GTA 5 – Review

In ” GTA 5 ” waited the game world – the anticipation of Rockstar’s next trick was tremendous. Rightly so! This game is awesome.

Suddenly, you are in the middle of a foreign city. A passing pickup truck honks aggressively. The driver shows you from the open window the finger, yelling: ” Get off the road, idiot! ” You take a step back and jostle one phoning pedestrian who drops his coffee cup. ” Excuse me, ” you mutter, and reap evil looks. Now what?

Sure, it’s something that car must be found. At the crossroads at this moment holds a chic black convertible, gangster rap blaring from the radio. You look around briefly: no cops in sight. You approach the car, tearing open the door and pull the frightened driver on the road. ” It’s just a car “, you call him yet, as you swish with spinning tires through the intersection. Welcome to ” GTA 5 ! ”

The game world: Los Santos

Rockstar has promised too much: Los Santos is huge. If you want to explore the city and region completely, you should ever take a few weeks vacations. They commit and navigate the landscape in ” real time “. Means: Characters float not like in other games with a step five yards, but put back as much way as you would do it for real.

So you would need to walk days, if not weeks to see everything. By car, it’s already there faster – but the editors after about 30 hours of play time still uncovered only about half of the game world. What probably mainly because of the fact that you are constantly distracted from your real goal: to drive from A to B always ends either at the hairdresser, the tattoo studio, a workshop, with a “small crimes” in an exciting conversation between passers-by in a detailed landscaped street or – what else – with an unplanned chase with the police.

The city leads a life of their own: Not always a police siren has something to do with you not getting shots in the area are coined for you. Accidents happen regularly in Los Santos – even without your intervention. Follow it out a police car, then you might get into a shootout in a neighborhood gangster or watch a raid other criminals. Caution is advised anyway: If you interfere, it may be that the cops quickly put on the wanted list.

The game world: Details

GTA 5 with more than 200 million U.S. dollar’s budget for development of the most expensive games so far. You will notice as a player immediately, because the developers do not leave anything to chance: If you sit in the car and call someone who holds your character during the entire conversation the phone to the ear. If you have passengers in the car, disconnect the call if you have an accident. Otherwise react rider on your driving behavior, as well as the other road users.

Steal a car, you have to expect that robbed the driver follows you and tries to retrieve his car. Possible so that you can continue to suddenly pulls two intersections just stolen from the vehicle and beaten. Also, some drivers react angrily when you ram them, it drive them back or takes the right of way. Expect shootings, when you scrap the car the wrong people.

There is almost more than to admire the car on foot: Moving objects such as hats, glasses, coffee cups fly through the air when you bump into someone, or beat up scare at gunpoint. Some passersby react aggressively when you pass by too closely. Shop owners are not too bad. You should see this one if you upset or destroy tables or furniture.

The graphic: How it works, please Rockstar?

The expectations were high. The first trailer promised an atmosphere rich in detail, an extremely wide view over the city and stunning light effects. And yes, it looks ” GTA 5 ” in real. Sure, a bit of edge flares here and there, now and then a few faded textures and water are then programmed but clearly, the light cone.

But that’s nitpicking, because Rockstar has teased out from the ” old ” consoles the last spark of life. The graphics are impressive clear. The details about the city flatter each eye. Not for nothing is in Los Santos around happy times pointless and makes the environment work on you.

Missions: No spoilers.

Shooting, driving, Lay bombs – how varied missions can there be? You will be surprised. Above all, the main missions of the history around Trevor, Michael and Franklin leave not a dry eye. The first few jobs you do with Franklin, later Michael comes to the mistaken finally Trevor. Then it really gets going: The three of you do the big numbers.

Before every major coup, you decide how you want it to run – there are various options. Depending on which way you choose, get the right vehicles or utensils: garbage truck, overalls, masks, anesthetic gas – you take care of everything yourself, ask getaway vehicles on to specially selected places, hire assistants to the mission.

In every major mission, the adrenaline shoots up: They often work under time pressure. Unforeseen circumstances make it difficult to order, and if you do not switch fast enough between the characters, the mission is over faster than you can say ” sniper “. Yes, ” GTA 5 ” is partly hard stick. But never unfair: Is a mission failed, you do not start from scratch, but at a checkpoint, you can often breathe.

You fail again and again, can even skip the part. The story goes on – and you have the opportunity to play every mission again later. The game rewards speed and special services – for passed missions, there are bronze, silver and gold medals. Long-term Motivation: saved!

Side Missions: No Spoilers!

Do you expect that you will not immediately have an overview of what is happening in Los Santos. You do not want to, because ” GTA 5 ” lives assume that you can do something on every street corner. In addition to the main missions, which are marked with colored letters on the card, and you can start at any time by go there, there are numerous side missions.

Each of the three-game characters gets their own special jobs that are behind the colored question marks on the map. ” Freaks and Friends ” is the name of the menu item – and that’s not understatement side missions are highly entertaining. Do you wonder just about anything – not even about aliens.

But wait, that’s it? Not guaranteed: On your way through the city, anything can happen. Every now and then, dive to orders that arise in the self-life of Los Santos. If you respond quickly, you can help: Get an adolescent the stolen bike back, bring a passer the stolen purse back, or take a hopelessly drunken friend along. Good deeds that restore your karma – but can pay off well. Many a passerby logs if possible, even at times if you do not expect. And that may pay off …

The control system driving!

There is nothing like driving a car in ” GTA 5 “. And that’s even better than all predecessors: Each vehicle travels differently – whether sports car, truck or bike, you will notice a significant difference in behavior and in control.

Depending on the substrate, on the go, also the vibration of your controller adjusts. Drive your cart to scrap the Remember also fast: Burst tires, grinding vehicle parts, a missing hood or a destroyed wheel axle have a distinct effect on driving behavior and vibrations from.

Even when driving a car works just fine, you’ll probably need a little longer to get used for the control of aircraft and helicopters. That is so demanding that it is not much inferior in a flight simulator. So do not give you the same when you roll out on the runway instead of it going next door in the forest.

Deductions in B-Note, there are things in fist fights: A decent brawl at a strip club or in a drug-trafficking, area does not always fun. Often your character stands with his back to a goal, turns and turns and kicks helpless ponderous again next.

Also the shootings could a tad run more smoothly – only with improved crosshair (can be converted into the game settings) to something easier to target enemies. With the shooter mechanics, to warm up, but the game is no fun reduction.

Sports: Everything you need to try out.

Gradually turn with your progress in the main quest free new activities: tennis, yoga, shopping, strip clubs, all just fun. Most do relatively well out of hand. Even yoga exercises, packed mini-game in a way that is just challenging enough to not be too boring.

For action fans, this type of recreational activity is not an option, off-road race with a quad bike or a triathlon by Los Santos offer as even more excitement, while increasing endurance and athletic abilities of your character.

As it stands with the long-term motivation for recreational activities was not to assess in the first 30 hours of play – Hobbies possibly lose its relevance once all characters have accumulated enough stamina to successfully run away to escape sprint. Visits Strip Club, on the other hand, could still be fun even in the later game.

Here a little criticism is necessary: If you want to tow the scantily-clad ladies in the strip club, has to be a little monotonous mini-game. Looks the bouncer just not goes there. You make the lady at the dance compliments and put your hands on her hip. Unfortunately, each character has only about five sets of stock (men halt …), which are fattened up after ten minutes. And beta Chen of half-naked lady is also not true.

Especially: Is the sympathy of the strip stripper full, that’s still no guarantee that they will take you to him. Is it too, you meet them at the back door of the shed Strip. A car you should have it, because walking is not with the lady. The editors have not yet figured out what is happening at home when the stripper. But a bit of what you want to certainly find out for yourself.

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90%

Awesome

PROS : Vivid game world, Bombastic graphics, Gripping story, Long-term motivation.
CONS : Something swam total shooter mechanics.

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