GTA III is a beautiful disaster | A Retrospective

GTA is a fantastic game that I will probably never play again.
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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Developing Liberty City 01:17
Portland 06:47
Staunton Island 18:51
Shoreside Vale 23:31
Legacy 34:02
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-Grandma Cat • Evil Looking Cat Appea...
-RDR2 Waypoints • How to Use WAYPOINTS /...
-GTA3 DE Glitches • GTA 3 Definitive Editi...
-GTA2 • Grand Theft Auto 2 - G...
-Gameboy • Super Mario Advance (S...
-Driver • Driver 1 Walkthrough: ...
-San Andreas • GTA San Andreas - Tips...
-Cam Pain • GTA: Liberty City Stor...
-Vice City • GTA Vice City - Missio...
-Jetpack • Jetpack tour of Los Sa...
-GTA V • Top 5 Missions to make...
Music: (in order of appearance)
Car Dealer (Gran Turismo 3), Intro (GTA III), Vendetta Dropout Townies (Bully), Innocence Glitched Basement (The Binding of Isaac), Burning Sunset (LISA The Painful), Resurrection (Celeste), Garbage Day (LISA The Painful), Table Top (Red Dead Redemption 2), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), Arena War Track One (GTA Online), Apartment Theme (Hotline Miami), Theme Song (GTA IV TBOGT), Loading Screen (GTA IV TBOGT), Main Theme (GTA LCS), Psychedelics (GTA Online), The Heist (GTA LCS), Leshy’s Theme (Inscryption), Ending Credits (GTA III), Men’s Hair Club (LISA The Painful), KENKURA- Lazy Evenings
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[@InfamousSirHellfire]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@AnAnnoyedAssZorua570]

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.

[@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

[@willznuts]

GTA III was breathtaking for me playing it back when it came out on PS2; freaking love that game

[@thegamingmanatee6803]

same. Growing up with the top down games when GTA III came out I was in awe.

[@MrBronx61]

Thank goodness I kept my PS2 so I can still play the old GTAs.

[@Gatorade69]

@@MrBronx61 They are a bit hard to go back to, too bad the "Definitive Editions" sucked. I think PC is probably the best way to play the original titles. I uses to use the mouse and keyboard for shooting and use a controller for driving. I booted up Vice City on my PS2 a few months back and it was a bit rough.

[@MrBronx61]

@@Gatorade69 I don't mind the PS2 controls, I've played these games over and over for almost 20 years now.😁

[@iwillnotcomplyistandformyf6642]

@@MrBronx61 Same here + I'll play GTA 3 along with Red Faction 1, TimeSplitters, Bully, and GTA San Andreas

[@Miltypooh2001]

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

[@TomFooleryTheAustere]

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.

[@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

[@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

[@GodOfWarConnoisseur]

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

[@CheezDoodlezz]

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.

[@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_Awaits]

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

[@EvilIceCream333]

@@Journey_Awaits maybe Driver wasn't meant to be compared to GTA at all... Maybe dumb people just kept complaining a CAR game wouldn't let you get out and shoot people. If just having an open world is all it takes for Driver to get compared to gta, why not throw NFS, Forza Horizon, Midnight Club, and any other car game with an open map in with it?

[@rl9legend770]

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

[@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

[@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!"

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@sirlagsalot524]

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

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Let him cook

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@thommybepunkt7111]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@anthonywilliams8074]

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

[@LiteralmenteUmaMulher]

Do you have GTA 3 tips to share with us?

[@est_9855]

The main theme of this game is just perfection.

[@valentinzivkovic3640]

GTA: SA or GTA IV for me better

[@est_9855]

@@valentinzivkovic3640 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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@dncewzrd]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

I don't think you know what prerendered means. The cutscenes in Grand theft Auto III were not pre-rendered.

[@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

[@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

[@HumbleHurricane]

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 🔥🙏🏿

[@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.

[@assistedsuicide]

I remember watching my dad play GTA 3 when it came out, coming from only having a PS1 at the time. I was infatuated with the LC universe. Albeit I wasn't allowed to play but I could watch him play XD Didn't make sense but it was fun to watch him mess around and go through the story even if I had not caught on to most of the adult trope of the story line.

[@91Definite]

That’s a good memory, ya pops still play video games?

[@Berserkerenergy]

*GTA III is One of my All Time Favorites*

[@IHJello]

The last great game for cheat codes

[@LiteralmenteUmaMulher]

SeriousGoon's Game Ever

[@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.

[@leebenter756]

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.

[@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

[@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

[@MechaOracle]

The final mission isn't a rescue mission, it's a revenge mission. Revenge against the women that betrayed him. GTA III has a primary antagonist in Catalina and a secondary antagonist in Maria.

[@kirbyleeditko9922]

It's My favotire GTA Game still

[@VoidNoctem]

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

[@MrHammers]

💖

[@tobynormoyle637]

What I love about this game is that you never really do anything to normal people in this game...unless you choose to do so. Every mission target is another criminal of some sort and by the end of the game Liberty City is likely a much safer place.

[@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

[@TheUballe]

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

[@mikeb6085]

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

[@ccl159]

Love these retrospectives 😁 pls do more!

[@MrHammers]

😁

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@ZRovas117]

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

[@MrHammers]

Yeah!

[@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

[@imouto5955]

For anybody playing through this game, and you get to "Bomb Da Base Act II" You don't actually need a headshot to instantly kill the colombians. A hit anywhere will instantly gib them.

[@SJxPVR]

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!

[@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

[@tsycho1619]

Thanks for another great one, man! I was 12 years old when GTA3 dropped, played it about a year later. I remember being completely flashed. Good old memories...

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@Don_Ramiro]

Without a doubt, the most important GTA, and the one that transformed the franchise into the juggernaut that is today. I didnt like too much back in the day (Vice City with his amazing atmosphere and freaking Tommy Vercetti was the one that made my fall in love with GTA), but nowadays I really appreciate and enjoy this tittle. Literally, a game changer.

[@blankwavemessiah]

your voice starts sounded like Bob Odenkirk a lot of times. loved the video, nothing like some GTA3 nostalgia!

[@MrHammers]

That's weird, not the first time I've heard that either haha 😂

[@Dacho_Shaki]

2001 of gaming. What a year that was. A year of the gaming library that broke new grounds and revolutionized genres and GTAIII was huge back then. Probably even the biggest release that year. That game didn't get much credit it deserves because it made a huge blueprint for sandbox gaming for the future releases.

[@merkcityboy834]

An 9/11 changed how we live to this very day.

[@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

[@CommonSenseless1993]

GTA 3 and Max Payne were the first big gaming titles that I was truly hyped for before release back when I was in the 3rd/4th grade. Me and my brothers got all the gaming magazines we could just to get a glimpse of those games. We had GTA 2 and GTA London but when we saw the trailer for GTA 3 we just knew gaming was about to change forever. It looked miles ahead of what Driver 1 and 2 were able to achieve. Glad I was able to witness gaming history as it happened despite 2001 being an overall crappy year for society as a whole.

[@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

[@thatgothcat]

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'

[@liamwynne566]

Did you ever play Urban Chaos on the PS1? it's a bit like GTA, but way more linear. Also, noticed the usage of the SOR4 title screen music, would you ever consider making a video about the game?

[@MrHammers]

Urban chaos is a game I want to check out, SOR probably not though

[@liamwynne566]

@@MrHammers just make sure not to confuse it with a completely different game on the PS2 with the same name, although that is also worth a look for sure

[@kcadventures1454]

That's crazy that you mention urban chaos because I just picked it up at the local goodwill for $5! Score!

[@liamwynne566]

@@kcadventures1454 which version? The ps1 or ps2?

[@MrHammers]

I was thinking of the PS2 one haha Riot Response I believe

[@djtoxicdhg]

Nice to see you back bro

[@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!

[@trapez77]

If you don’t play gta3 with the pressure sensitive buttons of the ps2 controller, then you aren’t a real fan

[@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.

[@enzoskisrt]

32:23 "but little do they know, I'm tired of playing this game and if I just type in 'gunsgunsguns' I can all of a sudden pull an M16 out of my asshole." HAD ME FUCKED UPPPP 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Heat7208]

Rockstar mocked Tanner from Driver in the mission "Two-Faced Tanner" haha, why do they hate Driver? is it because they did the 3D openworld simulation first before they did?

[@MrHammers]

I think it was a nod of respect more than a mock, but I could totally be wrong lol

[@craigtyler9129]

Don't know if it is just me.. but you sound so much like Bob Odenkirk (Saul Goodman). I simply cannot unhear it. Especially during moments when you are talking about the Cartel and stuff, haha.

[@baileybusbridge1562]

THAT IS HOW I GOT MY FIRST PS2 TOOOOO! Although I have life long mental issues due to my childhood and my criminal dad it came with one benefit.. stolen goods that my friends parents couldn’t afford, like dirt bikes and jailbroken consoles. A small price to pay if you ask me. This was the first game I ever played as a kid at like 3 yrs old and it’s what started my love for dirt bikes, I couldn’t get past one of the missions to progress so I gave up and would always try to find a bike and would just go as fast as I could around the city for hours, this video was a real nostalgia trip, thanks man

[@Adam_X78]

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

[@Parallelwurlds]

The random npc “yep, I’ve been drinking again”

[@Sgt.Wolfhart]

Going from N64 and ps1 to GTA 3 was crazy back then it was almost like running around in real life vs the other games out at the time. No one had a game out that was doing half the stuff GTA 3 did. It was like going from NES to playing OOT on N64 just an open world everything looks so real and good. Not now because everything is dated and you're use to what games look like now but back then games like OOT and GTA 3 was way a head of it's time.

[@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!

[@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

[@yellowcard425]

I still love gta 3 I remember being in early grade school when it came out. But San Andreas will always be my fav in the series and in my opinion still the best in the series even today.

[@solidariusgaming2854]

This is great. You definitely make a really good point about how GTA3 revolutionized 3D worlds with such high interactivity. It's really easy to take it for granted when comparing it to the other PS2 era GTA games, or really any similar kind of big 3D sandbox type of games. But HOW in the f at 12:33 did that Diablo Stallion survive that explosion!???

[@cruelwraith2games926]

Grand Theft Auto 3 was definitely revolutionary to me especially after playing Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2 in London

[@richardli4038]

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

[@binancehighlights4038]

0:48 I disagree. Even by modern standarts this game is amazing. Great gameplay, unick missions, cool physics of weapons and vehicles, big and live open world, ton of diferent activities, no annoying or impossible missions and wonderfull atmosphere. GTA 3 is a very good game even in 2024

[@realofficialauthenticymrasgt]

I just subscribed ❤ this awesome