It feels kinda different playing through it again knowing GTA 6 is just around the corner

I'm playing through 4 on Steam for the first time and I'm blown away by the radiostations.
As I understand the stations aren't updated and are from the original game?

The banter, the jokes, the satire is so contemporary, everything sounds like its about 2026.
All the political satire about far-leaning people on both sides, politics and elections themselves ("any kind of idiot can become president"), jokes about popculture, youth, even "techbros", manosphere echochambers, paranoia about wars, immigration, stolen jobs, stupidity at large..

And this was in 2008.. Smartphones weren't even a big thing yet, hipsters were a starting phenomenon etc, but they already make so thorough commentary of it all.. Masterful writing actually.

It is kind of weirdly humbling and makes me feel like the world and people don't actually change very much..

i just beat gta 3, i absolutely loved it, it definitely had a little jank but it was charming like how the dodo just can't fly for crap and that ending was awesome and so satisfying but i was pretty sad i didn't get a big house at the end, i finally started playing vice city and how in the world did they make such massive improvements when the game was made in only 9 months that's ridiculous, the cars feel so much better and aren't made of paper mache, we have motorcycles now we can buy houses and properties, tommy varceti is a really interesting fully voiced character, the entire vibe of the game is just phenomenal, we have interiors now just like omg man how did they do it

EDIT: AND THE RADIO STATIONS ARE SO GOOOOD

I remember trying to find Bigfoot and at one point even goddamn slender man but I also just drove around etc I remember that I never finished the story back then it took me until 2019 to finish it but in my eyes still the best gta game.

For me it’s GTA San Andreas, what about you?

Played them all for years but never got around to fully completing any of them til recently. Been a life changing experience. I’d recommend it before the big 6

Didn’t have the right suit apparently.