5 GTA clones till GTA IV

Grand Theft Auto is a phenomenon in itself. Not only has it firmly established itself its iconic status in modern pop culture, but it has single handedly managed to become a benchmark of sorts for games that follow the same formula; go anywhere, do anything.Even though there were games that followed the very same formula before GTA rocked our world (take Urban Chaos for example), none of them managed to achieve the sort of cult status this game so effortlessly managed too. As you all know, nothing’s free in this world, and the game’s developer’s, Rockstar had a hefty price to pay with nearly every iteration of GTA (after III) being embroiled in some sort of controversy, the last one (Hot-Coffee) burning them the most.Since we don’t have a new Grand Theft Auto till around 2007 (that’s when GTA IV releases for the PS3 and the Xbox 360), we’ve compiled a list of five games that have followed this formula successfully enough to be bide your time with.
The Godfather (2006)


Based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same name, The Godfather put players in the boots of an unnamed gangster as he rose to take control of New York’s Crime Syndicate. The game was structured like GTA, which meant you could go anywhere and do anything, and the game even managed to one-up San Andreas in the customization department with its proprietary Mob face technology, that allowed you to customize your gangster to the max. Only problem was that halfway through the game, the missions ended up getting pretty repetitive, and even though the game was based on the movie/book, there weren’t any memorable characters like some of the blokes from San Andreas.