There’s nothing to do after you beat the game? Rampages, side missions, rc missions, unique jumps, hidden packages, criminal rating, vigilante, taxi, ambulance, fire truck, off-road missions, races, unlocking the tank at Phil’s, car lists, jacking Securicars and selling them, flying dodo, finding ghost town, finding the secret message, finding developer names on the map, finding more Easter eggs like sniping the moon
@@EpicCyberGamerPunk no it’s not because you can use the tank that you unlock after beating the game at Phil’s for vigilante and you can do paramedic mission on any island
I remember playing gta 3 on ps2 with my cousin, i remember being blown away by it's open world, and that you can just ignore the story and just rampage through the city, liberty city was dark, gloomy and dangerous, every gang hates you and the ones that you help ultimately end up hating you aside from the yakuza.
In 13:58 the intro song is not the only true original song in GTA 3. Just like prior entries many songs from radio stations were originally made in-house for the game. It wasn't until Vice City where they would rely heavily in licencing music to set the tone and period.
This is an amazing video, especially considering that it's your first upload. I would love to see this analysis for Vice City as well and maybe a more direct comparison of how it improved on GTA 3 would be very interesting.
Gta3 really allowed you to approach a mission in an open ended way, the mission for example where you have to kill a guy in china town you can go round the back n steal his car so that he doesnt go n drive off n just runs instead. There arnt enough missions with that kind of variety thesedays where you can do a mission in a way you like to in most games. Gta3 really started the genre.
@@nicktubara I actually have a funnier way to beat that mission but it'll cost you. Take his car to 8 Ball's shop and put a bomb in it. Park it where it was, arm the bomb then go to where he is from the other entrance (there are 2 ways in and 2 cars). He'll get in it and blow up
@@nicktubara I actually had a magazine with a review of the game and forgot about it until after I got the game. I read the review and the author used this method. I showed it to my friend and he was so surprised
My first game was Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation in the late '90s. So growing up, before the PS2, a character made of like 12 polygons was enough to me as a kid, because that's all I knew. When the PS2 came out, it's hard to explain the massive leap in graphic technology we were witnessing as kids in the early 2000's. When I played GTA III, when I was way too young for it 😂, it blew my fuckin 8 year old mind! I played racing games like Gran Turismo and Need for Speed, but the simple fact you could get out of your car blew my mind! And the fact it had no "levels", you played the game how YOU wanted. There were very few games that were open world, and this was my first. GTA III pretty much set the standard for open world objective based games like Assassin's Creed, Batman Arkham City, Insomniac's Spider Man, etc. The game was a milestone for open world games like Quake and Half-life was for FPS games! P.S. use the "real definitive edition" mods for the trilogy. It's a AIO mod for each game that fixes everything with all the games pretty much.
GTA 3 is something special about that i can’t explain myself, it’s my 2nd favorite putting first GTA IV it’s the atmosphere, npc, vehicle, and found the mission fun it’s heavily underrated and doesn’t get its recognition
I beated it on og Xbox on mobile at his release and again on PC where I did the platinum as well on Epic Games Store. Most probably one of my favorites games ever, I am so attached to it.
Around the same time, Microsoft turned down having GTA 3 as an Xbox exclusive and only brought Rareware because they wanted Donkey Kong to be the mascot for Xbox.
I finished the storyline missions like months ago and stopped playing it because I don't know what to do afterwards. GTA III missions wanna make you bang your head against the wall and that's true. The gameplay mechanic pissed us off pretty much.
Good first video for the channel . One bit of advice would be to probably talk slightly slower, just so can get the points across clearer. Not to say you weren't clear but when you slowed down to emphasise points it was much easier to hear. The main problem with this game was you could only really spend all your money on more guns. They also released vice City so quick afterwards and VC utterly blows III out the water. III is the first game I played on ps2 so always has a special place for me.
gta 3 was gonna originally come out on the sega dreamcast but sega declined and sony made a deal with rockstar to release the game on ps2 exclusively for around a year until the it came out on pc and xbox a year later
14:00 the statement that main theme was the only true original song made isn't true as several other songs were made for the game and appear on lips 106 and head
I’ve given this game so many chances in my life, but every time I try and go back to it, it’s always nothing but misery. I can understand why there are some people who love GTA 3 even with all of its flaws, but as somebody who’s tried so hard to like it in the modern day, it just doesn’t hold up Btw, great first video bro. I just came across it while looking for something to watch real quick before I leave the house, and I was a bit skeptical when I saw the view count, but I decided to give it a try and I’m glad I did. I just saw too that you posted a video about Bully and now I plan to watch that when I get home lol. Keep up the great work man! (One note though, try speaking a bit clearer and maybe a little slower. I had to go back in the video a few times to figure out what you were saying lol)
3 walked so vice, SA, IV and V could run. Everytjing wrong with 3 was addressed in later titles. It was revolutionary. Its really hard describe if you weren't there aged 10-14 when it came out. It was wolrds apart from every other game at the time.
Your review is kinda unfair by judging a 22 year old game and comparing it to today's standards considering that it changed the gaming industry forever, even though i didnt really like your review on my childhood game but you got huge potential, keep up the good work.
I wish GTA 3 would have vehicles, weapons, and radio stations from Roadkill 😎 (I'm glad I've grew up with perfect great games) [GTA 3 and LCS would always be my favorite along with Roadkill]
I beat this game when I was nine at a babysitter’s house as I got older I played it again at 13Imgot this game for Christmas with the PS2 slim vice city and San Andreas rockstar. Games is one of my favorite franchise game companies in the world from red dead redemption to manhunt to max warriors anything that rockstar makes I’m going to play it enjoy it and beat it. playing this game at nine I didn’t understand the adult humor references but when I was 13 I understood it more. I beat it again when GTA five was coming out I started from the ground up to J three vice city San Andreas even the liberty city stories and vice city stories. I’m going to do the same thing again when GTA six is one year away
Such a shame that your PC couldn't handle modded III. Take it from me, the trilogy on steam can be modded and it's absolutely mindblowing. III is PEAK with mods.
GTA III actually had the most original music compared to other games in the series. If you look closely, most of the "licenced music" on isn't licenced at all! These are all in-store made tracks specifically for the game. Take "I See Through you" by Frankie Fame or "Change" by Lucy, for example. Both Lucy and Frankie Fame don't exist in the real life! Of course, they aren't AI generated, but were done by real people. But that's not my point. Point is that they have been made specifically for the game. Or if speak broader than just music in terms of radio content, Chatterbox is shining example. It's a pure comedy gold. So, GTA III has plenty to offer when it comes to original radio content, as opposed to licenced one.
When GTA 1 arrived it was not "shit", it had record sales in Europe. I guess it was more accessible here than in the USA. I loved the game because were no open world games with huge maps in which you can drive any car...none. Plus it was much more mature than the usual games, a lot more swearing. Plenty of friends at that time were quoting the guys from the cutscenes. GTA 2 was ok, but I think it attracted only die hard fans of GTA 1.
1:39 Me who has nearly 100% all GTA games: Ehh the 4 GTA games of the 2D era aren’t really all that bad, just poorly aged when looking through a 2024 lens, there’s plenty interesting especially seeing what ideas and mechanics that would evolve in future games
I hate RUclipsrs who go " OMG GTA 3 SO HARD, GTA 3 BAD " I've literally played the game several times over the years, and maybe one or two missions are challenging " UHM, NO MINIMAP OR WAYPOINT? BAD GAME! " Maybe use your brain and remember the map a little you dunces Good video bro
Love this game, yes, it's a hot mess. But it's just so goofy that it somehow warps back to being badass. Edit: 13:36 I think a game inspired by GTA 3 and going for a similar atmosphere and ps2 style that is well made and has similar charm but also is up to scuff would be incredible, tbh. This games aesthetics have aged, but that's kinda part of why I like it too.
Anyone that says the game is bad is comparing it to modern games. Compared to games of its time, it was amazing. But yeah comparing it to say GTA V is ridiculous. Even comparing it to GTA IV wouldn't be fair.
I think people just use it to compare how bad it is compared to games nowadays but yeah ur right it isn’t really that fair since the game is 20+ years old
@@ScorpionWag as someone that was 6 when I first saw the game, it really changed gaming for me. Ignore the issue of a 6 year old playing it lol, but I remember my uncle was home from college and I went to my grandparents and he had his PS2 and GTA III. I played it and went home that same day and asked my parents to get it for me. That really cemented my love for video games. Up to that point it was just Crash, Spyro, and Gran Turismo. This really got me to expand my tastes.
The PS2 vs Xbox comments casually dropped kind of indicate you weren't there for it. If you had an Xbox, you indeed had some cool games. But there was never a world in which GTAIII was not targeting the PS2 as the *primary* platform at that time. The market share of the PS2 was insane. PS2 had everything in its library, and then some. This isn't trying to have a flame war, it was just how dominant their position was after the PS1, and the PS2 absolutely solidified it. Xbox was and is a great console, but Xbox hit its true stride with the 360 era with sales. The original Xbox struggled for a long while to get release parity with the PS2, and while it had more powerful hardware, the ports were not always taking advantage of that due to it being an after though. This was a problem SEGA also had with the Dreamcast, and it ended their hardware line. MS was willing to lose billions though to make a bid for control of the living room.
GTA 3 definitely made use of the better hardware on the Xbox original, the PS2 version was so stripped down because rockstar couldn’t show us what they really had visioned due to the power they had on PS2, when they spent an extra year perfecting GTA3 for Xbox we got better textures, car weapon and ped models, reflections and sound quality. GTA 3 on Xbox original is by far the closest we will ever get to rockstars vision for the game
There’s nothing to do after you beat the game? Rampages, side missions, rc missions, unique jumps, hidden packages, criminal rating, vigilante, taxi, ambulance, fire truck, off-road missions, races, unlocking the tank at Phil’s, car lists, jacking Securicars and selling them, flying dodo, finding ghost town, finding the secret message, finding developer names on the map, finding more Easter eggs like sniping the moon
I really only said that so i can piss people off lmao
@@ScorpionWag based
Hmm wot i finish all that if poss before i finish the story
Paramedic firefighter vigilante are impossible in Portland at the end of the game
@@EpicCyberGamerPunk no it’s not because you can use the tank that you unlock after beating the game at Phil’s for vigilante and you can do paramedic mission on any island
Saying GTA 3 is the worst game ever is like saying the first Mercedes was slow af 💀
4:19 That cop car picture is actually made by me haha that caught me off guard lol
Hey that looked good, youve done other mods?
I remember playing gta 3 on ps2 with my cousin, i remember being blown away by it's open world, and that you can just ignore the story and just rampage through the city, liberty city was dark, gloomy and dangerous, every gang hates you and the ones that you help ultimately end up hating you aside from the yakuza.
You got a lot of potential as a gaming RUclipsr. Very professional for your first vid
I didn’t even realize that this was your first video until I hit the comment section. You sound like a well seasoned RUclipsr! Subscribed
Lmao the smoke detector going off. Great video!
In 13:58 the intro song is not the only true original song in GTA 3. Just like prior entries many songs from radio stations were originally made in-house for the game. It wasn't until Vice City where they would rely heavily in licencing music to set the tone and period.
dang thanks for letting me know
@@ScorpionWagno worries I really liked hearing your outlook looking forward to more videos happy 2024
Also true, GTA3 had the most original music 😅
Slight error at 14:00, GTA 3 has multiple original music on the radio, like April's in Paris and others. Other than that, amazing video
Yeah came here to say this, Head Radio and Lips 106 were original tracks for GTA3 made by Rockstar producers Craig Conner and Stuart Ross.
This is an amazing video, especially considering that it's your first upload.
I would love to see this analysis for Vice City as well and maybe a more direct comparison of how it improved on GTA 3 would be very interesting.
" Body Harvest ", came out on the Nintendo 64, its like GTA 3 but in space, DMA made that game before they became Rockstar Games
completely forgot about that
@@ScorpionWag 🤣
Dude, Uber Danger's review is so damn good, I rewatch it every few months, it s too funny
I saw it to lmao
This is great for your first video bro! Keep it coming
Thank u
Bro i thought this is one of those 500k channels! You deserve more subscribers! Great editing btw👍
1:19 can't unhear the smoke detector
Somewhere in an alternate universe, GTA 3 got cancelled
Nice video man and happy new year
Ps. Scorpionu is how we say scorpion in Romanian 😂
Great vid deffo gotta review the other GTAs now
Definitely will, i have a few other games i’m gonna review, some of them being bully and rdr 2
yo this is GOOD. hope to see you and this channel soon
This is your first video!? Editing is great. good shit man, keep it up.
Thanks
Change your smoke detector battery 😂😂🤦🏿♂️
We got it fixed
this gave me old yt vibes, def subbed
This is the most arcade like experience of the 3D era. Not a deep story. Just go do this. Now go do that. I personally love the simplicity of it.
I agree, GTA 5 feels like a chore when you're completing the missions. It's all scripted.
Gta3 really allowed you to approach a mission in an open ended way, the mission for example where you have to kill a guy in china town you can go round the back n steal his car so that he doesnt go n drive off n just runs instead. There arnt enough missions with that kind of variety thesedays where you can do a mission in a way you like to in most games. Gta3 really started the genre.
@@nicktubara I actually have a funnier way to beat that mission but it'll cost you. Take his car to 8 Ball's shop and put a bomb in it. Park it where it was, arm the bomb then go to where he is from the other entrance (there are 2 ways in and 2 cars). He'll get in it and blow up
@@nicktubara I actually had a magazine with a review of the game and forgot about it until after I got the game. I read the review and the author used this method. I showed it to my friend and he was so surprised
Fans when a gta game is too simple: 😡
Fans when a gta game has unique missions: 😡
You b*tches don't know what y'all want, seriously.
My first game was Spyro the Dragon on the original PlayStation in the late '90s. So growing up, before the PS2, a character made of like 12 polygons was enough to me as a kid, because that's all I knew. When the PS2 came out, it's hard to explain the massive leap in graphic technology we were witnessing as kids in the early 2000's. When I played GTA III, when I was way too young for it 😂, it blew my fuckin 8 year old mind! I played racing games like Gran Turismo and Need for Speed, but the simple fact you could get out of your car blew my mind! And the fact it had no "levels", you played the game how YOU wanted. There were very few games that were open world, and this was my first. GTA III pretty much set the standard for open world objective based games like Assassin's Creed, Batman Arkham City, Insomniac's Spider Man, etc.
The game was a milestone for open world games like Quake and Half-life was for FPS games!
P.S. use the "real definitive edition" mods for the trilogy. It's a AIO mod for each game that fixes everything with all the games pretty much.
My first games for my PS2 were Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec and Pac Mac World 2. I got GTA 3 at 5 years old when my mom took me to GameStop, RIP mom.🐐
This was my first video like this, please leave any constructive criticism
Change the batteries of that alarm brother
Literally just beat a mission I haven’t been able to beat on gta 3 for 16 years
What mission was it?
@@DarkWebTrappin the mission where you have to cover 8 ball while he sets explosives on the ship 🚢
GTA 3 is something special about that i can’t explain myself, it’s my 2nd favorite putting first GTA IV it’s the atmosphere, npc, vehicle, and found the mission fun it’s heavily underrated and doesn’t get its recognition
Amazing first video! I will definitley look forward to your next one! :)
Great video! Keep up the work! Excited to see what’s next
Great first video! Keep up the good work!!
I beated it on og Xbox on mobile at his release and again on PC where I did the platinum as well on Epic Games Store.
Most probably one of my favorites games ever, I am so attached to it.
Around the same time, Microsoft turned down having GTA 3 as an Xbox exclusive and only brought Rareware because they wanted Donkey Kong to be the mascot for Xbox.
Nice video, this was a great start. Subbed!
I remember back in 2001 when i first got this game the theme is something i like second to the PS2 bootup sound.
Keep it up , waiting for another GTA commentary
You should consider changing your fire alarm battery
Oh my
I see it's your first video, and it's really cool! Great content. I liked and subscribed.
I finished the storyline missions like months ago and stopped playing it because I don't know what to do afterwards. GTA III missions wanna make you bang your head against the wall and that's true. The gameplay mechanic pissed us off pretty much.
How long did it take u to finish it
I beat this when I was 9 I’m 30 now where does the time go 😢
Great video ! just found your channel 🎉
Good first video for the channel . One bit of advice would be to probably talk slightly slower, just so can get the points across clearer. Not to say you weren't clear but when you slowed down to emphasise points it was much easier to hear. The main problem with this game was you could only really spend all your money on more guns. They also released vice City so quick afterwards and VC utterly blows III out the water. III is the first game I played on ps2 so always has a special place for me.
Great Video 🎉 Gta is a vibe! I really enjoyed GTA 4 a lot!
Great video bro … subscribed
I hope your channel grows huge
Thanks
I love the blocky animation and gloomy look. Definitely feels like 80s NYC
same
It’s supposed to be in 2001
@@pooler57 I know. Portland in particular looks like older NYC
@@avace917 a lot of places in New York look old today because it’s where poor people live
@@pooler57 not like back then. Do you live here?
gta 3 was gonna originally come out on the sega dreamcast but sega declined and sony made a deal with rockstar to release the game on ps2 exclusively for around a year until the it came out on pc and xbox a year later
damn if it wasnt for 9/11 that iconic cover wouldnt exist
3
I would’ve stepped in
Remember us when you famous
14:00 the statement that main theme was the only true original song made isn't true as several other songs were made for the game and appear on lips 106 and head
I’ve given this game so many chances in my life, but every time I try and go back to it, it’s always nothing but misery. I can understand why there are some people who love GTA 3 even with all of its flaws, but as somebody who’s tried so hard to like it in the modern day, it just doesn’t hold up
Btw, great first video bro. I just came across it while looking for something to watch real quick before I leave the house, and I was a bit skeptical when I saw the view count, but I decided to give it a try and I’m glad I did. I just saw too that you posted a video about Bully and now I plan to watch that when I get home lol. Keep up the great work man! (One note though, try speaking a bit clearer and maybe a little slower. I had to go back in the video a few times to figure out what you were saying lol)
3 DAYS LATE SQUAD WHERE YOU AT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Great job, Keep working on the vids!
Also, I'm pretty sure GTA 3 is in the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition.
Yep
Fix your smoke alarm
I’m aware of that lmafo
3 walked so vice, SA, IV and V could run.
Everytjing wrong with 3 was addressed in later titles. It was revolutionary.
Its really hard describe if you weren't there aged 10-14 when it came out. It was wolrds apart from every other game at the time.
Your review is kinda unfair by judging a 22 year old game and comparing it to today's standards considering that it changed the gaming industry forever, even though i didnt really like your review on my childhood game but you got huge potential, keep up the good work.
I wish GTA 3 would have vehicles, weapons, and radio stations from Roadkill 😎 (I'm glad I've grew up with perfect great games) [GTA 3 and LCS would always be my favorite along with Roadkill]
I am a GTAIII Enjoyer🗿🍷
Just subscribed!
i'm yo 170th subscriber
im here now
How does bro only have 200 subs
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳 🎉 🎊 🍾🥂🍸🍷🍹🥃 🍻 🍺 🎇 🎆🎈 ✨ 2:36a.m. 1/1/2024
where did u get the gta 3 download?
I bought steam keys and was able to buy it from there
Great video for a first! I got nostalgic from this one. My only criticism is to very slightly slow down your speech pattern and annunciate more.
What specs your pc got?
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
@@ScorpionWag Thats cool, what about the cpu?
I beat this game when I was nine at a babysitter’s house as I got older I played it again at 13Imgot this game for Christmas with the PS2 slim vice city and San Andreas rockstar. Games is one of my favorite franchise game companies in the world from red dead redemption to manhunt to max warriors anything that rockstar makes I’m going to play it enjoy it and beat it. playing this game at nine I didn’t understand the adult humor references but when I was 13 I understood it more. I beat it again when GTA five was coming out I started from the ground up to J three vice city San Andreas even the liberty city stories and vice city stories. I’m going to do the same thing again when GTA six is one year away
Such a shame that your PC couldn't handle modded III. Take it from me, the trilogy on steam can be modded and it's absolutely mindblowing. III is PEAK with mods.
GTA III actually had the most original music compared to other games in the series. If you look closely, most of the "licenced music" on isn't licenced at all! These are all in-store made tracks specifically for the game. Take "I See Through you" by Frankie Fame or "Change" by Lucy, for example. Both Lucy and Frankie Fame don't exist in the real life! Of course, they aren't AI generated, but were done by real people. But that's not my point. Point is that they have been made specifically for the game. Or if speak broader than just music in terms of radio content, Chatterbox is shining example. It's a pure comedy gold. So, GTA III has plenty to offer when it comes to original radio content, as opposed to licenced one.
dang they released gta 3 for windows 10 in 2001? they can see ahead :O
nah jk, good video bro, keep working hard
Thanks bro
When GTA 1 arrived it was not "shit", it had record sales in Europe. I guess it was more accessible here than in the USA. I loved the game because were no open world games with huge maps in which you can drive any car...none. Plus it was much more mature than the usual games, a lot more swearing. Plenty of friends at that time were quoting the guys from the cutscenes. GTA 2 was ok, but I think it attracted only die hard fans of GTA 1.
Valid asf
“Yakazuka” lmao 🤣 it’s “Yakuza” Yuh-koo-zuh my boi 😂
to confusing for me
@@ScorpionWag legit thought it was funny lmao good video nonetheless
I’m a little confused? They ported GTA3 to the Xbox AFTER vice city and San Andrea’s adding first person? In what realm/universe is that remotely true
I have no idea why i said first person mode, it wasn’t even in my script i just said it and i didn’t notice it until after i posted the video 💀
@@ScorpionWag possibly thinking about GTA V PS4/XBOX ONEs differences when that was re released
I played the original, I'm showing my age. Made me laugh when you said this game is old as hell😂 these youngens 😂
1:39 Me who has nearly 100% all GTA games: Ehh the 4 GTA games of the 2D era aren’t really all that bad, just poorly aged when looking through a 2024 lens, there’s plenty interesting especially seeing what ideas and mechanics that would evolve in future games
how many gta games have u completed
GTA 3 is the most underrated game in franchise but is my favorite next to vice
where u from?
wdym
@@ScorpionWag blud where u from like where u coming from ?
@@TomaELPatronHOMIE O block
4:34 "released to the ps2, then later to the xbox and WINDOWS 10?"
I have deluxe 💀
Yo, what editing tool do you use for your Video's?
Premiere pro
@@ScorpionWag ty bro
If you want backstory from some of the people from GTA three you got to play gta liberty city stories
im still trying to finish gta 3 im stuck at the yakuza whooping the culumbians ass mission.
Cool vid, change your smoke detector battery.
Oh my god
I fooking love GTA 3
Zachyy quinn
I hate RUclipsrs who go " OMG GTA 3 SO HARD, GTA 3 BAD "
I've literally played the game several times over the years, and maybe one or two missions are challenging
" UHM, NO MINIMAP OR WAYPOINT? BAD GAME! "
Maybe use your brain and remember the map a little you dunces
Good video bro
My only problem with your video is the beeping
Yeah sorry that’s my stupid ass smoke detector, we just got it fixed so yeah hopefully it will stop
Try to slow down your talking and pronouncing your words better
Nice to see young bucks getting to taste the sweet bitter joy this shitty masterpiece bought us back in 01
Hell yeah
Love this game, yes, it's a hot mess. But it's just so goofy that it somehow warps back to being badass.
Edit: 13:36 I think a game inspired by GTA 3 and going for a similar atmosphere and ps2 style that is well made and has similar charm but also is up to scuff would be incredible, tbh. This games aesthetics have aged, but that's kinda part of why I like it too.
Anyone that says the game is bad is comparing it to modern games. Compared to games of its time, it was amazing. But yeah comparing it to say GTA V is ridiculous. Even comparing it to GTA IV wouldn't be fair.
I think people just use it to compare how bad it is compared to games nowadays but yeah ur right it isn’t really that fair since the game is 20+ years old
@@ScorpionWag as someone that was 6 when I first saw the game, it really changed gaming for me. Ignore the issue of a 6 year old playing it lol, but I remember my uncle was home from college and I went to my grandparents and he had his PS2 and GTA III. I played it and went home that same day and asked my parents to get it for me. That really cemented my love for video games. Up to that point it was just Crash, Spyro, and Gran Turismo. This really got me to expand my tastes.
I really gotta get the gta trilogy
The original trilogy? or the definitive one
Do more videos 🖤
RUclips Recommended
Checkpoints is for 😺
Nah, GTA 3 rocks. OG players know.
The PS2 vs Xbox comments casually dropped kind of indicate you weren't there for it. If you had an Xbox, you indeed had some cool games. But there was never a world in which GTAIII was not targeting the PS2 as the *primary* platform at that time. The market share of the PS2 was insane.
PS2 had everything in its library, and then some. This isn't trying to have a flame war, it was just how dominant their position was after the PS1, and the PS2 absolutely solidified it. Xbox was and is a great console, but Xbox hit its true stride with the 360 era with sales. The original Xbox struggled for a long while to get release parity with the PS2, and while it had more powerful hardware, the ports were not always taking advantage of that due to it being an after though. This was a problem SEGA also had with the Dreamcast, and it ended their hardware line. MS was willing to lose billions though to make a bid for control of the living room.
GTA 3 definitely made use of the better hardware on the Xbox original, the PS2 version was so stripped down because rockstar couldn’t show us what they really had visioned due to the power they had on PS2, when they spent an extra year perfecting GTA3 for Xbox we got better textures, car weapon and ped models, reflections and sound quality. GTA 3 on Xbox original is by far the closest we will ever get to rockstars vision for the game
For a first video this is insanely good. Definitely getting a sub from me!
*the remastered GTA3 is actually really good 👍 the updated controls and adjusted graphics make it feel like a brand new game* 👌
i love gta 3 :)
I think Half Life was just as if not more groundbreaking than gta 3 tbh
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Oh shit