These elements also have an effect on gameplay as other characters would comment on the player character's physique or clothes. The player is also able to return to Liberty City during one mission. In fact, the entire basic storyline of the game is an homage to Scarface, including the climactic gun-fight in the main character's mansion at the end. GTA III also attracted heavy criticism for its violence against police and its indifference to innocent bystanders, making future games in the GTA series synonymous with violence. Grand Theft Auto III sold very well and became the first blockbuster game in the series, setting the precedent for subsequent GTA titles to be very successful.

Multiplayer was discarded third party mods were later released, allowing for multiplayer gameplay but GTA III improved in many other areas such as voice-acting and storyline before, there was speech only in short animated cutscenes between levels, other communication was simply subtitles running on the bottom of the screen.

While not the first of its kind, the gameplay engine had expanded the explorable world, doing away with a traditional game structure where the player faces a 'boss' at the end of the level and moves onto a new level, opting instead for more realistic mission-based approach. Graphics were also updated with a new 3D game engine. This game brought a third-person view to the series, rather than the traditional top-down view of earlier titles although the view is still made available as an optional camera angle. This table can also be sorted by setting date or sales. The games cover a year time frame from toand are known for evoking the sights and sounds of their particular eras. This is also known as the third generation of GTA games, which were released between and These games are unofficially grouped together into the GTA III Era because they have interlinking characterslocations and storylines and share features and an aesthetic style that are not present in different eras.

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