♪ (upbeat theme music) ♪
♪ (mellow hip hop music) ♪
- (FBE) Today you're gonna be playing this.
- "Grand Theft Auto." Is this the original?
- This is what started it all, the first Grand Theft Auto.
- Grand Theft Auto. Who doesn't know this?
If you don't know this, you're living in a box.
- I know it's where Grand Theft Auto started.
I love GTA. It's probably my favorite game.
- (FBE) This game was originally released for the PC
and then later the PlayStation.
Today we are having you play the original PlayStation version.
- (intrigued) Ooh.
I've never actually played PlayStation.
- The only one I've ever seen played--
and I haven't played it myself-- is GTA V,
which I'm sure is vastly different.
- I have no doubt that this would still be fun on its own.
Just running around, killing cops, killing civilians,
driving cars, causing havoc.
That's all Grand Theft Auto is.
Let's get goin'.
- Wow, these graphics are quite outdated.
It's like a 3D movie without the 3D glasses.
- Travis, Bubba, Troy...
Kivlov. Okay, I'm gonna be Kivlov, because why not?
- I think I'm gonna take Bubba.
He just looks really funny.
- I'll just go with Travis, man.
He seems the most normal, I guess.
Okay.
- Ha, they're still in Liberty City. Cool.
- (voice-over) Grand Theft Auto.
- "Answer the South Park phone calls to get jobs."
- "Keep your eyes open for opportunities.
Remember: you mess up, we mess you up."
Oh. Okay.
- (FBE) When you're ready,
the yellow arrow guides you to your objective.
- Okay. Oh wait, is it the--
Oh, it's the arrows. Okay.
- I'm rotating, and I'm not--
All right, I got to press-- haha. Okay.
Oh, that's so different. Okay, that's weird.
All right, I got to get used to that.
The controls for movement are incredibly bizarre.
- Oh, it's really weird how you turn.
- He runs in a circle.
So if you just press one down, he just runs-- oh man.
It's not-- it's more difficult than it needs to be.
- Wait. I can just get in a car and go to the arrow.
Why am I running?
- Wait, what am I doing? I can get in a car.
(car honks) - (man) Screw you, asshole!
- Oh, that's water.
I'm so not used to these controls. This is weird.
- All right. (exhales sharply)
(imitates car rev)
Oh my god, this is so old. This is crazy.
(squeaky phone chatter)
- "Crazy Jimmy's dumped a car in the North East Park."
- "Find it before the cops do or die."
- That's a little, uh-- little scary.
I love the whole thing, like,
you just go and answer public phones.
It just makes it so much more suspicious.
- I'ma take that. (punch lands, man groans)
And let's get dipping, bro.
- Here we go. Let's hope that my controlling skills got better.
- Can you get out of my way?
Thank you.
Gosh, these people don't know how to drive, I swear.
- I'm trying to-- oh, that's just a dead motorcyclist. All right.
- The way you move is really messing me up.
But I think I'll get used to it.
Oh my god.
Is there, like, a map I can look at?
No? Okay.
- Over here.
Oh, hey, look. There's the car.
- There we go.
- "Bring the car to Dulli's in West Park.
Move it. We got some fresh donuts here."
- Donuts? Say no more.
- Let's get those donuts.
- Tell my boyfriend I'm sorry for every time I've yelled at him
for crashing cars in GTA. (cars honk)
I'm really surprised there are no cops or anything.
Like, I am just wreaking havoc on this city.
- All right.
Oh cool. Okay, I think I got here.
- Get out of my way. I'm trying to do stuff, guys.
Oh, that garage. Ha-ha. Didn't even see it.
- Oh hey.
All right. Open up please.
Yeah, there you go.
All right.
- "Jimmy needs a driver.
Talk to him on the phone at the South West Park subway."
- Let's take this person's bike.
(crashing) And get grooving.
- I need your car.
(punch lands, man groans)
Move!
- Oh, is there a time limit?
Oh, I see it counting down.
- I hear the clock ticking, and it's giving me anxiety,
'cause I want to be fast, but I can't.
(punch lands, man groans) - (breathes deeply)
This car has the worst turn radius.
- Oh, you can't get in the cop cars? Okay.
Okay, well, I'm about to lose this.
(groans)
No. Okay.
"Mission failed."
(cars honk, telephone rings)
- Wait, right there. Right there. Get out.
Go. No! (laughs in frustration)
Oh my gosh.
I ca-- I'm just gonna give up.
(timer ticking)
- Uh... go.
"Mission failed." Okay. "Too slow.
Asswipe, screw up again
and rip out your lungs with a claw hammer."
- (FBE) So a part of this game is that, when you fail a mission,
you aren't actually able to immediately replay it.
- That's intense. Oh man.
- It's kind of like life, you know? You don't get redos in life.
- (breathes heavily)
Okay. (telephone ringing)
Oh, okay.
- So hard to see.
Oh my god, no. Wait, I'm not dead. I'm not dead.
Go, go, go, go, go.
Yeet. There we go.
"Fake license plates in the South East Island."
- "Pick it up, then pick me up outside the bank."
There's a cab. All right,
so I'm gonna get back in the car and find this cab.
- All right, let's go.
(man screams) (giggles) These controls.
So not used to this. Okay, I'm just gonna take this car,
'cause... (car honking)
Gimme that. I fall off a bike too much.
- I feel like this Grand Theft Auto
is just following a bunch of arrows and just driving around,
which I'm totally fine with,
because I do normally just drive around in the other games.
I just wish the arrow could follow you
or the arrow could just point to the street
and not make you go into these random areas.
Oh, I probably need to go to this eye.
(chime)
"Once the pickup's made,
the cops will be all over us like a rash."
(sucks air through teeth) Great.
I love it when I have to get the cops off me.
- These controls are so bizarre.
Okay, there's the car I need to get to.
- Here I go.
So the cops are gonna be on me, I'm guessing.
Oh god, gotta get outta here. Gotta blast.
- I have to go pick that dude up.
And I'm running into everything I see,
because driving this game is way harder than normal GTA--
or current GTA, I should say.
- I'm getting the hang of it definitely.
But I'm so confused.
Like, I don't even know what my goal is.
I just wish it was more clear.
(alarm bell ringing) - Oh, that's why. He's robbing a bank.
I'm here. I'm here. I'm ready.
- Oh no.
Oh, I picked up the guy.
"Bubby's got a sticky love nest in South... take me there."
Oh no. The cops.
- Oh, we have four stars. Jesus.
Nope. Mother[bleep]. Where am I going?
This arrow is not direct enough.
(police siren)
- Oh... (muttering)
No. Aah.
- (cop) Hold it!
- No. (crowd groans)
(sadly) I was so close. Oh my goodness.
Stupid cops, man.
- That's obviously not it.
Oh. I'm stupid. (squeaky phone chatter)
- "I'm gonna make sure you get out.
Wanna come in for coffee, uh?"
That's usually how GTA missions go.
It's like, "Oh, you completed the job, all right.
I'll hit you up for more stuff."
- (FBE) So you've tried the mission.
But it wouldn't be Grand Theft Auto
without a little bit of chaos and destruction.
So we've put in the cheat code to give you all the weapons.
Let's see how much trouble you can get into.
- Okay. (apprehensively) That sounds like a good time.
- Ooh, cool. All right, that sounds a lot better.
- Let's do it. That's the best part of GTA: cheat codes.
- Let's see. Side arm.
Really? There's only three?
The pistol.
Assault rifle, a rocket launcher, and a flamethrower?
I mean, all right.
(people screaming) - (man) Oh my god!
(screaming)
- He's on fire. He should be dying soon.
- I got a flamethrower.
(boom!)
- (laughs) I shouldn't have done that.
I just wanted to blow up a car, man.
- Here. Oh. Flamethrower?
Oh yeah, okay.
(cars honk) Let's go ahead and do that one.
(explosions) Oh. All right.
And I'm on fire, 'cause, you know, flamethrower.
- Whoa. (ptew!)
(laughs)
(boom!) Oh! No, I killed myself.
(laughing)
That's honestly how this would go for me in this world.
- I'm so horrible. Okay.
(firing) (stammers)
It's so hard to aim.
- If anything, I'm more of a danger to myself.
(boom!) (snickers) I suck.
That was an accident.
(firing and explosions)
(car honks) - Oh, wait.
Can you set buildings on fire?
Well, there we go. That's something new.
- I mean, I think it's cool there's destructibility to buildings,
'cause you can't do that in current GTA.
How do I not have the cops on me yet?
I just blew up a couple apartment buildings,
cars which have people in them.
- You can definitely tell it's GTA by the missions,
the cars, the cursing.
- That's kinda cool. Even though this is so old,
it's still like a big open map.
- You don't deserve to be blown up by a flamethrower.
(man screams) But it's fun for me.
I'm getting out my anger.
(gunfire and sirens)
- Oh yeah, like that. But now I'm on fire again.
Nice try, cops. I'm already dead.
- Where the cops at?
(explosions and screaming) (chuckling) Oh my god.
Usually in GTA today,
you'd be overwhelmed with cops and SWAT teams and stuff.
But they're not trying too hard.
Come on, cops.
(rapid firing) There we go. Come here.
Nope.
(crowd groans) Aw, okay, they got me.
I was probably on fire.
- Can I take the bus?
(punch lands, man groans)
I stole the bus! Haha!
Oh shit, guys!
I should've taken the bus in the first place!
Everyone gets out of your way!
You can just barrel through everything. Oh, I love this.
I recommend that as a strategy to anyone else.
Good things to keep in mind.
I don't think that's actually how the world works,
but it's a fun thought.
(rapid gunfire, honking)
All right. I killed myself. That'll be the end.
- I hate not liking it,
because I really like the newer versions and everything.
But that was so hard.
- I've never actually played it.
So it was cool to see how it was actually like,
you know, to see how GTA started.
GTA's so good now.
Like, I don't know why I'd play that instead of that.
- The idea was just a solid idea that you could grow off of.
A free-roam game, and you can break the law
and do whatever you want.
- I have never heard of anyone say,
"Grand Theft Auto is a bad game."
How do you not enjoy just casually just destroying things,
doing whatever the hell you damn please?
- Thanks for watching us play the original Grand Theft Auto
on the React channel.
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- Hey, everybody. Derek here, producer for the React channel.
Look, I made a big mistake. I've been playing way too many games
and not figuring out which ones we should be doing for the show.
So please let us know in the comments
which games you want to see the reactors play next
so I don't lose my job.