Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)

Sex, drugs and hijacking ... You're wedged behind the wheel of a stolen corvette with fresh blood on the fender, 4 pounds of pure crack cocaine in the passenger seat, a 9mm in your belt (barrel still warm), 2 cop cars hard on your ass and a lunchtime date with the mob down at the docks ... yep, its just another day in Liberty City. The third incarnation (and PS2 debut) of Rockstar's superlative ode to crime, thuggery and gratuitous violence abandons the top down view used in GTA I and II for fully interactive 3D but the basic recipe remains the same - you're a small-time hoodlum with no morals and a loaded gun trying to make it big in the world of (dis)organised crime ... Whether you're boosting cars for extra cash, running errands for the Japanese mafia or squashing over pedestrians for the sheer fun of it, Grand Theft Auto III will provide many hours of dark, gritty and viscerally gory entertainment.