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"Grand Theft Auto 3: Shocking Stuff"

Ok.
This is the game my PS2 was made for. However, it is massively violent, immoral and just plain wrong.
I am an adult and am clearly not affected by video-game violence, so it's ok for me to like this.

Reasons why GTA3 is good:

Variable weather.
During one mission, it rained, then got foggy, then got sunny again.
The rain effects are incredible and affect the handling of the cars/vans etc

Crashes
I crashed many time and ran away to crash again.
This is a good thing.

Police Cars
They go fast with sirens blazing, the other cars pull over and stop.
So I ran into them and stole more cars

Violence
I beat up several old people and stole their pensions.
Then I beat up some prostitutes and stole their money
Then I beat up more old people, because it was funny and they dont fight back too well
I beat up a police man, stole his shotgun and wandered about shooting old people.
I stole a gang-car and performed a drive-by on several pedestrians, then the police caught me.

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Ok, joking apart.
The level of mayhem and wanton violence in this game is shocking, the fact you can shoot old people and rob them, or shoot anyone and rob them?
Or run them down?
or set them on fire?

If I wasn't a responsible adult, and secure that people will play this and realise it's only a game, it'd be worrying.

Incredible graphics, gameplay like you wouldn't believe and it IS the best thing to grace the PS2 so far.
Without exception.
And because it is "only a game", it's amusing to rob, murder and carjack for entertainment.

And the voice acting?
Joe Pantiolano (The Matrix, Bound, The Goonies)
Robert Loggia (Scarface and many, many others)
Kyle Machlachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet etc)
And others.
This game rules, and I can't deny it made me glad I got a PS2.
Finally, a year after launch (almost), it is starting to show what it is capable of.

Expect The Daily Mail to start it's usual "Ban this sick filth" campaign in a day or two.

And I hope none of you under-18s are playing this, because that would be illegal.
Or something

8-Ball wrote:
> i have picked one up but not made the car rock yet
i am playing on it in a
> minute the drive bys are amazing

you make it rock by going into a back alley and stopping.

I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME.

NOOOOOOo! i havent got it yet! nooooooooooooooooo


PS can u steal an ambulance and drive by shoot in it? that would rock...the ambulance of death!

and can u put bombs in cars and blow em up?

Tiltawhirl wrote
In other words you cajn do proper drive bys, as in
> driving past and mowing down a crap load of pedestrians?
you can indeed and its auto lock on so when you drive past them it hits them automatically

GTA3 is mine

WHat you can do proper gangstar style drive bys, with twin uzis blazing out of ya blacked out beamer?

In other words you cajn do proper drive bys, as in driving past and mowing down a crap load of pedestrians?

i have picked one up but not made the car rock yet
i am playing on it in a minute the drive bys are amazing

i havent hijacked a plane yet but you can.....
i am going to kill the person and park over them now ho many hidden packages out of 100 has people found i have found 11

it is short. : )

I would have to admit that is damn cool but I dont see how it would BOOST your health, moral maybe but it should knacker you out, lol :-)

Is the (ahem!) whole experience realistically short :-)