Grand Theft Auto III

"Grand theft auto returns in 3D"

Grand theft auto. Aye! Do you remember the old Grand theft Auto or the GTA2? Those games served your gaming needs with a lot of freedom. You could hijack any car and run and call chaos in the city with guns like crazy. Well here we go with GTA3, the same game and in 3D. If you played Driver then thats the general idea but much prettier and better. And if you miss the old GTA, there's the up to down camera to play it like the old ones. Let's investigate the game and find the score it deserves:

Graphics: 7/10
Graphics are good but a little old. You need a super PC to run it and you still get old graphics. At least there are slightly better than the ps2 version if you have a nice 3D card. Explosions are a little bad, people weak desighned but what do you expect from a huge game? We cant make everything great there. All the cars are pretty well desighned and there's a lot of cars in the game. The road in a grey place only. They could do great realistic road like the ones in Gran Turismo with today's capabilities. You feel like you are in a real city. Besides graphics and visuals dont make a game...

Sound: 10/10
Incredible sounds! You press the horns, police serins, you hear the pedestrians yell at you and say different things, lots of radio stations and fantastic songs. You can even create your own radio station and drag mp3 in a file to hear them in the game. Amazing!

Gameplay: 8/10
Gameplay is not bad. I could give it a 7/10 because of the lack of the playstation 2 controller, Dual Shock 2. Its pretty bad with the keyboard. But it went back to 8/10 because it has something new, the First Person shooter control where you can shoot and move like in First Person shooter game using the mouse. In general gameplay is not realistic. Use of weapons are not realistic either. Cars tun very easily and its not like in real life. But that what makes a game fun right?

Lifespan: 10/10
FREEDOM! Yes imagine you being in a city and doing anything your heart desires. Steal cars, kill people, kill cops, cause mayhem and chaos etc etc. There are 70 missions in total + extra ones, there are rampages, unique jumps, taxi missioms, paramedic missions, firefighter missions, vigilante missions, hidden packages and more. It will take you ages to finish it 100%. And if you do you can still wonder around in the city. Sweet!

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Multiplayer?
No! :(

Should i get this if i already have the Playstation2 version?
No! Its the S-A-M-E game. You will be dissapointed. You also need a monster PC to play it smoothly. If you have a monster PC and a Playstation2 i still reccomend to get it on Playstation2 because of the controller. If you have a special Dual Shock2 on your PC and a monster PC and a PLaystation2 then get it on PC

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Overall score (not average):
9/10

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 06/02/02, Updated 06/02/02