an gigantic step-up over the previous games, the amount of stuff that you can do in the open-world and the scale of it going on as far by including 3 different cities, the customization, the variety of missions, it's nuts that this game came out on the PS2.
the storyline and voice-acting are all iconic, also great characters and pacing.
overall this is an solid contender for the best game in the series, the amount of customization and variety is something that even the next-gen GTA titles failed to deliver, it still has some jank here and there such as weird ass animations and character models that aged badly especially compared to other contemporary PS2 games such as God of War, Metal Gear Solid 2/3 or Resident Evil 4 but nonetheless the overall art direction is still great.
the storyline and voice-acting are all iconic, also great characters and pacing.
overall this is an solid contender for the best game in the series, the amount of customization and variety is something that even the next-gen GTA titles failed to deliver, it still has some jank here and there such as weird ass animations and character models that aged badly especially compared to other contemporary PS2 games such as God of War, Metal Gear Solid 2/3 or Resident Evil 4 but nonetheless the overall art direction is still great.