So far, this has been the best grand theft auto.

Definitely opened my ears to music that was before my generation. And art. And style. And solid helicopter controls.

In the games that improved upon the techological shortcomings of Vice City, they lost other thigns that were much more important. For example: in gta4 they had... no, nevermind bad example.

For example: in San Andreas, they had a much more dynamic map with more terrain than vice city had. In SA, they made a much bigger map and reincluded things like mountains and actual hills. Great additions. They also added things like girlfriend minigames, gang territory, better modeled car suspension, and more interaction with properties, oh and swimming which was a turning point in the series.

But what the series slowly lost was that FUN sparkle, the tooty fruity stereotype magic that is felt in things like disney or other cartoons. The gang overarching was cool and all in SanAndreas, but after a while in the game, it brought a seriousness that I did not welcome in Grand Theft Auto. And with the release of GTA4, I think we all should have known something was up. That game lacked all which is enjoyable. It was like windows vista.

I've gotten far off topic. What I'm saying is, if you can think about a comparrison to a later (or earlier, actually, huh...) GTA, most likely, the change was either bad overall or pointless.

Like most great things, unless you break them down into tiny itsy bitsy little mechanics and details, the only way to describe the greatness of it is to equate it to some unquantifiable magic.

In this case, however, I just feel like the over-the-top satire Miami Vice was the PERFECT setting, and I'd like to see GTA6 in the same vein, since with GTA5 it seems like they had a last minute realization, and are slowly working their way back from GTA4.

theres a long way to get there, but Rockstar (the developer) is thankfully moving in the right direction.

value (for a newcomer with a patience for low poly graphics): 50$
Current value (if I needed to play it again and didnt own it): 15$

which is saying a lot since I dont often give praise to games. FYI - I played this on ps2, might not be the same experience on pc.

So far, this has been the best grand theft auto. Definitely opened my ears to music that was before my generation. And art. And style. And solid helicopter controls. In the games that improved upon the techological shortcomings of Vice City, they lost other thigns that were much more important. For example: in gta4 they had... no, nevermind bad example. For example: in San Andreas, they had a much more dynamic map with more terrain than vice city had. In SA, they made a much bigger map and reincluded things like mountains and actual hills. Great additions. They also added things like girlfriend minigames, gang territory, better modeled car suspension, and more interaction with properties, oh and swimming which was a turning point in the series. But what the series slowly lost was that FUN sparkle, the tooty fruity stereotype magic that is felt in things like disney or other cartoons. The gang overarching was cool and all in SanAndreas, but after a while in the game, it brought a seriousness that I did not welcome in Grand Theft Auto. And with the release of GTA4, I think we all should have known something was up. That game lacked all which is enjoyable. It was like windows vista. I've gotten far off topic. What I'm saying is, if you can think about a comparrison to a later (or earlier, actually, huh...) GTA, most likely, the change was either bad overall or pointless. Like most great things, unless you break them down into tiny itsy bitsy little mechanics and details, the only way to describe the greatness of it is to equate it to some unquantifiable magic. In this case, however, I just feel like the over-the-top satire Miami Vice was the PERFECT setting, and I'd like to see GTA6 in the same vein, since with GTA5 it seems like they had a last minute realization, and are slowly working their way back from GTA4. theres a long way to get there, but Rockstar (the developer) is thankfully moving in the right direction. value (for a newcomer with a patience for low poly graphics): 50$ Current value (if I needed to play it again and didnt own it): 15$ which is saying a lot since I dont often give praise to games. FYI - I played this on ps2, might not be the same experience on pc.