I could even drive around in a taxi, taking people to their required destination. You could get a rocket launcher and blow up a whole block of cars. I was incredibly fascinated with every little aspect of GTA III. I was driving around the city, fist-fighting random people on the street and going on murderous rampages while trying to outlive the police.
I wasn’t even playing the story missions. I had never playing anything like it before. My uncle rented Grand Theft Auto III from Blockbuster for me around its release and I played it the entire night, until four or five in the morning. “I know a place on the edge of the Red Light District where we can lay low, but my hands are all messed up so you better drive, brother.” Yet he’s still somehow able to open the car door and slam it shut. You make an escape for it with your new-found friend 8-Ball. A bomb goes off, exploding the structure and separating areas of Liberty City. Your prison convoy is intercepted crossing the city’s bridge. I’ve played the game so many times that the intro is burned into my memory. The fictional setting Liberty City is dubbed the worst place in America. Memories that a decade later are still poignant and thriving. In an interview with GameSpot, Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games and a writer on GTA III, said, “The key idea of the game was that it wasn’t about violence it was about freedom.” Grand Theft Auto III gave you the freedom to create your own memories. At face value, Grand Theft Auto III is just a game where you beat up hookers, steal cars and kill cops. Rated M for mature audiences only, the game definitely earned that designation. For those that had heard the whispers in the hallways, it was that the game where you could hire prostitutes then run them over to get your money back. As I transitioned from using the PlayStation and Nintendo 64, Grand Theft Auto III was jaw-dropping. I wasn’t even old enough to “legally” purchase the game (as if I was buying something hazardous to my health like booze or cigarettes). At the time I had no idea what terms like “sandbox” or “open world” meant for gaming.
The game released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2 on Oct. There was nothing like Grand Theft Auto III. The term revolutionary is often cheaply thrown around, but Grand Theft Auto III personified the word.
One of the most important games ever created released 10 years ago earlier this month. 10 Years Later: Memories of Grand Theft Auto III
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