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'''Grand Theft Auto III''' (also known officially as '''GTA III''' or '''GTA 3''') is the third installment of and fifth game of the [[Grand Theft Auto Series]] developed by DMA Design now [[Rockstar North]] and published by [[Rockstar Games]]. GTA III is the first game in the [[GTA III Era]], which introduced many new features to the GTA series and saw the fan base of the series expand. The game was originally released for the [[PlayStation 2]] and the [[Personal Computer|PC]] on October 22, 2001, with an [[Xbox]] version which was released in November 2003 by [[Rockstar Vienna]].

GTA III was the first GTA game to use three-dimensional gameplay, as opposed to the [[Top-Down Perspective|top-down perspective]] used in [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]], [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969|GTA London 1969]], [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|GTA London 1961]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]]. The player views [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] from a third person perspective, with the camera located behind and above the [[Protagonist|player character]]. The three-dimensional gameplay has been praised as being a key reason for the success of the series, alongside the new control scheme, both of which have been used in subsequent games.

== Game Information ==

'''Game Content'''

'''Game Features'''

==Storyline==

In GTA III the player follows an unnamed criminal (revealed to be named [[Claude]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]) as he arrives in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] with his girlfriend, [[Catalina]], and an unnamed accomplice who commit a [[Introduction (GTA III)|robbery]] at the [[Liberty City Bank]]. When they exit the bank, however, Catalina shoots and kills the unnamed accomplice and shoots Claude, leaving him for dead as she escapes. Claude later recovers and is arrested by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] to be taken to jail but escapes when the Colombian Cartel attacks the police convoy and sets off a bomb on the [[Callahan Bridge]] making it explode. Claude then begins to climb through the ranks of the city underworld by working for, and eventually betraying or being betrayed by various gangs, in his quest for revenge. At the end of the storyline, Claude [[The Exchange (GTA III)|tracks down and kills]] Catalina in a long shoot out.

==City Game==

''Main Article: [[Liberty City in GTA III Era]]''

 

There are different districts in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. It consists of three islands - [[Portland]], [[Staunton Island]] and [[Shoreside Vale]]. Liberty City is based on New York so the three islands are comparatively similar to Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jersey.

===[[Portland]]===

This is the old, industrial district, consisting largely of workmen in old cars, the [[Leone Family|Leones]], [[Portland Triads|Triads]], [[Colombian Cartel]] and [[Diablos]].

{{quote|''Here you will find the docks, the [[Red Light District]], warehouses, factories, markets, garages as well as some useful suppliers. The area is populated with [[Prostitutes |hookers]], pimps, labourers, dockworkers, politicians and general scum. Crime is rife in Portland and it has a long history of Mafia control. But this is being challenged by the Triads. A bloody turf war has been underway for several months. A delightful district with something for everyone.''}}

'''PLACES OF INTEREST:''' [[Sex Club Seven|Luigi's Sex Club 7 ]], [[Mr. Wong's Launderette]], [[Belly-Up Fish & Seafood Processing Plant]], [[Momma's Restaurante]], [[Little China Park]], [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]].

 

This is the first area you interact with in the game.

===[[Staunton Island]]===

This is the business district. Lots of rich people can be found here, alongside their nice cars and the resident gangs - the [[Yakuza]], [[Yardies]] and [[Colombian Cartel]].

{{quote|''This is the central business district. This is where all the big business takes place in Liberty City and is dominated by the rich, powerful and corporate. During the day the area is bustling with businessmen doing their 9-5 thing - insider trading, taking bribes and selling their grandmothers for ten bucks. At night it is dark, desolate and very dangerous.''}}

===[[Shoreside Vale]]===

This is the suburban area of Liberty City. The wealthy live here, along with the middle class residents and gangs. The Francis International Airport is also located here. As are the [[Southside Hoods]].

{{quote|''Suburban bliss and tranquility Liberty City style. Home to many of Liberty City's more affluent gangsters, Liberty City's commuter-belt is a patchwork of swimming pools, picket fences, backyards, basketball nets, street gangs and five car garages. It's littered with ostentatious mansions paid for with blood money, protected by high security guards and gates to keep out gangs of bored teenagers looking for something to do to bring some excitement to their middle class existence. The designer dogs and the station wagons give a shallow serenity to suburbia, but don't be fooled. Violence and corruption are at the heart of every home.''}}

[[File:GiveMeLiberty-GTAIII6.jpg|thumb|left|220px|GTA III's graphics very popular in the series, giving good reviews.]]

Grand Theft Auto III is commonly regarded as one of the best games of the saga of Grand Theft Auto games and one of the most revolutionary in history. The implementation of 3D in a game with a premise so promising it achieved a great success in both sales and reviews, receiving very positive reception with scores of:

*10 from Meristation.  

*9.6 from IGN and GameSpot.

*10/10 from Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine.

*An average score of 95%, according to Game Rankings.  

*94 of 100 from GameSpy.  

*8/10 from Edge.

In 2009, Game Informer put GTA III 4th on their list of "The Top 200 Games of All Time", saying that it "changed the gaming landscape forever with its immersive open world sandbox". GamesRadar named it 'the most important game of the decade'.

==Game Boy Advance Version==

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