I preferred GTA4 because it had the best story so far. GTA Vice City was fun because of the setting but overall the next-gen finish on GTA4 along with it's decent story made it for me.
GTA IV pretty much tied all best from all the previous games and added online multiplayer.
GTA III was great for 2001 ps2 game and had a very memorable city.
Vice City had the best soundtrack but the story and environment never really interested me much. It also barely made any changes to the gameplay making feel more like an expansion to GTA III than a full fledged sequel.
San Andreas had a great huge city to roam but there was way to much dead space with nothing to do in it. The story started off decent then just lost focus after you left Los Santos.
My overall favorite has to be Vice City. I just love the whole 80s culture and music. However, the one that has lasted the longest for me is GTA4. I just get on, and cause insane havoc for hours on end. The advanced physics and AI make the game a million times better. Likewise, the car damage is entertaining to watch. :P
I'd be interested to know whether people's favourite GTA is also the first one they played. My favourite is GTA3 simply because it was the first 3D one, and it just felt like a revolution in gaming terms - the sandbox feel, the living city etc. Could never recreate that feeling with VC or SA...
Its a tie between GTAIV and Vice City. Both games are damn awesome, and I can waste hours upon hours with either. GTAIV might get a slight edge because of the multiplayer stuff, which i really enjoy.
my favourite has to be San Andreas. It just has so many different things to do and i love the early 90's LA feel..........omg just thinking about it makes me happy :P
Probably GTA IV. I had a moment standing in the docks as the sun was rising, and it just felt real. I took cabs everywhere without skipping ahead, and played through that game twice. GTA V washed off me by comparison.
...@newfangled - how in the world did you suddenly come across a nearly ten year old thread regarding 'what was the best gta'....
It's probably GTA: VC by the way. GTA 3 was such a revolutionary thing, and deserves credit, but Vice City really added such an amazing theme that they've been unable to recreate, despite their technological advancements since then.
GTA IV came close, but the intentional feeling of that game was quite a somber and conflicting one. Its expansions came closer to hitting the mark for me.
GTA V is a ton of fun to play, but doesn't present a cohesive story or themes that were present in the narrative of the former games. Pretty obviously became a stable multiplayer cash cow which set the narrative to the side. Hopefully GTA VI goes out of its way to at least present that thematic and consistent narrative that VC did so well and GTA IV just barely missed the mark on.
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