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Summary: Only minor glitches, great concept
Review: You can pretty much sum the game up in one word: fun. Prepare to lose some sleep. There are few games that give you this much freedom to do pretty much whatever you want. Although the missions in the beginning are very very easy, as you progress in the game they will become much more difficult and interesting. I've read some of the other reviews, and there are a lot of complaints about performance. I have a 1.4 GHz Athlon, GeForce4 MX 440, and 512 MB of RAM on Windows 2000, a system that won't exactly knock your socks off with performance, but I had no problem with the game crashing and get excellent frame rates on 1024x768x32. If you have only 128 or 256 MB of memory, you should terminate all your background tasks, otherwise it'll be accessing the hard disk too much and that will slow you down a lot. Otherwise get DirectX 8.1 and download the latest drivers for your video card. If you're still using a Voodoo or a GeForce2 then it's obviously time to acquire some newer technology, so you may be out of luck.
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Summary: Takes GTA2 to the logical next level
Review: This game has been an absolute joy to play (even as I curse while my jacked car flips over as I head off a cliff). The graphics are well done - I really feel as if I am a part of a small city. The physics of driving, in my opinion, are pretty good - the cars handle as you might expect, with speedy, agile sports cars and sturdy, slow delivery trucks. The missions are enticing - I find myself constantly telling myself, "Okay, just one more mission... one more mission...then I can go to sleep." I'd highly recommend purchasing any game this addictive and well written. XP users - fear not. If your game starts with solid blocks where text should be, get the patch that is linked from several of the GTA3 fan Web sites... it's pretty easy to find. Additionally, if you have a decent video card (I've got a GeForce 3 Ti200), turn off the trails feature (I think that's what it's called). The game will look much cleaner. Finally, finish many of the package collections, unique jumps, rampages, taxi runs, ambulance runs, fire missions and vigilante missions before you do the hired missions. Otherwise, they'll be more difficult because some of the gangs (for example, the Triads in Portland City) will be extremely angry with you and try to kill you as you do these side missions. Of course, this has been a Random opinion. :)
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Summary: FUN+
Review: This game is fun you can do anything you want ill name em: -Beat up people
-Jack cars
-Blow up cars
-Smash cars
-stand on cars
And many more this game is just great so im gonna give it 5 stars
For bein da BOMB!
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Summary: Liberty City Never Looked Better on the PC!
Review: after having played GTA3 a lot on the PS2, my expectations were high for the PC version. the biggest difference you will notice is the increased quality of graphics. be sure to change the resolution to 1024x768 to make sure all the jaggies are gone. you will also notice enhanced lighting effects as well as an overall improvement which makes liberty city feel even more real. besides graphics, the gameplay is basically the same as the PS2 as one would expect. however, some of the cool features include skinnable characters and the ability to add your own MP3s to the radio station while you're cruising around. i thought the MP3 feature was overrated before i bought the game, but after having used this feature, i won't listen to the other radio stations anymore. just imagine cruising around the red light district while listening to tupac's "all about u" and you will know what i mean. the sound is also noticeably better than on the PS2 version because of true stereo surround. i have a sony tv, but for some reason it just sounds better on the PC speakers because you can actually hear sounds move from left to right and vice versa and this definitely makes a difference from a gameplay perspective. there are also supposed to be extra missions, but i haven't gotten up to them yet. overall, i'd recommend the PC version of GTA3. support rockstar games and don't pirate the game!
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Summary: groundbreaking
Review: GTA3 has earned much praise for its open-ended mayhem style of play. You can steal all varieties of cars, trucks etc, kill people in limitless ways and break most everything. I am not usually a fan or this genre (preffering more realistic first-person stuff) but when my little brother and I stayed up till 4am playing GTA:Vice City on his new Playstation2 and my stomach hurt the next day from laughing so hard, I decided to buy GTA3 (since they don't make Vice City for the PC). I have played the game much since and have finished it many times. Sure the game is violent but the novelty of that all wears off quickly. If the game were only shooting heads off of innocents and picking up prostitutes it would lose its appeal to even the most twisted players in minutes. What has really floored me about this game is its extremely vast playing environment. I am amazed at the detail that rockstar games has managed to stuff into a game that runs very smoothly on even older systems. The graphics in GTA3 are not cutting edge by any means but drive up to the cliff above the Staunton View Picnic Area in Shoreside Vale, get out of the car and you will be amazed. You can see the whole city laid out before you. Jets turn in the sky on their final approach to the airport. The Shoreside lift bridge raises and lowers on schedule. Places where you've been are easily recognized. The imaginative creators of GTA3 have put together an amazing game that only scratches the surface of what is surely to come in the future. There is so much to see and do in this game. Drive around looking for places to launch your stolen car off of (many of which cause the game to cut flawlessly to a cinema-style slow motion sequence of you going off the jump). The police "vigilante" mission segments (steal a police car and you can drive around in high speed chases trying to kill bad guys)could easily be sold as a stand alone game. I hope Rockstar Games has noticed what it has accomplished in GTA3 and continues to improve on its ingenious and limitless premise.
Buy this game. You will not be dissappointed.
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Summary: Goodfellas...with a pulse!
Review: In this game, you play a lowly thief, left for dead, but now you've been set free and with the right connections to mobsters, gang leaders, and corrupt business people, you can somehow manage to survive after stealing cars, running red lights, and doing whatever you have to do in order to survive.
In GTA 3, if you look closely you can see a movie poster that says "Badfellas", obviously poking fun at the mafioso hit "Goodfellas". Well, in this you're a psychotic, murdering nut job looking to survive by any means necessary. It's just like "Goodfellas", with a pulse!
On a serious note, the stylish story line only adds to the many games that Rockstar has written up. The quarky characters, revenge-driven protagonist, and amazing idea of succeeding in crime or just running a muck...it goes beyond words.
I'm just an average H.S. student, but I'll tell you one thing that doesn't take much thought...in comparison to Vice City, Manhunt, and Midnight Club, this is one of the only original concepts I've seen come out of Rockstar Games. I love their work, but to me it seems Midnight Club is to Fast and the Furious as Manhunt is to the Running Man...and ultimately Vice City is to Scarface and Miami Vice. Now if you want a good storyline in a Rockstar, ultra violent game, go with GTA 3, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, or the upcoming Red Dead Revolver.
THE ONLY FAULT I COULD FIND IN THIS GAME IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS MAIN CHARACTER IS? WHAT DO I CALL HIM? FIDO? That's what made Vice City just a little bit better, a humanized character, not just a emotionless, ruthless, killer in a leather jacket. IF I WANTED THAT I COULD HAVE BOUGHT TERMINATOR 3, RISE OF THE MACHINES.
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Summary: Be the thug...
Review: I enjoyed playing Grand Theft Auto 3, and have since moved on to GTA: Vice City, the game which suceeded it. GRAPHICS: If you have a top-of-the-line graphics card, the game's quality is so-so. Before you buy, remember that GTA3 needs 8 megabytes of video memory, and I cannot play the game on my relatively new computer now because this is used up very quickly. CHALLENGE: This is a difficult game if you don't use cheats, which most people do. The missions must be done a certain way, and often you will get lost not knowing what to do. Mind you, you want some difficulty don't you? FUN: Good enjoyment value. What could be better than driving around shooting people for no apparent reason? STORYLINE: Pretty poor, a gangster looking for revenge after being betrayed, but he never really gets it! ORIGINALITY: Odd-job guy, works for the highest bidder and does anything without really thinking twice. Wow, breaking gorund there. VALUE: GTA3 has long life value, as you can go around collecting hidden packages or being a cabbie on the side, so as adding a few hours more to the experience. Once you finish the missions, you could always try and do it again without cheats (you won't be able to resist the first time). MUSIC: Fantastic range of buolt-in radio stations, plus the option of including your own MP3 collection for personalised listening while on a job. OVERALL: Good game, with the best thing being the gamepay and the worst being the poor graphics. Gets broing after the first time you beat it, but all-in-all GTA3 is a modern PC classic and well worth the price.
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Summary: very cool game! I'm only 10 years old!
Review: I'm getting this game and some people say its for adults! NOT! From the other reviews I think this game is the BOMB! I'm also getting vice city. I"M playing vice city first. Go get this game on ebay. It's really cheap. I'm getting this game and vice city for only 10 bucks! The shipping and handling is $2.50. Thats really cheap compared to all the other shipping costs. Nice killing.
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Summary: very cool game! I'm only 10 years old!
Review: I'm getting this game and some people say its for adults! NOT! From the other reviews I think this game is the BOMB! I'm also getting vice city. I"M playing vice city first. Go get this game on ebay. It's really cheap. I'm getting this game and vice city for only 10 bucks! The shipping and handling is $2.50. Thats really cheap compared to all the other shipping costs. Nice killing.
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Summary: Same thing, but on PC, with a few inhancements
Review: Betrayed, screwed over, and left to take the bum rap by the woman you once proudly called the love of your life, you're now seeking sweet, sweet revenge. No, it's not a game based on my first love, it's Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 3; now back on the PC where it rightfully belongs...and it's going to rock your world all over again. GTA 3, more than any other game, set the tone for the direction that the gaming industry is headed in. This review will assume that you have not been living under a rock for the past year, and are somewhat familiar with Grand Theft Auto 3 in all it's goodness. To sum it up for those not in the know, (i.e., heathens) in GTA 3, you're a thug for hire, and you can do anything you want to. You can kill, you can maim, you can slaughter, and you can run people down, all at your convenience. You can pick up and pay prostitutes for "extra health", only to beat them down with a baseball bat and take your cash back once the deed is done. You can make extra money by trying your hand at being an ambulance driver, fireman, taxi driver, or bounty hunter, all of whose segments could easily have been packaged as a separate game on their lonesome. You can do all of this, and not even touch on the main quests, which requires that you work for various criminal organizations. But alas, even these can be done at your own pace, or not at all.
Fellow editor Sam Dornan did a superb job of explaining what makes GTA 3 so enthralling in his review of the PS2 version, so read that, or the listings of the countless magazines and websites that have named GTA 3 "Game of the Year" if you still need convincing. This review will focus mainly on how the PC version does the impossible: improves on it. The first notable improvement over the PS2 original is one that could not be helped due to the limitations of the console hardware. Though absolutely stunning on both platforms, it's on the PC that GTA 3 truly shines graphically, provided your system has the muscle for it. Vehicles and character models are much better detailed with higher poly counts. Remember the signs scattered around town that you couldn't read due to the blurred textures? Thanks to the increased resources of the PC platform, dedicated players can drive around looking for all the signs scattered around the city such as "Monica's fine cigars", and "24 hour orgy, free buffet". While the PS2 was limited in what it could do, the sky's the limit on the PC, with "sky" being a synonym for "your graphics card and CPU". GTA 3 adds a couple of features that take advantage of the PC's storage capabilities and, while relatively minor, these added bonuses definitely add to the overall experience. You can now make your own custom radio station by adding any music files you have on your computer to the "mp3" folder in the game directory. Modders can easily create custom skins by editing the main player skin in any commercial paint program. As of now, at least 100 skins are available on the web, ranging from Eminem to Spiderman. Sadly, the much-hyped modding tools are nowhere to be seen, at least straight out of the box. While custom soundtracks and skins are all well and good, the greatest improvement over the PS2 game, and what makes the PC version of GTA the definitive one, is the refined targeting system: in essence, you now aim/look with the mouse, and run with the keyboard. Think Max Payne, or any PC shooter, and you get the idea. You now have complete control over your character, and can pinpoint an enemy out of a crowd from a good distance away without a sniper rifle or M16, while an onscreen crosshair removes any guesswork as to where your bullets will land...as long as the physics aren't off (Don't expect a pistol shot to land as far as a sniper bullet). As if to prove this point, Rockstar toggled hit-specific damage on by default: if you hit an arm, the arm will fly off. Hit the head at the right angle with a high-powered weapon, it too will come off. Even with the "gore code" on, the console version never got this bloody. This new targeting system makes the game gorier than its console brethren, which provides yet another incentive to pick up the PC version, even if you've played the PS2 original. Perhaps the only flaw to be found in the game is the fact that it takes a while to get used to driving with a keyboard and mouse. But even that is relatively easy once you sit down and play for a while. GTA 3 truly remains "easy to learn, hard to master". Politicians, Christian groups, and parents alike have bashed GTA 3. But Rockstar Games has given them all the finger, and you should too, especially now that what some consider the greatest game ever created is that much closer to perfection. Just make sure your system's got what it takes, kid.
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