Though Grand Theft Auto III was one of the games that made the PlayStation 2 a must-own system, the game was originally optioned to Microsoft as an exclusive launch game for the Xbox. The soundtrack was expansive, including satirical fake advertisements between songs and distinct DJ's on each station.

The final defining implementation was the radio, something to be included in every other game in the franchise except Grand Theft Auto Advance. The PC version of the game, which could take advantage of a mouse, dropped the lock-on system in favour of a superior free-aiming system. Also new to GTA III was an auto target system, allowing the players to overcome difficulties with aiming on the PS2. GTA III popularized the then-mostly-unknown concept of ' sandbox' gameplay, where a player can go anywhere in the game, and is not required to follow a linear path. Grand Theft Auto III went leaps and bounds beyond the previous games, leaving the top down view to become an expansive open world third person shooter, establishing new precedents for graphics in games. Featuring similar themes to its predecessors, Grand Theft Auto III diverged from the 2D top down perspective to a 3D third person perspective and become revered as one of the most influential games of the 6th generation of consoles and establishes a basis for one of the best selling game franchises in history. Grand Theft Auto III is the follow up to the previous top down iterations in the series. Overview Welcome to Liberty City: The Worst Place in America

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