[quote name='Double-J']Honestly, this is one of those series that I never got into, even though I loved GTA. I remember almost picking up one time on clearance waaaaaaaay back at Media Play (when they still existed) but decided to get something else. So my question is...is MP3 a decent standalone title, or would it be better to play the others first for the story?[/QUOTE]
I played the first one years ago back when it came out and skipped the second, so I was pretty clueless about the story. MP3 does a good job of hitting the key points of the previous games' plots though so I didn't feel like I missed anything.