Grand Theft Auto 3's Strange Little Spots
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- čas přidán 9. 01. 2024
- Honestly, I've never been a big Grand Theft Auto fan. Something about the heavily scripted missions and constantly failing them put me off of the series. And while that's still obviously a problem to me, I learned to appreciate the world of these games recently. I was surprised at how many elements of future GTA games were solidified in its first 3d entry. I'm super excited to check out Vice City and San Andreas, just to see what the expanded worlds will look like. Though I like the compactness of Liberty City. It really does feel like a series' first step into 3d. It's comfy in a way GTA 5's Los Santos isn't. I'd consider myself a little bit of a Grand Theft Auto fan now. Thanks GTA 3.
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Intro - Opening (Grand Theft Auto 3)
00:48 - Fear (Final Fantasy VIII)
10:27 - Peace Borne from Darkness (The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky)
17:39 - Parochial Town (Final Fantasy VII)
23:28 - Shadow Forest (Chrono Cross)
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I always thought I was weird because for as long as I can remember I had a fascination with abandoned/strange/lonely places in video game maps from the 2000s. Now the maps are very polished, very designed, but there was a time where video games had those " design flaws" that resulted in strange places forgotten by the player and always generated a certain magnetism in me
it's honestly my biggest issue with GTA 5 (and modern games in general). Everything is so pre-planned and scripted and polished that it somehow feels more fake and artificial than these older maps. GTA 3 Liberty City feels like a centuries old city that has all these odd areas that maybe meant something 100 years ago, but were built on and around and are no longer relevant. Just like real world cities.
I live in Osaka, and can think of analogues to all of these areas in the game. A random mansion-like house in a "crumbling" area (I saw it built, too, and remember the grotty place that was there before), long riverside pathways, huge empty areas beside rivers that have "no purpose" and you'd think they'd be built on (only in Japan their purpose is to "eat up" the force of tsunamis before they reach actual buildings), abandoned old blocks surrounded by rusted fences, and odd places under bridges and along train tracks where you're simultaneously surrounded by 10,000,000 and completely alone.
Man I've got to get new tyres on my bike and go riding.
Reminds me of looking for the edge of the map in True Crime: Streets of LA, you can definitelly tell the devs did not expect many players there as the streets at the edge of the map start glitching out.
I remember a feeling I had as a kid playing Syphon Filter 2 multiplayer with a friend, and something about that eerie atmosphere feeling has stuck with me ever since, I love it too G.
@@TrippingHawkGTA 5 was meant to feel like that
I really like this type of video you make. These areas in older games are pretty cool. Also appreciating the 4:3 and standard def game footage
Eno keeps being right, doesn't he?
Also he plays the original III, not the defective edition
Completely agree. Exactly how it should be shown
I lost count how many people make videos about old games and stretch the video to hell and back "because I need to fit it to screen duurrrrppp" mentality ... I close it soon as I see it couldn't care less how the narrative or sound might be great when I basically go crosseyed and develop a headache from their video within one minute or less ...
Play it, record it, stream it as it's intended. Upscaling is fine long as they maintain the 4:3 ratio.
5:58 The mission "Patriot Playground" has checkpoints all over this area. Though yeah, the mission itself is pretty obscure because it does not appear on the minimap. You will just have to know to enter the Patriot (Hummer like car) that is parked next to the SupaSave store.
In Gone Fishing the guy will beach his Ghost missing boat on the beach if he takes too much damage
That's a sub-mission, though. Not a main mission.
It’s needed for 100% though and re releases add trophies for it
@@losloomisI remember doing that as a kid just to use the boat afterwards, iirc in the early ps2 versions the name came up as ghost missing
It's been 20+ years and I remember driving the Patriot on a beach, and I was thinking the whole time while watching that was the beach. Thank you for the confirmation.
Fun fact: There is evidence that the hobos in the train tunnel are a remnant of a cut character who would give missions to the player named Darkel who would lead the pack of hobos. It probably explains why there isn't more there, as there was initially meant to be a story side character there.
Not really a fun fact when nearly every GTA 3 fan knows this 😂
@@HipixOFFICIAL Probably not new fans, though.
I bought the game day one and played it for thousands of hours. Never heard of Darkel. Speak for yourself. @HipixOFFICIAL
@@Harry_Stylus
Yea, supposedly he was one of several aspects of the game which were removed/altered due to 9/11, being that he was a terrorist.
Furry
8:22
Believe me, they *have* the means to warm themselves and the player even without the package.
Ah yess i know your reference
Molotove
@@devrupgaming6246 moulatauve
Tom Cruise.
Tons of respect for using the PS2 version with the standard 4:3 definition. It really brings the game back to its original vision.
It’s original vision was HD. They were held back by the hardware. Which is why the XBOX and PC versions are rockstar’s perfect vision
@@BagzAndPresident I disagree. It's way more easier to spot the imperfections if you play the games in HD. The 480i resolution masked just how low res the textures were, how janky the facial animations were and overall masked how cartoony and "gamey" the 3D games looked.
@@BagzAndPresident Yeah hard disagree. The atmosphere and visuals of the original PS2 releases of all 3 games is the way they're meant to be experienced. I've played every version, own physical copies for PS2 and PC. Normally I'd agree that most multiplatform games of that era are simply Xbox games but games like NFS Hot Pursuit 2 and the GTA series were built on PS2 as the lead dev console. They had no concept of HD in 2001. Xbox's 480p does look good but they changed everything about the soul of the games. The lighting and brightness and atmosphere overall is just off. And in the case of Vice City and San Andreas, any version that isn't the original black label PS2 release is missing entire songs from the soundtrack. Yes you can mod them back in on PC. But you can't really mod playing the real deal on a CRT.
people think their first experience is the only true one
Maybe it's a little biased but when we first played GTA 3 on a CRT the image and sounds stuck with us. Even the loading screen is carved in my brain.
When I eventually played Vice City on PC several years later the presentation was better but it wasn't as cool as playing on ps2.
There’s something so special about GTA III’s design and art style that was never quite matched in later entries and I can’t seem to figure out what it is. Either way I love it and it’s one of the reasons why it’s my favorite in the series.
The eerie, dull and at times drab atmosphere. Many feel it had a liking to Metal Gear Solid 2, which is fitting, because it also released 2001.
I think the design was different than later games. It was the first 3D game and really the first real 3d city like this. As later games came, they improved the design, the immersive things. They had more budget too. As they improved things, it lost that weird eerieness that GTA3 Liberty has.
The color palette, the grey blue filter, etc. Liberty City really had the most dense atmosphere out of all GTA games.
They tried to capture NY in the fall with this and GTAIV. Gray sky, gritty, dirty. It worked well, great contrast to VC and SA
@@andrewdziuba3336Yeah especially in the fall of 2001, like 1 month after 9/11
The best part of this game is the ambience. I used to fall asleep to the noise of the city as a kid.
same
The area north of Salvatore's mansion is a leftover from earlier stages of development. If you look at early versions of the map, there was a small peninsula there jutting out to the northeast. There was a power plant there, though no proper screenshots of it exist as far as I know (other than a top-down wireframe render). It seems that once that entire area was cut, Rockstar just "fixed" it by placing a bunch of big concrete blocks there instead.
Big concrete blocks make rivers narrower and faster-flowing. When sewage just discharged into rivers this made the waste carry out to sea faster.
in the gta series III design documents video, its said that next to the power plant a drug lab was supposed to be there, it became the pharmacy in vice city
@@lerobert7737 I rechecked that video and there was also a chemical plant next to the power plant. It seems that it was the set of structures to the east of the power plant (which you can easily identify by the smokestacks), though it's pretty hard to see the distinction between the two. I don't know where you got the information about the drug lab from.
It does go to show that the map was largely unfinished as well as not being able to have all the ideas initially wanted. There's plenty of wasted space, even for such a small map.
Seeing other ppl appreciating this somewhat niche, yet compelling genre of video is pretty satisfying. Stay tasteful my friends
Luigi's stairs - There's a lot of unique spots for verticality for the curious actually. Check out the El-train to various drop offs, or even better the Amco building...
Beach - Main missions "Gone Fishing" and side mission "Patriot Playground" are at leas the 2 that come to mind that take you here.
Train Tunnel - very useful shortcut for "Bomb da Base: act ii" for which many of us had to play over and over and over due to 8-Ball being a wuss (also the homeless aren't drinking liquor, they've got moltovs!)
Car Tunnels - You'll grow to curse them when you plan side mission "Rigged to Blow" and you have to drive a car perfectly without an ounce of damage from Portland to Shoreside or you have to get it resprayed. Not to mention the GPS glitch stuck on the Pay N Spray (on the definitive edition) that doesn't go away after this mission...
Catalina's Mansion - Yes use a Colombian Cruiser to get in but also you don't need another car to jump on the ambulance--typical trick to get around many other places
Airports - plenty I'm sure -Just Cause 2 for one.
The vast empty bounds I think make a lot of sense, a good way to make the game feel vast and unbounded to most regular non-explorers.
My spot picks off the top of my head:
Amco rooftops, Sawmill rooftops, St. Marks various back alleys with ramps and such, odd stairway to the sea north of Phil's compound, church cemetery, casino roof, & Staunton SW parking lot & underground lot. Plenty more I'm sure, like the Shoreside cliffside tunnels you can't access.
9:17 wow, I wasn't aware GTA 3 had a skybox that beautiful and colorful! Your never really in a location where you can witness the sunrise in that game
GTA Liberty City Stories was my first GTA and I spent a lot of time exploring the obscure areas you show in this video. On the beach next to Sal's mansion spawns a BF Injection which is a pretty rare car in the game. Also I'm pretty sure the ending takes place at the lighthouse island nearby. It's nice that some of these inconspicuous little spots earned a purpose in the LCS prequel.
You aren't the only one! GTA LCS was my first game, like, of all games. I spent over a thousand hours (back then i only had a ps2 so my choices were limited) on it. Nobody ever seems to have noticed there's sort of a hidden secret in LCS. Between 12 and 3am a weird anomaly will appear in the sky but you can only spot it in certain areas. I don't think there's much to it though, it's just a line that comes and goes, sort of like a falling star
LCS was also my first gta. when i was a kid and i played it, i couldnt pass some missions, so i used cheats to get to other islands
Liberty city stories rules.
LCS Sucks hot n sweaty black buttholes lol all gta where it takes place in LC sucks even gta 4 sucks hobos fungus feet and I say that with ah passion….it’s ah damn shame that we are at the starting peak of the next GTA after this one takes place n VC cause that’s means the next GTA which will be (GTA 7) will take place n sucky boring bland n dark LC smfh…..LC makes real life New York look all gloomy and dark and depressing asf lol it’s really ah damn shame
Oh my Jesus. 🙏
That rooftop next to Luigi's club is one of the earliest of these places I found when I first played GTA 3. It's a great spot for rampages because nobody except the helicopters can get to you up there.
Also the water around Liberty City is so weird because shortly before the game there was a massive oil spill. Rockstar had an online version of the Liberty City news up a while back and one of the stories was about an oil tanker spilling a crapload of oil in the waters around the city. The unnamed mayor just said "don't try swimming in it or you'll die".
This game was so revolutionary at the time. It was so much fun. No other game has made me feel the same since.
facts and same. the original music created for the game adds to that feeling for me as well. this game is special.
There is a side mission taking place on the beach and mountains around Salvatore's house, it's a vehicle mission called Patriot Playground and it counts towards 100% completion. You need to get into the Patriot vehicle in front of the Super Save store that's south of Salvatore's house. It's actually a lot of fun, you need to collect 15 quest markers around the mountains and beaches in a time limit and you need to control the truck very carefully but at the same time it's actually very relaxing. I definitely remember some markers being at the very edge of the cliffs behind Salvatore's house! I think a lot of people consider it one of the hardest side missions but I liked it.
I thought there was a race or something that took place around there. This must be what I was thinking of!
This video and another video called 'That GTA3 feeling' are brilliant pieces of GTA3 liminality analysis
5:40 that whole area there is really unique in that, like you stated, none of it needed to exist & could've all been water, & that they didn't include anything special to find there.. In GTA 3. After watching your video, I explored the area in GTA: Liberty City Stories (PSP version), which almost entirely rips the map of GTA 3 & re-uses it, including this little area here. I was surprised to find that next to the odd concrete platform is a hidden package, which means that they DID intend on you going here (at least in Liberty City Stories) although it's still a very weird thing.
The canonical reason Claude can't swim in GTA3 is that the water is too polluted.
It's really cool seeing that they just put a bunch of world in these older games. Not all spots need to have a purpose.
This video weirdly comforts me, I just love old Rockstar and especially GTA games.
I adore this sort of thing. This is how I played games as a kid. I didn't even figure out what saving was for an embarrassingly long time since I was happy just booting up from the start and exploring the world. It's a feeling I wish I could recreate nowadays but this video has brought it back some. If you enjoyed this, I definitely recommend checking out Stilwater from Saints Row. It has a somewhat similar uncanny vibe to this in a way I can't really explain, and is just so varied and dynamic in its design. I think you'd enjoy exploring it as much as I did when I was young.
Dead Air was always my favorite campaign of Left 4 Dead 1 specifically because of the airport segment. It's so large and expansive, and you even get to see behind the baggage claim. The way they used a crashed plane's burning jet fuel to close off the play area for the finale of the campaign was also really cool. It's such a cool vibe with the burning city in the background.
I played this game way before I had been to a real airport, so it was cool trying to imagine what it would've been like without the zombie infestation.
To me it's still the best campaign of both games. It's just the perfect pacing. It has a vibe.
speaking about big empty airports, Midtown Madness has Meigs Field
1:00 I love how he cuts right before he's assaulted by a man with a baseball bat
Was a tried member. That was one thing that sucked in the game...by the end of it every gang, excepting yakuza and "the nines" (i think it's the name), are hostile to you and will attack you on sight.
Was a tried member. That was one thing that sucked in the game...by the end of it every gang, excepting yakuza and "the nines" (i think it's the name), are hostile to you and will attack you on sight.
Was a tried member. That was one thing that sucked in the game...by the end of it every gang, excepting yakuza and "the nines" (i think it's the name), are hostile to you and will attack you on sight.
Was a tried member. That was one thing that sucked in the game...by the end of it every gang, excepting yakuza and "the nines" (i think it's the name), are hostile to you and will attack you on sight.
Was a tried member. That was one thing that sucked in the game...by the end of it every gang, excepting yakuza and "the nines" (i think it's the name), are hostile to you and will attack you on sight.
About the water comment you made: i actually haven't played the game, but i heard somewhere (probably according to a radio station or Liberty City Stories or something) that apparently in lore the water is extremely polluted because of an accident or something like that and that's why you can't swim in the game.
I had the handbook for GTA Liberty City Stories and it also explained that there was some group who successfully advocated for a law that banned bicycles and said they were targeting motorcycles next. Which explains why neither are available in GTA 3.
Which makes no sense, because the water in GTA 4 is also polluted, but characters will swim just fine.
@@gabrielmartines3510 You think that's bad, the reason you can't swim in Vice City is that there's sharks in the water. No I'm not making that up, that the canon reason.
@@liamdell6319Yeah they used the worst possible excuses to justify it, would've make sense if it was the reason you can't go underwater tho.
Can't believe you talked about Shoreside Vale without getting up to the massive grassy hills behind the dam. I remember getting back there and thinking just how massive and surprisingly detailed it was. All was fun until my car couldn't keep up with the slopes and slid down into the water.
This type of weird empty places are everywhere in the 3d era gta games but unlike Vice City where the ambience and seawaves sound made it relaxing the atmosphere and visuals of gta 3 made it creepy or uncanny
Man I love these kind of videos you are making! They just really hit that spot for me. Someone taking their time and exploring game worlds, being mindful of all the details that went into it. Giving them the recognition they deserve. It really is like taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, something, I feel like, most people miss when playing through any game.
An episode on San Andreas would be great. I love all classic GTAs, but that was my bread and butter growing up.
I also love the 4:3 aspect ratio. I keep seeing more and more videos in 4:3 and in 3:2. Obviously this has a practical purpose here, but you could've easily just installed a widescreen patch if you wanted to record in 16:9. Honestly I might buy a CRT some day just for 4:3 content if it actually makes a comeback.
Yeah I have the original (non-definitive edition) game on Steam and considered playing that with some mods to make it more visually nice, but considering I was playing it for a series like this, I felt like it was appropriate to get the original aesthetic. I try to do that when I can, it feels more authentic.
@@PretzelYTNothing beats playing it on the PS2.
@@PretzelYTif you want to modify the steam version, you would have to downgrade the game - its a bit of a tedious work, but there’s a lot of tutorials
@@hatednycPC and OG xbox beats the PS2 version
@@BagzAndPresident Not in vibes it doesn't. :V
I like the idea thst Claude just has a pilots license. In gta San Andreas, cj will get a wanted level whenever he breaks into an airport. That is, until he gets a license. Then he's free to enter and take a plane whenever he wants.
You don't get a wanted level in SA; Rockstar didn't start that until IV. You just can't open the gate or access any aircraft (except in Los Santos) until the license is obtained.
I remember following one of the fishing companies' trucks to their HQ or whatever. The gate wouldn't open to me. I then experimented by stealing one of the trucks and going to the same spot, where it suddenly opened. That was a cool little finding, considering I was like 9.
There is an off road mission that takes place in Portland Beach.
Nice, even has the gray weapon icon and not yellow, that’s OG PS2! GTA3 is probably my favorite game ever, love it and the ambiance. Game changer.
I can finally rest easy knowing that someone finally mentioned the dock in Atlantic Quays. That was my spot back in the day.
01:00 "something about these just feels sad..."
---is about to get his block knocked off by a rando with a baseball bat
Bro I really like how enthusiastic you sound when commenting all these locations, your voice really cheered me up
There is 1 mission that brings you to the beach in Portland, sorta, which is the checkpoint parkour sidemission when entering the Patriot at the Supa Save nearby. In Liberty City Stories you also get brought here in the final objective for the side mission See The Sight Before Your Flight.
This is by far my favourite of the GTA games - no other game in the series captured the atmosphere that this one did.
The lighthouse is accessible although very difficult as the collision map doesn’t match up with the textures you see as the player, lots of random cliff edges and things to watch out for as you’ll just slide off 😆
I also like the local train system in portland where you can take train or just walk around.
Come across your channel recently, and the genuine fun and explorative feels your videos give are amazing, can't wait to see your channel grow!
You are an incredible creator, and I sincerely hope to be watching your videos and particularly your Gaming World Tours for the foreseeable future. Thank you, for you, Pretzel! :)
A video about GTA 2s map (Downtown, Residentel & Industrial) world would be crazy.
In my opinion GTA 2 is more dark
I love this video! Thank you for reminding me of neat and strange places in GTA 3, glad your channel got recommended to me.
Theres something about how you explain and narrate
that makes it so wholesome and beautiful!
Loved listening to this
If anyone asks you why the Definitive Edition is missing ''soul'' or ''tone'', show them this video.
I love your style of videos, and around exploring weird little spots in games. Ever since I was a kid I would slow my roll in games, and just take in the scenery.
Sidenote: GTA III's vibes and aesthetic are unmatched.
I love this game’s atmosphere. One of the best gta 3 videos I’ve ever seen. Great job!
Please do one of these on GTA 4. I like your patience and respect for your audience. You don't cram a bunch of talking into tightly hurried editing, like most CZcamsrs.
When i was a kid, playing GTA 3 i never really cared about the missions, my thing was to go out and explore this virtual world and speculate on all its possibilities. I remember i had a dream when i was like 5, that i found a whole new island with a town on it outside of the map.
This video was certainly a nostalgic ride, awesome content sir!
What a great surprise, this video is so nice, the whole thing felt interesting and somehow soothing and nostalgic. Great work, man.
The rooftop commentary is kinda how I felt discovering this channel. I really love your style of videos already. Now I want pretzels.
Amazing! Everything about this was perfect: The original PS2 gameplay and TV quality, the humour, the guides on how to reach all these spots,... It really displayed the game's atmosphere in the best way and I'd gladly re-watch this at a later date.
I gotta say. I love the fact that you left the video in a 4:3 aspect ratio as my second monitor is an old boxy LG. Great to finally watch something in true fullscreen!
This was so nice to listen to, I love your narrating and way with words. It brought me back to being 12 years old with a sense of awe and wonder with this game and all of its secrets. Thank you for taking me there. Please do more!
Chill cozy concept and video.
I used to walk around games after beating them like this alot. Even multiplayer maps.
An example of a few games I liked to look around alot in for small details or anything interesting would be Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Halo 2. Halo always had interesting out of bounds areas and easter eggs. Ways to skip over areas or see things spawned in before they actually spawned in the proper area. Oblivion had small random places like a camp site with a journal, a waterfall bridge crossing leading to a hidden cave or a dead troll under a bridge with a note about how nobody was scared of him.
Never knew I needed a vid about gta 3s weird spots but here it is and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Subbed 👍
Such an interesting series. Weirdly calming. I'm glad i stumbled upon you channel.
Great video. There is something incredibly comforting about these more hidden, less polished areas of GTA 3.
The primitiveness of Liberty City makes it feel so organic, so human; a complete juxtaposition to the way every nook and cranny in a modern open world video game is densely packed with detail.
I’m starting to see more videos like this from other channels and I love it! Great content! Please keep it going.
The telling is like orgasm level. With commentary skills like that,you could use manhunt as bedtime story fuel. I am absolutely blown away,this is the first and the last time I watched any of your videos,while not being subscriber.
This is my video! It was made for me!!!!
Holy shit you have no idea how badly I wanted something like this, I swear I felt like I was the only one who noticed interesting spots that were not used in any missions in the gta franchise
Really interesting video with a good vibe!!
Other game I remember having pretty big airports is Just Cause 2. Panau International airport was also impressively big and there was a military base in the desert that also had a huge airfield!
The huge expanse of grassland next to the beach and passing Salvatore's mansion was a leftover from content that didn't make it to the game. In a very early planning map you can see what looks like another industrial area, some interpreting it as the prison you were beeing taken to in the begining of the game.
So glad I’ve found this channel keep delivering these bangers when I saw you only had 90k subscribers I was shocked definitely earned my subscription
Ive been massively into these travel guide like youtibe videos about games. Really makes you appreciate the world building and storytelling that goes into setting in games.
5:34 I spent so many hours as a kid pushing cars down the little crevice at the top of the cliff near Salvatore's house. Simple stuff like that was so fun to me at the time lol.
Also with the flying car cheat you could get inside the stadium with some practice. The pitch is fully textured but you fall through the floor and have to reload.
These videos are really cool, thank you. Jumping gates with tall trucks of sorts will always be an amazing feeling for me in the GTA PS2 Trilogy.
And for me personally? I never understood why people dislike the Left/East island in Vice City, when driving around Shoreside Vale has always been unnecessarily frustrating for me to navigate.
Also: definitely subbed so I don’t miss Kanto part 2, and the next GTA tour. 👍
This a great concept and video; exploration of hidden/liminal/remote places in old games, especially such a class as GTA3. It's why I love open world games, especially Shadow of Chernobyl, and Call of Pripyat. Other commenters have mentioned that feeling of isolation you get in these places, and the joy of discovering hidden items, so you know the developers are fully aware of their existence. I'd love a little backstory and architectural critique too, GTA3 could be a full series, very different to anything else I've seen. 👏
5:05 something about the calm music and past reflection mixed with a clip of a guy getting his guts blown out by a shotgun got me pretty good
Love the nostalgia in this video, reminds me of exploring the game as a kid and wanting to go all over the map to see what there was
This is the best break time vid! Legit perfectly timed out too!! BLESS UP!!
There are at least two missions that bring you to the beach, one is a boat chase with a man illegally fishing with grenades (who I think is given to you by either Asuka or Ray), and another checkpoints based side mission with the Patriot parked in front of the supermarket close to the beach. The mission only starts if you enter the Patriot.
Really amazing video. Made sure to sub and support on the pateron, keep these up dude, you are good at it.
You know of all the videos about old games like this, this one was by far the biggest nostalgia trip for me. I wanted to spend so much time here I pretty much did all the things you did in the video. Hours and hours just exploring and finding all these places, the emptiness made it feel more real to me. Like these places would still exist without you, the sun would rise and set on them on bothered. But you found them, you can have that still silent emptiness to yourself and not have to share it with anyone else.
Awesome video, really enjoyed it! I remember back in the day when i was a kid, i'd explore games and spend a lot of time interacting with them. But now i just rush to complete them, damn.
I’m 35 and GTA3 was the most-played game in my life with my highschool best friend (aside from Halo CE). I was about 13-14 back then.
It’s really strange to me though that seeing so many “nostalgia” and “strange feeling” videos like this, GTA3 never felt like that to me. It feels normal, comforting even, even in empty areas.
PC games like counter-strike and half life, older early-3D games like Doom and Quake, N64 games like Zelda, all have that uncanny “empty world” feel to me, but not GTA3. I really don’t know why though?
Tbh Liberty City do feels like a realistic sprawling town, where walking around you may find some weird infrastructure you rarely came across(including in real life).
Can't wait for Vice City, where the town is smaller but better, yet a huge empty beach took over half of the map lmao.
Hell yeah man. Can't get enough of this stuff. Good job :)
The cliffside with the back of the buildings almost looks unfinished to me
It was also very sweet of you to leave that warmth giving package for the Darko's :)
:)
1:00 is some serious comic timing.
I like these little videos. They explore the feeling that even now draws me towards games that let you build bases. I think Metal Gear Solid 3 also had some really interesting environments that would be cool to look at. The lush jungles, cramped forest glades, mountains, and secret military base. The massive 3-cell jungle/mountain cliff edge area used for the fight with The End is gorgeous!
6:25 Clearly that's where my secret base goes.
GTA 3 was so dark and overcasty. It causes such depression. It felt like there was a party everyone else was at except you. Such as life itself.
I'm just really happy that the stuff I used to in my games when I was a kid is starting to become a thing on CZcams. The CZcamsr Any Austin does a good job too; both of you, keep it up 👌
This was an awesome video If you do other GTA videos I will watch them too I just subbed. The way the video looked with the old graphics and your voice over all made this a cool video I love watching GTA videos about the 3D Era.
Please do a tour of gta 4!! I didn't know I needed this kind of content till now, amazing work! I enjoy listening to your voice btw you sound like a very happy and chearful bloke
8:38 I think your obsession with secrets spots is blinding you to the cool gameplay possibilities born from this path. Like the beach, I don’t think the tunnel is ever used in the story. It’s an interesting secret “trick” to be used only by the most knowledgeable of players. That’s its own special type of corner in a games design.
Great video as always!
The only time I really used the tunnel was on ambulance missions, but I suppose it could be used when you pick up 8ball on bomb da base or whatever the mission is where you blow up the ship, since it leads right to that vicinity.
Loved the video as always! Played GTA 3 over again not too long ago but this time went for the 100%. I hope you'll make one for Vice City too as that is my favorite game in the franchise!
As a first timer in this channel, i absolutely loved this video! Ill make sure to follow your next uploads, keep up the good work!
I didn’t know I wasn’t subscribed I’ve sat here and watched your content for awhile and I fixed that. Your content is very interesting.
This is such a great video! I would love to see some more videos like this one in other Grand Theft Auto games, like GTA IV.
GTA3 was the first true 3D openworld game. Rockstar pioneered tecch with their engine that allowed the world to stream in around the player rather than load in completely all at once. Still, back then you really had to pick and choose where you were going to add details, and what type of details to which you would devote the little memory and processing power you had. Hidden Packages were bonuses for avid explorers of the game-world, therefore they were hidden in places that weren't used for combat or cutscenes, and instead were created to be interesting to explore. It's no wonder these are some of the most interesting places in the early 3D Liberty City
" GTA3 was the first true 3D openworld game. " thats strictly only an opinion never fact
5:24 “what were they thinking?!” nice avgn touch there
Your narration style has a whimsical quality to it that's oddly soothing
20:31 I remember one of the pay phone missions brings you there. The mission consisted of participating in a gang war, in a unarmed brawl. I really liked that mission because to me it felt a little different. Not using any guns in a mission so late game was so interesting to me.
Holy shit, thanks for being one of the few to upload to youtube in an aspect ratio suitable to crt tvs. I have my laptop hooked up to my crt and hate how many videos about older 4:3 games are in 16:9 with no benefit but to create Black bars all around the image when viewing on the most apropriate screens for said videos :p
Edit: and looking at your older videos...so did you untill this video hahaha! No worries my man, we live and we learn.
Guess this and the pokemon one are the only videos of yours going in my 4:3-playlist now. Looking forward to potentialy having more to add in the future!
I've done it with videos in the past, like my Animal Crossing tour, but went back to a standard 16:9 for consistency across videos on games from all generations. But after doing it again with this video, I'm happy with the look. In fact, my next two videos aren't 16:9. Keep an eye out for those 😎
@@PretzelYTaight, good to hear ^^
I love your video its like you are giving us a meditation and orientation to the city and makes us calm I love it!!! can you do LCS, VCS and VC
I love the Abandoned Places in this Game they give me the Chills and Peace i remember the entire map GTA III is one of my All Time Favorites.
Great video! It's kind of similar to the Unremarkable and Odd Places video series. Liked and subscribed, can't wait for San Andreas!
The thing about the homeless people in the tunnel is that they all have petrol bombs
The hobo tunnel at one point used to have the hobos toss molotovs on themselves. After thousands of play hours, they no longer do this, and just stand there.