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this forum often reminds me of how big of a deal GTA 6 is when it comes to the world of gaming. I think GTA does seem to be a significant part of the zeitgeist, and I don't doubt many people only buy consoles to play GTA.

having said that, I've always wondered how "enthusiasts" (you guys) feel about the game.

my 2 cents: I've put off this game due to finding RDR 2 gameplay pretty terrible (I already made a thread sharing my thoughts as to why)

recently decided to give it a go and I do find it much more enjoyable than RDR 2. I've somewhat lost interest due to so many amazing games being available right now, but I've put in 22 hours and found the game more enjoyable than RDR 2. story is pretty good at times I guess. can't really say much here given how early I am. I just unlocked Trevor.

the world is nice, I live in Los Angeles so driving around is fun. movement and combat is better than in RDR 2 (I found it very sluggish in RDR 2), but still not great. I just don't find the actual gameplay very enjoyable. my complaint in my RDR 2 thread about how all the missions feeling too on the rails (i.e. failing a mission for slightly deviating from the linear way they want you to do it) exists in GTA 5 as well.

based on my 22 hours with the game, I'd probably rate it around a 7/10. the plan is to finish it before GTA 6 comes out.

what score would you give it?

edit: to clarify, I mean for the sp campaign. I haven't tried the multiplayer.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

8 for the sp, 5 for the mp.

 

[Sakura]

I've never liked Rockstar's stuff. I find GTA to be incredibly boring (lots to do but all very shallow) and it controls like ass. I'd give it a 5/10 on a personal enjoyment factor.

 

[IAmRei]

Vanilla GTA 5?

Honestly, without mods, its only 7 for me. Just fine, but not the best. I like 4 and san andreas more.

With mods however, i will rate 8

 

[existensmaximum]

Extremely fun, enjoyable and rewarding. I voted 9/10 but I could have voted 10/10 almost. I love the gameplay, missions and story.

 

[MayauMiao]

7.

I just played it once finishing all the main mission but that's just about it. Series is getting stale and I'm not going to Day 1 with GTA VI, maybe will get it at huge discount at some point.

 

[Gaiff]

6/10. Boring missions, bad writing, bad story, bad shooting, bad driving, bad controls. Great open world and messing around can be fun.

 

[LakeOf9]

6/10

It was a middling game. The tech and open world are great, but the mission design, characters, and controls are absolutely awful. This game honestly made me kind of lose faith in Rockstar, but RDR2 was good so I'm not totally out yet.

But I wasn't a huge fan of this.

 

[Laptop1991]

8, Singleplayer was good but short, i ran out of things to do and there was no new content, i never got into Online, which got all of Rockstar's attention.

 

[Ironman_Bad]

Top 5 game all time Easy

 

[CityHunter1981]

I only play single player and that was a 7 for me. GTA is overhyped.

 

[Arsic]

Compared to red dead 2 it's a turd. RDR2 is a 10/10 masterpiece so gta 5 to me is a 6/10.

I'm curious if GTA6 can be the first gta I'll ever actually enjoy, but maybe I'm just a RDR fan.

 

[Paasei]

6/10. I think it was the weakest one in the lineup. Terrible story, still had the terrible controls, dumb mission restrictions.

Graphics were good, dialogue was good, characters were fine (tried too hard with Trevor being crazy. Was fun for a few minutes), game map was cool.

The free roam activities were there, but none were really noteworthy and interesting.

 

[Plies]

3/10

I thought IV was boring, but V came along and took the cake.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I think I own 12 versions of it and never played it

 

[Codes 208]

I voted 5.

Because its gta 5

 

[bbeach123]

Drop after 10 hours . Not my cup of tea .

 

[FoxMcChief]

It's a solid 9/10

That said, I don't ever want to play it again, ever.

 

[Danny22]

It's nice. Gta IV was recieved with a lot of criticism for being a less sandboxy more narrative focused game than san andreas (though enthusiasts have warmed up to it now). It resulted in Gta V which is a much more broad and normie-pleasing game. The story was clearly unfinished and left to complete in a dlc which never came up. But generally, I think Rockstar nailed what they were trying to do. It's a solid title, 8 or a 9.

I would say if you didn't like rdr 2, you probably would like GTA V more than IV. Gta V is more 'fun' than gta 4 and red dead 2.

I do want to point out that it's gta online that has brought the series into stratosphere and is why you can't go on a single tiktok video without the 'we got blabla before gta 6' often by teens whose first gta was 5. Back in the PS2 Gen, Gta was at the top of the league from 3 setting the gaming world on fire, to vice city and san andreas (I grew up on these 3).

After the explosion of online, popularity of live service, it seemed that Gta wouldn't be the king of the hill anymore. But GTA online came up with roaring success in live service and took the series to the top of the world as it is today. Apparently, online was the idea pushed by Benz who created Mindseye, hence why the initial hype for that game.

Anyways RDR 2 proves Rockstar can still create the greatest worlds (and has the funds for it thanks to gta online) hence why the enthusiast segment is also pretty hyped for gta 6 along with normies.

I would personally tell you to play GTA san andreas, Bully, and Red dead redemption 2010 if you can. For me, they're the most fun rockstar games.

 

[Robb]

Fun open world as usual, sluggish controls, poor mission design. The protagonist switching was a fun idea but I still prefer the games that focus on one.

I think I'd go for a 7/10 as well.

 

[icecold1983]

It's the best open world game ever released IMO. Nothing that wasn't also developed by Rockstar even comes close.

 

[SJRB]

Groundbreaking, overwhelming attention to detail (especially when it first launched) but awful story, many awful missions and a lot of terrible characters. Cruising through the open world is great, but playing the story is deeply unsatisfying.

 

[Rush2112]

if you live in LA its almost mandatory

 

[seething left]

9,5/10. Finished that game 12-15 times, 100%-ed it at least 5 times. Loved exploring every inch of the map and finding something yet undiscovered even on the 10th playthrough.
Also found the story and the characters pretty good, don't get the complaints.

 

[Parazels]

GTA 5 is what it intended to be from a marketing standpoint: a solid, expensive game with tons of content.

I beat it, but the game didn't leave a mark on my soul. GTA 6 is at the bottom of my wishlist.

 

[Soodanim]

Voted 5. Got sick of being bored about half way through, so I uninstalled the game forever. I'll never finish it.

I went back to the 3 trilogy after and had a great time.

I'm just not the target audience of modern GTA. I think everything is worse:

• Mission design
• Car physics
• Radio stations
• Characters
• Story
• Gameplay mechanics
• Needing Rockstar's shit launcher to play

I'm perfectly happy with San Andreas being the last good GTA.

 

[Parazels]

9,5/10. Finished that game 12-15 times, 100%-ed it at least 5 times. Loved exploring every inch of the map and finding something yet undiscovered even on the 10th playthrough.
Also found the story and the characters pretty good, don't get the complaints.

 

[nightfly]

Vanilla GTA 5?

Honestly, without mods, its only 7 for me. Just fine, but not the best. I like 4 and san andreas more.

With mods however, i will rate 8

You can't be serious!

 

[GamesDontSuck]

7.

It's a solid GTA entry. But it didn't reach the same level as GTA4 for me (or even ps2 era gta's).

It felt that it was missing some of the previous magic.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Combat gameplay sucks ass, rest is a 10/10. In total i would say 9/10.

 

[Parazels]

It felt that it was missing some of the previous magic.

I played GTA 4 after 5 and was kinda shocked how much better the characters were designed in the 4th part.

 

[bender]

I'd give it a 7 and rank it above GTAIV. The open world is more varied and fun to explore and it has better vehicles to do that exploring in. The story and characters are somehow worse than GTAIV which is impressive feat in of itself (don't hate my Nico fans). The mission design relies on way too much scripting and don't do a great job of utilizing the sandbox nature that Rockstar's worlds afford you, but that's not exactly a new problem with the series as it has been going on since Vice City, but the formula feels really long in the tooth. The radio stations aren't memorable like they were in the PS2 era games and Lazlow is atrocious. It's a big reason why I'm not that excited for GTA6. Rockstar creates these wonderful worlds but it feels like they've lost their way in how those worlds are utilized and their writing chops were better served when they were borrowing heavily from gangster movies and less self-serious.

 

[Baemono]

10. One of my favourites. Story is great, driving is fantastic (a huge step up from IV), city bigger than ever, I abandoned PC gaming to buy a PS3 for it

 

[xrnzaaas]

8 probably? I absolutely loved the open world and spending time in it (even just wandering around without any purpose), but I wasn't a huge fan of the story and some of the main missions were just bad.

 

[Liopleurodon]

10.

One of the best games I've ever played.

 

[HRK69]

10

One of the best games ever made

And the hype around GTA V back then? Absolutely electric. You really had to be there to feel it. For once, a game actually delivered on every bit of that anticipation

 

[Doctor Hades]

Never bothered with GTA Online at all, which is a separate mode anyway that the game annoyingly defaults to one loading it up, but the single player GTA 5 experience is definite 9 out of 10 for me. I still think the game's production values are insane in 2025 and visually it looks incredible for a decade old game, especially on PC with all the ray-tracing options enabled (including the two new ones added a few days ago).

At this point, I think only GTA 6 will make GTA 6 look dated once it is released next year. No other open world game comes close to this level of quality; maybe Red Dead Redemption 2 but that is a different kind of experience in my opinion.

 

[Roufianos]

It's easy to feel cynical about it given how ridiculously overexposed it is but it's hard to give it anything other than a 10. I played it through 4 or 5 times, especially when it launched on PS4 and that was fuck all else to play.

Only thing I hate - Michael's family.

 

[Judge Magister]

Maybe the worse GTA. I didn't like the characters at all.

 

[calistan]

Hadn't played it properly since the Xbox 360, but I just finished replaying the latest version. It's so far beyond every other open world game, it's ridiculous.

The detail is insane. Nothing comes close, except maybe Red Dead 2, but that's an entirely different sort of thing.

One thing I didn't like, and maybe the reason I never played it again after the first time - the ending. Franklin was the character I used least, but the ending has him choosing which of the bad guys to appease by murdering one of the main characters. Surely the C ending is the only acceptable one.

 

[Randall365]

An obvious 10 - if you judge it when it came out - was it 2013? Incredible game.

 

[TintoConCasera]

7/10. Game is fun but I remember being disappointed with both the gunplay and the story. The former felt specially bad coming from having played Max Payne 3 not long ago.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

7/10 - It has a little something for everyone.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

7/10. Game is fun but I remember being disappointed with both the gunplay and the story. The former felt specially bad coming from having played Max Payne 3 not long ago.

I think it's more so the freedom of movement in Max Payne 3 that made it amped up. The fact you can have Max dive and face plant into a wall at any point no doubt would make the gun play feel diff but mechanically it's the same with GTA minus the freedom of movement Max provided.

Heck stray bullets would end lives and was and still is reason so many folks on GTA Online would run around with ballistic helmets.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Honestly?

I thought it was a bit shit. The over the top tryhard vile crass humour was death cringe inducing

No indoor areas

Absolute bullshit wanted system

A glorious map that's pretty barren really with sod all to do anywhere.

Utterly gash online. I never did find it fun in the way its setup. Found it more fun just playing on lone servers back in the day.

The car system is total, total bollocks.

Jimmy.



Oh, I like it in Yankton. Love the snowy atmosphere. Probably the reason I love the original Division so much (What a setting that game had)

Ehh. I liked every GTA since the PS1, but V just misses quite a few marks for me.

And like a total bitch I've bought it on every system since the PS3.

Red Dead 2? Peak gaming for me, loved everything about it.

 

[Gonzito]

The campaign is good although it has some missions where the pacing is terrible. I would say the game is an 8. I will always hate Trevor, for me he kinda ruins the game

 

[Dr.Morris79]

The campaign is good although it has some missions where the pacing is terrible. I would say the game is an 8. I will always hate Trevor, for me he kinda ruins the game

I like the actor, but the script in this game for him was total dogwater.

 

[mrMUR_96]

The story was very disappointing and I didn't like any of the characters, a big downgrade in this department compared to 4. Vice city/sa had a lot more fun with their stories. A lot of the missions were quite forgettable, although the heist ones and a few others were cool. R* has an issue with mission design and structure that I hope is better in gta 6 as it was the same issue in RDR2 but at least that had an excellent story. The shooting was improved over previous GTAs at least. I had some fun in the early days of online with friends especially the custom built stuff. Nowadays it's just waaay to bloated and stuffed with silly stuff and endless grind crap. I'm very very excited for gta 6 though.

 

[Kerotan]

10/10 for both campaign and online. There's so many cool things in the campaign especially if you go for the 100% / platinum. The story itself was 10/10. Action packed. I loved it.

Online after a few years of updates was a 10/10 for me especially with a solid crew. Doing tte criminal master mind was an experience to say the least.

 

[Eimran]

At the time of release it was a solid 10/10. It's crazy that such a detailed game with incredible graphics was able to run on a 256mb RAM console.