GTA 3 - 2001 Beta Gameplay [PSW Preview]

[@cronodoug]

Reviews from the past were epic. Whoever is playing loves destruction.

[@ouroldhouse3674]

Not a review

[@GeneralBergfrühling]

The police cars were changed to black/white in the final version. But „Police Car Blue“ stayed in the color palette for car colors. It just wasn‘t attached to any vehicle (maybe the swat van, not shure)

[@mariobutoto534]

Am I the only one that notices how some of the assets in the video are used for the PC and Xbox port of the game and NOT the PS2 original version. Stuff like the weapon icons being yellow (PC and Xbox) instead of gray (PS2) and the radar icon for the house being purple (PC and Xbox) instead of green (PS2), the animations, the fonts being higher quality (PS2 has pixalated fonts, PC has higher quality) peds' limbs being able to be detached which was present in the PC version but locked behind a cheat code on the PS2. Now there are two possibilites. Either the PC and Xbox ports of the game reuse older assets while the PS2 uses updated ones OR they decided to change these assets in the last minute only to revert them for the PC and Xbox ports. OR maybe the PS2 assets are the older ones and they accidentally used them instead of the updated ones for the PS2 release, but fixed this mistake for the PC and Xbox ports.

[@Vulcano96]

That's what I'm thinking to. There's still a bit of things im scratching my head on

[@Karoc-3i]

Never thought of this literally . But knowing Rockstar , they probably accidently uses older asset for the PS2 since they changed a lot of stuff after 9/11. So before the game release, it will be quite a rush to change textures and certain stuff just to hit release date This is just my theory

[@Водка665]

PC and Xbox versions were forked from previous builds to the PS2 launch version.

[@RedXSlade]

This assets only used in the Xbox version, the PC version only with mods

[@Manic_Panic]

The ports were sloppy so the PC/Xbox are using outdated assets. It is speculated that the PC port was based off some beta, unfinished build. Then they worked on this unfinished build (PC version) to release the Xbox version. Same thing happened to Vice City and San Andreas. Proof of that is that the Xbox ports fix a lot of minor issues from the PC ports and also the fact that the UI is more compressed on Xbox than PC. It reminds me a bit of Silent Hill 2 and 3. Konami used a beta build to release the HD collection on PS3/360 which is why it was plagued with bugs. It's unknown if Rockstar lost the source of the PS2 builds like Konami lost Silent Hill.

[@chiefkeeffan2014]

It's crazy to me to think that at some point, people thought GTA3 was the most realistic a video-game could ever get. I want to have the eyes of someone from 2001 to see just how it looked for a person of that time.

[@KEYZMSK]

Beta stuff is something really special

[@raynortownly7098]

Grimly realistic LOL. But yeah, this game was a Monumental Step Forward in gaming. There really was nothing like it back then. One of the first 3d open worlds, that allowed freedom and a close up to the action. The dark humor, professional voice acting and lack of kid gloves, that were omnipresent in games really was that fresh.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

nothing about GTA 3 was ever intended to be realistic lol its quite Arcade like actually.

[@izzatsufian2796]

We got GTA 3 beta gameplay before GTA 6

[@IonicHyperspace]

Well yeah this was years ago.

[@Mr_x_19922]

Newer gta games are shit

[@AnthonCast]

@@Mr_x_19922 Naw

[@Mr_x_19922]

@ Yeah

[@RPKGameVids]

So much nostalgia. Also notice how on the coach it said something like Felly Tours? I'm pretty sure that's not in the final version of the game. And I've never heard anyone describe GTA III as two games rolled into one before, but I guess she's kind of right.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Classic gta game

[@ROCKSTARMANIC12]

The review version was basically beta/ launch version. Loved how they played the shit outta of it on the video review. As it should be! GTA CHAOS!!

[@li_B4shar_il]

I hope we get a leak of this beta version

[@ssssssssssssssssss50]

AMAZING

[@carloscuello8814]

Well, now is finally on Dreamcast also!

[@THEPUNISHERBRAZIL]

Why they chanced police car colors?

[@dmer-zy3rb]

just goes to show that 9/11 did not change THAT much in the game just like rockstar said. and interesting that the trails either werent implemented in that build or the journalists turned it off.

[@Speed522]

The police cars blue like gta 2

a.k.a E3 2001 edition

[@Mr_x_19922]

I bet that at the time it was crazy realistic and innovative

[@Rachka1337]

I've seen that

[@JuLiANshITo]

Real shit