grand theft auto kind of defined what we expect from open world action
genre right but what if you've already played every gta game to date 42 different times what
if you want something a little different but kind of the same what is up everybody chaos here today
we're going to be looking at games that are like grand theft auto but different enough to
keep you engaged from front to back until gta 6 comes out now keep in mind some of these are
much closer to gta than others but all of these games take distinct influence from rock stars
game design and their storytelling techniques and if you're a fan of the gta series you will love
these so let me know which of these you're going to try first or you've already tried drop a like
and let's start off with saints row two and three now saints isn't a slump right now due to the
abysmal reboot but don't let that distract you from the fact that the classic games are amazing
saints row two and three launched in 2008 and 11 respectively it was an awesome alternative
to rockstar's open world mayhem fest saints row started out as a pretty blatant gta clone
but the sequels helped carve out its own identity until the series culminated with the over-the-top
superhero parody in the form of saints row four in the middle was two and three the two games that
most fans of the series consider to be its peak now they still play obviously like a gta inspired
open world action game but they have their own personality compared to gta saints is more comedic
it has more features that are wacky and stuff like that the story is also way more outright
comedic than gta's usually dramatic timelines saints pro 2 and 3 are a great alternative to
games like gta 4 and 5 and i recommend playing them instead of the latest saints row game i mean
i don't know watch dogs now the franchise debuted in may of 2014 while most people remember it for
being a big fat liar in its e3 gameplay trailer plenty of others have a fondness for it it spawned
two sequels if you want a game that plays more like gta the original might be up your alley
he plays a hacker vigilante named david pierce on a quest for revenge against those who killed his
niece the open world is a fictionalized version of chicago and the gameplay was basically gta 4
but you added hacking now upon release watchdogs was pretty hated due to it failing to live up
to the monstrous expectations laid forth by ubisoft's gameplay demo but if you go back and
play with an open mind it's actually pretty fun there's also a number of mods available
for the pc version that will help you get the experience closer to that well to the now infamous
demo you can usually get it for under 10 bucks and for that price it's a good alternative just cause
two now it may be a bit on the older side like i said about saints row two and three i think this
is the best in the series and if you're looking for something closer to gta here you go plus just
cause 2 is widely considered to be the best in the franchise so start here released in 2010 it's
an open world action game sent in a massive open world with somewhat loose story about a guy trying
to overthrow a dictator in liberated island now you've got tons of weapons vehicles you can mess
around with everything you have your grappling hook you can get creative with your traversal
your combat strategies everything the story takes a backseat to the gameplay but that's okay
and it's inspired by games like gta 4 and infamous except for it's extreme there's so much to do here
it's insanely fun to just roam around the open world figure out your actual to-do list later the
tone and the story of just cause two are rather different from what you'd expect from a gta game
but the gameplay is a natural progression of a rockstar title and i think if you're still putting
hours into online on gta give just cost 2 a try pretty much every game in the franchise is worth
playing but if you purely want a gta alternative this may scratch your itch cyberpunk 2077 yes
i said it despite all the flack the cyberpunk has gotten since its disastrous launch in 2020
it's a much better game now it's actually really close to what we thought we were gonna get on day
one granted the player base today is much smaller than it would have been if the game worked on day
one but whatever it's a first person open world rpg set in a futuristic city and you play as a
mercenary getting to know the various factions you carry out jobs to get the truth of your past out
in order to save your own life i know super vague summary but it's a very open-ended game with a lot
of awesome things to do when you're venturing around the games world it's easy to feel like
you're playing a futuristic first person version of gta thought now despite its brutal reception at
launch it now has a 77 recent approval rating on steam the community is actually really passionate
it averages over 10 000 concurrent players on steam alone and this is a single player game so
they did it they revivaled it revivaled it they revived it yes lego city uncover now a man has
fallen into the river in lego city lego video games have been rather consistent throughout the
years a while they usually have some third-party ip to carry them lego city uncover is a completely
unique concept and story from within the lego company and i like it plays a superstar cop named
chase mccain as he tries to track down an escaped crime boss named rex fury in the open world map
is based on a number of real world locations and cities the gameplay is basically gta made out of
legos that's cool you can pretty much do whatever you want the writing is top-notch it features
tons of jokes and parodies it launched like eight years ago as a wii exclusive but it did
get ported so there's plenty of ways to play it and this game is a ton of fun at number five today
mafia definitive edition it was one of the main gta competitors back in the day
the original game launched in 2002 spawned two sequels one of which was excellent the other one
wasn't but there was a top to bottom remake of the original game released two years ago
and it may be one of the best open world games to come out in the last few years which is odd
because hardly anybody talks about it setting a fictionalized version of chicago in the 30s
follows the rise of a new crime lord basically you take the gameplay of gta and the tone of la noire
you've got mafia one definitive edition overhauls of the original gameplay made it feel more modern
plus it adds a few new gameplay modes and features that both pay tribute to the original improve upon
them strangely enough it was a very polarizing game with people seemingly loving it for being
something fresh or despising it for being too close or too far from the original you
can't make everybody happy you're not going to please everybody but it is a really good game
postal 4. now if you're someone who likes playing gta just to see how much insanity you can cause
i present to you postal 4. yep most of you know about this series because of the ridiculous second
installment that's widely considered one of the most offensive games ever made but if you give it
a try now it's actually pretty quaint postal 3 was a complete disaster the developers would rather
not talk about that but we got an official release of postal for no regards the new game is basically
postal 2 but with way more gameplay options and a pretty decent open world map for you to score yes
it's in first person but postal 4 honestly scratches a lot of the same itches as wandering
around the gta map does especially when you start causing mindless chaos and watching the npcs re
react in increasingly frantic and hilarious ways now i never thought i'd be sitting
here recommending a postal game but that's where we're at goat simulator
no i'm not kidding i know it's one of the weirdest games ever made but if you start playing it
you'll never stop who's hype for goat simulator 3. like the name suggest you're a goat you play
as this invincible and poorly animated goat as you run around in open world city and you just try to
break stuff the physics are broken the ragdoll mechanics are hilarious and there's so many bugs
that the developers just never patched them out it gave the game more character it's basically what
would happen if you play gta with an invincible goat for that it's incredible the map is just
like something you'd see in a gta 5 knockoff the gameplay is just ridiculous or ridiculous enough
to be fun plus it's available on game pass so go try it be a goat yakuza like a dragon
now yakuza is one of the most popular rpg franchises of all time it seems like every new
installment gets more ridiculous if you played any entry in the series you know what i mean
these games are unpredictable one minute you'll be driving around the city hunting down some serious
criminal and next you'll be participating in some random mini game you'd expect out of a nintendo
game released in 2020 this one follows a brand new protagonist and a brand new story so you won't be
left out if you never played the series now unlike most open world action games accused like a dragon
features real-time turn-based combat no i didn't stutter let me say that again real-time turn-based
combat it's both real-time and turn-based at the same time and the only way to understand it is
to see it for yourself it's a unique game it's fun give it a shot you won't you won't regret it
and at number one today the godfather did i say i didn't even sound like it before there was grand
theft auto there was a godfather kind of the movie debuted in 72 and it's in a resurgence right now
one of the greatest films of all time too after the gta franchise exploded during the early 2000s
somebody at ea realized there was a fantastic idea sitting right in front of them the gta
clone based on the most famous crime movie of all time released in 2006 for the sixth
and seventh generation consoles despite being a pretty blatant copy paste of gta it's pretty good
story was an interesting spider web of characters and plot lines that both intersect with the 1972
movie and they expand upon it with new locations and conflicts the godfather was a critical and
financial success and even got a simpler sequel simply titled the godfather part two but this one
wasn't nearly as good as the first if you still have your ps3 or xbox 360 or perhaps you have
a ps2 emulator go give it a try it's worth a shot especially since you're waiting another five years
for gta 6. there you have it those are games that are kind of like gta if you're bored with
gta and you want something different but kind of the same let me know if you guys enjoyed it
you