10 months later - Was GTA V a disappointment?

My favorite game of 2013, my favorite game of the entire Grand Theft Auto series and one of my favorite games from last generation.

Fantastic game all around in my eyes. From the awesome characters, immensely improved driving and gameplay and new way to tell the story, even the oftentimes frustrating multiplayer.

Great game, I just wish they hadn't in a more realistic direction. You died so fast that it made fucking around in the world a big pain in the ass. The story was also pretty meh. Still, it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than GTA4 and Los Santos was so much better than boring ass Liberty City.

Nope, loved it

11 million steps up over GTAIV. All that needs to be said.

I had low expectations. Never finished a GTA game , either got bored or too frustrated. My expectations were that was going to be a lot better than GTA IV and a game I could possibly enjoy and get through. I finished it. 7.5/10. Success.

Not a disappointment to me. It met or exceeded all of my expectations for a GTA game. I'd consider GTA online a mild disappointment simply because heists have been MIA thus far, and without them I hit a point where I didn't feel any push to continue. When they do launch I imagine it'll suck me in again.

Not for me, but that's because I was expecting to be underwhelmed anyways. And I wasn't disappointed. for all the truly impressive technical aspects, there were more than a few issues with the gameplay, pacing and mission structure... and I'm sorry, but flaws are flaws, regardless of how technically well made a game is. I gave it a 7/ 10 simply because it's such a stellar technical achievement and I stand by that. Only taking the gameplay and whatnot into account it's more like a 6.

Disappointing in that it's taking this long to come out on PC.

Has heists come out yet? I bought it thinking it was a month after release.

How dare you push your feminist agenda on SW?! That kind of discussion does not belong here!

I found it highly underwhelming.

:P lol

I got bored of it.

Not big on Rockstars games. So in that context I had a good time. All the previous games in the series and Rockstar games are outclass in terms of gameplay (Max Payne 3 still has better shooting mechanics), mission variety, and mission designs overall. It's still way too bloated the way a Rockstar game is, and most of the mission designs are overly simplistic "go here, shoot dudes in the face" stuff, and the plot is several layers of mediocre.

Is it great? I don't think so. It is however the best Rockstar had been this previous gen in terms of a game, and frankly would be my pick for the best GTA game. Vice City gets far on soundtrack and the scarface parody, but the game itself is clunky as ****. San Andreas is way more varied, but again super bloated. Grand Theft Auto 4 is hot garbage. Red Dead Redemtpion is barely above average as a game (Marston's greatness noted). So yeah 5 was a good time.

yes it is. considering from every site game got 10/10

i love GTA V i own ps3 and 360 versions i buy the ps4 version after the price drop i i cant wait for GTA 6 haters gona be hate

...well except for you know Gamespot

I enjoyed it a lot. The driving and shooting is fun. It's worlds better than GTA IV.

The ending is bonked though.

Loved it, it was all i expected it to be. The only complain i have is that we can't do heists outside of the main story ones.

Most genuine comment I've seen.

Not to me since i wasn't hyped for it and dislike GTA in general

Your sig fits this thread perfectly hahaha

The mission design lacked innovation and was stale, padded out with endless driving and the characters were juvenile and unfunny.

It was a huge disappointment considering how much time they had to work on it.

Driving to point X and shooting guys is not good enough after 4 years.

Also lets get real about the three character thing. It was basically a prompt telling you to "switch characters now!" Hardly innovative and it also created a lot of problems with the story elements since you had Trevor doing side tasks that weren't in keeping with his character.

Well if it wasn't goin' to come to PC i'd go with the last option but now it comes so it's a lot different scenario :

I was satisfied

Hell no.

GTA V was hype and lived up to it.

short answer: yes with an if,

long answer: no, with a but.

dat misogyny.

am i doing it right?

Yes. But I still enjoyed it.

It wasn't in my eyes. I thought it was fantastic and it was my game of the year last year. It's also one of my favourite games of the generation.

My first GTA and one of my favorite games this whole Gen

What the hell is this?

GTA V is a monument to unrealized potential. They build these gigantic, highly detailed worlds, then handcuff the player to superficial shit. For the amount of work that goes into them, this is a damn shame. Perhaps VI will get it right.

Not at all. It was a brilliant game!

A thread made by Gamespot user Kevlar101 on the System Wars board.

It had no end game, and the multiplayer was not worth the time it took for it to update every time you tried to sign on.

Met expectations easily.

The story wasn't as good as GTA4's but the gameplay was far better and the world was more fun to explore. Only thing keeping it from surpassing San Andreas was the length and story.

San andreas is still the best gta game ever. The world was massive. The story was engaging and well paced unlike 5's. Las Venturas. Nuff said:-P

I didn't like the game in fact there isn't a Rockstar game that I do like.

Dunno, I waited so I can play it on a this gen system. :P

I guess that equates to a "sort of"?

Is it that misogonistic?

It was the defining game of last gen. An excellent way to go out. I can't wait to play through the story again on more powerful hardware.

Also for those who feel the game is misogynistic and lacks strong female characters, I disagree.

Exhibit A:

Anyone who thinks the game is way too short is delusional. Like seriously. 30 hours plus hours of side quests and screwing around and a massive online component is more than enough for $60.

I ended up caving in and getting it a few months ago after completely skipping GTA4.

I got a moderate amount of enjoyment out of it (40-50 hours worth). Now I look at it and question why it's still on my HD.

I knew what I was getting into. Just a lot of fetch quests.

Loved it. It turned out to be one of the best games in the series, second only to Vice City, IMO.

It was one of the best GTA games to date.

The online fell short of the mark however. Despite this will sound stupid, MW4 got leveling just perfect.

I'm surprised that anyone agrees with me. Most of the time in GTA discussions I see the term "king of open world" tossed around a lot.

Best game of the generation, and best open world game of all time. I even liked it better than JC2. JC2 had more replay value, but GTA V's world is more refined and believable.