Like pretty much everyone else back in the day, I fell in love with the sandbox variety of "Grand Theft Auto III". You could do anything; steal a wide array of vehicles, joyride, shoot anybody that walks, do it all relatively consequence-free and find yourself burning up hours at a time. It was like the keys to the kingdom. And back then, the rebellious attitude and mob movie angle of the story was a lot of fun. Maybe it was because I was just that right susceptible age, but it's just such good filthy fun, even with the "Scarface" soundtrack and murky visuals. Rockstar has surpassed this since (on so many fronts) and the replay value was never at "Vice City" levels, but this was a landmark game, no question.
7/10
7/10