User blog comment:TheToughGuy/My Review (Classic) - Grand Theft Auto series/@comment-1824274-20130309195120/@comment-1824274-20130319105148

Plus, Liberty City was based off of New York City. At the time, it would have just been plain wrong to be able to fly planes in GTA III. But Michael is right: You gotta think about what the general population was thinking at the time.