Grand Theft Auto 2

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Grand Theft Auto 2
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: DMA Design, Liquid Games
Distributor: Cidiverte Italia (IT)
Peripherals supported: Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español Italiano
Release Date RRP Code US 2000-05-02 T-42102N DE 2000-08-04 T-40502D-18 ES 2000-08-30 T-40502D-61 FR 2000-08-02 T-40502D-09 UK 2000-08-04 £39.9939.99 T-40502D-05 ES/UK/IT 2000-08-04 T-40502D-61 AU 2000-08-29
Non-Sega versions Game Boy Color PlayStation Windows PC

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Grand Theft Auto 2 is the direct sequel to the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto, and is the only entry of the series to appear on a Sega platform - the Sega Dreamcast.

Gameplay

GTA 2 follows the player as a criminal named Claude Speed walking the streets of "Anywhere, USA". Like its predecessor, the game allows you to hijack any car on the map and kill anyone who gets in your way. It was seen to be as controversial as the previous titles as a result.

GTA 2 was the first in the series to introduce the concept of "gangs". Each of the three maps ("districts" or "sectors") has regions controlled by one of three gangs, and the player works for all three in order to earn "respect", indicated by three separate meters in the HUD. If the player has enough respect, they can continue taking on missions. If it's too low, they'll be shot at until the player murders members of rival gangs (which in turn reduces their respect meter). Balancing the three gangs and completing all the missions lets the player move onto the next district.

There are more NPCs in GTA 2 than its predecessor, as well as computer-controlled car thieves and pickpockets.

Districts

While GTA 2 has three maps (like the first game), all take place in the same city.

	Downtown district
	Residential district
	Industrial district

Versions

Unlike later entries in the series, Grand Theft Auto 2 was originally designed as a Windows PC game, before being ported to the PlayStation and Dreamcast (and in a simplified form for the Game Boy Color). The most striking difference between the versions is that on the PC, the player can choose whether to play the game at noon or dusk (later GTA games would feature an in-game clock which changes the scenery as time goes on). On the Dreamcast, you can only at dusk, while on the PlayStation, you can only play at noon.

Grand Theft Auto games simulate radio stations by having set of a long audio files (sometimes several hours long) which loop indefinitely. Traditionally the radio stations "continue" in the background regardless of whether the player is listening (much like real life), however on the Dreamcast version of GTA 2, no such system is in place. This means whenever the player enters a vehicle, the selected radio station will play from the beginning.

The Dreamcast conversion of GTA 2 is the most accurate of the home ports. On the PlayStation, for example, violence is toned down, some optional missions are removed and trains are missing, in addition to expected graphical cutbacks (it is also the only console game in the franchise to receive a "T" rating from the ESRB). Although there are unique quirks only found in the Dreamcast port, such as district specific cars appearing in every district and a quite annoying problem where the in-game radio stations will repeat from the beginning everytime the player exits and re-enters their vehicle.

Magazine articles

Main article: Grand Theft Auto 2/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #139: "April 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #130: "May 2000" (2000-04-04)
• GamePro (US) #140: "May 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #8: "No. 8" (2000-04-20)

Print advert in Next Level (AR) #17: "Junio 2000" (2000-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 576 Konzol (HU) 85 Arcade (UK) PAL 75 Consoles + (FR) PAL 80 Computer & Video Games (UK) 50 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL 90 DC-UK (UK) PAL 80 Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL 70 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 81 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 65 Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) 83 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 87 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 72 Joypad (FR) PAL 20 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 86 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 89 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 25 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 70 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U 40 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 89 Silicon Mag (US) NTSC-U 86 Video Games (DE) PAL 84

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Technical information

Main article: Grand Theft Auto 2/Technical information.