{"id":356468,"date":"2025-12-29T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=405614"},"modified":"2025-12-30T02:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:52:33","slug":"grand-theft-auto-will-not-be-set-in-the-future-again-after-the-failure-of-gta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/grand-theft-auto-will-not-be-set-in-the-future-again-after-the-failure-of-gta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto will not be set in the future again after the failure of &#039;GTA 2&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The former technical director of Rockstar, Obbe Vermeij, has stated that fans of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise should not expect a futuristic game in the series in the near future. <strong>This statement is based on the negative experience that some developers had during the creation of GTA 2<\/strong>, a title that ventured into a futuristic setting that, according to Vermeij, was not well received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Future, no. Dystopia, of course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vermeij, who spoke in an interview with GamesHub, detailed that the team behind GTA 2 faced a tough task in trying to reinvent numerous game mechanics, especially regarding weapons and gameplay. <em><strong>&#8220;They were not happy with the idea of taking the game into the future&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, he states, adding that the result was a lack of connection from the audience with the game compared to its predecessor, GTA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;It could be a big mistake to set future installments in a futuristic context&#8221;<\/em>, commented Vermeij, emphasizing the difference in the cultural impact that the series has today. <em><strong>&#8220;The franchise generates memes and conversations that might not exist in a futuristic setting&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, he added, suggesting that a future setting could diminish the relevance of the series in current popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grand Theft Auto 2 - Gameplay [HD]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrKhHGRcoNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Vermeij revealed that there were considerations to set a GTA game in Tokyo, but this concept was discarded, as it would not make sense to place it in a novel location solely for marketing reasons. In his words: <em><strong>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t make sense to set it in a strange place just for novelty&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>. In summary, the developers seem to be more focused on maintaining <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/although-the-new-consoles-are-on-the-horizon-their-release-could-be-affected-by-the-delay-of-gta6-according-to-this-analyst\">the essence and connection of the series<\/a> with its current player base than on exploring new futuristic directions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former technical director of Rockstar, Obbe Vermeij, has stated that fans of the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise should not expect a futuristic game in the series in the near future. This statement is based on the negative experience some developers had during the creation of GTA 2, a title that ventured into a futuristic setting that, according to Vermeij, was not well received. Future, no. Dystopia, of course Vermeij, who spoke in an interview with GamesHub, detailed that the team behind GTA 2 faced a tough task trying to reinvent numerous game mechanics, especially [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":356469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3959,20004],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-356468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-grand-theft-auto","tag-gta-2-2","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356535,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356468\/revisions\/356535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356468"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=356468"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=356468"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=356468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}