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Which Grand Theft Auto title is your favorite?
- Thread starter pjl93
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San Andreas. I played it at just the right time--after I graduated from high school but before I went off to college. As I was recovering from heart surgery that summer, I didn't have much to do, and that's when I decided to purchase SA. I loved the 90s setting and the shear amount of variety in the map.
IV will always be my favorite, and Nico Bellic remains one of my favorite game protags of all time.
Sorry, that came off harsher than I intended. I just really don't like Liberty City Stories ^^;
GTAV is the most fun to play, but Vice City is still my favorite setting and story.
I think the 80s theme and everything works really well with the attempted humor and satire GTA is going for that gets a lot more muddled and problematic in more current era settings that are less exaggerated and over the top. That 80s aesthetic goes a long way to making the world feel a lot more surreal.
I think the 80s theme and everything works really well with the attempted humor and satire GTA is going for that gets a lot more muddled and problematic in more current era settings that are less exaggerated and over the top. That 80s aesthetic goes a long way to making the world feel a lot more surreal.
Vice City the best game in terms of story/setting, but GTA5 is probably the best of the games when it comes to the overall 'experience', the fact I still go back and play the online mode time after time even after all these years is crazy. Such value for money.
San Andreas. The variation of the map and the things you could do in that game at the time blew me away.
Loved the vice city atmosphere with the 80s soundtrack, but there weren't much to do in the world.
Didn't really play much of gta4 or 5. For whatever reason i couldn't get into them.
Loved the vice city atmosphere with the 80s soundtrack, but there weren't much to do in the world.
Didn't really play much of gta4 or 5. For whatever reason i couldn't get into them.
San Andreas easily. It's one of the few games with a largely black cast. That was pretty awesome to me when I first got my hands on it. I also loved the family angle. From a gameplay standpoint I loved how much you could do in the game. Customizing CJ, the girlfriends, the jobs, the different schools etc etc.
V is probably my next favorite for just how immersive the environment feels. I love all of the little AI things and the feel of the city. It's also fun creating a character and playing the multiplayer.
V is probably my next favorite for just how immersive the environment feels. I love all of the little AI things and the feel of the city. It's also fun creating a character and playing the multiplayer.
Vice City is my favorite in terms of setting and atmosphere. It just felt so magical to me in 2002.
GTA V is the one I'd say is the best so far, in terms of world detail, scope, missions, gameplay and character arcs.
GTA V is the one I'd say is the best so far, in terms of world detail, scope, missions, gameplay and character arcs.
took the words right out of my mouth. both top 10 games of all time for me.
if they were able to somehow replicate the overall feel and setting of Vice City with the scope of GTA V I'd probably never play another video game ever again
Nostalgia wise it's Vice City, but as a actual quality video game it's 5. Fingers crossed that 6 is a Vice City reimagining.
I've recently been playing San Andreas again through Xbox BC, and its amazing how well it still holds up. So much more stable than the janky Steam version!
San Andreas
Vice City
GTA 2
GTA 5
GTA 3
GTA 4
I don't remember playing the first game that much.
Vice City
GTA 2
GTA 5
GTA 3
GTA 4
I don't remember playing the first game that much.
San Andreas was the last one I had fun with - Vice city annoyed me more than anything because we've been in a constant 80's revival / nostalgia for nearly 10-15 years now and I'm fucking tired of it.
This is exactly how I feel :
Didn't like the driving and maniability of the character in GTA 4 at all, and the more serious tone of the story left me cold. Tried GTA 5 but didn't like it either - pretty but not for me, and I hate how some of the missions can fail if you don't follow the script (same thing in RDR2).
This is exactly how I feel :
Quote is from this July 2019 article from NME and the 80's circlejerk is still going on.
Didn't like the driving and maniability of the character in GTA 4 at all, and the more serious tone of the story left me cold. Tried GTA 5 but didn't like it either - pretty but not for me, and I hate how some of the missions can fail if you don't follow the script (same thing in RDR2).
GTA 3 was the first GTA I've played and, while liking, I felt that it lacked something. Maybe the lack of personality of Claude.
GTA Vice City is a great game, maybe my favorite game soundtrack-wise, but I didn't think that the story had a good development.
San Andreas for me is the perfect game. New mechanics, three cities, a big rural area, good and memorable characters, special moments like Carl having to face their old friends, everything on that game is perfect. Maybe the graphics aren't the best for 2021, but back in the day it was great. It's my vote.
GTA IV was great at that time, even better than V is many places, but I don't know... I didn't like the tone of the game, the choices of who people should kill and the lack of a critical commentary of the society on that time killed my mood of this game.
V is just V. Great most of the time, Los Santos is the better city of all the games, good characters overall, but a build-up story that, in the end, didn't actually lived up my expectations made the game being better on what's it purpouses than in execution.
These are the games I've finished.
GTA Vice City is a great game, maybe my favorite game soundtrack-wise, but I didn't think that the story had a good development.
San Andreas for me is the perfect game. New mechanics, three cities, a big rural area, good and memorable characters, special moments like Carl having to face their old friends, everything on that game is perfect. Maybe the graphics aren't the best for 2021, but back in the day it was great. It's my vote.
GTA IV was great at that time, even better than V is many places, but I don't know... I didn't like the tone of the game, the choices of who people should kill and the lack of a critical commentary of the society on that time killed my mood of this game.
V is just V. Great most of the time, Los Santos is the better city of all the games, good characters overall, but a build-up story that, in the end, didn't actually lived up my expectations made the game being better on what's it purpouses than in execution.
These are the games I've finished.
San Andreas, I can't tell you how many hours I put into that game from my early teen years well into adulthood.
It's still 3, I really liked the autumn/winter atmosphere and it was small enough that you could know your way around without the map.
