It featured detailed versions of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas dubbed Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas respectively. It had an extraordinary story, deep characters and more importantly a unique map set in the 90s.
This title would go on to become the most popular and most celebrated game in the GTA series. The year 2004 saw the release of GTA San Andreas. The GTA series would go on to see continuous success in a further installment based in Liberty City called GTA Liberty City stories and even earned many mentions in GTA Vice City. This map, known as the Liberty City, became a historic location in the gaming universe and saw a huge influx of players to GTA 3. It featured a detailed(for its time) and a huge version of New York City with 3 different boroughs and even a functional airport. The GTA series had caught up earlier on with the Open world gaming trend. To understand the GTA series and its maps, we must go all the way back to GTA 3.
Why don’t we have the full San Andreas map in GTA 5: Why we don't have the full San Andreas map in GTA 5 7
