Urban Chaos, while flawed in some ways and a bit repetitive, had huge areas of a city for levels, it was kind of a precursor to the gta's free-roaming style. Great graphics for the time and a fun story, combined with the huge areas, made it a very fun game. I'm not sure how much, but I'd guess that rockstar definitely borrowed some of their gta 3d concepts from this game, at least in part, it came out in 1999 for the pc, nearly 2 years before gta3. Holding out hope until more info is released about this game though, but still crossing my fingers all the same:)