Today we look at the GTA 3 alpha mod, this is what Grand Theft Auto 3 originally looked like in its beta / alpha evolution build, Rockstar Games definitely made the right decision altering the games graphics. #gta #evolution
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@paulgambro42642 ай бұрын
This is a modded reconstruction based on early screenshots, it is mostly built upon speculation
@JAMESYQ242 ай бұрын
I’m glad someone mentioned it. I’ve been looking for a real Beta/Alpha release for 15 years. The most likely thing is all builds are long gone and weren’t kept.
@OfficialSnyd2 ай бұрын
@JAMESYQ24 the alpha 1997 version of pokemon gold and silver leaked 20 years after it was shown at the spaceworld convention, never say never
@Silva_GPАй бұрын
@@OfficialSnydDifferents situations, Rockstar never showed a old beta version of GTA 3 with cartoonish graphics for the public, only the E3 beta versions showed months before the oficial released was avaliable.
@OfficialSnydАй бұрын
@@Silva_GP This is a good point actually, I believe those betas of Pokemon were from archives and only existed because of said convention
@lilwoodiewood3457Ай бұрын
@@OfficialSnydthey also weren't really any different from the first Gen games
@THRACIA776ISTHEGREATEST2 ай бұрын
This is gta 3 for the dreamcast
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Pretty much yeah. It has the dreamcast intro
@RacerCat972 ай бұрын
More like the Nintendo 64 and game cube
@Maximus207782 ай бұрын
@@RacerCat97the GameCube would never look like this 😂
@johnstamos59482 ай бұрын
honestly a not the best description, the dreamcast looked better than everything at the time
@Loader2K12 ай бұрын
@@johnstamos5948: Actually, there was an Internet article from a few weeks ago that basically said that the project that would evolve into _Grand Theft Auto 3_ originally began as a pitch for an open-world game on the Dreamcast.
@the_troll3092 ай бұрын
GTA if was released on n64
@malinalungu4072 ай бұрын
Funny to think that Rockstar actually planned to make an N64 version of the original GTA called GTA 64, which it was later canned.
@the_troll3092 ай бұрын
@@malinalungu407 "canned" 💀
@the_troll3092 ай бұрын
@@malinalungu407 yeah , there's n64 cartridge pictures of it with Spanish obviously, i wish they done it
@BenHughes812 ай бұрын
We sort of had that as Body Harvest. It was made by DMA Design, which became Rockstar.
@applesandgrapesfordinner46262 ай бұрын
Needs more framerate issues
@TholiАй бұрын
Please don’t call this an Alpha build, it’s misleading.
@Eazy-V24 күн бұрын
Clickbaited :(
@anaalkuusk94923 күн бұрын
Not to mention. Even if it was alpha build, an alpha build isnt a "what couldve been". Shit video
@DoomKid19 күн бұрын
Yeah, the starting lines and whole premise to your video being wrong is.. well, it's something
@marclurr2 ай бұрын
Art style aside, the title "alpha" is given to software that is nowhere near finished. Things like low draw distance and missing mini map are really because this is no more than a debug build.
@channe30492 ай бұрын
It's a Dreamcast version of GTA3.
@marclurr2 ай бұрын
@@channe3049 which was scrapped after only a few months of work, so what I said is valid.
@Jolyne192 ай бұрын
Thank you! It was bothering me that the original uploader was complaining about certain details of the alpha without recognizing the fact that we ate looking at an unfinished game. It's misleading to frame such details as "what the game would have been".
@jekw232 ай бұрын
@@Jolyne19same, you’re never meant to see alpha builds anyway (feel free to correct me) so judging it seems pointless. It’s more out of interest to see stages of game development.
@Silva_GPАй бұрын
@@channe3049This video showed a mod made by fans, not the original beta build from Rockstar.
@nikobelic250002 ай бұрын
The art style feels like a blend of GTA 1, 2, and Advance, it's interesting it transformed from a comic book-inspired look to a more realistic urban environment. This retro aesthetic raises intriguing questions about how the game would have been received by the media if it had retained this style, especially given the intense scrutiny Rockstar faced over the game's controversial content. Also the 'Darko' mission, which involved blowing up an ice cream truck, was in fact reworked and incorporated into the final as a side mission for 'El Burro, I Scream, You Scream'. However, instead of targeting innocent pedestrians, the revised mission involves taking out mobsters.
@Defy2482 ай бұрын
Would of been weird to see healthbar at the bottom left and ammo at top right? *Laughs in GTA V HUD*
@TheDalisama15 күн бұрын
And GTA IV. Most-likely the same in GTA VI.
@CARLJOHNSON-ny8sn2 ай бұрын
Claude looks like a teenage football player 😂😂😂 but the infernis car sound 😮
@F1RST_BLUD12 ай бұрын
It was almost planned to be released in ps1 dreamcast at that time
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Yes and fun fact the intro to the mod features a dreamcast intro
@cool38652 ай бұрын
it was never planned to be released for the PS1 just the Dreamcast
@MIDNIGHT_W0LF1252 ай бұрын
if im not mistaken the ice cream truck mission was the only one of darkels missions that made it into the final game
@kingvector11982 ай бұрын
The only major difference being you took the ice cream van and parked it near a warehouse of 4 Leones in Atlantic Quays, the mission from El Burro "I Scream, You Scream". Kinda makes the mission less hostile towards terrorism-based actions to be honest.
@dcarbs297922 күн бұрын
I felt sure it was a GTA2 mission and not by a character called Darkel.
@VoVilliaCorp21 күн бұрын
@@dcarbs2979 It's been a while since I played gta2, but I think there was a russian mafia mission where you had to arm a hare krishna bus
@WllKiedSnake2 ай бұрын
Kinda has that Body Harvest look.
@zombiewarrior2252 ай бұрын
I am really glad that they made all the changes they did. But the brighter colors did look pretty nice
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Definitely interesting
@MrLyosea2 ай бұрын
Early 1960s looking Liberty City!
@CARLJOHNSON-ny8sn2 ай бұрын
I love this color palette reminds me of gta London 1960s anyone but I'm glad we got the gritty look in the final release and i love bright colors
@noel_9962 ай бұрын
GTA: hit and run!
@geroldgrimel48112 ай бұрын
5:52 I recognize that ice cream truck tune from Body Harvest (N64 - 1998). That was a title released by the same company, when they were called DMA Design Limited.
@vieri0312 ай бұрын
It looks like Vice City. Thanks god GTAIII have this dark ambient, less colours and also fog which it makes this game much more realistic and gloomy.
@malinalungu4072 ай бұрын
It's funny because Vice City would enter development at the time GTA 3 was released
@dudemp42 ай бұрын
@@malinalungu407 and was planned to be an expansion
@Silva_GPАй бұрын
No, Vice City are far from this.
@RetroGmx26 күн бұрын
Либерти сити на много разнообразнее, метро, пешеходы слушающие музыку в наушниках, город словно ощущается живым, в Вайс сити этого нет
@neilpatrickhairless5 күн бұрын
I always hated GTA3 because of how ugly and dark and hard to see anything on a CRT it was
@Errand_chip2 ай бұрын
this is why its called alpha. it was never meant to look that bad
@1rz2rz3rz2 ай бұрын
Still better than Defective - I mean Definitive edition.
@lilskrrby2 ай бұрын
on god
@lilskrrby2 ай бұрын
@DPJDW2024 why you trippin yu fool? which generatin you talking about. you dont kno shit about anything in life. xD
@AndHeScores19 күн бұрын
This is GTA 2.999999999999999999999969….
@Rodrickheffley00112 ай бұрын
Man thats gta on nintendo 64
@KamikazeKid2 ай бұрын
Wow I never seen the alpha lol. Thanks for showing us mate! GTA 3 was so ahead of its time. Rockstar truly made a beautiful masterpiece with the actual release.
@DoomKid19 күн бұрын
This is a fan made mod, no such alpha exists
@DanteDevilTrigger6532 ай бұрын
Can't quite explain it but this gives me the Megaman Legends vibe lol
@adamderosa91422 ай бұрын
I think it's the streets! Thought the same thing haha
@sanderhackerhd83692 ай бұрын
I think this mod made it look too cartoonish, the actual sceenshots were a little bit less cartoonish
@austinl49152 ай бұрын
Looks very similar to body harvest on the n64, which was also made by Rockstar before they changed their name to Rockstar
@RedPolarBearRanger2 ай бұрын
Not to mention the police cars and taxi cabs look more like 4th generation Chevrolet Caprices the 93-96 models.
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Very true
@AyyBet2 ай бұрын
it was revolutionary in a time like 2001
@CrackerBoy132 ай бұрын
I mean honestly, the concept of GTA III starting off as a modded version of the prior 2D games really makes sense. In the OG versions they even had a top-down camera angle for both controlling Claude and driving cars. I think it’s safe to assume GTA III was originally going to be played top-down and continue the story of 2 with Claude Speed as protagonist, but the premise of an all-new 3D game (and the events of 9/11 happening during then-late development) ultimately took it in an entirely new direction.
@varvarvarvarvarvar27 күн бұрын
Except there was no story to continue. In GTA2 they were so dismissive of the story stuff, they called the city "Anywhere, USA". The whole atmosphere was much more of a "cops and robbers" pretend play, the writing was mostly jokes and references to support all the odd missions that made use of cars and guns. There was no protagonist, just a mute player that doesn't even have body language in cutscenes because there was no cutscenes.
@TheDalisama15 күн бұрын
@@varvarvarvarvarvar Well, the only exception to that was the intro where you could actually see some of Claude's personality. That being said, the "story" of GTA 2 was pretty much optional. The only requirements for beating the game was to make a certain amount of money.
@xlovingstonx2 ай бұрын
Ah yes, waits 7 minutes into an 8 minute video to finally announce that it’s just a recreation of the alpha and not the real thing. Cool!
@jekw232 ай бұрын
This is what the alpha build might have looked like? Seems a strange thing to critique as it’s an interpretation of what an early build may have been. Looks good for alpha imo.
@djuberfog6344Ай бұрын
I shit it's a mod
@VE-gw2sq2 ай бұрын
Greetings to you from Central Africa🤜🏾
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Hello there!
@platinumpagoda30792 ай бұрын
Damn I thought you were playing the definitive edition based on the graphics.😂
@r3zmodz2 ай бұрын
I think it's better than the definitive edition
@JesseVenturaHat2 ай бұрын
@@r3zmodz yep definitely better
@AAKalam2 ай бұрын
7:19 poor NPC
@imaginox928 күн бұрын
I can recognise the police siren and "job complete" sounds from GTA 2 ! Speaking of the police siren, the one in the final game is actually very close to the sirens used by the NYPD in the 80's and 90's
@Cnodax124 күн бұрын
This also recognizes these sounds from GTA 2. It seems that they used these sounds as a placeholder.
@Chicken_Wing912 ай бұрын
I think the ice cream truck was used for one of the El Burro mission in the final release because you have to rig one to explode to kill the target.
@kingvector11982 ай бұрын
One thing I found incredibly painful about this version.. the Cartel carry around M16's :/ (Which would change to AK's as of completing The Exchange)
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
So true they are super OP
@kingvector11982 ай бұрын
@@DrModGTA Yep hehe until you get Ray's hum vee or drive a bullet proof Barracks that always spawns in the Arms Shortage mission :3
@youngemu39492 ай бұрын
“This would have sucked!” What?!? 🤯🤯🤯 the “Alpha” version would have sucked‼️‼️
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Just the overall tone
@Fatih_M1772 ай бұрын
Looks a bit cheap for 2001 standards, the art style ia charming but the lighting is a bit uneasy on the eyes. Which is why I'm thankful we got the more dark and gritty GTA 3
@corporalshepardlol293017 күн бұрын
back then, the beta was supposed to be cartoonish but rockstar changed his mind after all.
@RxyimmАй бұрын
Where is that gta 3 theme backround music from it sounds so chill and calming! Also great showcase of the alpha footage :)
@AaronAirstrike2 ай бұрын
This low key looks cool
@TCHUBOY2 күн бұрын
Thats called pre alpha, all games even today starts Whit very simple graphic, Mechanic's are the priority first.
@UnlawfulVR20 күн бұрын
It runs really smooth compared to the final build
@malinalungu4072 ай бұрын
Just one question, was the Furore GT an actual GTA III car that got cut or is it just an unofficial vehicle they just added
@weclock13 күн бұрын
I love the vibrant colors. I'd have spent another 1000 hours in it if it launched that way. Vice City 4 life.
@NekoNekoGato15 күн бұрын
I thought this was Saints Row 2022
@CaseyMongilloYT16 күн бұрын
He really thought he was playing the alpha
@movinmetal259620 күн бұрын
Looks like GTA2 with a player-based camera instead of top-down 😂
@anaalkuusk94923 күн бұрын
An alpha isnt a "what could've been"... Thats the whole point of calling something an "alpha" instead of "final".
@Claydood6 күн бұрын
I kind of like the Alpha graphic style more. Looks more like the first two games and doesn't have that annoying motion blur. I'm sure it would look better in the correct aspect ratio instead of stretched to fill 16:9
@BoredToDeath1822 ай бұрын
First of all an Alpha Version was never meant to be released, so that is not what it was supposed to look like. Second even if it came out like this this would still have been an absolute game changer compared to the 2D Birds view from GTA 2...
@spencermorningstarphotos18 күн бұрын
for the time? that still would have been a really fun game with a lot of action! reminds me of virtuacop 2
@FlightReliefАй бұрын
Watching this after completing gta 3 netflix defentive edition 100% 😂❤
@Super-my9ob2 ай бұрын
2:06 that explains whyin the Alpha Version the Draw Distance was Dogwater
@mateoortiz36118 күн бұрын
Damn Sega Dreamcast had some wild graphics 😢😢😢
@carscollection17carsgaming162 ай бұрын
I wonder if they were more areas in the game like more islands and I want to what is the other two islands look like somebody should do a game play of that if not even better than Portland
@ChrisGuzmanS2 ай бұрын
It would have looked cartoonish, reminds me to N64 body harvest
@anunnacy2 ай бұрын
2:28 Tbh, I think for me it would've been cool enough as top-down one. It's still a graphic upgrade from GTA2, looks nice. THe only downside maybe would've been if it wouldn't have been successful enough and the series would've never gotten as big as it is today.. but who knows. :D
@0ttoRex24 күн бұрын
If gta 3 and specifically vice city was released in top down format, i likely would never have played any gta game ever
@daveedbee540827 күн бұрын
If they released it like this it would still be just as groundbreaking
@Zoldszakall19 күн бұрын
And apparently it was normal to see Borgnine taxis everywhere :D
@johnnypimpinz5202Ай бұрын
How video games would've been if soulless corporations like Take-Two were in charge
@ZgermanGuy.10 күн бұрын
It looks like they were trying to do vice city but did not have the technology yet
@LaurenceReeves2 ай бұрын
It’s amazing what a colour palette can do!
@atenschun62545 күн бұрын
7:32 A detriment is something of negative influence. From the Latin _deterere:_ "wear away."
@MSX98FMDnB29 күн бұрын
crazy how inaccurate this mod is compared to the gta3d mod by 13ag, the_hero, fire_head,, and some other big name gta modders but at the time this one was made not as much info was uncovered so a lot of content in this mod is just speculation and myths like darkel's missions and the vehicle sound design change based on canned sound effects added into trailers to make them more cinematic
@Kotbaum2 ай бұрын
Honestly, I like the alpha Rhino better than that horrible looking thing in the finished game.
@CyrusCageSCWS2 ай бұрын
You need to look up the definition of detrimental
@ItDaBiz26 күн бұрын
Something about GTA3 using GTA2 textures as placeholders is fascinating
@PlasticCogLiquid2 ай бұрын
I love how it looks, it just lacks lighting from first glance.
@Thesmoothestoperator2 ай бұрын
Kinda looks like they were gonna make it like the first 2 and thankfully changed their minds
@DrModGTA2 ай бұрын
Exactly! I think firstly they wanted to make a top down game again but in a rendware engine so It would be more 3d but still the same gameplay. Good thing they decided to change that
@HaakonAnderson24 күн бұрын
Its the alpha version. That means it was nowhere near done. It's not how it almost looked, they hadn't applied the finished textures or lighting.
@RolandoF-cm7cc23 күн бұрын
If this had come out on dreamcast i would have owned it for sure. All my friends had ps1 and GameCubes
@TopBottomtext20 күн бұрын
Unless you unlocked Darkel then I don't wanna hear it
@UltimatelyEverything2 ай бұрын
I like how much more clear the game looked in it's ALPHA version and the fact that it was more vibrant and had more colour.
@Evanx42 ай бұрын
great video (:
@chrls555919 күн бұрын
my guy thinks an alpha build is the final version of the game T_T
@Aeduo12 күн бұрын
Aside from maybe some lack of polish, I kinda like the cartoon graphics, and the PS2 games that followed kinda returned a bit to that. Eventually going entirely away from it though.
@cokelife5831Ай бұрын
This what every sega game looked like
@Me86721Ай бұрын
Bro this looks better ngl
@epicmetod11 күн бұрын
Nope that is called Gangs Vehicle War 3.apk
@vlad12367Ай бұрын
So we were supposed to play Adolf instead of Claude
@BigShittin2 ай бұрын
I remember reading about this game in Game Informer magazine before it was released and the hype was so crazy.
@tombi199321 күн бұрын
GTA: Hit and Run
@The.Arch.26 күн бұрын
Claude looks like Johnny Elbows
@overcastskyline174722 күн бұрын
i wonder, if they wanted this game to be for both the ps2 and dreamcast but decided to cut out the dreamcast in order to take the graphics further, this early version could run on dreamcast no doubt about it.
@s3dms_pepsi2 ай бұрын
cartoony adult ahh game💀 (still remember that game that was released by nintendo?)
@Crockett19862 ай бұрын
What shoreside vale, looks like in the beta version of GTA 3?
@presidentkiller2 ай бұрын
The only change was the airport I think. It was originally planned for Staunton Island and then it was moved to Shoreside Vale.
@thebasketballhistorian32912 ай бұрын
Spoiler alert: the is not the alpha version. I watched this whole video thinking this was a leaked alpha version of the game. Ending reveals it's just a mod someone made based on screenshots of the alpha version.
@SayeedMahmudRaiyan2 ай бұрын
So in alpha version, Mr.Bean was protagonist instead of Claude☠️
@binancehighlights40382 ай бұрын
Beta tank looks like rhino
@phillyleotardo43432 ай бұрын
This is what the definitive edition feela like lol
@malinalungu4072 ай бұрын
at least it's way better than the defective edition
@malinalungu4072 ай бұрын
@DPJDW2024 How did you get triggered by a comment that spits facts?
@BenHughes812 ай бұрын
Looks like Bad Day LA.
@nikto72972 ай бұрын
It properly made like this becomes gta 3 was originally planned to be released on old consoles at that time like ps1.
@cool38652 ай бұрын
it was never made for the PS1, it was going to be released for the Dreamcast until the announcement of the PS2
@nikto72972 ай бұрын
@@cool3865 Dreamcast ? Sorry My bad.
@86sVideoDumpАй бұрын
honestly I kinda love the style of this, obviously it's not realistic like the series would end up but it's super unique
@ryvlaw2 ай бұрын
Thats why it was an alpha
@Larry2 ай бұрын
The art style ki da reminds me of another Rockstar Games PS2 title, State of Emergency.
@prezdough304927 күн бұрын
Why does it look like Roblox lmao
@gordonfreemen19202 ай бұрын
“The alpha version is almost how the game originally looked”
@abstraction62122 ай бұрын
i feel like the HD timeline gtas would still remain the same
@kobi7955Ай бұрын
Btw Claude in GTA III isn't Claude Speed from GTA II
@gavcom40602 ай бұрын
lol the infernus sound is straight up ripped from an actual Lamborghini V12 engine, so technically you’re saying that lambo’s sound horrible