Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 3 for PlayStation 2

Pros: realistic city mayhem, tons of missions, original gameplay, amazing graphics
Cons: auto-targeting is glitchy, excessive violence?

Grand Theft Auto 3 (GTA3), Rockstar’s controversial hit was banned in Australia due to it’s excessive violence, disrespect for elders, as well as the unrestrained mayhem the game promotes. This is a video game that draws great attention, because...

Pros: Umm, yeah, the police are pros, I suppose. And the mob too
Cons: Hell, this entire city is full of cons, and ex-cons!

Back when the original Grand Theft Auto was released for the PlayStation and PC, I remember looking and playing the game, and thinking “this is a game that’s well ahead of its time” – all the ideas that DMA Design (now Rockstar North)...

Pros: Do whatever you want! ANYTHING!!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Cons: The targeting just plain sucks

Pop quiz, hot shot: You're sitting at a traffic light, and the light just turned green. It's been about ten seconds, but the old guy in front of you hasn't even started to move yet. What do you do? What do you do? Do you a: wait patiently, b: give...

Pros: Freedom to wreak havoc - anytime, anywhere.
Cons: ..No, Rockstar will not con you out of $50

Liberty City is vast and bustling, a perfect environment to blend into while you're running from the law. You begin as a small-time crook who gets screwed over by your girlfriend during a bank heist. She leaves you to be picked up by the cops, but you...

Pros: Replay. Sound. Shock value.
Cons: Performance.

"The hype finally got to me. I dusted off my PS2 and skipped the rental and headed right for a purchase. With seemingly no bad reviews on the game, I had to give it a shot... "

Storyline
The whole concept...

Pros: Large playing area. Anything goes.
Cons: Poor camera positioning. Crap targeting system.

Some of you might have heard of an old PSX title called Driver 2. Those who had actually played this game were probably complaining about not being able to shoot or run people over. Other than that, Driver 2 is your typical 'drive from point A to point...

Pros: see review
Cons: some minor graphical problems

We don't get many games like DMA's Grand Theft Auto 3 anymore. Games you can just start playing; anytime of the day, for as much time as you want. Have five minutes to kill? Boot up GTA 3 and take a Barracks OL out for a superbly destructive spin....

Pros: Smash cars, kill people, pick up prostitutes, suffer no repercussions
Cons: $50, and will seriously cut into your sleep time

I just can't wait to steal cars, run people over, beat people with baseball bats, shoot people, and then celebrate with a prostitute, and maybe take some drugs.

Grand Theft Auto 3 lets me do all those things and more from the comfort of my own...

Pros: fun Fun FUN!!!
Cons: DUDE Dude dude...

Hello everybody! I had a snow day a few days ago, so I thought I’d give my PS2 and Gamecube a little lovin’ by going and renting some games. Surprisingly, the GC area had grown to a bigger selection of games, however my first choices were picked, so I...

Pros: Amount of freedom, variety of cars, mini games, the setting
Cons: Terrible control when using hand guns, graphics are average compared to GC and XBOX games

.:Grand Theft Auto III:.

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System: Playstation 2
Players:1
Genre: Action (Action)
ESRB Rating: “M” for Mature

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Pros: Killing, car jacking, tons of missions, side jobs and hidden goodies
Cons: Camera angles, target system, ambient lighting

Grand Theft Auto has always been in the spotlight ever since the original pc version some ten years ago. It wasn't until now, with the release of GTA 3 that the series really picked up steam and defined a generation of free choice gameplay in a massive ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: None

Note -- Over the weekend I saw Ali and A Beautiful Mind. Ali bores like few films can. I’m not saying it’s terrible, in fact it is quite good in parts, but it is so over done -- easily at least 45 minutes could have been trimmed....

Pros: This game proves that gamers love doing what ever they want in a video game.
Cons: The lock on system is a bit out dated.

GRAND THEFT AUTO III (Rockstar Games, October 2001) For many gamers part III here was their first Grand Theft Auto video game they ever played. The previous GTA 2D games had all the wild and therefore very controversial content of the newer ...

Pros: Killing people... oh, and jacking vehicles.
Cons: The dialogue from the city's people kind of becomes too redundant.

Genocide, mayhem, anarchy.... With these tools of destruction from within the social system of life, Rockstar Games and DMA Design are taking their creative genius and turning it inside out to show everyone what makes a dangerous thought real. It's Grand ...

Pros: Overall this is the best game I have ever played in my opinion.
Cons: Can be very difficult to pass missions at times.

Intro I was first introduced to the game back in the Summer of 2002 and I was hooked on it the moment I started playing because of the ability to do a wide range of missions, go around causing trouble, roaming around freely exploring or ...