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Summary: Long, Complex and Outstanding.
Review: This game is certainly worth its money. Despite its high price tag this game is worthwhile. It is long and will take the best gamers a while to beat, especially with the options for Vigilante, Fire, Taxi and Medical sub-missions. Those who like Crazy Taxi will enjoy this game too; all one has to do is carjack a taxi and then can play the virtual equivalent of Crazy Taxi to their heart's content. Multiple perspectives in the view and remarkable level of detail only add to the enjoyment of this game. The rich and detailed world of Liberty City is alone worth exploring for its artistry but the fun of attempting to locate "Hidden Packages" adds a useful motivation to explore and appreciate it. This game is a must have for hard core gamers in search of a game that will last for more than just a month or two, providing multiple challenges (jumps, racing, physical puzzles and good old fashioned gang warfare) strongly resisting the inevitable defeat all games face from persistent gamers!
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Summary: the best of the best
Review: Although this game is not allowed in my house because it is so bad, i still have it anyway because i downloaded it. This game has it all, cars, guns, good storyline, cool missions. Most 9of the time for what i do is i dont really do the missions. you can just ride around in cars and do lots of fun like-go off insane jumps, kill people, get into fights, and get into police chases, and more. i would highly recommend this game to anyone who is allowed to have it or just sneak it in- like me.My name is not really bonfruitus yeltson. I am not russian.
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Summary: Stinks! Stinks Bad!
Review: This game must have been made for mindless teenagers, all it consists of is mindless violence with no plot or story, I think it stinks, to top it off it does not work at all on Windows 95 and works [poorly] on Windows 98, on XP its choppy and slow, the violence is crude and I think it sends a bad message to kids or anyone with a weak mind that plays it, I suggest getting Max Payne, and least in Max Payne although having some realistic violence is not as crude and badly produced as this monstrosity.
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Summary: I 'heart' mayhem.
Review: If you either own a t-shirt that bears this logo, or should, then this is a game for you. Those wicked people at Rock Star Games have produced a divine orgy of criminality and carnage with a sane control scheme, wonderful visuals, and (YES!) radio stations.However, a caveat for the squeamish: if you flinch during Hong Kong action movies; if you are repulsed by the cultural obsession with the Mafia and crime; if you feel that wanton disregard for human life, the law, and even common decency are wrong even in the confines of an artificial gaming environment, then don't waste your money. Otherwise, plug in, grab a bat, and get muggin'.
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Summary: One of the greatest driving games out there
Review: The earlier developers of GTA and GTA2 weren't too successful in the pride of their games, but that has been finally resolved in which a new Grand Theft Auto has been engaged, a fully 3-D capable game where you can view straight ahead instead of looking down. This reform has strived Rockstar Games to their peak. Three, interactive cities. Now, we're talking some big downtown areas, people! The first city is wonderful, capable of discovery, and unending realism. Oh darn, getting chased by three die-hard cop cars?? Head for the el-train (an overhead mini train), go out of your car, and head into the train, where you will say "sweet!". Let me tell you, it's an awesome feeling escaping them that way. You've got bridges, boats, el-trains, subways, roads, highways, hills....even airplanes!!; it's basically everything you have ever wanted in a driving game!! And all this is functionable or accessible! Textures for the buildings, physical features are good. But only one problem. Slow down. Once you unlock the second city, and head into the downtown area, you'll notice an apparent amount of drag in the speed of the frame rate. But that's only a pretty minor flaw. Missions will get tougher, though--they're your only key to unlocking the next cities. You'll deal with some characters, or big shots from Manhattan. Sound is pretty good I must say though. Like turning on the fire siren and the horn, or using the tank to blast a cop car to oblivion. Every mission is exciting because you get to discover something new--it's adrenaline-pumping Also, while playing the game, are you low on cash? Find an ambulance, fire truck, taxi driver, limo driver, police car, or any other authoritive vehicle and you can enter missions that allow you to, say like if you're in a fire truck; you are allowed to put out vehicle fires and get paid for it! Another great feature in this game. Why only four stars? Well, graphics, gameplay, sound, value are all very realistic, the slowdown flaw does get annoying sometimes. Don't get leery though. Get this game if you're a major fan of midtown madness (another pc game), or just plain destruction, and I mean destruction! It's suitable for anybody who loves to drive around in big cities, going into underground trains, or going into a boat and into the new city.
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Summary: really good concept...but weak gameplay
Review: I guess the best way to describe the game is by listing it's strong points and weak points...I'll
start with the weak points so i can finish on a positive note :p... WEAK points:
1) the ambulance missions can be rather buggy... hard to say much without spoiling a little
bit of the game... let's just say that since these missions in particular are randomly
generated...sometimes they are literally uncompletable (ie stuff behind walls or in tunnels
that are physically impossible to reach). 2) the combat system in the game is very flimsy... movement is too limited and choppy
control-wise (not graphics-wise)... 3) a lot of times missions feel more like obstacle courses than real gang movie type roleplay...this was one of my bigger disappointments... I thought it would be sort of an interactive gang movie type thing... but really it's just a "drive over checkpoints to win points" type thing that's been spiffed up a bit :/... which leads to point #4 4) not enough uses for all the weapons you can get... the selection is big, but there's not
really anything beneficial to use them for, which I found disappointing... 5) movement can be stiff and unforgiving, which can be very annoying at times. For
example, if you jump too close to an object, he just stands there looking at it for like 3
seconds =/ (no exaggeration! he just stands there waving his arms for about 3 seconds before
you can do anything again!)... That's just one of several things... it gets really annoying 6) there are quite a few bugs (like #1) that prevent you from fully completing some parts of the game... very frustrating indeed 7) There is a police dispatcher voice, which IMHO is the worst gameplay design blunder in the entire game... the monotone, robot-like dispatcher voice goes off with EVERY SINGLE little thing you do...and you can't turn it off, unless you turn off your computer's speakers *shrug*...but then you lose all the other sound effects too... Anyway, as you can see, the gameplay design in this game is very amateur - almost feels like it was put together by a bunch of teenagers (no offense of course...not all teenagers would do such a poor job...some I'm sure would do a great job :)...
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And now the STRONG points: 1) the world is insanely detailed...very fun to explore 2) the character is customizable with bitmap skins so if you are good at photo editing and
stuff you can use anyone's picture on the character ;) 3) If you can look past the obscenity of the game it really is more like watching the
Simpsons. Ie, a spoof of real life problems and stereotypes. I'm not judgemental of
violence/profanity/poor-taste in games, for various reasons, but even so I think they do get carried away a
few times, but still, there are certainly a lot of laughs in the game... 4) there are a lot of secrets that you can find... Unlike in many other games it's actually fun
looking for the secrets in this game. I did find a bug however that prevented me from getting all the secrets, because the game would freeze at that point even after reinstalling... this was...very frustrating... so to conclude, GTA3 is very rich in detail, and has lots of laughs/humor (jokes, making fun
of stereotypes...that kind of stuff)... but there are a lot of little annoyances in the game that
get on your nerves, unless it's just me and my short temper :p ...
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Summary: Response to Critics - in brief
Review: Yes, GTA3 glorifies violence and sleaze. Yes, aside from emergency vehicle missions, it has few redeeming values. It may encourage a thug mindset. No, it does not encourage real-world violence. Unlike most virtual violence, like that blamed for Columbine, GTA3 has no overwhelming sense of being hunted or you vs. the masses. It is almost impossible to prolong the most dangerous warning levels unless you are completely safe from harm. What GTA3 gives that most violent games and movies lack is a sense of control and security rather than paranoia. It is possible to play much of the game without violence, and you have choices as to how violent you choose to make some missions. Other missions are entirely peaceful, if not entirely clean. Hidden packages, my favorite part, give you weapons, but in and of themselves are harmless. Unique jumps and insane stunts require no kills and encourage you not to violently damage 'your' car. Do not say that the game only teaches violence. It teaches what you choose to get out of it, but it is ultimately more rewarding to play the game with at least a little violence and sleaze. Playing without violence (sleaze optional) is a very limited, one-to-two-star game. With minimal violence, only mission-required, it rates at least a three. If you are not overly squeamish about violence, even without unnecessary sleaze, the game rates at least a 5. It is a complex challenge, and never boring. If you ever run out of game-sponsored missions, you can easily make up your own. In response to "A gamer" in Oakland, CA USA who posted Dec. 31, 2001, with a one-star rating, I both play GTA3 and read the papers every day, and am generally considered well-balanced by anyone who knows me. I do believe that rap can have a violent effect: it sets you against the world. GTA3 doesn't. GTA3 sets you against small parts of the world, who are easily beaten, avoided, or convinced that you are of little interest to them. GTA3 teaches you that you can recover from most mistakes, if you know how. It also teaches that it gets significantly harder to recover as the mistakes get bigger.
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Summary: Just couldn't get into it.
Review: I played for several hours hoping to get hooked but I just was never able to. You get a mission, you drive around performing it, and then you get paid. You can freelance but that is even more boring. Running from the cops if fun the first few times but gets kind of old after a while. The scenery and free-flowing format is neat, but if all I want to do is drive around I can fill up my gas tank on the car three times for what the game costs and just go drive.
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Summary: Time to take a stand
Review: I'm no whiny "all this violence is bad" crackpot. However the people who designed this game crossed the line. A lot of us complain about the BS in the world and never do anything about it. Well you can do little things, like not pander to gaming companies who take a perfectly fun concept - stealin' cars and haulin' *ss and add such cheesy violence against women. I'm guessing the guys at 'Rockstar' don't get to go on many dates. Look I've got a little sister, and I don't want the boys at her school growing up playing games like this. The only way Rockstar will take the woman bashing out of their games is if we don't buy them till they do. So yeah, I want to buy this game, but I've played it, and I know what it's about. And I am voting with my dollars buy spending them elsewhere. When are you going to take a stand?
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Summary: Why Oh Why?
Review: Well I bought this game quite a while ago. So I installed it everything went fine and then Blamo! The game played rather poorly lagging up almost always . So I tinkered around with the graphic options and now it plays so-so. At times it still lags up for some unknown reason. It's not my computer because I'm above the recommended requirements in every category. I've played the game on the PS2 and personally I think that for playability the PS2 version is much better. The game itself is fine, but the fact that you have to deal with lag sours the deal. I've seen these problems occur on quite a few computers and no one really knows why it happens. I've contacted the tech support a few times about this, but they always give me the same answers and then stop responding to my emails. I've also seen this game play really well on a few systems too. So I guess it's a coin toss.
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