Grand Theft Auto V

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9245 Ratings

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  1. 21grams
    Apr 26, 2015
    8
    Single player campaign in most parts is very good. Characters are different and funny, dialogs good and voice acting is amazing. Game offers variety of missions and overall story writing is actually good, it's like comedy crime thing, where everything goes worse and worse, I really liked that. So yeah, SP experience is great.

    Now multiplayer has actually some severe issues: - a HUGE    Single player campaign in most parts is very good. Characters are different and funny, dialogs good and voice acting is amazing. Game offers variety of missions and overall story writing is actually good, it's like comedy crime thing, where everything goes worse and worse, I really liked that. So yeah, SP experience is great.

    Now multiplayer has actually some severe issues:
    - a HUGE map is absolutely not utilized. Very few good missions and only 4heists (not counting 1st one which is tutorial). You end up doing few same missions and heist over and over and over
    - server thing is very badly designed. 50% of the time you watch loading screens and sit in mission/heist setup screen. It's not fluid at all, loading after loading after loading...
    - matchmaking - this game is absolutely not designed to play with people you don't know (aka randoms) it makes frustrating game even more frustrating. For example, leaving in the middle of heist, ruining mission on purpose, or playing unprepared - like going to heists at rank 5.
    - server stability issues - sometimes it's ok, sometimes nearly unplayable - things are teleporting, lag freezes, game hangs up in certain scenarios or ppl get disconnected. It definitely has technical issues
    - It's extremely repetitive because of a reason I mentioned in first point, so it get boring very quickly because of a lack of proper diversity of activities that are actually fun. Some activities are nearly useless and boring.

    Giving weak 8/10 just because of great SP campaign.    … Expand
  2. mutterfujjer
    Apr 22, 2015
    9
    I've been away from GTA since Vice City (which was very good). GTA V finally gave me that good nostalgia feeling of being playing an old school GTA game. The city is so lively and huge, you feel like you have infinite amount of stuff to do. And the characters are great. Franklin is clearly meant to remind people of CJ, while Michael reminds me of Tommy Vercetti (only richer). The two bestI've been away from GTA since Vice City (which was very good). GTA V finally gave me that good nostalgia feeling of being playing an old school GTA game. The city is so lively and huge, you feel like you have infinite amount of stuff to do. And the characters are great. Franklin is clearly meant to remind people of CJ, while Michael reminds me of Tommy Vercetti (only richer). The two best characters of all GTA games. This game have everything to be the best GTA of all. Also, I had no performance problems whatsoever and even if I did I wouldn't give it a negative score just because of a technical launch problem. The game is much more then that.… Expand
  3. PhyukYOOMMKAAY
    Nov 23, 2018
    6
    Its overall really fun, the non online experience is lacking and its way better online; IF you join the right people; IE people who don't drive around and kill. If you're new you really have to work to get ANY money and get any good guns or upgrades. The updates are ok, but online seems to lose its novelty in the first couple of weeks unless you have friends. otherwise its just you doingIts overall really fun, the non online experience is lacking and its way better online; IF you join the right people; IE people who don't drive around and kill. If you're new you really have to work to get ANY money and get any good guns or upgrades. The updates are ok, but online seems to lose its novelty in the first couple of weeks unless you have friends. otherwise its just you doing random game matches with people who either rage quit, are over powered for your level, or are afk/afc, and or people just there to rank up as fast as possible. If you're not in a match you're just traveling around the world which as i stated before loses its novelty after awhile as its just filled with overpowered idiots just going around killing low players, or empty lobbies. It may seem like I hate it, but it is fun. Not as good as san andreas as it feels like there's less, but its still has the grand theft auto replay ability. IE shooting cops, flying planes, robbing stores, killing hookers, and now you can do it with friends.… Expand
  4. contropiede
    Jul 6, 2015
    9
    GTA V can satisfy me after a long wait after GTA IV.

    3 characters with different personalities, choice of vehicle is increasingly diverse, the better gameplay and a good story. But I think the story mode should be made even longer.

    For multiplayer mode is very fun to play repeatedly. Never get bored, especially for mission heist. This game deserves to be bought.
  5. ardhenn
    Mar 7, 2018
    3
    The story is good. The single player game gets a 8/10 for me. It is a good and interesting story, but it is not better then their previous game. ( Red dead redemption ) The story there is way more involving and you care more about the characters .

    Now you wonder why is the score so bad? Well this is because of the online. The online version of the game feels like a cheap scam. They want    The story is good. The single player game gets a 8/10 for me. It is a good and interesting story, but it is not better then their previous game. ( Red dead redemption ) The story there is way more involving and you care more about the characters .

    Now you wonder why is the score so bad? Well this is because of the online. The online version of the game feels like a cheap scam. They want you to buy their microtransactions over and over again. every update they bring out the prices of the items increase with 20/30% increase of the last DLC.

    All the houses, CEO, Drug lord and stuff feels the same. Spend X amount of money to get X amount of repetitive missions to do over and over again. The whole online feels like one big grind. The excuse with friends it is fun. Is just bad. The online feels more and more quantity over quality. Just to sell their shark cards. These days there are better online games out there to mess around in with friends.

    I also do not like how they force you to play in a public session when you are doing a CEO mission or any of the other stuff. This just makes it more grindy if you have some dicks in your server.

    The custom games are fun, but not better then Halo Reach did it back in the day. Also where are my online animals...the dogs and such. You had bears, panthers, deers, buffalos and all of those animals in red dead redemption. Huge let down.

    And no single player dlc in all those years, because of their hunger for money.    … Expand
  6. KaityUK
    Apr 17, 2015
    9
    Game of the century for the PC in my opinion. I bought a PS3 just to play it when it came out, and the PC version is a big step up in graphics quality, loading times, and the extra next gen features are the candles on the cake for me.

    I'm happy I started to pre-load early (mine was done by Saturday before release) so apart from an hours install and patch I was off and running. I've    Game of the century for the PC in my opinion. I bought a PS3 just to play it when it came out, and the PC version is a big step up in graphics quality, loading times, and the extra next gen features are the candles on the cake for me.

    I'm happy I started to pre-load early (mine was done by Saturday before release) so apart from an hours install and patch I was off and running. I've taken most of this week off of work and done nothing but play it.

    Also enjoying GTA Online with friends, again the PC version just seems so much more better.

    Buy it, Live it!    … Expand
  7. Zerpa
    Apr 16, 2015
    9
    é um bom jogo esta bem otimizado existe alguns bugs ainda, o consumo de memoria ram é extremamente excessivo porem é um bom jogo e vale o preço justo...
  8. Doubleknockout
    Apr 18, 2015
    9
    The game is good, however i didn't spend as much time with it as i did with red dead. the side missions were kinda boring though, that is my humble opinion
  9. joemama
    Apr 21, 2015
    9
    I've been waiting for what seems like forever to play this game. I don't play consoles, so it finally feels good to experience the game via PC. Love the gorgeous graphics/lighting,great voice acting,Franklin/Michael/Trevor dynamic,nasty language,sweet rides/customizations,hilarious comments,radio stations/music,heists,video editor & the many things-to-do. No crashes and fps are good for my GPU.
  10. griffey546
    May 4, 2015
    9
    I mainly bought GTA V on the PC so that I could play with my friends, since they all have PCs and not Xboxs, and also for the mods. The game is truly great, but the modding community is now being attacked by rockstar? I can't even use my trainer mod in single player now, and my FOV mod doesn't work, nor does my police mod (LSPDFR). All these mods don't even work in multiplayer, butI mainly bought GTA V on the PC so that I could play with my friends, since they all have PCs and not Xboxs, and also for the mods. The game is truly great, but the modding community is now being attacked by rockstar? I can't even use my trainer mod in single player now, and my FOV mod doesn't work, nor does my police mod (LSPDFR). All these mods don't even work in multiplayer, but rockstar wants to get rid of them for god knows why, and heck even my friend was banned after installing a trainer mod that he never got the chance to use. Rockstar is just killing off the community that kept GTA IV alive years after people stopped playing on consoles.… Expand
  11. samfisher8557
    Apr 23, 2015
    8
    Good port,good story,but GTA online is terrible after last patch...fps drops from 60 to 25 every 5 seconds...downgrade graphics settings didn´t help and Rockstar support is big mess..... Their policy is just about the money , money and money. Just **** on you...so 8/10.
  12. user2342902
    May 16, 2015
    8
    Fantastic single player, bad multiplayer.

    The single player is great for the most part, I don't need to lose many words on that, but they pretty much butchered the online mode. It's also great if it works, but there are too many things that don't work. I'll just list all the negative things here. * always on DRM * server problems for the first few days after the release. Playing was    Fantastic single player, bad multiplayer.

    The single player is great for the most part, I don't need to lose many words on that, but they pretty much butchered the online mode. It's also great if it works, but there are too many things that don't work. I'll just list all the negative things here.

    * always on DRM
    * server problems for the first few days after the release. Playing was not possible for many players
    * multiplayer uses peer to peer technology, which sucks for online gaming
    * constant connection problems when starting multiplayer (connection timed out)
    * when the connection fails, instead of retrying it puts you in single player every **** time
    * disconnects, lag
    * sometimes savegames are corrupted, both in single player and online. The support doesn't care how many hours you put into the game, it's your problem. They already have your money, so go **** yourself
    * terrible, terrible support who barely speak english, simply ignore your support request and give their copy/paste answers
    * crash/freeze bugs
    * very long loading times in online sessions
    * heists are a great concept, but the implementation sucks. It's almost impossible to find a team, because you only progress when you are the host. So everyone hosts, but noone joins
    * can't skip cut scenes in heists. They can take up several minutes. It's nice the first time, but when the team wants to skip it **** let them
    * the game forgets your weapon choices (amongst other things) and there's no way to quickly select your favorite weapon. Pressing the quick select button toggles to the next weapon in that category instead of selecting the currently chosen weapon. Absolutely silly.
    * online races are abysmal, especially with the lag. It's a battle of who manages to escape the mass collisions and there's little to no skill involved

    The game could easily be 10/10, but with all these issues, especially in the multiplayer part, 8/10 is being generous.    … Expand
  13. Fola
    Apr 16, 2015
    9
    Gta 5 on the pc is a something that you have to get. At the beginning of the game you will have to learn a lot of the controls and you may have to change the control scheme because it may seem a little weird and even uncomfortable. You will get used to the controls very fast in like two-three days. I feel like playing with the aswd and mouse has a better fell then to be playing with theGta 5 on the pc is a something that you have to get. At the beginning of the game you will have to learn a lot of the controls and you may have to change the control scheme because it may seem a little weird and even uncomfortable. You will get used to the controls very fast in like two-three days. I feel like playing with the aswd and mouse has a better fell then to be playing with the 360 controller or the Xbox one controller .… Expand
  14. AceNuffin
    Apr 18, 2015
    9
    this game is absolutely amazing... literally... it really only has very minor issues
    like some of the menus being designed for console and minor graphical glitches... but you can expect it as this game is gigantic.... imagine every game you played, in one. the online sometimes has syncing issues but shouldn't be a big problem.
  15. meediocre
    Jul 25, 2015
    8
    The most amazing virtual modern city I've ever been arrested in .. some ridiculous action and dialogue, very entertaining. The police car chases were the most fun I've had since Driver.
  16. Patrick94
    May 13, 2015
    9
    The ultimate open-world game is back. GTA IV was a step back in some aspects, but GTA V returns the series to it's former glory. While the game world may not be as diverse as San Andreas', it's still a lot more interesting than GTA IV's Liberty City. Exploration is almost impossible to resist and you'll find yourself just driving around the world doing random activities between missions,The ultimate open-world game is back. GTA IV was a step back in some aspects, but GTA V returns the series to it's former glory. While the game world may not be as diverse as San Andreas', it's still a lot more interesting than GTA IV's Liberty City. Exploration is almost impossible to resist and you'll find yourself just driving around the world doing random activities between missions, or just seeing what distractions this version of San Andreas has to offer. The missions are fun, the different playable characters keep things interesting, and the graphics, while not mind blowing, are a big step up from GTA IV. Performance-wise, if you have even a half-decent graphics card and a CPU that can run modern games then you'll be playing at 60 FPS easily. I'd even go as far to say that this is the best PC port this generation. Just a word of warning, you're going to at least need 1 gigs of VRAM to just play the game. Anything less will simply not be enough, and at the time of writing there is a memory leak issue, so make sure you have at least 6 gigs of RAM and have your page file enabled (if you don't you're going to run into constant crashes). Other than that the game runs fine.… Expand
  17. replica17
    May 11, 2015
    8
    Good game in general. Best gfx I've ever seen.

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    GFX
    High replay value
    Good singleplayer

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    Online; loading takes foreeeeever... Sometimes I feel like I'm loading more than playing.

    If the online part is fixed, best game of 2015 already on PC.
  18. MrWezz23
    Jul 2, 2015
    8
    game is not to wrong sometimes the update servers cut away updates and then make me start over
    but for gameplay wise it is an amazing game smooth gameplay and pc modding makes it even better
    better port than gta IV
  19. MuMagic
    Aug 29, 2015
    9
    Интересный сюжет. Имеется некая вариативность, которая может изменить ход событий. Игру можно пройти несколько раз. Никогда не надоест.
    Графическая составляющая очень даже ничего.
    П. С. Можно придраться конечно к мелочам, например в ограблениях онлайн нельзя подготовится к нему как следует. Например я уже знаю, что нагрянут копы, ставлю автобус на защиту, подготавливаю местность. Потом    Интересный сюжет. Имеется некая вариативность, которая может изменить ход событий. Игру можно пройти несколько раз. Никогда не надоест.
    Графическая составляющая очень даже ничего.

    П. С. Можно придраться конечно к мелочам, например в ограблениях онлайн нельзя подготовится к нему как следует. Например я уже знаю, что нагрянут копы, ставлю автобус на защиту, подготавливаю местность. Потом идет видеоряд и будто ничего не происходило. Таких мелочей много, но их можно не замечать.    … Expand
  20. TheGame_Reviews
    Feb 19, 2022
    10
    This game truly shines as something great, i can't even imagine world without this game. After all these years i'm still finding new locations i haven't visited yet, new details, random events, etc. Amazing work from Rockstar.
  21. harisongross
    Apr 17, 2015
    8
    As you can see the user is obviously more honest than the critics ratings and this game is good at best. I'm one of the suckers that bought the game for one of the consoles the game originally came out for and then paid another $60 for the "new, better" edition. Yes they've finally added online multi-player heists to the game, after it has become completely irrelevant and I've lost allAs you can see the user is obviously more honest than the critics ratings and this game is good at best. I'm one of the suckers that bought the game for one of the consoles the game originally came out for and then paid another $60 for the "new, better" edition. Yes they've finally added online multi-player heists to the game, after it has become completely irrelevant and I've lost all interest. The game was decent, it looked good and the controls were alright and it had most of the makings of a GTA game, except for the WOW factor. I just don't think it lived up to the hype (or the time it took them to finally come out with the game). That being said, GTA is my favorite franchise and has my favorite game of all time in its repertoire (I've been gaming for about 20 years now). So I expect a lot but they also should somewhat have me in "their pocket" but they fail continually to make something groundbreaking. These 10/10s and 100/100s are just ridiculous.… Expand
  22. xgamrx
    Apr 26, 2015
    9
    Revised review. The game is broken and shows its shallow surface the more you play. It requires more realism, more interesting characters and a more interesting story.
  23. sk4rt
    Jun 22, 2017
    0
    The modding community is one of the main reasons that made your games so popular, so RESPECT IT!! Now you will understand why going against the players is not a good business.
  24. Viper482
    Apr 22, 2015
    8
    Highly overrated game first of all...this whole 97 metacritic from "pro" critics is silly. The user reviews are much more realistic. I would give it a 7.5 if this site let me. Great game but not without its faults.

    First of all why is it not possible for a company to create a PC friendly UI? This UI sucks, period. 2nd, the loading times....wtf? I have an SSD and the loading times can be    Highly overrated game first of all...this whole 97 metacritic from "pro" critics is silly. The user reviews are much more realistic. I would give it a 7.5 if this site let me. Great game but not without its faults.

    First of all why is it not possible for a company to create a PC friendly UI? This UI sucks, period. 2nd, the loading times....wtf? I have an SSD and the loading times can be ridiculously stupid at times. I can't imagine how bad they are on a HDD.

    The game looks and feels fantastic....other than the driving which is as bad as any other GTA game. Still, the immersion that exists as you are driving down the freeway in what feels like a real city is unmatched by any other game. Still the more you play the illusion is revealed. You cannot enter any buildings, you cannot interact with people unless it is to attack them. It is understandable, but disappointing at times nonetheless. You walk past a nightclub at night and can hear the music inside but you cannot go in. how cool would that have been? At least a few area. I would have liked to have seen more shops maybe, something. It is kind of going back to Disney World as an adult, knowing everything is just a shell steals the magic away from you.

    Anyway, 8 out of 10 is a fair score for the game. It is still awesome despite the few shortcomings.    … Expand
  25. zombiechan
    Apr 23, 2015
    9
    Runs amazing on my machine. Single player is great, didn't have any issues.

    On GTA V I've ran into a few bugs like camera getting locked while doing a Last Man Standing or the game freezing up when I'm driving into my garage. Besides that it's a great game. Rockstar did a great job at porting this game over to PC.
  26. bestreviews2020
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Just came here to say, here's my positive review for this amazing game.........
  27. Telimakar
    Apr 20, 2015
    9
    Really excellent so far. San Andreas was my favorite of the lot. Happy to enjoy the world again, re-imagined.
    The graphics is really amazing, there is so much detail, an amazing amount of optimization went into this game. There is just so much to do. [For the install issues on the retail version the launcher did not work for me, I ran the PlayGTAV.exe manually and it was smooth sailing    Really excellent so far. San Andreas was my favorite of the lot. Happy to enjoy the world again, re-imagined.
    The graphics is really amazing, there is so much detail, an amazing amount of optimization went into this game. There is just so much to do. [For the install issues on the retail version the launcher did not work for me, I ran the PlayGTAV.exe manually and it was smooth sailing from there]    … Expand
  28. BlacRyu
    Jun 23, 2017
    0
    Great game, but the publishers are greedy scum that shut down years of work on single player mods for this game and others. Until they revert their decision I can't advise purchasing this game from them.
  29. cossayos
    Jun 21, 2017
    0
    The company is obviously fully in their right to remove modding from their product. As far as MP is concerned, I'm actually with them. As far as SP is concerned, this is what I would call slapping the gamers in their faces. The zero is earned for this kind of customer support.

    Thank you very much, Rockstar and don't let the door hit you on your way out.
  30. SammyHauguth
    Sep 9, 2018
    1
    GTA Online who be so much better if you could play the game solo and still do everything there is to do, like run cargo missions and such to earn money.

    But now you have to do it on public servers with other player who just like to ruining the experience for other player. That who I'm gonna give this game a honest score. And that because of other players ruining GTA Online for me and    GTA Online who be so much better if you could play the game solo and still do everything there is to do, like run cargo missions and such to earn money.

    But now you have to do it on public servers with other player who just like to ruining the experience for other player. That who I'm gonna give this game a honest score.

    And that because of other players ruining GTA Online for me and other players too.

    Change that, and i'm sure other players will give it better scores and play it much more...    … Expand
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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. DarkStation
    Jul 2, 2015
    100
    If you hadn’t had a chance to play it yet at all though, and your computer can handle it, the PC version does definitely feel like the definitive version.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jun 29, 2015
    100
    Rockstar promised that the PC edition of GTA V would be the best way to experience this breathtaking game, and that’s exactly what it is. [06/2015, p.48]
  3. SpazioGames
    Jun 8, 2015
    95
    We could not expect a better PC port PC for Grand Theft Auto V. Rockstar North, offers right from day one a huge game in optimized, widely scalable, and high impact graphics and the video editor, although not so easy to use, is an enjoyable addition.
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