Damn, it's pretty great. I played it for the first time last week and enjoyed it a lot. As a kid, Vice City and San Andreas were my favorites but until now I never went back to 3.
With Silent Patch and Widescreen Patch it worked 100% on Windows 7 and looked fine.
It's super rough compared to VC, story is basic as fuck, cars handle funny and explored fast, cops are aggressive as shit etc. but this didn't really bother me once I got used to it all.
I really appreciated how bullshit free it was. Just start and play. No DLC, internet activations, lootboxes or any other such modern cancer.
Later I learned there's something called GTA Liberty City, a port of 3 to VC's engine (you can shoot tires, windshields, jumo out of cars etc.) which I briefly tried and it worked fine too. If I play 3 again I might go with this.
The in-house produced music on Head Radio and Lips 106 is actually pretty nice as well.
Tyler Allen
I mostly listened to Flashback.
Aaron Diaz
HD universe was a mistake
Blake Sullivan
>Picks up M16 >Activates Unlimited Ammo Cheat >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *cli-chok* >1 Star >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *cli-chok* >3 Stars >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *cli-chok* >4 Stars >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *cli-chok* >5 Stars >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT *cli-chok* >6 Stars >Steal Tank >Take tank to Staunton Island Garage >Save to ditch wanted level >Cruise around in your new tank
David Cox
The M16 was the true tank. Kill cars in 3 seconds. Fuck the rockets.
Owen Gonzalez
you can't respray tanks genius.
Caleb Morales
He didn't say anything about respraying.
Lincoln Anderson
Don't need too. You take it to your garage and rush to save. Saving removes wanted level.
Hunter Murphy
MSX FM is the best though. I'm still mad IV didn't have a MSX station.
Ian Thomas
>that mission where you need to drive the cop to the airport >tells you to take the tunnel because the FBI are guarding the bridge >go to the bridge anyway because it's probably not that bad >see first glimpse of the bridge >TTTTTTTTTTTT
>Turn on "All peds have weapons cheat" >Turn on "Chaos Mode" >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT >TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT >Try to deactivate chao- TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT >"Wasted"
cops are aggressive as shit but yea its cool though cause they got wanted stars everywhere. so as long as you can escape. i think they made it too easy in vice city. just if you get caught in the wrong part, and the cops arent as hard, does it become any challenge. you have to actually have skill to escape and make it to the stars in 3.
i took a month playing the first section and didnt even know you could cross the bridge when i first played it, no probably more like .. 2-3 months. didnt even know about it. just had fun running around looking for stuff. first game i got after having last console was an n64 and it was my first computer that i didnt use somebody elses win98 with 64mb of ram or less, that was capable of playing something besides rollercoaster tycoon
Adrian Lee
yea i remember those mods, gta:liberty city. people liked 3, but they liked the physics and motorcycles and stuff of vice city and they modded the game maps into vice city's engine. i remember modding vice city into 3 or map mods and then getting online on some server and climbing over top of "the map" for everybody else.
Landon Gutierrez
I'LL GRILL YUR ASS
Jayden Cruz
this game is a step down from GTA2 in every way besides being third person.
James Reed
Why were the 3D era GTA games so damn comfy? The atmosphere, the rough look of the games made look like were done by college students but had a charm to it, the surreal sense of reality where someone driving a tank down Inglewood is considered normal...Fuck. Now everything is all hyper realistic and clean looking. Everything looks good and updated, but less fun.
Nathan Rodriguez
WANNA GO DYOWNTYOWN
Adrian James
Wow, who would have thought making the jump from 2.5D to 3D would cause them to remove things
Jackson Ramirez
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Jose Hill
Yeah. Bribe starts are too easy in VC. Especially the one behind Malibu and one very close between houses.
Honestly, probably nostalgia. VC and SA really were important parts of my childhood (along with Gothic 2).
3 worked super well on me. Nostalgic, but fresh. Made me want to go to the real New York one day.
Aaron Torres
I feel you, but modded GTA 4 and 5 are vastly superior to the PS2 games.
Jaxon White
they didn't even remove anything signifcant or game changing, they just took existing things (which wouldn't be a problem in 3d) and made them worse.
Kayden Lopez
Download the PSP emulator called PPSSPP and play Liberty city stories, even toasters can run it. It's very interesting to see some details. It's a prequel so there's no underground tunnels yet, there are still ferries going around and shit like that, I really like Liberty city.
Daniel Bailey
Like?
Alexander Perry
I play SA on my PS2 and it's still fun, unless there's a mod that adds every single thing from SA to V I'm still gonna play it
Lincoln Morris
What's a really comfy videogame to play when you're feeling stressed
Jordan Sanchez
It was their first go at a 3D game, and one of the first 3D open world games. What the fuck are you even talking about?
Aaron Perry
I used to just drive around town in Liberty city stories. Or just take any GTA and just ride around with some cool music.
Michael Rogers
Is Simpsons: Hit and Run a good GTA clone?
Chase Wilson
I didn't say to not play San Andreas. I'm saying 4 and 5 are objectively better than San Andreas once you mod them. I think the only thing that SA has that 5 doesn't is the jet pack, and I'm pretty sure they just added that in Online (which means I'll be able to mod it in very soon if not now)
Camden Cruz
I remember liking it back in the day, but that's the last time I played it. No idea if it holds up.
David Ramirez
What kind of games do you like to play, user? Stuff like Stardwe Valley, American/Euro Truck Simulator or Kingdoms & Castles are all pretty comfy, but maybe you're looking for something with a comfy atmosphere in a genre you like
Levi Nelson
>objectively So V has all of the vehicle missions from SA when you mod it? How about San Fierro and Las Venturas?
Aiden Barnes
chatterbox fm was brilliant as well
Carson Diaz
5's map is objectively a piece of shit.
Bentley Cook
machine gun upgrades to cars, cops taking you to a gang area after busting you, the respect system.
the weapons are better too, grenades and molotovs can be spammed and you can throw further, there's a functioning silenced machine gun, dual pistols and of course the electrogun.
the only true game changer removed from GTA3 was the fart/burp button.
Dominic Bailey
played it for the first time a couple years ago and i had great fun, the game holds up pretty well
that said the cops are ridiculously hard, you gain starts so easily and at 5 starts and above you pretty much need either a bulletproof car or the tank if you wanna survive. i still have ptsd from the fbi niggers that deplete your entire health plus armor in literally 1 second
same with the shotgun mafia dudes on the first island when they become aggro. those fuckers instantly blow your car up in like 1 or 2 shots as you drive by
Jackson Murphy
Seems pretty cool, my dude.
Angel Jones
GTA3 is truly the best GTA
it does an excellent job representing the early 2000's. definitely better than SA does early 90's and arguably even better than VC does 80's
>Let's talk about GTA 3. >Finds the only plane you can fly at the airport. >Controls are broken as fuck >Bombs the Chinese with a laundry truck >Wash on Wash Off.
Zachary Hernandez
THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE LIGHTWEIGHTS SLEEPING IN THE BASEMENT
Lucas Bennett
>Getting the Mafia Sentinel. >Finally moving up in the world.
Wyatt Mitchell
>tfw claude cucks the fuck out of CJ without saying a word Based as fuck
Luis Diaz
it's less obnoxiously over the top in it's world presentation it was of course still over the top but VC and SA were some bootleg movie timetravel RP levels of forced atmosphere.
Ryder Nelson
>Anyone remember the secret package you had to find? >The more you found the better weapons you get appearing outside your home.
David Davis
As a kid I found like 85+ in VC by myself. Didn't have internet at the time, or any other way to look them up, so I just cruised the city.
Ian Hill
CJ was happy to see that crazy bitch go, she ends up trying to kill Claude anyway
GTA III is honestly a better-designed game than Vice City and San Andreas.
Vice City wasn't bad, but it feels like an expansion pack for III (which apparently it was.) It lacks a lot of the distinct comic book David Lynch personally III has, vying instead to be a sort of homage (read: rip-off) of Scarface, which simply isn't as inspired or unique. Everything rips of Scarface.
San Andreas was very muddled and tried to pack in everything. Character stats, clothing, vehicle mods, 100 different planes, 100 different boats, 100 different weapons, massive zones that felt totally divorced from one another. The end result isn't exactly bad but it lacks any of that straightforward design you see in III.
Kayden Sullivan
what mods would you recommend?
Sebastian Long
Nah SA is still objectively the best one and that's coming from a huge Vice City nostalgiafag
Jaxson Hughes
I loved this game's atmosphere. The mist and rain look so damn good.
Nathan Morgan
>SA is worse designed because it has more content
Not saying everything it tried was perfect, but it's far better designed than 3. The gunplay, driving, unarmed fighting, graphics, interaction, animation, everything is better.
Isaac Carter
POST YOUR FAVOURITE CAR >finding it in the dealership on the first island for the first time >powersliding around every corner with it loved this thing
Carson Stewart
III is probably my favorite as well and I will rip on Vice City when comparing the two but strangely when I compare III with San Andreas I go full idort and I will just be happy I own the whole lot of em.
Wyatt Ramirez
>spawn tank >activate flying cars cheat >point tank gun backwards >build up so much speed the game crashes
Carter Gomez
Yes it's great
Brayden Kelly
GTAIII is my personal favorite in the 3D era. It's the one that I keep going back to when I want to replay a GTA game. But to say it's a better designed game is ridiculous. Go for 100% completion and you'll see just how flawed the game can be. For instance, the rampage missions where you gotta snipe the Yardies in Staunton features some of the worst sniper controls in a video game ever. Or attempting medic missions in Portland after you've cleared Portland (even if you've already beat the game)? Good luck.
Vice City, although like you said, heavily inspired by Scarface, is the most original in the series and went on to define future GTA experiences in ways that other GTA games didn't accomplish. There was a clear synchronistic experience that you were meant to have while playing GTA VC. SA tried to do this, but failed. The closest Rockstar has came to truly mimicking this experience is one of the heists in GTA:O, where Danger Zone defaults to the radio station the moment your crew enters the planes on the aircraft carrier. To say that VC was uninspired is just untrue.
Isaac James
WHERE THE FUCK IS IT
Anthony Clark
>where Danger Zone defaults to the radio station the moment your crew enters the planes on the aircraft carrier. Fuck me that part of the heist was by far one of the best moments I've had in recent times playing with friends. The sun coming up, Danger Zone playing and just flying and shooting planes was amazing
Samuel Sanders
HAHAHAHAH COME TO DADDY!
Austin Murphy
Shit get super choppy and slow on my pc I have no idea why.
Brody Ortiz
the fbi car was pretty neat
Aaron Campbell
>every save had the staunton island garage stacked with FBI cars They handled so well that they were perfect for 5/6 star shenanigans
Nolan Bailey
god damn i love rise fm
Jaxon Bailey
This past week I had this recurring image of driving around the top of Staunton island at night with K-jah on anyway so I guess I'm gonna do that this week. Thanks thread
Jordan Cox
Can someone tell me who the person is in the bottom right and middle panels? Is it Marty Chonks?
Eli Hughes
its me, mario
Justin Murphy
Liberty City Stories is way better
John Brooks
why is he so cool?
Bentley Jenkins
are these games worth it on mobile
Nathan Jenkins
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Owen Ross
>Intense focus >Can properly handle any weapon he's given >Does whatever task he's given with no lip >Virtually unstoppable killing machine >Dressed in a slick leather jacket, green cargo pants, and some Chucks You tell me man.
Brandon Kelly
Did he kill the girl he saved at the end?
Tyler Wilson
I'm pretty sure he did, but I'd like to think that he shot the gun in the air just to shut to her up.
Noah Hall
I don't know why, it might be nostalgia but it holds up everytime i replay it, but GTA 3's city was always the most immersive for me.
The gangs really helped make the city feel more alive, the Triads were a serious threat since the fuckers would be annoying and pull you out of your car frequently, and the Mafia after you kill the Don... I remember walking into their territory and immediately hearing two shotguns go off, i fucked off out of there real quick.
GTA3 will always be my most favorite of the series, I think. Probably best city, best immersion.
Angel Hall
was always listening to rise fm and chatterbox i loved how distinct the gangs were and how you were playing as this no fucks given silent psychopath
also enjoyed the whole gritty industrial feel of the game, definitely my favourite version of liberty city
Jordan Campbell
Probably cause, like a lot of shitty modern superhero movies, the drive to make everything more "realistic" than "fun" makes the game (surprise!) less fun.
Easton Jackson
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Jackson Powell
I still prefer Vice City's location and aesthetics more than III, but even if I liked them the same VC would still edge it out based on just one critically important gameplay change. That being the ability to JUMP OUT OF MOVING VEHICLES.
Ryder Ward
GTA Liberty City has it.
Nathan Nelson
Yes. I wonder why this is always in doubt. You clearly hear her voice cut off immediately with the gunshot. She was fucking shot.
I was stupid enough to activate that the very first time I played it and then saved the game.
Unsurprisingly I had to delete the save to get through the game.
Nolan Garcia
You should try getting HD car pack(Tri-Pack). Makes the tank not look like complete shit, plus adds some more cars from VC to diversify the roads up a bit
Henry Green
>i know it says trance but it doesn't sound like the regular trance song thats as regular a trance song as you're gonna get
Aiden Roberts
Vice City Stories always seemed to me like Rockstar Leeds just put as much in as they could because they knew it was the last PS2 GTA game.
