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Posted on Sep 19th 2013 at 08:23:01 AM by ( monkees19) Posted under gta v |
Now that the new Grand Theft Auto has hit the market and reviews are pouring in and everyone gushes over it I want to ask...am I the only one who just flat out doesn't care? I've watched the trailers several times and found the graphics to be comparable to that of a later Playstation 2 game. Maybe it's just the video I'm watching but it's looked the same no matter which site I watch it on and it even came on during a recent re-run of a Family Guy episode I had stored on the DVR and it still looked bad on my HDTV.
Back in the day, when GTA 1 first hit the market, people freaked. They wanted to know how a game company could put out something that was so unapologetically vulgar and brutal. Car jackings, gang violence, random murders and things of the like were everywhere. You could follow the story or just kill people, steal their cars and shoot policeman. And getting away was as simple as hiding in an alley for a few minutes. It was great. GTA 2 was more of the same, with very few noticeable differences. Pretty much the same game with a new coat of paint.
Then GTA III came out. And it was...every other third person shooter out there. Hitman and Max Payne for example were already on the market. Granted the detail of said games were relatively new at the time but by now, games had been able to get more and more gruesome due to the technology of the time. The Playstation, and perhaps the Nintendo 64 to a lesser degree, had brought these types of games into greater detail.
In short, I don't see what the fuss is all about. It's probably a good game but I doubt it deserves the review scores it is getting. It's just more of the same with a different skin. The first two games were a new innovative idea (ish) and was executed well. And those games got generally panned. Few publications scored it over a 6. Now the last three games, which are again comparable to any 3rd person shooter out there, routinely score well over 9.
I just don't get it. Maybe I'm wrong...
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I certainly don't think you are wrong, especially when talking about ones own opinion. It doesn't seem like you liked the games to begin with, so unless you either had a change of heart at some point or really fell in love with the characters or story then you won't like this one either. Different strokes, right? Our own Crabmaster is not a fan at all, though he seems to have liked the 2D games (?). Personally, I love these games, but I really only care about the world, the radio stations and DJs, and the cartoonish supporting cast. I had a brief moment in GTA4 where I became invested in the story, but more often than not I'm more interested in breaking the game mechanics than anything else.
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It's no surprise that as people grow up and mature, their tastes change as well. I can say with certainty that what appealed to me during the, say, the N64 era doesn't interest me today. During my teens (when I really started playing video games) I really focused on the gameplay, but now I'm after the story and want something thought provoking.
Some people say the games offer social commentary, but I don't see it. After watching playthrough videos all I could think was that everything about the game is gratuitous. The language, the violence, it's all turned up to 11 just because it can. Strangely, when I talk to friends about the game they don't understand where I'm coming from. I don't have any interest in the game and that's OK.
Regarding your comment about the game's score, I've noticed that the review outlets have been giving a lot of 9+ scores lately, especially since BioShock Infinite and The Last of Us.
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I started playing GTA V last night and IMHO it's a a good game. If you liked GTA games before this one is a better version. If you didn't like them then GTA V isn't going to change your mind. The main storyline seems much better than GTA 4.
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I've rented GTA5 on Friday and it is great. Totally eating crow for the hate against it, though as with every new GTA release I worry about the unrealistic impressions this game would give foreigners about life in the United States.
I'm making a lot of progress in the game, though I may give it another five-day rent when I go to return it on Wednesday just to finish it off.
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