Once the respect of one faction is gained, you can access their missions – some of which unlock simultaneously, depending on your degree of respect, others sequentially.
At any time you can switch allegiances, building up your trust meter with another organisation by murdering your old allies.
Instead of leading players on a narrative thread, the game lets you bounce between the three different power groups in each district, fostering trust with one by slaughtering the soldiers of another. It's not the only innovation in GTA 2 to be discarded by its successors: the major mechanical difference between this and the first game is the introduction of a faction system. It's slickly produced, albeit suffering dated delusions of cool and bearing little resemblance to the cartoonish game that follows. Perhaps it was this cinematic aperitif that consolidated Rockstar's stated ambition in GTA III to beat Hollywood at its own game, and with a game. It starts with a live action movie – another oddity for a series that has since insisted on in-engine cinematics – starring a young Scott Maslen (Jack Branning to Eastenders fans).
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