Best Grand Theft Auto ever?

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1. San Andreas - such a huge and varied game with an entertaining (although ridiculous) story.
2. IV - great story
3. Vice City - great story and characters
 
GTA III was fun but i wasn't too crazy about it (Although it's still better than GTA IV). GTA Vice City had the best story, characters, and environment but San Andreas had much more things to do and it had the largest map in a GTA game. GTA IV took many steps back from the older games and it is lacking in fun. The story was okay but after you finish the story, there is nothing you can do in liberty city. Honestly, the only fun thing i had in GTA IV was the swingset glitch. My vote goes to Vice City.
 
1. GTA4 amazing, I loved the more realistic approach.
2. GTA VCS - jetski was awesome...missions were terrible at the start, but turned great towards the end.
3. GTA SA - too many annoying missions, otherwise awesome customization.
4. GTA 3 - epic, but missing some features.
5. GTA VC - idk, I didn't like it that much...mainly the island wasn't that interesting to me. The running was speed up way too much, some cool missions though. Apache was good.
6. GTA LCS - was ok, nothing special. Was expecting more features to be added from newer games.
 
San Andreas - Spent the most time of out the series on this, I loved it.
Vice City - Again spent loads of time on it, mainly being a Taxi Driver...
GTA IV - Played it through a few times, for trophys etc and I enjoy playing online with a few mates.
GTA III - I got this after VC/SA and only really played it for the story, after I completed I never went on it again much.


Vice City Stories was alright, basically the same situation as III, played the story then left it.
Never played Liberty City Stories.

Also, GTA 2 lived in my PS1 back in the day. Though I always re did the same missions because I could never find the place to save the game :(
 
For me it's still Vice City/GTA 3

It just had the best overall package with the characters and story. The World were not big, but acceptable.

Place 2 goes to San Andreas.

Huuuuuge World (probably bigger than GTA 4 - World) and a very good story + character with CJ and Sweet and others (especially "The Truth" :D)
Well done

Place 3

Don't like Nico as a character, but the whole damage model and stuff really made this game big!
 
I'm torn between Vice City on the PC and Vice City Stories. Vice City was generally designed a bit better, but VCS had the benefit of having a lot of the little things from San Andreas implemented without bringing any of the really annoying things with it (better physics and swimming, mainly. And I suppose manual aim, but PC Vice City controlled better anyways).

The Ballad of Gay Tony is next, which mixed all of the good things from GTA IV with many of the good things from San Andreas, but it still never quite managed to be as fun as Vice City was.

Below that is San Andreas, which is probably better on an objective level than Vice City/VCS, but the story falls flat on its face 2/3rds of the way through the game and there are parts of the game which are almost criminally underused considering the potential. It also had a lot of problems with having stuff for you to do for the sake of doing it rather than because it was any fun to do. Basically, San Andreas' physics/controls in Vice City's gameplay/story would make the perfect game, but alas.
 
I prefered Vice City to San Andreas, and GTA IV to either of them. Although I did enjoy the tanks and helicopters, I preferred GTA without them because it made it more realistic and more like a film than the others. Although I never played it, Saints Row 2 seemed like the successor to San Andreas while GTA IV got serious, and I really liked it for that reason. The DLC packs were great, too, and the multiplayer has given me more fun than 100%ing VC or SA ever did, just without the sense of achievement.
 
In my opinion SA for its longevity, you still can find a lot of people playing it online :). I used to do it when I had time ;)
 
That's a tough question really, because there are a few boxes that are ticked by different GTAs for me.

Story: This one has to go to GTA IV, easily. It really is completely unmatched in that regard, at least as far as other GTA games go. Nico is probably the best thought-out character they had. There really was no other character that had such personality and was this believable all around. He was a character you could really care for, if you wanted.

Plus, GTA IV is, of course, the best looking GTA to date and offers insane details if you're keeping an eye open while wandering through Liberty City. The whole city feels incredibly alive!

Athmosphere: This one would probably go to GTA III for me. Granted, that's a very, very subjective thing and I'm probably fooled by the fact that I was a lot younger when I played it, so nostalgia might come into play here. But still, no GTA has, so far, menaged to give me the same feeling GTA III did. Portland always felt so dark, so gritty, so rough - almost intimidating. I can't quite put my finger on why it was that way (or at least, why I remember it that way), but it was awesome. The only game that surpassed it was Red Dead Redemption...

Size: I don't really know whether 'size' is the right word here. But GTA: San Andreas was so huge! The thing I loved about it was that it wasn't only one big city, but that it also allowed you to explore the more rural areas and the desert and such. You could put stuff like the dirt bikes and such to good use. Also, I liked the RPG elements, even though they were very rudimental.

In the end, it's either GTA IV or San Andreas for me, but it's really hard to decide which one I like best... So I won't :sly:
 
Here's mine:

1. Vice City/ Vice City Stories (got to love the 80's! :D)

2. San Andreas/ Liberty City Stories (got to spread the love for the 90's! :D)

3. GTAIII
4. GTA IV
 
San Andreas,it was basically second life,mixed up with World of Warcraft and Driver,heck it even had aircraft,it had everything until Just Cause came along.

Apart from that one,maybe Vice city,it was kind of mad and it had some cool things,being in the 80's with the soundtrack and the visuals,the lent filter and blurry effects,the style of that game is supreme,and the colours.

But since those two(and maybe GTA III),none of the latest GTA titles got my attention,GTA4 is a bit boring,DLC are just the same thing with different storyline and some visual changes(although I like Lost and Dammed),RDR is plain boring,and the PSP versions are kind of meh,and LA Noire is just not the same thing.

I'll stay with Saints Row series and Just Cause though,those games are the spiritual successors of the old PS2 GTAs.
 
San Andreas is the best overall. It has a huge map, a lot of customization, pretty good story, and good music.

But my favorite would have to be GTA2. I have a lot of memories playing that game on PC and PS1.
 
The first one has good memories as it was totally different to what there had been before, but san andreas is most certainly the best so far.
 

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