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I played a lot of GTA1 and a bit of 2 when it came out. I think we used to play it at LAN parties my friends and I had as well. For me that’s where it stopped and I never clicked with GTA3 and onwards!

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I absolutely adored the first 2 games, especially GTA2. "Damnation! No donation, nooo salvation!"

GTA2 also had a cool cinematic intro:

https://youtu.be/9Z5O29rLRnw

I remember downloading the RealPlayer version

Do you play other 3d games? I've seen a lot of difficulty for people not growing up with 3d games just managing the camera + movement. Kind of how I feel looking at high level Fortnite play where the rapid fire build play layered on top of usual fps gunplay is just one layer too much complexity for my experiences growing up with fps only video games.

I’ve played tons of 3D games, ever since they started coming out.

I could never get very far in GTA 3 or Vice City because of the controls. I tried when they came out and I think I tried again later.

It wasn’t looking around, that was never a problem. The shooting controls were abysmal. If I ended up in a fight with more than one person I was pretty much guaranteed to die.

GTA 4 was the first of the main line series where the controls were good enough for me to enjoy the whole game.

I play lots of 3d games and always have (back then I was playing DOOM, Descent, Quake). I really liked the charm of GTA1+2 with the top down view and the (slightly dated) visuals, and the humour and ridiculous over the top vibe of everything ("Gouranga!"). GTA3 was just way too serious for my liking.

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