GRAND THEFT AUTO III N64 SERIES

GRAND THEFT AUTO III N64 SERIES

While I understand the controversy, and have my own doubts about the Grand Theft Auto series as a whole, I do enjoy playing this game. There’s no escaping the fact that the game glorifies violence and crime, but it does have its limits, and is just a video game (and a satirical one at that) and isn’t meant to be taken seriously. Grand Theft Auto III unsurprisingly caused a lot of controversy when it was released, because of the subject matter. Walking into weapons allows you to pick them up and use them, and you can even perform drive-by shootings by looking out of the side of a car while driving. While the game is somewhat cartoony it is extremely violent and the storyline and missions are all about breaking the law. 8-Ball introduces you to the Leone crime family and from there you embark on a series of linear missions where you have to earn their respect by completing jobs for them. In GTA3 you play an escaped convict called Claude who is sheltered by a fellow escaped convict called 8-Ball. You can stop any vehicle (by standing in front of it) and ‘jack’ it and drive it, which is a key part of the gameplay.

Grand Theft Auto III is considered to be a landmark open world video game and it takes place within the fictional Liberty City (loosely based on New York City), and which is populated by lots of people and vehicles – all of which can be interacted with. It was released in October 2001 via Rockstar Games and took the series in a whole new direction, with a third-person street view perspective, rather than the overhead view of the previous two games.

DMA Design‘s Grand Theft Auto III was where the GTA series really took off.

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