The Design Behind GTA 3

An in depth look at the design behind Grand Theft Auto 3
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0:00 Introduction
1:47 Chapter 1 - The Document
4:21 Chapter 2 - 2D to 3D
6:57 Chapter 3 - The Vehicles
14:22 Chapter 4 - The Weapons
16:54 Chapter 5 - Liberty City
33:42 Chapter 6 - The Gangs
35:37 Chapter 7 - The Characters
49:46 Chapter 8 - Darkel
53:10 Chapter 9 - The Story
59:56 Chapter 10 - The Script
1:04:44 Chapter 11 - The Missions
1:38:11 Chapter 12 - Extra Features
- Thank you to Fire_Head, The Hero (aka AAP), Mr. Jago, Sergiu, Son of Big Boss, Jinx and all the people behind the Grand Theft Auto 3D mod on GTAForums.com
- Thank you to Mikel ( / mikeltbe ) for letting us use his lo-fi version of the GTA 3 Theme
- Script sketches made by 7Fennec7 ( / 7fennec7 ) for GTA Series Videos
- Thumbnail art made by Vadim Romanov (www.artstation.com/romanov) for GTA Series Videos
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ABOUT GRAND THEFT AUTO 3
The sprawling crime epic that changed open-world games forever. Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began.
The critically acclaimed blockbuster Grand Theft Auto III brings to life the dark and seedy underworld of Liberty City. With a massive and diverse open world, a wild cast of characters from every walk of life and the freedom to explore at will, Grand Theft Auto III puts the dark, intriguing and ruthless world of crime at your fingertips. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.

[@GTASeriesVideos]

0:00 Introduction 1:47 Chapter 1 - The Document 4:21 Chapter 2 - 2D to 3D 6:57 Chapter 3 - The Vehicles 14:22 Chapter 4 - The Weapons 16:54 Chapter 5 - Liberty City 33:42 Chapter 6 - The Gangs 35:37 Chapter 7 - The Characters 49:46 Chapter 8 - Darkel 53:10 Chapter 9 - The Story 59:56 Chapter 10 - The Script 1:04:44 Chapter 11 - The Missions 1:38:11 Chapter 12 - Extra Features

[@JRC99]

Was Claude named in this document? The actual scans in the video just call him The Player but I'd like to have that clarified

[@GTASeriesVideos]

@@JRC99 They call him both "Player" and Claude. Other characters call him Claude too in the Document.

[@rosanaandrade922]

They will probably add the removed contents like in gta san:furniture stores,cars,weapons and more i forgot.

[@geesecouchtaming7223]

@@GTASeriesVideos where did you even got this document from?

[@JRC99]

@@GTASeriesVideos Thank you! That's the impression I got.

[@NationalPepper]

I wish there was a similar document, but featuring GTA VC or GTA SA.

[@Nassyy]

Maybe soon? Btw I love your videos and analysis!

[@evanhanley6437]

It'll appear one day. Love your videos by the way!

[@BilinmeyenBey]

Sorry, we did not have an document Vadim :(

[@that_boyluvsjs3073]

Pray we get one 😞

[@thekyosmaster6946]

Same here

[@jacobosanintcadavid9760]

The perfect timing doesn't exists. The perfect timing:

[@tsukiGER]

they probably knew

[@turboterps]

@@tsukiGER ofc they do

[@lilpp4791]

@@turboterps they have no official connection to rockstar I doubt they knew

[@Toweli3]

well it also was the 20th anniversary of GTA 3 soooo

[@Gamerloaders]

Who else have nostalgia from GTA III world? Man, I was totally into this game, the gloomy foggy Portland city, mute Claude, Mafia Sentinel, Tony Cipriano, Maria, Catalina, random booth telephones, Triads, Cartel, 8-balls, Banshee, fat cops chasing you forever, Callahan bridge, Newport, Shoreside...this is 20 years old memory, still fresh like yesterday

[@siuuuu5234]

Don't forget the tssk tssk tssk sound from the headphone wearing npc

[@Gamerloaders]

@@siuuuu5234 "my mother, my sister", "what are you doing, giving birth?", "I'm hot, you're not" lol

[@Luxuria347]

Without forgetting the incredible radios. Best ones yet ! Head Radio, Lips 106 . I was like 10 or 11 when I was playing this game and discovering MSX and Rise FM was a unforgettable souvenir. Electronic music was rare back then !

[@rezcellent]

Still to this day the begging of the game is the best out of all gta games and the most iconic. I remember thinking the bridge being destroyed was so cool as a kid. Still do in fact. GTA 3 is so great

[@UnityAgainstJewishEvil]

@@Gamerloaders”In the navy!”

[@TareqGamer]

for a game that released in 2001, the team at rockstar were really ambitious at the time, wished they kept the alternative endings though

[@DJ_Thanos]

Lots of the stuff seem awesome, and I think the early story draft would be more intriguing as well as with Claude occasionally speaking

[@SuzukiT]

@@DJ_Thanos the original gta 3 reminds me of the first two saints row games (you were supposed to be able to make a custom character in 3)

[@chadkakashi8534]

This was not possible because in gta san andreas you couldnt climb ladders because that much content filled up the disc

[@chadkakashi8534]

This was not possible because in gta san andreas you couldnt climb ladders because that much content filled up the disc

[@TheBreakingBenny]

I'd be shocked if the remakes end up including the stuff mentioned in these documents thanks to all that tasty information being very suitable for maybe a 7th generation console... _if_ they decide not to let us down, and that includes Take-Two giving us ammunition against the publisher.

[@JamesFHarrison]

I live in Edinburgh and was very surprised to be laying in bed, watching this when an ariel view of my house comes onto the screen. Very surprised!

[@evanhanley6437]

20 years old boys! Its incredible how far the GTA series has come! THIS is the greatest piece of Grand Theft Auto history! I can't believe this video is actually real! I'm absolutely glad I watched it! Congrats GTASeriesVideos!

[@goodsaint_001]

And still no gta 6. 😂

[@leonardoalvarenga7572]

@@goodsaint_001 Nobody cares.

[@kartelbambam9799]

@@leonardoalvarenga7572 they're literally failing the gta community

[@joycemerlynjm]

@@kartelbambam9799 do you really have to be this negative.

[@denverkweh1642]

@@joycemerlynjm With Take Two and Rockstar's recent attitude? Yes, absolutely.

[@GY9944]

This is incredible. A game that has been around since my childhood, and seeing it dissected so thoroughly 21 years later... if this isn’t travelling in time I dont know what is

[@1nightcrawlerrr]

20 years nigga

[@phee3D]

I know what it is, its called a video

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

GTA 3 was the first game that i was blown away when i played it. The world, the musics, characters... After Spyro, Driver 1-2 and CB it became one of my favourite open world games.

[@gillybob7747]

Silentagent, whats goin on buddy

[@BasementBois]

yo whassup i love your videos

[@ThickManiac]

CB?

[@user-ni1vt8nm4q]

@@ThickManiacCrash Bandicoot

[@user-ni1vt8nm4q]

Everything you said was our childhood…. 💯💯

[@Maske4]

The tank was going to be called PHUQ-2 lmaooo

[@jonasjurkevicius5019]

Means, f*** you too! Lol

[@The_Lovey_Informer]

@@jonasjurkevicius5019 duh

[@memes.5593]

@@jonasjurkevicius5019 oh really I had no fucking idea before you the town moron told us.

[@pedinhuh16]

@@memes.5593 who hurt you?

[@Gamesta100]

@@memes.5593 lol

[@danielgoncalves3980]

I already thought that GTA 3 was huge... but the whole planning for it was really massively genius. Great game.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"Experience has taught me that a man like you can be very loyal for the right price."_ *~ Donald Love (GTA 3 -- 2001)*

[@madboywill]

Gary7MT will go down as one of the most iconic voices of all time.

[@7stiano123]

Does he have a yt channel

[@SuzukiT]

@@7stiano123 who is the original creator of this channel

[@lamborgini86]

@@SuzukiT nobody knows they always did gta , ive been watching since gta 4

[@captaindowntown7851]

@@SuzukiT Gary is just a narrator, the channel is run by two people, Alessio and Daniel.

[@emilianopaz3805]

yes

[@TKsh1]

Videogame design documents are one of the best things you can get your hands on. It has a TON of contents and details any fan would love to know about. Excellent video, one of the best from this channel.

[@retabera]

I wish it were public. I would read it in full. Hell, Rockstar could officially publish it as a book and I would pay $100 for it.

[@fl570]

@@retabera It's up to them whether to scan the doc and upload the results to the Internet Archive or not!... I would personally love for them to do it.

[@RaposaCadela]

Hey man!

[@vicvega24]

I wish we could see a cutscene of Catalina dying.

[@respawnablescity9658]

That B*tch was heartless. She set u up to die and it backfired

[@bowltm]

"Do not use the acronym GTA 3" 3 seconds later "GTA3"

[@rockyabraham6754]

The official trilogy remaster announcement and Gary 7MT's voice literally made my day today!!!😀😍 edit(15th May 2022): Uh welp

[@garvy_]

Mine too

[@Y65A]

Trailer ?

[@redaallioua3100]

Yeah ikr

[@notfreeman1776]

why, havent you seen vadim ms videos? you bet your ass its going to be a shit remaster

[@hanoimenace]

@Not Freeman yeah yeah yeah shut the fuck up at least we're getting something... from fucking Rockstar

[@OkachaWasTaken]

That cutscene where Claude runs away from the Masks in the warehouse was so cool

[@SirWoki]

I'm really amazed on how much the game was downgraded due the limitations at the time. Heck! The final game is amazing but it's nowhere close to what Rockstar had planned

[@vijayaprabu6669]

it didn't go down waste though..it all culminated in the successive versions... Take Away from Rockstar: Don't restrict creativity or thinking due to lack of technology or infrastructure..

[@theonlyplain]

@@vijayaprabu6669 also take away from IOI, the first hitman game sucked but it was ambitious and it was clear its supposed to be bigger. then a few years passed we get blood money, which was almost what the devs had in mind but not quite. then a decade passes, the hitman reboot came out on the ps4. finally IOI has achieved what they always wanted with hitman, took only 3 generations of consoles

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. I think the cut content on the "Liberty City" chapter in this video is interesting. More accessible interiors of buildings could've added the personality of the final game.

[@seaque.]

@@theonlyplain It's as much as about dedication, for sure. Hitman took 16 years to hit the center. Blood Money is great, but Hitman 2016 is where it all comes together.

[@anonymousgaming5212]

@@theonlyplain how do you explain stuff like Hitman absolution then ? It's literally a slow mo shooting gallery.....

[@GTAKid667]

This is an incredibly well put together video. I've always been interested in the development of GTA III and it's great for the entire community for that design document to be in good hands and so well documented. There's a lot to take in, but I think it was particularly interesting to learn that as far back as 2000 they were planning to introduce many of the features we've come to see and love in later games in the series. Huge credit to the team and all of the contributors for their work in putting this video together, I've been watching your videos for over a decade now and you always deliver. A real asset to the GTA community that we're extremely fortunate to have 🙌

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

I hope GTA Series Videos publishes all of the alpha development papers to the public for beta hunters and data miners alike (for those who don't know, they actually bought a script/development book that details gta 3 during its early days).

[@zxxczczczcz]

+

[@ssssssssssssssssss50]

You don't mean this design document?

[@gillespriod5509]

this will never happen, just look their current policy on fanmade mods!

[@davidmkhitaryan7690]

I’m sure GTA series videos has some sort of contracts or agreements with Rockstar not allowing them to publish a lot of stuff, recently their channel has changed a lot. Like this vid only got posted after announcement of the tribology, for example the GTA expanded and enhanced announcement, before they might have made a video showing what and why that is such shame edition with nothing changed, ppl make jokes around internet, but now they silently uploaded the same trailer as an AD like IGN or others do. Or this channel was supposed to publish RDR2 beta content and it never did, anyway they publish only stuff that rockstar approves.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

@@gillespriod5509 I'm aware of R* & T2 action towards modders but if R* is really keen on taking down something like this then GTA Series Videos wouldn't even uploaded this video in the first place. It's far more likely that they are just hiding it for the sake of rare collection like so many other game collectors in general who refuses to publicly share several old game beta builds.

[@WesHampson]

24:57 I wonder if the "Corporate HQ" ended up being the AmCo building in Torrington that features an underground carpark and a set of stairs that you can take to reach a mid-level rooftop (and also discover a Rampage and Hidden Package!)

[@hsthatzo8063]

Anyone else love the gta 3 intro music, that piano is pure bliss and the perfect theme for the setting and time

[@Hamzaxx369]

Wow. Gta 3 had so much content cut. Rockstar was really ambitious

[@m7z1z]

Rdr2 had so much content cut too almost 5 hours of cut content

[@Hamzaxx369]

Yeah but for 2001 they had too much planned. Would've been an even greater game if they could actually do it

[@stivenfern8198]

@@Hamzaxx369 it wasn’t much of a hardware issue but the development budget of this game was less the $4 Million , GTA 4 was (100M) , and GTA 5 (250M) , imagine they at least had $40 Million for the budget , San Andreas would of been 5 … 😎

[@Hamzaxx369]

@@stivenfern8198 yeah but with all the gta 5 milking they can even bring these cut features to the remaster.

[@lefez9015]

@@Hamzaxx369 Not happening.

[@killazspain]

What a great job with this video!

[@B1K3R1N0]

Joder Killaz, primera vez que te veo aqui

[@halftime919]

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[@lukeaz12]

GTA III

[@lukeaz12]

@@B1K3R1N0 GTA III

[@eliasdr]

Que triste que el vídeo no tenga subtítulos en español, no hay ningun otro vídeo en mi idioma que tenga la misma calidad que este... Si alguien sería tan amable de hacerlos (porque yo no se como), se lo agradecería

[@GatorProductions]

As a fan of this saga, it would be a dream come true if they put all the content that they finally cut for issues of hardware limitations in the new Definitive Edition. All those interiors and in special all the areas that were finally cut from Shoreside Vale, it's a shame we never get to see the game with its true potential. In addition, I think adding this content would not damage the essence of the game, it would make it a true “Expanded and Enhanced” experience, not like the “new” GTA 5.

[@ciocoflenderul3474]

facts

[@alainportant6412]

You won't have shit in the "new definitive edition" . These are going to be the exact same games as before, otherwise they wouldn't have deleted the original PC versions from Steam and so on.

[@sunsetman22]

my dream is to finally go to Upstate Liberty

[@xdxxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdxdx8578]

@@alainportant6412 They deleted all the old GTA from playstation store

[@mechanomics2649]

@@alainportant6412 Deleting the original games from the store isn't indicative of the same exact games being released. That aside, they said nothing about having those expectations.

[@dhara1002]

It's incredibly cool to see Rockstar think of such small details as well as those macro gamewide details! Really reminds me why no other game has come close to recreating a world as REAL as Rockstar even now.

[@Gamesta100]

You've never played Yakuza then. Yakuza has the most realistic worlds ever. Sure they're tiny compared to GTA games but they feel more like a real world than any GTA. I've never felt like I'm really in a world in GTA games unlike Yakuza. When I play those games I feel like I'm in Japan.

[@dhara1002]

@@Gamesta100 Yeah I really should play Yakuza. I will

[@justsomeguy747]

You’ve covered so much here, so I can’t touch on everything of thought that I came across from this amazing video. The characters’ age is actually interesting and everything makes sense, apart from Sal and Toni. I’ll give Toni 37 in LCS and 40 in GTA 3, making him slightly older than Tommy Vercetti. Sal is definitely older, 63 years old in LCS and 66 in 3. It appears that many character designs and backgrounds were retconned. The masks’ role is actually used by Diaz’s Cartel. They ambush the player originally and you seek retribution upon them for that. The Thongs’ name is probably an old Chinese name for a Chinese Mafia organisation, such as the Tongs in Mafia II. The Yakuza being in the place of the Colombians’ role of accidentally springing Claude and 8 Ball is very interesting. It seems that the Yakuza may have been involved in counterfeiting instead of the casino and gambling industry. Toshiro probably still exists but wasn’t mentioned so that is probably why the Yakuza didn’t fall apart. This is a great video and I look forward for more content as we wait for the GTAs’ Definitive Edition. Oh and it appears that originally the game was supposed to have colourful language from the first 3D game, but for unknown reason it was scrapped, probably in VC as well.

[@JRC99]

Maria as well. If she's 25 in 2001, that means she was 16 in SA. Uh, no.

[@justsomeguy747]

@@JRC99 Yes, totally, dude. I think some things were retconned when Rockstar had Maria and Salvatore’s backstory in mind, how they got together, what made Salvatore irrationally paranoid of Claude and why was he so willing to betray him based on a stupid lie that Maria has made up, without properly investigating it. One can argue that he also had no use for Claude and had all the money in the world to hire other hired guns, especially if the Cartel would back off as hinted in “Espresso to go”, where they sell SPANK on the mob’s turf. Well honestly I can see her being like 19 or something and marrying Salvatore years later, thus she is about Claude’s age by 2001, 28.

[@Gypsyx]

People leaving comments like they already watched the video when it hasn’t even premiered yet 🤡

[@NIKOEVRN008]

Thats just how it is

[@jonhyosbourne]

Fact!.. 🤣

[@bionicmanspeedruns]

That includes you.

[@XXXEnthusiast]

@@bionicmanspeedruns I think he means the context of them commenting on the video's content when no one has even seen it yet...

[@rockyabraham6754]

Hey! Those Kotaku leaks about the GTA 3, VC and SA remasters were not lying! Check out rockstar's channel

[@phpmayan1319]

Who's here after seeing the announcementfor GTA Trilogy - Definitive Edition?

[@user-bd6qg8oj2g]

As a kid, playing this game and completing all the missions. I always used to sit there and wonder why Rockstar didn't give us more to do once missions were complete. After watching this video and seeing this document and how detailed it was yet soo much content was left out makes me sad. This GTA could have been GTA SA before SA even dropped in terms of soo much to do and see but I guess technology in 1998/99 when it was in development wasn't as great as the tech available in 02/03 when SA was in development.

[@usmcvet0313]

Not only tech, but budget. R* had a lot more money to work with when SA came around. On 3, I bet they ran out of budget along with the tech limits of learning the new PS2.

[@uhhcallmejefe]

Holy shit this game was ridiculously ahead of it’s time

[@niranjann96]

Nice Thumbnail.. Rockstar gave Claude the ability to read even he can't speak.. 😄

[@ishrakarib]

Hmmmm 😂🤣

[@ishrakarib]

Understand ed

[@knoc4kill449]

😂😂😜😅

[@sensacionsombria5125]

he speaks, we just don't hear him

[@naufaru.]

Lmao

[@lionocyborg6030]

As someone who played the two Stories games first in chronological order on PSP, I always have that “I did that” feeling every time I drive through Fort Staunton when I play GTA 3.

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

I get the feeling the Minigun weapon became the M-16 clone in the final game. Strangely they didn't alter the attributes of the weapon much so it has an ungodly rate of fire and pretty much anything that gets hit by it is dead or explodes in a second or two.

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

It could’ve been that city’s well known firearm invention. Where it’s disguise as an assault rifle but it’s fire rate is so rapid that it’s allow to be a special heavy weapon in spite of the category of firearm

[@majimadavis3602]

m16 really has a high fire rate tho

[@Manhuntarchive]

@@majimadavis3602 not that fucking fast

[@LuisM215]

@@majimadavis3602 the M16 shoots more like a minigun with that rate of fire. M16's don't fire that quickly.

[@UnityAgainstJewishEvil]

It’s what happens when Brits are tasked with developing weapons in video games, bless their hearts lol.

[@Candypants217]

It's 100000% completely unexplainable but Claude will always be my favorite protagonist.

[@stefanosiclari]

8:02 Wingless Cessna. I'm pretty sure it was always meant as a reference to Roger Moore's 007 breaking the wings of a Cessna during a chase sequence in Live and Let Die. I even added this to the wiki, I'm glad to see my contribution is still up

[@TheOrthodoxClown]

Gary 7MT literally has probably my favorite voice of all time. I want this guy to narrate my life.

[@SexyJustice17]

12:03 "Offroad" sounds more consistent with the Landstalker honestly.

[@thereason1010]

Please scan to PDF and share with the community for preservation’s sake

[@yakuzaotakuGamer4k]

Up

[@Dominicn123]

Lol that’s a lot of work to have to do all the entire book, plus that would mess up the value of the book as well, it’s be a good thing for preservation sure, but you’re asking for all that work and effort and lost value, without even offering him any type of incentive.. quit being a cheapo and find a way to compensate the man with an offer or something. I’m guessing you’re a little young and don’t quite know how things work yet lol

[@SweatySockGaming]

@@Dominicn123 bjt you dont know what preservation means, they can keep it private if they want. Just imagine if a fire happened and that manual was lost forever, “lost media”.

[@tin7143]

already loving this “the design behind” series hopefully more videos soon

[@ren4733]

I always wonder why GTA3 has a very weird map, now it makes sense why. The devs were really planning lots of cool things around the map and would have been more massive in speaking of gameplay. The problem with companies squeezing/cutting employees time/deadlines, and gets suggested "cut it" and go other way around instead. As always, thanks GTA Series Videos for this massive info

[@stivenfern8198]

Imagine they had just 20% of the budget they use today to make their games, it would of been even a crazier game !! 😎😎

[@Xegethra]

Yeah the map would have benefitted from being bigger and whatnot with more areas to see. Like the so called suburbs don't really exist...just some mansion. We had enough factories on Portland.

[@zaycarnage2780]

GTA 3 was supposed to look exactly like New York City but has changed because of 9/11 tragedy

[@Xegethra]

@@zaycarnage2780 Not really, the game came out right after 9/11. If anything substantial was changed, then the game would have come out much later. Only some textures and voice lines were cut. Minor stuff. A whole map change would have taken ages, and they would have had to retool the missions and pathfinding and spawns for it.

[@DragonMarkting]

crazy how after all that it's still the best gta game

[@therealsnowwhite1937]

The word “chemist” is UK vernacular for a pharmacist.

[@GSG-io8zp]

The word “Pharmacist” is U.S vernacular for a Chemist.

[@therealsnowwhite1937]

@@GSG-io8zp omegalul

[@suzukimemories]

@@GSG-io8zp unbelievable

[@kwabecikuwu9161]

@@GSG-io8zp brithish is bad

[@hughjass8430]

GTA3 was to the 2000s what Doom had been to the 90s. An absolute game changer which blew the mind of whoever played it on release Id never played the 2d games but had been following the development of 3 throughout 2001. I still remember finishing my college term in late October and picking my copy up from the video rental shop (now long gone) and taking it home. That night 2 good buddies of mine who were also big gamers decided to try it out for an hour before we went to the pub........... 12 hours later we were still playing it at 7am. The most thrilling and addictive gameplay we'd ever experienced. We had so much fun that night doing missions, just messing around and trying to last doing rampages. This game will always be the most special GTA for me. The best memories...

[@lamardavisakald4438]

Perfectly timing. In the same day rockstar released a teaser for the remaster of old gta trilogy. So glad that even after so many years these games still have so much attention

[@xierral3296]

finally we can hear gary 7mt's voice again!

[@stepkickking9868]

You could not have timed this premier any better, lol. Great work, guys.

[@exonymat1471]

Would definitely be cool to see a mod, or multiple mods, that feasibly bring a lot of these beta features to the OG GTA III

[@Muramasa1794]

“I see pain in your future!” - The Triads

[@TheDiego365]

Great timing! Rockstar just announced the remasters.

[@redrockbro3679]

wait really? where?

[@davidepaltrinieri3535]

What a coincidence eh? 😏

[@daEpico]

@Minh Khôi Nguyễn well, they never specified which version of unreal it will be running on

[@daEpico]

@Jefferson Lopez you mean like the services your mother offered to me?

[@DarkLord-hl1fi]

@@daEpico wtf are you on bruh ain’t nobody bringing moms in this tf made you cry today

[@synthnation9857]

Gary's voice was always so relaxed to listen to, I love theese behind the scenes of the old games :)

[@Vigil707]

Whats amazing is no antagonist asks Claude that why is he cant talk

[@JustFun598]

GTA3 is set now - people want to play the games they can relate to, "not future looking nerd games" My oh my, how the things have turned around in R*, with flying cars and all of bs they included in GTA V!

[@derechtem0mo]

For that you have Gta5 Storymode without ur future shit. For all other people who enjoy the weaponized vehicles that, if you have carefully watchied this video, were also already planned back then in 2000 , gta online is a shit ton of fun

[@JustFun598]

@@derechtem0mo This is GTA mate, not Saints Row!

[@derechtem0mo]

@@JustFun598 stop crying like a baby

[@JustFun598]

@@derechtem0mo Oh mommy`s little bender, started playing GTA series when GTA V came out 🤣. Has fun playing GTA Online in the current state, it really tells enough of what kind of gamer you are.

[@snowydayssduhh9771]

@Justfun598 It's funny how your point is future like stuff or flying cars. When quite litterly GTA san Andrea's has a jet pack and let alone a cheat to make cars fly all well before Gta V Bud. Sooo yea quit crying 😂

[@enriquegarciahernandez5649]

This is the best documentary that I could ever ask for one of my favorite video game franchises. You’re awesome guys, bravo 👏🏻.

[@Captain.Calcium]

10:44 I love how the handling is labeled as shit

[@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard]

Simply the greatest game of all time. I'll never forget walking through Hastings and seeing it on the shelf, picking it up and silently exclaiming to myself "It's 3D now!?" Then taking it home and the first thing I did was beat an old woman with a baseball bat and take her money... my mind was blown and never had I experienced such a high. GTA3 is the greatest game of all time establishing mainstays for games to come for decades.

[@ortodogge]

So did you take the game home in the end or not?

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

@@ortodogge lmao

[@user-ed1ye7hi2y]

Hastings, NZ?

[@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard]

@@user-ed1ye7hi2y Hastings was an entertainment department store. They went out of business.

[@senorlechuga8832]

These types of videos are always a treat

[@SCREAMILLUSION]

Damn, I wish Maria's backstory wasn't changed because that added way more depth to her than the gold digger route they went with in the final game. Also, her looks in that sketch look much more like her SA and LCS looks that lll or any other renditions.

[@deliquentsdiary8244]

This video is a milestone for hardcore classic GTA fans! Thank you so much @GTA Series Videos

[@drewnibrow8248]

This video is so well produced and narrated, major kudos!

[@maggaveli6764]

I wonder if the Twin Towers were originally going to be in this game

[@sonic1k]

It's interesting to think that when they were working on GTA3 in 1999 and they knew the existence of PS2, everyone else was playing the latest PS1 games like FF8, Driver, MetalGear, ROCKSTAR was already in the future

[@philherb0656]

Keep making this kind of content, it’s much more unique & interesting that your other stuff imo

[@Kippzy]

This makes me respect RockstarGames on a whole new level. If they did all this for GTA III, could you imagine GTA 6?

[@lukelee5385]

GTA III location: exists Rockstar: MINIGAMES!

[@TheAgniesia22]

I wish I can see this document someday. Great video! Can't get enough of GTA III stuff 💛

[@AlexGTAgamer]

Rockstar: "We never intended for Claude to ever speak in the game." Original script: "Are you sure about that?" Jokes aside, it would have been very interesting if Claude had not been mute in the game.

[@itsRemco]

I love GTA Documentaries like these 🔥

[@TrialzGTAS]

Can’t wait to watch this during lunch! Maybe a Vice City one next year 😇

[@videogamesounds-asmr7474]

Great timing for a video like this! Just after the announcement of the trilogy!

[@koyoy9573]

The work put into these videos is incredible. All this information accessible in this one video

[@ROCKSTARMANIC12]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS PIECE OF HISTORY! Very pleased with all the info dump. Changes, and additions to this genre defining game.

[@user-ev1qb4ol3k]

The design behind GTA III is the equivalent for "The design behind the future of Gaming"

[@LeoDas411]

Andrew Garfield for live action Claude😩🔥

[@abidanjam1234]

Production of this video is amazing, great work GtaSeriesVideos

[@eddiealdrete7237]

so many years later and still some new stuff about cut content is emerging. Thank u for this video !!!

[@JJcrabtower]

A legendary game from a legendary company, thank you for planting the most beautiful memories of our childhood. This is a great achievement, and it is sad that the past is gone and will not return.💛

[@ChickenMayoSanga]

Instead of just remastering the trilogy they should take the opportunity to add everything they couldn’t back then. It could really make it great.

[@coolak7293]

Unfortunately, those people don't work at Rockstar anymore.

[@Rude_Boi]

Leslie Benzies, the main producer of all the GTA games and the president, Dan Houser left the company, so future GTA projects won't be the same.

[@RandomAcousticDude]

Amazing video. Really interesting to learn about so much behind the scenes for the game!

[@reccollect]

God this is well made, every aspect about it, the detail, the visuals, honestly everything. It deserves so much more views and I can’t wait to see these type of videos on the other titles. All your guy’s content is gold, keep it up🙏🏻

[@Berserkerenergy]

Really the Artworks are so beautyfull....

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

This video is simply excellent! Awesome work as usual!

[@danielaponte4054]

Despite Toshiro Kasen and her condo in a skyscrapper were scrapped for GTA 3 they ended appearing in Liberty City Stories

[@dun0790]

Your voice is so smooth and nice to listen too m8 great video no skimping on details just the way i like it.

[@owmystomach8403]

I can’t believe such a masterpiece was butchered by getting remastered

[@FOFF1914]

Magnificient Work, thanks a lot for this piece of history :)

[@JamesAlexanderFoxhal]

Such a brilliantly prouduced video, Seriously enjoyed this. Love your passion for the series and love your accent!

[@spacebeagle3138]

Great job guys, so much details in one place... well, in one video 😁👍

[@davidtyson477]

Yesssss Gary 7 MT is backkk!!! I was disappointed when he wasn’t the narrator for the modding video 😢

[@DANNYonPC]

That was interesting! Hope i'll ever come across a battlefield design doc

[@cannedbeverage7687]

43:27 Beta Asuka is absolutely terrifying

[@fluffygutts2240]

This has been super helpful for me. Iam rebuilding all the GTA cities in the Sims 2 and its taken me years but its so much fun to play, this has given me more info which I can bring to my Sims version of Liberty City. Thank you for all your hard work, means a lot to us fans :-)

[@shrimpguy6900]

Yoo!!! This is so cool! I hope it’s going good

[@bascal133]

I like the original story for Maria so much better, she had an actually compelling character arch and was like able whereas in the final game she is obnoxious with literally no redeeming qualities at all.

[@xehP]

Holy shit lmao, I literally live a walk away from their old original headquarters, that’s crazy to think about.

[@cinnamontoastcrunch5665]

Wow this video makes GTA3 seem so much bigger this was well put together video thx Gary 7MT I love listening to you talk anything GTA

[@Onishiro]

My god how Rockstar has fallen. Not just from grace but from innovation and wanting to make fun games.

[@Onishiro]

@ZuccTheAlien RDR2 was nice but not fun. The sandbox aspect is ruined by shitty "survival" mechanics and stupid wanted system. RDR1? Yeah that was actually fun to play and mess around in. Same with PS2 GTA.

[@merkcityboy834]

@@Onishiro yeah I hated the wanted mechanic on RD2

[@deathbyslipknot]

@@Onishiro You're insane, RDR2 is one of the funnest games I've ever played. 400 hours spent in it. You can literally do anything you want.

[@metalducky1665]

Yoooo they might be showing off that design document they got a hold of a year or two ago!

[@Kakascrot]

I worked in one of Rockstars first studios, which was a call centre when I worked there, but there were still rockstar logos scattered around the place and their original dma design logo above the front door

[@1d0nuts]

Amazing video! Thanks for putting this together. Could listen to behind the scenes info on Rockstar all day. Cheers

[@Get-offmyprofile]

nearly a decade and a half of great insight into one of my favorite games. thanks for this one guys