After months of “Will it, Won’t it" and after what had become one of the most interesting story-lines of the summer, Konami has officially stated that it produce any triple-A console games anymore other than Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 and Metal Gear Online (that’s is currently being finished). In addition, worldwide technology director Julien Merceron has left the company. This unsurprising turn of events has been reported by the French site Gameblog and, fortunately for me, translated by Eurogamer. We were all suspecting this would be Konami’s future ever since the company claimed that mobile was the future and then promptly apologized.
What does make this turn of events slightly unexpected is that Metal Gear Solid 5 is being universally praised, so one would think that the company would continue planning games for consoles. I suppose it shows how tricky the console gaming world is at the moment and how one critical hit does not necessarily translate into a financial success or a viable company. I expect Konami will continue having success on the App Store, so in a way the console gamers’ loss is a win for those who enjoy mobile games.
I miss GTA 1 and 2 :(
Chinatown Wars is a great GTA1 substitute. Nonetheless, Rockstar made the Windows versions freely available for download (not freeware, mind, distribution was restricted to their web). If you miss them too much, you can always download them and configure yourself a virtual machine to play them on PC :)
I hate the Chinatown Wars controls
It took me 10-15 minutes to configure the controls of the latest version to my likings: bigger buttons, a bit more separate from each other, etc. But in the end I got it and now it's the iOS GTA I like the most.
Awaiting GTA China Town Wars II
If it keeps that graphic style while adding 3rd Person view then yeah. And a Max Payne 2 port
I've never tried them. Is there one in particular that's best, or that I should start with?
I would pick San Andreas because its got more content, better graphics and better controls than 3 and Vice City. Chinatown Wars is very good too.
I second this. In scope and mechanics, they all built on each other. Chinatown Wars is also an easy intro point in my opinion. It's an overall mechanically simpler game, though still very good lol
San Andreas is the newest so has the most features but personally I really liked 3. It had the simplest design and I liked how it restricted your movement at first to one island and slowly added more areas as you progressed. Basically, it allowed you to fully explore and get comfortable with the first area before it opened up the 2nd area and so on. I was always thoroughly lost in Vice City in particular, because when you die or get caught you get taken to the nearest Jail or hospital and have no clue where you are without looking at a map, or where you were when you died/were caught.
Max Payne is also on sale, if anyone's so inclined.
Rockstar please make an San Andreas online port I'd pay 10 dollars for it :3 just a gta online port with San Andreas graphics and mechanics for iPhone only please I'ma pray every night for it lol :3