Grand Theft Auto V on Playstation 4.
I'll probably get heat for this but I need to get this off my chest: I think this game is most overhyped experience I've ever had, thus far. Let's start with the positives first, the main characters for the most part are fun, especially Trevor. The game world is huge, maybe a little too big for it's own good and it's very impressive to look at considering that it's a PS3 / Xbox 360 game.
Now here comes what I don't like about GTA V, it has a very messy and unfocused storyline that in my mind, makes the character arcs (Franklin doesn't really have one, to be honest) feel unearned. It's this bizarre slice of life / quasi-consequence free / do whatever-you-want without the goofyness of a Saint's Row game, that throws me off. Characters seem to jump from smaller to big missions seemingly out-of-nowhere. Planning heists on paper seems like an excellent idea, but you have to do so much tedious work (like buy specific items at the gun shop or boost very specific cars and park them in specific areas) before you actually do the job. The large open world at times becomes a chore to traverse, just so characters can give you exposition that you weren't given in cutscenes. Another major issue, money is completely useless in this game. You can get a haircut, buy some clothes, get a lap dance and maybe buy some property. You can pretty much get everything you want after your very first heist.
Because of the large open world, you can easily get lost and bored with the world itself. You can boost a car, run over pedestrians and cops, barricade yourself in your safe house and shoot cops. If you get shot, you can just recover at the hospital for a fee that barely makes a dent in your savings. Also planes and helicopters, I hate using them in this game.
Maybe because this is the first time I've played a full 3D GTA game, but I've played Bully, I've played Red Dead Redemption, I've played the Yakuza games, I've played LA Noire (another one that kinda suffers from similar problems) and all the Saint's Row games except for the first one. It could be because of that, that GTA V just seems a tad unimpressive to me. If I were to pick a really, really good one, I'd say that Red Dead Redemption is by far Rockstar's real gem. I'll pick up the sequel soon.
Until then, I'm just trying to finish this game.
Scopa
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