It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, we're finally looking back at the rich history of the Grand Theft Auto series on Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, which started all the way back in 2003.
GTA titles have always been highly rated, but which is your favourite game? Remember, you can only pick one!
Let's take a look at what we're working with:
Grand Theft Auto III (2003)
The hugely successful, highly controversial Grand Theft Auto franchise moves into three dimensions in the dark and seedy underworld of Liberty City. With the freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the dark, intriguing and ruthless world of crime at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003)
They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005)
Five years ago, Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas, a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Now, it’s the early 90’s. Carl’s got to go home, but his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are heading towards disaster. To make matters worse, he's just been framed for homicide.
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
What does the American Dream mean today? For Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity. As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don’t.
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other.
Let us know which of these Grand Theft Auto games is your favourite below.
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San Andreas Was The Best One, Loved The Whole Street Gangster Vibe And Music.
Disappointed GTA5 wasn't on here twice, with a 3rd upcoming listing too.
Definitely Vice City for me.
GTA V was by far the best..
GTA 5 no contest for me
Vice City probably, enjoyed them all tbh... The newer ones less... Probably because of being older and less amazed by the open world
Vice City, I loved everything about the game. The City, the setting and the 80s music. I liked Tommy as the character.
Vice City, no contest. The newer ones are all overblown dross that took themselves WAY too seriously. Vice City was the perfect spitting image of the 80s pop culture and all the obvious references to series like Miami Vice were simply spot on.
I did play a couple of the newer ones, but they were never able to hold my interest for long enough, so I've never finished any of them. I've found more joy in playing the Saints Row games. At least they know how to make entertaining games that definitely do NOT take themselves too seriously. Just as it should be...
Vice city! Some days I would just drive and listen to the music. I would love a new GTA set in the 80s.
So many good games. I went for GTA 3, though Vice City and SA were a lot better. But for me going from the PS1 to the PS2 and seeing GTA 3 for the 1st time it was like wow. Also think GTA 5 was better than GTA 4. I went to the midnight release of GTA 4 and stayed up to play it and was disappointed with it. GTA 5 online doesn't count.
Vice City, just too many good memories associated with it. Also that music, that location, that time period, all was just perfect.
I went with GTA3 because it was by far the most special and memorable game for it's time. That said SA is the one I always like to go back to, I still consider it the best. GTA4 is probably my favorite in terms of physics, GTA5 felt disappointing to me from that standpoint.
@Kefka2589
I like it. 👊
Gta III, solely cause of the codes that gave the civilians weapons and made them right. Awesome! San andreas is a close second, because of the fact that my music I uploaded onto my og xb, was played on a radio station, in-game.
GTA 5 is a quick easy pick when i include the online, and i am going back to my PS3 play. I played from week of release in 2013 and was on my second play when online started.
San Andreas would be my pick if 5 did not have the online i have enjoyed so much. My feelings about SA and how special it is to me stems from my playing it when it released in Oct. 2004. GTA 3 and VC were great but SA took it all up about 1000 notches.
Also i like some games not listed over some games listed. I like TBOGT more than GTA lV, and LCS more than GTA 3.
I’ve played through them all, Vice city was my favorite. It was the last one that didn’t take itself too seriously. Also, 1980s Florida was larger than life- I spent some time in it as a kid and the nostalgia factor here is strong. I would like to see another period piece GTA, but due to the success of GTA online I doubt that will ever happen.
I had no clue GTA 3 or Vice City were on the OG XBox... Are they available via back compat?
@Tharsman sadly not
Vice and san andreas equal.
Vice city for me!
Would even be happy with a proper remake of that one...
@Arugula oh 4 annoyed me with the tight city streets making driving a chore. 5 was much better in that regard with California’s open roads...
I’ve never played any 🤷🏻♂️😆
Should put them on switch
I’m surprised with the results because I remember San Andreas being boasted as the best but it’s Vice City for me
Vice City without a doubt. I just loved the setting the time period and the characters. I am really hoping that GTA VI will take us back to Vice City.
While I'd say Vice City is definitely the most iconic game in the series, GTA V is by far the best overall for me. Simply put, it does so much so well that it blows the previous games away, and has probably the greatest open world in gaming for my money.
On a slight tangent, it's a shame Chinatown Wars never came to XBLA like I thought it would. Perhaps more people would have played it if it did.
GTA V - though I’d should mention I’ve hardly played the online part of the game. I finished the single player campaign twice - first on Xbox 360, then again on PS4. Great characters and writing.
It was definitely GTA: San Andreas.
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