Is GTA V the best in the series?

wnolan1992 · 02-10-2013 08:30PM

The radio is a little disappointing alright. Like, there are some cracking tunes in there, but they seem to repeat far too frequently for my liking. The Non-Stop pop station seems to only have 3 songs...

Now, you could argue that that's in itself a parody of real life pop stations, and if it is well I'd say that was a silly decision.

TheBza · 02-10-2013 08:32PM

If GTAIII Had V's physics, engine etc. That would be my choice.

Santi101 · 04-10-2013 02:52PM

I know the game has moved on in so many areas, but I'll always have a soft spot for GTA 3. Absolutely loved that game.

After that, San Andreas.

Preferred both to Vice City tbh.

Maximus Alexander · 04-10-2013 05:34PM

Taking nostalgia out of it, V is definitely my favourite hands down. The sense of immersion is better than ever before and the world really feels alive. The missions are pretty much all fun and well executed. The characters are interesting and I think they finally nailed the controls, particularly foot, though the driving is much improved over IV. It also has great scale, the world looks beautiful and, when it works, the multiplayer.

No contest for me, apart from the aforementioned nostalgia.

EdenHazard · 04-10-2013 05:35PM

This is the one game I'm not pushed to play, tbh I like Michael, but Franklin and Trevor aren't great tbh. Poor choice of characters. Trevor is just not the type of protagonist that suits a GTA game, he is like one of the side characters you do a mission for and eventually kill.

The game isn't as living and breathing as I thought it would be.
There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

gnfnrhead · 04-10-2013 09:23PM

EdenHazard wrote: »

There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

I assume you mean buildings?

Not enough storage space to make every building enterable.

jill_valentine · 04-10-2013 09:41PM

I love Vice City the most, just because it's got the most character, IMHO.

San Andreas probably remains the best game though. Three distinct cities and the land in between, and so much to do.

The lack of interiors in GTA V is a real pain for me, but that's where it falls down, it feels like there's a lot less to do.

nullzero · 04-10-2013 10:05PM

Vice City was such a masterpiece. It's almost impossible to believe they put it together so quickly after GTA 3. All the games in the series have been of high quality, I spent many's an hour paying the gangs of against each other in GTA2, loved San Andreas' vast expanses and amazing soundtrack. GTA3 was mind blowing at the time and still plays wonderfully today. Only GTA IV left me slightly cold if I'm honest although I enjoyed it at the time.
Vice City still tops the list for me. It hasn't got the diversity of San Andreas or the technical mastery of the HD era games but but it had a much greater social impact for want of a better phrase. It almost single handedly brought 80's music back into fashion (not to mention countless remixed versions of featured songs into the charts). The timing with Vice City was perfect as well as the fact that the game itself was sublime a combination of factors that will most likely prove impossible to repeat.

Occono · 06-10-2013 06:17PM

V because checkpoints.

I actually finished a GTA game for the first time.

wotzgoingon · 06-10-2013 07:12PM

nullzero wrote: »

Vice City was such a masterpiece. It's almost impossible to believe they put it together so quickly after GTA 3. All the games in the series have been of high quality, I spent many's an hour paying the gangs of against each other in GTA2, loved San Andreas' vast expanses and amazing soundtrack. GTA3 was mind blowing at the time and still plays wonderfully today. Only GTA IV left me slightly cold if I'm honest although I enjoyed it at the time.
Vice City still tops the list for me. It hasn't got the diversity of San Andreas or the technical mastery of the HD era games but but it had a much greater social impact for want of a better phrase. It almost single handedly brought 80's music back into fashion (not to mention countless remixed versions of featured songs into the charts). The timing with Vice City was perfect as well as the fact that the game itself was sublime a combination of factors that will most likely prove impossible to repeat.

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

Kells... · 06-10-2013 07:21PM

EdenHazard wrote: »

This is the one game I'm not pushed to play, tbh I like Michael, but Franklin and Trevor aren't great tbh. Poor choice of characters. Trevor is just not the type of protagonist that suits a GTA game, he is like one of the side characters you do a mission for and eventually kill.

The game isn't as living and breathing as I thought it would be.
There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

rope

nullzero · 06-10-2013 08:42PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

I think it was the entire 1980's theme. The music was a major part of that but the references to so many 1980's movies and TV shows were spot on. Plus it was firmly aimed at a generation of people who had grown up in the 1980's and we're primed for a nostalgia trip of this sort.
The glamorous 1980's of Miami Vice was completely at odds with the depressing memories people in Ireland had off that decade. Vice city was a reminder of the fact that the 1980's weren't as bad as we might have thought looking back ourselves.

jill_valentine · 06-10-2013 08:43PM

And the Miami art deco neon at night was beautiful.

gnfnrhead · 06-10-2013 08:46PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

The music add's to it, but it is much more than that. A great story, worthwhile side missions, fun gameplay and it's biggest advantage over SA, a likable cast of characters.

SA tried to do too much and failed at pretty much all of them.

nullzero · 06-10-2013 08:47PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

And the Miami art deco neon at night was beautiful.

It'd be nice to see rockstar revisit Vice City at some point and see what it would look like with modern visuals. Not going to happen though sadly.

nullzero · 06-10-2013 08:51PM

This is a screen capture from the Mobile version. Vice City was like a virtual holiday resort with no rules whatsoever.

gnfnrhead · 06-10-2013 08:51PM

nullzero wrote: »

It'd be nice to see rockstar revisit Vice City at some point and see what it would look like with modern visuals. Not going to happen though sadly.

I, and many others, think it will be Vice City for GTA VI.

nullzero · 06-10-2013 08:53PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I, and many others, think it will be Vice City for GTA VI.

I'd love to see that. But it'd only really Work in the 80's and the map would have to be significantly less diverse than gta v's.

gnfnrhead · 06-10-2013 08:58PM

nullzero wrote: »

I'd love to see that. But it'd only really Work in the 80's and the map would have to be significantly less diverse than gta v's.

I dont mind the time frame, but they have a tonne of options for landscape. It's Florida after all. Everglades, theme parks, not a million miles away from a desert and right beside counties like Cuba. Probably a better selection available than V.

gimli2112 · 07-10-2013 07:50AM

I'm loving this game.
Spent ages just driving round listening to the POP channel.
TAKE ME TO THE BEEEEEEEAACH
Ah the 1990's

IvySlayer · 07-10-2013 08:03AM

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

wnolan1992 · 07-10-2013 08:10AM

IvySlayer wrote: »

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

Some people consider it a jack of all trades master of none type game.

Timmyctc · 07-10-2013 11:15AM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Some people consider it a jack of all trades master of none type game.

I would be of that school of thought. 3 for me. Then VC then SA then V then all the sidegames and add-ons and gameboy versions and 1 and 2 then IV

IvySlayer · 07-10-2013 12:20PM

Personally I think San Andreas beats Vice City, GTA 3 and GTA IV for the map, general gameplay, story, characters, vehicles.

gnfnrhead · 07-10-2013 06:21PM

IvySlayer wrote: »

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

It has no idea what it wanted to be, so tried to be everything and ended up being nothing.

Gang banger comes home for his dead mother -> tries to work out what happened -> turf wars -> trying to expose the government/something about aliens -> working for the government -> owning a garage -> working with whatever gang Woozie was -> robbing a casino -> buying a casino -> oh **** we forgot about the mother.... ehhh back to turf wars I guess?

No other game screwed up the story that badly. Focus on one of those strands and it's instantly a better game. Doing them all leaves it half assed.

Also having the least likable cast of characters didn't help. Map size was the only thing in its favour.

biggebruv · 07-10-2013 08:01PM

look at it this way if they put las venturas in this game they would have had to sacrafice some other stuff and it would not have been a full on 100% focused on las venturas

now when next gen comes around I really think they will set the whole game in las venturas all its desert surroundings aswell as san fierro

imagine these two citys on each end of the map plus the country side inbetween them in GTA6
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/San_Francisco_%28Evening%29.jpg
http://blog.sunwing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LasVegasStrip.jpg

LAS VEGAS is a city that deserves a full game for itself its huge as hell and has the potential to be as crazy as can be plus with next gen graphics las vegas is a city that will look so awesome at night on PS4

Timmyctc · 07-10-2013 08:04PM

They really could have done away with 90% of the underwater detail and improved building interiors or worked towards adding a new city. Even scaled down some of the map there's verging on too much wilderness.

gnfnrhead · 07-10-2013 09:34PM

biggebruv wrote: »

look at it this way if they put las venturas in this game they would have had to sacrafice some other stuff and it would not have been a full on 100% focused on las venturas

now when next gen comes around I really think they will set the whole game in las venturas all its desert surroundings aswell as san fierro

imagine these two citys on each end of the map plus the country side inbetween them in GTA6
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/San_Francisco_%28Evening%29.jpg
http://blog.sunwing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LasVegasStrip.jpg

LAS VEGAS is a city that deserves a full game for itself its huge as hell and has the potential to be as crazy as can be plus with next gen graphics las vegas is a city that will look so awesome at night on PS4

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

elfy4eva · 07-10-2013 09:46PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

If I had to bet I would say VC is next on the agenda.

the next logical ones would be Las Venturas and San Fierro.

If they didn't want to reboot the series again after that they could also use
Carcer city from their manhunt series
or
A modern day New Austin from their Red Dead series

OR GTA London 2

biggebruv · 07-10-2013 10:17PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

how would it be the same thing twice in a row

las venturas will have a hell of a different look for the next GTA title if they did set it there

whereas Miami(vice city) could kinda feel like los santos again IMO

in fact id be down for them to call it GTA Los Venturas

Is GTA V the best in the series?

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