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The year the game takes place is uncertain. The game's manual and the clock in the game's website suggest it takes place in 1999. Fictional journals suggest it takes place in 2013. Adding sources.
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[[Image:PSX GTA2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Driving in the PlayStation version]] | [[Image:PSX GTA2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Driving in the PlayStation version]] | ||
''GTA 2'' is set in an unspecified time in a retrofuturistic metropolis referred to only as "Anywhere, USA",<ref name="rockstargames.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.rockstargames.com/gta2/journal/journal_list.html | title=Fictional journal created by Rockstar Games | accessdate=2007-04-29 }}</ref> but the game's manual and website uses the phrase "three weeks into the future";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockstargames.com/gta2/frameset.html |title=GTA2 - Frameset |publisher=Rockstargames.com |date= |accessdate=2011-02-05}}</ref> fictional journal entries on the ''GTA2'' website suggest the year to be [[2013]].<ref name="rockstargames.com"/> Radio host Johnny Riccaro mentions in the game that "the millennium's coming," which would set the game shortly before 2000. | |||
GTA 2 was the first title in the series to adopt early 3D graphics technology present on the PlayStation and some PCs. Whilst the gameplay did not shift to the third person perspective, as did [[Grand Theft Auto III]] with its full [[3D|3D environment]], it utilised 3D graphics hardware/software to improve the visual quality. | GTA 2 was the first title in the series to adopt early 3D graphics technology present on the PlayStation and some PCs. Whilst the gameplay did not shift to the third person perspective, as did [[Grand Theft Auto III]] with its full [[3D|3D environment]], it utilised 3D graphics hardware/software to improve the visual quality. | ||
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* GTA 2 was the only game in the series that featured articulated trucks, until [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] in 2004. | * GTA 2 was the only game in the series that featured articulated trucks, until [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] in 2004. | ||
* This is currently the newest GTA game in chronological order, with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars right behind it. | * This is currently the newest GTA game in chronological order, with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars right behind it. | ||
* Despite the fact that the game is set in | * Despite the fact that the game is set in the future, it features cars from the sixties and the seventies. | ||
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