GTA Trilogy Remastered: 6 Curiosities and secrets that probably did not know about GTA 3

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In a few days arrive GTA Trilogy Remastered, collecting three of the most successful games Grand Theft Auto saga, with improved graphics and animations, to make it more palatable for our times.

One of the titles that will be available in the pack is GTA 3, that was the game that definitely revolutionized the franchise to make the jump to the three dimensions. The game was released in 2001 and many of you may not even Had you been born. So let s go over some of the curiosities of the mythical title of Rockstar probably do not know.

Why the protagonist does not speak?

The game came at a time when you have dumb actors was usual. Link in Zelda games or Morgan Freeman in Half Life, for example. In fact, almost nobody remembers the name of the protagonist of GTA 3 that did not say a word; and that he does not have even the slightest charisma. He called Claude, indeed.

Several after years of release from Rockstar gave an explanation for the inability to speak of his protagonist: We had to improvise on the fly a lot of new systems to NPCs talk so we decided that the protagonist would not talk, partly. to help people to identify with him, but mostly because we had too many problems to solve and this did not seem very important.

was going to be a first person game

GTA 3 and was a radical change from the previous games in the series, because it made the jump to 3D. Rockstar, which has always been characterized by its ambition, wanted to add a first-person perspective as an option for players. Finally it could not be done, but later we saw in GTA V.

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You can not swim, although do know prota

Be careful if you see a pool or a lake in Liberty City, because Claude can not swim. At that time, he dispensed with the possibility that the game will use menso resources. Both GTA 3 and Vice City, falling to the water is synonymous with death.

The funny thing is that according to official information from Rockstar, the protagonist does know swimming, but instant death warrant for the city water is contaminated due to an oil spill. Have to believe them.

Its graphics were already controversial in its day

It has criticized the look cartoon GTA Trilogy Remastered, but in his day there were also different opinions on the matter. Rockstar stated that the game had a more stylized aesthetic with animations and exaggerated movements and lots of color on stage. As he tried to make Saints Row later. However, they chose a darker tone and tenor of what came later, we can say that matched.

Continuous ax to Driver

GTA 3 came at a time when everything was not being politically correct and were common puyitas other games or studies. During those years, the sandbox fought a fierce battle between GTA and Driver saga, it was the only one who planted face to Rockstar game.

So in GTA 3 it makes an appearance Tanner, a character who, though not speaking, refers to the protagonist of Driver. I better not tell you how it ends. This reference also repeated in Vice City and San Andreas.

All cars have the same register

This is something that will be curious to check on the remastering, but GTA 3 because of his age, could not shine in small details like license plates. So in the game, absolutely all vehicles have the LC-R29 register; in some cases it is illegible. The LC part could refer to Liberty City, but it is unknown what refers R29.