“Defying Death: A Gamer’s Epic Journey Through the 3D Grand Theft Auto Universe”

The anticipation for GTA 6 is clearly driving individuals to undertake some eccentric endeavors, but few fan initiatives are as unconventional as streamer Gtamen‘s mission to complete every 3D installment in the Grand Theft Auto series without facing a single fatality. If he gets eliminated, he resumes from GTA 3, and he isn’t bypassing expansions like Liberty City Stories either.

Gtamen has been dedicated to this challenge since February 18, and the initial progress was smoother than one might expect. He achieved a deathless run of GTA 3 by February 20, and over a span of 33 hours of streaming in the last two weeks, he has delved quite deeply into San Andreas. However, that strict reset rule is quite harsh, and Vice City is proving to be an especially challenging game to navigate successfully.

The early 3D GTA titles are filled with what one might generously describe as “random chaos,” and Gtamen has unfortunately lost several attempts simply by being in the wrong place when a vehicle veers down the street. Gtamen has primarily been trying to play the classic PC versions of these games with the default 30 FPS cap removed, but this could lead to some significant physics issues – for example, getting knocked out the moment a car slightly grazes him.

Nevertheless, the quest continues, and there may be some solace in acknowledging that these early games are, by most measures, undeniably among the most difficult. This endeavor is certainly achievable – after all, we have witnessed not only no-death runs but also no-hit attempts in GTA 5 and GTA 3 previously – but I can only imagine the sheer anxiety of trying to master the perfect no-death run through so many major titles consecutively.

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