Grand Theft Auto 3 is arguably responsible for the new wave of open-world sandbox gaming that is still going strong to this very day, and subsequent games in the franchise have constantly pushed the boundaries of open-world gaming with a variety of locales, interesting stories, hilarious characters, and everything else along the same lines.
RELATED: The Best Rock Songs Featured In GTA Games, Ranked However, none of these franchises even come close to the sheer impact of the Grand Theft Auto series, which is undoubtedly one of the most influential and iconic video game franchises of all time. The sheer number of video game franchises present in the current landscape are innumerable, with pretty much every half-baked title seemingly worthy of a sequel, prequel, spin-off, or anything else along the same lines.
