This game and two others that came later in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series
were on sale as a bundle for like $6.
In a sense, I've been playing GTA III for years, but really it's been a long
series of starts. I believe I've played into the Staunton Island portion of the map, because
I recall having tasks associated with various properties — tasks I've not yet seen this
time around.
I'm doing some things I haven't before. I never realized that for every ten hidden bundles
I collect, I receive ammo or armor delivered to my hideout daily. So far, I've found 51 of
the 100. I kinda got into finding them while on the Staunton Island map, so now I'm back in
my Liberty City hideout looking for bundles on the original portion of the map. At this point,
I'm getting pistols, Uzis, shotguns, grenades, and body armor all delivered daily. It's
AWESOME.
I think I'm also playing differently now. I'm making absolutely sure that I save the game
after every package I find, and in so doing I'm being extremely careful to limit my exposure
(especially to the Italians and the Chinese, who, on top of hating Claude (my character),
also hate each other).
Also, there are story elements I maybe didn't pick up on earlier — like how Maria told
Salvatore that we were an item, or how Ashoka and Maria are lovers. I also really like how
some of the characters are referenced on the talk radio station. Speaking of radio, it
turns out the person singing "Rush Rush" actually IS Debbie Harry.
Anyway, I'm having a lot of fun playing this again. I'm playing it through Steam on my
Windows 10 machine. The only thing I don't care for is what I have to do to play it on my
main monitor (connected to the laptop): Hold to bring up monitor options, and
switch from Extend to Duplicate, to duplicate the laptop display. Do the reverse when you're
done playing.