I am of course referring to the game Grand Theft Auto III. I just bought a copy for the PC. Man, what a frickin’ great game! Yes, you car-jack people. Yes, sometimes you run over pedestrians. Yes, there is senseless violence. I’m against all those things. But words can’t describe how engaging and fun this game is – the world is just so open-ended.
Last night, I was supposed to kill some mob guy. He was surrounded by goons who would fight with you while he ran away. I finally got him by shooting just to get him to flee, and then chasing him through the city, ramming him with my car. After several blocks of this, I finally smashed him into a wall (he did not want to be stopped), and we both fled the accident area before his car blew up. I look up, and he’s hightailing it down the street. This was my sixth attempt at the mission – he kept escaping. So, I did what any sensible person would do – I jacked a car and ran him over with it.
Ah, memories… Has anyone else been playing this game?
disclaimer: I am appalled wrt all this senseless violence.
Anyway… You want fun? Steal a tank. (there is a cheat for this is you can’t do it for real) Its wonderful watching FBI cars bounce off you and burst into flames. Try to fend-off the national guard as long as you can!
Just got GTA III for the PC this weekend and you’re right, it is a very entertaining game. I really like the PC version over the PS2 version because of the fact that you can use your own MP3’s instead of having to listen to the games radio stations over and over again, not that some of them aren’t entertaining.
No no no… you have to run over a whole line of Hare Krishna’s and get your Cowabunga [sub](or whatever it was)[/sub].
Either that, or walk up to the first HK and start burping and farting at him, and the whole line will follow you around wherever you go!
I’m a personal fan of the ultra-gore code in conjunction with some well-placed sniper shots from the roof of the skyscraper in Staunton Island. That or taking on the Yakuza from the footbridge in Portland with a shotgun and some Molotov cocktails.
Follow-up question: does anyone have a suggestion for a good control configuration? I use the mouse and keyboard, with arrow keys to move, nearby keys to jump, get in cars, change weapons, etc. The problem is I can’t find a place to put the keys for looking left/right/behind where I can reach them without lifting my hand, so I can either drive or look for oncoming cars, but not both.
Also, I’m a really sucky driver – I’m pretty much all over the road like I’m driving a shopping cart at 70 mph.
Sorry. I’m only a PS2 GTA3 owner. There is an ‘improved handling’ cheat code, but it’s up to you whether to use it or not (I did once I’d completed most of the missions.
You can indeed steal a tank for real. One night, a friend of mine and I decided to try it. Starting from the base in Staunton Island, he walked out into the street and gathered ome police attention. Since all the weapons reset at about the top of the ramp, it wasn’t too hard to keep this up, and run back for more armor periodically. Eventually, they sent the tank down, and everyone got out of it. Once they were out, he went and hit several of the police bribes in the base, causing all the police to leave, and leave the tank behind.
With the tank, it’s way too easy to get all five stars. Eventually, though, the thing will blow up. But by that point, it’s getting kinda boring anyways.
The flying cars aren’t nearly as fun as the flying tank that you keep aloft by shooting the cannon behind you.
If you drive a really nice car you can pick up a hooker who will get in the car which will rock for a bit and you get 20 points over the maximum health.
If you are cheating and fly the tank you can get onto all three islands in the game. I haven’t found a way to save after getting to the other islands since the hideouts seem to basically be off limits.
I can’t wait for Vice City to come out. I pre-ordered it last month on a trip to visit my school friends since it comes out in October. I think I’m definetly skipping class that day…
Check out www.kentpaul.com for some screens. GTA:VC apparently lets you steal GOLF CARTS!
All you had to do was get the sniper rifle, climb the building across the street, and cap him in the midst of all his bodyguards as he walked out of the theatre.
