Grand theft auto iii 2001 series#
While they displayed the same traits that later brought the series great commercial success with GTA III – the freeform violence, the anarchic tone, the biting humor – their simple 3D tech just wasn’t up to snuff. All that the previous GTA games really had going for them was a certain “cool factor,” which is probably a big part of why they’re consigned to the same dustbin of gaming history as 2000’s ill-considered Frogger 2: Swampy’s Revenge. It’s easy to understand where Houser was coming from. “Our expectations were that we would make something that was really cool.”Ĭhasteness, Soda Pop, and Show Tunes: The Lost Story of the Young Americans and the Choircore Movement “Our expectations were not that it had to sell 15 million copies, it was that it had to do well,” said Dan Houser, in a rare interview conducted by video game news site IGN in 2011. While a parking garage might serve a mundane purpose to me and you, in Grand Theft Auto III‘s Liberty City, it’s just another way to get away from the cops.īefore October 2001, few people expected Grand Theft Auto III to become arguably the most influential game of the millennium – least of all Rockstar’s co-founders, brothers Sam and Dan Houser, now well known as the notoriously reclusive minds behind the acclaimed series. Even the structure I’m standing on seems a testament to this.
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They look like toy soldiers in a toy world, just begging to be knocked aside, perhaps by a sniper bullet or rocket-propelled grenade. Today, it looks almost embarrassingly artificial: a sea of muddled faces muttering the same stale lines, too-angular vehicles honking as they pass. I have a strong feeling that we'll get to know more about the Definitive Edition today itself since it's the anniversary.Perched high above the living, breathing city, as pedestrians shuffle by on their way to jobs that don’t exist, I survey the street down below. Rockstar said that these games, “will feature across-the-board upgrades including graphical improvements and modern gameplay enhancements for all three titles, while still maintaining the classic look and feel of the originals.”ĭoesn't that sound good already? Of course, things could go south if they don't do it properly but hey, I have my faith in Rockstar. Rockstar, the game developers behind this game have officially announced that these three GTA games namely, Grand Theft Auto III (2001), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City(2002) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) are getting a remaster and will be coming to current generation platforms later this year in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Rockstar Games Launcher on PC. What's your favourite game or Character from the series? From Liberty City to Los Santos, I roamed them all. All I used to was roam in the car and listen to music back then.Įven today, I like to play GTA games for the gripping storyline, character arcs, the radio stations, and the lively gameplay.
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I still remember the time when I was a kid, I used to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Vice city( Even though I wasn't supposed to). GTA III, the first-ever 3D GTA game was released on this date back in 2001 which makes today the 20th anniversary! How cool is that? Today, October 22nd is an important day for the Grand Theft Auto franchise. As already made a thread back in August about how nostalgic these games are and they're getting remastered, I just wanted to make a thread to highlight and celebrate this amazing occasion.