Grand Theft Auto III

22 Oct 2001

Mac PlayStation 4 Xbox PlayStation 2 PC (Microsoft Windows)
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8346 played
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290 reviews
Developer
TransGaming Inc.
Developer
DMA Design
Publisher
Take-Two Interactive
Rockstar Games

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Main story

12h 40m
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Main story + extras

20h 5m
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37h 38m
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Summary

Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment. For the first time, players are put at the heart of their very own gangster movie, and let loose in a fully-realised 3 dimensional city, in which anything can happen and probably will. With a cast of hundreds, 50 plus vehicles, ranging from sports cars to ice cream trucks and from boats to buses, 3 hours of music, including opera, reggae, house, drum and bass, pop and disco, a huge array of street ready weapons and some of the seediest characters in video game history, Grand Theft Auto 3 is a sprawling epic which will show you that sometimes, crime can pay and sometimes it can pay you back. Available now for PlayStation2, Xbox, PC and Macintosh.

I wish Claude talked
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29 Oct 2022
It’s like Citizen Kane, of great historical significance,but eventually out of time.
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15 Apr 2023
GTA III Essentially utilizes The previous titles Formula but now With A big diffrence,Can you guess what it is?YES the cars get destroyed easier(And the game world is now in 3d,nothing important of note of course)
This game adds the variety of characters which were the most fashionable for the time being 2001, Fat short Italian mobster with balding proplem called Toni and living with his mom of course(classic).
Pleased to see More references to classic Mafia films such as godfather(salvatore Leone name is a reference to vito corleone name of course.)and Goodfellas(there's a poster called badfellas,look it up.)
In simple Terms GTA III is revolutionary;elaviting the whole industry not Only in terms Of 3d but in terms of Quality of life,i dare say no game had ever done what was accomplished here,the sensations of not knowing what could happen at an moment;now I'm not saying GTA III perfects this but the concept had never been so tangible before.
GTA III was te beginning of a new era with such iconic characters and all the references to The source material used,and the sarcastic tune is a Very fabulous touch.
Playing this game Feels like witnessing History going down,like nothing else could Match.
To summarize GTA III is the perfect classic GTA formula and if you don't want to play the first two III is the definitive experience in 3d
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16 Jan 2025
Played on: Playstation 4 (Standard)
Version: Playstation 4
Edition: Digital

I remember playing the shit out of this as a kid. I guess I've become spoiled because I had a terrible time with the story, gameplay, & AWFUL controls. NPC dialogue stole the show.

Final verdict: Don't touch it
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03 Apr 2022
Despite the later games improving upon the formula this game presented, it's still a fun game even after more than 20 years. Only main gripe I have would be that the mini-map proves to be really unhelpful especially during certain missions that are on a timer.
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21 Dec 2024
First Game on my PC
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21 May 2023
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