Talk:Grand Theft Auto/Archive 1

message: What would people say to removing the current previous/next game box on each game page, and replacing it with a series box, such as the one for Half Life? Orange Goblin 11:03, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good idea. Obviously the current box makes it tedious for anyone to reach any titles at times. I'll work on that. ╫ 25 ring-a-ding 10:50, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series box 

message: Referring to a previously unexplained change indicating that Grand Theft Auto Advance took place in 2000...Given that 8-Ball was arrested on late-2001, on the month of October  (and at the time when GTA Advance was about to end), there should be ore than enough time for the entire game's storyline to begin and end within these 10 months of 2001. If anyone has any evidence to prove otherwise, feel free to mention it here. ╫ 25 ring-a-ding 08:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm taking back my statement. Official sources have confirmed that the game takes place "one year prior to GTAIII"  . However, given that 8-Ball was still arrested during this period, the game's storyline may have ended in 2001. ╫ 25 ring-a-ding 15:55, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  GTA Advance and GTAIII are set in 2001 

message: Refering to recent changes on Grand Theft Auto (game) and Grand Theft Auto (series) by 4.226.78.13; could someone verify the actual release date of the original GTA?
So far, several game review sites, including GameSpot and IGN, mention the PC version of the game being released in 1998, but other sites, including Rockstar Classic and MobyGames, mention the PC version being released in 1997. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 16:25, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''GTA'' released in 1997 or 1998? 

message: For Poetry on Grand Theft Auto see
http://manofissaquah.blogspot.com/2006_04_10_manofissaquah_archive.html
24.17.210.88 05:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poetry 

message: GTA3 GTA:SA and GTA:VC are all marked with the controversy or criticism heading if not both.  This is by FAR the most controversial game series in recent times.  As such something on this page needs to talk about it.  There's numerous controversies or criticism to talk about.  Such as the Jack Thompson's opinions and lawsuits, Senate hearings on Hot coffee, and a couple of the murders attributed to this game (the triple cop homicide in particular).
Perhaps it'd be best to compile all the games' controversy and criticism into one page and have each page link to it, as often the target of a lawsuit is Take Two and the Specific target is usually "the grand theft auto series".  And with the exception of the Hot coffee issue they could easily have targeted any game since the GTA3 for any of the complaints.
Of course the criticism should also mention the fact that almost all criticism of the game has actually helped it.  In addition since GTA3, many industry insiders have been pretty outspoken about this series being a moral cesspool, harming the industry rather then promoting it. --Kinglink 19:50, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy heading or page. 

message: I belive there should be a separate article on the inter-weaving plotlines of the games in the GTA series. 70.106.36.130 19:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GTA canon 

message: Is that correctly spelled? -Not Diablo 10:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Auto Homocide 3" 

message: I've taken the liberty of replacing all fan sites with one DMOZ directory. Wikipedia:External links#Occasionally acceptable links specifies fanlisting is not appropriate or encyclopedic in Wikipedia; the alternatives consist of either placing one major fan site or placing a web directory in "extreme cases". Since the notability of fan sites for the whole of the GTA series is unclear, a web directory seems more reasonable. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 15:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fan sites 

message: Because of its huge popularity, the Grand Theft Auto series of the GTA III era can be considered the PlayStation 2's equivalent of Nintendo's Mario franchise, despite being a third-party game. GTA is very heavily associated with the PS2, but the games do appear on other platforms, and I don't think anyone considers CJ, Tommy Vercetti, or "Claude" as the PlayStation mascot.  IMO Comparing the relationship between GTA and PS2 to the one between Nintendo and Mario is misleading, and quite exaggerated.  Anyone object to removing this line? --ThisIsMyUsername 16:41, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cut it out - it's pants.  GTA isn't emblematic of the PS2 in the same way as Mario is to the Nintendo.  What next, Gordon Freeman is the PC icon?  Cheers, --Plumbago 16:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done and done... --ThisIsMyUsername 17:22, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: That's a pretty misleading claim...

message: that when you search Wikipedia for "Grand Theft Auto", you get redirected to a disambiguation page for the acronym "GTA". I can understand this if it was actually searching for "GTA", but I think there should be a page at "Grand Theft Auto". I didn't go ahead and do it myself, because I don't know which one should go there. There's this one and a movie for starters, but the actual crime where all this takes its name from is listed under "Motor Vehicle Theft". Master Deusoma 22:46, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I couldn't help but notice 

message: My suggestion of the day is that you delete the "secondary" list of guest voices that is in the intro of the article. It's massive and unnecessary. There has to be a better place for it. Either a subsection, or elminate it - I'm sure people can check the games themselves to see guest stars in each game. It's really cumbersome in the intro to this article, in any event. TheHYPO 20:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion: Guests 

message: I'd just like to add something (better yet confirm for now an addition) in the References in Popular Culture section. I remember in the movie-version of Resident Evil, particularly the first one, one of the characters wielding two gold-plated guns had a vehicle. Following the outbreak of zombies, there was a scene where he was driving his vehicle smashing into one of the zombies on a street. After doing so, he is heard screaming "GTA, mutha****a!". Though he only DID say "GTA", he might as well be referring to Grand Theft Auto due to the prominent hit-and-run elements in the game. Would anyone volunteer to look this up? 210.213.198.55 10:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But the association of the points with GTA would make it noteworthy. I haven't watch the movie, but the reference suggests that he uses the "10 points" line after running over a zombie, which is implied to equate to the points/money awarded when the player runs over a pedestrian in earlier GTA games. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 19:46, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resident Evil mention... 

message: I just recently purchased Rockstar's latest game,  Bully, and it plays just like the GTA games. Same sense of humor, same mission based/sandbox game play. In many ways, it feels like a GTA game, except that you can't kill people or steal cars. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Bully is a GTA spin-off, but does anyone know for sure?
It's funny, but I can just imagine Tommy Vercetti or Salvatore Leone attending Bullworth Academy in their youth, lol. 129.115.38.27 18:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is "Bully" a GTA spin-off??? 

message: Has any fan ever beat the game perfectly without getting busted, wasted, failing a mission, or saving the game?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Craxy (talk • contribs) 
:As a word of reminder, talk pages are only designated for discussions related to improving articles not general chatter (as outlined in WP:TPG and the start of this talk page); discussions that are not productive in improving articles are subject to removal. Game forums, however, offer better feedback. Thanks. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 16:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beat perfect 

message: IT DONT EVEN EXPLAIN THE IDEA OR OBJECT OF THE GAME.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_online
RAGNAROK ONLINE PAGE DOES —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.195.132.253 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article that you're referring to is on an individual game. Certainly that approach to writing won't go well with an article about a video game series. Articles on a video game series usually provide only summaries of games. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 20:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  HOW TO PLAY 

message: "Vice City - A city based off of Miami (Grand Theft Auto , Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories); the Vice City and Vice City Stories renditions of the city are suggested to be located in the state of Florida, accounting for all of its land area."
As far as I know, Miami is completely in Florida. What is that second part of the sentence supposed to mean? 89.0.218.54 00:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ask R9tgokunks, since he added the passage ,  later merged into the Vice City entry . I have no idea why this is needed, but the last time I removed it, he readded it without any reasoning, so I compromised. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 11:53, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Locations