Former Rockstar Technical Lead Says GTA 4 NPCs Were Meant to Have Daily Lives, But the System Created Too Many Bugs

Grand Theft Auto IV could have featured a much deeper NPC simulation than what ultimately shipped. According to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, producer Leslie Benzies wanted Liberty City’s civilians to have individual homes, jobs, schedules, and daily routines. Vermeij discussed the idea in an interview with Edge Magazine. He explained that Benzies wanted NPCs to have “a place to live” and a schedule that could take them to work every morning, but the feature became extremely difficult…