Whats so good about the Grand Theft Auto series anyways?

They come out every 2-5 years, and its the same thing. You are some guy in the criminal underworld, and you rise to the top. Why do they keep copying and pasting Scarface? Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while because, its meaningless. I really dont get the appeal.

Why are you all hyped up for GTV 5? Its going to be exactly what you expect.

It didn't get owned by a group of 20 fodder:twisted:

Because after you recieve a bull sh!t ticket from a cop IRL, you probably want to do some damage to them in a video game.

That by itself is a reason to buy GTA.

I'm glad you don't get the games,otherwise I would have to stop playing them.

They come out every 2-5 years, and its the same thing. You are some guy in the criminal underworld, and you rise to the top. Why do they keep copying and pasting Scarface? Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while because, its meaningless. I really dont get the appeal.

Why are you all hyped up for GTV 5? Its going to be exactly what you expect.

Second_Hokage

Clearly TC has only played Vice city.

Your a pretty poor troll matey.

I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!Xaero_Gravity

I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!Xaero_Gravity

They come out every 2-5 years, and its the same thing. You are some guy in the criminal underworld, and you rise to the top. Why do they keep copying and pasting Scarface? Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while because, its meaningless. I really dont get the appeal.

Why are you all hyped up for GTV 5? Its going to be exactly what you expect.

Second_Hokage

http://www.gamespot.com/grand-theft-auto-iv/reviews/grand-theft-auto-iv-review-6190025/read

and the most recent GTAs have been taking around 4 years each to make

High levels of polish,large production values,great stories and writting(sometime racial stereotypes are a bit overused here and there,but not a big issue for me),well designed and expansive gaming worlds(a satirical display of American society),great gameplay mechanics,variety and signifficant improvements over sequels,etc..

You can do most of the illegal things you would like to, without fear of getting in trouble. Plus, hookers give you health back. It's a perfect world

Eh, I may not be interested in the GTA series myself, but I can see why people like it (heck, even I admit to liking a few of it's concepts). With the open world (I like), having the want to go on a rampage (meh), and having a wide variety of vehicles to choose from to explore (that I like).

Though right now, the closest thing to GTA I'm playing is True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2). SW may not like it and see it as a poor GTA clone, but I think it's pretty fun.

Damn lazy trolls in SW these days.

I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!Xaero_Gravity

Hmm now that I think about it, a Breaking Bad game would be awesome.

"Telltale, get on it, stat!"

Damn lazy trolls in SW these days.

SPYDER0416

Yeah,another quality Second_Hokage thread :lol:

Have you ever seen that guy respond to the posts made in his threads?

Thinking of it,I never did :?

[QUOTE="Xaero_Gravity"]I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!cabose38

Hmm now that I think about it, a Breaking Bad game would be awesome.

"Telltale, get on it, stat!"

Eh, I may not be interested in the GTA series myself, but I can see why people like it (heck, even I admit to liking a few of it's concepts). With the open world (I like), having the want to go on a rampage (meh), and having a wide variety of vehicles to choose from to explore (that I like).

Though right now, the closest thing to GTA I'm playing is True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2). SW may not like it and see it as a poor GTA clone, but I think it's pretty fun.

nintendoboy16

Have you beat Street of LA before? and if not, how far are you?

[QUOTE="SPYDER0416"]

Damn lazy trolls in SW these days.

Rocker6

Yeah,another quality Second_Hokage thread :lol:

Have you ever seen that guy respond to the posts made in his threads?

Thinking of it,I never did :?

Well actually...

There was this one time....

Oh.

You're right, I'm trying to remember but he just fire and forgets really

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

Eh, I may not be interested in the GTA series myself, but I can see why people like it (heck, even I admit to liking a few of it's concepts). With the open world (I like), having the want to go on a rampage (meh), and having a wide variety of vehicles to choose from to explore (that I like).

Though right now, the closest thing to GTA I'm playing is True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2). SW may not like it and see it as a poor GTA clone, but I think it's pretty fun.

the_bi99man

Have you beat Street of LA before? and if not, how far are you?

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

Eh, I may not be interested in the GTA series myself, but I can see why people like it (heck, even I admit to liking a few of it's concepts). With the open world (I like), having the want to go on a rampage (meh), and having a wide variety of vehicles to choose from to explore (that I like).

Though right now, the closest thing to GTA I'm playing is True Crime: Streets of LA (PS2). SW may not like it and see it as a poor GTA clone, but I think it's pretty fun.

nintendoboy16

Have you beat Street of LA before? and if not, how far are you?

Ah, then I won't give away any story spoilers. Despite it's faults, I actually had a lot of fun with that game way back in the day. It did feel like something of a GTA clone, but the fighting and gunplay is actually really deep.

They are fun

/end thread

I have never understood the appeal either. I did like Red Dead Redemption. Something about GTA just feels wrong. I am all for violance and boobs but I don't see the point in having those things for shock value. GTA just seems to be poor taste. I do think GTA4 solved that in a way but it just was not a very good game in my opinion. I think Max Payne 3 and RDR beats the hell out of it.

well sandbox and mindless violence takes a part

and nikko and cj being criminals never made it to the top of the underworld or drug trade.they kinda just went on with their lives

You can do a lot of things in a city that you would like to do. That's probably the reason. Freedom. It's just too bad it's not that fun to do stuff in the games. I remember GTA1 and GTA2 when I actually had fun with the series. GTA: Chinatown Wars was excellent as well.

High levels of polish,large production values,great stories and writting(sometime racial stereotypes are a bit overused here and there,but not a big issue for me),well designed and expansive gaming worlds(a satirical display of American society),great gameplay mechanics,variety and signifficant improvements over sequels,etc..

Rocker6

Damn lazy trolls in SW these days.

SPYDER0416

yeah failing at every lvl, there are no fun trolls in sw anymore just a bunch of morons

Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while

Second_Hokage

Not really.

The freedom to do everything you want, big open world, the humor is really funny imo, the city usually is very detailed for the time the game comes out, funny characters, good story, good music, good atmosphere, good physics (GTA IV and onward)...

And the devs never go the lazy route and just bring out yearly titles that have little to no new content. There are thousands of different pedestrian models in GTA, thousands speeches, thousands of animations and little details.

Just a couple of reasons why I think this is the best gaming series ever created.

After reading the topic title I was prepared to write a very long post detailing exactly why GTA is by far the best game franchise of the 21st century. Then I read the first post and realised how obvious a troll thread this was, so I didn't bother.

I'm not too sure, I only ever got into GTA, GTA 3 and Vice City.

I have GTA 4, but to be honest I never really gave it much of a chance.

I couldn't get into San Andreas.

Although I remember this one awesome mission in GTA Vice City I think, where i'm supposed to chase this guy in a car and kill him and after one or so attempts I blocked his drive way with a big vehicle like a fire engine or something and just finished him as he struggled to get out lol, I was quite proud of that.

I didn't like GTA 4 but i'm still going to try GTAV when its released.

GTA is fun, that's why.

And no it isn't the same thing every time around, maybe the base of the story and everything sure. But there's always new features or new mechanics that make the game play so much differently each time.

And there's more to do than just killing people you know, if that's all you choose to do that's your problem, I'd say every OTHER game is more of the same thing. All shooters and their sequels you shoot, racing games you race, etc. Whereas in GTA there are races, there are police missions, there's shooting, there's flying, there's exploring, you can do what a lot of people do and try to actually obey laws and be good, there's a ton of different things to do, it's probably one of the least repetitive if you don't play it the same way every time...It's all up to you.

But again, what's so good about GTA?...Fun is the answer to that.

They come out every 2-5 years, and its the same thing. You are some guy in the criminal underworld, and you rise to the top. Why do they keep copying and pasting Scarface? Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while because, its meaningless. I really dont get the appeal.

Why are you all hyped up for GTV 5? Its going to be exactly what you expect.

Second_Hokage

besides the driving, GTA games have always captured the open world experience better than any other modern game. (I had to say modern because Elder Scrolls is better)

[QUOTE="Second_Hokage"]

They come out every 2-5 years, and its the same thing. You are some guy in the criminal underworld, and you rise to the top. Why do they keep copying and pasting Scarface? Going around stealing cars and shooting random people goes stale after a while because, its meaningless. I really dont get the appeal.

Why are you all hyped up for GTV 5? Its going to be exactly what you expect.

AmazonTreeBoa

They're fun? That's what's 'so' good about them. Clumsy as goddamn hell though, makes me want to bash my head into my desk sometimes with how clumsy it is.

The game's are just as meaningless as any other game, or any other form of art for that matter.

Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. The fact that you think they are all the same shows it. GTA revolutionized gaming in several ways.

Everything.

Damn lazy trolls in SW these days.

SPYDER0416