Rate the Grand Theft Auto games

I'm going to rate them in context of it's release at the time.

Grand Theft Auto III  -  9.5/10

Introducing a completely new genre of games.  This game has benefited the most from the 3D transition.

GTA: Vice City - 9/10

Character, style, and story, in addition to a beautiful game world.  That aside, no changes to the core gameplay.

GTA: San Andreas - 9.5/10

The most full, robust, and complete GTA package ever.  Full of variety and content.  Profound, profane and insane.

Grand Theft Auto IV - 9/10

Repetitive mission structure weighs it down, but great NYC view and comprehensive online make it memorable.

The Lost and the Damned - 9/10

Great plot.  Improved pacing.  Stays a bit under GTA IV's wing, but a full game at DLC price is impressive.

The Ballad of Gay Tony - 9/10

Story is weak and GTAIV is getting old at that point, but great improvement in gameplay, missions, chaos and variety.

GTA: Liberty City Stories - 8/10

Even if it was a bit simplistic, a full 3D portable GTA game portable in your pocket was awe-inspiring.

GTA: Vice City Stories - 8/10

The shock and awe was gone.  The story was better, but still feels like a watered down version of Vice City.

GTA: Chinatown Wars - 9/10

Proves that the 2D GTA formula isn't obsolete and still works.  The most complete portable GTA game out.

SA > Vice City > III

Don't care about the rest

I'm going to rate them in context of it's release at the time.

Grand Theft Auto III  -  9.5/10

Introducing a completely new genre of games.  This game has benefited the most from the 3D transition.

GTA: Vice City - 9/10

Character, style, and story, in addition to a beautiful game world.  That aside, no changes to the core gameplay.

GTA: San Andreas - 9.5/10

The most full, robust, and complete GTA package ever.  Full of variety and content.  Profound, profane and insane.

Grand Theft Auto IV - 9/10

Repetitive mission structure weighs it down, but great NYC view and comprehensive online make it memorable.

The Lost and the Damned - 9/10

Great plot.  Improved pacing.  Stays a bit under GTA IV's wing, but a full game at DLC price is impressive.

The Ballad of Gay Tony - 9/10

Story is weak and GTAIV is getting old at that point, but great improvement in gameplay, missions, chaos and variety.

GTA: Liberty City Stories - 8/10

Even if it was a bit simplistic, a full 3D portable GTA game portable in your pocket was awe-inspiring.

GTA: Vice City Stories - 8/10

The shock and awe was gone.  The story was better, but still feels like a watered down version of Vice City.

GTA: Chinatown Wars - 9/10

Proves that the 2D GTA formula isn't obsolete and still works.  The most complete portable GTA game out.

drekula2

What happened to Gta 1, 2 and London? You forgot those...

From those I've played:

• GTA 2- 5/10
• GTA 3- 8/10
• GTA: Vice City- 9.5/10
• GTA: San Andreas- 9.7/10
• GTA IV- 9.5/10
• GTA Liberty City Stories- 8.5/10
• GTA Vice City Stories- 8/10

/10:

• Grand Theft Auto = 7.0
• Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 = 5.0
• Grand Theft Auto 2 = 6.5
• Grand Theft Auto 3 = 7.5
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City = 8.5
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas = 9.5
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories = 8.0

Haven't played 4 or LCS.

It's easy to get sucked-in by the whole 80's atmosphere of VC but the actual game suffers in comparison to SA.

From the GTA games I've played, I'd say:

GTA3 - 8.5/10 - Great fun at the time, and the first GTA game I played!

GTA: Vice City - 9/10 - Took everything great about 3 and made it bigger and better!

GTA: San Andreas - 7/10 - A bit of a step back, still fun but too much focus on unneccessary RPG elements.

GTA4 - 9.5/10 - The best game in the series so far, and a marked return to form!

I'm not entirely sure as to what my favorite GTA game is... I have more fun playing GTA IV due to the mechanics/physics, but the amount of content (weapons, vehicles) was horrible compared to San Andreas. I also loved how your character had stats in San An, that was sick. (IV and San An are the only ones I've really played)

GTA V will probably become my favorite however. It'll have the realistic mechanics of IV, but the huge selection of guns/vehicles that IV lacked.

GTA san Andreas is my favorite but GTA IV is still up there.

GTA - 5/10

GTA 2 - 6/10

GTA 3 - 7/10

GTA Vice City - 8/10

GTA San Andreas - 9/10

GTA IV - 8/10