Players can now save their game during a playthrough of a level by visiting the church they start at, but must pay a set number of points to do so. The game introduced several new features and improvements to the series. The time period the game is set in is not specified-conflicting sources suggest anything from "three weeks into the future", to the year being 2013, despite in-game references to the "new millenium" that is coming (implying the game takes place around its time of release, in 1999).
Grand Theft Auto 2's setting is unique for the series: a retrofuturistic metropolis referred to only as "Anywhere, USA", which is divided into three districts (Downtown, Residential, and Industrial) that players will switch between as they progress through the game. Being arrested or dying loses the player any equipment they found, and impacts their multiplier bonus.
Creating chaos from their crimes will cause the player to be wanted by the police who will hound the player to arrest or kill them, with higher wanted levels increasing the level of response used. Points are awarded from various criminal actions such as destroying cars, selling vehicles, and completing missions for various crime syndicates, with the latter awarding more points than doing simple criminal actions.
Like its predecessor Grand Theft Auto, the game focuses on players completing a series of levels, each requiring a set target score being achieved in order to progress to the next stage.
Grand Theft Auto 2 being played at "dusk" in the Windows version. Grand Theft Auto 2 was succeeded by Grand Theft Auto III in October 2001, which started a new era for the series, while the game itself was re-released on Steam in January 2008. The game received mixed reviews from critics, though the GBC version fared the worst, but was a modest commercial success. The game's intro is unique for a title in the series, as it involved live-action scenes filmed by Rockstar Games.
Set within a retrofuturistic metropolis known as "Anywhere City", the game focuses on players taking on the role of a criminal as they roam a fictional futuristic city, conducting jobs for various crime syndicates and having free rein to do whatever they wish to achieve their goal. It is the sequel to 1997's Grand Theft Auto, and the second main instalment of the Grand Theft Auto series. Please see our "Help" page for return shipping charges.Grand Theft Auto 2 is an action-adventure game, developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games, for Microsoft Windows and the PlayStation in October 1999, and the Dreamcast and Game Boy Color in 2000. They may be returned to you upon request at your expense. All rejected trade-ins will be discarded unless we receive an instruction at the time of order placement. If for any reason your trade-ins are not meeting our quality standards, your trade-in value can be changed or voided at our discretion. Dirty, stained, scratched, cracked, etched or chipped.Labels, stickers or writing that cannot be removed.In order to assure high quality standards, products in the following conditions will not be accepted: reserves the right to determine if the condition is acceptable for trade-in. Product(s) sold to eStarland must be in excellent working condition as well as in good cosmetic condition. Please inspect your items prior to trade-in. Any part(s) of the product you trade-in are in questionable condition to you, we may not accept the specific part(s) or product in whole. The products you trade in at must meet the following standards for proper processing of your order.