gamer.tv Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 This was something mentioned in a different thread, but I decided to bring my Playstation 2 from my parents house, back to mine. Along with MGS2, Onimusha 2 and Final Fantasy X, I also decided that I would bring back GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas. Now, during that era of gaming, I predominantly played on my Gamecube and really only used my PS2 to watch DVD's. Due to that, I haven't ever finished the GTA games available on the console (I was on the last mission of Vice City at a point, but then my save was deleted) and I thought it might be worth trying to remedy that. Back in the Bad Cartridge days, I did a very similar thing with the MGS games and so I thought I would post a few thoughts and feelings whilst playing a very influential set of games, 15 - 20 years after their release. So far, I've had a crack at the first few missions of GTA3 and it's pleasantly confined, compared with the large (and mostly boring) open worlds of more modern games. It plays reasonably well, doesn't look awful and will apparently take me about 17 hours to complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 As much as I loved GTA3 and Vice City back in the day, they're way too dated to play now. I'd love a remake of VC, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 The GTA series peaked with San Andreas. Fight me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 41 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: The GTA series peaked with San Andreas. Fight me! It def did. I’ve been gradually playing through 3 and Vice City, and those games are tough to go back to. But man was I obsessed with them back then. SA was definitely their magnum opus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 GTA5 was the only one that held my interest long enough to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, Dre801 said: GTA5 was the only one that held my interest long enough to finish. agreed.. GTA3 had the best setting and “systems” but actual missions were still too dull or simplistic over the course of the game.. the missions in GTA V were all actually well devised (except Michaels family needed to die) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 SA was my least favorite in the series from 3 on. It was the only one I never bothered to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I never beat the PS2 ones; I just played until I either got stuck or I had played enough. And I used cheats the entire time, so my skills were lacking (and the worse gameplay didn't help). I beat 4 and 5, though, without any cheats (if there were any). That's not to say I didn't love 3 and SA (never played VC for whatever reason); I just never felt like playing until the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I've really never been able to get into any of them. I always have a little fun messing around for a few hours, typically ending with me turning on cheats before I quit playing. I just find the stories to be tedious and generic, so to me it has never been a series about "finishing" the game so much as open-world shenanigans... of which there's surprisingly little to do most of the time. Like, they can make really big, really detailed worlds, but there's just so little you can actually do to make it feel fun. I remember prior to GTA V's launch, we got a trailer showing side activities like tennis, and one hopeful poster here talked about how this would basically be the ultimate GTA you could "live in forever." And while I guess some folks got that out of GTA Online and pouring endless money into shark cards, it was basically just another pretty open world game that I couldn't find anything to care about. And I've been trying to like these since the top-down ones. At some point I should've figured out they're just not for me, but people freak the fuck out over them for so long pre and post launch I just keep hoping this is the one where I'll get that experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 I just hope that GTA6 is not set in Liberty City or San Andreas. Really hope for a new location. If they do Vice City, I suppose that would be OK since it's been a while. I was able to obtain considerably more fun from Saints Row games, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Dre801 said: I just hope that GTA6 is not set in Liberty City or San Andreas. Really hope for a new location. If they do Vice City, I suppose that would be OK since it's been a while. I was able to obtain considerably more fun from Saints Row games, tbh. Saints Row to me was what GTA always seemed like it was trying to be. Funny, over-the-top, and actually fun to play. I don't know how well they've aged, but I had a blast with 3 and 4, and am looking forward to the fixed PC port of 2 now that they found the source code. The beginning of 3 when you break into a fucking bank for some reason despite the fact that you're using a helicopter to take the vault itself, and in the end it was your own bank. Wearing giant heads of your own faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGLatinBoy Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 7 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: The GTA series peaked with San Andreas. Fight me! Best RPG on PS2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 16 hours ago, SFLUFAN said: The GTA series peaked with San Andreas. Fight me! No fighting because you've got the correct opinion. San Andreas was most like GTA 2 which was the best GTA at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 hours ago, Xbob42 said: The beginning of 3 when you break into a fucking bank for some reason despite the fact that you're using a helicopter to take the vault itself, and in the end it was your own bank. Wearing giant heads of your own faces. They were all Johnny Gat faces not heads with your own faces on them. Jeez! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShreddieMercury Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 The GTA games are novel and highly influential, but I never really enjoyed playing them because the writing is sophomoric and awful and the mission structure never deviates throughout an entire game. Sleeping Dogs has always been my favorite game to use the structure and design of GTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: They were all Johnny Gat faces not heads with your own faces on them. Jeez! Hey it's been 8+ years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 GTA V is the only one I cared to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom631 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I’ve played everyone GTA game but only ever finished V. It’s by far the greatest entry in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 6:24 PM, SFLUFAN said: The GTA series peaked with San Andreas. Fight me! QFT though GTAV is damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggydoo Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I would love to see a remake of San Andreas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamer.tv Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 So far I've completed about 13 missions and have only been pissed off maybe the 8 times playing them. Most missions are very straight forward (in GTA3) which does make the game easy to play through and the AI can work in your favour, however the one aspect of modern gaming that I miss continually is auto saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 While I put in a ton of time on most the GTA games, the only one I ever finished was V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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