26th August 2004, 8:31 PM
The gameplay is largely the same, but the experience is completely different. In GTA 3 you feel like you're in a living, breathing city, while in GTAs 1&2 you most certainly do not. Games are a visual medium so perspective can have an incredible effect on a game. Metroid Prime plays essentially the same as Super Metroid (not as similar as GTA 1 and 3, but the gameplay is still extremely similar), but they are two very different experiences.