Release Date: May 20, 2002
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Genre: Action/Adventure, Sandbox
Theme: Crime
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player
Grand Theft Auto 3 is a third person action/adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a common criminal who gets a lucky break and escapes from the police during transfer to prison. It is also the first game in the series to use the 3D third person and sandbox game play which has made the series one of the best selling of all time.
Grand Theft Auto 3 is a third person action shooter that puts you in the shoes of a common criminal who gets a lucky break and escapes from the police during transfer to prison. Instead of going straight, your goal is to avoid the law and hide out in Liberty City, all while trying to work your way up the criminal world hierarchy. This is done by the careful execution of illegal activities for the benefit of crime bosses, until you're able to move above them in the criminal food chain.
From Rockstar Games:
"LIBERTY CITY, USA. WELCOME TO AMERICA'S WORST CITY." "You've been betrayed and left for dead. Now you're taking revenge, unless the city gets you first. Mob bosses need a favor, crooked cops need help and street gangs want you dead. You'll have to rob, steal and kill just to stay out of serious trouble. Anything can happen out here."