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  1. Oct 29, 2015
    2
    Game is good. Sadly game fails miserably due game crashing bugs and all time favorite Social club launcher. You tube is filled with fixes on game bugs always same stuff "this worked for me might not work for you". Game is suitable for those who like to waste about 55-100 GB from hard disk and enjoy constant tinkering using youtube videos. So 2 points because game is actually decent sadlyGame is good. Sadly game fails miserably due game crashing bugs and all time favorite Social club launcher. You tube is filled with fixes on game bugs always same stuff "this worked for me might not work for you". Game is suitable for those who like to waste about 55-100 GB from hard disk and enjoy constant tinkering using youtube videos. So 2 points because game is actually decent sadly developers aren't done anything to fix game. This is PC version if you are not experienced any bugs, crashes or glitches you are one of the lucky ones.
    Goes to same section as other game developers this Rockstar Games throw loads of **** to fan some might stick in it. Sad case of gaming industrys lack of morals.
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  2. Aug 27, 2015
    7
    Grand Theft Auto is a game about cars, and criminality. Every single game in the franchise has had these two things except Grand Theft Auto V. While GTA 5 has lots of cars, The story lacks much or any criminality as you spend most of the game working for the FIB.
    GTA 5 is not the best game in the series, In fact in many aspects - It's the worst.
    As mentioned previously, The story lacks
    Grand Theft Auto is a game about cars, and criminality. Every single game in the franchise has had these two things except Grand Theft Auto V. While GTA 5 has lots of cars, The story lacks much or any criminality as you spend most of the game working for the FIB.
    GTA 5 is not the best game in the series, In fact in many aspects - It's the worst.
    As mentioned previously, The story lacks criminality. A few heists, a few short missions, and not much else is what you get for criminality. In the previous games you were a Hitman, you worked for the mob, or you were a gangster. None of the 3 main characters fit in these spots. Honestly, I don't like any of the 3 main characters. They lack any personality and are boring cliche's. The story in this game ends rather abruptly, And the end game content is absolutely dreadful. If you love hundreds of boring fetch quests with no reward ( They literally give you $1 for completing one of them ) Enjoy! You have to do this for %100 game completion.
    GTA 5 I find is a direct slap in the face from Rockstar to its previous fans. CJ's house is no longer on Grove st, The Balla's own Grove st now, and this is never explained in the story. This is a direct slap in the face to ANYONE who played San Andreas. The story in this game is absolutely terrible, and wins the worst story of the franchise.

    The Police in this game are broken, and still are broken, and will remain broken. The Police helicopters magnetically follow you around, they crash into objects, they see you through tunnels and underground, a new one spawns the instant you blow it up, and the police on board rarely miss their shots. The police will attack you for the smallest of things, and you can get a wanted level even from sniping someone in the middle of nowhere with a silencer. The police cruisers will even go as far as driving up a mountain to attack you. While the police needed to be more difficult, They went way over board with the cops.

    This is the largest game in the franchise, and they've crammed detail into every corner of the map. Although the mountains have terrible spawnpoints in multiplayer, your bound to find something interesting every so often.

    If you're looking for "Best in the Franchise" aspects to this game, Look to the general mechanics. The shooting is drastically improved for the better and many more guns have been added into the game. The cars and driving are far better then any of the previous games, and car modification is absolutely perfect. The graphics are also vastly improved. These are the award worthy aspects of the game.

    GTA Online, Rubbish since Day one. I've already reviewed GTA Online individually, So I will just give you a shorter version of this.
    GTA Online is cancerous. The community is toxic, the PvP is broken by DLC vehicles, and the game will take ingame money from you wherever possible. GTA Online is packed to the brim with cheaters, and the best Rockstar can do is ban them for 2 weeks, along with the people who mod singleplayer, only to have them come back with their cheats 2 weeks later. R* support is like talking to a wall, Don't bother. They don't care. Don't step into this turd.

    Let it be known that this is NOT the best game in the franchise. Play San Andreas, Play Vice City, Play GTA 3, and take the R* beer goggles off. If you enjoy going on random rampages and exploring, go for it. This game is for you. But in general, this game was over hyped, and doesn't live up to the title of "Best Grand Theft Auto" or even "Best Game".
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  3. Aug 21, 2015
    10
    grand theft auto V my favorite game this is very beautiful and big map
    grand theft auto v is very very beautiful graphics and quality and so so so so good player names
    m t & f and so enjoy this game my all gamer i wait grand theft auto 6 coming to computer left 1 years 2 3 so by by
    grand theft auto V my favorite game this is very beautiful and big map
    grand theft auto v is very very beautiful graphics and quality and so so so so good player names
    m t & f and so enjoy this game my all gamer i wait grand theft auto 6 coming to computer left 1 years 2 3
    so by by ................................................................................................................................................................
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  4. Oct 16, 2015
    5
    Yes it has a lot of stuff and has a lot of freedom but in a way, there really isn't any incentive to do much of the possible actions aside from "plodding through the plot." It's controversial, its fun, and it has an amazingly high attention to detail that's both expansive AND deep; but I don't think the experience of GTA V would give a lasting impact after 3-4 months down the line to anyYes it has a lot of stuff and has a lot of freedom but in a way, there really isn't any incentive to do much of the possible actions aside from "plodding through the plot." It's controversial, its fun, and it has an amazingly high attention to detail that's both expansive AND deep; but I don't think the experience of GTA V would give a lasting impact after 3-4 months down the line to any gamer that finishes a game then goes onto the next one. Expand
  5. Nov 1, 2015
    3
    The story mode is great but the online mode is ruined since there are modderns in every single lobby and you get blown up 24/7. Rockstar is not doing a thing against all the modders. nothing has been better. this game sucks... don't buy it rather burn the money
  6. Jan 30, 2016
    1
    I dont get why this game exists all you do is kill people and drive i would have given it worse if it didnt have a advanced open world you have to kill people in this game it sucks
  7. Oct 16, 2016
    0
    Muito chato. Ja tentei jogar 2 vezes e nunca que sai das primeira missões, o plot de se tornar rico em cima de atos ilegais e tão cliche. Ja vivemos num transito terrivel pra se locomovor e ainda tem quem goste desse tipo de jogo de ficar a dirigi pelas cidades.
  8. Mar 3, 2017
    0
    Hello there my name is Loucas I’m doing this review to give my opinion about the game Grand Theft Auto v also known as Gta 5 I have completed this games campaign multiple times. This game ls about 3 characters, one as a retired bank robber, a street thug and finally a crazy psychopath. I play this game almost every day because it’s such an amazing game. I like a lot of things on the gameHello there my name is Loucas I’m doing this review to give my opinion about the game Grand Theft Auto v also known as Gta 5 I have completed this games campaign multiple times. This game ls about 3 characters, one as a retired bank robber, a street thug and finally a crazy psychopath. I play this game almost every day because it’s such an amazing game. I like a lot of things on the game like the story, it gives so much detail in the background by giving the game so much history about the characters past and how we get to play as them in the past. Another thing that I like is the gameplay, I think the gameplay is at the moment one of the best games out there because of the extraordinary pixelated graphics. I also love how the game starts with the introduction by robbing a bank and getting chased by the police. I also love about how easy and interesting the game gets, and then wanting to play more and more as you process through the game. I also like how the game has different ways to play the game and different endings that you can choose on your own

    I hope you agree with my opinion on this game and Thank you for spending your time on this review
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  9. Jun 9, 2017
    10
    This game has completely changed the gaming industry and left a huge impact, and is still getting updates and upgrades to it. It provides an amazing storyline, and a huge world to explore. Violence, guns, gangs, death, and crime. High price tag at $60 though, but worth it. It also provides an online experience with a full on ranking and racing system, with literally millions ofThis game has completely changed the gaming industry and left a huge impact, and is still getting updates and upgrades to it. It provides an amazing storyline, and a huge world to explore. Violence, guns, gangs, death, and crime. High price tag at $60 though, but worth it. It also provides an online experience with a full on ranking and racing system, with literally millions of player-created missions to explore and play. Highly recommend for most. Expand
  10. Oct 25, 2015
    7
    Overrated. Simply put, in my opinion this game does not deserve the praise it gets. I'll begin by saying this is a fantastic open world game and is truly a delight to roam around, but this is personally what I don't play GTA for. I play it for the story and this time Rockstar did not deliver, the story and characters are just shallow and is all over the place. It really doesn't know whatOverrated. Simply put, in my opinion this game does not deserve the praise it gets. I'll begin by saying this is a fantastic open world game and is truly a delight to roam around, but this is personally what I don't play GTA for. I play it for the story and this time Rockstar did not deliver, the story and characters are just shallow and is all over the place. It really doesn't know what it is, is it a serious story or is it simply satire (bad satire)? I personally enjoyed GTA IV's much more and even GTA Vice City's (which was reasonably simple). I also feel the game itself is pretty soulless, even more soulless than other GTA games, another huge flaw in my opinion.

    The PC Port is ok, however there was a problem that made this game a little less enjoyable than it should be and that's the constant FPS drops whilst driving/flying, it's far too jarring to not be a complaint. Every couple of seconds I'll get drops from 90fps to 40fps (keep in mind, none of the settings change this, I even played on low and the problem still persisted). My graphics card is a GTX 970 and I have an Intel i5 3450 and 16GB RAM, more than capable to play this game at High+ settings. Some lucky souls have got this game working fine, however the majority have experienced these FPS drops.

    The multiplayer is also total **** with modders all over the place and FPS drops being even more persistent. Rockstar have also developed the multiplayer in such a way that to save up for certain vehicles/houses, you have to buy micro-transactions or you grind away for a couple of days (which is extremely tedious).

    Overall it's a very fun game with a jaw-dropping open world, but it has a very weak story which is very odd for a GTA game. Simply not my cup of tea, I much prefer GTA IV.
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  11. Nov 7, 2015
    7
    If you know me; you know im all about my GTA and my Fallout.

    I was really worried that playing three mains, in this title, would break immersion for me and i was thankfully wrong. The story is grand and picks on pop culture like its his little brother, character are filled out and great. I have no real complaints about the story mode.. So i guess you wonder why the 7?? Well..
    If you know me; you know im all about my GTA and my Fallout.

    I was really worried that playing three mains, in this title, would break immersion for me and i was thankfully wrong.

    The story is grand and picks on pop culture like its his little brother, character are filled out and great.
    I have no real complaints about the story mode.. So i guess you wonder why the 7?? Well.. online; The one game i thought would crossover into online greatly did just the opposing.

    -Load times make me feel like im wasting my time.
    -Players at time can ruin the entire experience.
    -online quests are boring and unless you got 4 friends to play with; then good luck getting into anything.
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  12. Nov 13, 2015
    5
    The game would be outstanding, if not a 10/10 if it wasn't for one thing. One simple thing they might have forgot, or perhaps overlooked. I mean, it's really easy to miss it. If only the game worked. I don't mean it doesn't start, or that it crashed. I log onto their fancy little servers, promised with servers up to 30 players, all this action and competitive multiplayer, great freeThe game would be outstanding, if not a 10/10 if it wasn't for one thing. One simple thing they might have forgot, or perhaps overlooked. I mean, it's really easy to miss it. If only the game worked. I don't mean it doesn't start, or that it crashed. I log onto their fancy little servers, promised with servers up to 30 players, all this action and competitive multiplayer, great free roaming, and moments with friends. Well, they missed all of that by a long shot.
    If by chance I do get in a server with a friend after trying for over fifteen minuets, I might be able to do something on occasion like rob a store or chase some guy that's... hacking. Like, they don't moderate the game in anyway. The only thing they do, is if you report someone that cheated to get additional money, they'll ban them for a little while. If there is a guy spawn camping you for thirty minuets, the devs don't care at all. Not to mention the server lag, which at this point it's humorously terrible. Actually it's not even funny. Did I mention the servers close randomly and that I may have only seen a 30 player server once in my 80 hours online? I mean, those are just the hours I spent in GTA Online. They are a lot of hours because I hoped by the 80th, the game would work. I own this game for the PS3, PS4, and the PC, and not one version does this thing work. It's almost as if they completely forgot to put the game, into the game.
    Of course there is the single player. It's good, I mean, if the giant rain cloud behind it (the multiplayer) wasn't casting a grand shadow of poop on it, I would talk about it a lot more. In fact, I don't even have anything to complain about the single player, but that's not what I spent 80 hours doing on PC. I only spent an additional 20-30 hours on the single player, but that's nothing compared to the 100+ of hours that I spent on the multiplayer throughout all the versions of the game.
    This game scared me, truly. I hated every minuet of it.
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  13. Oct 12, 2017
    0
    GTA is a game that people have been playing for years. Now that the GTA V has come out it has been a big hype due to the new online feature. This means that people would meet new people to play with but also their online friends. This is the first GTA game with an online feature that has come out. I believe that this game is a great game to play even though there is a lot of violence andGTA is a game that people have been playing for years. Now that the GTA V has come out it has been a big hype due to the new online feature. This means that people would meet new people to play with but also their online friends. This is the first GTA game with an online feature that has come out. I believe that this game is a great game to play even though there is a lot of violence and explicit scenes. This game is great quality and has a realistic look to it, it also has a story mode which is about betrayal, violence and death. Personally I think that this game is addictive which can make people anti-social, but if you set a time of how long you play for each day it can help you fit in other stuff such as going out, school and also homework. Others might believe that this game is too violent but I believe playing this game could be a stress relief as you are being violent on a game not in real life, but others might think that’s this game is teaching violence to the player. This could be true but this game is aged 18+ which means it is for adults and this is shown on the cover. But overall I believe that Gta V is a great game and definitely is my favorite, and I do recommend this game to other and I assure you that it is your money’s worth. Expand
  14. Feb 18, 2018
    0
    Unskippable torture mission ruined this game for me. So much for being able to switch characters.
  15. Mar 24, 2018
    0
    i playerd over 6000 Hours AND I AM BANNED !!!! NEVER EVER EVER EVER CHEATED WITH THIS ACCOUNT AND I AM 100 % SURE OF THIS I PLAYED SO MUSH TO REACH 1.200.000.000 TOTAL EARNED AND NOW I AM BANNED . IM SURE I AM THE WORLD N1 PLAYER OF THIS FREAKING GAME AND I AM BANNED NOW AND MY ACCOUNT IS RESET TO 0 WHAT THE FLUT!#!$#!$$$ REALLLY NEVER CHEATED REAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
  16. Nov 5, 2019
    10
    "AN AMAZING ,INCREDIBLE ,aweInspRing GaMe i HaVe Ever PlaYed...But Draw BackS Are FlyIng ChoPPER, anD oTher AircraftS Are PissInG mE Off.... Its Very WEIRD AND WORST....who ask u to Make it like Real DrIvinG...it suCks Hope U Don't Do thE SaMe MisTake On "GTA 6"....RoCKSTAR U GUYS ARE INSANE...
  17. Sep 18, 2019
    0
    Adding a mandatory extra launcher 6 years after the game was released is a bs move and will not be tolerated.
  18. May 18, 2020
    0
    Glad I didn't pay money for this, you would think after 7 years they would update the stupid online interface and fix the bugs, but no I spend 50% loading 30% trying to connect to a server 10% trying to join my friends and 10% actually playing the game
  19. May 15, 2020
    0
    Oyun açılmıyor . sosyal kulüp uygulamasında 40 dakika bot olmadığımı ispatlamaya çalışmak mı bu kadarına da pes diyorum bir şey demiyorum.
  20. Apr 19, 2021
    10
    GTA 5 is extremely well made game by extremely talented team. This game literally changed gaming landscape forever. I can't believe some visual novel has higher metascore that his masterpeice.
  21. Mar 25, 2022
    0
    This gta v+ thing is an incredibly sordid and despicable business decision. The level of low minded sleaziness required to persist such avarice is astonishing and appalling.

    Boycotting rockstar until they release GTA VI or Agent.
  22. Nov 7, 2015
    1
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  23. Apr 5, 2016
    0
    trash...
    complete trash
    social club is a complete trash. It may be a great game, but social club never bother to optimize the game. Instead of patching it up stupid add-ons such as freemode events and vip's registration are introduced.
  24. Dec 1, 2016
    0
    Game is awful.Stupid characters , bad sound , bugs , tasks very dull and the story as a whole, went to play for young children. Gameplay is monotonous.
  25. Jan 16, 2017
    0
    My Initial issues:
    1. I just bought this game today, also accidently purchased in-game money with it as well, and didn't relize.
    2. Took hours to download. 3. took roughly 30 minutes to troubleshoot the game to work in "safe mode" that it showed the game worked, but didn't with just trying it normally. My gameplay experience: 1. I played the GTA V not online version for about 30
    My Initial issues:
    1. I just bought this game today, also accidently purchased in-game money with it as well, and didn't relize.
    2. Took hours to download.
    3. took roughly 30 minutes to troubleshoot the game to work in "safe mode" that it showed the game worked, but didn't with just trying it normally.

    My gameplay experience:
    1. I played the GTA V not online version for about 30 minutes to learn how the game worked( i.e. controls ).
    2. I then played GTA Online for about 3 hours, during which, i met someone who drove me around in his cool fast car, i stole a car, i did a couple open world missions. I then left that person, and went to do a multiplayer mission, which it took about 15 minutes for loading and queing of players. played for about 10 minutes. mission over.
    3. found another multiplayer car mission via some invite on my in-game cell phone. that took about 15 minutes for loading and queing of players, played for about an hour. made like $77,000 or something. mission over. during this mission i experienced lots of lag and delay in car actions such as braking, or even just turning left and right. I streamed for about 20 minutes with Xsplit Gamecaster, then i stopped cause i thought I was lagging, but it wasn't cause of that program!
    4. played for about 15 more minutes, then left the game.
    5. returned 15-20 minutes and took about 20 minutes to log in to GTA Online again, and it said i was suspended and i couldn't play GTA Online for a 30 days, and i could play regular GTA V.

    Final Issues:
    1. took me an hour to find out how to get support on the rockstargames website to address the suspension.
    2. the rockstargames support doesn't allow new accounts to post threads for help, you must be a member for 30 days.
    3. rockstargames doesn't allow repeals of suspensions no matter what.
    4. rockstargames doesn't have an online chat to speak to someone live, you must call their support phone number.
    5. the support phone number for rockstargames personnel cannot do anything for you, and will only repeat the same notification you get in-game about a suspension and tell you that you cannot get a repeal of your suspension.
    6. rockstargames customer support really sucks and is pretty much non-existent. they rely on players to give other players support for their games.

    PROS:
    good open world
    I like GTA games ( maybe not anymore after this experience)

    CONS:
    1. need to load additional stuff for jobs and queing with other players... takes about 15 minutes to load one of these multiplayer jobs
    2. takes about 20 minutes to connect to GTA Online
    3. took me about 30 minutes to troubleshoot the game with the "safe mode" it provides.
    4. not compatible with Windows 10, need to run game in compatibility mode with Windows 7.
    5. automatic suspending system suspends innocent players for a minimum of 30 days.
    6. customer support number is technicial support and cant help you with anything. they repeat back the warnings you got when attempting to log into a suspended account.
    7. suspensions of even innocent suspensions are not repealable.
    8. all sales final, because by time you get the game working and decide you dont like the game, you've already played 2 hours.
    9. all in-game money that is purchased is not refundable no matter what.
    10. think you're safe cause you live in EU and can use the EU Right of Withdrawal? think again, they dont care.
    11. Steam support AND rockstargames support cant help you with your problems.
    12. you want to post a thread on rockstargames support, but your a new account? well you cant post for help for 30 days. good luck!
    13. takes hours to download this game, its 67GB.

    Not even owned this game for 12 hours, and I've experienced horrible lag, bad customer support by not only rockstargames, but also Steam in not being understanding of my situation by either unsuspending my account or providing a refund. BEWARE if you plan on purchasing this game or any rockstargame games. you will experience this at some point, i promise you.
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  26. Jun 19, 2017
    0
    Take-Two's cease-and-desist on OpenIV sets a terrible, potentially irreversible precedent for a mod's legal standing. Worse yet, other companies will look at this situation and consider it an open invitation to restrict or monetize the modding community, which will only decrease the quality of modding as a whole.
    I'm not confident that reducing the score of this game on here or Steam
    Take-Two's cease-and-desist on OpenIV sets a terrible, potentially irreversible precedent for a mod's legal standing. Worse yet, other companies will look at this situation and consider it an open invitation to restrict or monetize the modding community, which will only decrease the quality of modding as a whole.
    I'm not confident that reducing the score of this game on here or Steam will have much of an impact on Take-Two's decision, but at least we are making our voices heard.
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  27. Nov 27, 2015
    1
    Junk, no better than watchdogs, multiplayer is a hackfest not even worth playing with all the cheaters and singleplayer is boring, the only PRO: is graphics. if you play Single Player Sandbox its no different than GTA IV and GTA Vice City. NO ANTI CHEAT, what a joke in the year 2015
  28. Apr 19, 2016
    6
    Beautiful to look at, with a giant world and tons to do. But I didn't enjoy the driving, shooting, or characters, and those were the most important things in the game.
  29. Feb 16, 2016
    0
    Do not buy this game for the PC.

    Constantly crashes. I rarely get more than 10 minutes out of the game before the screen goes blank. Been like that since I bought it in January. Many emails to support, many suggestions none of which work. Asked for a refund and got more suggestions that don't work. This game has now been removed from my PC. rather use the 60GB of storage
    Do not buy this game for the PC.

    Constantly crashes.

    I rarely get more than 10 minutes out of the game before the screen goes blank.
    Been like that since I bought it in January.
    Many emails to support, many suggestions none of which work.

    Asked for a refund and got more suggestions that don't work.

    This game has now been removed from my PC. rather use the 60GB of storage space for something more productive.
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  30. Sep 15, 2015
    0
    Well lets see: Unoptimized and run under 30 fps - check
    Linear missions with scripted events forces you to go the way they want - check
    Whole week to download patches before you can play the game - check Random Crashes in missions - check Boring Characters you dont care about - check Cant mod the games like you could in the old GTAs - check so what can i say more, "amazing game"
    Well lets see: Unoptimized and run under 30 fps - check
    Linear missions with scripted events forces you to go the way they want - check
    Whole week to download patches before you can play the game - check
    Random Crashes in missions - check
    Boring Characters you dont care about - check
    Cant mod the games like you could in the old GTAs - check

    so what can i say more, "amazing game" that brings so many changes to the GTA universe my final score 10/10 just without the 1 in beginning

    and btw Dinosalamander, rofl best troll ever saw trolling skills 10/10
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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 57
  2. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. 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.
  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. 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.