The Definitive Retrospective of The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy

The debut video on this channel discusses the development, quality/shortcomings, and legacy of the 3D Grand Theft Auto trilogy (GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas). It also briefly touches on the spinoffs (Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories), and the various re-releases.

0:00 Introduction
4:20 GTA III - Overview
5:47 GTA III - Development
13:44 GTA III - Legacy/Controversy/All That
18:49 GTA III - Gameplay/Main Content
31:10 GTA III - Story/Side Content
40:59 GTA III - Verdict
42:32 Vice City - Overview
44:53 Vice City - Development
51:17 Vice City - Legacy
57:47 Vice City - Gameplay/Main Content
1:06:45 Vice City - Story/Side Content
1:18:59 Vice City - Verdict
1:20:13 San Andreas - Overview
1:22:00 San Andreas - Development/Hype
1:30:08 San Andreas - Legacy/Influence/Controversy
1:37:00 San Andreas - Gameplay/Contents
1:50:49 San Andreas - Story
2:08:34 San Andreas - Verdict
2:09:46 Spinoffs/Re-Releases
2:21:23 Outroduction

Scripting process ran from October 17th 2023 to January 26th 2024.
Recording/editing process ran from February 1st 2024 to March 12th 2024.
Revisions ran from March 20th 2024 to May 3rd 2024.

All rights of content, video, or audio, go to their respective owners.
Music used:
-O Mio Babbino Caro (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Joyride by Da Shootaz (Instrumental)
-Grand Theft Auto III Intro Music
-Grand Theft Auto 2 Main Theme
-Spit Game by Royce Da 5’9 (feat. Pretty Ugly) (Instrumental)
-Nature Freestyle And JoJo Pelligrino Freestyle (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Pray It Goes Okay by Boyz 2 Girls (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Max Payne Main Theme
-Rising To The Top by Sean Price (Instrumental)
-Body Harvest Menu Music
-Your Teeth In My Neck by Scientist
-Fade Away by Craig Gray (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Feels Like I Just Can’t Take No More by April’s In Paris (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-The Mummy’s Shroud by Scientist (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Change by Conor And Jay (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Grand Theft Auto Vice City Intro Music
-Scarface Main Theme
-She’s On Fire by Amy Holland (Instrumental)
-Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories Main Theme
-Miami Vice Theme
-Push It To The Limit by Paul Engemann (Instrumental)
-Owen Hart WWF Theme 1992 (High Energy)
-Blue Journey by Vovodoz
-Rush Rush by Debbie Harry (Instrumental)
-No Happy Endings (GTA V Soundtrack)
-GTA IV The Ballad Of Gay Tony Main Theme
-Under The Neon by Vovodoz
-Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Main Theme
-No Rules by Cintyn Beats
-GANG GANG by DEXTAH
-Visions by Andreas
-SHOOK ONES PT3 by Santo_Beats
-San Andreas Backing Beat 1
-San Andreas Backing Beat 2
-DELIGHTED by Chais
-Families by JunioR
-Old Flavor (I wasn’t able to find out who made this, I’m sorry lol)
-Street Story by Basedstarprod
-Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories Main Theme
-Scary Movies (Grand Theft Auto III Radio)
-Welcome To Los Santos (GTA V Main Theme)

Credit to the likes of GTA Series Videos, BLG, Gmanlives, TapGameplay, FuzzySlippers, UberDanger, Classic Game Room, Tactical Bacon Productions, DerPlayer, iPhantom3D, and SSoHThrough for some of the footage in this video. (Also sorry TBP I subconsciously took your “that was a big one btw” while talking about GTA III without realizing it, that’s my bad)

Thank you to the friends of mine who tolerated my raving and rambling about how this video took forever to make.

Thank you, the viewer, for watching. This is my first video on this channel, as well as the first video I’ve made in nearly 3 years, and at the time of writing, it’s the biggest to date. Those of you who watched, especially all the way through, are greatly appreciated.