yeah I'm gonna cook look little man
this franchise is among the most storied
in all of gaming but we wanted to pick
the best of the best welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we'll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
grand theft auto games
for this list we rank the best non DLC
games from the GTA series so titles like
The Ballad of Gay Tony are out but the
stories titles are in please be advised
this video contains mature content I got
a warning for you for bald man son Eddie
cross him again I'll stick a gun up your
ass
number 10 Grand Theft Auto - we're
starting things off with the game that
showed the 2d top-down can still be fun
not only that the GTA 2 brought in some
features that became important to the
franchise for years to come like
allowing you to save your progress and
letting you undertake missions for the
different gangs that haunted the retro
futuristic city known as anywhere USA
number nine Grand Theft Auto you listen
to me you two bits [ __ ]
sucker this title got the series off to
an excellent start and was a pioneer for
sandbox games allowing players to choose
how they reached their destinations
you'll definitely find a cool way to get
yourself to your endpoint since like the
other iterations to follow you could
steal almost any car in the game as this
meant that you were playing as a
criminal it was also the first of many
games to get the morality police up on
their soapbox that's true I'm gonna [ __ ]
you like a crazy [ __ ] get the [ __ ] out
of my sight number 8 grand theft auto
vice city stories back off white trash
white trash you are doing this [ __ ] boy
place city was one of our favorite
venues but it was considered wishful
thinking to think we'd ever get to take
it on the go how wrong we were in this
PSP powerhouse not only could you take
over businesses as you could before but
the titles Empire missions allow you to
control them and help them grow of
course if you're not one from management
you can still have a blast piloting
choppers around the city what's this
it's a pager tough guy welcome to the
80s Vic number 7 Grand Theft Auto
liberty City Stories
hey it's me Vincenzo what the hell do
you want
someone to pick up your laundry or wipe
your ass this was the first game to
authentically replicate the GTA
experience on a handheld system it's a
prequel to gta3 but it takes place in
the same location so you can further
explore shoreside vale Staten Island and
Portland the islands that formed the
bulk of the map LCS never felt like a
mobile compromise as it proved with
devious missions like when you have to
assassinate celebrities before they can
make it to a radio station it's not good
Sal I saved a few guide but we lost too
many before I got eeeh
number six Grand Theft Auto chinatown
wars the top-down view in this title
brought back fond memories of the pre
gta3 games but it offers more than just
a bit of nostalgia the title explores
uncharted territory for the series by
telling the stories of the Chinese Triad
gangs their adventures make for vulgar
fun like in the mini game where you buy
and sell drugs like some sort of
underbelly stock market in this
definitive handheld GTA game
number five Grand Theft Auto 3 I got a
little job for you pal the Farrelly
Brothers have owed me money for too long
they need to be taught some respect this
game took the series in a new direction
by introducing a 3d engine it also
represented a new high for games by
adding an unprecedented number of
characters cutscenes and places to
explore creating an experience unlike
any other
remember no one messes with my girls so
keep your hands on the way
while it was instrumental in making the
open world genre its own the freedom it
gave him to go on killing rampages also
prompted the morality police to put
their soap boxes up on their rooftops
number four Grand Theft Auto for the
major you got my money
I may be underwear on the bottom and a
broker come along this game brought the
series into HD with impressive results
the story's protagonist Niko Bellic an
immigrant trying to make his way in
Liberty City will compel you unlike any
prior GTA narrative Rockstar also
redefined the combat system allowing you
to target enemies better and take cover
effectively even still antagonist Dmitri
Rascal off and his henchmen can be a lot
to handle
number three grand theft auto vice see
now look here son I got a problem and I
reckon you could help me with I'm no
builder no I was thinking more of your
demolition skills even if you're not old
enough to remember the 80s you
definitely heard stories and this game
helps bring them to life the depiction
of Miami Florida circa 1986 is packed
with incredible details right down to
the angular sports cars and synth-heavy
radio stations we just set him loose in
Vice City we give a little cash to get
started okay give it a few months then
we go down the game is also significant
for being the first title in the series
with a fully voiced protagonist with Ray
Liotta as the memorable Tommy Vercetti
look Sonny we were set up the deal was
an ambush Harry and Lee are dead better
be kidding me Tommy tell me you still
got the money number two grand theft
auto five there was a an Eastern
European guy making moves in Liberty
City but yeah he went quiet for the
first time in the series you play from
the perspective of three different
characters and you get three times the
mayhem whether you play as Michael
Trevor or Franklin or if you decide to
take your crazy action online when it's
working you won't get bored of hijacking
military planes and driving dirt bikes
across the seemingly endless environment
Michael yeah another thing for your
shopping list we'll need some bombs
before we get to the number 1 let's take
a look at a dishonorable mention number
1 grand theft auto san andreas and man
what you won't see in my home sub what
you see is good to see you back this
franchise has earned its legendary
reputation but no installment was quite
as great as this game you play as Carl
Johnson a gangbanger who returns home to
find himself in danger from corrupt cops
and rival mobsters don't worry because
your proficiency for weapons increases
rpg-style for doing pretty much
everything amazingly the morality police
were able to get this game recalled
after the discovery of an unfinished sex
minigame infamously dubbed the hot
coffee bod nonetheless it did come back
to take the top spot we gotta go hit up
the hood hey CJ they don't know you back
a little set the Johnson Brothers
rolling McGee do you agree with our list
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