Grand Theft Auto 3
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In this game, you play a lowly thief, left for dead, but now you've been set free and with the right connections to mobsters, gang leaders, and corrupt business people, you can somehow manage to survive after stealing cars, running red lights, and doing whatever you have to do in order to survive.
In GTA 3, if you look closely you can see a movie poster that says "Badfellas", obviously poking fun at the mafioso hit "Goodfellas". Well, in this you're a psychotic, murdering nut job looking to survive by any means necessary. It's just like "Goodfellas", with a pulse!
On a serious note, the stylish story line only adds to the many games that Rockstar has written up. The quarky characters, revenge-driven protagonist, and amazing idea of succeeding in crime or just running a muck...it goes beyond words.
I'm just an average H.S. student, but I'll tell you one thing that doesn't take much thought...in comparison to Vice City, Manhunt, and Midnight Club, this is one of the only original concepts I've seen come out of Rockstar Games. I love their work, but to me it seems Midnight Club is to Fast and the Furious as Manhunt is to the Running Man...and ultimately Vice City is to Scarface and Miami Vice. Now if you want a good storyline in a Rockstar, ultra violent game, go with GTA 3, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, or the upcoming Red Dead Revolver.
THE ONLY FAULT I COULD FIND IN THIS GAME IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS MAIN CHARACTER IS? WHAT DO I CALL HIM? FIDO? That's what made Vice City just a little bit better, a humanized character, not just a emotionless, ruthless, killer in a leather jacket. IF I WANTED THAT I COULD HAVE BOUGHT TERMINATOR 3, RISE OF THE MACHINES.
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This game is fun you can do anything you want ill name em:
-Beat up people
-Jack cars
-Blow up cars
-Smash cars
-stand on cars
And many more this game is just great so im gonna give it 5 stars
For bein da BOMB!
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Betrayed, screwed over, and left to take the bum rap by the woman you once proudly called the love of your life, you're now seeking sweet, sweet revenge. No, it's not a game based on my first love, it's Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 3; now back on the PC where it rightfully belongs...and it's going to rock your world all over again. GTA 3, more than any other game, set the tone for the direction that the gaming industry is headed in. This review will assume that you have not been living under a rock for the past year, and are somewhat familiar with Grand Theft Auto 3 in all it's goodness. To sum it up for those not in the know, (i.e., heathens) in GTA 3, you're a thug for hire, and you can do anything you want to. You can kill, you can maim, you can slaughter, and you can run people down, all at your convenience. You can pick up and pay prostitutes for "extra health", only to beat them down with a baseball bat and take your cash back once the deed is done. You can make extra money by trying your hand at being an ambulance driver, fireman, taxi driver, or bounty hunter, all of whose segments could easily have been packaged as a separate game on their lonesome. You can do all of this, and not even touch on the main quests, which requires that you work for various criminal organizations. But alas, even these can be done at your own pace, or not at all.
Fellow editor Sam Dornan did a superb job of explaining what makes GTA 3 so enthralling in his review of the PS2 version, so read that, or the listings of the countless magazines and websites that have named GTA 3 "Game of the Year" if you still need convincing. This review will focus mainly on how the PC version does the impossible: improves on it. The first notable improvement over the PS2 original is one that could not be helped due to the limitations of the console hardware. Though absolutely stunning on both platforms, it's on the PC that GTA 3 truly shines graphically, provided your system has the muscle for it. Vehicles and character models are much better detailed with higher poly counts. Remember the signs scattered around town that you couldn't read due to the blurred textures? Thanks to the increased resources of the PC platform, dedicated players can drive around looking for all the signs scattered around the city such as "Monica's fine cigars", and "24 hour orgy, free buffet". While the PS2 was limited in what it could do, the sky's the limit on the PC, with "sky" being a synonym for "your graphics card and CPU". GTA 3 adds a couple of features that take advantage of the PC's storage capabilities and, while relatively minor, these added bonuses definitely add to the overall experience. You can now make your own custom radio station by adding any music files you have on your computer to the "mp3" folder in the game directory. Modders can easily create custom skins by editing the main player skin in any commercial paint program. As of now, at least 100 skins are available on the web, ranging from Eminem to Spiderman. Sadly, the much-hyped modding tools are nowhere to be seen, at least straight out of the box. While custom soundtracks and skins are all well and good, the greatest improvement over the PS2 game, and what makes the PC version of GTA the definitive one, is the refined targeting system: in essence, you now aim/look with the mouse, and run with the keyboard. Think Max Payne, or any PC shooter, and you get the idea. You now have complete control over your character, and can pinpoint an enemy out of a crowd from a good distance away without a sniper rifle or M16, while an onscreen crosshair removes any guesswork as to where your bullets will land...as long as the physics aren't off (Don't expect a pistol shot to land as far as a sniper bullet). As if to prove this point, Rockstar toggled hit-specific damage on by default: if you hit an arm, the arm will fly off. Hit the head at the right angle with a high-powered weapon, it too will come off. Even with the "gore code" on, the console version never got this bloody. This new targeting system makes the game gorier than its console brethren, which provides yet another incentive to pick up the PC version, even if you've played the PS2 original. Perhaps the only flaw to be found in the game is the fact that it takes a while to get used to driving with a keyboard and mouse. But even that is relatively easy once you sit down and play for a while. GTA 3 truly remains "easy to learn, hard to master". Politicians, Christian groups, and parents alike have bashed GTA 3. But Rockstar Games has given them all the finger, and you should too, especially now that what some consider the greatest game ever created is that much closer to perfection. Just make sure your system's got what it takes, kid.
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I bought this game around the first week it was released and I have to say that this game is awesome. What I especially love in this game is the fact that you can use your own music which is not even possible on the PS2. Another feature I love about this game is the skins which let's you change the clothes on the character. The only thing about this game is it's rated "M" for Mature meaning keep the youngsters away from this one. One concern I was worried about when I bought this game was the requirements but the only really good thing you need for this game is a 16MB graphics card and at least 256Mbs of RAM or more depending on how your sytem runs but I play this game at 800x600
which is actually good with no skipping at all. But to me this is one if the greatest games ever made and I recommend it to anyone who wants to add up there collection. So if your looking for a great game for your Laptop or a game that you can sit down and play for hours without being bored Grand Theft Auto 3 is the good choice to go. :-)
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This is the worst game I've ever played so far. I was lead to believe this game was good because gamespot gave it 9.3/10 and my friend said it was good. It's all lies. I went and played the game and I got sick of it (literally) after playing a quarter of the game. Don't know why, maybe it was the atmosphere of the game that made me want to throw up. Anyway, the parts where you could drive a car, truck, etc was funny at first because you can do all sorts of crazy flips and run into people and crash into streetlights but it got frustrating after a while once I started playing the missions especially when driving recklessly was detrimental to finishing the mission. Hard to control the car using keyboard. I mean, if you are going to put driving into the game, make it like the racing games. Also, the missions just got so mundane. What a waste. You can't save during the mission which is a big drawback. You can only save when you're done the mission. I mean, if I'm done the mission, then I don't really need to save, do I? unless I need to go to the washroom. If you fail the mission, you have to start from the very beginning. How stupid is that. Some missions, I had to try over 10 times until finally I used a cheat code and finish the mission. And some missions, even using a cheat code didn't help so that's when I quit the game. How some people finish the game, who knows? Oooooo, good for you, oooo you get a trophy made out of cardboard....It was hard to control the main character too with the default keyboard settings. It doesn't even move like a first person shooter. I had to press the down arrow key to move forward depending on your orientation!! When you play it, you will know what I mean. It's frustrating (I actually want to swear here). Oh yeah, the main character you play in the game doesn't even talk at all! He's a gangsta mute!! Maybe he talks at the end of the game but I'm not going to find out. One and only one good aspect of the game is the fact that it loads quick (less than a minute) and the city graphic detail is pretty good but I've seen better graphics in other games. I gotta admit, there are a lot of missions to go through (they say 75?) so you may get your money's worth but man, those missions are boring. Unless you can finish all these missions on your first attempt without cheating and I know there is no gamer out there who's skilled enough to do it, you will spend months playing this game. Tell me this, is picking up as many xxx mags left on the streets in under 25 seconds and then killing the guy who dropped them supposed to be a good idea for a mission?? or stealing an ice cream truck and setting a bomb to it so it can explode in front of a gansta supposed to be a fun and exciting mission?? I rather play soldier of fortune because at least I get to blow the guy's head off with a shotgun. I do not recommend gta3 at all and if you think this game is good, then you have some serious problems. But if you still want to buy this game, who's going to stop you from using your credit card, eh?
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