
There’s also the transportation of San Andreas, which is more varied and fully formed than in previous entries. The previous two games still have impressive maps, but they don't possess the depth of the environment in San Andreas. This means that if players moved onto the relatively constricted settings of GTA 3 and Vice City after playing through the sprawling San Andreas, they might be slightly underwhelmed. What’s even more impressive is the sheer amount of diversity included in the map, which includes desert fields, inner-city neighborhoods, and casino strips. San Andreas' map even competes with GTA 5's, which is a testament to the game's scale. While GTA 3 and Vice City take place in sandboxes that were seen as huge at their times of release, San Andreas contains three cities that players can explore: Los Santos (based on Las Angeles), San Fierro (based on San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on Las Vegas). San Andreas's open-world is significantly larger than earlier Grand Theft Auto game maps, and it's loaded with things to do. San Andreas Feels So Much Bigger Than Vice City & GTA 3 While GTA 3 and Vice City are each classic entries, they almost feel quaint when compared to the sheer scope of San Andreas. It is the experience that the prior two games had been building towards, and it’s still talked about as one of the most ambitious games ever made. This boils down more to gameplay than it does story, as San Andreas possessed the most in-game features of any GTA up to the point of its release. Still, San Andreas makes the most sense as the final game players should experience in the GTA Trilogy. Related: Are GTA Trilogy Remasters Why There's No GTA 6? Therefore, some players will choose to play GTA: The Trilogy in chronological order, enjoying the narrative in a linear fashion. While GTA 3 was the first of the trilogy to be released, the following two games were actually prequels. This means that Vice City, set in 1986, is the first game in the trilogy’s chronology, and San Andreas is the second.
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The gameplay of the series evolved greatly in the few years between the releases of GTA 3 and San Andreas, but Vice City and San Andreas looked to the past when it came to their settings. GTA 3 was released in 2001, followed by Vice City in 2002 and San Andreas in 2004. While the three games included all exist in the same narrative continuity, they each feature their own independent main stories, and players will be able to decide which classic GTA game they want to play first.

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, which remasters Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas, is set to release on November 11, and players should make sure they save San Andreas until last.
