Last year was the 15th Anniversary of GTA which I somehow missed. GTAV is on the near horizon and looks to be the biggest and most expansive entry yet undertaken by Rockstar however for the first time since GTA went 3D I'm finding myself hard to be that interested in it. I feel that I'm looking at the game more from habit rather than genuinely interest.
Now, I instantly know why that is. Whilst a hugely popular game GTA4 did a lot of harm to the series for me and is pretty much soley responsible for my lack of interest at this point. For all the impressive technical aspects I found Rockstar to have messed with the gameplay mechanics and almost entirely spoiled them. The aspirations of the game were wrong, what had been potentially a generation defining game instead felt like the devs vanity project. Sleeping Dogs, Saints Row, neither as technically accomplished as GTA4 yet I had more fun with both.
My aim with this thread then, is to try and recapture the magic the series once held over me. I'm going to revisit the 3D games (controversially I never was keen on the 2D installments. I have GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas, Vice City Stories, Liberty City Stories and GTA4 Compldte lined up ajd am going to throw myself back through the series and its memories to see if 4 can redeem itself, the series still has the cbarm and if I can make V more appealing to my hype machine. It's no small undertaking hence its replacing a machine for this season.
I'll write up my thoughts as I go but ahead of the biggest GTA ever, anyone fancy bringing three states, five/six cities, three decades and thousands of pedestrians to their knees with me?
Now, I instantly know why that is. Whilst a hugely popular game GTA4 did a lot of harm to the series for me and is pretty much soley responsible for my lack of interest at this point. For all the impressive technical aspects I found Rockstar to have messed with the gameplay mechanics and almost entirely spoiled them. The aspirations of the game were wrong, what had been potentially a generation defining game instead felt like the devs vanity project. Sleeping Dogs, Saints Row, neither as technically accomplished as GTA4 yet I had more fun with both.
My aim with this thread then, is to try and recapture the magic the series once held over me. I'm going to revisit the 3D games (controversially I never was keen on the 2D installments. I have GTA3, Vice City, San Andreas, Vice City Stories, Liberty City Stories and GTA4 Compldte lined up ajd am going to throw myself back through the series and its memories to see if 4 can redeem itself, the series still has the cbarm and if I can make V more appealing to my hype machine. It's no small undertaking hence its replacing a machine for this season.
I'll write up my thoughts as I go but ahead of the biggest GTA ever, anyone fancy bringing three states, five/six cities, three decades and thousands of pedestrians to their knees with me?
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