Tuesday, September 24, 2013

GTA V reveiw


Grand Theft Auto V? Where would I even begin? Maybe the vast detailed world, or with the innovative software that gives you three independent players you can switch between on the fly? Maybe you talk about the assortment of side activities you can engage in, or the tremendous number of ways in which you can go about making your own fun, stealing cars, homicide, etc. Or perhaps you dive right into the game’s main plot. GTA V is a complicated and fascinating game, one that fumbles here and there and has an unnecessary thought invoking missions and plot twists. But it also does amazing things no other open-world game has attempted before, using multiple perspectives to put you in the all positions of the heist.

 

Like GTA: San Andreas before it, GTA V will be set in and around the LA-inspired city of Los Santos. The location is based on Los Angeles, Southern California. The player drives, walks and interacts in a realistic way with the environment. Eating, running, climbing, jumping and engaging in combat with various weapons forms a major part of the gameplay.

 

 Grand theft auto is a violent game full of theft, murder, sex and prostitution. This trait was kept throughout the GTA series. You can still go on rampages and kill innocent bystanders and at one point you are forced to sit through a long torture scene, where you rack up bonus points for trying different techniques of torture. The scene is very intense and not for the faint of heart. This scene alone gives this game its M rating. I don’t recommend anybody under the age of 16 to consider buying this game, and even then you should be matured enough to handle GTA V’s graphic and sexual gameplay. 

 

As a gamer, I often feel like the kid who sits on Santa’s lap and pulls at Santa’s beard to show everyone that he’s a fake. But I do that because I want so badly to believe that Santa is real and that a game is capable of perfection. But neither one ever is. I also should point out that very rarely is a game criticized for not being perfect. Only a game with the stature of Grand Theft Auto V could ever be judged harshly for not being flawless. Even with its flaws, GTA V still shines above the rest.

 

But it isn’t only that GTA V isn’t perfect; it’s not even an incredibly in depth experience. But the shortcomings are far and few between. But even a great game like GTA V has its flaws. It’s got a sizeable number of graphical and gameplay issues. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t discuss a game’s flaws first, but everyone already knows this is a game worth playing and that you should run out and get it if you haven’t already. It’s an incredible game in many ways, but only because it’s standing on the shoulders of its predecessors.

 

However, there are many improvements. The vast majority of the changes you’ll discover won’t be immediately obvious. At first glance, GTA V looks very similar to past iterations. Similar car and character models, similar city layouts, similar play mechanics, similar storytelling structure, and so on.

 

What Rock star has given us is a gem among gaming. The newest installment of the GTA series has brought forth many new and improved changes to the long running series, with almost no downsides other than a few graphical errors and the lack of multiplayer as of now. If you are a fan of the GTA franchise I highly recommend that you pick this game up as soon as possible.

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