a few of my buddies and i played gta a week straight when my bro bought it the week it came out. the game flocking rocks! personally, it allows me to express my anger virtually. i cant wait for gta4, but i dont have a ps3. who the flock wants to buy that crap? my bro told me it has no fun games.

GTA4 is coming out on the 360 too so if you have that then you're cool.

And GTA is a very very good game for the PS2, XBOX, and PC. I'm partial to the original GTA3 because I prefer the Liberty City setting which is why I'm totally hot for GTA4. Vice City had more advanced gameplay but I hated that 80s Miami setting. San Andreas was good but I didn't get too far in the game.

I just hope they dont push gta4 back again. its about time for it to be released.

I believe San Andreas is a superior title. The game opened up so much from the previous ones. 3 cities and alot of landscape. I loved riding my dirt bike up the mountain, and riding off, to bail and use a parachute. Or riding my bike off a skyscraper. Or using a harrier. Or a jetpack. Or a monster truck. The game was just fun. Plain and simple. I just wish there wasn't a garage bug. If you have max cars in every garage, some will disappear without warning. It sucks, because I spent so much time, driving all over the place, over and over, to outfit my hideouts with the coolest cars, with awesome paintjobs, and maxed nitros... Damn Rock Star for screwing with my cars.......

I like GTA but wouldn't call it greatest on PS2.

Look forward to GTA4 but still couldn't decide which next gen consoles to invest in.

Yea I don't think its the best either, but it is damn good fun. As for the next gen systems, I have neither. Don't know what I would choose first. Comes down to who has what and who has the best info structure, or multiplayer community. I'll then have to calculate it up. I just hope PS3 gets their ball rolling. As for GTA 4, I'm not so excited.........

Vice City is my absolute favorite, followed by San Andreas.

I know I am going to get flamed for this, but I don't think the GTA games were all that great. The games were jacks of all trades but good at nothing. I did not like the way the game controlled and all of them have horrible graphics. I have spent a decent amount of time playing all of them and I still can't see whats so great about it. Also kinda felt overly simplistic. I know a lot of people that like GTA, I just don't think its all that great.

I agree with you. I'm not a fan of GTA. I hate it.. I think it's one of the worst games ever.

i agree with fatal and 2eyez i cant stand that game!
ive never managed to get into it and i never will!!!

I love the GTA games, very funny

To be honest I hated GTA3. Possibly because I ended up playing it so much maybe I got sick of it. It just isn't as fluid feeling as the other ones to me so its really aggravating to play. That and annoying things like not being able to shoot through car windows and stuff that they added in the later ones.

I think I liked the storyline of GTA: Vice City the best. But San Andreas had some killer gameplay. It was fun to explore all that stuff. I actually got the guide after I beat it just to see if I missed anything cool. (and I have never bought a guide, still haven't - it was a gift )

Its Almost just like halo. And i have a quote that describes this perfectly

"If you sit with your hands crossed waiting to be impressed, you will More than likely be disappointed"

GTA was great in all aspects of the game. Every game progressed and got Better and better and better. NOw GTA4 is coming out with Next Gen graphics, things cannot go wrong.

I actually played the game for hours. I try to give each game a fair shake before passing judgment.

Yea, I know what your saying. Jack of all trades and whatever. Not a master of any 1 field. But I enjoyed my time on it. I'm not like the majority, who kill everything and run from the cops constantly. I like to just play.... Sure ill have a run of killing all the drug dealers that try to push there smack in my hood, (shows up in stats) or sometimes i'll just drive and drive and drive...... I don't play anymore, I have too many things to play now. But every once in a while, ill fire it up and do some missions.

GTA is nowhere near the best Playstation 2 game ever made.

Back when vice City came out, I could immerse myself in that game for hours. I didn't care so much about the actual story (because the missions get so ridiculously hard), so I just drove around the city doing oddjobs and listening to that kickass soundtrack.

oh yeah Vice City had an awesome sound track.

I made my own for San Andreas that was so awesome. All old-school rap it was perfect.

"Crusin' down the street in my six-fo' *POP POP POP*" haha

Only a couple of hours?? That game is suposed to take about a week-a month to finish depending on how much you play. And to get 100%, supposedly it was supposed to take u a year. All without cheats Of course.

I agree also.

GTA panders to folks who like a lot of stuff, a great deal of flash, but not really any depth or substance. GTA is a bore to play and a pain to look at and no amount of slick dialogue can make up for those deficiencies.

It just doesnt cross my mind how Stealing cars and Shooting people = Boring

But

MMORPG = Fun
.....

?

The shooting mechanic is boring. And stealing cars.. doesn't that get boring after the first few times you carjack someone? That has been one of the gimmicks of GTA this last generation and I'm surprised more people aren;t bored of it by now.

You are acting like GTA is a game with enough depth that rivals any ocean. Why would I even bother playing through all those meaningless side quests/missions if the game mechanics/engine is so poorly executed and simplistic. You act as if it is some kind of challenging game that requires a large amount of skill, patience and practice to be good at and enjoyable. A 4 year old could play GTA. Reason as to why I like Shenmue, requires skill and ability to play and complete. Virtua fighter, deepest fighting game ever, to truly enjoy it you have to actually learn how to play the game. VF has no button whoring. Unlike DOA, if you mash the controller and whore out the cheap countering system makes a very simplistic fighting game that anyone who is to lazy to learn how to dig deep into a game and discover it's true potential.

I know I am apart of a minority when it comes to my view of the GTA series. If someone wants to play a game because of its language/ M rating, mindless violence, simplistic game engine then by all means play GTA.
Flame on!

And you got this ALL from A couple of hours. Im not acting as if GTA is a GOD-Like game. But its a damn good game, and its damn fun. You can Try to bash it down as much as you want but the truth is, the overhype kills it for people like you. Halo 3 got the SAME treatment (not defending Halo 3), but it is RARE to find an honest review on Halo 3. Even that Hilarious Review by Yahtzee(SP?) was severely effected by Hype and therefore NOT given a TRUE HONEST review.

Anyone Not affected by the hype can tell you that GTA:SA was a GREAT game. Not the BEST like the TS seems to think, but it was in No way, shape or form a BAD or Sub Par game. Ive never taken the time to learn how to play VF, so in turn i dislike the game. I can go on a rant and post about how bad the fighting engines are and how horrible gameplay is, but i dont, cuz i havent played enough. You make a point about playing a game enough to appreciate, but u play a couple of hours and make a complete Judgement on GTA.

W/e, Attack my character all you like.

Well, I DO like to play the GTA series for its language/ M rating, mindless violence, simplistic game engine
coupled with real era's soundtrack and driving. I can just sit in a car, drive and just listen to the soundtracks. And I do like simplistic gameplay sometimes which wouldn't force me to use skills so much.
My brain need a rest sometimes

I find it quaint that people buy any GTA game after 3, it might have a new bundle of features like swimming and driving different vehicles, but it just seems to get boring after awhile. I like what they did with the San Andreas RPG-Like system, where you could train in dojos/gyms, and gain muscle and skill, but it was much too easy. The missions started to become completely pointless and painstaking, there are too many bugs and glitches aswell. Every GTA looks like crap, the character models are sloppy and don't contain much detail, not to mention the entire landscaping visuals and effects, they are pretty insufficient. There are many other games out there that was taken the gimmick from GTA , stealing cars etc. It just seems too old, and it's arduous to deal with.

I agree with those that don't like the games. I bought GTA 3, and for the first run through it was fun, after that BORING AS $HIT! Vice City added nothing, I never even finished it. San Andreas, while it's gameplay elements were improved......sucked the worst for all around storyline+gameplay.

And no, it is BY FAR not the best PS2 game.

It isn't the best game on ps2 and its not deep or features any kind of fantastic storyline but its a fun game to flock around with. You can be lazy and just do whatever you want and screw around if you want.

I think the missions where pretty fun though, although some of them where flocking stupid just because the controls blow.

It's not the best game on PS2 by far, It's a good game but then it's all personal preference

i heard that the Gta 4 will be the best yet created Gta ever!!! ( In this time, it's just for Ps 3 )
P.S. I hope that the Gta 4 will be for Windows ( i can't afford a Ps 3 )

This thread is ancient.

Also, you're wrong. It's coming out for the XBOX 360 as well, and will have exclusive episodic content on that console as well. Simultaneous release with the PS3 version too.

i knew that the GTA will come for Ps3 and ? ( i couldn't remember of XBOX ).

Good! so do you like Phantasy Star Universe?

never played it, i tried to get into PSO for the DC, but i just couldnt =\

And as for the thread, honestly, i cant sit through the GTA games anymore. Only fun while they are new. I have MUCH more fun playing the glitchy, repetitive Godfather.