GTA III is a beautiful disaster | A Retrospective
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Күн бұрынGTA is a fantastic game that I will probably never play again.
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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Developing Liberty City 01:17
Portland 06:47
Staunton Island 18:51
Shoreside Vale 23:31
Legacy 34:02
Referenced Footage:
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-Grandma Cat • Evil Looking Cat Appea...
-RDR2 Waypoints • How to Use WAYPOINTS /...
-GTA3 DE Glitches • GTA 3 Definitive Editi...
-GTA2 • Grand Theft Auto 2 - G...
-Gameboy • Super Mario Advance (S...
-Driver • Driver 1 Walkthrough: ...
-San Andreas • GTA San Andreas - Tips...
-Cam Pain • GTA: Liberty City Stor...
-Vice City • GTA Vice City - Missio...
-Jetpack • Jetpack tour of Los Sa...
-GTA V • Top 5 Missions to make...
Music: (in order of appearance)
Car Dealer (Gran Turismo 3), Intro (GTA III), Vendetta Dropout Townies (Bully), Innocence Glitched Basement (The Binding of Isaac), Burning Sunset (LISA The Painful), Resurrection (Celeste), Garbage Day (LISA The Painful), Table Top (Red Dead Redemption 2), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), Arena War Track One (GTA Online), Apartment Theme (Hotline Miami), Theme Song (GTA IV TBOGT), Loading Screen (GTA IV TBOGT), Main Theme (GTA LCS), Psychedelics (GTA Online), The Heist (GTA LCS), Leshy’s Theme (Inscryption), Ending Credits (GTA III), Men’s Hair Club (LISA The Painful), KENKURA- Lazy Evenings
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@InfamousSirHellfire Жыл бұрын
The physical recoil I felt at the Assassins Creed joke. My brother done me a dirty
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣 I thought of you when writing that one not gonna lie
@InfamousSirHellfire Жыл бұрын
@@MrHammers preciate you bro even if it hurts 🥲
@Coccyx69 Жыл бұрын
Even ubisoft is making assassins creed jokes. But they cost $70 now.
@hakijoe Жыл бұрын
@CatAidsViii great joke, just remove it and copy it into its own comment 👍😄
@SamsarasArt Ай бұрын
Doing that race after killing Salvatore is damn near impossible
@michaelgranato7453 Жыл бұрын
My dad took me to Blockbuster after I lost the 7th grade spelling contest. I was devastated losing; he took me out of school early. Went to Blockbuster and told me to rent a game. I picked GTA III. I will never forget him laughing as I beat somebody up with a bat after the first mission. "HIT EM AGAIN" he was cackling. As a grown man I understand how much dude loved me now.
@ElPatron42069 Жыл бұрын
The good old days. I miss going to blockbuster as a kid
@johnnash2815 Жыл бұрын
Haha, your dad seems like a legend
@tavius88 Жыл бұрын
@@ElPatron42069same
@mclarenf1gtrlmedition715 7 ай бұрын
Your dad is awesome
@miketsintziras503 6 ай бұрын
I got my PS2 for Christmas 2001 when I was in grade 7. Then in March 2002 my stepdad took me to rent it and wanted to play it with me to check out the new system since the only game I had was madden. Nothing was funnier than when I came back from the bathroom and hearing my stepdad say “I have to pick up this hooker for a guy named Luigi” at the beginning of the game. 2 months later my dad bought it for me but my stepdad said that if I got caught stealing, getting in fights, and started seeing hookers I wouldn’t be allowed to play it anymore. I was 14 when I got it so I said cool. Then later the same year everywhere had Vice City sold out on release day and I was disappointed but my stepdad had to go to future shop to get something for the tv and I asked if they had it and the worker said I’ve been waiting all day for someone to ask for this, he then opened the box full of copies
@afrinmujeeb7740 Жыл бұрын
Claude has to be the scariest GTA protagonist bro just doesn't care abt anyone and just betrays ppl without a 2nd thought 💀💀
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
and does all this without saying a word
@givemesometime8405 7 ай бұрын
Cause he had one goal in mind and that was to kill katalina
@nuh-uhbro765 6 ай бұрын
He’s scary but he’s held back by physical limitations. Bro can’t jump to save his life and CJ could hop one fence and Claud would be left in the dust
@muffchomp635 6 ай бұрын
Best character in gta history
@owenjohnson469 6 ай бұрын
Tommy gets a bad rep online for being a sociopath but tbh I don’t think he was that bad of a guy. If you look, he killed mostly people who weren’t good people.
@MrWaifuTaker Жыл бұрын
Never forget how brutal the Leone Shotguns are after a certain part in the game.
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Yes! They would blow up my car so quick
@jaakko14 Жыл бұрын
Oh boy those sucked. I had to cheese my way past one race mission in the first island because the shotguns just kept blowing my car up.
@Necris02 Жыл бұрын
But not brutal as thé M16, that gun shoot 1 bullet per frame, at 60 FPS that gun blew cars instant, let alone when the frame rate is uncaped!
@Crawlingdreams418 Жыл бұрын
@@jaakko14 pro tip for future attempts of playing the game: DO NOT fuck with the mafia until you pass that el burro race mission
@lucasjerez2137 Жыл бұрын
@@Crawlingdreams418 why?
@adriannaranjo4397 Жыл бұрын
I honestly feel really bad for Asuka in all this You kill her brother in honestly cold blood after they/the Yakuza have treated you with the most respect, she hunts down and tortures an innocent guy - specifically in this sense - who she thinks is responsible, only to be murdered by your crazy ex. But somehow Maria is who Claude cares about enough to risk his life to save. And then possibly immediately shoots her after
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
I know! Claude brought Asuka into the middle of his BS and messed up her whole family for little to no reason lol. But really Maria is to blame for it all, Claude coulda stayed employed with the Leone's for a long while
@coolman229 Жыл бұрын
Why go for an untrustworthy woman who constantly lies and got you in trouble when you could have a hot Yakuza gf For real though it would have been better if Donald Love hired else to kill Kenji so Claude doesn't look monumentally stupid for backstabbing the only faction who never betrayed him. Asuka was way more likable than Maria.
@cerobathetalllady Жыл бұрын
Claude didn't go to save Maria, he wanted to get revenge on Catalina.
@malletUsergaming Жыл бұрын
The thing is Asuka had no issue having you backstabbing Salvatore so I see a bit of a double standard and very hypocritical when the same happens to her. I don’t see how Claude should care about criminals who are only using him to their benefit and nothing else. If you have ever played gta advanced you would know that Asuka isn’t as respectful as it seems, she betrays mike once she has no uses for him anymore. Kenji was a dickhead who didn’t know what respects mean and his annoying holier than thou BS.
@briansickboy Жыл бұрын
@@MrHammers he couldn't have stayed employed w the Leones don't you remember? Salvatore sent him to that car that was gonna explode and Maria paged him warning him
@monkehp 9 ай бұрын
This is the prototypical 'you had to be there to really understand it' kinda moment. I will never forget the first time I was able to mow pedestrians down in a car for absolutely no reason. To grow up playing things like Super Mario and, at worst, fighting games like Mortal Kombat, the level up in violence, humor, atmosphere... the paradigm shifted forever. The way GTA3 changed games was monumental, everything else has been incremental.
@Miltypooh2001 Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the dark grittyness of liberty city in this game, every gang hates you, some parts of the city was depressing but I still think rockstar during the early 2000s hit a stroke of genius when they made this game
@Ro-nu7vv 2 ай бұрын
At the end, only the yakuzas don’t shoot you on sight…my guess Claude took the cash and fled far aways from liberty city
@ffnovice7 Күн бұрын
I think the Red Jacks and Yakuza (I remember the game never added immigrant adjectives for the gangs except the Columbian Cartel) were cool with Claude if you finished everything. He seems to love him some swarthy girls; Catalina and Maria are much darker in San Andreas and LCS. I didn't realize until now, that playing the PC version from 12-22 years old, that it prepared me for driving and fending for myself in nonchalant acceptance of absurdist violence of the world. I was a bit paranoid but at least I wasn't killed in real life just by expecting the absurd and most cruel.
@willznuts Жыл бұрын
GTA III was breathtaking for me playing it back when it came out on PS2; freaking love that game
@thegamingmanatee6803 Жыл бұрын
same. Growing up with the top down games when GTA III came out I was in awe.
@MrBronx61 Жыл бұрын
Thank goodness I kept my PS2 so I can still play the old GTAs.
@Gatorade69 Жыл бұрын
@@MrBronx61 They are a bit hard to go back to, too bad the "Definitive Editions" sucked. I think PC is probably the best way to play the original titles. I uses to use the mouse and keyboard for shooting and use a controller for driving. I booted up Vice City on my PS2 a few months back and it was a bit rough.
@MrBronx61 Жыл бұрын
@@Gatorade69 I don't mind the PS2 controls, I've played these games over and over for almost 20 years now.😁
@iwillnotcomplyistandformyf6642 6 ай бұрын
@@MrBronx61 Same here + I'll play GTA 3 along with Red Faction 1, TimeSplitters, Bully, and GTA San Andreas
@Revolversplinter Жыл бұрын
Vice City will always be my favorite, but GTA 3 holds a special place in my heart. It was dark, brutal and It changed the medium and my perspective on videogames forever.
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
The reason why I liked GTA 3
@kz1000ps Жыл бұрын
Same. I'll never forget the very first time I played it and realized I could steal a car and just drive around. Every GTA that came after this is objectively a much better game, but this one was by far the biggest revelation. Plus it has to be mentioned that 9/11 had just occurred, and for better or worse this game's dreary tone matched up with the mood of the time all too well. And then just one year later Vice City came out and stole my heart...
@Gameprojordan 7 ай бұрын
That's why I like GTA LCS so much. It's the best of 3 (map, gritty atmosphere) and Vice city (weapon variety, outfits, bikes)
@GLsJAwtomatica 5 ай бұрын
Gta 3 was the best gta game until gta 5 because the missions here were actually fun, vice city and San Andreas had more polish sure but their missions were boring
@thegamingchicken945 21 күн бұрын
@@GLsJAwtomaticagta 3 is definitely the worst outta the modern gta games
@jonbourgoin182 Жыл бұрын
12:45 i love how that cop just casually drove past without noticing you just committed vehicular homicide
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
They got better things to worry about lol
@stinkbanana2522 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing this for the first time so vividly. It was mind-blowing, just indescribable. It was like playing a game from the future. I HAD to have a PS2.
@TomFooleryTheAustere 7 ай бұрын
The game is now 22 years old. To put that into perspective, those of use old enough to remember, 22 years before GTA 3, we were playing games on Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Intellivision.
@sirlagsalot524 Жыл бұрын
Hammers is a slept on man he goes very nicely in depth
@danteshollowedgrounds Жыл бұрын
Let him cook
@EndThusIAm Жыл бұрын
My introduction to the glory of GTA III was coming home and finding my mom's boyfriend and his two sons playing on *my* ps2. This incredible game where they were driving like lunatics and running people over. I instantly declared my stance on it being my console to get a turn and I lost track how many times I ran to my local movie/game rental store to keep playing it! My elementary school heart was in love. To this day, I'll forever crack up at the random pedestrian shouting "MY MOTHER'S MY SISTER!"
@Honest_Grifter Жыл бұрын
Gta 3 was HUGE to my younger self... I was in high school and spent WAAAAY TOO MUCH time trying to perfect the flight of the dodo... totally worth it
@rennmaxbeta Жыл бұрын
I was 26 when a friend brought over a PC CD rip of III back in 2002... The game was so revolutionary, it was amazing to play and experience. I spent the next six years playing GTA titles exclusively.
@evanhanley6437 Жыл бұрын
I was only 4 when I played this. Would beat the hell out of the Mafia and the policemen on Portland with the pistol and the flamethrower. That title screen music is absolutely godly. Still love this game.
@michelveraliot Жыл бұрын
I was 6 or 5 or prob 4 like u but i guess 5, and let me tell you something i did i the same thing i literally get s car try to survive the police and drive and listening the music before literally blasting every mafia and triads boi to protect myself
@GodOfWarConnoisseur Жыл бұрын
Me too I was so fn young when I played this game it's ridiculous
@CheezDoodlezz Жыл бұрын
How 4 if i was caught playing Gta 3 at 4 I wouldn’t be here making this comment
@jeremiahsaenz3191 Жыл бұрын
Same brother, always gonna play an love this game
@joshuabryant9845 Жыл бұрын
Yeah dude I was probably like 5 and I would just casually hop on gta 3 and pick up hookers and murder them after paying em. Lol
@FallingPicturesProductions Жыл бұрын
This game will always hold a place in my heart, probably in the left ventricle. I can still recall ~60% of the game's map off the top of my head now. It's one of the very few games that left a large enough impression on me to crop up in my dreams, which I very rarely have.
@AC-hj9tv Жыл бұрын
Based
@avace917 Жыл бұрын
GTA III is my favorite. I'll never forget seeing it the day it was released. I was mind blown. After actually sitting down and watching a friend play it, I was sold. This changed everything
@NAM-sg9ne 6 ай бұрын
the minimap route feature is one thing that made GTA and other old games better. By not having it, they force you to spend time exploring the game world and remember the map. I still remember how to navigate from the stadium to any place in the game in Vice City. Gives much more life to the game. Now you just drive like a drone following a red line on the map. It's boring
@MrPland1992 Жыл бұрын
It was basically the first open world game with true free roam. Every other game had some mission or timer so you couldn’t just go explore.
@Journey_Awaits Жыл бұрын
First open world game with a map that isn’t empty and dead, drivver never took note of that
@EvilIceCream333 Жыл бұрын
@@Journey_Awaits maybe Driver wasn't meant to be compared to GTA at all... Maybe dumb people just kept complaining a CAR game wouldn't let you get out and shoot people. If just having an open world is all it takes for Driver to get compared to gta, why not throw NFS, Forza Horizon, Midnight Club, and any other car game with an open map in with it?
@rl9legend770 Жыл бұрын
What about Driver?
@drunkensailor112 Жыл бұрын
Shenmue was 2 years before this. But you couldn't just go out and kill everyone.
@Don_Ramiro Жыл бұрын
Driver had a freemode, and encourage people to explore the map in order to discover landmarks (since the game was based in real cities). Driver 2, with the hability to get out of the car, added to this unlock secret areas and/or vehicles
@thommybepunkt7111 Жыл бұрын
This game really was something else when it came out back in the days.
@stefangreen3770 Жыл бұрын
It’s worth noting that Catalina is the cousin of Cesar from GTA San Andreas, CJ and Catalina ended up having a brief relationship even going so far as to rob a couple of establishments before eventually breaking things off with the game actually introduces Claude for a brief cameo before both, he and Catalina head to Liberty City, setting up the events for GTA 3.
@coldwinter8633 Жыл бұрын
I got GTA 3 when I was 9 years old as well. My friend’s older brother recommended it to me and I took his word. I got my dad to buy it for me at Toys R Us with neither of us having any context on the matter. This game opened up a whole new world beyond my understanding at the time. I even remember I had lasagna for dinner that night right before playing it. The memory absolutely stuck with me.
@Logan_93 Жыл бұрын
This game changed history and will forever be one of my favorites. The definitive edition is great too. It didn't start out great, but they really came through with the fixes. It runs phenomenally on switch. Thank you so much for making this video dude. You got a new sub.
@anthonywilliams8074 Жыл бұрын
Let's go GTA3! Just finished this again recently, much love Hammers
@whoelsebutmeofcoursei Жыл бұрын
Do you have GTA 3 tips to share with us?
@jaysono_o Жыл бұрын
“I know a place on the edge of the red light district where we can lay low, but my hands are all messed up so you better drive brother.”
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Iconic lines from a true maniac
@sgtcreasegrease 4 ай бұрын
RIP Guru
@lifeonearth4223 Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: You can skip Kenji's missions by avoiding them until you play the mission where you kill him.
@hithere01 11 ай бұрын
And lock yourself out of 100% completion.
@SpectorEuro4 11 ай бұрын
Yep, can’t 100% the game if you do that. DONT DO THIS PEOPLE if you wanna get a 100% in the game.
@yunjin909 11 ай бұрын
Speedrun moment.
@Justachamp772 9 ай бұрын
I missed and played again cause the mission I missed is the one, Grand Theft Auto
@translator859 Жыл бұрын
7:25 I just realized after 20 years that the getaway car only had 1 seat left...
@NEEDbacon Жыл бұрын
Pretty easy to rationalize Catalina shooting the original Getaway driver.
@est_9855 Жыл бұрын
The main theme of this game is just perfection.
@valentinzivkovic3640 Жыл бұрын
GTA: SA or GTA IV for me better
@est_9855 Жыл бұрын
@@valentinzivkovic3640 agreed, the Gta IV loading theme is soo cool!!
@AC-hj9tv Жыл бұрын
Gta 6 me
@brodyspears8290 11 ай бұрын
@@AC-hj9tvbro came back from the future to flex on us :(
@AC-hj9tv 11 ай бұрын
@@brodyspears8290 sup pimps. I come bearing gifts
@studas2011 Жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up with the original GTAs, this game simply amazed me when it came out in 2001. Learning to fly the Dodo properly was a major achievement lol
@Marcus_shawn Жыл бұрын
4 seconds is still my high🤣
@studas2011 Жыл бұрын
@@Marcus_shawn Push the nose down when you are travelling down the runway and slowly let it go when you want to take off. When you are in the air, push the nose down each time it rises. I know you didn't ask but just in case you or anyone goes back to try again ☺
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
@@Marcus_shawn same
@mikeb6085 6 ай бұрын
My hands are all messed up, so you better drive brother
@DrSpaceman69 8 күн бұрын
Ah shit here we go again
@ffnovice7 Күн бұрын
Look up through the window ♪
@vesselinkrastev Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, the Patriot you get from the dirty cop at the of his arc is bulletproof. It really comes in handy for that later mission with the coffee stands where you have to drive around Portland.
@dncewzrd 8 ай бұрын
17:36 the way 8-Ball runs off the ship is hilarious 😂
@nickalvizo Жыл бұрын
This game will forever hold a special place in my heart. It was the first ever GTA I played & it introduced me to it all. I watched a few GTA 4 & 5 videos before but when I got a tablet & played GTA 3 for the first time, it felt like a whole new world
@itzchaseyboi Жыл бұрын
It is almost uncanny how similar our viewpoints are on this game. Everything you said about it is 100% on point. On the up side the overall atmosphere of the game is untouched still today, I have never seen another GTA with the same creepy ominous seedy feel that this one captures. GTA 4 tried to copy it but didn’t even come close, it was more just kind of dreary but still sunny and decent. This game is just straight up creepy and dark in every way. Also with the missions, god I hated that damn mission where you had to shoot down the plane. “Espresso 2 Go” was easy compared to this one. Because the god damn plane comes into the runway at 95 MPH and you have no time to shoot it down from the water, so I ended up doing the same thing. I finally drove to the airport and waited for the bastards to come head on at me with the plane so I could completely obliterate it. Well done though man, I have never seen an explanation to this game nearly as good as this one.😄
@Endru85x Жыл бұрын
I agree, GTA 3 has a lot of flaws that made my leave it after few hours when trying to refresh it, but the atmosphere was something different than other GTA's. Kinda reminds of first and second Max Payne, where weather and surroundings are building the feeling of dread and loneliness.This kind of atmosphere is perfect for rainy, autumn days :)
@tawlmike5429 Жыл бұрын
After giving the ending plenty of thought I believe Claude killed Maria because she was the only person left that knew about his criminal ties he didn’t want to risk her snitching on him and wanted to move on with life also the fact that’s he deeply crushed from Catalina’s betrayal where he couldn’t possibly go on and find love again after being taken advantage in such a horrible way. I think Claude got his heartbroken more than anything and took it out on anyone who stood in the way of his goal of exacting revenge on Catalina and it being canon that’s he’s mute even in San Andreas makes a lot of sense that he’s not able to talk couldn’t explain how he felt other than with his actions. Claude was never a gangster more like a depraved man with a broken heart totally void of emotion because the woman he loved sold him out, and shot him leaving him for dead and jail just because she was cheating on him with Miguel and just because she’s a twisted psycho bitch where Claude like with CJ jn 1992 was only using him for her benefit.
@sumthingwikked4257 Жыл бұрын
Oof. Reaching for feels. Brought em back too. Now I feel bad for Claude.
@tawlmike5429 Жыл бұрын
@@sumthingwikked4257 Claudes actions are the narrative haha
@tareklegrand7747 6 ай бұрын
you're overanalyzing for nothing. he shot her because she's annoying for Dark comedy effect. Claude is not even a character he's just the man you play just like your online character only without the customization. the story was never the focus of GTA III (90% of the missions are not related with his revenge against Catalina) it was all about the revolutionnary gameplay if you look back at the previous games the stories were no better it was just somebody telling you to do something and if you look at the GTA III cutscenes well it's not really different it was just Claude receiving orders for a job without any interractions with other characters. they made him mute for that reason not to make him mysterious or anything. they didn't even bother giving him a name until San Andreas and they called him "Claude" and the reason is because some fans confused him with Claude Speed from GTA 2 because he looked exactly like the actor that played Claude Speed. see they didn't even bother giving him a proper appearance he's a copycat from a previous "character". it wasn't until Vice City when they started making efforts about the writing. what you are doing is literally analyzing a "character" that wasn't even written in the first place.
@yetanotheruser1989 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't believe my eyes when I first played this back in '02, when I was 12. It's a classic, and it remains my favourite in the series, alongside the first game.
@Abel_Unstable Жыл бұрын
GTA 3 as a game who started it all somehow never had the "jank" feel to it. Its a great game which Vice city and San Andreas improved its formula and even added so much more contents. That's why the 3d trilogy is the true GTA for me, it feels the same but each game had something more.
@SachBro Жыл бұрын
It got more popularity than Urban Chaos but it was Urban Chaos that started it all in my opinion.
@Abel_Unstable Жыл бұрын
@@SachBro you mean State of emergency? Urban Chaos was made by Rocksteady in 2006.
@jimmymetal713 Жыл бұрын
Ill never forget going to my cousin's house around the holidays and playing this and was hooked instantly....and all I wanted for Christmas was a PS2 and this game.
@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this 11 ай бұрын
I don't think you know what prerendered means. The cutscenes in Grand theft Auto III were not pre-rendered.
@qv81 Ай бұрын
I spent literally weeks playing this game without doing any missions, just driving around doing stunts, killing people, exploring. It was such a shock to me that such a game exists.
@HumbleHurricane 5 ай бұрын
I appreciate you SO much for this video. This is where it started for me too and even now im downloading the gta soundtrack 😅. Many thanks for putting this together my guy. As both a gta fan and content creator, this is 🔥🙏🏿
@Ar1AnX1x Жыл бұрын
for most people its just a scuffed game but if you played this back when it came out then you know there was nothing like it even if you played the best games of the time there was nothing like GTA 3 in terms of being open world and having a realistic city where you're completely free to do whatever you want.
@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 Жыл бұрын
I didnt even play this game back then, just played it this year, and its not that bad
@johnwise4341 Жыл бұрын
Back when GTA was hardcore. Now it’s a mockery.
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
@@johnwise4341 it's basically online now
@jonathanperez504 Жыл бұрын
In our family, we don't prioritize buying consoles and games. But thanks to emulators, I played all GTA series. Of all the GTA games that I played, GTA 3 stands out to me the most. The gritty atmosphere, the violence and the mysterious Claude. The scarcity of details about him makes him great.
@ItsTheHaos Жыл бұрын
I would like to write this comment as a big, huge or whatever word can desribe how gigantic this THANK YOU is to you MrHammers, i have found your channel a while ago and i cant describe how much entertainment i get from your videos, keep up the AMAZING work and i cannot wait to see your subs grow in the future!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Appreciate ya dawg
@flippedoutkyrii Жыл бұрын
Got this on the Xbox in the Double pack when I was a teen and replayed it sporadically on PC over the years, I've always found myself coming back to it due to it's shorter length and tone. It really does feel like the most unique GTA entry with it's Melancholic themes, lonely atmosphere and especially it's dreary setting where it's almost always overcast or raining. I recommend playing the unofficial "Remaster" which can be found on the steam guides as it bundles every best feature of every port onto the PC without going too far with mods as it brings some much needed quality of life improvements to the game.
@91Definite 8 ай бұрын
Everybody forgot the Xbox double pack version of GTA 3 and Vice City
@VoidNoctem Жыл бұрын
Mr Hammers delivering another banger, best content on YT for gaming my dude, keep at it!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
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@TheUballe Жыл бұрын
You're a damn good story teller, bud! I also got a PS2 that was more than likely liberated from its owner.
@chitan1362 5 ай бұрын
My least favorite part about GTA III is when the Leone family becomes hostile. You can be barreling down max speed in the fastest car, and all it takes is a single shotgunner to end you just like that.
@clash5j 11 ай бұрын
This is a very good retrospective, but to not mention how 9/11 affected this game is really missing the boat. It's part of the game's history. It pushed back it's release date by 3 weeks, changed the look of the police cars, eliminated any visuals of planes flying close to buildings, removed a mission that referenced terrorists, changed some of the pedestrian and talk radio dialogue and made it necessary to change the games original cover for North America
@Berserkerenergy Жыл бұрын
*GTA III is One of my All Time Favorites*
@IHJello Жыл бұрын
The last great game for cheat codes
@whoelsebutmeofcoursei Жыл бұрын
SeriousGoon's Game Ever
@jaakko14 Жыл бұрын
GTA 3 is still my favourite GTA. It might not be the best, but I love the athmosphere and it has memorable missions. It blew my mind on what video games could be when I bought it as a 15 year old.
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
GTA 3 is my favorite too
@ccl159 Жыл бұрын
Love these retrospectives 😁 pls do more!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
😁
@MechaOracle Ай бұрын
The final mission isn't a rescue mission, it's a revenge mission. Revenge against the women that betrayed him. GTA III has a primary antagonist in Catalina and a secondary antagonist in Maria.
@cutmywrist Жыл бұрын
I remember watching my dad play GTA 3 when it came out, coming from only having a PS1 at the time. I was infatuated with the LC universe. Albeit I wasn't allowed to play but I could watch him play XD Didn't make sense but it was fun to watch him mess around and go through the story even if I had not caught on to most of the adult trope of the story line.
@91Definite 8 ай бұрын
That’s a good memory, ya pops still play video games?
@richielynx Жыл бұрын
I came back to your channel after 1 or 2 months and you greet me with a new video the very next day :D thank you
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Welcome back!
@vinniecorleone62 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe I missed this review, you truly did it justice man, a great vid! You are quite right, "GTA-3" just doesn't get enough love! I beat it numerous times, sinking virtually hundreds of hours uncovering every inch of the map!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
GTA changed the game. I think a lot of people focus more on San Andreas or vice city, because they do improve on most things, but gta3 in itself was monumental and also just tons of fun
@shoulderdestroyer6124 Жыл бұрын
This was the only game I never gotten to beaten as a kid on the ps2. I screwed up with one cheat and saved.
@brodyspears8290 11 ай бұрын
I love knowing what you are talking about
@leethecomedian Жыл бұрын
No GPS path didn't feel like an issue at the time. It did help ya learn the main roads quicker though. I can remember using mapquest to get to places i.r.l. back in the day. Game came with sweet road map as well.
@afro_souledits2382 Жыл бұрын
GTA 3 has that classic 2001 to it just like assassin Creed 1 had that 2007 vibe too it both games are simple , revolutionary,had good soundtracks and gameplay n a decent story and great atmosphere and open world but it sequels is where we seen the improvements from the the first game which why we show love for the original Also Fade Away,the entire tony Montana soundtrack and EDM and game radio is what made the races lit
@AthurCallahan 7 ай бұрын
I really love your reviews and how long they are and how you explain every detail of the game
@MrHammers 7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@AthurCallahan 7 ай бұрын
@@MrHammers you're welcome
@ZRovas117 Жыл бұрын
Hammers, will you consider doing the rest of the GTA series? I love this critic/summary/retrospective of the game!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@kirbyleeditko9922 Жыл бұрын
It's My favotire GTA Game still
@thepioneer1235 6 ай бұрын
17:02 played hotline miami recently, great game and immeadiatly recognised the apartment theme😅. Props to you mate
@MrHammers 6 ай бұрын
Soundtrack is such a banger
@imouto5955 Жыл бұрын
For anybody playing through this game, and you get to "Bomb Da Base Act II" You don't actually need a headshot to instantly kill the colombians. A hit anywhere will instantly gib them.
@SJxPVR Жыл бұрын
I know the feeling first time my eyes saw that game was over a cousins house I didn't even own a ps2 at the time I was still on ps1 going home looking at that white square knowing nothing came close was hard....hahaha good ol days!
@realbr1koo Жыл бұрын
I remember when it came out i was a kid and my family didn't have a strong enough pc to play it on, but everything i missed out on i tried to compensate with reading walkthroughs in game magazines, like i did with so many games, and i was truly amazed of the stuff i read there at the time. Most games were still linear back in the days and to read about finding your way on an open map, to get up on rooftops, basically to fuck around in an open city was something completely new and revolutional. Also many youtubers mention GTA3 wasn't so restrictive yet on how a mission has to play out, so solving a mission could play out differently like the devs intended if you was a bit more creative. This is basically something i really miss from modern games.
@zackeryparkerson Жыл бұрын
Great video as always, man. I love you covering Rockstar’s wilder years, and they just might’ve been the craziest publisher out there at the time. Also, your line read of “8-Ball is a wild man.” had me crackin up.
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
8ball is crazy as hell LMAO. And yeah Rockstar used to be the top developer out there when they were releasing consistent bangers, their catalog is truly something else
@AngelRosarioYT 10 ай бұрын
This makes me wanna but GTA 3 cu as a kid I only played vice city but never owned it, this was definitely an awesome retrospective video man!
@RuslanKvitnevyi Ай бұрын
Fun fact: the Escort and Espresso to go missions are way easier if you use Ray's bulletproof Patriot he gives you
@Gruntvc Жыл бұрын
Man I remember getting this game at launch. It definitely was a game changer. Favorite GTA is still Vice City, but 3 was great too. Ever play the AVP games btw? Man I miss those games, especially AVP2.
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
No I haven't! Heard great things though
@IHJello Жыл бұрын
Its crazy at first thought I remember how hard Bomb Da Base pt2 was, but I forgot about killing Kenji and that crazy van escort. All accurate accounts. Im pretty sure I also resulted in using a tank lol.
@pa.encema2821 Жыл бұрын
and the Rino was more easy to obtain
@tobynormoyle637 Ай бұрын
What I love about this game is that you never really do anything to normal people in this game...unless you choose to do so. Every mission target is another criminal of some sort and by the end of the game Liberty City is likely a much safer place.
@Adam_X78 Жыл бұрын
I’m happy to see, you made a KZfaq channel, after the events of Arkham city, Mr hammer.
@konuralpyldzkan1495 Жыл бұрын
correction: in the bank robbery scene, miguel was the driver. catalina had killed the man with the bag just before she attempted to kill claude. you can see his corpse at the moment claude was shot
@guilhermefeldens8831 Жыл бұрын
In 2002, I went to my dad's end-of-year party at work. The party was at one of the co-workers' houses, and the host's kids had video games and PCs to play, so we played a lot of games. At one point I played 007 and commented "the game doesn't let pedestrians run over" then one of them said "there's a game here where you run over pedestrians and it's not carmagedon". Then I was introduced to the world of GTA by GTA III
@hakijoe Жыл бұрын
I've watched all your videos about 2x I think and yeah another guy inspiring me to talk into a mic, kool stuff.
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Do it!
@tsycho1619 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great one, man! I was 12 years old when GTA3 dropped, played it about a year later. I remember being completely flashed. Good old memories...
@thatgothcat Жыл бұрын
I never realized how much impact GTA 3 had in gaming until now. From top down to full blown 3D.
@VailingD Жыл бұрын
I played the hell outta it in 2007 and 11'
@Dacho_Shaki Жыл бұрын
2001 of gaming. What a year that was. A year of the gaming library that broke new grounds and revolutionized genres and GTAIII was huge back then. Probably even the biggest release that year. That game didn't get much credit it deserves because it made a huge blueprint for sandbox gaming for the future releases.
@merkcityboy834 Жыл бұрын
An 9/11 changed how we live to this very day.
@blankwavemessiah Жыл бұрын
your voice starts sounded like Bob Odenkirk a lot of times. loved the video, nothing like some GTA3 nostalgia!
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
That's weird, not the first time I've heard that either haha 😂
@Rahfzerz 16 күн бұрын
It's a shame the primary driving force behind the best of GTA's talk radio and civvie dialogue left before GTA VI. Lazlow is a huge part of the soul in Grand Theft Auto and with both him and Dan gone I am kind of scared to see how VI will turn out. They wrote some of the best talk radio and station host banter from III onward, as well as world NPC conversations . Fingers crossed the team working on this newest title can match their talent as the radio and music is a huge part of what makes Grand Theft Auto's world so special.
@liamwynne566 Жыл бұрын
Did you ever play Urban Chaos on the PS1? it's a bit like GTA, but way more linear. Also, noticed the usage of the SOR4 title screen music, would you ever consider making a video about the game?
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
Urban chaos is a game I want to check out, SOR probably not though
@liamwynne566 Жыл бұрын
@@MrHammers just make sure not to confuse it with a completely different game on the PS2 with the same name, although that is also worth a look for sure
@kcadventures1454 Жыл бұрын
That's crazy that you mention urban chaos because I just picked it up at the local goodwill for $5! Score!
@liamwynne566 Жыл бұрын
@@kcadventures1454 which version? The ps1 or ps2?
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
I was thinking of the PS2 one haha Riot Response I believe
@trapez77 Жыл бұрын
If you don’t play gta3 with the pressure sensitive buttons of the ps2 controller, then you aren’t a real fan
@Parallelwurlds 5 ай бұрын
The random npc “yep, I’ve been drinking again”
@DZme5 23 күн бұрын
Every small detail they putted in this game made it iconic till this day, never a boring moment in gta3, I was surprised Michael Rapaport voice acted Joey, now I know why Joey's character is so awesome!!!
@Heat7208 Жыл бұрын
Rockstar mocked Tanner from Driver in the mission "Two-Faced Tanner" haha, why do they hate Driver? is it because they did the 3D openworld simulation first before they did?
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
I think it was a nod of respect more than a mock, but I could totally be wrong lol
@richardli4038 5 ай бұрын
remember that gps in game didn’t exist bc gps irl didn’t exist. people printed out mapquest directions at that point
@wbl12 Жыл бұрын
16:53 mark “bomb da base act ii” mission. The best way to beat it is taking the adrenaline pill not to far from the steps. The adrenaline slows the game down, which makes it easier to aim.
@MrHammers Жыл бұрын
That's a good tip!
@djtoxicdhg Жыл бұрын
Nice to see you back bro
@baileybusbridge1562 11 ай бұрын
THAT IS HOW I GOT MY FIRST PS2 TOOOOO! Although I have life long mental issues due to my childhood and my criminal dad it came with one benefit.. stolen goods that my friends parents couldn’t afford, like dirt bikes and jailbroken consoles. A small price to pay if you ask me. This was the first game I ever played as a kid at like 3 yrs old and it’s what started my love for dirt bikes, I couldn’t get past one of the missions to progress so I gave up and would always try to find a bike and would just go as fast as I could around the city for hours, this video was a real nostalgia trip, thanks man
@Deathgrips_fan 6 ай бұрын
Salvatore also tried to kill Claude because he has trust issues. In GTA:SA cj helps out Salvatore, which made Salvatore trust cj. Then cj rob's Salvatore's casino leaving him with nothing. So he tried to get rid of claude because he also thought that he will try to betray him
@freyfrenzy 5 ай бұрын
i enjoyed the video! hoping you'll do one on Vice City, San Andreas, Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories, and Chinatown Wars as well sometime!!
@craigtyler9129 7 ай бұрын
Don't know if it is just me.. but you sound so much like Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman). I simply cannot unhear it. Especially during moments when you are talking about the Cartel and stuff, haha.
@ObviouslyUnknown Жыл бұрын
great video, love to see how simplistic the games used to be. and how that could be good or bad. I felt your pain when you started using console commands lol i appreciate what you do for us lol
@boombya123 Жыл бұрын
I remember getting this with my PS2 and my dad and brother gathering around the TV and being blown away we'd never seen anything like it I played the hell out of this game I played all the older GTA games on PS1 but this is what really made me love the series so many great memories playing these games going to school and talking to my friends on where I found a certain car or how they did a mission good times.
@Rad-Dude63andathird Жыл бұрын
Hey, a GTA 3 retrospective that acknowledges that games prior to it exist too lol, nice.
@jaymac7203 Жыл бұрын
That was amazingly well done. It's definitely a nostalgic game but has some hilariously dated graphics lol I definitely don't remember a moustache 😭🤣
@enzoskisrt 6 ай бұрын
32:23 "but little do they know, I'm tired of playing this game and if I just type in 'gunsgunsguns' I can all of a sudden pull an M16 out of my asshole." HAD ME FUCKED UPPPP 😭😭😭😭😭
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