Grand Theft Auto 3
More Daily Mail enraging fun from Rockstar.
Cinematic opening sequences are the norm, however the way GTA3’s intro seamlessly blends into the start of the game is impressive. Your induction to the underworld is soon complete and you have a small network of contacts with which to pick up missions. Apart from the technically impressive graphics, which suffer none of the problems of the PS2, the game is enormous fun. As you make contacts and eventually enemies the plot progresses at a steady pace with your character alternating between the main gangs in Liberty. The game succeeds in the freedom it gives you to commit huge amounts of violence in the city. It is 18 rated so you’re not going to get any missions that require you to help old people across the road. If you wanted to, you could steal a car and run down old people who are trying to cross the road, which in a game is clearly more fun. The tools of your criminal trade let you set fire to people, dismember them with high calibre rounds and generally become a bit of a hoodlum. But that’s what this game is all about and it does it in fantastic style.
Driving varies depending on what car (or indeed boat) you’ve ‘borrowed’, sports cars can offer some spectacular high speed crashes while the big trucks just plough through the traffic. Despite the wide range of vehicles you’ll soon find your favourite (yakusa stinger for me thank you) and you’ll be hand-braking round corners in no time. This of course is all the more important when most of the cities police force are trying to chase you down. Driving isn’t just a means of transportation though, some missions require you to run a target off the road Chase H.Q. style or to mow down rival thugs in drive by shootings. It’s very reminiscent of Microsoft’s Midtown Madness series, just a whole lot more violent.
One thing you couldn’t do in Midtown Madness is get out of your car. No such restrictions here. You’ll spend a lot of time on foot, and apart from the camera angle getting stuck on the odd occasion, this is done just as well. You’ll need to be outside your car to access most of your arsenal so for those assassination missions and general gun fights you’ll be using this view. While this makes you more vulnerable, actually shooting people/cars/helicopters/boats is easily done. When you are on foot it brings you closer still to the city. It’s when you’re standing next to some of the buildings and bridges it gets very impressive and adds further to the feeling that Rockstar have created a very large piece of real estate for you to lose yourself in.
There are a few niggles that don’t really detract from the mayhem too much but are worth noting. Whilst playing through the missions it is possible to get a feeling of deja-vou if you’ve played either of the first two. But as I’ve already said the new perspective adds so much to the game you hardly notice, aside from which no other game offers the kind of possibilities GTA3 does. The control of the vehicles whilst driving can be very twitchy and I found drive by shootings difficult to begin with. This section of the game is definitely at home on the PS2’s joypad. That said a little bit of perseverance and you’re soon barrelling around the streets in stolen cars like a 12 year old from Liverpool. AI is a bit of a mute point as well, there’s little interaction from the cities inhabitants and when cops are chasing you they just head straight for you. The game gets round this by just throwing so much at you that you hardly notice but it would have been nice to have seen the police using cover intelligently or more responses from the crowd other than fight or flight. Sound wise the often touted radio with selectable stations is okay for five minutes and then it starts repeating itself, thankfully the option to use your own MP3’s is included. I also found some of the latter missions based on Shoreside Vale (the last island) fairly difficult. Definitely a step up from what had gone before, although this could just be me being useless.
Comments
is grand theft auto coming out on the xbox if not i think it should
decents graphics good game
it is one good review you made there Daniel.you know the pictuers ther always the same. i lookd on lodes of sites but it's always same pictures i cant find any good ones for my desc top.
this game is the most realistick game of all exept for vice city im wating for it to come out.
SIMPLY OUTSTADING
i think grand theft auto 3 is not a game for kids.
i want to get gtaiii 10-12-84.
can i borror
Will Grand Thefy Auto 3 ever come out on Xbox? iIf so , when?
The PC version is not as good as the PS2 version
so will grand theft atuo come out on the xbox
When will Grand Theft Auto Come Out for Xbox!
i have only played the game once and it blown me out of this universe the jobs you are sent to do are simply wikid
i cant belive that humans can make such a brilliant game it is really really really wiked
awsome game it has to be one of the top 10 games
Will it come out for xbox?
yo was
I wish I could down lowd the game
why cant i play gta 3 for free without downloading?
the grand Theft Auto Double Pack came out this month. it has both gta3 and vice city : )
You should play this game it suckzzzzz to hell
YO U KNOW THE CODES 4 GTA 3
I know your upset but what can we do these mad people like violince. What games do you like ?????????
how can i download a demo of this game on my computer
hell yaa its good
no
You should let people download it
U guys are dumb
i want the grand theft auto 3 demo
how do u arm the bomb
Please stop the use of profanity in here. Stop it right now.
how maney missions are there.
how do you get dowloadable cars off net and were can i get them
:-)
I think that they should make the game for kid's the kid's is just going to play it anyway so make the game for kid's and do not mak the airport sp far away and make it the way that people can fly those big airplanes
very good and i think he should be a pro
does someone know where I can download Cars for the game, I know that it is possible, but don't know where I can do it
i need demo
you can download cars for gta3 on www.grandtheftautoseries/gta3/downloads.co.uk and select download
DIz guy
yes!, omg u people are so dumb, it came out for Xbox like 1 1/2 years ago, wtf, ur all dumb. So did GTA4:
Vice City, they are both out for xbox and there is even a double pack u morons
i like all the rockstar games that all i can say.
where can I get all grand theft auto games
i think that grand theft auto is the best game that u can get because it has got loads of dramatic actions in it and u can also do whatever u want when u want.
HAI
shama
grand theft auto sucks
PICOOOOOOOOOOOO
Yo!! If ya look up at the sky sometimes, you may see this.
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This is the Rockstar logo. (the arrow is the star) in the sky, the logo looks like this, but there is no arrow, but instead, it is a star. This is the only star in the sky at the time. I do not know if it is in the sky each night, (i dont normally look, but ive only ever seen it once) so look everytime you get the chance.
wot up ppl? ne 1 bein 2 ghost town?
Does this website have ne pics of glitches? has ne1 been 2 da sign "You werent supposed to be able to get here you know" i mean, who found it first??????
how can i download a demo of gta 3????????????????
plese tenkion
jak tu cos sciagnac
jak tu cos sciagnac
This Game Rocks!
i love gta
please i want to download vice city no other games are like this game this is the best game in the world
put grand theft auto on xbox
do you know were i can get it for free for computer
gta 3 is so old and rubbish!
gta 3 is so old and rubbish!
fantastic
ITS COOL
wat is exception handling in gta3?
is it just like an error?
wat is the solution ?
if it wasain't for kids gran thef wouldn't come out damn idiot.gran thef is for kids not adults
if it wasain't for kids gran thef wouldn't come out damn idiot.gran thef is for kids not adults
peace out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love this game really really bad
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i love playing grand theft auto.
you guyss are losers man get out of game modes get a life
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anyone can play this as long as they know its a game.
grand theft auto is AWESOME
this game is bad
gta3
farter
aaa
WHERE CAN U PLAY GRAND THEFT AUTO
how do i get to play gta sa online.i mean i know my password and i dont my e-mail adress from my dad
this is so sick.how do iget to play grand theft auto online.
i like playing video games
can i play grand theft auto online
i think grand theft auto is a good game for kids
this game is the most amazing game ever made on the face of the earth
i want grand theft auto were can i play for
free
hey people you don't need to bye grand theft auto type on
your computers how to download engine 5.5 you are not downloading that but go down and you can see games and if you go up you will see a search bar and type GTA
and then click on it and you can download it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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