When did you become a fan of GTA?

edit: applies to pc gta too :P

With the soon to be release of gta V trailer Ill thought Ill make a topic of when we all.. some of us become a fan of the franchise.

Personally I started with gta 3. That was pretty ground breaking at the time with sandbox and all.

Old school PC GTA1

Remember playing the demo and trying to do some huge chains of cars explosion

the top down GTA 2 ... my sister played it all the time.

When I found my first tank in GTA 1 and ran ocer a bunch of cars & pedestrians.

It was on PC so I don't see my answer on the poll :P

GTA2, I remember fondly running over people and cars with the tank.

When I was about 8. Me and a few of my friends were at a this kids house while our parents were upstairs having a party and we were all huddled in the basement taking turns playing GTA 3. I was so amazed the amount of freedom you could have and the cool things you could do and after that I begged for my parents to get me a GTA game. That christmas they got me Vice City and it was one of my favorite games ever. I'm still a diehard GTA fan to this day :D

Since the first one on the computer.

I couldn't get into them until it went "3D". It was the first game that I played that actually got a full city right. For the most part, they still are the best at nailing the feel of a actual city.More than the subject matter that's what I love about GTA games.The cities the stories inhabit are as much of a character as any human in the game.

London 61 on the PC was my first one. Then I played 69 then 2 then the original. Once III came out, I lost interest but I still ended up playing all of them. Then IV came out and I didn't care for it too much, but going back now on the PC I realize I actually really, really, really like IV.

PC GTA1. Awesome memories.

I knew about the older 2D GTA games, and my buddies were in love with III and Vice City, but I didn't really get into them. Aside from my parents kind of being iffy on them even into my teen years, I never saw my buddies doing anything but screwing around so I thought that's all it was. When I borrowed San Andreas, it blew my mind with the story, characters, and cool missions. I ended up getting the Trilogy pack and playing all 3.

Disliked San Andreas savebattery

Since GTA 3.

GTA 1 era. Some good times. I remember how stupidly excited I was to get my hand on the next gen GTA (GTA III)

It did not disappoint.

I've only played GTA4, and thought it was pretty good.

[QUOTE="savebattery"] Disliked San Andreas rasengan2552

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[QUOTE="savebattery"] Disliked San Andreas toast_burner

I'll also agree. I personally think San Andreas is the low end of the series.

I agree with the characters in SA.They were annoying.

GTA3. I couldn't believe my eyes the first time I was able to hit a guy with a bat and steal somebodys car just because I could -- was a bit off putting at first but it totally grew on me after a while.

GTA1 - PC

Great to see many people started with GTA 1 & 2:D

Because of the popularity of GTA 3 those games get often forgotten about.

[QUOTE="savebattery"] Disliked San Andreas rasengan2552

Vice City was the first one I played. I've liked them ever since.

Since I think 2003 when Vice City came out for PC.

Never; I'm not a huge Rockstar fan although I did really like Red Dead Redemption.

I started with Vice City, went on to GTA3 and then San Andreas.

After SA, though, I lost interest in the series. It didn't help that GTA4 was a rather boring game.

Shortly before San Andreas came out.

Vice City is the one that made me a fan, played it countless times so much so i have the city memorized in my head. Then San Andreas is the game that made me a fanboy, unfortunately. I love these two games.

Back in the ps1 days when I played GTA1 or 2 can't really remember which one. I never owned any of the ps1 GTA games though, I just kept renting them(weird I know but hey I was a little kid lol :P).
Later when I got my ps2 I bought San Andreas, the first GTA game I ever bought, and it quickly became one of my favorite games of all time.

So I'm not really sure which vote I should pick. :P
I played and liked the games when I had a ps1 but I didn't own any of them back then.
I bought my first GTA for the ps2 but I already liked GTA from the ps1 days.

The original GTA on the PC. Really good game that was delightfully over the top.

The series peaked for me at Vice City, SA annoyed me with its RPG pretensions (A blatant attempt by Rockstar for GTA to be taken seriously) and IV lacked some of the GTA soul. V is going to have to be something special for me to get it.

I have been playing the series since he first one on PC, back in 98 i think, but im a huge fan since GTA3 came out to PS2.

Vice City, god did i love running down the street like a maniac with the chainsaw and see the people flee:P

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.Man,what an awesome game,and so much fun too.

I loved it during GTA III and Vice City, but stopped caring at San Andreas.