I started off playing GTA3 doing jobs for Luigi and Joey to earn money, but
soon you'll find other missions to take, some from an occasionally-ringing
phone box, all which boost the coffers upon successful completition and
the hidden packages placed around town will provide you with a new weapon for
every ten packages collected.
And it doesn't stop there. Earn money by jumping into one of the many taxis
and doing a
Crazy Taxi,
re-live the days of Chase HQ by stealing a police car, attempt to save
people by nicking an ambulance and help others in a pilfered fire engine.
The ambulance falls over too often though and it's more fun to take the cop
car option but there's no music in them. Surely we could've been
treated to the Blues Brothers soundtrack? :)
Other hidden challenges include "Patriot Playground" - pass through 15 checkpoints
quickly (I failed) when stealing a certain jeep and I had some fun at one point
when I ran an ambulance off the road then watched as it tried to get back on
up a steep embankment and over a wall. It completely failed and kept falling
backwards. Also, another time when my vehicle exploded, a passing car kept
driving along despite having caught fire, making it hilarious to watch it
drive up a hill and eventually explode itself!
I do have a couple of other niggles though. If you drive one way, then turn
around 180o, if a car or person has left your sight at all then they
won't be there when you're going back the way you've come, which is rather odd.
Also, there are no replays which is unfortunate because they would be so cool
to watch again and again.
On the whole though, this is an essential purchase. When I first played it,
I spent four hours solid just driving about and getting used to the area,
having fun stealing cars and causing carnage.
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