Five Best Grand Theft Auto Games

November 4, 2011

By Erik Norris & Joey Davidson

With the reveal of Grand Theft Auto V by way of fancy new trailer, Erik and Joey decided the best way to celebrate the news was by ranking some of our favorite GTA titles. We recognize that these games are all loved in their own unique ways, but we figured it was high time we sat down and actually figured out which ones we loved most.

We’ll say that we love all of the GTA games for their own reasons. But we also know some are more equal than others.

You’re going to disagree with the list, but that’s sort of the point. Defend your favorite entry’s honor in the comment section below.

Grand Theft Auto III

Systems: PS2, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, iOS, Android

We’re aware that the other entries on this list wouldn’t exist without Grand Theft Auto III being the trendsetter. GTA III made what open-world gaming is today, no question about it. That’s why it deserves a spot in the top five Grand Theft Auto games. However, as great franchises tend to do, innovation and expansion was applied to each subsequent entry, leaving GTA III in the dust as a nothing more than a pioneering relic. But we’re not idiots, we sacrifice a virgin to that relic every single year, thanking it for the path it’s led us down.

And now, a reading of a passage from Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” which seems apt…

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.”