The game is just about shooting, driving and stealing shit. It is not this out this world experience haha. The amount of “GTA coming out some day” content that I get is way too much.
The game is just about…
You could be this reductive about any game or, really, any other form of media.
Games are often about much more than their core gameplay elements, and that is especially true here. The GTA games are crime dramas with excellent storylines - especially IV and V, whose stories rivaled those of the TV shows. They’re packed full social and political commentary, satirizing American culture.
Each game is like a slice of American life in a time capsule.
I played Vice City and San Andreas when they first came out and I was a teenager. At the time they appealed to me as just a big open world to explore and cause mayhem in. There wasn’t really much like it at the time. The story wasn’t all that interesting to me.
I got GTA5 for free from Epic games years after it came out, and played about 30 minutes before I got bored.
I’ve been spoiled by so many other open world game options that GTA just doesn’t do much for me anymore. I like to have a more interesting environment, or story.
I played Vice City and I enjoyed both the open world and the fantastic soundtrack. Most of my playing was just driving around while listening to the radio. So I guess what I really wanted was a super simplified driving simulator and Kate Bush mp3s.
For this reason Vice City is the only GTA I am tempted to replay. Its just a vibes machine.
The story mode in San Andreas and GTA IV were incredible. GTA V’s story was still pretty amazing too… Not sure how you could’ve played enough of it in 30 mins to even be able to judge it.
If I tried it again in the right mood, I might get more sucked in. But as I mentioned in another comment, contemporary crime stories dont interest me much.
@Soapbox@lemmy.zip - can you please recommend some games which have great stories? I am looking for some games to play. I am planning to start Plague Tale next weekend, but open to options. Thanks!
Open worldwith a lot of detail to explore. The traffic and pedestrians act real enough. I can drive around and chill or be destructive as I want. Its fun to drive fast without crashing or do crazy jumps wherever you want.
All these posts and no one mentions the comedy and story telling. It’s better than any show or movie you’ve ever witnessed
“Pro-Laps” and “Gruppe Sechs” still make me laugh
Agreed. The writing is top-notch in the older GTAs and we really don’t see much that’s comparable in the modern age.
Because you can do whatever you want to do that are illegal to do in the real life.
With the worst controls imaginable
WASD to move, Shift/Ctrl to duck, Space to jump, and use mouse to look around and shoot. With other words, standard FPS/TPS controls. Or are you talking about GTA and GTA II? The controls in those games are quite outdated xD
There are two ways to make a game that leads the industry in a genre: invent a new genre, or be the preeminent example of the genre. The GTA franchise has a reputation of consistently being in the latter category.
It’s fun to play around in a fully open real (modern) world simulation. Where else can you do that?
People like a sandbox I guess.
Reasonably good third person shooter? That’s quite rare.
I’m not too excited for GTA6 and 5 isn’t as good as what came before.
The games that put it on the map, though, are timeless. Try playing one and see for yourself, we just don’t get games like that anymore.
Best one on PS4 and PS3: GTA IV
Best one on PS2: GTA: SA
Best 2D one: GTA Chinatown Wars
Because it’s the only Canadian region with decent rail transit /s
I like it when my partner commits crimes and when the heat gets too high she let’s me escape from the fuzz. Besides Mario party and mini golf it’s one of the few games she has fun playing, and we can do it together
What about the game though?
It’s a fun sandbox. Lots of different things to do
