Editing Action-adventure game (section)

=== ''Grand Theft Auto'' clone ===
A [[Grand Theft Auto clone|''Grand Theft Auto'' clone]] belongs to a [[Video game genres|subgenre]] of [[open world]] action-adventure [[video game]]s in the [[Third-person (video games)|third-person perspective]]. They are characterized by their likeness to the [[Grand Theft Auto|''Grand Theft Auto'' series]] in either gameplay or overall design.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.findmesimilar.com/2013/04/games-like-gta-grand-theft-auto.html | title = 25+ Games Like GTA (Grand Theft Auto) | date = 12 April 2013 | publisher = Find Me Similar }}</ref><ref name="crackdownqa">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74595 |title=Crackdown Community Q&A |author=Bramwell, Tom |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |date=2007-03-27 |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014432/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74595 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In these types of open world games, players may find and use a variety of vehicles and weapons while roaming freely in an open world setting.<ref>Sources that refer to Grand Theft Auto popularizing or inventing a genre include: <br /> i. {{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/ps2/f/battle-of-the-gta-clones/a-2007032712758324075/g-2005120719070657885742 |title= Battle of the GTA clones |date = 2007-03-27 | author = Reparaz, Mikel | publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |access-date=2008-07-21}}; <br /> ii. {{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/analysts-fps-most-attractive-genre-for-publishers |publisher=[[Gamasutra]] |title=Analysts: FPS 'Most Attractive' Genre for Publishers |author= Cifaldi, Frank |date=2006-02-21 |access-date=2008-08-21}}; <br /> iii. {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3762350.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Hunt for Grand Theft Auto pirates |date=2004-10-21 |access-date=2008-08-26}}</ref><ref>Sources that refer to games similar to Grand Theft Auto as action-adventure games include: <br />i. {{cite web |url=http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/software/2154224/godfather |title=Review: The Godfather 3D action game |author=Parkyn, Jonathan |publisher=[[Personal Computer World]] |date=2006-04-18 |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-date=22 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922191244/http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/software/2154224/godfather |url-status=dead }}<br />ii. {{cite web |url=http://wham.canoe.ca/wii/2007/03/30/3871537-torsun.html |author=Steve Tilley |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|CANOE]] |title=Wii 'Godfather' for newbies only |date=2007-04-01 |access-date=2008-07-25 |archive-date=23 June 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://wham.canoe.ca/wii/2007/03/30/3871537-torsun.html |url-status=usurped }};<br /> iii. {{cite web |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/403/403367p1.html |title=E3 2003: True Crime: Streets of L.A. Update |author=Bishop, Sam |date=2003-05-16 |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201141421/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/403/403367p1.html |archive-date=2009-02-01 }}<br /> iv. {{cite web |url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/saints-row/729563p1.html |title=GameSpy Review – Saints Row |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |author=Will Tuttle |date=2006-08-30 |access-date=2008-07-25 }}; <br /> v. {{cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=158948 |publisher=[[GamePro]] |title=Just Cause 2 announced for Xbox 360, PS3, PC |author=Snow, Blake |date=2008-01-30 |access-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201011432/http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=158948 |archive-date=2008-02-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Navarro, Alex (2004-11-11). {{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/scrapland/review.html |title=Scrapland Review |access-date=2009-05-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010023540/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/scrapland/review.html |archive-date=2011-10-10}} Scrapland Review], [[GameSpot]], Retrieved on 2009-6-17</ref>