Gaming Target listed the four games they consider the most influential of the last decade and Rockstar's mafia masterpiece, Grand Theft Auto III, was one of the titles they picked.

Because the open-world “genre” is less of a genre and more of a gameplay style, it's persevered quite well despite so many games using the formula. Take a look at that list of games it influenced – while some are obvious tributes (Saints Row in particular), some of them took a very different direction.

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