This is probably my favorite mechanic in GTA V. Yesterday I found myself spending over two hours just trying to break apart a fence by throwing my body at it. You have it hit it just right... So satisfying and even if you don't it's still hilarious to watch.
I really hate you people... GTA IV was an incredible game. Rockstar took a new direction and gave us a great narrative and characters. But you San Andreas purists cried so loud that Rockstar skipped Vice City all together to bring you back to San Andreas. Now GTA V feels like they were so busy going through a checklist of featrures that it's lost its beauty. The story or forgettable shallow crap and now GTA is reduced to being an assembly line of features. It doesn't feel like art anymore.
I'm probably going to get flamed to hell for even suggesting this, but I felt the opening to GTA IV was incredible. That dude in his room on the ship getting spanked by a dominatrix and the first words you hear are "DADDY'S BACK YOU BITCHES". As a long awaited game and to a huge GTA fan, I can't be the only one that jumped up and down excitedly like "F*** YAH IT'S BACK!"
GTA V? ehh... not so much. It's... it's a tutorial. After 5 years of waiting, GTA V first greets you with tutorial round 1. It just sucks all the fun out of the anticipation.
I don't know how anyone plays a third person shooter without some kind of aim assistance. And on consoles? That crap is difficult enough without having to adjust your aim with those damn analog sticks. Seriously, I dare anyone to play all 10 rounds of survival agains the AI without using auto aim. You can't afford to take time to aim because the enemy AI is incredibly fast. Even with auto aim you can get all armor and half your health shot away in the matter of a second after popping your head out of cover.
I saw someone flying a stunt plane but not sure where they got it. The commercial airlines at the airport can't be entered but you can get a helicopter there and you can get the military jet too.
I am seriously considering GTA V to have the worst story GTA has ever had. Franklin is basicly a side character. His backstory isn't fleshed out at all and there is no real purpose for his life or aspirations or really any personality. Michael's family is a shallow joke. Not even a good joke. Every interaction with Michael's family is the cheesiest writing I have ever seen in a GTA story. I really don't care for a single one of those people. Then there's the FIB and those couple of rich guys that keep wanting you to do stuff for them with little to no reason or payoff. The only interesting plotline is the relationship between Trevor and Michael. In the end, there's a whole bunch of plotlines that are never resolved and it's the most anti-climactic I've ever seen a GTA game get. I couldn't believe it when the credits were rolling because it felt like I had just completed a meaningless side mission. Killing off one the characters solved nothing, felt pointless, and the fact that the final mission rested entirely on the shoulders of the most underdeveloped character in the game made it even more boring.
To be fair, Rockstar did say before it was released that there was going to be a lot of balancing taking place in the days and weeks after release. I expect the death charges (especially for those incurred on missions and deathmatches) will be changed. It's going to take a while for all the bumps to get ironed out.
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