The NYPD-like paint scheme would eventually be reintroduced in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but uses black instead of NYPD’s blue colour.Īnother cut is that of Darkel, an in-game character, for the final version of the game. Pre-release screenshots in the game’s official website depicting police cars had also undergone modifications, around a week after September 11. The only change on the game that has been suggested to have been made shortly after 9/11 was of the police cars’ paint scheme the new colour scheme of the LCPD is modelled in a panda-like black-and-white design similar to the LAPD, while the old color scheme of blue with white stripes (seen in previews and the manual map) resembles that of the NYPD. We to you and all the people waiting for this game to ship for the delays that have now ensued, but I’m sure you can understand our reasoning.”
So far we have come across certain small contextual references that we were no longer comfortable with, as well as a couple of very rare game play instances that no longer felt appropriate to us. As for Grand Theft Auto, since the game is so huge the review is no short process. This decision is based on two factors, firstly it has been a little difficult to get work done in downtown Manhattan in the last week since basic communications infrastructure has been intermittent at best, and secondly we felt that a full content review of all our titles was absolutely necessary for us in light of the horrifying event we all witnessed in NYC last week. “ …our biggest games, including Grand Theft Auto, have been delayed slightly. Although little was disclosed about the types of changes to be made and when they were conducted, Sam Houser, the president of Rockstar Games (based in Manhattan, New York City), was quoted Septemin mentioning a review would to be undergone for GTA III, in addition to confirming the delay of the game’s release by three weeks (the original, rough release date was suggested by Houser to be on October 2, 2001): While cuts and changes are frequent during game development, the changes in GTA III were of note as they were made around the time when the Septemattacks occurred this led some gamers to speculate that at least some of the changes were motivated by the attacks.
The changes were apparent as several promotional materials had previously displayed features that would be absent in the final version of the game. Prior to the 2001 release of the final game, several modifications were made on Grand Theft Auto III.
0 kommentar(er)
