Grand Theft Auto 2: Difference between revisions

GTA 2 gameplay was via the top down perspective, as in all [[GTA 1]] titles/expansion packs, but due to the employment of early 3D tech, it exhibited smooth dynamic camera zooming, smooth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics) sprite] rotation, and lighting effects from street lamps, car headlamps and police car roof lighting. Strangely, [[Rockstar Games]] did not remove the sky camera view, which remains daunting like [[Grand Theft Auto 1|the first GTA game]] which means players can't see the front, the back of the vehicles or even the wheels. The cops randomly spawn out of nowhere and attack the player unexpectedly, and even a single hit to the vehicles at high speeds will explode instantly, killing the player.

To save the game, the player needs to find a church. They can only be found by listening out for the organ playing or by hijacking a news van (the antenna on top always points towards it). However, once at the church, the player needs to pay $50,000 to save and by that, this is always annoying, so it's best not to save it at all until turning off the game.

The player earns gang respect for killing other gang members (to know which one, player can go to blue phone on gang territory and listen to boss), stealing and destroying their cars, doing missions, failing missions for other gang, or by taking "respect" pickup which is avaliable only in a [[Car Crusher|car crusher]]. By killing other gang members, the player loses respect, whereas another gang will gain respect. The more the player kills other gangs, the lower the respect, and by entering a gang territory that the player has killed them, enemy gangs will shoot him on sight by any means neccesary, and it is highlly dangerous to enter their city now.

There are three levels of mission difficulty: easy, taken from green payphones, medium, from yellow payphones, which pay better but require the player to have some respect, and from red payphones, which pay very well, but usually are very hard, and requires maximum respect. For completing a mission the player earns money, respect and a money multiplier. Sometimes during a mission the player is given access to new parts of town, or weapons. They are, however, limited to free roaming, as the player is given limited lives yet again.

In every city there are some "side" missions, but after completing them isn´t reward.

*[[Kill Frenzies]] - killing a lot of people or blowing up many cars in appointed time

*[[GTA2 Tokens]] - collecting tokens with GTA2 signs (there are 50 tokens in each level)

*[[Wang Cars]] - finding 8 [[GT-A1]] cars in [[Residental sector]] (only in that second level of the game)

* '''[[Hare Krishna]]''' (symbol: an orange flower) - They appear in the third area and their car, the [[Karma Bus]], is a big love bus with flowers painted on its roof. The Krishna's turf is around their temple. Their boss' name is [[Sunbeam]]. They use orange as a gang color. This gang also appeared in the first ''[[GTA1|Grand Theft Auto]]'' game (called the [[Gouranga]]s), but were not involved in criminal acts.

Each area features five [[radio stations]] from a pool of eleven, in which one of them would be played as the player drives most vehicles in game. Changing radio stations for preference was also possible in the [[PC]] version by using the "F1" function key." "[[Head Radio]]" was present in the original [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA]], [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. Each gang also has its own radio station that transmits within a limited area. Unfourtunately, there are indeed few musics, and not only that, talk radio stations is absent.

*'''[[Funami FM]]''' — The [[Yakuza]] gang's station in the Downtown Area. The music is drum and bass-type electronic music. The station is hosted by a Japanese man and a frantically screaming Japanese woman (in a varied high-pitch voice) calling herself Teriyaki-chan, whose speech is unintelligible apart from a few random phrases of English.

Playing via internet using only built-in tools is quite difficult. First you need to choose "tcp/ip connection", then enter server IP and you will be able to join only if host is in hosting menu. That's why programs like [[GTA2 Game Hunter]], or [[GTA2 Gamer]] were made. They provide one-click joining without entering anybody'ss IP, chat and some other useful options which makes playing GTA2 online as easy as any other modern game.