I haven't played the game in forever, but I'm guessing they heavily re-used assets, that and it's PS2, so low textures, low poly models, etc. That kind of artist count in that era wasn't all that uncommon.
Are low-poly models and low-res textures easier to make? Don't artists generally create super-high detail versions and optimise down to real-time-usable versions?
I haven't played the game in forever, but I'm guessing they heavily re-used assets, that and it's PS2, so low textures, low poly models, etc. That kind of artist count in that era wasn't all that uncommon.
Are low-poly models and low-res textures easier to make? Don't artists generally create super-high detail versions and optimise down to real-time-usable versions?
Probably not in the timeframe and technology that was used to build GTA 3.
It's worth noting that GTA 3 was built on top of Criterion RenderWare at the time.
