Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 204 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Rockstar Games EAN: 0710425212031 ESRB Age Rating: Mature Format: CD-ROM Label: Rockstar Games Manufacturer: Rockstar Games Model: 21116 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Rockstar Games Release Date: May 21, 2002 Sales Rank: 5297 Studio: Rockstar Games
Features:
It features all-new graphics and perspectives, and an incredibly wide city for you to explore
Work your way up in the syndicate with over 80 gangland missions to choose from
Work your way up in the gang and fight for a position of power
Follow a story of deadly revenge as you steal cars and make incredible getaways
All those cars are just waiting to be stolen -- steal parked cars, or take out the drivers with fists, bats, Uzis and more
Product Description: Grand Theft Auto 3 puts you in a new adventure in the seedy underworld of Liberty City! Avoid damage and bad weather to get away clean, or else!
Amazon.com Review: With Grand Theft Auto III, Rockstar proves that not all developers are concerned with toning down the violence in their games. This sequel is even more bloody, violent, and sadistic than its popular predecessors, offering up an enormous 3-D city in which nearly any criminal act is possible. Players are free to steal cars, beat up the local population for their money (or weapons), make time with prostitutes, or simply roam to their heart's content. Those seeking more structure can embark on dozens of plot-driven missions or steal cars that let them play minigames. Nab a cop car and go on vigilante missions. Grab a cab and play a deadly version of Crazy Taxi. Take a fire truck and earn money putting out fires. The game just never gets boring.
As in real life, there are consequences for your criminality. As your random acts of mayhem mount up, the police start hounding you, eventually calling in SWAT trucks, the FBI, and even the army if you continue down the path of destruction. Shaking these pursuers is easily the most fun part of the game, especially when a bunch of friends are packed in the room to witness your narrow escapes.
Grand Theft Auto III is fine-tuned to near perfection in every category. All the vehicles, from slick sports cars to lumbering dump trucks, handle exactly as you'd expect and smash apart realistically when abused. The three islands in the game are rendered in terrific detail considering their size, and are packed with traffic, pedestrians, and hidden jumps. The audio is equally amazing. Pedestrians talk, cops scream at you, and you can tune in nine different radio stations whenever you are in a car. It all adds up to a monumental achievement: the rare console game for adults that manages to get everything right. --T. Byrl Baker
Note: This review refers to the PlayStation2 version of this game.
Pros:
Offers an enormous world for players to exploit, rendered in staggering detail
Equally fun whether you go on plot-based missions or run around as a freelance crook
Cons:
Ultraviolence, foul language, and adult situations mean you'll want to keep this far away from kids
It takes too long to get from one island to another, making some missions tedious
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - The new beginning...
So many people did not play the original GTA games, that that is alright. This was, when it came out, the most advanced and risky engine for a game yet conceived. This game changed the way we play video games.
Really, the first GTA (plus it's expansion) and GTA II were so much fun to play that we thought at the time that no one could ever top this. Since then, Rockstar has proven us wrong and gone above and beyond to create GTA games that almost consistently topped the one before (I do not count the PSP ones, they were weak and were only created to sell PSP's).
So if you have played any of the GTA games and want to try more, this one is a classis, a legend if you will, and will be forever.
The replay value of all of the GTA games is astonishing.
Rating: - One of the best sandbox games ever made
As far as sandbox games go this is one of my favorites ever. You get to do what ever you want short of going into every single building. This game is a blast for any mayhem seeker and is full of weapons and vehicals that will keep you happy for many long long hours of fun.
Rating: - Game does not function
The man walks to the left constantly and it cannot be STOPPED.
It takes just about a magician to drive the vehicle, it won't turn wheels to the right with the letter "D"
The CD is worn out or incompatible with Windows XP. I hate to give anyone a bad review but this game is terrible because the games CD seems to be either physically flattened or scratched, I did not take magnifying glass nor even look for scatches.
I tried my standard cleaning my turning it in a circle in a very soft cloth on playing side in attempt to fix the problem but it remains so I am not happy with the game at all, it is NOT PLAYABLE.
It is so worn out or incompatible, to me(?), it does not matter what the reason is, I bought a GAME THAT DOES NOT PLAY, I must rate that zero happiness, you would do same no? I mean I am not trying to hurt someoone here, I just want a game that works.
JoeKidd
Rating: - Not New
This product was described as in factory packaging, whoever the tape on the box was oppen, but other then that it was in good condition
Rating: - Very unique and original
Opened up a new line of genre, very unique gameplay and expansive environment. But riddled with glitches and imperfections. Enough so, to make this very frustrating. Almost seems impossible at times. Fun for a few hours, but afterwards i wouldnt ever play it again. Not worth the money.
- The new beginning...
- Game does not function
- Not New
