alt Hacker NewsLosing control of the vehicle in birds-eye view felt closer to reaching my human limits than reaching the vehicle limits, I really missed that with the change to 3D. The whole city also truly felt like it was designed around the birds-eye view, like the group of Hare Krishna (GTA I) or Elvis impersonators (GTA II) behaving like virtual ants when rushing into them was always something magical and wasn't quite the same in 3D.
I also miss this a lot. I've been wanting a modern remake for so long. Hotline Miami wasn't even close.
All the GTA games before GTA3 felt like a mischievous schoolboy's notebook come to life. In fact, I'd be surprised if half the people growing up playing this in the 90s weren't sketching their own GTA2 maps when bored in class.