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  • This game is fantastic and the fact that rockstar released this for ios makes me respect them that much more, i don't care if their intentions were to get money and what not, but they really did a good heck of a job porting it, and i praise everything in this game from the storyline to the gameplay, im a big fan of the series like everyone else but i'm still shocked that i have this classic game on my ipod, 10/10 from me, hands down best game on the appstore.

  • Who else has that squeaky voice when you get hurt in gta 3. It's a glitch

  • Stuey Griffin Is Talking

  • do u use a iphone 4S i don't see any lights shyning on my iphone 4 / 3GS or ipod touch 3

  • wonder wat claude speed dod after san

  • it actually doesn't look like a bad game...it sounded wierd to put a game like gta on a touchscreen techno-thigy coz it uses several buttons but, still it looks good

  • why my grapic is bad? im using iphone 3gs

  • @troy20021 because your 3gs is a little bit slower than 4 or 4s, bro

  • @troy20021 I'ts a phone game that used to be on a console ofcourse it's not ganna have amazing graphics and the fact your on a non-retina device doesnt help.

  • got this for 69p on app store

  • Free if you jailbroke your idevice :)

  • @xxTheHundreds Hell yeah :D i would never pay alot of money for a phone app not worth it.

  • 99 cents until monday app store get it

  • Why it doesn't work on iOS 4.2.1???

  • youre australian and u work for UK, globalistion.

  • gta 3 now selling for a buck until monday!

  • Why dont they also get san andreas

  • GTA 3 is a sandbox game? -.-

  • I remember this game and i bought it for my ipod touch. It's so amazing; in my eyes it's true to the original. I didn't notice any changes really. Buy it if you love Grand Theft Auto games!

  • Will this work on iOS three?

  • @siddharthjoshi91 nope. only 4.3.1

  • AppSpy : Should I get Dead Space or Modern Combat 3?

  • @GeneralPlant two completely different experiences...

  • Can you please give me a link of some sort to get the blood effect? I know you need to mod and stuff, but I can only find how to mod it using a PC. I have a mac and an ipod touch 4g.

  • DUDE you sound JUST LikE STEWIE from family guy

  • @MARIOBTR98 well if you like free roaming games,driving like gta buy gta3, if you like shooting games and multiplayer with good graphics i recomend you mc3 fallen nation! i specially prefer mc3 because when you finish the storyline you can proceed to multiplayer

  • what you recommend to buy: gta 3 or modern combat 3

  • Useless Australia , Still Getting games Censored hahah, Get with the times noobs

  • app spy koji skur e faco

  • Cheats on my channel

  • Wasn't rockstar say San Andreas was also gonna be released too?

  • I've gotten used to the controls on GTA 3, and I'm LOVING this game on my iPhone. It's so fucking addicting! I even play this in bed. Yes, it may not have cheats; but I finally realize that it's not always about the cheat codes. The missions CAN be a lot of fun without the cheats, and chasing the police is a challenge, but a fun challenge! Thumbs up if you're addicted to it as well!

  • this is a cool review i like how you sat the things you use to drive the car

  • A channel named: PocketGamerUK is stealing your videos! THumbs up so he can see!!

  • @granath55 I work for PGUK - they're not stealing them :)

  • @AppSpy DAFUQ is PGUK ???

  • @granath55 fail

  • thumbs up for Stewie Griffin ;)

  • awesome btw which iphone you play in.

  • this game was revolutionary back then, and is still one of my favorite games of all time,it almost doesnt have post processing effects like in the ps2 and pc versions but the models have better quality,also the car reflections look better now, and if compared to liberty city stories for the psp this really looks better,so for a mobile device this is top notch quality, the ipod 4 version lags a bit, the iphone 4 doesnt lag as much and has no shadows, ipad 2 and iphone 4s ftw good review btw :D

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  • Can I play this game with an iPod 3rd gen?

  • @SuperKokis1 Not yet

  • @SuperKokis1 yes

  • great review :) btw. does anyone know how to do a drive by in this game? :(

  • Голос похож на извращенца из грифинов)) дигитидигити

  • @cmoney333 Excuse me angry commenter guy - if you had annotations on you'd notice this was addressed as soon as the video came out - so please crawl back in to your hole. Yes, I too am amazed that GTA3 is available on the iOS platform, but excusing flaws because of the platform its on means developers have no incentive to dig deeper and come up with better ideas or complete experiences. If you want more games that keep you this entertained, be more discerning and less complacent ;)

  • @AppSpy I'll have say, it must be a fanboy that resents any insults to his 'favorite' game.'

  • @AppSpy Owned.....

  • @cmoney333 dude what the fuck is ur problem? did ur dad raped u?

  • does this game crashes. i am going to buy it but there is lots of complain that it crashed so i just bought ganstar rio instead and is also much cheaper

  • does anyone know if this has a rotating camera option touch button??

  • Does anyone know if this game crashes or runs smoothly on iphone 4 cause im looking forward to getting it just scared it will crash like some people

  • To change the radio station just swipe ur finger across the station name.

  • Just got the game, and it runs really smooth on iPad 2. Still, i got some complains! This auto-aim is as horrible as it could get! You have NO way of proper aiming, so you just got to shoot and hope that eventually you will hit the right person! It would be nice with you could just touch the NPC and target him, or a better way to move the camera around! (you can only do it, by touching the middle of the screen, not the right side). Driving is surprisely good although i do miss the GPS funcition!

  • @raphmagaldi Finally someone admits this!!! I cant get past this friggin mission where you have to take out a shitload of triads with some of your helpers. I keep getting killed because I cant aim and kill anyone! If i get close enough to where I have some ability to target him, I get beat down. I pretty much have to car kill all the enemies because the aiming is terrible as it can get. what the hell??!?!? Everyone overlooks this but for god sakes it makes the game unplayable combat wise.

  • @WhiteWolf56765 True indeed! This very mission i did as you did, by running the Triads over with a car, because firefights in the iPad is freaking impossible! I played all past GTA's on the PC and i didnt know how bad aming was on the ps2 version! Hope Rockstar releases an update with better aim and camera control.

  • How do you change radio stations!?! Help ASAP!

  • @ActorMatthewMacedo swipe your finger over the radion station name, same as you do to change weapons

  • So this app won't work on my 3GS?

  • @AppSpy can you tell me how to activate traffic lights and other effects on the iPhone 4s because i have GTA III on my iPhone 4s 32Gb and it does´t make difference from the iPhone 4 version... any hint?

    Sorry about my english btw

    Thanks!

  • i think gangstar rio have much better graphics

  • I have this on my iPad and it keeps on crashing every time the first cutscene happens help!

  • Hoping next year we get Vice City on mobiles, I doubt it though

  • I play this game before in my ps2

  • Australia 4 the win

  • Hey Appspy, gangster 3 or gta 3. Which should I get ?

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  • @MARIOBTR98 much better!

  • is better than gangstar rio??

  • @MARIOBTR98 Yeah I guess so. I have rio and about to get this one. And based on the graphics shown here, Rio has SHITTY graphics. You can see some pixels in the car lights and their facial expressions of the characters just look stupid

  • shadowy underworld? dude this game is in 21th century

  • @vulo1234455 Get a tank, and do the missions in that. You cab easily cash in about 30-50k in a few minutes without a challenge, and you can get like 400kk if you're good enough. I used to play the shit outta this game back in the day

  • the game is AWESOME but the one problem (which is quite big) is the aiming system... its really annoying and frustrating to kill enemies with guns and you usually end up killing civlians instead of enemies =( apart from that, roaming liberty city again on an iphone or ipad feels incredible!!

  • yo, nice review and all, but GOT DAMN this nigga sounds like Stewie lol. makes it more amusing... pause

  • Which is more worth getting? Gangstar rio: city of saints  OR this?

  • Andrew, anyone can u help me!!... im up to the last mission and that whore catalina wants 500k and im about 120k short and no more story missions available and i cant do the last mission without the money. Any ideas or what?. the mini missions such as the cab fares, ambulance, fire brigade and vigilante missions only give around $150-200 and increases very slowly by each level complete

  • @vulo1234455 Rampages and Unique Jumps are your best bet - the mini missions are really more of a distraction. Depending on your skill you should be able to net quite a decent amount of cash.

  • @AppSpy thanks for the reply. it will be tough on touchscreen, but if those are the only easy options then ill have no choice..

  • @vulo1234455 you'll earn a lot with fire truck missions, I got around 400k in 20 mins

  • My mind is blown. 

  • Have you got your License?!

  • does it run well on ipod 4g?

  • Haters gone hate on mah swag

  • R18+ games are coming next yr ive been told

  • @MrAdrian462 when pigs fly, **sigh** its australia, they have hardly talked about it

  • Saints row is beteer even if it isn't a iphone app

  • Australia is a good country to live in... but honestly.. i dont know why they just cant make R18+ Games... May as well ban movies that are r18+ then.. Kids could easily just download r18+ movies from the internet and i dont see what the problem is with r games

  • @vulo1234455 **make r18+ games legal

  • Thank you for this review your my go to guy with reviews thanks for all of your hard work!

  • do you think this game is better or china town wars?

  • @leonizerwong I think you should learn how to use correct grammar correctly before you put up a comment.

  • @armandornd whatever troll go get a life

  • @leonizerwong it is way better

  • hey when i kill someone blood doesnt come out.

  • How to make the cheatcodes?

  • @Jomachannel I don't believe they can be used in this version.

  • @appspy so the question f the day and u may of said it already but is this better then the gameloft rio saints whatever it's called game? I just got it cuz there's planes haven't transferred from pc to play yet tho. I beat gta3 long ago idc about story just gameplay running around driving and shooting I just free roam these games

  • @Kronicilln3ss The lack of additional vehicles (motorbikes/planes) does date the game, but it's still a superior product (hell, even the wonky auto-aim in GTA3 is better in its own way). Once you start unlocking areas there's far more fun to be had in GTA3. I'd say wait a while though - if you have Rio there's no rush... try and enjoy it first, GTA3 will still be there later if you want to play it ;)

  • @Kronicilln3ssboth good games but gta3 its more fun to free roam than gangstar rio city saints

  • @Kronicilln3ss both good games but gta 3 is more fun to free roam than gangster rio, because you can go unlock more areas and it gets more fun

  • Just got rio from gameloft for a buck. Only one week and a month exactly maybe a day give or take but let's say 4-5 weeks after the release it went from full price to $1 in a month. So why pay full price for anything other then mc3 which is there flagship game and will not go down till at least 6months I hope I'd be mad if it happens again days after I got O&C full price a $1sale WTF gameloft don't pay full ever again

  • @Kronicilln3ss Whats MC3

  • How do you change the radio station?

  • @shadowthebeast Just swipe the channel name.

  • @shadowthebeast

    at the way bottom of the screen it will sa channel name and swipe it

  • @shadowthebeast

    at the left bottom of screen swipe the the radio's channel name left to right

  • quick question... im wondering if i should get this game? there is no blood on the 4g (so i have heard and seen) and thats the device i have. could i get these features on it? please respond somebody. thank you :-)

  • I just got this game for my iPhone 4. All running well but there are no traffic lights nor tail/headlights? That's so lame! Do you know whether they will add this to the iPhone 4 version or not? I know it's a little detail but these little details can make or break a game on a mobile platform.

  • @Ownt45 it wont let me post the link, but google toucharcade modding gta 3 for ios. It should give u a forum with instructions on how to fix the issues.i modded it with hex editor and its working like the 4s or ipad 2 version with blood, gore, lights, everything

  • some missions on the ipod edition are SO FUCKING HARD like lynarra Salvatore and bomb da base ii

  • @TheTimobrow

    What? It IS compatibile. I've got 3rd gen and i have complete about half of a game now xd sorry for my english

  • @thesouthdakotian

    I have a iTouch 3g and it works almost perfect;) so on 4g it will works too of course;]

  • Hey Andrew I have a question. You mentioned something about high hardware requirements, and I'm wondering is the game available on iPhone 4? Or is it just 4s and iPad 2??????? I've got iPhone 4 and I'd really like to play this game

  • better than gangstar 2?

  • will this game runs good in 3gs??

  • im racist

  • I hate apple,why do you bastards got such a large list of actually fun games , unlike android and Windows which has shit for on the go games

  • I love looking at the thumbnail for appspy's videos and seeing his thumbs on the screen.

  • Sucks that this isn't compatible with 3rd gen iPod touches :(

  • I was wondering if I should get Grand Theft Auto 3 or Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. I'd rather not get both. Thanks. :)

  • lol @ 0:45 he does this t-.-

  • I WANT VICE CITY, and then maybe I can play with my ipod again :pp

  • Hey Andrew, just a quick question mate.. I know that your show is for IOS games only.. but could you advise on some Android games as well? And are you from Sydney or Melb? lol

  • @tanuvasa Gold Coast ;) And Android games are something we hope to branch out in to, but there's no timeline on that sorry :(

  • @AppSpy haha good old Goldy.. ever hit up sin city? or bourbon bar? If i ever run into a presumably caucasian male named andrew, im gonna ask him about IOS apps just to see if its you lol.. thanks for the reply bro.. cheers

  • @AppSpy Hey andrew do u live near Elanora...

  • Unfortunately, there is no blood effect on a 4g.. Or any shiny features. "making it have better performance" There is a post on toucharcade which allows you to put all the shiny graphics and features in to it. The guy said it didn't change the performance at all. You don't need jb device, only iexplorer. You can use presets he has.

  • @TundraTress Nice catch - I wonder if it was a stability feature then?

  • @TundraTress would you mind providing a link to that post? thank you!

  • @BROTAST1C i found it it wont let me post the link just google "toucharcade gta 3 modding forum"

  • @TundraTress do u have a link or something?

  • Lul, it shouldn't be choppy on a 4s..

  • choppy performance even on the iPhone 4s.... whhhhyyyyyyyyyyyy

  • This port REALLY surprised me, it's almost identical to the PS2 I have.

  • Gta's fine on my ipod, i hav no idea wat the gy below me is talking aboot

  • It would be great if you could say a word on how demanding games like this perform on older devices, like atn Ip4 or even 3GS. I know this does take more time for reviews, but what's the use in getting a game when it doesn't run good on your device?

  • @gatnom I've got it on my 3GS. It does lag a bit, and crashes.. which is very annoying! I wouldn't recommend buying it now, if Rockstar updates it to optimize it for the 3GS pick it up then.

  • Looks great and runs great on my iPad 2. I remember this very well 10 years agp

  • Is there a blood effect for the itouch 4g or a switch? I want it!

  • Push it to the Limit!! Awesome Song!

  • I have an ipod third generation and oddly enough it works.

  • do you guys use a 4S to make your videos?

  • @coolboyz345 I think he said he does in the comments of an earlier video.

  • I like it ;) I'm using a iPod touch 4G and I must say I had so far 1 crash and that was when it was raining and lightning and I went to my safe house to save. My only complaint is how come there isn't no blood effects for iPod touch users! Oh and a slightly lag frame rate and slow downs otherwise great port of the original.

  • Hey andrew, did you already get past the mission called "Bomb da Base act II"? If you did, was it easy? It seems really hard to do on iOS because of the sluggish sniper controls...

  • wow great price for a game like this... chinatown wars was $20 not that i bought it but still. i never expected this game to be that cheap =)

  • @AppSpy are you still reviewing games off the IPhone 4?

  • gta vice city for iOS?

  • I got a little suggestion for your videos. You should put the note out of 5 in the video, it would make the videos more complete. But, otherwise, great job. And also, the review isn't on appspy.com yet for some weird reason.

  • @Xirvet It should be live - I'll look in to it.

  • @Xirvet Ha, I've been watching AppSpy and haven't checked out their vids in quite some time. A bit funny people still ask for "star" reviews. Personally I feel his reviews are self explanatory for how good or bad the app is. Blatantly tells the pros and doesn't hold back on the cons. By doing so, it leaves you to make the decision. Instead of risking saying 5/5 or 2/5 and you buy it and disagree and are mad; without bias he describes the game and you decide if it's worth it. I love that.

  • @QBFOJustin It's because that if you look on the website, there's that star ranking on the game's page and I just wanted to have it put somewhere in the video.

  • I'd play this game but it wouldn't be much of an escape for me... to close to real life.

  • This is The Best IOS Game I have Ever Played. Beats the Gangstar Series By A Long Shot

  • is it working for you guys on a ipad 1 ?? i cant get past the loading screen, it just goes back to homescreen

  • @1nsaint It's simply because the game isn't optimised for ipad 1. It will work properly only on a iphone 4, iphone 4s, ipod touch 4g and ipad 2. The other devices will have troubles with it.

  • @Xirvet Or maybe it's some people and not others..I tried to play gta 3 on my ipod touch 4th gen and it crashed on the menu screen everytime. I've already played and beaten it on my iphone 4s with no crashes at all.

  • AWESOME!!!!

  • Wow you guys must spend loads on apps

  • @BCWSNIPZZx the money they profit from it far surpasses the expenses, and not only that, they probably get most of these apps for free. Imagine you are a game developer and wants to make you game known to the masses. Sending a request to these sort of channels for a video on your game would definitely help.

  • @BCWSNIPZZx Far less than you'd suspect - even assuming every game we review is purchased outright (this is not always the case due to pre-release builds) the final cost is quite minuscule. Certainly far more than the average iTunes user, but still quite cheap ;)

  • @AppSpy ah cool :) Going to say when i get a like £15 card it goes in like 10 minutes :L anyway nice videos :D

  • Is it worth the 5 bucks?

  • @666Thrash69 its a steal at 5 bucks! better get it!