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How GRAND THEFT AUTO III's Open-World Changed Gaming Forever

Many games have been considered as groundbreaking; often defining an entire generation. In the last ten years, no game has been as influential or trendsetting as Grand Theft Auto III was in 2001. Playing it for the first time was a moment of significance for many gamers, with most still able to fondly remember their first few hours playing the game.

It was an immense thrill to explore the vast open-world of Liberty City; a exaggerated and stylised recreation of New York. Unprecedented in its scope and ambition, gamers who had become accustomed to linear mission structures and a lack of freedom now found themselves playing a game which encouraged exploration, giving its players the choice to do whatever they wanted.

Grand Theft Auto III remains the moment the popular and controversial series introduced a particular style of open-world gameplay. In the years that followed, its influence could be felt in almost every genre and redefining simple gameplay mechanics that we now consider the norm.

Grand Theft Auto III wasn’t the first open-world game, not even by a long shot. 1984’s Elite , a space trading simulation for BBC Micro computers, is still considered as one of the earliest examples of an open-world videogame. Other games followed in its footsteps such as Nintendo’s Legend Of Zelda In 1986 and driving simulation Turbo Esprit for the Spectrum.

The latter developed by Durrell Software is itself seen as a huge influence on GTA, becoming the first free-roaming driving game, featuring wide open cities populated with pedestrians. Open-world gameplay continued to evolve into the 1990′s, with Nintendo being one of the companies at the forefront. Thier N64 console was the home of two titles which would become two of the most revolutionary games of the 1990′s ; Super Mario 64 and the Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time .

The innovations of these games and many others all led to the genesis of the first Grand Theft Auto in 1997. Designed by Edinburgh based DMA Games (later becoming Rockstar North) the first Grand Theft Auto was a 2D action game, with an aerial perspective viewing the player as they roam an open city, as a criminal in search of jobs to boost your notoriety.

The conventions of the series were already being established in this first game, many of which would be evolved and expanded in later entries. The player could explore at their own free will, drive any vehicle and take on multiple missions including assassinations and drug deals by answering payphones around the city.

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Other Info: This station follows Lazlow as he tours Liberty City, speaking with various vendors and pedestrians. During the program various references are made, mostly from Lazlow's life, like V-Rock in Vice City, WCTR in San Andreas, and Chatterbox FM in Liberty City, there are also specific references to the Chatterbox program aired in GTA III, as he is told to bring back "the vegetarian guy" (Reed Tucker) who Lazlow made fun of, other references include a Backstage encounter at a Love Fist Concert. During the course of his program he interviews a pervert, a Latin hot dog vendor, a taxi cab driver, and an artist shooting a music video about rain, he also enters into arguments with several pedestrians, including one who tells him to keep his voice down, one telling him that he is an asshole, an internet obsessed teenager who calls him an old man, and a geek who he asks to build a website to sell Lazlow stuff. Topics: A talk show focused on health care. Host Ryan McFallon interviews a panel of three guests: Sheila Stafford (portrayed by Rachel Allen), a spokeswoman for Betta Pharmaceuticals who is said to have left a woman to die because Sheila feared the dying woman was uninsured, Wilson Taylor Sr. (portrayed by Bill Hader), a representative for an HMO, and Waylon Mason (portrayed by Rick Shapiro), an advocate of holistic medicine and home remedies. The show ends with Mason drilling holes in the heads of the other two guests. Topics: A left-wing call-in talk show. Host Mike Riley interviews a panel of three guests: Brandon Roberts, a Vinewood actor who associates himself with left-wing causes only to enhance his own image, John Hunter, a candidate for state governor, and Zachary Tyler, a child prodigy who was brought onto the show as an example of liberal parenting, but is in fact an elitist. The show ends with John Hunter spanking Zachary Tyler, and Zachary pleading 'No! Please no!'. Brandon also mentions a 'real' religion that he's a member of, The Epsilon Program of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fame, and says "Kifflom" at the start and the end of the program. Topics: A right-wing call-in talk show. During the show, host Richard Bastion (a parody of Rush Limbaugh) answers guests' questions and statements about what they think is wrong with America. One male caller details about the "Maibatsu Monstrosities", a large luxury SUV parodying the Toyota Land Cruiser, which winks GTA III's radio commercials and Chatterbox FM's female caller driving one.

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