Grand Theft Auto V Review

Hey guys and gals GTA V has been out for over a week now so either you've completed it or like me you're ruining though Los Santos picking fights with pedestrians or having high speed adrenaline filled chases with the LSPD (Los Santos Police Department) either way you've experienced the wonders of GTA V if not don't worry this review may just persuade you to become one of the millions of people already playing the game.

The Grand Theft Auto series has been a popular franchise among gamers since it was a top down old-school PC game and as the years went on and technology has made leaps and bounds GTA's fan base as grown astronomically to the point that GTA V is the UK's best selling game of all time beating the titan that is Call of Duty and that is no small task.

In GTA V you control for the first time in the games history not 1 but 3 protagonists while this seems daunting at first during gameplay it seems that Rockstar has perfected multi-character plots and the ability to switch between them. The 3 characters that you will be playing in GTA V are Michael the once best bank robber in the world who has been but into the witness protection program, Franklin the gangster of the trio who will do anything to gain some money and status then we have Trevor who is as crazy and insane as you're going to get but is also quite the comedian.

Get used to these guys as you will be playing them alot

Each character has their own special ability Micheal can slowdown time Max Payne style while shooting, Franklin can slowdown time when you're driving which if you're a bad driver like me this is very handy and Trevor who goes into berserk mode which allows him to deal twice the damage but also receive reduced damage. 
These abilities come at a cost though and that cost is represented by a yellow bar that is located at the bottom- left of the screen with your heath and body amour if you have some. If you're wondering how do you refill your ability meter its quite simple all you do is drive at top speed, driving on the wrong side of the road with on- coming traffic and in Trevor's case taking damage.

If you find that you're dying quickly or your ability bar is depleting rapidly then never fear for these can be upgraded by doing various activities and each activity is related to a certain area for example playing tennis will increase your power do to more damage in melee, running around Los Santos and competing in triathlons increases your stamina which allows you to run father without tiring and driving everywhere will increase your effectiveness with cars.

Driving in GTA V has vastly improved to the point that its fun to drive at high speeds without the fear of crashing 

Now GTA has been know to have some trouble when it comes to driving and that can be seen in GTA IV where if you wanted to turn a corner you would either drift and smash into everything or you would have to slow right down luckily GTA V improves upon this the first time you drive in GTA V you will notice that the cars are very sensitive to movements this is actually a good thing for ever since this has been implemented I haven't crashed so much and its generally more fun to drive from the one end of the map to the other.

The thing that makes GTA GTA are the weapons and how they handle in this respect the people at Rockstar have taken a page from Max Payne 3 where the reticle or the aim point is now a simple white dot this is a more simple version but it can sometimes be hard to see if you don't focus on it. The way in which you select your weapons is again taken from Max Payne 3 for your weapons appear on a radial around your character which you can chose from any you have purchased, depending on your character you may have different weapons say if you have a shotgun for Franklin and not for Trevor then until you purchase or find a shotgun for Trevor he can't select it.

GTA V has had gamers waiting for a long time and when it was finally released it did not disappoint in fact it was beyond expectations so much so that it's being dubbed the best game of the decade which is absolutely correct except for the mandatory 8 GB install to make the game run smoother I have had no disappointments with it. GTA V with over 100 hours of gameplay is going to keep me and fellow players occupied for a long time and with the release of GTA Online on the 1st of October which has over 700 missions I can see GTA being the most played game for many months to come. 

However PC players are suffering with no PC version available for them and Rockstar being smart will most probably announce a PC version in the next couple of months and whith the next generation of consoles released very soon will GTA V be ported to the next gen consoles if so they would not only provide a game that would be visually stunning but would make a ton of money.