Just got GTA3 on PC. Impressive!

LuxoJr · #1 05-31-2002, 11:43 AM

wow, people weren't kidding when they spoke about how detailed the world is. Little things that struck me at first:

1. the great camera. nothing beats flipping a car, getting out of it upside down and looking over your shoulder as it bursts into flame, drawing a crowd of curious people
2. the infamous flipping the bird to honking cars
3. people react when you bump into them
4. the way angry people drive off after booting you out of their car
5. cops have a realisticish line of sight, and you can shake them off on the first wanted level
6. the talkback radio station is hilarious

PC differences (I never really played the PS2 version, only heard comments from friends). Not much, but:

1. textures are sharper - you can read the signposts from half a block away
2. a radio station compiled from your own mp3s.

but...it kind of runs like ass. My Athlon XP 1600, GF2 Ultra has to take it on 800x600x32 if I want a smooth frame rate. And that's after lowering the draw distance.

I'm really impressed. It's the first non sim game I've played where actions had interesting consequences. And it's fun as hell.

MojoMan220 · #2 05-31-2002, 05:49 PM

I played the pc version, it is reall cool!!

dumboddrw2 · #3 06-01-2002, 02:03 PM

I've got it for PS2. I love how it goes through day / night and how you can do anything if you want. The storys solid too.

munchman · #4 06-02-2002, 01:15 PM

cool, i was waiting for it to come out on XBOX, but it did not so now im waiting on Project Ego

PinkHaired Mudokon CWR · #5 06-02-2002, 01:52 PM

Sounds fun! I don't even have an x-box yet!

Jacob · #6 06-02-2002, 01:55 PM

Try beeping at the prostitutes and then taking them to a dark alleyway. FUN!! (My friends told me about it...sounds quite interesting)

LuxoJr · #7 06-02-2002, 01:59 PM

Can't do that. I've got the Australian (ie. censored) version, and I don't want to wreak havoc on my Word documents by changing the regional settings to US English.

SeaRex · #8 06-02-2002, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by Jacob
Try beeping at the prostitutes and then taking them to a dark alleyway. FUN!! (My friends told me about it...sounds quite interesting)

That's great. Car bumping, money going down, health going up! ^.^

Majic · #9 06-02-2002, 09:20 PM

Um, that sounds interesting

Whats even funner is driving around with a tank and destroying everything in sight. Man, that Fernando or whoever thats "latin" on chatterbox is like the coolest. I want his number

LuxoJr · #10 06-02-2002, 09:53 PM

Yeah, that guy's a crackup. The other good one is that ninja fruitcake:

I will now chop this desk into...two HALF desks!

I only wish they'd made two Chatterbox stations. You can't get enough of this stuff.