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 | Title : Grand Theft Auto 3
Author : Rockstar Games
Release Date : 20020521
Binding : CD-ROM
Regular Price : $29.99
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Editorial Reviews :
With Grand Theft Auto III, Rockstar proves that not all developers are concerned with toning down the violence in their games. This sequel is even more bloody, violent, and sadistic than its popular predecessors, offering up an enormous 3-D city in which nearly any criminal act is possible. Players are free to steal cars, beat up the local population for their money (or weapons), make time with prostitutes, or simply roam to their heart's content. Those seeking more structure can embark on dozens of plot-driven missions or steal cars that let them play minigames. Nab a cop car and go on vigilante missions. Grab a cab and play a deadly version of Crazy Taxi. Take a fire truck and earn money putting out fires. The game just never gets boring.
As in real life, there are consequences for your criminality. As your random acts of mayhem mount up, the police start hounding you, eventually calling in SWAT trucks, the FBI, and even the army if you continue down the path of destruction. Shaking these pursuers is easily the most fun part of the game, especially when a bunch of friends are packed in the room to witness your narrow escapes.
Grand Theft Auto III is fine-tuned to near perfection in every category. All the vehicles, from slick sports cars to lumbering dump trucks, handle exactly as you'd expect and smash apart realistically when abused. The three islands in the game are rendered in terrific detail considering their size, and are packed with traffic, pedestrians, and hidden jumps. The audio is equally amazing. Pedestrians talk, cops scream at you, and you can tune in nine different radio stations whenever you are in a car. It all adds up to a monumental achievement: the rare console game for adults that manages to get everything right.
Buyer Reviews :
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. :)
(by treyrandom)
Features/Technical Specs :
* WARNING: this game has been rated 'Mature' by the ESRB for violent and sexual content, and is inappropriate for anyone under 17
* Enhanced version of the stylish, violent, irreverent, free-form PlayStation2 crime-spree game
* Play an escaped convict working his way up the underworld hierarchy on a mission of revenge
* High resolution textures, enhanced sounds, and accelerated 3D graphics make GTA3 PC look and sound much better than the PS2 version
* Custom character skin feature lets you put yourself--or anything else--in the game
* MP3 player lets you play your own tunes from any stolen car
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