* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does Asuka betray Mike because he was no longer useful to her or because Yuka may have told her that Mike was involved in her kidnapping?
* GoodBadBugs:
** By exploding a bunch of cars on the screen, there's a very small chance that one of the cars spawning after is a car that is DummiedOut.
** You can drive underwater by enabling cheats and inputting the restore health cheat.
* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV the last GTA game to feature a protagonist named Mike who is trying to retire from his criminal life style]]. The two even look kinda alike.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[MoralEventHorizon/GrandTheftAuto See here]].
* ScrappyMechanic: The gang hostility mechanic from ''GTA III'' is back and it's more intense here. If you so much as accidentally run over a gang member, there's a chance that zone's gang will be after you until you leave the zone.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Compared to the other games in the GTA franchise, there isn't much to write home about. If you can look past the frame rate and the slowdown issues, there's nothing that really makes it memorable.
* ThatOneLevel: [[ThatOneLevel/GrandTheftAuto See here]].