Grand Theft Auto 3

Reviewed by:
Scott Steinberg

Really want to live The Sopranos? Either gain 200 pounds and a fondness for Russian strippers, or just get this game. The first 3-D installment from the franchise your congressman loves to hate is a Mafioso masterpiece, letting you pull bank jobs, carjack bystanders, and fulfill your most violent Scarface fantasies (minus the mountains of cocaine). Like any good criminal enterprise, GTA3 “borrows” from its top competitors, including Gran Turismo and Crazy Taxi; play it as a straight-up driving sim, or engage in street-racing, bazooka-blazing minigames to your heart’s content. It’s lacking any social conscience but loaded with replay value, so it’d be very disrespectful to leave this one out of your collection.

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