GRAPHICS: Were breathtaking back at release, still hold up pretty well today.
CHARACTERS: Nothing mind-blowing, but I do like the "each character represents a type of GTA player" concept. I never bought into the Trevor obsession and just found him kinda gross personally, but Michael and Franklin had their charming and funny moments. Background characters are all pretty one-dimensional and stereotypical, especially Michael's family, but that's par for the course with GTA.
VOICE ACTING/DIALOGUE: Can't complain about the VAs, they all did their jobs admirably, though nothing stands out to me as notable.
PLOT: Again, nothing mind-blowing for me, but interesting and engaging enough to keep me playing through the story.
GAMEPLAY: A little awkward/clunky at times in that typical Rockstar way, but it didn't frustrate me overly much.
MULTIPLAYER: Had and has a thriving online mode that is still being maintained to this day, and has a vast modding scene. The economy is absolutely screwed and it's difficult to get into now -- the griefers/hackers drain the fun out of it and unless you're playing with friends it gets boring fast when you can't really do anything because everything costs millions of in-game dollars in 2023.
Overall, it's fine, but overrated. It's been a decade, they need to stop milking GTA V and focus on the actual next game. If they re-release V on yet another platform they'd better get the same amount of mockery as Bethesda re-releasing Skyrim a dozen times.
CHARACTERS: Nothing mind-blowing, but I do like the "each character represents a type of GTA player" concept. I never bought into the Trevor obsession and just found him kinda gross personally, but Michael and Franklin had their charming and funny moments. Background characters are all pretty one-dimensional and stereotypical, especially Michael's family, but that's par for the course with GTA.
VOICE ACTING/DIALOGUE: Can't complain about the VAs, they all did their jobs admirably, though nothing stands out to me as notable.
PLOT: Again, nothing mind-blowing for me, but interesting and engaging enough to keep me playing through the story.
GAMEPLAY: A little awkward/clunky at times in that typical Rockstar way, but it didn't frustrate me overly much.
MULTIPLAYER: Had and has a thriving online mode that is still being maintained to this day, and has a vast modding scene. The economy is absolutely screwed and it's difficult to get into now -- the griefers/hackers drain the fun out of it and unless you're playing with friends it gets boring fast when you can't really do anything because everything costs millions of in-game dollars in 2023.
Overall, it's fine, but overrated. It's been a decade, they need to stop milking GTA V and focus on the actual next game. If they re-release V on yet another platform they'd better get the same amount of mockery as Bethesda re-releasing Skyrim a dozen times.