Grand theft auto iii

Grand Theft Auto III is an action-adventure game that combines elements of a third-person shooter and elements of a car simulator in a large and open for exploration game world with classic controls for this genre.

The game develops the basic ideas of the gameplay of the last game in the series - Grand Theft Auto 2 : the player has to fulfill, mainly criminal and illegal tasks, issued by various characters of the game.

The player receives most of the missions from criminal bosses and other characters of the game, as well as using several telephone booths located in the city. But you can also get additional instructions if the player gets to a certain place in the game world or gets into a certain car. After a player receives a task, he cannot undertake other missions until he completes (or fails) the current one.

Outside the vehicle, the main character controlled by the player can walk, run, jump, use weapons and fight hand-to-hand, but cannot swim. Players can drive various vehicles, including watercraft and aircraft. An open environment allows players to move around freely and choose what they will do in the game world. However, in order to complete the game and discover new areas of the city, it is necessary to complete story missions, otherwise they are not mandatory and can be completed by the player at any time. Outside of missions, the player is free in actions and movement, and can perform many illegal actions in the real world: to kill passers-by and police, to steal and blow up cars, etc. Criminal offenses attract the attention of law enforcement agencies and increase the level of player’s search for police.

In the game interface, it is reflected in the form of "stars" in the right corner of the game screen. At the appropriate search level, the corresponding number of "stars" is highlighted. At the minimum search level, the minimum police forces are sent to catch the protagonist, and with an increase in the search level, the police will be sent to help the police: at level 3 the police helicopter, at 4 - special forces ( SWAT ), at 5 - FBI agents , at 6 - US Army with tanks. You can get rid of the wanted list

repainting a car in a paint salon or taking a police bribe in the form of a star - it reduces the wanted level by one point.

If the character is arrested or he dies from his injuries, the player’s character reappears at the police station or hospital, respectively, deprived of an arsenal of weapons and body armor, as well as part of the money spent on giving bribes or treatment. In fact, the player’s character in Grand Theft Auto III is unlimited in number of lives, unlike Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2 , where the number of lives was limited. This allows the character to “die” as many times as the player pleases, making it impossible to finish the game ahead of time .

One of the main features of the previous games in the series, which migrated unchanged in Grand Theft Auto III, was the ability to earn money by committing various crimes - stealing or destroying vehicles, killing civilians. The amount of cash is no longer the main requirement for opening new areas. From now on, it depends on the passage of plot tasks. In addition, the player is free to return to all unlocked areas of the city at any time. However, with the discovery of new areas, staying in the previous ones becomes more dangerous due to the attack on the player’s character by enemy groups.

The game interface has been revised. The minimap displays the player’s location, key points (places to save and receive assignments), and assignment objectives. Health and armor levels are in numerical format; Added clocks showing in-game time. It was decided to abandon the indicators of respect, as in Grand Theft Auto 2 . From now on, the attitude of the group members to the player’s character depends on the progress of the plot.

The game retained in-game bonuses, such as a first-aid kit, body armor, a police bribe (lowering the level of police search by one level), an adrenaline pill (slowing down in-game time and increasing the force of the blow).

Grand Theft Auto III was the first game in the series in which there was no multiplayer. However, with the help of one of the amateur modifications known as Multi Theft Auto , it was possible to return the multi-user mode .

Assignments and Nonlinearity

Game assignments are divided into two types: story and side. The plot tasks themselves are linear, their passage promotes a pre-written plot and opens up access to new areas of Liberty City. Part of the story assignments is optional.

In addition to the 50 main story missions, there are additional secondary missions - missions on city services cars, SUVs, car theft missions and others. The game retains the Rampage missions present in Grand Theft Auto 2 , which are activated when the protagonist took one of the skull-shaped icons throughout the city. At the same time, the player receives an additional secret mission, the meaning of which is to destroy a certain number of participants or vehicles of a certain gang in 2 minutes using any type of weapon. Also from the previous game of the series, the so-called. “Unique jumps” - there are ski jumps located on the territory of the city, including 20 unique ones, for which the jumps made on cars, in addition to the cash bonus, the player also receives a message about a unique jump.

For each successfully completed task, the player receives a reward: cash or in the form of weapons and vehicles.

Innovations

Grand Theft Auto III was the first three-dimensional game in the series. In the game, unlike previous games in the series, the three-dimensional Renderware engine was used, which was subsequently involved in subsequent Rockstar games. The unprecedented freedom of action inherent in GTA games in general has become a key feature of Grand Theft Auto III.

Now you can upload your own music tracks in MP3 format to the game, which are then played on a separate radio station.

Weapons

In Grand Theft Auto III, the protagonist has the ability to simultaneously carry one type of weapon of each type. The weapons in the game are represented by firearms, melee weapons (hand-to-hand and baseball bats ) and explosives. His set is in many ways similar to the choice of weapons from Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2 , such as, for example, the M1911 , Micro Uzi , AK-47 and M16A1 , a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a flamethrower , which are based on similar weapons from GTA; Shotgun and throwing weapons ( Molotov cocktails and hand grenades ) from Grand Theft Auto 2 . Also appeared several completely new types of weapons.

Thanks to the three-dimensional game engine, it became possible to use the scope in a sniper rifle and the first-person view in the M16A1 and rocket launcher. It was also possible to fire from a vehicle using Micro Uzi when turning on the side view in the vehicle. Carrying certain types of weapons limits the speed of movement of the protagonist. Weapons can be purchased in specialized stores, obtained for completing certain game tasks, or picked up from murdered members of various criminal gangs. It is also possible to obtain weapons by collecting "secret packages" located in various places on the territory of the gaming city. For every 10 packs collected, the player receives one of the weapons as a bonus.

Vehicles

The game features 54 types of vehicles , including 4 boats and 1 aircraft , which are available to control the player. Most are ordinary cars, but there are also special cars belonging to members of certain gangs, as well as service vehicles - ambulances , police cars, fire trucks , a tank (more precisely, Rhino is an impromptu combat vehicle with a gun converted from a serial van).

Vehicle physics has been improved in Grand Theft Auto III, but it still remains quite unfinished and imperfect. Vehicles have a system of damage, but they are only visual (with the help of collisions) and do not affect their technical characteristics.

Being inside the vehicle, the player has the ability to change the viewing camera - choosing a view “from the bumper of the car”, from a third person, a top view, a cinematic camera.

Groupings

•   Devils is a Puerto Rican group located in the Hepburn Heights quarter. Their business is drug trafficking. Cars - modernized versions of the Stallion car with a powerful engine and airbrushing with flames. Hostile to the player after King Kourtney’s “Uzi Raid” mission. Armed with bits. The leader is El Burro . Not the most serious enemies for the player.
•   The Triads are a classic Chinese gang. Control Chinatown . Engaged in blackmail and money laundering. Their covers are laundries and a fish factory where they process seafood. Armed with bats or pistols . Hostile to the player after the El Burro 's Test of Fire mission. Cars - freight vans with a more powerful engine. The leader is Chunky Lee Chong. Hostile to the player after the Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong mission.
•   Yardie is a relatively small Jamaican group. Neighborhood - Newport. They are engaged in drug trafficking together with the Colombian cartel, hiding behind the propaganda of reggae . Armed with bats or pistols . Cars - red with a leopard interior, the only ones in the game have hydraulic suspension. Hostile to the player after King Courtney’s “Podstav” mission. The leader is King Courtney .
•   Hoodes is an African American gang from the poor areas of Shoreside Vale. It is divided into two groups: “red” and “violet”, which are at war with each other according to the plot (but not on the street). Reds have a positive attitude towards the player. Engaged in pickpocketing and car theft. Armed with pistols or Uzi . Cars - upgraded versions of the Rampo car with a more powerful engine. The leader of the Reds is Di-Ice . The leader of the violet is unknown.
•   Yakuza is a Japanese gang. The only gang that is positive about the player. Sworn enemies of the Italian mafia . Occupy the Torrington area. They are engaged in money fraud, protection and counterfeiting, they are covered by a casino network. Armed with pistols or Uzi . Cars - Upgraded versions of the Stinger car in white and pink. The leaders are Kenji and Asuka Kassen .
•   Mafia - the Italian mafia , divided into two subgroups - the Forelli family and the Leone family. Forelli - the smallest part of the mafia in the city, appear in only a few missions. The Leone family is a fairly influential group whose area is St. Mark's. They are engaged in blackmail, robbery, money fraud, and roofing. Restaurants and clubs are a cover. Armed with pistols or shotguns . Hostile to the player after Asuki's mission, Sayonara, Salvatore. Cars - upgraded versions of the Sentinel car in gray. The leader is Salvatore Leone, who maintained a casino network in in the early 1990s. After the mission, the Sayonara Salvatore will be armed with shotguns and become the most dangerous enemies for the player.
•   Colombian Cartel - Colombian drug cartel. Hostile to the player from the start of the game. Actively involved in drug trafficking, hiding behind cargo transportation. Control Fort Staunton and Cedar Grove. Armed with pistols, Uzi , AK47 . Cars - 5-door pickups on a high suspension in blue. Their leaders are Catalina and Miguel .

The game takes place in 2001 ^[11] in the fictional city of Liberty City ( Eng. Liberty City ), which is located on the east coast of North America , and its prototype was the real New York ^[12] .

The player acts as a silent and nameless mercenary (however, now he is better known in the gaming industry as a certain Claude), who, when a bank was robbed, was shot by his own accomplice Katalina , after which he was convicted and arrested. However, during the transportation of prisoners, among whom was the main character, an attack was made on the police motorcade, which allowed the hero to escape.

The name of the hero is never mentioned, the heads of criminal families usually call him “Guy” ( English Kid ) or “Tuzik” ( English Fido , when they want to emphasize his role as a messenger or a person who does all the dirty work). His name - Claude - can be found in the game’s resources, also revealed in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , where he appears in a cameo role with Catalina.

Having served in a shelter with his cellmate Aitball (8-Ball, in translation - a loser ^[13] , in the Russian version his name is simply Lysy), he adjoins the Italian mafia family Leone . At first, fulfilling the tasks of a messenger, the main character quickly advances and becomes a significant figure in the family. During one of the assignments, he meets the wife of the godfather of the family, Maria . She falls in love with him and, during one of the quarrels with her husband, says that she slept with him. Крёстный отец, Сальваторе Леоне, решает устранить главного героя, но тот, благодаря Марии, бежит под покровительство якудза — японской мафии.

После этого главный герой начинает работать на Якудзу. Сперва он выполняет поручения Асуки , подруги Марии, а после помогает другим криминальным авторитетам. Но в момент его стычек с колумбийским картелем он встречает Каталину, которая после убивает Асуку и похищает Марию, требуя выкуп. Главному герою удаётся спасти Марию и сбить вертолёт, на котором пыталась улететь Каталина.

Действие игры разворачивается в 2001 году в вымышленном городе Либерти-Сити ( англ. Liberty City ), который напоминает реальный Нью-Йорк и копирует его районы Бруклин и Манхэттен . Либерти-Сити располагается на двух островах: Портленд ( англ. Portland ), Стаунтон ( англ. Staunton Island ) и части материка Прибрежная долина ( англ. Shoreside Vale ), сообщение между которыми осуществляется по навесным мостам, подземным автотуннелям и метро. Каждый район отличается от других архитектурой, населением, доступным транспортом, местными криминальными группировками. Портленд является бедной индустриальной частью города. Стаунтон — это бизнес-центр Либерти-Сити, а Шорсайд Вейл — богатое предместье города, включающее городскую дамбу, частные виллы и аэропорт.

В начале игры игроку доступен только один остров Портленд, а транспортное сообщение с другими частями города перекрыто. Однако, по мере прохождения сюжетных миссий игры доступными становятся и два других района Либерти-Сити.

В связи с успехом GTA III и её приквелов многие персонажи перекочевали в последующие игры: дон Сальваторе Леоне , медиа-магнат Дональд Лав , Фил Кэссиди , Каталина и Тони Сиприани . Свои голоса персонажам подарили многие известные актёры и музыканты: Фрэнк Винсент , Майкл Мэдсен , Майкл Рапапорт , Джо Пантолиано , Деби Мейзар , Кайл Маклахлен , Роберт Лоджиа , Лазло Джонс и рэпер Guru .

Игра Grand Theft Auto III использует новый игровой движок — RenderWare . Игра во многом наследует игровую механику своих предшественников, Grand Theft Auto и Grand Theft Auto 2 на новом трёхмерном игровом движке . Идея использовать трёхмерный движок в играх этого жанра не нова: первопроходцем была игра Hunter , выпущенная в 1991 году на персональных компьютерах Commodore Amiga и Atari ST ^{[14] [15]} . Первой трёхмерной игрой в этом жанре разработанной DMA Design стала выпущенная на Nintendo 64 в 1998 году Body Harvest . Впервые об игре заговорили на ежегодной игровой выставке Nintendo SpaceWorld в 1995 году. Однако, несмотря на революционность игры для своего времени и оценки критиков выше среднего ^[16] , продажи игры были провальными ^[17] . GTA III вобрала в себя лучшее от Body Harvest и вкупе с присущим всем играм серии открытым миром-«песочницей» создала беспрецедентный для своего времени уровень свободы и детализации ^[18] .

Помимо вида от третьего лица, игра содержит ряд дополнительных камер, в том числе кинематографичный вид (камеры переключаются автоматически, подыскивая лучший ракурс) и вид сверху, характерный для Grand Theft Auto и Grand Theft Auto 2 . В отличие от консольной версии, где разрешение экрана выставлено по умолчанию, версия для персональных компьютеров поддерживала разрешение до 1600x1200 пикселей ^[19] .

Использование уровней детализации ( англ. Levels Of Detail, сокр. LOD ) позволило разработчикам оптимизировать потребление ресурсов. При переходе из одной области в другую появляется заставка «Добро пожаловать в…» — это продиктовано необходимостью одновременно подгрузить большой массив данных (новый район).

Модели транспортных средств и пешеходов состоят из отдельных частей, соединенных с общим «центром» (колёса, двигатель, части кузова транспортного средства, части тела пешеходов). Повреждения транспортных средств визуальны (с помощью коллизий) и на технические характеристики никоим образом не влияют.

В игре реализована симуляция 24-часового цикла, смена дня и ночи, изменения погоды.

В игре присутствуют 9 радиостанций, 8 из них музыкальные, а 1 радиостанция в формате ток-шоу. Все доступны для прослушивания игроку, когда протагонист игры находится в любом транспортном средстве, за исключением автомобилей специальных служб (полиция, скорая помощь, пожарная служба). Существует также несколько радиостанций, реклама которых присутствует в игровом городе, однако они не доступны для выбора во время игры.

Наряду со специально записанными для игры композициями, на радиостанциях появились песни из реальных музыкальных альбомов. В обсуждениях на радиостанции Chatterbox часто принимают участие персонажи сюжетных заданий, а в эфире Flashback можно услышать музыку из фильма « Лицо со шрамом », в значительной степени повлиявшего на продолжение игры — Vice City . Музыкальное вещание на всех радиостанциях прерывается рекламными объявлениями. Некоторые рекламируемые вещи имеют отношения к игре, другие — упоминаются на разговорных радиостанциях, также существуют пародии на рекламу времён действия игры.

В течение нескольких месяцев до выхода игры была запущена онлайн-газета Liberty Tree, сообщавшая о большинстве значительных событий в Либерти-Сити и за его пределами. Реклама на страницах газеты вымышленная, однако разработчиками был запущен ряд веб-сайтов (например, [1] ). Попытка приобретения или заказа товара на этих сайтах приводила к переадресации на официальную страничку игры.

Музыкальные радиостанции

Double Clef FM

• Диджей: Морган Мерривезер
• Жанр: классическая музыка , опера

Tracklist:

1. Non piu andrai farfallone amoroso из оперы Женитьба Фигаро
2. Chi mi frena in tal momento из оперы Лючия ди Ламмермур
3. Libiamo ne' lieti calici из оперы Травиата
4. Finch'han del vino из оперы Дон Жуан
5. O mio babbino caro из оперы Джанни Скикки
6. La donna è mobile из оперы Риголетто

На радио Double Clef звучат арии из опер и классические музыкальные произведения. Любимое радио мафии Либерти-Сити . Установлено автоматически на автомобили Mafia Sentinel .

Flashback 95.6

• Диджей: Тони (Toni)
• Жанр: синтипоп и хай-энерджи

Tracklist:

1. Paul Engemann — Push It to the Limit
2. Debbie Harry — Rush Rush
3. Amy Holland — She's On Fire
4. Elizabeth Daily — Shake It Up
5. Elizabeth Daily — I'm Hot Tonight

На радио звучат песни из саундтрека к кинофильму « Лицо со шрамом », написанные Джорджо Мородером .

Game Radio

• Диджей: DJ Stretch Armstrong и Lord Sear
• Жанр: хип-хоп

Tracklist:

1. Reef — Scary Movies (Instrumental)
2. Royce da 5'9" — We're Live (Danger)
3. Nature — Nature Freestyle
4. JoJo Pellegrino — JoJo Pellegrino Freestyle
5. Pretty Ugly and Royce da 5'9" — Spit Game
6. Royce da 5'9" — I'm The King
7. Rush — Instrumental Bed 1
8. Black Rob — By A Stranger
9. Agallah and Sean Price — Rising to the Top
10. Rush — Instrumental Bed 2

Head Radio

• Диджей: Michael Hunt
• Жанр: софт-рок

Tracklist:

1. Dil-Don't — Stripe Summer
2. Whatever — Good Thing
3. Craig Gray — Fade Away
4. Conor & Jay — Change
5. Frankie Fame — See Through You
6. Scatwerk — Electronic Go Go
7. Dezma — Life Is But A Mere Supply

Lips 106

• Диджей: Andee
• Жанр: поп

Tracklist:

1. Fatamarse — Bump To The Music
2. Marydancin — Wash Him Off
3. April's in Paris — Feels Like I Just Can't Take No More
4. Lucy — Forever
5. Boyz 2 Girls — Pray It Goes Ok?
6. Da Shootaz — Grand Theft Auto (Joyride)
7. Funky BJs — Rubber Tip

K-Jah Radio

• Диджей: Horace «the Pacifist» Walsh
• Альбом: Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires
• Жанр: даб

Tracklist:

1. Scientist — Dance of the Vampires
2. Scientist — Plague of Zombies
3. Scientist — The Corpse Rises
4. Scientist — The Mummy's Shroud
5. Scientist — Your Teeth in My Neck

MSX FM

• Диджей: MC Codebreaker and DJ Timecode
• Жанр: драм-н-бейс

Tracklist:

1. Calyx — Quagmire
2. Rascal and Klone — Get Wild
3. Ryme Tyme — Judgement Day
4. Hex — Force
5. Omni Trio — First Contact
6. Aquasky — Spectre
7. Rascal and Klone — Winner Takes All
8. Ryme Tyme — T-Minus
9. nCode — Spasm
10. D Kay — Monolith
11. Dom & Ryme Tyme — Iceberg

Треки для радиостанции были подобраны знаменитым английским лейблом Moving Shadow , которому на момент создания игры исполнилось 10 лет. Отсюда и название станции MSX — Moving Shadow X. Микс — DJ Timecode, речитатива — MC Codebreaker. Частота станции отмечена как 101.1 FM, что является аллюзией на микс DJ Timecode « Moving Shadow 01.1 »

Rise FM

• Диджей: Andre The Accelerator
• Жанр: транс

Tracklist:

1. Chris Walsh & Dave Beran — Shake (Revolt Clogrock Remix)
2. Shiver — Deep Time
3. RRDS — Innerbattle
4. Slyder — Score (Original Mix)
5. Slyder — Neo (The One)

Радио, играющее музыку в стиле uplifting trance, trance. Ведущий диджей Andre The Accelerator разбавляет эфир своими «коронными фразами», подбадривая слушателей. Треки, выпущенные чикагским лейблом Generation records в начале 2000-х, давно стали редкостью и предметом коллекционирования для меломанов и диджеев.

«Разговорные» радиостанции

Chatterbox 109 — единственная радиостанция в игре, которая имеет формат ток-шоу. Радиостанция имеет формат, в котором слушатели звонят в прямой эфир со своими мнениями, проблемами и жалобами, а ведущий радио отвечает на них. Диджей на станции — Lazlow .

В эфире станции прокручивают два длинных интервью с вымышленными персонажами Либерти-Сити. Первое с Fernando Martinez (периодически появляющийся персонаж в серии игр GTA), который известен как основатель «Fernando's New Beginnings». Он именует свою работу как «чудо», утверждая, что это — «революционный новый способ сохранить Ваш брак». В конце его интервью однако, становится понятно, что он просто играет на эмоциях людей и запрашивает чрезмерную цену за преднамеренно некачественное обслуживание, по существу являющееся проституцией. В результате Lazlow выгоняет его из студии, говоря что он «лишь дешевый сутенёр из провинциальных областей штата» ( англ. just a cheap pimp from upstate ). Второе интервью — с пацифистом , питающимся только натуральными продуктами, которого постоянно высмеивает Lazlow. По ходу интервью мы узнаем, что Рид Такер содержит продуктовый магазин «Now and Zen» в Портленде, однако в самой игре такой магазин отсутствует. К концу интервью, будучи раздразнённым и злым, Рид Такер приёмом карате пытается разломать студийный стол пополам. После неудачной попытки Lazlow продолжает насмехаться над Ридом, подражая его голосу — «Я слегка ушибся, не бросайте тофу или бобовый творог в меня» ( англ. I bruise easily, don't throw any tofu or bean curds at me ).

Звонящие и сами звонки в студию носят юмористический характер. Ответы ведущего на них обычно едкие и самоуверенные. Общий ответ на всю ерунду, которую говорят звонящие — «Хорошо, я уверен, что это урок для нас всех» ( англ. Well I'm sure that's a lesson to us all. ). Несколько звонков ссылаются на элементы основной сюжетной линии игры. Так, Тони Сиприани несколько раз звонит в прямой эфир и жалуется на невыносимость характера своей матери, которая не воспринимает его как настоящего мужчину. Звонит и Мария Латоре, которая беспокоится относительно своей наркозависимости, беспокоится о своем бойфренде, неназванном главном герое: он очень неразговорчив ( англ. „He don't talk much“ ), о том, что он не отвечает на её знаки внимания и не проявляет к ней никакого интереса. Другой звонок поступает от наркомана , который рассказывает о всё более и более популярном наркотике SPANK, распространяемым колумбийским картелем. Он называет ведущего гомосексуалистом и продолжает разговор о заговорах и «промывании мозгов» правительством, посредством даже зубной пасты. Ещё два, на первый взгляд не связанных звонка, тонко ссылаются на друг друга: звонящий заявляет, что любит есть животных в любом виде, говорит что иногда находит голубей, к которым привязаны записки или письма — «Это как „печенье удачи“ с перьями» ( англ. it's like a fortune cookie with wings ). Другая звонящая — женщина, принадлежащая к членам «Citizens Raging Against Phones» (CRAP; Граждане, выступающие против телефонов), вымышленной организации, участники которой протестуют против использования телефонов. Она говорит, что они используют почтовых голубей вместо телефонов , но птицы стали все часто пропадать. Предполагается, что первый звонящий ловит и съедает этих голубей. Lazlow также указывает на иронию факта, что данная группа должна была воспользоваться телефоном , чтобы позвонить в эфир радиостанции. Среди других звонящих — англичанин , который заявляет, что он нуждается в няньке, которая регулярно бы наказывала и порола его; человек, жалующийся на «taxes» (пошлины, которые он сам называет Texas — Техас); человек, который ненавидит одежду — «Разве лев носит одежду? А лев — король джунглей!» ( англ. Does a lion wear clothes? And the lion is the king of the jungle! ); и звонящий, говорящий про репу. Lazlow говорит ему «Это не 'Озеленение с Морисом'.» ( англ. "That «This isn't 'Gardening with Maurice'». «Озеленение с Морисом» позже прозвучало в эфире на VCPR в Vice City ).

Перевод диалогов .

Радиостанции, отсутствующие в игре

Также существует несколько радиостанций, рекламу которых можно заметить повсюду по игровому городу Либерти Сити, однако они недоступны для выбора в самой игре, не имеют музыкальных треков или диджеев. Такими радиостанциями являются — Radio Active , Liberty FM , WLLC 'The Zone' и Liberty Soul FM . Неизвестно, были ли эти станции первоначально предназначены для появления в игре, но потом удалены из финального релиза, или же они были просто разработаны в качестве прочих внутриигровых вымышленных рекламных брендов в игре.

Реклама на радио

Музыкальное вещание на всех радиостанциях прерывается рекламными объявлениями. Некоторые объекты рекламы имеют отношение к самой игре, некоторые упоминаются на разговорных радиостанциях, а также существуют просто пародии на реально существующую рекламу временного промежутка, в котором разворачивается действие игры.

• Dormatron — изобретение, которое, по утверждению разработчиков, способствует сжиганию калорий и избавлению от избыточной массы тела во время сна, обеспечивая движения конечностями, привязанными к прибору, в то время как сам человек спит. Как именно человек привязан к прибору, никогда не объясняется.
• Equanox (часто неправильно записанное по буквам, как «Equinox» — Равноденствие) — лекарственное средство для бодрствования от компании Zaibatsu Pharmaceuticals , обладающее длинным списком побочных эффектов. Пародия на опасные лекарственные препараты. Название препарата составлено из «Equus» — Лошадь и «Nox» — сон, спать и подразумевает, что данный препарат является лошадиным транквилизатором .
• Maibatsu Monstrosity . Maibatsu — вымышленный производитель автомобилей, присутствующий и в последующих играх серии. Maibatsu Monstrosity — выпускаемый ими большой джип, известный огромным расходом горючего (1 галлон на 3 мили). В газете «Liberty Tree» говорится, что существовали проблемы с прототипом автомобиля, которые привели к травмам нескольких людей. Пародия на автомобили класса SUV , широко распространённые в США в начале 2000-х годов. Название компании — отсылка к крупнейшей бандитской группировке из игры GTA 2 — корпорации Zaibatsu.
• Eris Running Shoes — пародия на кроссовки Nike и использование рабочей силы несовершеннолетних.

“Our company has many factories around the world. But recently, our methods have been criticized. Therefore, today we decided to come to one of the plants. We ask one of the employees:
Correspondent (C) - Excuse me sir, how do you work here?
Worker (P) (children's voice - by ear 8-9 years old):
- Cool - here we can play with knives !!
K: What about team spirit?
R: -My friend Joey sewed his hands together !!
K: -Wow, you are learning really useful skills! What about making money ??
R: -Yesterday I earned DOLLAR !!
K: “You see what dedicated employees work for us to make Eris Spreading Shoes for you!”

• Fernando's New Beginnings - Positioned as a revolutionary new way to save a marriage.
• Liberty City Survivor - a reality show with 20 recently released prisoners , equipped with grenade launchers and flamethrowers . They must hunt and hunt each other until only one survives. The show is sponsored by the Ammu-Nation arms store chain. A parody of television reality shows of the early 2000s, such as the Fear Factor .
• Petsovernight.com is an online store that delivers live animals, including exotic animals, to its customers. The company's slogan reads: Eng. Delivering little bundles of love. in a box. directly to your door . A parody of online shopping.
• Pogo the Monkey (Monkey Pogo) is a video game for consoles where a player plays for a monkey with a banana gun, which attacks scientists and captures precious stones. The advertisement tells a heart-rending story, in the colors of the best humor from Rockstar , about how the monkey Pogo escapes from the crazy scientist who set experiments on it. After the escape, the monkey begins to take revenge on this scientist. At the end of the commercial, an announcement is made of the last level of the game - Pogo with his friends breaks into the White House and eventually becomes the President of the United States. The plot for this video game is taken from the game for the PlayStation console - Crash Bandicoot , in which the protagonist, who was experimented with, annoys the evil scientist.
• Rakin & Ponzer is a law firm urging you to sue anyone and for anything.
• The House of Tomorrow is an electronic equipment retailer that advertises and markets high-tech products and products, such as questionable virtual reality helmets . Parodies of real retailers like The Sharper Image .
• The Medieval Millennium Fair is an English fair held every weekend in Liberty City City Park, which sells recordings, potions, and other medieval artifacts.

Final Changes

The final version of the game Grand Theft Auto III has many differences from the beta version , which were associated with the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 in the United States ^{[20] [21]} . As a result of tight censorship, the game was subjected to big changes, which are most clearly visible when comparing the game promo materials of the beta version of the game with the final version put on sale ^[20] . Despite the lack of information about the changes to be made and the timing of their introduction, Sam Hauser , president of Rockstar Games , on September 19, 2001 made a statement that some game details for GTA III should be reviewed, which once again confirmed the delay release of the game for three weeks ^{[22] [23] [24]} . The game was postponed to October 2, 2001 ^[25] .

Among the changes that affected the game was the replacement of white-blue design of police cars with white-black, common in many US states ^[21] . In the beta version of Grand Theft Auto III, the color scheme of the police cars was copied from those of the NYPD, with the NYPD replaced with LCPD ^{[20] [21] [26]} .

The most dramatic change was the removal of one of the characters from the final version of the game - Darkela ^{[20] [21] [27] [28]} . Mentioned in several early publications before the release of the game, he was a revolutionary and sought to reduce the level of economy in the city. In one of the missions issued by Darkel, it was required to hijack an ice cream van, equip it with a remote bomb, come to it in a crowded place, attract buyers and blow it up ^{[21] [29]} . In the final version of the games, this mission was given to another character - El Burro, changing the terrorist attack against innocent residents in the murder of members of the Forelli mafia clan. It was also originally planned that Darkel would issue missions similar to the Rampage missions, pursuing mass extermination of people ^[30] . However, the memory of Darkel remained in the in-game world in the four homeless people in the tunnel from Harwood to Portland Harbor, and the model and textures of this character remained in the game data files ^[31] . According to Dan Houser (vice president of Rockstar Games), Darkel was removed from the game long before the release ^[32] . In total, five missions were connected with him, which were gradually removed, and when only one or two remained, then Darkela was finally cut out of the game, and this happened long before the September 11 attacks ^[33] .

In the version for the PlayStation 2 , the ability to shoot limbs to other characters of the game world was removed.

We changed the ways of the planes so that it did not seem that he was flying on or somewhere behind the skyscrapers. Also, elderly pedestrians with walkers , schoolchildren, taxi drivers, school buses (were present in 8 screenshots from the beta version) ^{[34] [35]} were removed from the game.

The developers themselves, responding to questions from fans of the franchise, which was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the release of the game, said that only 1% of the original game was changed. They removed only one mission citing terrorists, and also made cosmetic changes affecting car models, replicas of pedestrians, and dialogues on the radio ^[36] . According to them, the big change was also the replacement of the European cover of the game, for publication in America, with another, whose design subsequently became the corporate identity of this franchise.

Fun fact: Presumably, the developers in a hurry forgot to completely patch the first European version of the game (PAL [1.40]), because of which it left more content from the beta version of the game, which was not in the first American version (NTSC [1.40]) . This is the initial screen saver (you can see the old design of police cars in it), the police cars themselves with their old design, the old airplane paths (but only for DeadDodo) and the Kingdom Come mission from King Courtney (head of the Yardi gang), in which the names of terrorist bombers were not changed (in the European version of “SPANKED-UP suicide bombers”, in the American “SPANKED-UP madmen” and “Destroy the bomber's vans !!”, “Destroy the madmen's vans !!”). And after some time they released a new European version (PAL [1.60]). However, the intro has not been changed.

In Russia, the game was published by Buka . Initially, the original version in English was released, but later a free patch became available for download, which translated subtitles and textures into Russian. The official release of the game for personal computers in Russia took place on September 10, 2002 .

Later, the right to publish in Russia and in the CIS countries was transferred to the 1C company. On March 26, 2010, the game in Russia was reprinted by 1C ^[6] . Buki’s translation was taken as the basis, but minor changes were made ^[37] .

PC and PlayStation 2

Unlike the version of the game for the PlayStation 2 , in the version of the game for the PC, the developers again returned the ability to shoot limbs from game characters. Also in the PC version, the HUD has a slightly different color than in the PS2. Otherwise, there are no differences between the versions.

Xbox

The Xbox version of the game has improved graphics - clearer textures, models with a large number of polygons, high-quality sounds and music with a higher bitrate, relative to versions for the PlayStation 2 and PC .

Android and iOS

On December 15, 2011, Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition for Android and Apple iOS platforms was released . At the moment, there is the following list of devices on which it is possible to play GTA3 ^[38] :

• Apple iOS : all iPad and iPad Mini models, iPhone at least 4 models, iPod touch at least 4th generation;
• Android smartphones: HTC Incredible S , HTC Rezound , LG Optimus 2x , Motorola Atrix 4G , Motorola Droid X2 , Motorola Photon 4G , Samsung Galaxy R , Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 , Samsung Galaxy S II , Samsung Galaxy S III , Sony Ericsson Xperia Play , T-Mobile G2x , Galaxy Nexus , Droid Bionic , DROID RAZR (+ all phones on the Arm v 7 platform with a video accelerator from Adreno 200 and higher, but by default with graphics cut down in the settings: there is no light from the car headlights, there is no blood and image quality is reduced);
• Android tablets: Acer Iconia , Asus Eee Pad Transformer , Dell Streak 7 , LG Optimus Pad , Motorola Xoom , Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, Sony Tablet S , Toshiba Thrive , Amazon Kindle Fire .

The game has received wide acclaim from critics. She also had major commercial success. GTA III has also been repeatedly criticized due to the abundance of violence depicted in the game.

In the game Grand Theft Auto III there are a number of Easter eggs ( English Easter egg ) left by the developers of the game.

• In the courtyard, where there will be a car with psychos in the last assignment of King Courtney, there is a place fenced with a very high fence. If you climb over it, then on the back you can see the inscription "You weren't supposed to get here you know", which translates as: "You shouldn't have got here"
• In the Tw @ t Internet cafe, the monitors show the frames of the gameplay from previous GTA and GTA 2.
• In the game you can find the so-called "Ghost Town" - a place where the bank robbery of Claude and Catalina was committed at the very beginning of the game. There are no passers-by and maybe walking through textures.
• After his flight, the corrupt police officer Ray sends the main character a message on his pager : "See you in Miami !" Perhaps this is a reference to the next game in the series - GTA: Vice City , based on the gaming city in which Miami is taken.
• On a fire truck it says: “Don’t burn in silence ... Call 911” - “Do not burn silently ... Call 911.”
• Near the Luigi bar, in the Red Light District, you can see a poster with the inscription "Badfellas" - a reference to the movie "Goodfellas."
• There is a monument with an unusual addition in the square: a traffic cone on the statue’s head. This is a reference to the equestrian monument to Sir Arthur Wellesley Wellington in Glasgow , on the head of which, since 1983, local jokers have been putting on a traffic cone, which for more than 30 years has become a recognizable part of the city’s heritage.
• The Two-Faced Tanner mission mentions “an undercover cop who never gets out of the car,” a reference to the game Driver .

• Official site GTA III