Rustler has all the hallmarks of those older GTA games featuring a top-down view, arrows on the ground to point you toward missions, and a variety of small, simple, but open-ended missions. And yeah, if you (like me) played a bunch of GTA 2 back in the day, then after just a few minutes it’s rather obvious what the team has made here. On its website, it openly calls Rustler “ Grand Theft Horse” and directly reference GTA 2 as inspiration. Rustler’s developer, Jutsu Games, is very honest about what this game is and what inspired the studio to create it. Even with this change in scenery, Rustler does a good job of recreating the feel of playing those old GTAs, warts and all. Rustler, out August 31 on consoles and PC, is a similarly strange throwback to those simpler GTA titles, but it’s also set in a highly inaccurate medieval setting. But before the series went 3D, the ‘90s era classic top-down GTA games were Rockstar’s quirky first stabs at an open-world crime game.

These days, people are excited about old Grand Theft Auto games, like Vice City and San Andreas, getting remastered for modern hardware.

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