10 Video Game Sequels That Prove Fans Shouldn't Get What They Want
3. Grand Theft Auto 3
The ultimate sequel change. Grand Theft Auto 3 basically reinvented the gaming landscape as we know it, whilst bearing barely any resemblance to the first two games.
If it wasn't for Grand Theft Auto 3, gaming wouldn't be the same as it is now. Whilst GTA 3 isn't the only game to go open-world and third person, it is the first to do it so successfully, as well as being so brutal about its story and themes.
Without GTA 3, we wouldn't have the rest of Rockstar's fantastic lineup, and that would arguably be one of the biggest blows to gaming ever.
The funny thing is that as different as Grand Theft Auto 3 is, it actually isn't too different from the first and second games. All three have the same core gameplay concepts, it's just the fact that the third game introduced a whole new way of seeing and interacting with the world that made it so different.