GTA III is the hardest GTA game, facts.

[CJfan9204 7]

Hey all, I'm new to these forums and I recently got more into the GTA series after a got a PS4 last year.

 

I've beaten GTA 5, so I downloaded the older GTA games for fun. Nobody told me GTA 3 was going to be THAT hard.

 

Bloodthirsty gangs who wield powerful weapons (looking at you, mafia), missions that barely give you enough time, hard targets to shoot, the lot of it.

 

Still a great game, and a beautiful transition not just for Rockstar, but gaming in general, but damn...

[Yinepi 1,617]

GTA1 and 2 were harder. But 3 has its hard moments.

It's classic gaming so yeah it's going to be harder than the newer stuff.

Edited December 25, 2020 by Yinepi

[Payne 262]

Don’t think I’d have a hard time now as I completed it a lot of times but maybe they were hard at first.

Edited December 25, 2020 by Payne

[lolleroz 258]

Thing with old GTA games is that they're way harder to play on controllers. If you play on PC you can basically shoot enemies before they can shoot you at all times which kinda ruins any sense of difficulty. But even with that, gta 3 is def the hardest GTA game, alongside Vice City Stories IMO. The M16 which is basically like a minigun, the inability to jump out of cars on fire, inability to shoot through windshields etc and some missions that seem simple but actually require you to be fluid at the game i.e Salvatore's assassination, can make for a frustrating experience especially for (no offense) zoomer players. Nothing can beat Vice City Stories with sharks rolling up in a van and just obliterating you with driveby though

[JaeDan 101 680]

if you want it easier, use cheats

[Fake Lilina 594]

I do like myself a greater challenge.

[CJfan9204 7]

1 hour ago, JaeDan 101 said:

if you want it easier, use cheats

I admit, I used the skin changer cheat for King Courtney's missions.

[Payne 262]

I don’t use cheats in any games.

[vcfan1991 192]

Well I completed Driver 2 and that's hard with a capital H. GTA3? Easy street... 

[Jeansowaty 6,924]

Naaah, GTA3 is piss easy. On the other hand, SA's flying missions are just godawful. Hardest GTA is London 1961, second is GTA1's Vice City chapters. GTA2 also had its fair share of hard stuff, like Murder at the Mall or Tanks-Giving. The Residential area is harder to me than the Industrial one  

Edited December 25, 2020 by Jeansowaty

[Dr Busta 3,306]

After playing it a lot it's easy asf 

The hardest in the 3D Universe and HD universe would be VCS

[GoodEveningFolks 13]

IV was the hardest for me but III was hard too

[CJfan9204 7]

7 hours ago, vcfan1991 said:

Well I completed Driver 2 and that's hard with a capital H. GTA3? Easy street... 

Did Driver 2 have bloodthirsty mafia members with instant death shotguns?

[Fake Lilina 594]

1 hour ago, GoodEveningFolks said:

IV was the hardest for me but III was hard too

IV was very easy for me.

[Payne 262]

Not really hard but when i fail a long ass mission and have to start again from the beginning, i just turn it off.

 

I didn’t feel San Andreas’ flying missions were hard.

[BurntTamale 153]

Keyboard and mouse controls are recommended.

[CJfan9204 7]

7 hours ago, BurntTamale said:

Keyboard and mouse controls are recommended.

I play on PS4.

[JaeDan 101 680]

IV is so damn easy, you can just use cheats in missions

[BurntTamale 153]

2 hours ago, CJfan9204 said:

I play on PS4.

I know but keyboard and mouse controls are better imo. I would recommend using a sniper, ak47, and uzi.

[JaeDan 101 680]

@BurntTamale your profile pic looked like mine

[GhettoJesus 4,493]

It's not? I agree III provides more of a challenge than most other GTA games but saying that it's hard isn't true at all in my opinion. Of course "hard" is subjective but we can view it somewhat objectively. Obviously I get that there is a certain jank that players of IV or V experience when transitioning back to 3D era games (especially III and VC) but it's still a fair game which honestly isn't hard if you learn  the (not too many and obvious) ropes of the game

[Black Handkerchief 0]

gta 3 is the most brutal gta in gta 3D era 

 

also, all of liberty city gangs are towards against you after you finished all the missions (including payphone icon missions), except yakuza and shoreside hood 

[vcfan1991 192]

On 12/26/2020 at 4:45 AM, CJfan9204 said:

Did Driver 2 have bloodthirsty mafia members with instant death shotguns?

Heh heh... Yeah those Leone goons are way overpowered. That's probably the worst flaw in the game imo. They really should've toned it down a tad.

[CJfan9204 7]

24 minutes ago, vcfan1991 said:

Heh heh... Yeah those Leone goons are way overpowered. That's probably the worst flaw in the game imo. They really should've toned it down a tad.

I understand trying to kill Claude, since he killed their boss, but shotguns that kill you in 2 shots? Really, Rockstar?

[vcfan1991 192]

Tbh I think overall San Andreas is the most difficult. If we're counting 100%... Gold in car/boat/flying licenses, all the collectables. The train mishin, that other mishin where you forklift the crates out of the burning warehouse while getting attacked. All the stupid minigames scattered around. All adds to the overall tediousness of it. So San Andreas would be my choice of most difficult. 

[GoodEveningFolks 13]

On 12/26/2020 at 7:08 AM, JaeDan 101 said:

IV is so damn easy, you can just use cheats in missions

is that how it is? it was hard because of my stupid dualshock 3. If i was playing on pc, nah but with my broken ds3, it is too hard

[OH76 909]

Nah, from what I've played, San Andreas is the hardest. The goddamned missions Zero had to offer were so difficult. III is a close second.

[Black Handkerchief 0]

7 hours ago, OH76 said:

Nah, from what I've played, San Andreas is the hardest. The goddamned missions Zero had to offer were so difficult. III is a close second.

 

But in SA, after finished the game, only ballas who will instantly attack you in their turf, but their weapons are average

In gta 3, almost all gangs in the town will attack you after finished the game (including payphone mission), especially that jerk mafia with their instant death weapon pump up shotgun

[JaeDan 101 680]

10 hours ago, GoodEveningFolks said:

is that how it is? it was hard because of my stupid dualshock 3. If i was playing on pc, nah but with my broken ds3, it is too hard

yes, it is easy, its hard to you because of your dualshock 3

[GoodEveningFolks 13]

On 12/25/2020 at 5:39 PM, GoodEveningFolks said:

IV was the hardest for me but III was hard too

i said it was hardest for ME. Don't know about the others