Revisiting Grand Theft Auto 3, is it still good? Thank you for watching, leave a like would you kindly? Socials x.com/Basement... #gta #gta3 #grandtheftauto
This is the most mind-blowing game that I've played in terms of when I first played it. Yes, it's aged the worst out of the mainline GTA games but when this first came out, nothing like it
I remember being 8 years old, my older brother was begging our mom to get a PS2 with GTA 3 so we went to blockbuster drove home and WOW… we fought a lot for the controller it was so bad we stole the fat tv and PS2 once in awhile back and forth to our rooms 😂
One of the most important GTA or probably *THE* most important, this game carried the gaming industry and changed it in a big different direction and inspired other open world crime games.
After 3 years only pc competitive multiplayer gaming from 1999-2002 this was the game where i started 2 enjoy singleplayer again. I loved it so much. Only watching GTA3 puts me into the mental state you mentioned. Such awesome memorys ❤️ Thanks Rockstar Games
Still the best decision Take2/Rockstar could have ever made. Zooming the camer down and right behind the protagonist. Don't get me wrong, I loved the first couple of GTA games but GTA 3 was revolutionary.
I love this game. The start of it all. Very challenging at times but man it felt so good beating it. Loved the story, loved the characters, everything was just amazing.
GTA 3 was my favorite. I remember being a kid and not doing homework because I was playing this game all the time. Everybody talks about Vice City but I never really liked that game. GTA 3 and GTA 4 were my favorite.
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who never really liked Vice City. The most annoying thing about VC for me was that they removed the best camera option for driving from GTA 3 & gave us a useless camera option that was too far away from your vehicle. I only ever enjoyed used motorbikes in VC, to avoid accidentally ramming into the back of other cars that you couldn't see in front of you.🤣
People now just do not understand how incredible this game was at the time. Not just the graphics but the ability to go anywhere. You just had to be there.
man same I was there, bell rung when I was in 6th grade and all any of were waiting for was to go home, or to a friend's house to play gta 3. best times
I’ve been looking for all the hidden packages all summer without a guide on the ps2, most fun I’ve had in a while with a game. Exploring the city when it’s rainy or foggy at night is still the shit. “I was born naked and I’m gonna die naked Lazlo!”
This was hard when I 1st played it because there wasn't a map and the mafia would blow up your car with one shot but now it's much easy and know my way around the map the ambulance mission was hard because the vehicle flips over easy
For me, Vice City was the most mind blowing gaming experience at 10 years old in 2002. I remember seeing all the commercials on tv with the song “I ran”. GTA 3 felt like a step below Vice City.
Playing through this game for the first time is probably my happiest gaming memory. It didn't feel too hard either as it was all we had. This game had aged pretty poorly all the way back when San Andreas had released. Now it feels almost unplayable. One thing I miss is getting a clear mission from an "employer" and actually getting paid a lot for them. It's been increasingly about personal drama since Vice City.
The GTA Remastered Trilogy was a joke and a terrible version to introduce to young gamers or people that has never played them before. The remastered version is censor, they butcher the colors, character models and physics. Also missing music. Yet they call it the "Definitive Edition" 😂😂😂😂
This game was " rage quit auto". However, because it was a compelling story I always came back. It's sad to see the elongated production times of modern games don't lead to better games. Even GTA5 though technically superior was less compelling to me and has turned into a psychopathic gaming casino. I may play this again but I need a nap first.
I was a little late to GTA III and when I did play it I wasn't quite as enthralled with it as others were at that time. It was Vice City which hooked me, then I also think I picked up San Andreas in the release window. Bought GTA IV on release day but didn't end up jumping into it 'til a year afterwards. Also didn't end up playing GTAV until 2019. Awesome series, but I think Vice City and San Andreas are the only two which I experienced somewhat concurrently with the broad gaming populace. In the age of remakes, if there's anything which could use a ground-up remake it's Vice City/Vice City Stories 👍
GTA3/4 are my least fav. Vice & SA is what started the series IMO. I think the backdrop of NYC just doesn’t wrk bcuz it’s too concrete & steel. Being half city half open space makes gameplay enjoyable + the soundtracks in both those games are legendary
This game will be always special to me i couldn't play the game when it first released because i was born in 2003 but when my father bought me a pc in early 2010's it had pre installed PS1 and PS2 games on it one of them was GTA 3 In that time i did'nt even know this series was poplar because i had no knowlage in gaming So when i first play it my jaw dropped . The intro alone , made my mind explode , seeing the bridge getting destroyed and roaming in liberty city was an amazing experince
I'm surprised you didn't mention the music in GTA 3. That opening track ... and even though the radio stations were short, repeating after just an hour, the music was so original compared to all the other GTAs. Also, I'd argue that the writing for the adverts & Chatterbox is still funnier than anything that came after it in the franchise.
GTA 3 was revolutionary for this type of genre, but GTA 4 really did something special by pushing the boundaries of what physics could be capable of during that era of GEN 7.
How many times have I got myself staring at the game cover at times and salute it with a nod like a old, trustworthy friend. I pop the disc into the PS2, grab myself some snacks and soda before I venture to Portland, Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
the hardest gta has ever got in the series after 3 was gta online heist on hard it feels like their assault rifles are m60s with the minigun rate of fire attacked. i think gta games need to be harder but not cheap, max payne 3 was a perfect balance of that difficulty, if you stood around or took cover too much the NPC would 1 hit head shot max and if you rushed and played like a zombie then you would dint instantly so you had to go not too fast but not too slow and move around. gta needs to be like that for missions but easy in free roam. think of it when was the last time you actually had to be quick to kill someone in gta? basically almost never but when you fight players in gta online in TDM you have to be as quick as spiderman or you die in 1 shot and i think single player needs that type of lingo to make the NPC less campy and predictable. gta online almost balances it out on hard but they camp too much and combine that with aimbot it just forces you to abuse tear gas and fire so less campy would be perfect but the same type of team work they do. i think the last hardest free roam game i ever played was saints row 1.
I actually played it on release both on PC and PS2, and yes, aiming on PS2 is a lot harder then aiming on PC with my mouse but I did it ok and today I prefer playing it with controller...
I never played this on the PS2 back in the day but on the PC, and as you might imagine, aiming was never a problem. However, I recently tried it on the emulator with a controller, and I have to agree, the aiming is atrocious - fun game though.
Vivid memories of playing this classic in the night when my infant daughter woke up she used to lie on my chest sleeping while i played this. She is now 16 years old 😮
@@Kizzy_B Yep. Its all style with no substance. GTA 4 was by far the best looking game ever made back when it came out in 2008, and this compensated for the painfully tedious campaign mode. However in 2024, I can't in good conscience say this. The vehicle physics are still better than GTA 5 tho.
Now players never seen such a big gaming upgrade. Like back then from gta 2 to gta3. PlayStation1 to PlayStation2 is biggest jump gaming era.
This is the most mind-blowing game that I've played in terms of when I first played it. Yes, it's aged the worst out of the mainline GTA games but when this first came out, nothing like it
Me and a friend pulled a 48 hour session playing this game back in the day. Such a good game for its time
🎯💯
It was easily the most revolutionary game of its time when it first came out.
@ruck27 This is why it will always be my favorite GTA game, when this came out it was revolutionary lime nothing ever seen, people just forget
I mean how it's supposed to age?
I remember being 8 years old, my older brother was begging our mom to get a PS2 with GTA 3 so we went to blockbuster drove home and WOW… we fought a lot for the controller it was so bad we stole the fat tv and PS2 once in awhile back and forth to our rooms 😂
GTA3 Greatest game ever. Who needs the PS5 Pro 🤣🤣
I dare say vice city is better. Maybe that's just the soundtrack though
You can probably buy like 2 PS2's than buy a Ps5 pro
@@TroysSweetCornhole i bought mine for 40..
@@Palix-je9cymine for 20 in mint condition, a controller and the cables
Facts 🤣 PS2 & PC >
I still play GTA 3 from time to time on the PS3, along with the other 3D GTAs.
One of the most important GTA or probably *THE* most important, this game carried the gaming industry and changed it in a big different direction and inspired other open world crime games.
Im 22 years old, and coming from gta 4 and gta 5. This game feels diffrent. Still playing the game with my PS2 slim.
Because it is. This game is in effect the godfather of open world games.
Gta3 had the most darkest atmosphere. It gave off horror elements. The fog at times was very thick and made things feel eerie.
I guess if you take manhunt's atmosphere and put it in a gta game you get gta 3. Indeed the fog made liberty city quite silent hill esque.
Yeah but only PS2 had that amazing atmosphere
@@valentinzivkovic3640 PC too. Although still better on ps2
Wow, talk about timing. Just picked this game up again for PS2 today. Gotta stick to the classics, forget these remasters.
“ I see nothing but good things for you my boy”
After 3 years only pc competitive multiplayer gaming from 1999-2002 this was the game where i started 2 enjoy singleplayer again.
I loved it so much. Only watching GTA3 puts me into the mental state you mentioned.
Such awesome memorys ❤️
Thanks Rockstar Games
Still the best decision Take2/Rockstar could have ever made. Zooming the camer down and right behind the protagonist. Don't get me wrong, I loved the first couple of GTA games but GTA 3 was revolutionary.
I love this game. The start of it all. Very challenging at times but man it felt so good beating it. Loved the story, loved the characters, everything was just amazing.
I remember my dad having to be in the room while me and my sister were playing and we were only allowed to drive the cars 😂
GTA 3 was my favorite. I remember being a kid and not doing homework because I was playing this game all the time. Everybody talks about Vice City but I never really liked that game. GTA 3 and GTA 4 were my favorite.
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who never really liked Vice City. The most annoying thing about VC for me was that they removed the best camera option for driving from GTA 3 & gave us a useless camera option that was too far away from your vehicle. I only ever enjoyed used motorbikes in VC, to avoid accidentally ramming into the back of other cars that you couldn't see in front of you.🤣
People now just do not understand how incredible this game was at the time. Not just the graphics but the ability to go anywhere.
You just had to be there.
man same I was there, bell rung when I was in 6th grade and all any of were waiting for was to go home, or to a friend's house to play gta 3. best times
It's not that hard tho. Speaking from the experience
The graphic was not the Best But i enjoyed the story and it had the liberty City nostalgie
I’ve been looking for all the hidden packages all summer without a guide on the ps2, most fun I’ve had in a while with a game. Exploring the city when it’s rainy or foggy at night is still the shit. “I was born naked and I’m gonna die naked Lazlo!”
I always loved the dark New York vibe of Liberty City. But holy sh*t you're right, it's a pretty hard game lol
It's not that hard if you know how to do missions right for example using speedrun strats
This was hard when I 1st played it because there wasn't a map and the mafia would blow up your car with one shot but now it's much easy and know my way around the map the ambulance mission was hard because the vehicle flips over easy
For me, Vice City was the most mind blowing gaming experience at 10 years old in 2002. I remember seeing all the commercials on tv with the song “I ran”. GTA 3 felt like a step below Vice City.
The nostalgia hits deep
We are the same age!
Man I played this so much as a kid. Mostly just racing around aimlessly and starting shit with pedestrians lol
I started replaying this on PS2 last week!
I started playing liberty city stories first I’m gonna play it next, liberty city stories takes place before gta 3
This game has much more replay value than games from today
FIRST! Grettings from México Sr!
Playing through this game for the first time is probably my happiest gaming memory. It didn't feel too hard either as it was all we had. This game had aged pretty poorly all the way back when San Andreas had released. Now it feels almost unplayable. One thing I miss is getting a clear mission from an "employer" and actually getting paid a lot for them. It's been increasingly about personal drama since Vice City.
The GTA Remastered Trilogy was a joke and a terrible version to introduce to young gamers or people that has never played them before. The remastered version is censor, they butcher the colors, character models and physics. Also missing music. Yet they call it the "Definitive Edition" 😂😂😂😂
This game was " rage quit auto". However, because it was a compelling story I always came back. It's sad to see the elongated production times of modern games don't lead to better games. Even GTA5 though technically superior was less compelling to me and has turned into a psychopathic gaming casino. I may play this again but I need a nap first.
The game that made me buy a PS2 👍
This is my favorite game(not just when it comes to Rockstar). I still play it.
I was a little late to GTA III and when I did play it I wasn't quite as enthralled with it as others were at that time. It was Vice City which hooked me, then I also think I picked up San Andreas in the release window. Bought GTA IV on release day but didn't end up jumping into it 'til a year afterwards. Also didn't end up playing GTAV until 2019. Awesome series, but I think Vice City and San Andreas are the only two which I experienced somewhat concurrently with the broad gaming populace.
In the age of remakes, if there's anything which could use a ground-up remake it's Vice City/Vice City Stories 👍
GTA3/4 are my least fav. Vice & SA is what started the series IMO. I think the backdrop of NYC just doesn’t wrk bcuz it’s too concrete & steel. Being half city half open space makes gameplay enjoyable + the soundtracks in both those games are legendary
This game will be always special to me i couldn't play the game when it first released because i was born in 2003 but when my father bought me a pc in early 2010's it had pre installed PS1 and PS2 games on it one of them was GTA 3
In that time i did'nt even know this series was poplar because i had no knowlage in gaming
So when i first play it my jaw dropped . The intro alone , made my mind explode , seeing the bridge getting destroyed and roaming in liberty city was an amazing experince
I'm surprised you didn't mention the music in GTA 3. That opening track ... and even though the radio stations were short, repeating after just an hour, the music was so original compared to all the other GTAs. Also, I'd argue that the writing for the adverts & Chatterbox is still funnier than anything that came after it in the franchise.
GTA III: Tokyo Drift
GTA 3 was revolutionary for this type of genre, but GTA 4 really did something special by pushing the boundaries of what physics could be capable of during that era of GEN 7.
There would not be any rockstar games like today if it wasn’t for GTA3
How many times have I got myself staring at the game cover at times and salute it with a nod like a old, trustworthy friend. I pop the disc into the PS2, grab myself some snacks and soda before I venture to Portland, Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
the hardest gta has ever got in the series after 3 was gta online heist on hard it feels like their assault rifles are m60s with the minigun rate of fire attacked. i think gta games need to be harder but not cheap, max payne 3 was a perfect balance of that difficulty, if you stood around or took cover too much the NPC would 1 hit head shot max and if you rushed and played like a zombie then you would dint instantly so you had to go not too fast but not too slow and move around. gta needs to be like that for missions but easy in free roam. think of it when was the last time you actually had to be quick to kill someone in gta? basically almost never but when you fight players in gta online in TDM you have to be as quick as spiderman or you die in 1 shot and i think single player needs that type of lingo to make the NPC less campy and predictable. gta online almost balances it out on hard but they camp too much and combine that with aimbot it just forces you to abuse tear gas and fire so less campy would be perfect but the same type of team work they do. i think the last hardest free roam game i ever played was saints row 1.
I actually played it on release both on PC and PS2, and yes, aiming on PS2 is a lot harder then aiming on PC with my mouse but I did it ok and today I prefer playing it with controller...
I never played this on the PS2 back in the day but on the PC, and as you might imagine, aiming was never a problem. However, I recently tried it on the emulator with a controller, and I have to agree, the aiming is atrocious - fun game though.
Vivid memories of playing this classic in the night when my infant daughter woke up she used to lie on my chest sleeping while i played this.
She is now 16 years old 😮
This game was boss when came out vice city san Andrea's better but this was 1st gta that had wow factor ok not aged well but brilliant in 2001 👍
Amazing game
This games story mode is so bad now that I'm older and actually play the story 😂 some missions literally made me wanna hang myself
I love this channel man, keep it going ❤
Love from Sweden
There’s a lock on button for aiming! R1 on PS2 I believe.
Awesome!
I was like 7 playing this on ps2 so a kid could do it but with modern brain this game is unbearable without modern controls and features
Finished it this year on my ps2. It was still a great game.
I knew this map better than my own neighbourhood
My favorite part of this game is it has Sean P on the music 🎵
Hard to find a game that’s not very good on the ps2?!?!
its crazy to think my ps2 still works after all these years
They need to bring back MSX radio!
I am eleven years old, and I'm trying to NOT have one hundred completion, but need to have infinite sprint
how are you allowed to play GTA if you're 11 ?
One of my favourite video games. 😎
it’s weird to comment on a video this new.
I'm still at the last mission on GTA 3, died 10 times so far 😂 Its not easy to aim with invert controller hehe
hehe
This is why I enjoy definitive edition cause controls have been updated, its the only reason to play it that way lol
Yeah the shooting is the worst part on PS2 at least The Definitive Edition improved that
the definitive editions have auto save and also checkpoints so you dont have to drive all the way back if you fail a mission .
Did you notice that it’s missing missions. I completed it way tin fast.
This game makes me wanna cooka da pizza
It was a hard game. But a cool game.
Not sure if A.I Eminem or Giovanni Ribisi
Liberty city stories next my guy!
Does he know how to lock on to enemies?
You sound like Jordan Peterson
Bro looks like Nico Belic
You are funny sir lol
Bro forgot auto-aim
Dude I swear to god you look exactly like *aiden Pearce*
nope Aiden Pierce looks like him
best gta
I bought this game for 1.99 in 2014 and played it for 5 minutes. I need to return to it someday.
1:22 GTA 4 was extremely repetitive too
fr too repetitive
@@Kizzy_B Yep. Its all style with no substance. GTA 4 was by far the best looking game ever made back when it came out in 2008, and this compensated for the painfully tedious campaign mode. However in 2024, I can't in good conscience say this. The vehicle physics are still better than GTA 5 tho.
@@jkk45crysis warhead (2008) looked a bit better IMO
Any opinion of the definitive edition?
It’s ok . It is not so bad after the last update. Specially for the price now it is worth it
@@ross4723 i was thinking to buy it. I just want it for the trophies.
@@ross4723 thanks for the answer.
This was already answered in chat but yeah, it's a lot better now. It's pretty much how it should have launched to begin with haha.
Damn near impossible without cheats
It’s sad but nostalgic to see how this game aged😢
It aged by the time Vice City came out. However what a phenomenal game GTA3 was on release
@@Danny_SE11 ya😭