What are you currently playing?

[Nicho50]

Never played the story on GTA V outside of the first 15-20 minutes probably.

Once I found it “online” I never looked back just had so much fun doing random shit and killing/ getting killed by anybody and everybody. Didn’t have to use any brain power just switch on and do whatever, every session was different.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

The positive memories around GTA4 I often find interesting because I vividly remember at the time it wasn't received as warmly due to less features from SA and things (well, memes) like Roman constantly calling to go bowling.

This was generally the perception among a lot of gamers at the time. It received very good critical reception, but from gamers it was mixed, with the general feeling being it had been so significantly stripped back in gameplay features that it was a step back from previous versions. Also criticisms around aspects such as the targeting system and the phone thing you mentioned. There just wasn't as much to do as in previous versions, either.

I think Rockstar and many game critics thought it reasonable for the higher graphical fidelity, the physics, the story and the effort put into making the city feel like it was living and breathing more realistically to come at the expense of the gameplay/sandbox features, but many fans of the franchise didn't. They therefore saw GTA V as a return to more of what GTA should be about.

I think that in subsequent years, many came back to IV and grew to appreciate it for what it is. Perhaps a good game in its own right; just not a great GTA game if we consider what came before it (VC, SA) and after (V) as being more representative of the franchise.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I know i was somewhat disappointed I couldn't customise Nico as much as I could CJ, who I basically made into getaway driver Tyrone from Snatch: