The game is just about shooting, driving and stealing shit. It is not this out this world experience haha. The amount of “GTA coming out some day” content that I get is way too much.

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    The game is just about…

    You could be this reductive about any game or, really, any other form of media.

    Games are often about much more than their core gameplay elements, and that is especially true here. The GTA games are crime dramas with excellent storylines - especially IV and V, whose stories rivaled those of the TV shows. They’re packed full social and political commentary, satirizing American culture.

    Each game is like a slice of American life in a time capsule.

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      18 hours ago

      The story of V is beyond stupid in some aspects, padding out game time enough that you don’t even realise the stuff you are doing makes very little sense. IV was written a lot better, and with better characters.

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        IV’s characters are so memorable. “Let’s go bowling!” and I remember it like yesterday. It’s almost twenty years ago. Can you believe it?

        Same with SA, VC, and III.