It's a fun game, mostly because of its unpredictability, but its formula didn't age well. It's playable but repetitive af. Basically, all you do is follow orders: do this and that, several times. The story is only here to serve the gameplay. That's not a problem in itself if the gameplay were more varied. Most of the time you're driving, which is bad, sinthe the traffic and physics are the worst I've ever played. To make things worse, there are no checkpoints, so when you die, you have to redo the entire mission - including the absolutely boring part, which usually involves traveling to the actual mission. Speaking of dying... is the game difficult? Not exactly. Most of the missions are fine. What makes you die often is the fact that the physics are crazy. It's really hard to explain how bad it is to drive in GTA III. Also, you can swim. Other than that, it's pretty okay. If you're thinking about beating all the GTA games, I sure recommend it. Otherwise, there are better games to play.

The controls and combat doesn’t age well, but it’s great to see the seed that would grow into modern GTA

It was the first contact I had with the PlayStation 2. I never forgot how innovative the game's proposal was at the time: driving freely through a city listening to the radio, doing missions in an “open world”, shooting through the streets and being chased by the police. The involvement with the gangs, driving the sports cars at night... it was all really cool. It's a game that left an impression on me and brings back a lot of good memories from the time I played. To this day, I can say it's my favorite GTA. The game always gave me a good feeling... the city's climate was a little cold, a little cloudy, I spent hours playing it without pretension, just driving around the city. I finished it on PC years after playing on console, and to this day I think there should be a remaster for it.

Outdated and way too hard for nothing.