yea how cool would that be? if it had the whole style of ultima online, people would slave away making money some menial way (cab driver, delievery boy, pizza guy) just to buy a cool car and roll around town and race and stuff, while the pks can steal their car.. and other people could make money being cops to bust the crooks. i know it''ll probably happen, what do you guys think?

Not sure if it would fly. Most people play RPGs to get "away" from everyday life and you just described Detriot

heh, mental note, never leave canada!

but seriously, id love to play a game like that

i think they actually announced something like this for GTA4.

http://www.amiganr1.com

I live near Detroit...this is true...

well even still, wouldnt it be fun to actually be the guy stealin the car? or the cop bustin down on those punk car crooks? isnt that what makes a video game fun? being able to do something you cant in real life?

this is why ''the sims'' was boring as hell, i can wash my own dishes and argue with my own girlfriend.

now stealin a phat lexus and gettin chased by the cops = cool, but getting raped in prision = uncool

see?

Does that mean you would have to serve your imprisonment, in real-time during the game, don''t drop that soap!!!

It''s a great idea, and true it''s all about the fun of getting away with anything. I suppose if they do multiplayer in the PC version of GTA3 that''ll be a testbed to see if it would work

well that would be cool, like if you get arrested in the game, you actually have to be in prision, kinda like if you got busted macroing in UO.. but i think the key to this game would be that if you got killed, your dead, and you have to start a new guy

The game already has the support for clans in the form of gangs. Can you imagine two gangs( clans ) of 30+ meeting for a gang fight in the city, the mayhem, the bystanders... oh yes.

ahhh, i''m crying of bliss from just the thought of it....
It would be great!

but please, SneakyGuns, don''t ever use the word phat again on gamedev.