Which 3D title GTA game release had the least impact/least revolutional?

[KingAJ032304]

This can be in terms of story, gameplay, platform release, sales, anything 

(exclude the EFLC standalones but the two stories games do count however)

[Guest]

Least revolutionary would probably be between Vice City and Vice City Stories, but since Vice City introduced a voiced protagonist to the series and is in general a fan favourite i'd say it easily left more of an impact than Vice City Stories, so I'd say Vice City Stories is the least revolutionary/impactful (it also has the least sales i believe)

 

Though doesn't mean it's a bad game , I still prefer it over some other titles. Vice City is my favourite despite it not being that 'revolutionary' for that matter

Edited July 10, 2020 by Guest

[KingAJ032304]

On 7/10/2020 at 12:49 AM, Utopianthumbs said:

Least revolutionary would probably be between Vice City and Vice City Stories, but since Vice City introduced a voiced protagonist to the series and is in general a fan favourite i'd say it easily left more of an impact than Vice City Stories, so I'd say Vice City Stories is the least revolutionary/impactful (it also has the least sales i believe)

 

Though doesn't mean it's a bad game , I still prefer it over some other titles. Vice City is my favourite despite it not being that 'revolutionary' for that matter

I was actually thinking more on the lines of GTA LCS but nice in sight!

[Nico]

Every game in the 3D era brought something new to the table. GTA III started the 3D era itself and defined the path the next games would eventually follow. Vice City was the first game to have a fully voiced protagonist and in my opinion, a somewhat coherent story. Aside from the possibility to own properties and earn profit from them. San Andreas, well, what can I say that hasn't been said already. Huge map, variety of many things, a more human-like protagonist, although the story wanted to cover so many different things it ended up being highly inconsistent. Liberty City Stories was the first 3D GTA in a mobile platform and also the first one to have an official multiplayer mode. And Vice City Stories brought an interesting criminal empire system with far more possibilites than Vice City's, but unfortunately it was never revisited again.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, KingAJ032304 said:

I was actually thinking more on the lines of GTA LCS but nice in sight!

With LCS, being the first GTA on  that scale on a handheld console makes it quite revolutionary imo, to be comparable in scale to games like VC and III despite being on PSP was very impressive. VCS pushed the boundaries even further but LCS was the first so i think it's more revolutionary. Also LCS is the highest selling game on PSP beating VCS at 2nd so I guess it left a bigger impact on sales as well

 

Arguably VCS' biggest addition, the empire building feature was more of a combination of VC's assets and SA's gang wars. It's still quite incredible but probably not as revolutionary at least IMO.