Although many of the songs that appear in the game were written specially for the soundtrack (or in some cases for the soundtracks of previous games in the series), a large number of tracks were contributions by real artists. GTA III includes different genres of music and introduced a talk show radio. The best reasons to play GTA3 are for the story, characters, soundtrack, and to appreciate its significance in the history of gaming.
But the only reason for that is every subsequent GTA has improved upon the formula GTA3 created. Short answer, no, it doesn’t hold up well today.
