Not because they're better, per se, but because they have more of the original GTA feel than any of the newer games, which took the series and did a 180 with it.
It went from being a top-down, hilarious game that never takes itself seriously and is meant to be more comedic than anything, and turned it into a series of serious stories set in a 3D world with no real humor to be seen.
Just an observation I found interesting :3
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Joyrock
Fresh from my first justified ban. Ever!