8th April 2007, 8:40 PM
It's like saying Super Mario World isn't a part of the Super Mario Bros. series. It should by rights be Super Mario Bros. 4 because it's clearly more an evolution than a revolution in the series. SMW2 on the other hand was a pretty big deviation from the standard formula yet it is still billed as a sequel to Super Mario World.
GTA 2 has a different setting and slight changes to the gameplay, but it's very clearly an evolution of the precepts seen in the first game. GTA 3 on the other hand is a very different gameplay experience from the first two. Now, I haven't played San Andreas, but Vice City's gameplay was about 95% identical to its predecessor. They're different settings but the games are like genetic brothers. I can understand somewhat why the numbering system was abrogated... but I think the inconsistency is kind of silly.
GTA 2 has a different setting and slight changes to the gameplay, but it's very clearly an evolution of the precepts seen in the first game. GTA 3 on the other hand is a very different gameplay experience from the first two. Now, I haven't played San Andreas, but Vice City's gameplay was about 95% identical to its predecessor. They're different settings but the games are like genetic brothers. I can understand somewhat why the numbering system was abrogated... but I think the inconsistency is kind of silly.
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