Is GTA V the best in the series?

gnfnrhead

Xenji wrote: »

I could only play it for about 2 hours a night due to work with a few more hours at the weekend since it came out, so no I was not rushing it and have got 100 percent in it.

2 hours a night for two weeks is only 28 hours. You were rushing it. I'm over 50 hours and only into 90% now. Only finished the story last night too. The story alone should take roughly 30 hours minimum. Unless by 100% you mean just the story mode.

OhHiMark

Maybe we're looking for different things from the game so. I have just an much fun getting 3 or 4 stars, then trying to lose the cops on the mountain roads as I do playing the story. Getting 100% after ~30 hours makes it seem like you were rushing to fully complete the game.

Xenji

gnfnrhead wrote: »

2 hours a night for two weeks is only 28 hours. You were rushing it. I'm over 50 hours and only into 90% now. Only finished the story last night too. The story alone should take roughly 30 hours minimum. Unless by 100% you mean just the story mode.

It was around 40 if you include weekends, plus it is hardly rushing it if you have 100 percent in it, nope everything, did cheat with the alien parts though with YouTube.

quarryman

100% Does that include all the hidden letters/packages - whatever they're called?

Xenji

quarryman wrote: »

100% Does that include all the hidden letters/packages - whatever they're called?

No you do not need them, just the letters.

The following is NOT needed for 100%.

All 12 Hidden Packages
All Epsilon Tracts
All Submarine Parts
All Nuclear Waste Barrels
20 of the 25 purchasable properties
25 out of 50 Stunt Jumps
25 out of 50 Under The Bridge Challenges
7 out of 15 Knife Flights
18 out of 19 Shop Robberies
All Hunting Challenges

gnfnrhead

Xenji wrote: »

No you do not need them.

You do.

You don't need the nuclear waste or submarine parts but do need the letter scraps and space ship parts.

Xenji

gnfnrhead wrote: »

You do.

You don't need the nuclear waste or submarine parts but do need the letter scraps and space ship parts.

Yeah it is just the hidden packages you do not need.

The following is NOT needed for 100%.

All 12 Hidden Packages
All Epsilon Tracts
All Submarine Parts
All Nuclear Waste Barrels
20 of the 25 purchasable properties
25 out of 50 Stunt Jumps
25 out of 50 Under The Bridge Challenges
7 out of 15 Knife Flights
18 out of 19 Shop Robberies
All Hunting Challenges

Xenji

The full completion checklist from Bradys Guide is here http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/55711/t1903839-100-completion-checklist/

Joekers

V definitely the best for me closely followed by San Andreas only thing that let's it down is the radio as mentioned, was playing it the other night with the radio turned Off and just listening to flashback fm from gta 3 on the laptop

Footy101

Yeah, have found myself turning off the radio as I cruise around also. That aside, the game is quality. Even the distraction of golf and tennis are put together reasonably well. Will lose a lot more time to this title no doubt about it!!!

wnolan1992

The radio is a little disappointing alright. Like, there are some cracking tunes in there, but they seem to repeat far too frequently for my liking. The Non-Stop pop station seems to only have 3 songs...

Now, you could argue that that's in itself a parody of real life pop stations, and if it is well I'd say that was a silly decision.

TheBza

If GTAIII Had V's physics, engine etc. That would be my choice.

Santi101

I know the game has moved on in so many areas, but I'll always have a soft spot for GTA 3. Absolutely loved that game.

After that, San Andreas.

Preferred both to Vice City tbh.

Maximus Alexander

Taking nostalgia out of it, V is definitely my favourite hands down. The sense of immersion is better than ever before and the world really feels alive. The missions are pretty much all fun and well executed. The characters are interesting and I think they finally nailed the controls, particularly foot, though the driving is much improved over IV. It also has great scale, the world looks beautiful and, when it works, the multiplayer.

No contest for me, apart from the aforementioned nostalgia.

EdenHazard

This is the one game I'm not pushed to play, tbh I like Michael, but Franklin and Trevor aren't great tbh. Poor choice of characters. Trevor is just not the type of protagonist that suits a GTA game, he is like one of the side characters you do a mission for and eventually kill.

The game isn't as living and breathing as I thought it would be.
There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

gnfnrhead

EdenHazard wrote: »

There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

I assume you mean buildings?

Not enough storage space to make every building enterable.

jill_valentine

I love Vice City the most, just because it's got the most character, IMHO.

San Andreas probably remains the best game though. Three distinct cities and the land in between, and so much to do.

The lack of interiors in GTA V is a real pain for me, but that's where it falls down, it feels like there's a lot less to do.

nullzero

Vice City was such a masterpiece. It's almost impossible to believe they put it together so quickly after GTA 3. All the games in the series have been of high quality, I spent many's an hour paying the gangs of against each other in GTA2, loved San Andreas' vast expanses and amazing soundtrack. GTA3 was mind blowing at the time and still plays wonderfully today. Only GTA IV left me slightly cold if I'm honest although I enjoyed it at the time.
Vice City still tops the list for me. It hasn't got the diversity of San Andreas or the technical mastery of the HD era games but but it had a much greater social impact for want of a better phrase. It almost single handedly brought 80's music back into fashion (not to mention countless remixed versions of featured songs into the charts). The timing with Vice City was perfect as well as the fact that the game itself was sublime a combination of factors that will most likely prove impossible to repeat.

Occono

V because checkpoints.

I actually finished a GTA game for the first time.

wotzgoingon

nullzero wrote: »

Vice City was such a masterpiece. It's almost impossible to believe they put it together so quickly after GTA 3. All the games in the series have been of high quality, I spent many's an hour paying the gangs of against each other in GTA2, loved San Andreas' vast expanses and amazing soundtrack. GTA3 was mind blowing at the time and still plays wonderfully today. Only GTA IV left me slightly cold if I'm honest although I enjoyed it at the time.
Vice City still tops the list for me. It hasn't got the diversity of San Andreas or the technical mastery of the HD era games but but it had a much greater social impact for want of a better phrase. It almost single handedly brought 80's music back into fashion (not to mention countless remixed versions of featured songs into the charts). The timing with Vice City was perfect as well as the fact that the game itself was sublime a combination of factors that will most likely prove impossible to repeat.

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

Kells...

EdenHazard wrote: »

This is the one game I'm not pushed to play, tbh I like Michael, but Franklin and Trevor aren't great tbh. Poor choice of characters. Trevor is just not the type of protagonist that suits a GTA game, he is like one of the side characters you do a mission for and eventually kill.

The game isn't as living and breathing as I thought it would be.
There are so many places you can't access, what is up with that? It makes no sense.

rope

nullzero

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

I think it was the entire 1980's theme. The music was a major part of that but the references to so many 1980's movies and TV shows were spot on. Plus it was firmly aimed at a generation of people who had grown up in the 1980's and we're primed for a nostalgia trip of this sort.
The glamorous 1980's of Miami Vice was completely at odds with the depressing memories people in Ireland had off that decade. Vice city was a reminder of the fact that the 1980's weren't as bad as we might have thought looking back ourselves.

jill_valentine

And the Miami art deco neon at night was beautiful.

gnfnrhead

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Just reading your post, is it the 80's music that makes everyone like vice city. Tbh I wasn't impressed when I played it maybe as I don't like 80's music San An for me all the time. Turf wars, robbing houses, spray painting. And it changed later on into the game. When you meet the brittish band in the desert, I thought that was fun.

The music add's to it, but it is much more than that. A great story, worthwhile side missions, fun gameplay and it's biggest advantage over SA, a likable cast of characters.

SA tried to do too much and failed at pretty much all of them.

nullzero

jill_valentine wrote: »

And the Miami art deco neon at night was beautiful.

It'd be nice to see rockstar revisit Vice City at some point and see what it would look like with modern visuals. Not going to happen though sadly.

nullzero

This is a screen capture from the Mobile version. Vice City was like a virtual holiday resort with no rules whatsoever.

gnfnrhead

nullzero wrote: »

It'd be nice to see rockstar revisit Vice City at some point and see what it would look like with modern visuals. Not going to happen though sadly.

I, and many others, think it will be Vice City for GTA VI.

nullzero

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I, and many others, think it will be Vice City for GTA VI.

I'd love to see that. But it'd only really Work in the 80's and the map would have to be significantly less diverse than gta v's.

gnfnrhead

nullzero wrote: »

I'd love to see that. But it'd only really Work in the 80's and the map would have to be significantly less diverse than gta v's.

I dont mind the time frame, but they have a tonne of options for landscape. It's Florida after all. Everglades, theme parks, not a million miles away from a desert and right beside counties like Cuba. Probably a better selection available than V.

gimli2112

I'm loving this game.
Spent ages just driving round listening to the POP channel.
TAKE ME TO THE BEEEEEEEAACH
Ah the 1990's

IvySlayer

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

wnolan1992

IvySlayer wrote: »

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

Some people consider it a jack of all trades master of none type game.

Timmyctc

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Some people consider it a jack of all trades master of none type game.

I would be of that school of thought. 3 for me. Then VC then SA then V then all the sidegames and add-ons and gameboy versions and 1 and 2 then IV

IvySlayer

Personally I think San Andreas beats Vice City, GTA 3 and GTA IV for the map, general gameplay, story, characters, vehicles.

gnfnrhead

IvySlayer wrote: »

How did San Andreas fail?

The variety is the reason I consider it the best.

It has no idea what it wanted to be, so tried to be everything and ended up being nothing.

Gang banger comes home for his dead mother -> tries to work out what happened -> turf wars -> trying to expose the government/something about aliens -> working for the government -> owning a garage -> working with whatever gang Woozie was -> robbing a casino -> buying a casino -> oh **** we forgot about the mother.... ehhh back to turf wars I guess?

No other game screwed up the story that badly. Focus on one of those strands and it's instantly a better game. Doing them all leaves it half assed.

Also having the least likable cast of characters didn't help. Map size was the only thing in its favour.

biggebruv

look at it this way if they put las venturas in this game they would have had to sacrafice some other stuff and it would not have been a full on 100% focused on las venturas

now when next gen comes around I really think they will set the whole game in las venturas all its desert surroundings aswell as san fierro

imagine these two citys on each end of the map plus the country side inbetween them in GTA6
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/San_Francisco_%28Evening%29.jpg
http://blog.sunwing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LasVegasStrip.jpg

LAS VEGAS is a city that deserves a full game for itself its huge as hell and has the potential to be as crazy as can be plus with next gen graphics las vegas is a city that will look so awesome at night on PS4

Timmyctc

They really could have done away with 90% of the underwater detail and improved building interiors or worked towards adding a new city. Even scaled down some of the map there's verging on too much wilderness.

gnfnrhead

biggebruv wrote: »

look at it this way if they put las venturas in this game they would have had to sacrafice some other stuff and it would not have been a full on 100% focused on las venturas

now when next gen comes around I really think they will set the whole game in las venturas all its desert surroundings aswell as san fierro

imagine these two citys on each end of the map plus the country side inbetween them in GTA6
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/San_Francisco_%28Evening%29.jpg
http://blog.sunwing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LasVegasStrip.jpg

LAS VEGAS is a city that deserves a full game for itself its huge as hell and has the potential to be as crazy as can be plus with next gen graphics las vegas is a city that will look so awesome at night on PS4

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

elfy4eva

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

If I had to bet I would say VC is next on the agenda.

the next logical ones would be Las Venturas and San Fierro.

If they didn't want to reboot the series again after that they could also use
Carcer city from their manhunt series
or
A modern day New Austin from their Red Dead series

OR GTA London 2

biggebruv

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Can't see them doing the same thing twice in a row. It'll be VC or a new region altogether for VI.

how would it be the same thing twice in a row

las venturas will have a hell of a different look for the next GTA title if they did set it there

whereas Miami(vice city) could kinda feel like los santos again IMO

in fact id be down for them to call it GTA Los Venturas

elfy4eva

biggebruv wrote: »

how would it be the same thing twice in a row

las venturas will have a hell of a different look for the next GTA title if they did set it there

whereas Miami(vice city) could kinda feel like los santos again IMO

in fact id be down for them to call it GTA Los Venturas

I think he meant the idea of them doing a city that was part of the San Andreas clump. However you do have a valid point perhaps they will opt for a more desert themed game. Although a Miami(vice city) could also entail a swampland enviornment!

biggebruv

elfy4eva wrote: »

I think he meant the idea of them doing a city that was part of the San Andreas clump. However you do have a valid point perhaps they will opt for a more desert themed game. Although a Miami(vice city) could also entail a swampland enviornment!

i just keep thinking about how awesome las vegas would be in gta6 on next gen graphics all those lights it would be real eyecandy:D lights everywhere

one thinks for sure i definatly do not want to go back to liberty city next:D

i dont think anyone would care if they used another san andreas city the fact is all the citys in san andreas were toned down because they had 3 to do its not like it was the sole focus in san andreas but just imagine if they did have sole focus on lasventuras and san fierro in the next GTA

Royaler95

used to love gta 3 , mainly because i was young , but mostly because of the mafia car

It was the only game that made stormy weather look cool and relaxing

elfy4eva

biggebruv wrote: »

one thinks for sure i definatly do not want to go back to liberty city next:D

This!

I'd be happier with a setting of any of the other remaining citys ahead of another Liberty city reboot! :P

gnfnrhead

biggebruv wrote: »

how would it be the same thing twice in a row

las venturas will have a hell of a different look for the next GTA title if they did set it there

whereas Miami(vice city) could kinda feel like los santos again IMO

in fact id be down for them to call it GTA Los Venturas

Los Santos, Las Venturas and San Fierro are all part of the San Andreas state in GTA land. Why do the same state twice in a row, especially when they skipped over VC for V.

IngazZagni

Without a doubt this is the best GTA of the series. The depth of the game is so impressive and I've had so much fun playing it so far and I've only just started with online now too. Talk about value for money.

San Andreas comes second for me followed closely by IV and VC with 3 behind them but still a great game.

jaykhunter

Yes. Best game of the series. The advances in gameplay and story delivery just screams AAA. Every aspect is just lovingly crafted. Missions are so much better, you're not just a chauffeur. The heists are just perfection, a fantastic experience that could only be this satisfying in the videogame genre. You can do so much in the game that you start looking for things you can't do (like go into other buildings etc). The only let down (and these are nitpicks really) is that the soundtrack isn't as stellar as others (namely Vice City), and the cinema was a step down from the comedy club in GTA IV. I also found it a smidge too hard, that I'd have to repeat certain missions one or more times. But this game is a masterpiece and milestone in gaming. Truly fantastic. It's rare you'd have a 40+ hour game and say "I wish there was more". And that's before stepping online

gnfnrhead

jaykhunter wrote: »

Yes. Best game of the series. The advances in gameplay and story delivery just screams AAA. Every aspect is just lovingly crafted. Missions are so much better, you're not just a chauffeur. The heists are just perfection, a fantastic experience that could only be this satisfying in the videogame genre. You can do so much in the game that you start looking for things you can't do (like go into other buildings etc). The only let down (and these are nitpicks really) is that the soundtrack isn't as stellar as others (namely Vice City), and the cinema was a step down from the comedy club in GTA IV. I also found it a smidge too hard, that I'd have to repeat certain missions one or more times. But this game is a masterpiece and milestone in gaming. Truly fantastic. It's rare you'd have a 40+ hour game and say "I wish there was more". And that's before stepping online

I'm over 70

Mike Litoris

1. Vice City/IV
2. V

Again, with Vice City, it was the sum of all parts that blended perfectly to make an awesome game. Certain things like GFX and some game mechanics may have been a bit primitive or simple but the game just felt right and was tons of fun.

For me IV is a close second. With IV the game mechanics gave it tons of replay value imo. I loved the NY atmosphere and main characters. It seems I'm alone in this though:P.

Outside of the car mechanics which kill it for me, the completely flat atmosphere and boring charcters, except for Trevor, completely take the shine off V. It feels more like SA which I didn't like at all.

OhHiMark

I can't understand people saying that they don't like the driving in V. I think it blows the other GTA games out of the water.