Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

[Hesa]

I know of some YouTubers that play the game religiously that have tips and tricks for new GTA Online players.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fCZf8Gqbivc
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hNsyiDhfwhg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ctoFhGLylhQ
https://youtube.com/watch?v=w2sgz3jNPzE

I watched a few of the GTA series online videos but I'll check those out in the morning.

 

[The Last Stand]

That took longer than I thought.

Also:

October 22. 2001. The day GTA III was released. Now, it's October 22, 2020. GTA III is now 19 years old. Next year, it'll be 20 years old since its release!

Anybody have any GTA 3 memories?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=z9kHwIlj_e8
First thing that comes to mind is the bootup screen for GTA 3 on the PS2. So retro.

Almost forgot, GTA2 is now 21 years old. That also came out on October 22, 1999.

The tw@ Internet Cafe in Staunton Island has images of GTA 1 and GTA 2 on the computer screens in GTA3.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

That took longer than I thought.

Also:

October 22. 2001. The day GTA III was released. Now, it's October 22, 2020. GTA III is now 19 years old. Next year, it'll be 20 years old since its release!

Anybody have any GTA 3 memories?

I've said it here before, but I get the urge to replay 3 more than any other game in the series and I don't know why.

2 things I like about 3 is how little on foot stuff there is. I assume they weren't too confident in their combat yet but the driving stuff is solid.

I'm also enjoy most of the radio . Chatterbox is still my favorite chat station in the series, and while most people dislike a lot of the original music, I think it has a certain charm to it.

 

[The Last Stand]

I'm also enjoy most of the radio . Chatterbox is still my favorite chat station in the series, and while most people dislike a lot of the original music, I think it has a certain charm to it.

All the stations in GTA 3 had good music. Head Radio and Lips 106 were recently discovered classics of mine. Just listening to the DJs and commercials was a delight.

Playing GTA3 at night with fog really captures how grim and serious Liberty City can be. Like you don't know what would happen in a city like that.

 

[D.Angus]

One of my favorite things to do in GTA 3 was to input the change character cheat till I found a cool or interesting character and went around pretending to be them. My favorite was a lady with a backpack who I dubbed "Backpack Lady" turn on the peds attack and peds have weapons cheats and have a blast just trying to survive. When I was a kid I sorta imagined this is what it would be like if GTA was a Multiplayer game. Wasn't till years later that I actually got to play GTA IV online, and then I discovered San Andreas Multiplayer. It's why it pains me to say that 5's Online was at one point, fun and chaotic, but the key word being "was".

Also it was funny to watch the peds touch the Subway car and just instantly die, causing other peds to come over to take a look and then die as well.

 

[The Last Stand]

I always loved messing with the taxis in the game just to hear his exaggerated dialogue.

GTA 3 had the best pedestrian banter out of any GTA.

 

[Heckler1]

Saint's Row 2 is the best GTA game. As wacky as 3 onward got, 2 is fairly grounded, with some really good gang shit, and character deaths that matter.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

GTAIII has a style that was quickly lost as the sequels became more corporate/commercialized. I think it is why it feels so memorable despite being bare bones. It's very video gamey compared to all the sequels which became far more cinematic.

 

[White Devil]

Saint's Row 2 is the best GTA game. As wacky as 3 onward got, 2 is fairly grounded, with some really good gang shit, and character deaths that matter.

I thought SR 1 and 2 were excellent GTA competitors until they went completely off the fucking rails. While 3 is hailed as a great game, it made me totally lose interest in the series.

 

[The Last Stand]

GTAIII has a style that was quickly lost as the sequels became more corporate/commercialized. I think it is why it feels so memorable despite being bare bones. It's very video gamey compared to all the sequels which became far more cinematic.

GTA 3 was very simple. I think that's the charm of it.

The M16 was OP on PC. Heavy recoil on console with the rate of fire.

 

[Heckler1]

I thought SR 1 and 2 were excellent GTA competitors until they went completely off the fucking rails. While 3 is hailed as a great game, it made me totally lose interest in the series.

It's a shame too, because if three was more grounded and focused on the Saint's expansion into a new city and the consequences that brings, I think it would be more compelling than just "hit people with dildo bats the game"

 

[Syaoran Li]

GTAIII has a style that was quickly lost as the sequels became more corporate/commercialized. I think it is why it feels so memorable despite being bare bones. It's very video gamey compared to all the sequels which became far more cinematic.

Agreed. I think the only other game that even comes close to recapturing that feel would be Liberty City Stories, which I think is highly underrated and a real hidden gem.

It had a lot more to do than GTA III did and had some improved gameplay elements taken from San Andreas and you could even run with two-handed weapons for the first time, but it was also a lot less over-the-top and "cinematic" compared to the HD Universe games or even Vice City.

Plus Flashback FM was really awesome in that game with its Italo-Disco lineup from Giorgio Moroder while Toni Cipriani is probably my favorite protagonist.

Coincidentally, GTA III and LCS both had the best pedestrian quotes

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

I thought SR 1 and 2 were excellent GTA competitors until they went completely off the fucking rails. While 3 is hailed as a great game, it made me totally lose interest in the series.

The moment I saw that you had to do side activities in order to do missions I swore off the series. Even when 3 dropped that I still didn't enjoy the wackiness.

 

[The Last Stand]

Coincidentally, GTA III and LCS both had the best pedestrian quotes

I got quick fingers, yo.
I got a date with a cheese deLUXE!
Glass ceilings are so yesterday.
Wanna dance, pretty boy?

Agreed. I think the only other game that even comes close to recapturing that feel would be Liberty City Stories, which I think is highly underrated and a real hidden gem.

It had a lot more to do than GTA III did and had some improved gameplay elements taken from San Andreas and you could even run with two-handed weapons for the first time, but it was also a lot less over-the-top and "cinematic" compared to the HD Universe games or even Vice City.

Liberty City Stories was underrated, even when I was playing it on my PSP.

It was a refined GTA III with its own story. Shooting was much improved, more activities to do besides missions, characters were more humorous. Liberty City then felt safer than GTA III.

For a game made with the PSP limitations in mind, it was a damn good console conversion. A good game in its own right. The Avenging Angel missions and the Firefighter rampage mission were my personal favorites.

It runs quite smooth on my phone, although there's little lip sync. And drivebys are clunky. In Vice City, you'd hold the left or right directions on the phone to do a driveby. In LCS, you have to hold the direction and press the shoot button. Not very convenient for situations that require that aspect.

Plus Flashback FM was really awesome in that game with its Italo-Disco lineup from Giorgio Moroder while Toni Cipriani is probably my favorite protagonist.

K-JAH, Head Radio and Lips 106 got some much needed love in this iteration. It feels like I'm in the 90s/00s. Toni was less of a psychopath than Tommy, but surrounded himself with oddities of persons during the game.

 

[Snekposter]

Vice City radio, baby. Who doesn't want to donate to the Pastor Richards Salvation Statue, and be guaranteed a place in the afterlife?

 

[Anachronistic]

Vice City radio, baby. Who doesn't want to donate to the Pastor Richards Salvation Statue, and be guaranteed a place in the afterlife?

When I was a wee lad, I actually bought into the theories that the Salvation Statue was in the game somewhere in the corner of the map and I actively went hunting for it to no avail. Good times.

 

[The Last Stand]

Vice City radio, baby. Who doesn't want to donate to the Pastor Richards Salvation Statue, and be guaranteed a place in the afterlife?

Pastor Richards was supposed to have a larger role in Vice City. I'm curious of what missions he would've given us.

Probably have to buy a building asset like a church to meet him.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Pastor Richards was supposed to have a larger role in Vice City. I'm curious of what missions he would've given us.

Probably have to buy a building asset like a church to meet him.

I don't see him being an asset based character simply because I can't see how a church would benefit the Vercetti empire. He feels like a character you'd interact with while trying to find the cocaine in the first act. Similar to Avery.

Sucks his actor died while development was going on.

 

[Syaoran Li]

I don't see him being an asset based character simply because I can't see how a church would benefit the Vercetti empire. He feels like a character you'd interact with while trying to find the cocaine in the first act. Similar to Avery.

Sucks his actor died while development was going on.

I could see Vercetti using the church as a way to launder money via donations or he could work together with Pastor Richards for a set of scams.

I think he'd be like Cortez where he first appears in the first act and then you do more in-depth work for him in the second and third act after you've taken out Diaz and are building your empire

 

[The Last Stand]

I don't see him being an asset based character simply because I can't see how a church would benefit the Vercetti empire. He feels like a character you'd interact with while trying to find the cocaine in the first act. Similar to Avery.

Sucks his actor died while development was going on.

Church money can get very lucrative and dirty. Maybe make a deal with Pastor Richards for a cut of his ill gotten gains?

Ninja'd by @Syaoran Li

Still, it's interesting nonetheless.

Talking of assets, I just completed the vehicle collection asset. Apparently, the Love Fist limo you unlock doesn't count as a Stretch for that property. What the hell?

Little nitpick I have with Vice City: it's set in a beach setting but nobody can swim?