GTA III is a beautiful disaster | A Retrospective

[@InfamousSirHellfire]

The physical recoil I felt at the Assassins Creed joke. My brother done me a dirty

[@MrHammers]

🤣🤣 I thought of you when writing that one not gonna lie

[@InfamousSirHellfire]

@@MrHammers preciate you bro even if it hurts 🥲

[@Coccyx69]

Even ubisoft is making assassins creed jokes. But they cost $70 now.

[@hakijoe]

@CatAidsViii great joke, just remove it and copy it into its own comment 👍😄

[@SamsarasArt]

Doing that race after killing Salvatore is damn near impossible

[@michaelgranato7453]

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]

The good old days. I miss going to blockbuster as a kid

[@johnnash2815]

Haha, your dad seems like a legend

[@tavius88]

@@ElPatron42069same

[@mclarenf1gtrlmedition715]

Your dad is awesome

[@miketsintziras503]

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]

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]

and does all this without saying a word

[@givemesometime8405]

Cause he had one goal in mind and that was to kill katalina

[@nuh-uhbro765]

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]

Best character in gta history

[@owenjohnson469]

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]

Never forget how brutal the Leone Shotguns are after a certain part in the game.

[@MrHammers]

Yes! They would blow up my car so quick

[@jaakko14]

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]

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]

@@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]

​@@Crawlingdreams418 why?

[@adriannaranjo4397]

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]

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]

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.

[@zossieurs]

Claude didn't go to save Maria, he wanted to get revenge on Catalina.

[@malletUsergaming]

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]

@@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]

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.

[@noobeternal9718]

For many of us our first GTA game was a completely new paradigm. Being especially young and impressionable, used to be on rails in other games, to suddenly being free to do whatever we wanted in an open (seemingly alive) world. It was an intoxicating drug for sure. Eventually we all got used to it, the novelty weared off long ago, but back then it was a literally insane shift of experience.

[@nerfherder4284]

"...in the Navy" 😂 I loved the incidental street sounds

[@13donstalos]

I couldn't agree more. I tried playing it again a while ago and was so disappointed at how outmoded it was. But when I got it on ps2 when I was a kid, it consumed my entire world. II didn't play anything else until Vice City came out. In its historical context, it was a 10/10.

[@SegaGentleman]

You hit the nail on the head with the shift in humor atmosphere in past games. I was a kid in the late 90s and a teen but 2003 so I remember the tongue in cheek humor that ultimate mortal Kombat 3 had with the fatality where lui Kang would drop a MK arcade machine on you. And then after the grundge era of the 90s the early millennium was full of satire and edgy humor. Being 11 or 12 when GTA 3 dropped living in that uncertain time after Sept 11th, I look back on that era of movies and pop culture. The early 2000s were hilarious. Attitude era, mtv Beavis and Butthead, South Park, Mad TV etc. We made fun of everything and everyone and pc culture hadn't poisoned us yet.

[@SegaGentleman]

​@@noobeternal9718do you not think the novelty of that initial feeling comes back with each newer edition of GTA. I could be wrong, but weren't we pretty wow'ed when GTA 5 dropped? Maybe GTA 6 will be impressive enough to make us feel like we did in 2001

[@Revolversplinter]

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]

The reason why I liked GTA 3

[@kz1000ps]

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]

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]

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]

@@GLsJAwtomaticagta 3 is definitely the worst outta the modern gta games

[@DisparityOfBeliefAndTruth]

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.

[@nerfherder4284]

100% there are few games that were as great as GTA 3. I remember a few big games throughout the years but none like GTA 3, Zelda is the only possible game that blew me away more...and Mrs. Pac-Man for the time...

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

@@nerfherder4284Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 also.

[@Milty2001]

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]

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]

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.

[@DJFowFow420]

Because the Scottish people who originally made it were still heavily involved

[@jonbourgoin182]

12:45 i love how that cop just casually drove past without noticing you just committed vehicular homicide

[@MrHammers]

They got better things to worry about lol

[@jaysono_o]

“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]

Iconic lines from a true maniac

[@sgtcreasegrease]

RIP Guru

[@evanhanley6437]

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]

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

[@JB2FROSTY]

Me too I was so fn young when I played this game it's ridiculous

[@Cheez_Doodlezz]

How 4 if i was caught playing Gta 3 at 4 I wouldn’t be here making this comment

[@jeremiahsaenz3191]

Same brother, always gonna play an love this game

[@joshuabryant9845]

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

[@stinkbanana2522]

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.

[@nerfherder4284]

At the time, a new GTA game was THE reason to upgrade your PS

[@stefangreen3770]

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.

[@Agent-vj3ns]

Cool tie-in only fans of the series will notice 😎

[@avace917]

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

[@EndThusIAm]

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!"

[@Logan_93]

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.

[@MrPland1992]

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_to_who_knows]

First open world game with a map that isn’t empty and dead, drivver never took note of that

[@CyoteBongWater87]

@@Journey_to_who_knows 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]

What about Driver?

[@drunkensailor112]

Shenmue was 2 years before this. But you couldn't just go out and kill everyone.

[@Don_Ramiro]

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

[@rennmaxbeta]

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.

[@sirlagsalot524]

Hammers is a slept on man he goes very nicely in depth

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Let him cook

[@coldwinter8633]

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.

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

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]

Based

[@chrisrichfield8906]

I liked not having a mini map because it forced you too really memorize the map, and at a certain point you became so familiar with it, it was like driving around your own neighborhood.

[@13donstalos]

I still have the map basically memorized, too, and I haven't played it in ages

[@NAM-sg9ne]

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

[@Astromamut]

Agree. Especially in San Andreas where Grove Street really feels like home

[@MattJDylan]

Tbf, this game developed that skill in me, which became very useful for other games... remembering the whole map and pick ups is a blessing in games like the dark souls series...

[@vesselinkrastev]

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.

[@mikeb6085]

My hands are all messed up, so you better drive brother

[@DrSpaceman42]

Ah shit here we go again

[@ffnovice7]

Look up through the window ♪

[@frankmerker630]

“ you’re just small-time”

[@est_9855]

The main theme of this game is just perfection.

[@theharwoodbutcher70]

GTA: SA or GTA IV for me better

[@est_9855]

@@theharwoodbutcher70 agreed, the Gta IV loading theme is soo cool!!

[@AC-hj9tv]

Gta 6 me

[@brodyspears8290]

@@AC-hj9tvbro came back from the future to flex on us :(

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@brodyspears8290 sup pimps. I come bearing gifts

[@qv81]

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.

[@thommybepunkt7111]

This game really was something else when it came out back in the days.

[@lifeonearth4223]

Fun Fact: You can skip Kenji's missions by avoiding them until you play the mission where you kill him.

[@hithere01]

And lock yourself out of 100% completion.

[@SpectorEuro4]

Yep, can’t 100% the game if you do that. DONT DO THIS PEOPLE if you wanna get a 100% in the game.

[@yunjin909]

Speedrun moment.

[@Justachamp772]

I missed and played again cause the mission I missed is the one, Grand Theft Auto

[@studas2011]

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]

4 seconds is still my high🤣

[@studas2011]

@@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]

@@Marcus_shawn same

[@dncewzrd]

17:36 the way 8-Ball runs off the ship is hilarious 😂

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

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 🔥🙏🏿

[@nickalvizo]

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

[@thepioneer1235]

17:02 played hotline miami recently, great game and immeadiatly recognised the apartment theme😅. Props to you mate

[@MrHammers]

Soundtrack is such a banger

[@Honest_Grifter]

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

[@translator859]

7:25 I just realized after 20 years that the getaway car only had 1 seat left...

[@NEEDbacon]

Pretty easy to rationalize Catalina shooting the original Getaway driver.

[@Deathgrips_fan]

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

[@richardli4038]

remember that gps in game didn’t exist bc gps irl didn’t exist. people printed out mapquest directions at that point

[@itzchaseyboi]

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]

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]

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]

Oof. Reaching for feels. Brought em back too. Now I feel bad for Claude.

[@tawlmike5429]

@@sumthingwikked4257 Claudes actions are the narrative haha

[@tareklegrand7747]

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.

[@futurecat]

One thing that is amusing about gta III and vice city is the absurd bouncy way Tommy and Claude run. I'd forgotten how funny it was.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Anyone who completed Espresso to Go naturally with no cheats and the timer on all 3 islands deserves a medal 🎉 GTA 3 is a game that feels most like a video game.

[@revolverocelot3741]

It isn't that bad tbh especially if you consider that the timer starts only if you hit the first coffee stand. Still a bad mission lol

[@7hkey]

5:10 One correction: the cutscenes are not pre-rendered, they are real time: if you swap/modify any of the characters with mods, they'll appear modiefied in the cut scene. :)

[@alainportant6412]

never let zoomer kids talk shit about shit they weren't around to experience first hand

[@TheUballe]

You're a damn good story teller, bud! I also got a PS2 that was more than likely liberated from its owner.

[@chitan1362]

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.

[@13donstalos]

I remember the first time it happened, I had no idea what it was and thought the car just spontaneously combusted.

[@anthonywilliams8074]

Let's go GTA3! Just finished this again recently, much love Hammers

[@isgodreal1337]

Do you have GTA 3 tips to share with us?

[@ItsTheHaos]

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]

Thank you!! Appreciate ya dawg

[@yetanotheruser1989]

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.

[@xxczerxx]

It's impossible to convey how incredible GTA III was to experience back when it came out in 01. That combined with Gran Turismo 3 around the same time we're the biggest "holy shit" moments I've had in gaming.

[@flippedoutkyrii]

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]

Everybody forgot the Xbox double pack version of GTA 3 and Vice City

[@clash5j]

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

[@Ar1AnX1x]

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]

I didnt even play this game back then, just played it this year, and its not that bad

[@johnwise4341]

Back when GTA was hardcore. Now it’s a mockery.

[@pa.encema2821]

@@johnwise4341 it's basically online now

[@gasmaskestore8018]

About the mission on the ship with 8 Ball, he doesn't know if there are more Colombians so he procceds, he cant see what you are seeing, that is actually why you are sniping them, you cant tell him "hey, more Colombians ahead!"

[@jimmymetal713]

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.

[@K3NnY_G]

8:53 - There's a reason most people know LC, VC, and SA like the back of their hand if they played it as a kid. And it's not having the pathed waypoint. Spend all your time looking down, checking when the next turn is; instead of looking around; observing the world and it's landmarks, and orienting yourself in a space, with that space. Terrible outlook imo.

[@notthemessiah9243]

Turn the turret around on the tank and keep firing and it’s faster than any car. You can fly over the stunt jump by the bridge

[@kriscotw9]

Just played this through on the definitive edition. Apart from the odd bug they really seemed to have ironed it out. I actually enjoyed it.

[@leethecomedian]

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.

[@VoidDLC]

Mr Hammers delivering another banger, best content on YT for gaming my dude, keep at it!

[@MrHammers]

💖

[@zackeryparkerson]

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]

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

[@animonarch800]

Ubisoft:-Wait,wait they copied the same thing over and over and everyone is praising them for it while we do 1 game the same way and we gets shit on for doing that.

[@wbl12]

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]

That's a good tip!

[@bensmith4563]

I might have to try that i gave up playing because after 100 attempts at that mission I just said fuck this

[@midnightdeluxegaming6582]

GT3 & GTA 3 are in the top 5-10 best selling PS2 games.

[@jonathanperez504]

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.

[@pointthink]

Small correction. The ps2 had 32 megabytes not megabits

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

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

[@notthemessiah9243]

If you press down on the dpad it makes the map zoom out a bit

[@dondoriano]

17:35 you need to get higher on the roof of the building

[@relic8085]

What if the contents of the package everyone in the game wants is the green goo from GTASA? 🤔

[@Berserkerenergy]

*GTA III is One of my All Time Favorites*

[@IHJello]

The last great game for cheat codes

[@isgodreal1337]

SeriousGoon's Game Ever

[@realbr1koo]

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.

[@AthurCallahan]

I really love your reviews and how long they are and how you explain every detail of the game

[@MrHammers]

Thank you!

[@AthurCallahan]

@@MrHammers you're welcome

[@ZRovas117]

Hammers, will you consider doing the rest of the GTA series? I love this critic/summary/retrospective of the game!

[@MrHammers]

Yeah!

[@richielynx]

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]

Welcome back!

[@jaakko14]

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]

GTA 3 is my favorite too

[@nathanniesche6380]

I think that Claude's sole motivation throughout the game is to get revenge on Catalina. The first few missions are just to help him establish himself in the city and figure out what's what, and the mission where he tails Curly Bob is where he finally figures out what his next steps should be. You'll notice that he always aligns himself with organizations that are directly at odds with the cartel, and he planned to use the Leone family to help take down Catalina until that idiot Maria screwed everything up. So he had to start over with the Yakuza, and being hired to take out Kenji in a cartel vehicle suits Claude's purposes perfectly because it motivates the Yakuza to go to war with the cartel. Then the idiot Maria screws everything up again probably by accidentally leading the cartel directly to Asuka, getting Asuka killed and getting herself kidnapped. So he doesn't really have any choice except to follow the instructions on the ransom note to get to Catalina under the guise of saving Maria. Maria is nothing but a problem for Claude throughout the game, so it's not really a surprise that he shoots her after he "saves" her- she would have just caused more problems for him in the future.

[@antoniocounts1]

I played gta 3 the most due to how hard it was. The need to beat it and how difficult it could spiked had me hooked versus cj and vircetti who's games are easier, imo.

[@shoulderdestroyer6124]

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]

I love knowing what you are talking about

[@vinniecorleone62]

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]

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

[@guilhermefeldens8831]

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

[@anuragshukla1891]

Best Video on GTA 3 i ever watched. Great work, sir.

[@MrHammers]

High praise! Thank you

[@undeadbat3896]

The reason gta 3 might be the less loved game of the franchise is because it can be pretty unforgiving sometimes broken a guy with a shot gun and assault rifle can kill you before you figure what even happened that it could cause people’s to rage quit especially if you don’t have much patience and there wasn’t really much to do compare to the other games but we can all agree it is important to the franchise no doubt but if you sit someone down to pick which one would they play for the day they would pick the newer ones and to be quite honest the soundtrack isn’t as memorable aside from Scarface songs like vice city and San andreas soundtrack

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

GTA 3 is the most revolutionary game ever released

[@Gruntvc]

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]

No I haven't! Heard great things though

[@NickolasNameolas]

27:19 damn, I know it’s too late but you can accelerate the tank faster by turning the cannon backwards and firing while you hit the gas. Can’t believe I remember that trick, middle school memories fr.

[@YSL8704]

Nah, that ain't Claude, that's Klaus.

[@OvSpP]

Tekken Tag tournament still slaps. I get you were just tryna get into the meat of the video but don't be disrespectful.

[@thatemocat]

I never realized how much impact GTA 3 had in gaming until now. From top down to full blown 3D.

[@VailingD]

I played the hell outta it in 2007 and 11'

[@ostry66]

I dunno, I played this game recently and had a fucking blast, that last mission maybe a little frustraiting but that's all. But worth noting I have the city's layout engraved in my memory forever from playing it so much when I was a kid

[@Abel_Unstable]

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]

It got more popularity than Urban Chaos but it was Urban Chaos that started it all in my opinion.

[@Abel_Unstable]

@@SachBro you mean State of emergency? Urban Chaos was made by Rocksteady in 2006.

[@FallenxMalo]

As a kid I figured out you can kill Kenji with a rocket launcher by staying one level below him and aim at the ceiling where he stands. The explosion will kill him and you won't get identified since you are not in sight.

[@pa.encema2821]

The yukuza's go ham when if you do the driveby

[@SJxPVR]

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!

[@hakijoe]

I've watched all your videos about 2x I think and yeah another guy inspiring me to talk into a mic, kool stuff.

[@MrHammers]

Do it!

[@kirbyleeditko9922]

It's My favotire GTA Game still

[@Adam_X78]

I’m happy to see, you made a KZbin channel, after the events of Arkham city, Mr hammer.

[@irbz2252]

gotta say the pacing of this game that your describing at the 10:00 mark is very similar to mafia 2 on showing all the stuff you can do in the open world via missions, like shotting the gas tank in a car, robbing stores, smashing cars for money, changed wanted level by changing car plates, and physical wanted level by changing clothes etc. all if the form of the story and progressing through life and not like standard tutorial tid bits or extra hints. but through progressing a story and not through progressing through gameplay.

[@IHJello]

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]

and the Rino was more easy to obtain

[@AngelRosarioYT]

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!

[@jonbourgoin182]

2:59 that's not the clothing I remember Claude wearing and I don't recall being able to change your threads until GTA4. Am I crazy or...? 5:44 and I definitely don't recall him sporting a moustache either 10:18 I commented too early, thanks for addressing my question. I still don't get how you changed his appearance though.

[@MrHammers]

Lol it's a thing on the PC version I guess

[@sometf2player752]

13:01 nice detail I like here is how the sign says eat until you explode kinda cool foreshadowing