What's Your Favorite GTA?

[lestagio]

I feel like there's always quite a few different takes on this. Admittedly I haven't played a ton of the games (which is partially why I'm making this thread!), but my favorite is Vice City. I really liked the isometric originals when I was younger, but the 3D games were way cooler. San Andreas was fun but I always felt like it ran a bit slow on my PS2, compared to Vice City which was smaller but way smoother. GTA5 wasn't really my thing. Not that it's a bad game in any way, but it's so huge and open, and I just didn't get the same feeling from it as some of the others. Thus why I don't plan to pick up GTA6 any time soon.

 

[Guinea]

GTA 5 for the gameplay, GTA Vice City for the story.

 

[Vardalis]

Vice City for the, as much as I hate how the word has been used lately, vibe. The location, cars, music, story, they're all great. When I want to play a GTA game I'd always go for that one even though SA undoubtebly has the better gameplay of that trilogy.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Vice City.

First GTA I have ever played — will play it forever.

 

[PatrickWeylin]

i loved china town wars, despite it being isometric. i used to stay up late at night making drug deals and driving around listening to the radio.

 

[ThunderBoy]

San Andreas for me

 

[zombie100379]

too hard to answer - i love the original top down gta , and gta 2 , i adored gta3 , vice city for the music , same with san andreas but for the size and the music , wasn't crazy about gta IV but loved lost and the damned and ballad of gay tony , and gta 5 online was one of the best times playing a game i ever had

 

[lestagio]

Vice City.

First GTA I have ever played — will play it forever.

Yeah, it was the first 3D GTA I played and the 2D games simply can't compare.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Chinatown Wars for arcadey gameplay, San Andreas for variety and Vice City Stories for portability

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Fun fact: Back when Vice City was the new hotness, I got a copy of it for free under the agreement of being interviewed for an article on video game violence in a women's magazine..
Long-story-short. A couple weeks later, the lady interviewed me for over an hour while I played the game in front of her. Months later, the ONLY quote of mine that ended up in the published multi-page main article was the opening line in large, bold print:

"FIRST WE HAVE TO KILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE" said 17 year old [redacted].

(Context: I was asked something about having a shoot-out with the police. So I needed to get the "wanted" stars up. "How?" I was asked. My answer was the aforementioned quote)..

I still have a copy of that specific magazine. The article itself was surprisingly balanced, but I've had a permanently poisoned view of legacy media whit large ever since then..

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Fun fact: Back when Vice City was the new hotness, I got a copy of it for free under the agreement of being interviewed for an article on video game violence in a women's magazine..
Long-story-short. A couple weeks later, the lady interviewed me for over an hour while I played the game in front of her. Months later, the ONLY quote of mine that ended up in the published multi-page main article was the opening line in large, bold print:

(Context: I was asked something about having a shoot-out with the police. So I needed to get the "wanted" stars up. "How?" I was asked. My answer was the aforementioned quote)..

I still have a copy of that specific magazine. The article itself was surprisingly balanced, but I've had a permanently poisoned view of legacy media whit large ever since then..

You still played the game after that interview?

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Fun fact: Back when Vice City was the new hotness, I got a copy of it for free under the agreement of being interviewed for an article on video game violence in a women's magazine..
Long-story-short. A couple weeks later, the lady interviewed me for over an hour while I played the game in front of her. Months later, the ONLY quote of mine that ended up in the published multi-page main article was the opening line in large, bold print:

(Context: I was asked something about having a shoot-out with the police. So I needed to get the "wanted" stars up. "How?" I was asked. My answer was the aforementioned quote)..

I still have a copy of that specific magazine. The article itself was surprisingly balanced, but I've had a permanently poisoned view of legacy media whit large ever since then..

Oh, fuck right OFF.

I HATE it when they do that, but it's sadly nothing new — got interviewed once and they only used two isolated quotes from me -.-*

 

[Ikagura]

Saints Row 2.

More seriously I also liked Chinatown Wars for its more arcade-like gameplay (similar to the first two entries).

I kinda miss the scoring and video game aspect of the game.

 

[shaggi shaggi]

GTA Vice City. The entire game has an 80s aesthetic, which perfectly suits my taste.

 

[GundamJehutyKai]

Vice City and it's not even a contest.

I do like GTA2 as well, being that it kept that interesting top down view.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

You still played the game after that interview?

Of course! Off & on until it (and a bunch of other stuff) was stolen a year or two later..

Oh, fuck right OFF.

I HATE it when they do that, but it's sadly nothing new — got interviewed once and they only used two isolated quotes from me -.-*

Yeah, it certainly opened my eyes to the practice; so there was that. That was 22~23 years ago at this point, and my skills of pattern-recognition have only become more refined since then..
It's part of the reason why I prefer unedited, long-form interviews over the curated BS that legacy media outlets put out..

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Of course! Off & on until it (and a bunch of other stuff) was stolen a year or two later..

Grand theft stuff

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

Grand theft stuff

It really was. I'm pretty sure it was a felony amount of games & consoles stolen..

 

[Kaze01]

For its sheer size and content I'd say San Andreas, even though Liberty City Stories has a really special place in my heart (to the point that it is the only one game that I mastered on RetroAchievements lol)

 

[zerodayhx]

Saints Row 1

 

[Potapota]

I might be a weirdo but libert city stories is really fun to me. I think I still have to go with 4 as my absolute favorite though.

 

[Skellerick]

For the story, IV
For the vibes, Vice City
For the atmosphere, San Andreas

 

[Retro Doomer]

I am not a buster so San Andres with Vice City being a close second.

I like San Andreas for the Gameplay and Vice City for the vibes.

Gta 5 was okay for me was not a fan of the constant character switch and story even if Trevor could be fun in his unhinged ways.

Gta 3 aged to poorly for me personally in terms of Gameplay, but still a good game.

Gta 4 Story is a chef kiss even if I am not a fan of the darker vibes still a very good game which I prefer over 5.

I never played much if any Gta 1 and 2 so not much of a opinion.

 

[PlainnameWTF]

I liked GTA IV because of the map and some unique stuff the game has. I also liked the story as there are some interesting methods on some missions, like picking up a car for Vlad and wreck it a little before leaving it on the garage as it will trigger a funny phonecall from Vlad later on after he went to check it

 

[bombatomba77]

GTA III was the first that I loved. My wife gave it to me for Christmas in '01, and I certainly don't remember asking for it (or even wanting it). I disliked the first two GTA games because they felt slow and I disliked the mission structure. But when I beat ICO that night before turning in, I hurridly tossed in GTA III as a peace offering, and holy crap that game drew me in. I probably spent three or four hours respawning a truck on a beach, trying to find the limits of the game engine and exactly what it would allow me to do. After finishing it I was obsessed with finding as many ways as possible to beat each mission and getting onto every flat surface I could. It carried me to the release of Vice City (and beyond).