GTA "Sin City" provoked racial hatred!
"GTA 3" surpassed the works of the same period in terms of gameplay and details, and won 14.5 million sets of sales. Today, let’s talk about the development of "Sin City" that R Star spent 11 months on. The breakthrough allowed him to surpass the achievements of the 3rd generation.
"Sin City" is also inspired by the underworld film "Scarface". The story is set in Miami in the 1980s. The game also incorporates many cultural and social issues of the year to restore Miami in the 1980s. In addition, the protagonist's voice actor specially invited Hollywood actors to make his performance in the plot more vivid.
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"Scarface" tells the story of the underworld fighting in Miami in the 1980s.
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The story tells the story of the protagonist Tommy (Tommy) because the family gang boss wants to do drug business, he is sent to the crime city, from scratch to lay the foundation bit by bit, and finally eliminate all competitors, win over the gangs, and eliminate the former boss , Set up your own drug empire.
"Sin City" has made a lot of efforts in publicity. In addition to general media publicity, R Star also helps the content of the game set up a website and apply for phone calls. For example: Kent Paul’s 80s nostalgic station is the character who appeared in the game. , To review the culture of the 80s, and the big events that happened in the game. Radio stations will also mention the phone calls between charities and gun shops. Although the calls will not be connected in the past, there will be pre-recorded confessions to promote Sin City.
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Kent Paul has his own website, which should be closed now.
With the excellent genes of "GTA 3", Sin City is also well received, and even most media believe that Sin City is more blue than blue. The performance of the game has also improved in terms of details. The damage performance of vehicles has more levels. There are many more types of vehicles that can be driven. The movements of characters will also change due to the terrain and angles. The shaping of the entire sin city is more free than free. The city's renewal is endless. Compared with Claudy's silent speech, Tommy's glib tongue makes the whole character more three-dimensional, and it has won many people's love.
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The sales volume of "Sin City" surpassed the brilliant record of "GTA 3" and reached 17.5 million units in March 2008, because the development cycle of this game is shorter and the revenue it brings is also considerable than that of the third generation.
The success of sales also made Sin City an immediate target for hype by various groups, complaining that the game promotes violence is a commonplace, but the issue of violence in Sin City has spread to politics and race. Because there are two secondary gangs in the game, namely the Haitian Gang and the Cuban Gang, Tommy will help the two gangs fight each other, and even at the end of the mission there will be Cubans shouting "Kill the Haitians" slogan.
These contents caused dissatisfaction among the immigrants of the two countries. They believed that these contents were intended to provoke disputes, create fictional hatred, and hurt the feelings of the people. In the end, the Mayor of New York came forward to put pressure on R star, and these contents were deleted. After killing two policemen, there was also a teenager who unavoidably shifted the blame to Sin City, saying that his actions were just imitating games.
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In the game, players will help the gangs of the two ethnic groups fight and seek benefits.
Because there is only an 11-month development cycle, "Sin City" can only be said to be an improved version of "GTA 3." Those two years later (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" was a masterpiece that R Star broke through its limits again and worked hard to develop it.
The next article is going to talk about "San Andreas", a game that has historical status. It is a new benchmark, a milestone in the history of the game, and has a great influence on subsequent games.