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Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games.
It was the first 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Set in Liberty City, loosely based on New York City,
the story follows Claude, a silent protagonist who becomes entangled in a world of crime, drugs, gang warfare, and corruption.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Its open world design lets players freely roam Liberty City.
Gameplay
It is possible to have several missions available at a time, as some missions require players to wait for further instructions or events.
Outside of missions, players can freely roam the open world and complete optional side missions.
They begin in the borough of Portland, and unlock Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale as they progress in the storyline.
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The original tech demo was created on Sega's Dreamcast around the end of development on Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999).
Rockstar wanted to make the game with a different story; the Colombian Cartel wasn't planned until later in development.
Rockstar had been pressuring its teams to create a 3D open world, and the DMA group who developed Space Station Silicon Valley (1998)
began working on a project separate from the Grand Theft Auto 2 team.
Alan Jack, a DMA support engineer, described it as combining Body Harvest's (1998) exploration with Space Station Silicon Valley's city level.
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