This is one of the best gaming videos on TH-cam, not only due to the depth but also the quality. For a nine hour video, this had me interested the whole way through.
Damn, every once in a while, the algorithm dumps pure gold into my recommended. Only 15 minutes in, but I absolutely love your style of storytelling. Looks like I've found a new channel to binge.
Now THIS is a person who understands the fucking assignment. Give me passionately-made videos that offer as much depth as possible. The longer the better.
slackjawed loser doesnt understand that someone who is good at writing would be able to condense their point into a video that is less than 9 hours long
Just watched this whole video. This is what TH-cam was made for. I can see that you made this video for fun, and not money. Well written, well narrated and well edited. Amazing work.
i mean he probably did it for both, and theres nothing wrong with an artist wanting some money for such a massive amount of research and work. channels like these should make money, not some logan paul dogshit.
Speaking of money, Hey remember when, a bunch of people remastered all of half life, and instead of valve suing them, they instead allowed it to be on steam under the name Black Mesa, which was known as a good remaster, can’t have that kind of stuff at Rockstar Games, all it is is…Take Two! Sue Sue Sue! Sorry I thought money could connect to the Sue line.
Nothing crazy about that, they milked 5 Online hard and still are, that's why it's taking so long, why waste millions on a new game when you can just milk 5 Online for everything it's worth. They were planning to make dlc for 5 like they did for 4 but since 5 Online is so successful they canceled it. What's ironic about all that is that in 2014, 5 Online was close to failing but then it really took off for some reason.
@@TheDennys21 Online being a cash cow has nothing to do with gta 6 and I have no idea where people get that from. Gta online will never make as much money as gta 6 will. It's naive and stupid to think that gta onlines success has anything to do with gta 6. When gta 6 comes out you'll see why it took so long. The DLC getting scrapped has nothing to do with gta online they just used some ideas from them and possibly some assets(doubtful but possible) please stop spreading misinformation and blaming gta online for everything.
The amount of time and effort that goes in to a project like this cannot be understated. Serious kudos for being able to put something like this out and having it maintain a monumentally high level of quality all the way through. Tried to look through your channel for other socials/contact information, but I couldn't see anything, you should update that whenever you get the chance. Although I imagine you've probably got limited time between editing and sleeping, haha.
@Frigo Pie are you being sarcastic? i genuinely cant tell lol. for me, a retrospective this long is great as its very in depth and provides a lot of content in just one video. i can also just watch it in segments.
@Frigo Pie not to mention it's unnecessarily long because he just keeps reciting the plot line of the whole ass game. This is worse than watching a let's play. At least a lets play is an experience, this is more like reading a couple Wikipedia pages on Ketamine
i just finished it. The fact that you were able to make a 9 hour video, mantaining a high level of quality and entertainment throughout is honestly inspiring. Amazing video, congrats man
It's crazy how big the story of San Andreas was. I remember like most of us, couldn't BELIEVE how much bigger the map actually was. Once the countryside became available, to look at the map and see there's still San Fiero AND Las Venturas left to explore? Mind blowing to many of us at that age.
The fact I can put this on to listen to falling asleep and wake up the next morning and it still be in is incredible. I respect this a lot must have been a lot of work
The original GTA had the physical maps inside the game case. It really added to the immersion as a child, to be able the hold the maps in your hands and see them as closely or as far as you liked at any time, was awesome!
Quick correction: Los Santos isn't based on Hollywood. It's based on all of Los Angeles, with different neighborhoods being represented. Hollywood is represented as Vinewood, Compton is represented as Ganton, etc.
Just wanted to say i really appreciated this video, got me through a 10 hour shift at work. You made some very thoughtful points about all of these games and a lot of us grew up sinking hundreds of hours between the 3d era and HD era of games. It was cool learning about the first 2 games and where grand theft auto achieved it’s footing and watching this video has motivated me to download and play GTA 3 again. Couldn’t imagine the amount of time it took to make this but it is much appreciated!
The 90's LA area was also more smoggy than it is today, like really bad. It was probably added to help loading and RAM management honestly, but the LA area back then was simply more orange tinted than it is today, so it fits the timeline of the game.
Fellating R* hard with that take lol. Even if LA was foggy in the 90s and you couldn't see at times because of the massive amounts of orange fog, that would not be necessary to include anyways as San Andreas isn't even a real place. It's a fictional amalgamation of several American cities such as Las Vegas, San Francisco, and ofc Los Angeles. Also, that issue mainly is with the PS2 version of the game, and to prove my point further it is possible to replicate with mods but only those with nostalgia for the PS2 copy play with that mod.
1:10:41 - fun fact: the Tanner character is actually a dig by Rockstar towards the Driver franchise, as they gave him a female walking animation. Asuka also mentions he's "useless without his car". Sometime later the new Driver game had a character who was named Tommy Vermicelli who I think couldn't swim.
Yeah I played the driver games cuz my parents wouldn't get gta. Obviously the inferior game lmao. Though, tanner is the main character throughout the whole series. Tanner could swim in driver 3 if I remember correctly. I kinda miss those games for the nostalgia, but in hindsight they suck ass
@@thatboy799 i guess if you play driver expecting it to be like gta then you'll be disappointed, the thing with driver was that it's whole focus was on the driving. it's honestly kind of weird to compare the two series since they basically have nothing in common besides letting you drive around in realistic settings. driver's vehicle handling beats gta any day for me though, the sounds of the tire screeches are so satisfying
@@quackmasterson5128 As a kid who wasn't allowed to play GTA I would compare them. Now that I have played both series' I enjoy both fir their own reasons. GTA is great for playing gangster. Driver is great for playing getaway driver. Driver San Fransisco is utterly underrated, I hate that Ubisoft has completely delisted it from online stores. Though it certainly isn't the same as the first couple games. My favourite GTA is definitely 4 for it's physics and the DLC. The driving, shooting, and overall realism is superior to 5 imo, but I can see why they made it less realistic in that game.
@@thatboy799 >"Obviously the inferior game lmao." You probably still see these games from a perspective of a salty kid who was denied playing GTA. But as driving games, especially for their time, Driver was pretty damn cool. Driver 1 was easily the most advanced driving game of its time and it was a joy to play. But I agree that when these games started mimicking GTA with Driver 3, the series went downhill. But then Driver San Francisco came out and, well let's say that it's still on of my favorite driving games ever released. I play it to this day. (And yeah, as SuperStriker mentioned, it's a shame how Ubisoft treats it.)
Now THIS is how you do a full series retrospective. Hats off to you my guy, this took me about 2 weeks to fully get through, but it was so worth it. Amazing job.
GTA 4 was my second favorite grand theft auto game, just behind vice city. I loved the way the cars handled and the gritty tone. I really hope they make another realistic GTA game just like it.
Yeah, the cars handled PERFECTLY in GTA IV. I honestly hate when people say it's "contentious" or "stiffy". Absolutely the best driving, I hate what they done with GTA V in that aspect.
@@Mush7me too. I think the response from most fans after Gta 4’s realistic driving that in gta 5 they took it to the opposite too literally. There must be a sweet spot that it looks realistic and feels easy to control that they should implement in gta 6
Gta 4 will forever be my favourite, the story was fantastic, the world was amazing, the police were the best they've ever been and while the driving was polarising their is no other game in the franchise that matched the level of fun as getting a police hummer and going on a rampage
I love the ragdoll in this game, you can squeeze your trigger while ragdolling and shoot yourself ^^ You can also see sometimes weapons firing themselves on impact when they get dropped, it was sometimes very fun, especially with the RPG. I loved all those little realistic details in the 4, if GTA V didn't fleshed this out I said it is the best game ever but...
Yeah, the cars handled PERFECTLY in GTA IV. I honestly hate when people say it's "contentious" or "stiffy". Absolutely the best driving, I hate what they done with GTA V in that aspect.
Literally bro going back and playing GTA 4 made me realize how trash Gta 5 is. And sure as Sht some of the people who worked on 4 didn’t work on 5 and it shows. 5 his terrible
2:04:30 - In the mission where you steal the tank you can follow them for a while and eventually the convoy stops because the tank driver gets tasked with buying donuts or something silly like that. This gives you an opening to quickly run it and steal it and the rest of the convoy becomes completely defenseless against you in the tank. Great stuff.
Yea i heard about that trick i didnt know it was possible til a friend actually did it and i tried as well it was really funny and goofy at the same time that it was possible
Been a fan since gta 3 when I could barely read (my parents were very loose with what I played but theyre great for that lmao) and this was a great analysis of all the games! A lot of work was put into this video and I’m glad it’s getting the proper attention it deserves, cheers homie!
All amazing expansions, each in their own way (although IDK London 1969 / Advance personally): Chinatown Wars used the touch-screen amazingly, and did an excellent "handheld game." VCS and LCS, revived old stories by adding to them, and nailed the "console experience on handheld." TLAD did the biker story so well, and took great advantage of LC. TBOGT had so much excitement- it's like the "more realistic" GTA V Online.
As a kid I remember skipping through all the cutscenes to the action. As I got older I definitely learned to appreciate the story and lore for its depth and creativity. Shoutout to the teams behind these games bro.
Insane video. Can’t express how much I love looking into video games’ history, and can’t wait for gta 6. I hope that gta 7, in a few decades, is set in a completely new and unexpected cities though.
9+ hours. This is probably the best retrospective I've seen thus far. I don't even want to know how much time went into editing, scripting and getting all the footage done. Great job!
I loved the boneyard/desert airport so so much. It always felt so cozy and cool. I'd spend hours there, just flying around in my P51 ans flying. My favorite area of any game
I love that the editing stays consistantly good during the entire video! I can't even imagine how much time it took to record all of these games and edit it all down like that. And the raw footage must've been huge too!
GTA 3 actually had a lowrider car, the Yardie Lobo. The game never told you that you can bounce it and control the suspension but yeah, you could actually do it
5:30:55 the foreshadowing for michelle was actually done really well in 1 key moment at the beginning of the game. On the first date Niko comments on how everything in her house has the tags still on them. While michelle plays this off as her just being “clean” this small detail is actually brilliant. Since she is a government agent they set up her apartment so she could complete her job. Thats why all the stuff has tags because it was literally just created by the government to remove suspicion from people who entered. Like imagine saying you lived in the city for years but yet you have no furniture lol. Anyways thats just a detail you didn’t add in that i thought was pretty clever
literally just noticed this the other day. i can't believe after all this time i've never noticed that. 😂 it's such a cool detail that not many will realize even AFTER the reveal. Rockstar is really amazing when it comes to storytelling
I am blown away by the hard work and attention to detail in this video! Your narration and writing was surprisingly professional while also being entertaining. I rarely comment on videos but you deserve the praise for the work you put in. I’m sure if you keep up this kind of effort into your content then you’ll build the level of audience you deserve! Really great job on this man!
Great work! What hit the hardest for me was when you demonstrated the ambiance of gta 3. When you showed the npc’s random dialogue and the sounds of the city, it brought back so many memories from my childhood man; as im sure it did for a lot of other people. Theres just something so unique about these early gta titles that many openworlds fail to replicate even to this day
It’s a truly groundbreaking game. They could’ve just done simple open world, and even though people say it doesn’t hold up today, they got so many little things right in the first try, including that dialogue and NPC variety. You can also complete missions in so many different ways, seeing his gameplay and how it differs from my current play through is awesome. Back when rockstar wasn’t averse to players going off the beaten linear path to pass the game.
@@monkehp very solid points. I will say though, that the increased linearity has allowed them to create more complicated scripting which allows for more cinematic moments. However, this is a trade off, and I do share your sentiment in that I also miss the nonlinearity at times as well.
I’ve been watching this in parts over the past couple days, I’m halfway through the GTA V part, and I just want to say You put so, so, so much genuine effort into this retrospective, it’s very great and highly rewatchable! You’re awesome! 💛
I completed this video in span of a week. I slept through some of it, reversed and watched those parts again. It is eeriely similar to when I completed breaking bad, parks and rec, and other long tv shows. I am currently laying on my bed, watching at the time bar that says 9:19:25/9:19:25 and feel nothing but emptiness. It is a very weird feeling to just ask yourself, now what? Something about your work was truly mesmerising and fantastic. So much so, that I started playing gta 4 again ahah. I very much appreciate this kind of hard work and we all were able to enjoy it for free. Thank you so much.
I think, Trevor coming back isn't really about the heist, he realizes that Michael is his only friend. Like genuine friend, everyone else is just scared of him. So he comes back under the guise of the heist.
trevor literally comes back because of the heist "da big one" was the dream they had trevor had no problem leaving michael to die in the slaughterhouse
@@ryszakowy Trevor was just mad alright you would be pissed if someone you trust sold you out to be killed by the FIB and Michael wanted his friend killed I mean would you sell your friend out or stick by his side to the end.
@@corenasue I would absolutely leave 99.9% of people to shoulder the blame for anything. I've been screwed over by people I was foolish enough to trust too many times.
I hate that you missed this but, the precise reason why rider was killed off is that his voice actor left the project halfway through. Supposedly because of Rockstar's disrespect towards their voice actors and lack of pay. There is no dialogue in that mission between CJ and Rider, because they didn't have enough voice lines to assign to the character.
he didn't leave, this is was debunked by MC Eiht (Ryder's VA) himself. Rockstar told him that they had all the voicelines they needed, the direct quote from him was "that's all they wanted me to do". this misinformation has gone on long enough lmao
There’s actually a canon explanation for the different versions of the cities- there’s a 2D universe (gta 1 and 2), 3D universe (gta3 all the way to Vice city stories), and HD universe (gta 4 and beyond). All three are different timelines.
Thank you for putting these games in their proper perspective. GTA3 is still my favorite game ever, because of the huge leap they took. It was a truly insane jump.
Wow a 9 hour video from someone who has not a lot of subscribers shows how passionate (or how much free time you have lol) you are about the subject. Also is great to see the original two games getting some love and recognition, they always get skipped for no reason in these kind of restrospectives, they were great for the time and they are still pretty fun.
GTA4 was so amazing. I loved being in the world and it immersed me unlike any game I’d ever played. What I remember most however, is my agony trying to beat the game due to the lack of a save system in missions. I remember the controller throwing when I was 20 minutes into a mission, died, and had to go allllll the way back
The reason Zero’s “Supply Lines” mission is remembered as one of the hardest in GTA SA is because the original disk that was shipped had a bug. In the original version your fuel would even if you weren’t accelerating, making the mission that much harder
This deserves so many more views, likes and positive, encouraging comments. This video would have taken some serious time and commitment. If you fancy doing this for the entire Metal Gear series, I’ll be waiting here in two years when you release it 😁
Top quality video. 😌Played it on my phone, i fell asleep right after it started, slept for like 14 hours, phone was dead when i woke up. Shall watch again. I love when the narrator has a smooth and even pace. No sudden uneven jumpscares or loud noises.
I am biased because of nostalgia, but Chinatown Wars is underrated and deserves a play through just for how different it tries to be, in a good way. It has the GTA charm while managing to be an almost completely different experience
I remember playing the first GTA! Would of never imagine 10+ years later just how different and brilliant it would turn out to be. One day I hope we will get to have a GTA Europe, it would be off the scale
@@maxim196there's a lot to mock about European western cultures. I think a great place to start would be some ex Soviet Slavic countries in the modern day, so we can see what Nico ran from that made the bullshit in America less of a hassle.
I remember buying GTA 3 the day it came out (was a big fan of the isometric GTA 1 and 2). Firing it up was one of those rare, singular experiences that you know is going to change everything that comes after. Kinda like Dorothy going from black and white to technicolor in The Wizard of Oz.
I was really excited for GTA 3 and would talk it up at school. My friend, having briefly played GTA1 didn’t get my excitement. Well we went to my house the day GTA3 came out. He drove me to pick it up. I put it on and started playing and he was like 👀
I just had to comment to say how amazing this truly was, I often struggle with watching long TH-cam videos as I get easily distracted but this kept me hooked. You can clearly see the massive amount of time and effort that was put in to this and I’m so so glad that I watched it, such a highly researched and informative video and really well made. As a big fan of the GTA series for a long time I can’t compliment this enough, huge thanks and well done to Munt Chunk for this, amazing work!!!
I started watching this before bed last night. Fell asleep to it, woke up in the morning and it was still on. I'll continue to do this until I finish the whole thing.
I'm still only part-way through this video. Only Starting GTA IV but I gotta say, this is seriously one of my all-time favourite videos I've ever seen on TH-cam. You do a fantastic job going through mechanics and following it up with story beats and mission design. You good sir, absolutely deserve far far more subscribers. You're a damn inspiration.
4:51:06 - The Terraria Underground Theme had taken me by surprise an hour or so earlier, but man... when the Another Medium OST from Undertale started I got goosebumps. Loved the music choices all throughout, well done!
extremely underrated channel and literally deserves at least 100x more subscribers considering the amount of work going into the videos. keep up the good work.
The thing about standing next to cops long enough and they’ll eventually get mad and arrest you in GTA4 is absolutely realistic. There are videos of this exact same thing happening.
3:14:40 if I'm not mistaken, Rockstar has confirmed that there's 3 separate GTA universes. "2D universe" (GTA 1 and 2) "3D universe" (GTA 3 - SA) then the "HD universe" (GTA 4, 5, and possibly 6)
I Always came off with the feeling that Stretch had originally been a more important character with more gang/hood missions for franklin but at some point during production it all got scraped out and downgraded
Been chipping through this bit by bit. It feels like an entire documentary series!! INSANE quality and consistency over the whole 9 hours. Amazing work.
I think 4 has the best driving, just feels so satisfying once you master it. 5 is way to arcade-y, but I'm okay with that since the game tonally is much different from 4.
@TheGlassesPro Yes I know that one. There are mods available for PC players, it's just that the game is such a bad experience on the PC. I hope they Remaster GTA IV for PS4/5 or atleast give us a good running port.
When I started watching this retrospective I was merely a boy, now I’m a full grown man ready to take over the world with my lineage despite being considered a war criminal. Thanks Munt Chunk!
3:27:50 The weird anticlimactic death of Ryder, was actually due to a fallout between R* and the voice actor (rapper) MC Eiht, before finishing up his dialog. So they had to make up a new way for him to die while using whatever lines they had already got. They have since made up, and MC Eiht has been in both GTA V as himself as a radio guest. The more you know, right?
@@tibersulla2305 I've known it for a long time. My best guess would be just after original release. Surely people must have been confused about Ryder's weird and anticlimactic ending, even back then.
@@dannifugl3188 Even as a kid I sure noticed the anticlimactic end to my favorite character, but I never heard since then anything about a falling out between the actor and R*, although that's not surprising, not the first or second time this happened with R*.
@@tibersulla2305 exactly. And if even kids notice, I'm sure some journalists did too, and looked into it. But that's my guess. Can't remember when I read it :)
I am absolutely obsessed with introductory sentences for video essays. This video is about GTA specifically and it just starting with "video games are an incredibly complex and multifaceted form of media" which is giving bachelors thesis and I LIVE FOR IT
I don’t comment often on TH-cam but I had to. This video is fantastic! While it’s taken me about a week to get through, it’s the level of deep dive I love! I’m glad you didn’t sacrifice quality for a shorter video
I was 25 when I started watching this, got to the end and I'm 31 now. Well worth the watch!
Someone will not get the joke
YEP! I BEEN DRINKING AGAIN!
Fascinating that you grew 6 years in 3 months😂
There it is, someone who doesn’t understand the joke.
@@alimbis heh, you also didn't get the joke
I’m taking the day off work for this. I’m sure my boss will understand.
Lmao Still employed?
Great idea! These kinda videos are what vacation/sick time were made for!
I love videos like this cause I just listen to it while I'm working. Don't even really need to watch them lol
Cross fingers really
i’m currently watching this on my day off lol, i’m sure my boss will understand when i’m still watching it come my shift tommorow
This is one of the best gaming videos on TH-cam, not only due to the depth but also the quality. For a nine hour video, this had me interested the whole way through.
Damn, every once in a while, the algorithm dumps pure gold into my recommended. Only 15 minutes in, but I absolutely love your style of storytelling. Looks like I've found a new channel to binge.
Now THIS is a person who understands the fucking assignment. Give me passionately-made videos that offer as much depth as possible. The longer the better.
It's a shame he didn't include Vice City Stories though
slackjawed loser doesnt understand that someone who is good at writing would be able to condense their point into a video that is less than 9 hours long
Tiktok kids will never understand
Fck it they'd never even take the time to READ your comment
Disagree. More indepth does not mean better
@@xyronox cool
I'm a general contractor and listen to TH-cam videos while a work. This is literally a one stop shop Godsend.
Your hard work is noted. Subscribed.
Late reply but truuuue. Long video essays are just the best for the work. I always collect them in a playlist to listen to them haha
@@Appeeler98also late reply, but I definitely agree. This really helps with my shift!
2015 - Wow, this deep dive video is 30 minute long, that's amazing!
2018 - I freaking love these 2 hour video essays
2022 - Ok, we get it. Chill out!
I need a 24 hour video deep dive on the Harry Potter games
no don't chill out, it's great! the more the merrier, you don't *have to* watch it all in one go.
@@syok1107 Great for just listening to while working as well 👍
20 hour skyrim analysis
TH-cam is like, make three movies worth of content and we will pay you 60$
Just watched this whole video. This is what TH-cam was made for. I can see that you made this video for fun, and not money. Well written, well narrated and well edited. Amazing work.
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i mean he probably did it for both, and theres nothing wrong with an artist wanting some money for such a massive amount of research and work. channels like these should make money, not some logan paul dogshit.
@@edwardmora4200 Yeah that’s true, masterpieces like this one is, really do deserve money.
Speaking of money, Hey remember when, a bunch of people remastered all of half life, and instead of valve suing them, they instead allowed it to be on steam under the name Black Mesa, which was known as a good remaster, can’t have that kind of stuff at Rockstar Games, all it is is…Take Two! Sue Sue Sue! Sorry I thought money could connect to the Sue line.
Give this man whatever award this type of work warrants
I could spend 9 hours to do something useful, but I'm choosing to watch The ULTIMATE Grand Theft Auto Retrospective like a responsible adult
did you do it?
Wow how funny.. 🙁
@@andyyymp3 I watched it 3 times. It's an addiction.
@Ka7Aholic - exactly
when the quality of the entertainment you're watching is good, and its free then thats 9 hours spent well
I can't wait till people in the future look back at how we used to watch videos this long and think we were batshit insane.
"Only 9 hours? Here in the year 2035 we don't consider a video less than 12 hours an "analysis" let alone a "retrospective" smh"
@@BlackEyedJester here in 2047 we just upload all the info in this video directly into our brains in 2 nanoseconds
@@Inexpressable here in 2099 our alien superiors don’t allow us to use technology
I remember a few years ago thinking a 5 Hour review of _Season 2_ of the animated Justice League was long...
"Here in 2077, we're still waiting for GTA 6"
What’s crazy to me is that gta 3, vice city, San Andreas and gta 4 all came out in a shorter time frame than it’s take for gta 6 to release
Hell, from GTA 1 to GTA 4, that time frame is still slightly shorter than how long it takes GTA 6 to come out.
Nothing crazy about that, they milked 5 Online hard and still are, that's why it's taking so long, why waste millions on a new game when you can just milk 5 Online for everything it's worth. They were planning to make dlc for 5 like they did for 4 but since 5 Online is so successful they canceled it. What's ironic about all that is that in 2014, 5 Online was close to failing but then it really took off for some reason.
@@TheDennys21No...
@@JojoThePelican what do you mean no?
@@TheDennys21 Online being a cash cow has nothing to do with gta 6 and I have no idea where people get that from. Gta online will never make as much money as gta 6 will. It's naive and stupid to think that gta onlines success has anything to do with gta 6. When gta 6 comes out you'll see why it took so long. The DLC getting scrapped has nothing to do with gta online they just used some ideas from them and possibly some assets(doubtful but possible) please stop spreading misinformation and blaming gta online for everything.
Just editing this behemoth would've taken an enormous amount of time, let alone planning it out and compiling it together. Hats off to you!
The amount of time and effort that goes in to a project like this cannot be understated. Serious kudos for being able to put something like this out and having it maintain a monumentally high level of quality all the way through. Tried to look through your channel for other socials/contact information, but I couldn't see anything, you should update that whenever you get the chance. Although I imagine you've probably got limited time between editing and sleeping, haha.
@Frigo Pie then it’s not for you
@Frigo Pie are you being sarcastic? i genuinely cant tell lol. for me, a retrospective this long is great as its very in depth and provides a lot of content in just one video. i can also just watch it in segments.
@Frigo Pie The "ULTIMATE" part exists in the title for a reason, dude.
@Frigo Pie OH MY GOD SOMEONE IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH
THIS BULLSHIT IS SO FUCKING SHALLOW IT'S UNREAL
YOU HAVE TO BE A MENTAL CHILD TO LAP THIS DRIVEL UP
@Frigo Pie not to mention it's unnecessarily long because he just keeps reciting the plot line of the whole ass game. This is worse than watching a let's play. At least a lets play is an experience, this is more like reading a couple Wikipedia pages on Ketamine
i just finished it. The fact that you were able to make a 9 hour video, mantaining a high level of quality and entertainment throughout is honestly inspiring.
Amazing video, congrats man
not to mention how it doesn't feel like it's stretching out at least to me lol
It's crazy how big the story of San Andreas was. I remember like most of us, couldn't BELIEVE how much bigger the map actually was. Once the countryside became available, to look at the map and see there's still San Fiero AND Las Venturas left to explore? Mind blowing to many of us at that age.
The best story and general atmosphere in my opinion.
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@@SHVRWK gta 4 prob has a better story
I used to think oh geez it's a big wide world out there
The fact I can put this on to listen to falling asleep and wake up the next morning and it still be in is incredible. I respect this a lot must have been a lot of work
Literally what I'm about to do now
The original GTA had the physical maps inside the game case. It really added to the immersion as a child, to be able the hold the maps in your hands and see them as closely or as far as you liked at any time, was awesome!
gta 5 did too
All the games came with a physical map. Just the first games up to GTA3 had no in game map.
@@Andy85ukop is referring to when he said he wondered why gta 1 didn’t have a map and had to use the internet.
that’s so cool. just like the first legend of zelda!
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Great work man! The dedication that went into this video is amazing.
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Quick correction: Los Santos isn't based on Hollywood. It's based on all of Los Angeles, with different neighborhoods being represented. Hollywood is represented as Vinewood, Compton is represented as Ganton, etc.
Just wanted to say i really appreciated this video, got me through a 10 hour shift at work. You made some very thoughtful points about all of these games and a lot of us grew up sinking hundreds of hours between the 3d era and HD era of games. It was cool learning about the first 2 games and where grand theft auto achieved it’s footing and watching this video has motivated me to download and play GTA 3 again. Couldn’t imagine the amount of time it took to make this but it is much appreciated!
The 90's LA area was also more smoggy than it is today, like really bad. It was probably added to help loading and RAM management honestly, but the LA area back then was simply more orange tinted than it is today, so it fits the timeline of the game.
Fellating R* hard with that take lol. Even if LA was foggy in the 90s and you couldn't see at times because of the massive amounts of orange fog, that would not be necessary to include anyways as San Andreas isn't even a real place. It's a fictional amalgamation of several American cities such as Las Vegas, San Francisco, and ofc Los Angeles. Also, that issue mainly is with the PS2 version of the game, and to prove my point further it is possible to replicate with mods but only those with nostalgia for the PS2 copy play with that mod.
@@longlivetheking1065Fellating yourself
1:10:41 - fun fact: the Tanner character is actually a dig by Rockstar towards the Driver franchise, as they gave him a female walking animation. Asuka also mentions he's "useless without his car". Sometime later the new Driver game had a character who was named Tommy Vermicelli who I think couldn't swim.
Yeah I played the driver games cuz my parents wouldn't get gta. Obviously the inferior game lmao. Though, tanner is the main character throughout the whole series. Tanner could swim in driver 3 if I remember correctly. I kinda miss those games for the nostalgia, but in hindsight they suck ass
@@thatboy799 i guess if you play driver expecting it to be like gta then you'll be disappointed, the thing with driver was that it's whole focus was on the driving. it's honestly kind of weird to compare the two series since they basically have nothing in common besides letting you drive around in realistic settings. driver's vehicle handling beats gta any day for me though, the sounds of the tire screeches are so satisfying
@@quackmasterson5128 As a kid who wasn't allowed to play GTA I would compare them. Now that I have played both series' I enjoy both fir their own reasons. GTA is great for playing gangster. Driver is great for playing getaway driver. Driver San Fransisco is utterly underrated, I hate that Ubisoft has completely delisted it from online stores. Though it certainly isn't the same as the first couple games. My favourite GTA is definitely 4 for it's physics and the DLC. The driving, shooting, and overall realism is superior to 5 imo, but I can see why they made it less realistic in that game.
@@thatboy799 >"Obviously the inferior game lmao."
You probably still see these games from a perspective of a salty kid who was denied playing GTA. But as driving games, especially for their time, Driver was pretty damn cool. Driver 1 was easily the most advanced driving game of its time and it was a joy to play. But I agree that when these games started mimicking GTA with Driver 3, the series went downhill. But then Driver San Francisco came out and, well let's say that it's still on of my favorite driving games ever released. I play it to this day. (And yeah, as SuperStriker mentioned, it's a shame how Ubisoft treats it.)
i wonder who won that war... sorry atari
Now THIS is how you do a full series retrospective. Hats off to you my guy, this took me about 2 weeks to fully get through, but it was so worth it. Amazing job.
It's not even full lmao ....he skipped over a lot of gta games in between
This took me 6 weeks to watch. Well done man! Everything about this was amazing
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This took me 9 hours 19 minutes and 25 seconds to watch
i watched this like multiple times by now. In one sitting, i think i just have too much free time.
Sounds like a skill issue
2 days, noob
GTA 4 was my second favorite grand theft auto game, just behind vice city. I loved the way the cars handled and the gritty tone. I really hope they make another realistic GTA game just like it.
Yeah, the cars handled PERFECTLY in GTA IV. I honestly hate when people say it's "contentious" or "stiffy". Absolutely the best driving, I hate what they done with GTA V in that aspect.
@@Mush7me too. I think the response from most fans after Gta 4’s realistic driving that in gta 5 they took it to the opposite too literally. There must be a sweet spot that it looks realistic and feels easy to control that they should implement in gta 6
GTA 4 having no "good ending" made me so sad :/ I felt genuinely bad for this murderhobo i controlled for all game
Niko Bellic is greatest video game character of all time
@@Mush7i just don’t understand why the camera turns to the side a little bit when driving in IV
Gta 4 will forever be my favourite, the story was fantastic, the world was amazing, the police were the best they've ever been and while the driving was polarising their is no other game in the franchise that matched the level of fun as getting a police hummer and going on a rampage
I love the ragdoll in this game, you can squeeze your trigger while ragdolling and shoot yourself ^^
You can also see sometimes weapons firing themselves on impact when they get dropped, it was sometimes very fun, especially with the RPG.
I loved all those little realistic details in the 4, if GTA V didn't fleshed this out I said it is the best game ever but...
or grabbing the charger knockoff and drifting around feeling like a badass
Yeah, the cars handled PERFECTLY in GTA IV. I honestly hate when people say it's "contentious" or "stiffy". Absolutely the best driving, I hate what they done with GTA V in that aspect.
I've played all gta except the 1st. GTA4 is their magnum opus.
Literally bro going back and playing GTA 4 made me realize how trash Gta 5 is. And sure as Sht some of the people who worked on 4 didn’t work on 5 and it shows. 5 his terrible
2:04:30 - In the mission where you steal the tank you can follow them for a while and eventually the convoy stops because the tank driver gets tasked with buying donuts or something silly like that. This gives you an opening to quickly run it and steal it and the rest of the convoy becomes completely defenseless against you in the tank. Great stuff.
Yea i heard about that trick i didnt know it was possible til a friend actually did it and i tried as well it was really funny and goofy at the same time that it was possible
Darn. I wish I knew this 20 years ago. Lmao. One if th hardest missions in GTA VC
@@TreavyShieldsI recently did this when I played the OG version on PC lmao only way to beat it imo.
Been a fan since gta 3 when I could barely read (my parents were very loose with what I played but theyre great for that lmao) and this was a great analysis of all the games! A lot of work was put into this video and I’m glad it’s getting the proper attention it deserves, cheers homie!
I can't believe I've actually watched this in its entirety at least 6x this is a BEAST but so well-made & enjoyable.
DUDE MADE A 9 HOUR VIDEO! Brother I hope this blows up, your hard work is incredible.
You should do a sequel to this with Vice City Stories, Liberty City Stories, Gay Tony, and Lost and the Damned.
And the london expansions of GTA1
Left out Advance and Chinatown Wars too.
Yeah!
All amazing expansions, each in their own way (although IDK London 1969 / Advance personally):
Chinatown Wars used the touch-screen amazingly, and did an excellent "handheld game."
VCS and LCS, revived old stories by adding to them, and nailed the "console experience on handheld."
TLAD did the biker story so well, and took great advantage of LC.
TBOGT had so much excitement- it's like the "more realistic" GTA V Online.
@@Pedro.Sanchez he did do london
As a kid I remember skipping through all the cutscenes to the action. As I got older I definitely learned to appreciate the story and lore for its depth and creativity. Shoutout to the teams behind these games bro.
this is one of the greatest videos ive ever seen such a talented and underrated channel
This is the best username I’ve ever seen
Thanks. Get to listen to this masterpiece while working a 10-hour night shift
Insane video. Can’t express how much I love looking into video games’ history, and can’t wait for gta 6. I hope that gta 7, in a few decades, is set in a completely new and unexpected cities though.
7 should be in Carcer city ( manhunt )
GTA 3 and Vice City are still my favourite GTA games. GTA 4 not far off. Thanks for this deep dive into my favourite games.
It's that renderware nostalgia, there's something about it that I love
I think IV is the best Video game made. Like how GT4 is for racing games.
The 3D games control so badly, that it is so hard to agree.
unfortunately they are both trash
9+ hours. This is probably the best retrospective I've seen thus far.
I don't even want to know how much time went into editing, scripting and getting all the footage done.
Great job!
I loved the boneyard/desert airport so so much. It always felt so cozy and cool. I'd spend hours there, just flying around in my P51 ans flying. My favorite area of any game
Same here i stayed in the desert lol
I love that the editing stays consistantly good during the entire video! I can't even imagine how much time it took to record all of these games and edit it all down like that. And the raw footage must've been huge too!
GTA 3 actually had a lowrider car, the Yardie Lobo. The game never told you that you can bounce it and control the suspension but yeah, you could actually do it
Same as the voodoo in vice city
It took me my 4th playthrough to find that out 💀
It’s been 6 months since I found this video and I still haven’t finished it. Amazing.
After 3 days I’ve finally got through this masterpiece
Even just listening to this like its an audio book is enjoyable, loved every minute of it
5:30:55 the foreshadowing for michelle was actually done really well in 1 key moment at the beginning of the game. On the first date Niko comments on how everything in her house has the tags still on them. While michelle plays this off as her just being “clean” this small detail is actually brilliant. Since she is a government agent they set up her apartment so she could complete her job. Thats why all the stuff has tags because it was literally just created by the government to remove suspicion from people who entered. Like imagine saying you lived in the city for years but yet you have no furniture lol. Anyways thats just a detail you didn’t add in that i thought was pretty clever
literally just noticed this the other day. i can't believe after all this time i've never noticed that. 😂 it's such a cool detail that not many will realize even AFTER the reveal. Rockstar is really amazing when it comes to storytelling
I am blown away by the hard work and attention to detail in this video! Your narration and writing was surprisingly professional while also being entertaining. I rarely comment on videos but you deserve the praise for the work you put in. I’m sure if you keep up this kind of effort into your content then you’ll build the level of audience you deserve! Really great job on this man!
Great work! What hit the hardest for me was when you demonstrated the ambiance of gta 3. When you showed the npc’s random dialogue and the sounds of the city, it brought back so many memories from my childhood man; as im sure it did for a lot of other people. Theres just something so unique about these early gta titles that many openworlds fail to replicate even to this day
It’s a truly groundbreaking game. They could’ve just done simple open world, and even though people say it doesn’t hold up today, they got so many little things right in the first try, including that dialogue and NPC variety. You can also complete missions in so many different ways, seeing his gameplay and how it differs from my current play through is awesome. Back when rockstar wasn’t averse to players going off the beaten linear path to pass the game.
@@monkehp very solid points. I will say though, that the increased linearity has allowed them to create more complicated scripting which allows for more cinematic moments. However, this is a trade off, and I do share your sentiment in that I also miss the nonlinearity at times as well.
"My mother's my sister"
- My favourite "insult" hurled by a GTA 3 NPC 🤣🤣🤣
I actually watched this from beginning to end. Brilliant production, no idea how I watched a 10 hour video better yet how you made it
I don't know why youtube reccomended this video to me, but I am eternally grateful to have found this channel! Keep up the great work!
he also did a retrosoective on cod zombies, u should definitely check that out
I’ve been watching this in parts over the past couple days, I’m halfway through the GTA V part, and I just want to say
You put so, so, so much genuine effort into this retrospective, it’s very great and highly rewatchable! You’re awesome! 💛
Same hahaha I'm watching this video in parts and it's been a journey.
I completed this video in span of a week. I slept through some of it, reversed and watched those parts again. It is eeriely similar to when I completed breaking bad, parks and rec, and other long tv shows.
I am currently laying on my bed, watching at the time bar that says 9:19:25/9:19:25 and feel nothing but emptiness. It is a very weird feeling to just ask yourself, now what? Something about your work was truly mesmerising and fantastic. So much so, that
I started playing gta 4 again ahah. I very much appreciate this kind of hard work and we all were able to enjoy it for free. Thank you so much.
I think, Trevor coming back isn't really about the heist, he realizes that Michael is his only friend. Like genuine friend, everyone else is just scared of him. So he comes back under the guise of the heist.
trevor literally comes back because of the heist
"da big one" was the dream they had
trevor had no problem leaving michael to die in the slaughterhouse
@@ryszakowy Trevor was just mad alright you would be pissed if someone you trust sold you out to be killed by the FIB and Michael wanted his friend killed I mean would you sell your friend out or stick by his side to the end.
@@corenasue I would absolutely leave 99.9% of people to shoulder the blame for anything. I've been screwed over by people I was foolish enough to trust too many times.
I hate that you missed this but, the precise reason why rider was killed off is that his voice actor left the project halfway through. Supposedly because of Rockstar's disrespect towards their voice actors and lack of pay. There is no dialogue in that mission between CJ and Rider, because they didn't have enough voice lines to assign to the character.
he didn't leave, this is was debunked by MC Eiht (Ryder's VA) himself. Rockstar told him that they had all the voicelines they needed, the direct quote from him was "that's all they wanted me to do". this misinformation has gone on long enough lmao
@@TheInfamousLegend27 Yup. Eiht has a bunch of songs in GTA V, and I think an interview on radio too.
@@kvm6 yeah, that's right
There’s actually a canon explanation for the different versions of the cities- there’s a 2D universe (gta 1 and 2), 3D universe (gta3 all the way to Vice city stories), and HD universe (gta 4 and beyond). All three are different timelines.
Still true though.
Thank you for putting these games in their proper perspective. GTA3 is still my favorite game ever, because of the huge leap they took. It was a truly insane jump.
Oh dear.... what do I started watching.... even 10 minutes in I get the feeling that I have to watch until the end. That's dedication!
Wow a 9 hour video from someone who has not a lot of subscribers shows how passionate (or how much free time you have lol) you are about the subject.
Also is great to see the original two games getting some love and recognition, they always get skipped for no reason in these kind of restrospectives, they were great for the time and they are still pretty fun.
GTA4 was so amazing. I loved being in the world and it immersed me unlike any game I’d ever played. What I remember most however, is my agony trying to beat the game due to the lack of a save system in missions. I remember the controller throwing when I was 20 minutes into a mission, died, and had to go allllll the way back
Ahh, Saturdays are for Octavian from HBO's Rome narrating a retrospective of the classic video-game series GTA...
Nice work Octavian.
That is a deep cut. Now it's all I hear!😂
The reason Zero’s “Supply Lines” mission is remembered as one of the hardest in GTA SA is because the original disk that was shipped had a bug. In the original version your fuel would even if you weren’t accelerating, making the mission that much harder
Interesting. I've always asked myself why everyone found it so hard
man i still conpleted that mission it took me months
Based
Would what?
@@enoyna1001 it just would
I listened to all 9 hours on my daily commute to work. Made driving to work better for a few days.
Quality content!
This deserves so many more views, likes and positive, encouraging comments. This video would have taken some serious time and commitment. If you fancy doing this for the entire Metal Gear series, I’ll be waiting here in two years when you release it 😁
Top quality video. 😌Played it on my phone, i fell asleep right after it started, slept for like 14 hours, phone was dead when i woke up. Shall watch again. I love when the narrator has a smooth and even pace. No sudden uneven jumpscares or loud noises.
Same love this kinda stuff.
I am biased because of nostalgia, but Chinatown Wars is underrated and deserves a play through just for how different it tries to be, in a good way. It has the GTA charm while managing to be an almost completely different experience
Chinatown wars also had a fucking killer soundtrack. Love that game
You arent being biased, you just have good taste. Chinatown Wars is a superb little game and definitely deserves respect!
Besides the first one Chinatown wars is the only gta I enjoy playing.
Great game!
A retrospective that's not just a recap of the story? Impressive stuff.
This is the first video of yours I've ever watched and it was amazing. Nine hours of content and no point felt empty or like filler content. Great job
6:14:15 I love how he stops for the pigeon while discussing the most impactful choice that can be made in GTA IV
I remember playing the first GTA! Would of never imagine 10+ years later just how different and brilliant it would turn out to be. One day I hope we will get to have a GTA Europe, it would be off the scale
Yeah but the point of the GTA series was always at its core to mock and satire the western modern culture specifically in the USA
@@maxim196there's a lot to mock about European western cultures. I think a great place to start would be some ex Soviet Slavic countries in the modern day, so we can see what Nico ran from that made the bullshit in America less of a hassle.
GTA London 1969
I remember buying GTA 3 the day it came out (was a big fan of the isometric GTA 1 and 2).
Firing it up was one of those rare, singular experiences that you know is going to change everything that comes after.
Kinda like Dorothy going from black and white to technicolor in The Wizard of Oz.
I was really excited for GTA 3 and would talk it up at school. My friend, having briefly played GTA1 didn’t get my excitement. Well we went to my house the day GTA3 came out. He drove me to pick it up. I put it on and started playing and he was like 👀
I just had to comment to say how amazing this truly was, I often struggle with watching long TH-cam videos as I get easily distracted but this kept me hooked. You can clearly see the massive amount of time and effort that was put in to this and I’m so so glad that I watched it, such a highly researched and informative video and really well made. As a big fan of the GTA series for a long time I can’t compliment this enough, huge thanks and well done to Munt Chunk for this, amazing work!!!
I started watching this before bed last night. Fell asleep to it, woke up in the morning and it was still on. I'll continue to do this until I finish the whole thing.
I’ve wanted someone to do this forever. I’m honestly shocked Noah Caldwell Gervais didn’t get to it before now.
I'm still only part-way through this video. Only Starting GTA IV but I gotta say, this is seriously one of my all-time favourite videos I've ever seen on TH-cam. You do a fantastic job going through mechanics and following it up with story beats and mission design. You good sir, absolutely deserve far far more subscribers. You're a damn inspiration.
4:51:06 - The Terraria Underground Theme had taken me by surprise an hour or so earlier, but man... when the Another Medium OST from Undertale started I got goosebumps. Loved the music choices all throughout, well done!
I'm genuinely curious how long it took to render this beast of a video. Well done, hats off!
extremely underrated channel and literally deserves at least 100x more subscribers considering the amount of work going into the videos. keep up the good work.
The thing about standing next to cops long enough and they’ll eventually get mad and arrest you in GTA4 is absolutely realistic.
There are videos of this exact same thing happening.
9 hours holy cow is this gonna be a journey
Video longer than most video games
TH-cam was like "this shit so nice, we need you to upload it twice"
3:14:40 if I'm not mistaken, Rockstar has confirmed that there's 3 separate GTA universes. "2D universe" (GTA 1 and 2) "3D universe" (GTA 3 - SA) then the "HD universe" (GTA 4, 5, and possibly 6)
Yeah they've been making that distinction as early as IV. That was always Rockstar's explanation for why they abandoned the whole PS2 continuity.
You did a TREMENDOUS job man well done.
Producing and EDITING this would have been a nightmare
i can only imagine how much memory this took
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I always assumed Big Smoke was just smoking weed out of the bong in 4:02:40, I wouldn’t even think it was crack😂
GTA 3's tailing mission is completely skippable because you can steal the taxi before bob gets in and you can drive him to his destination yourself
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Yesss, its back up. I got about half way and I have to finish this video.
Sorry that youtube had to make you go and re-upload this 9 hour masterpiece.
I Always came off with the feeling that Stretch had originally been a more important character with more gang/hood missions for franklin but at some point during production it all got scraped out and downgraded
Been chipping through this bit by bit. It feels like an entire documentary series!! INSANE quality and consistency over the whole 9 hours. Amazing work.
I think 4 has the best driving, just feels so satisfying once you master it. 5 is way to arcade-y, but I'm okay with that since the game tonally is much different from 4.
gta iv is esentially True American Simulator and i fucking love it
GTA IV is the ultimate GTA game. If they only added some landscape like they did in GTA III.
@TheGlassesPro Yes I know that one. There are mods available for PC players, it's just that the game is such a bad experience on the PC.
I hope they Remaster GTA IV for PS4/5 or atleast give us a good running port.
When I started watching this retrospective I was merely a boy, now I’m a full grown man ready to take over the world with my lineage despite being considered a war criminal. Thanks Munt Chunk!
Crazy how while watching this GTA 6 leaks dropped, making this even more relevant and well-timed
3:27:50 The weird anticlimactic death of Ryder, was actually due to a fallout between R* and the voice actor (rapper) MC Eiht, before finishing up his dialog. So they had to make up a new way for him to die while using whatever lines they had already got. They have since made up, and MC Eiht has been in both GTA V as himself as a radio guest.
The more you know, right?
That is cool knowing, thanks for sharing the info
When was this revealed?
I have been wondering about this for years...
@@tibersulla2305 I've known it for a long time. My best guess would be just after original release. Surely people must have been confused about Ryder's weird and anticlimactic ending, even back then.
@@dannifugl3188 Even as a kid I sure noticed the anticlimactic end to my favorite character, but I never heard since then anything about a falling out between the actor and R*, although that's not surprising, not the first or second time this happened with R*.
@@tibersulla2305 exactly. And if even kids notice, I'm sure some journalists did too, and looked into it. But that's my guess. Can't remember when I read it :)
I am absolutely obsessed with introductory sentences for video essays. This video is about GTA specifically and it just starting with "video games are an incredibly complex and multifaceted form of media" which is giving bachelors thesis and I LIVE FOR IT
finally finished this video after a week and a half. fucking incredible man, this was fantastic and i cant stress enough how much i enjoyed this
As a huge fan of the series (3-VC-SA in particular) this is an absolute treat to watch. Thank you!!
3D universe gave the best memories and experiences for me. San Andreas was really ahead of its time too.
SA still is my fav game of all time - no other open-world still makes me come back as this one.
This is exceptional work. I've been watching it for 4 days!
Hard to believe that this video was nine hours long. It certainly didn't feel like it. Well done, mate! :)
The first GTA's had physical maps so you knew where to go for paint shops etc.
Most of them have physical maps. Gta 5 included.
They all do
@@theastronaut1876 not every release
@@darkcheaker yes every release
Most old games from the 90s in general had physical maps or guide books
Beyond the enormous duration of the video, the commentary on the games is very good!
I've been listening to this before sleep, each day watching 2-3 hours
Good job man ! I hope your efforts will be rewarded ❤️
I don’t comment often on TH-cam but I had to. This video is fantastic! While it’s taken me about a week to get through, it’s the level of deep dive I love! I’m glad you didn’t sacrifice quality for a shorter video