Grand Theft Auto 4's tech lead, Obbe Vermeij, has revealed in a recent interview that he left Rockstar Games because he thought the series was getting "too depressing".
Ever since the series' inception, Grand Theft Auto has made a name for itself thanks to how much freedom and fun you can have in its bright open-world maps. That's been true since the top-down days and is something that the PS2 era of GTA embraced even further, especially when it came to Vice City and San Andreas. There was a point where that changed, though.
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I am, of course, talking about Grand Theft Auto 4. While it's regarded as a high point for the series now, fans of the original games considered it to be surprisingly dark and serious when compared to the PS2 games. It seems that even some Rockstar developers thought that too, as GTA 4's tech lead has recently revealed that its different tone caused him to leave Rockstar.
As reported by GamesRadar+, GTA 4's tech lead and Rockstar Games veteran Obbe Vermeij recently took part in...
