I haven’t played GTA 5 (or any of the 2D games apart from the GBA release tbh) but as far as dark and gritty goes, I’d say that GTA 4 fills that role for the 3D games, especially the GTA 4 DLC The Lost and Damned. Wouldn’t call them cyberpunk though.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Out of all the GTAs that I’ve played (haven’t tried 4 and 5), GTA2 was my favourite. It was made by DMA Design, not by Rockstar.
I liked how GTA2 was dark, gritty and despondent. It almost had cyberpunk/scifi vibes at times.
Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
clubb@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think it is worth noting, dma desing became rockstar north, it isn’t a separate studio. The same Lezlie Benzies wrote the story for all of them. Still, I’m pretty sure he left some time ago, same with Lazlow. I still have high hopes for GTA VI though.