Wow. Epic saga. Started off in the run down streets of the Grove in Los Santos and rose to fortune and fame through the countryside, San Ferrio, the desert and Las Venturas. With crazier and zanier missions as it went ranging from taking over airfields, commendering jets mid-air, stealing harriers, robbing military trains with a jet pack and much much more wackiness. Bought this on PS2 pretty much on release in 2004. But only getting round to playing it now 9 years later. And on PC. Haha. I can see why a lot of people complained about GTA 4 being too tame and small time after this huge production of mad scale. But they are very different games. 4 was a much more personal and localised story. Where as this was a state wide crazy journey of gigantic proportions.
Anyone who has missed this entry in the series: play it now.