" lol far from it.

[@nonewanted]

where is the gangstar mobile series?

[@ketgoshi]

Why did you skip 171 brother 😞