When we think of Rockstar Games we think of Red Dead Redemption or GTA – it’s hard to picture anything else, such is the might of those franchises. Yet, in days past, Rockstar once entertained the idea of an open-world zombie game similar toDays Gone.
In the spirit of all things GTA, let’s look atVice Citywith remastered graphics!
You can read theblog postsfor yourselves in full, though be warned that the original post has been removed after Rockstar voiced their annoyance. For now, let’s take a look at the main points of evidence for this lost project. According to Obbe Vermeij (the former employee), a portion of the Rockstar North team wanted to branch out and try their hand at something different toVice City.
Advert
Advert
“Some of the artists wanted to do a zombie survival game,” Vermeji revealed. “Programmers like fantasy. Artists like zombies. Not sure why that is. We pursued the zombie idea for a while. [The] working title for the game wasZ(pronounced zed, not zee).”GTAVice Cityis, arguably, one of the best GTA titles to date thanks to its“sensational” music, yet the need to create something fresh is understandable – years of their lives are dedicated to making that one game, after a way you must long for something different. Zombies are definitely different.
What makes this teased open-world zombie fight for survival all the more intriguing is that it was to be set on a Scottish island, with the team simply repurposing previously usedVice Citycode. An island makes for the ideal isolated experience, especially during a zombie apocalypse, but we’re curious as to why Scotland was the location of choice. It’s a far cry from the US, though perhaps that was the point: to be as far removed from GTA as possible…?
Topics:GTA 5,GTA 6,GTA Online,Rockstar Games,Take-Two,Red Dead Redemption,Red Dead Redemption 2,PlayStation,PlayStation 5,Xbox One,Xbox Series S,Xbox Series X,PC
