Sandbox games - let's build a GTA killer?

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In all the GTA style sandbox games you have played (GTA, The Getaway, Saints Row, Mafia, True Crime, Crackdown etc), what did you really like and what did you dislike. Also what would you really like to see implimented in future games in these series?

Imagine we were building our own GTA style game and wanted to include as many of the features from the above games as possible to make an Uber sandbox game, if you will ;) <--- I'm talking gameplay here as better graphics and a more stable framerate are a given ;)

I guess I had better start:-

The perfect sandbox for me would be built around the industry leader, GTA and would include the feel, atmosphere and humour of the series. I would like to see more varied gameplay in the missions though and the fighting could be more like True Crime.

It would be interesting if they could make some of the assassination missions you do a bit more open and less scripted, Hitman style, where you have various ways of reaching the objective.

Being able to scale buildings like in Crackdown would be really cool too. The city should be a playground and I want to explore up as well as ground level. I'm not saying I want to be super human, but just being able to climb things more would be good,



I have more to add but I need to get ready for work. Just wanted to get this thread started to see what people come up with.
 
I would like to see the business mechanic implimented again from Vice City Stories - you can attack a rival gangs business and take it over. You then have the option of spending money on it to improve it or you can turn it into a different type of business. Rival gangs will attack your business occasionally to try and take it back.


I would also like to see a futuristic sandbox game. Not like Crackdown though, more gritty and set in a dystopia (think bladerunner) but with R*'s humour etc - could be really good.

I wish I could, I have an exam at 2pm, then an essay to write, then 4 more exams in the next week and a half :(

Well get off this forum then and get on with it ;)
 
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