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Grand Theft Auto 2
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1999 open world action-adventure shooting video game
OverviewAI-generated
Grand Theft Auto 2 is a video game developed by DMA Design and released in 1999. It belongs to the Grand Theft Auto franchise and utilizes the RenderWare engine. The title is categorized under the Action, Racing, and Shooter genres. It supports both single player and multiplayer game modes.
The game was published on September 30, 1999, according to one source, and October 22, 1999, according to another. It is available on PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast platforms. The Entertainment Software Rating Board assigned it a Teen rating.
Critical reception included a Metacritic score of 70 and a user rating of 4.01. Another source lists a review score of 70/100 and a separate rating of 79 based on 541 entries. The software version identifier is listed as 9.6.
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Game data
Metacritic 70- Released
- 1999-10-22
- User rating
- 4.01 / 5
- Genres
- Racing, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Grand Theft Auto 2 is an open world action-adventure video game. It is the sequel to Grand Theft Auto, part of the Grand Theft Auto series. The open world design lets players freely roam Anywhere City, the setting of the game.
- Released
- 1999
- Genres
- Shooter, Racing
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Dreamcast
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- RenderWare
- Franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
- Developer
- DMA Design
- Publisher
- Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games
Key facts
- Developers
- DMA Design Tarantula Studios (GBC)
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Directors
- Jim Woods David Jones Simon Crisp (GBC)
- Designers
- Stephen Banks William Mills Billy Thomson
- Programmers
- Keith R. Hamilton Martin McKenzie (GBC)
- Artists
- Ian McQue Russell East (GBC)
- Writer
- Dan Houser
- Composers
- Colin Anderson Craig Conner Bert Reid Stuart Ross Paul Scargill Anthony Paton (GBC)
- Series
- Grand Theft Auto
- Platforms
- PlayStation Windows Dreamcast Game Boy Color
- Release
- 22 October 1999 PlayStation , Windows 22 October 1999 Dreamcast NA : 1 May 2000 EU : 20 May 2000 Game Boy Color December 2000
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Series
- Grand Theft Auto
- Director
- Alex De Rakoff
- Screenwriter
- Dan Houser
- Production company
- Rockstar Games
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- www.fvlb.org.nz/film-detail?id=314
Show 9 more facts
- PlayStation DataCenter URL
- psxdatacenter.com/games/U/G/SLUS-00789.html
- title
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- publication date
- 1999-09-30
- distributed by
- Steam
- software version identifier
- 9.6
- language of work or name
- English language
- input device
- computer keyboard
- copyright license
- freeware
- review score
- 70/100
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Grand Theft Auto 2 (stylized as GTA2) is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sequel to 1997's Grand Theft Auto, and the second main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series. Set within a retrofuturistic metropolis known as "Anywhere City", the game focuses on players taking the role of a criminal as they roam an open world, conducting jobs for various crime syndicates and having free rein to do whatever they wish to achieve their goal. The game's intro is unique for a title in the series, as it involves live-action scenes filmed by Rockstar Games. The game was released for the PlayStation and Windows in October 1999 and for the Dreamcast and Game Boy Color in 2000.
Grand Theft Auto 2 received mixed reviews for most platforms, and negative reviews for the Game Boy Color, but was a moderate commercial success. While the soundtrack and some gameplay elements, such as the gang loyalty system, were praised, the graphics, controls, and setting received a more mixed game response. The game was also criticised for failing to innovate the formula established by its predecessor, despite several improvements it brought. Grand Theft Auto 2 was followed by 2001's Grand Theft Auto III, which started a new era for the series, while the game itself was re-released on Steam in January 2008.
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