Grand Theft Auto 3 Retrospective: A Disappointing Foundation 

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GTA 3 is bad by "modern standards", but there wouldn't be "modern standards" without GTA 3

Glad I'm not the only with "my hands are all messed up so you better drive brother" etched into his brain until his dying breath.

Things I learned today 1. I need to start playing the GTA games 2. Trash cans are expensive

So basically, GTA 3 is "I am limited by the technology of my time."

GTA2 was my first PC game I ever played. When I saw GTA3, in "computer club" my jaw dropped, I was overwhelmed... When I got my own PC my first game was GTA Vice City, every bit of it is in my memory. This was ultimate experience for 11 year old, and I can't forget it.

Shit, there’s people who’s been nostalgic to the ipad version of GTA 3 already??????

The legend says that there is no video where cobbler doesn't praise Doom Eternal

"gta 3 is the most important out of the three" this is a line that is nothing but true. without III we would not understand any of the terms in other gta games.

YEAAAA BABY THATS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEEEEEEEEEEEE

Regardless of bad quality, a teenager single handedly creating a large mod by himself is pretty impressive. The kid has serious grit, and he'll go far if he keeps that up.

I'm gonna be honest your content versatility is admirable to me, as someone who watches lots of video essays to implement those techniques into my own content, you are someone who is really an inspiration

“... or perhaps, hot coffee.” I see what you did there.

I've come to realize why I love this channel so much. There are many other channels out there that do similar video essays in a similar format, sometimes with similar voices. But what makes this channel so great is the top-notch deadpan comedy that comes with it. So many other times I see the jokes is video essays fall flat, often times for sticking out, or trying to get more out of the joke than they can, but you're jokes are at an almost nonstop pace. I am sure a number of them fly over my head, and that's a good thing, as it makes it so a. I can rewatch a video to find even more humor, and b. It keeps the feeling of the video strong, not having unbalanced humor as I mentioned many similar videos do.

Claude Speed walked, albeit silently, so Tommy Vercetti could run. Away from cops while riding a motorcycle with his shirt flapping in the wind and a Flock Of Seagulls on the stereo.

I love how he put ''the ocean on his shoulders'' in every video, it fits for anything

I was 12 when this game originally launched and even I saw the irony of everyone blaming GTA 3 for violence knowing damn well 9/11 happened literally in a pre-GTA 3 world a few months prior lol

Is this the cannon reason why you have a pie face now

R* then: has little money and a small budget but makes games every 1 to 2 years R* now: has all the money they could ever want and doesn’t make any games probably 1 every 5 years

I can’t believe all those gosh darn GTA games were responsible for WW2!

Saints row was never just an imitator, it took the concept and ran in another direction with like a mad septic truck driver.

It's actually approaching it's 20th anniversaryᶠᵘᵘᵘᵘᵘᵘᶜᶜᵏᵏᵏᵏ, ᴵ'ᵐ ᵒˡᵈ I felt that. A kid born when I first came to America would be Old enough to legally have an Email. Shit, I too am old

Gta 3 was very fun when it dropped. You're seriously judging this game by today's standards?! The game was fun and revolutionary. It changed everything for open world games. For it's time it was a fucking masterpiece. And it still kinda holds up.

DJ peach cobbler = underrated Change my mind

The 3D Era of GTA is so weird that the chronological order of the story is OPPOSITE to the release order of the games. GTA3 was the first released but last chapter of the story, and Vice City Stories was the last released but the furthest in time prequel.

Was literally just rewatching your New Dawn video and I see you've posted!

"Rockstar has never been non linear on purpose." I have never agreed more.

I was just checking for this video and rewatching your older ones. Ehehe 😅😂🙏 cheers, I can't wait to devour this one! Absolute legend.

It's also interesting how GTA's 2D roots were still visible in GTA3: it's possible to set your camera to top-down, and you won't miss much due to the way the missions/areas were designed and peculiarities of gameplay like inability to duck. GTA: VC did feel truly 3D though.

I can taste the early 2000s air just watching this...i might have to play through it again sometime soon Sidenote: anyone else have the cheat codes permanently burned into their brain?

Fuck yea bro keep doin what you’re doing. It’s really refreshing to see someone make deep observations about a game that ultimately makes a statement on the industry as a whole. It’s obvious how much time and passion goes into these videos so it sucks to see that the support you get is lackluster. I doubt you’re the only one doing stuff like this but you are the only one who has reached mine and others’ recommended feed, so shouting out other channels that were used as sources is a great way to grow the community! Keep doing you cobbler don’t change for anyone or anything!!

0:23 well, he found a way to involve doom eternal... AMAZING!

Man, back in 2001 this game was the definition of over the top. I remember getting that game as a kid when it released. It was like gaming freedom 😂

This was the first game I ever played when I was 4 years old. 17 years later gaming has become my life and I’m heading into a game design position when I graduate in a year. Thank god for GTA 3 and the PS2.

can we just appreciate the Jakey refence while talking about mission linearity? it's like cobbler knows his audience

I found your channel at 4k subs like a month ago, binged every video. Glad your still improving the content

"GTA III spawned endless imitators" *Shows Red Dead Redemption, a game by the same studio*

Personally I love the simplicity and arcadiness of GTA3 compared to the other game. GTA3's AI for example is insane and always leads to crazy hilarious scenarios happening.

You're one of the few RU-vidrs that actually make me laugh. I'm so glad I found this channel

GTAIII is my favorite of those 3. Being a New Yorker, I'm biased. You pretty much nailed the location comparison. Although the main Red Light District was in Manhattan, there were and very well may still be a few in Queens and the Bronx. The reward for advancing in the game is actually the cars. They get more advanced with each new island

GTA3 is still the source of my favorite GTA story: there's an early mission, where you're tasked with assassinating a guy. Whenever you approach him, though, he runs to his car and drives off, making the mission an absolute bitch to accomplish with the options available to you. Except... There's an earlier mission, which tasks you with stealing a car, getting it to a certain garage to rig up a car bomb, and returning the car to where you found it. So, after what must have been well over twenty failed attempts at this little digital man's life, I had the bright idea to... NOT approach him at first, but instead, go around the area to the other side, and wouldn't you know it, there was his car... You already are where this is going, I'm sure. And yes, it worked beautifully. What really gets me is, you'd never be allowed to do that in GTA 4/5 or RDR; you'd be given a failure state just for going too far away from your mark. Hell, you'd probably be given a fail for stealing the mark's car. I guess that over-guidance is what eventually turned me off the series. Early GTA felt like you were lost in a first-world foreign country, but you're in a nice part of town and have enough scraps of the local language to get around and have a good time. Nu-GTA feels like being taken on a guided tour through an authoritarian state, where you'll be disappeared the instant you step out of line. Anyway, neat video, I haven't watched it yet.

Cobbler's videos are always such a wild ride like they can start with "The hit single Umbrella by Rihanna has a line that goes-" and then somehow work around to a conclusive end like "-and that's why good mobility in a game is what defines a generation." What a thrill.

@DJ Peach Cobbler, your vids make me feel real emotion and you help me see another view on games, and it’s beautiful to learn lessons like this, thank you.

30:51 and he never did

3:49 so controversial yet so brave, only something cobbler could say.

Oooooo nice! This will surely draw eyes, Mister Cobbler. With your types of analysis, I'm sure you'll do this legendary series justice. (Even though it was before my time.)

Damn, I still love to play GTA III. I love this game. And you are right. But I still love it. Also, Claude's silence gives him that cold blood vibe. Like, he does anything to progress through his path to revenge on Catalina and doesn't feel anything for people around him. He reminds me of the same trait Tommy Vercetti has, like it's that one thing that they have in common. It's like, I still find a character in him being a sack of potatoes. Yeah, he still is a mannequin.

"The game isn't fun" Yeah, can't blame ya for thinking that Cob "The music is cheap to license trash" BOI YOU TAKE THAT BACK! AIN'T NOBODY SHITTING ON RISE, K-JAH AND MSX

Still waiting for that GTA Vice City video......

I was super tired but when I saw DJ posted a gta video, I sprung outta bed wide awake

60% of my childhood gaming (2005-2010) was grand theft auto III (yes :3 kinda exceeding VC & SA, idk why but i loved the setting more i guess) I love this video, themks ♥️

Cobbler: "it is burned into my Frontal lobe" -Oblivion bgm starts- I feel addressed in a strangely personal way.

I KNEW YOU’D MENTION RAMBLELIME! By the way, Alton, IL creator’s new mod looks great! Really hope It’s gonna be great! He’s really tallented.

I‘m muslim and waking up on Eid to see a new video been uploaded by my favorite content creater is pretty much the best gift I could’ve asked for. Thanks Cobbler for another masterpiece of work. You‘re truly appreciated! Happy Eid y‘all 🙏🏼

At the time GTA 3 WAS over the top. It wasn't just novel, it was everything GTA V is today. The closest we had of GTA 3 at the time was GTA/GTA 2, both of which are literally just shooting and driving tiny dots, and sometimes you pick up payphones. Crime sandboxes weren't new, but before that they weren't that interesting. It was the larger scope of GTA 3 that really brought the formula to work.

I have never been so excited about cobbler baby... ok that’s a lie I’m fat

>Talks about Skyrim being the first game that ever grabbed him >Mentions his childhood memories of GTA III being on the Ipad re-release instead of the PS2 I think we're getting old, lads.

A disappointing foundation? What the fuck? This game is what made GTA popular and to this day every GTA game are still reusing the formula that this game had created

I'd say silence suits Claude because he's meant to be perceived as a silent, obedient and emotionless psychopath. To think of it that way, he's way scarier than cartoonishly Vaas-esque Trevor and any other protagonist since. Any bit of personality or emotion would make him humane, and he's supposed as inhumane as Manhunt protagonists. It's just who he is - a ruthless killing machine. Tommy is ambitious and greedy, Niko is broken and torn apart by guilt and revenge, Trevor exists entirely for Z generation, Michael is a walking midlife crisis, while Claude is... A complete psycho

I like how he used the same music at 7:30 as the trilogy remaster

Thank you. You got me to play Doom Eternal and I can’t stop. I’m obsessed. Thank you so much DJ. Keep doing what you do which is just what you fucking feel like at the time.

I always appreciate someone who's willing to take comedy into demonitization zone. Thanks for the video!

There's a reason I love this game... and it's atmosphere. Yes yes, Vice City may be the most spot on in terms of atmosphere, but... the dark and gritty tone of Liberty City has always stuck with me. The rain, the music... the vehicles, the sound of npc's chatting. I put Clair de lune in the mp3 folder (pc version), stole an Infernus, and switched onto the mp3 player radio station. It started raining, and the only thing I could hear was the haunting piano melody, the rain, and the revving of my Infernus' engine, I cried. It was the only video game that ever made me cry.

aah shiiiidt. I find the cars, music and atmosphere of 3 the best because they feel grounded. By not having too many shiny toys, it feels grounded. Even on GTA V I drive the crap boxes. they are fun and have personality.

"as I will detail in my next video cement them as the true kingpins as the crime sandbox" Morgan Freeman: He never did

Imagine making a game that's so fundamental to gaming that youtubers can make videos about it with its soundtrack in the background while pretending to talk about other games *thanks Doom*

Hi, I just wanted to say thank you. Your channel is the best channel i stumbled upon and I'm so happy it happened because your videos are so well made with amazing arguments and beautiful edits. I don't play games so often but your videos are so delightful to watch and I really mean it. Thanks for your effort and thanks for opening our eyes for the wider picture on these topics.

I remember playing this when it came out on the ps2. Played it everyday until vice city came. Then played that everyday till San Andreas came out. Then swapped between that and metal gear solid 3... man times were simple

Dude I love this video those Vietnamese sweatshop workers really know their stuff!

Fun to watch this after you did the podcast with your two biggest fanboys. Seeing how your way of making these affects the way they come out is quite refreshing when compared to some video essayists.

"Filled with super cheap to licence trash" FLASHBACK FM literally has tracks from Scarface which are really good, and certainly not "cheap" and far from being "trash". The game also has it's own official composed radio tracks which are also not cheap to get someone to compose these tracks in the first place, and also to get artists to sing these tracks.

I don't even know how I found DJ Peach Cobbler but it was recently and fuck me sweet jesus it's my favorite yt channel now

''The potential damaging effects of violent comic books, rock and roll music'' I'm dead!

Good stuff, big homie! I'm still playing V (offline only), and I'm still having a wonderful time! I love listening to trivia and opinions on this franchise. It's in my top 5 all-timers!

It's been 2 years... Still no Vice City video 😞

The hot coffee reference got me

As a resident of the armpit that is known as Alton, IL, hearing "Alton Illinois was never going to be good" is an astute observation.

I'm just gonna say, I'm from Texas, we know our chili, and chili burgers are awesome.

5:38 Finally, it seems everyone's favourite was San Andreas music, but Vice City is truly the best

I love the Hot Coffee reference at 5:05 lol. I remember when that incident happened and I had to use all my lying power to convince my mom that my copy of SA didn’t have that in there 😂

Give us the Vice City video, or we’ll mess up yo hands brotha

The far cry 5 sound track tho... gives me nostalgia. The fist game I ever played on my first ever xbox.

This game hasn't aged good nor great at all. I recently started back playing it, (haven't played it in years), and its just an all around overrated game. It was great game when it came out 21 years ago, but playing it in 2022 is a pain in the ass. There are several games from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s that have aged great. This isn't one of them.

Hell yeah i still remember playing GTA 1 even after playing GTA SA i loved the fact that your character can vault over cars

im very confused ?? ive never watched your videos before but apparently somehow am subbed to you? but this video is top tier so im gonna go watch more of your vids

Reminds me of that goddamn rock music that must be worshipping the devil. Because I don't understand it, so therefore it must clearly be evil and misleading the nation's youth. Will someone please think of the children? And how we can stop them from having any fun?

"Super secret RU-vidr number you can't talk about" Great, now I have to follow the rabbit home.

I remember I used to bash through that car dealer window to drive the only banshee on that island...and btw Awesome video.... waiting for your next one

"gta 3 did not do this concept justice" to be honest, neither did gta v

GTA IV had the same boring reward problem. Niko is always saying he takes the jobs for the money but in the end all you can buy is clothes and ammunition which you can have in endless amounts about halfway through the game anyway.

I actually really enjoyed gta 3 and I started playing it like a few months ago. It has a lot of awkward game mechanics but once you get used to it the game's a lot of fun. The missions are fairly non linear too even if it's not intentional.

Even though I disagree with the overall premise of this video, I reslly enjoyed it. Well done.

"HOT COFFEE" i caught that lol @5:06

I replayed gta 3 a year ago and had a totally different experience. It could be attributed to the fact that i was playing on the ps2, but the fact remains i absolutely loved the atmosphere, the electronic music, the map, and just the vibe how grim everything was. I totally immersed myself in the world. I also think the difficulty is probably one of the most enjoyable out of a gta game, every mission completion felt earned. It's a shame you didn't mention tho how you can't 100% complete it after beating the missions

rockstar game design always felt like building a lego set by following an instruction

I poke my head out of the gutter for one freakin second and fate shovels shit in my face!!!! That’s the GTA line stuck in my head. I know it’s from vice city and not GTA 3

Chatterbox radio is all I remember in detail about GTA III

"disappointing" ?! when it was 2001 and we had windows 98 and pentium 3 this was a masterpiece! i was hungry all day to play it! F school, give me GTA 3 all day back then. it blew minds, no other games did it! not gothic not morrowind nor unreal tournament, or half life.

27:52 that thump of the drummer dying got me so bad i'm lmaoooo

Such a revolutionary game is not a "disappointing foundation" unless you're some gen Z moron who thinks history started at your birth and game mechanics and tech just popped into existence fully formed. GTA3 was a game changer for the whole industry. If you're working backwards from modern game design norms, no shit it seems disappointing. It's like calling the invention of the wheel disappointing because they didn't invent the combustion engine yet.