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Review by Marchoos
GTA3 (PC)
When you think of Grand Theft Auto, do you think of it being
a game to improve your good drivers skills and careful pedestrian
watch? If you chose the above... YOU'RE WRONG!!! Rockstar Games
brings you Grand Theft Auto 3, better known to people as GTA3.
GTA3 consists of three seperate islands. These islands being...
Portland
Staunton Island
Shoreside Vale
You take on the role of a criminal who after a bank heist was
framed by a girlfriend. You're transported to prison but luckily,
on the way there everything didn't go to plan. Next second, all
you notice is the Liberty City bridge which you were travelling
along in the van now has a huge hole in it. A guy named 8-ball
is with you. 8-ball is an expert in the field of explosives and
comes very handy during the games progress. Unfortunately his
"hands are all messed up," so you have to drive him
back to the hideout brutha. From there on, the game throws missions
at you from a heard of big bosses.
GTA3 is a little like driver in a way. From the normal old boring
views of top-down method, GTA3 has taken on the Driver panoramic
view and chucked it in the game, giving it ultimate realism and
fun! Most of the game is done by car and foot. Like a car you
see driving down the street? Want it? Easy as A.C.B Simply step
infront of the moving vehicle, cross your fingers and hope for
the best and hey presto! Simply throw the driver out of the car
and on your way you go. You can literally have any car you see
in this game. Even the emergency vehicles such as Police, Fire
and Ambulance cars.
When you're not doing one of the 73 missions available throughout
the game, you can spend hours of fun terrorising the public around
the streets of the cities. Even try and find all the hidden packages
that are scattered around. Looks for muscle cars and maybe even
hang around Luigi's club for chickies... if you know what i mean.
Maybe you could even stand outside the subway and watch the angry
gang members start shooting at you! Just remember that you have
to be on your best behaviour, otherwise the boys in blue might
be a-knockin-on-ya-door!
The stunning graphics in GTA3 has made my jaw drop. The first
time i saw GTA3 was in a games store, being played on a Pentium
4. I casually walked up to the computer console and started busily
playing it. About 5 minutes in i was interrupted by a little kid.
To my surprise he shoved in under me and took the keyboard/joystick
from my possession. The little bugger took over the game. This
little toddler would have been all but 5 years old. GTA3 isn't
the type of game you'd want children to be playing. It shows explicit
scenes, explicit language and may just teach them bad habbits.
Heck... this game should even be kept away from some adults!
The requirements for GTA3 on PC is as follows...
The following operating systems are NOT supported:
Windows 95
Windows NT (any version)
Mac OS
Linux
BEOS
Minimum Hardware Requirements
450 MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
96 MB of RAM
4 speed CD / DVD drive
700 MB of free hard disk space
16 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible drivers
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
Keyboard
Mouse
Recommended Hardware Requirements
700(+) MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
128(+) MB of RAM
8 speed CD / DVD drive
700 MB of free hard disk space
32(+) MB DirectX 8.1 hardware video card
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card with surround sound
Gamepad (USB or Joystick Port)
Keyboard
Mouse
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