Title:  Grand Theft Auto 3
Publisher:  Rockstar Games
Platform:  PS2
File Under:  Tipper Gore's favorites.
Score:  Off the charts
As cool as: Getting a missile launcher for Christmas.
 
After hearing all the hoopla/controversy surrounding this game, I knew I had to have it for myself.  So, I ask for it for my birthday, and this request makes it into the hands of my parents-in-law.  If you have been following along with me, you know that my in-laws are cool shit.  Anyways, my mother-in-law walks into Wal-Mart to try and find the game.  She asks a sales associate where she can find this game, and the sales associate says that Wally World will no longer carry the game because of it's violent nature, plus the main character can "rape people"(not true).  So my mother-in-law says:  "Well, my son-in-law wants the game.  And he's 24 years old, so he can have the game if he wants it!"  Hell yah!  Score one for the in-laws!  So, she sends me money to find the game myself.  When I finally find the last copy within a 5 mile radius of my home, I pop it into my PS2 and prepare for the mayhem.  Considering all the hype this game generated, it's no small feat that this game surpasses everything I expected.

Murder, drugs, guns, cars, sex...need I say more?  It's all blended into a seamless action game that truly puts you in control like no other game has!  You can do what you want, how you want, when you want.  In short, this game doesn't force you to follow any certain path to victory.  It's open-ended design is the benchmark by which other games will be measured.  Yah, you have missions and objectives to complete, but given the fact that you can control when and how you do them, you'll never feel confined.  Believe the hype, this game delivers.  Like to kill people?  This game has it.  Like driving cars?  Giddy up!  Like gettin' it on with a hooker?  So does Charlie Sheen!  Like to be chased by the cops?  The FBI?  The Army?  Well, saddle up partner and get ready to have your shit kicked!  I could spend all day stroking this game's dick, but it would be a waste of time for you and me.    If you don't have it buy it.  And don't pay more than $50 for it.  The game is NOT being pulled from the shelves (exception Wal-Mart), and there is no such thing as the "uncensored version" as has been reported by some E-Bay sellers. Just remember to take a break now and then, or you might end up like this guy.
 
Mr Pickles says:  In GTA4(fingers crossed), the hookers will look like Tipper Gore.  Hey, that rhymes!