The making of Grand Theft Auto: 'Like nailing jelly to kittens'

The making of Grand Theft Auto: 'Like nailing jelly to kittens'

Rockstar Games is about to unleash GTA V, the latest installment in its multimillion-selling Grand Theft Auto series. But before the hype, Hollywood voice actors and three dimensions was the game that started it all in 1997. Unloved, hugely delayed and plagued by bugs, GTA almost didn't see the light of day. This is the story of how a small team of developers at DMA Design saw their vision of GTA through and kickstarted a gaming revolution.

WARNING: contains strong language

[freddybeer]

WHY ON EARTH isn't there a full length professional documentary about the making of GTA 5?!! I want to see how it all came together!

[xShadow]

What if someone went back in time when they were making the first GTA to show them GTA V, would love to see their reactions.

[MsThomas]

i srsly cant believe the transformation from gta 2 to gta 3.. wow...

[yungshotta]

why is this about gta 1 when the thumbnail is gta 5?

[XXtheJUMPoffXX]

Weird how these people who live across seas can depict America in a videogame so well

[highlandcommando]

Greatest game series of all time founded in Scotland.

[VirtueWings]

Violent crime in the United States decreased rapidly after the introduction of violent video games in the 90s. Violent personalities who might otherwise do real harm might be satisfying themselves with violent video games instead.

[MrSaLVideos]

A Great Documentary for a Legendary and Iconic Franchise Ever Made

[vagvll]

i love making of videos, never understood why we never see making of videos from rockstar for games likes gta 4, 5 oor red dead, it would be great.

[TheAAbck]

to bad they only set games in america, america already has the spotlight in quite alot of stuff they should make games in scotland or atleast anywhere apart from america

[partymayker]

And look how far the series has come?! It's amazing! :D

[bsirius]

Errata--meant to type:
As for your comment that "[G]lorifying depravity and creating depravity are one in the same" do you really think that?

I corrected my mistake because the clarity of my question was lost otherwise.

[FatherStack]

I still absolutely love this game. One of the best soundtracks ever, insanely fun and incredibly nostalgic for me.

[fouronetwo]

Possibly the only game franchise in history to get consistently better with every release.

[jamesduke]

Could you image if this game was discontinued?

[CharlesVanNoland]

"He started to just ... say no a lot", lol.

[bsirius]

I simply said I'd have liked to see what the developers were thinking as the game evolved. It's a bit vague to say things like, "This thing is really alive, and I can poke it, and I can poke it by being bad." or "It did start out as a cops and robbers game and just evolved into this kind of criminal just do anything." I'm also intrigued by Max Clifford's PR blitz on this. As "for glorifying depravity and creating depravity are one in the same...Do you really think that? Just curious.

[TheNormanmurk]

I think there's a fine line between the two; kind of like when you see a wrong being done and you do nothing stop it.

[bsirius]

How did you arrive at the conclusion that I was blaming the developers? It's bizarre if we're not allowed to be curious about their motivations. It'd be interesting to know why they devised the game as they did, How is that assigning blame exactly?

[ahen]

I'll be taking part in some creative depravity early tomorrow morning.