I think the reason people are so excited is the freedom that GTA III gave people. It was the first to give you a huge area and say have fun. Also it will always get attention due to its politically incorrectness. Any game that you get to have hookers in your car is going to get alot of hype. People like to do things in video games that they can not do in real life and GTA has been the best at letting people do just that.
I myself don't see a big deal with the game i say if you owned one you owned them all, yes you get new guns and new cars but i myself don't care for sandbox game.







