GTA 5 - Views?

[Spicoli]

It's official, I've now learned more about investing, buying and selling stocks than I had in school. I have a fleet of cop cars, armored trucks, bikes and ice cream trucks at 3 locations and do first heist later. Also discovered its very PC when it comes to physical altercation, you cannot beat up your barber or throw punches at a 'friend' or nagging ass Aunt. But with new button line up half the time you try to respond to stranger on the street you end up slugging them out or pulling a pistol so they call the cops. Takes adjustment

[palmerq]

I bought the first 2 gtas and my brother always got them after that but since the ps1 days I just haven't been a fan.. this time i gave into the hype and bought it... it's a technical marvel for sure and a great achievement but i just dont find the gameplay that fun... the driving is awkward and when you have to shoot and drive like when you are chasing teh boat it's just too frustrating for me... I dont find it fun... the game is pretty adictive thoguh but I dont like the characters that much and I don't find the story that absorbing...Wish I didnt buy it... very close to 70 dollars all in for something I could live with out..

Technically it is brilliant, it's just not for me.. i've never been a fan of a lot of these free roaming games

[OumaFan]

Well, I'm obviously moving at kind of a slow pace (for work reasons and because I tend to end up just fucking around/exploring a lot) but I've unlocked Trevor. Pretty good character so far, and some interesting missions. Just bought the hangar.

Anybody play Skyrim? If I was to really get back into video games I might give that a look. That and I need to play Mass Effect. I beat the first one years ago.

[Gandalf]

I agree with a poster above about the driving. It does feel very slippery and almost like driving on an ice rink. I quite liked the driving in GTA 4 and when you crashed, you really crashed. I didn't like the grainy dark feel to the original GTA4, but by the time of Gay Tony, they brightened it up and New York felt great to be in (Liberty City), this city does feel a little bit plastic, and there is nothing as grand looking as downtown New York in this with the millions of colours hitting you all over the place. In saying that the countryside in the new one is wonderful and the ocean looks lovely. Maybe it is just a fact that New York looks like a more appealing place than L.A.

I would really love a GTA to be set in London and for you to blow up Parliament, torture the Downing Street cat, abolish the monarchy, and just walk around museums. So many cool landmarks too.