V's storyline isn't as bad as people say: its misunderstood

[S1N0D3UTSCHT3K]

voted for awesome because it's the plot is OK but the dialogue writing and cutscenes/acting one of the best in any video game

 

plus it's the only GTA that has a story that isn't full of boring filler, irrelevant stereotype joke characters, etc....and the only story i've ever cared to beat more than once

 

so that alone makes it pretty special that it can finally make the GTA series have a good story

[secksyjames]

The only real gripe I had with the story line of this game was that I saw a lot of key moments in all of the trailers before the game came out. I remember seeing the Paleto Bay score, the trains crashing into each other, Trevor and Franklin meeting, the list goes on and on. By the time the game came out and I started playing the story, I recognized A LOT of what was happening and through that I could guess (pretty accurately) what was happening next. It felt...spoiled. Then again, I didn't know what was going to happen at the very end and all this other stuff but I feel they showed a little TOO much in the trailers. I'll be staying away from the trailers come next GTA.

 

The only other gripe was with some of the unbelievable stuff in the story. In the mission "Dead Man Walking",

Michael gets hit in the head by FBI Davey and he gets knocked unconscious long enough for EMS to arrive, declare him DEAD, take him to the morgue in a zipped up body bag (how could he breathe?) and finally have people perform an autopsy on him? I don't know too much about procedure at morgues but I doubt they do an autopsy the same day. Who knows though. Not to mention he wakes up JUST IN TIME for them to be doing what they do on his "dead" body. So immersion breaking.

 

[KingKock]

Augh GTA V sucked soooo much!!!!!!!! Worst GTA in the history of GTA's!!! REmeber CJ??? HE was THE BESSSSST101 God I lovve Cj and Tommy, the is had SO MUCH CAHARCTER Devlopment Friggen soo much I love GTA VC and SA soooo MUCh! Kids theSE days don't no aboT the True GtA, Gta IS kill 5ever!!! F8ck Toiletstar and tHERE bayd Gamessssss, Never Gonna plaY GTA V AGAIN!!!!!!

 

 

 

#Can'twaittobuythegameagainfornext-gen/CurrentGenPS4PCandXbonePre-Ordersconfirmed

 

 

(I actually liked the story, it was different and I can't wait to see how they approach GTA 6....Hopefully with a little more content, but as long as GTA doesn't start becoming a Re-Hash game series like COD I'm good...)

[woggleman]

I will say that Michael's story is one of the best portrayals of marriage I have seen in a video game.

[S1N0D3UTSCHT3K]

I will say that Michael's story is one of the best portrayals of marriage I have seen in a video game.

 

haha i like his line at the start of By The Book when M says "f*ck you" to T, and T replies "I'm beginning to think that's exactly what you want to do."

 

And M says under his breath, "...just said the same thing to my wife"

 

hahaha I laughed and said haha me too my wife didn't find it funny when I pointed it out though lol

 

or the "How about... you... suck my cock!" line haha

[Official General]

 

 

I will say that Michael's story is one of the best portrayals of marriage I have seen in a video game.

haha i like his line at the start of By The Book when M says "f*ck you" to T, and T replies "I'm beginning to think that's exactly what you want to do."

 

And M says under his breath, "...just said the same thing to my wife"

 

hahaha I laughed and said haha me too my wife didn't find it funny when I pointed it out though lol

 

or the "How about... you... suck my cock!" line haha

That was so hilarious.

[S1N0D3UTSCHT3K]

yeah I think GTA V's best story moments are actually all funny or witty, like M and his wife or with F... F and Lamar... M and Ron in exile

 

only real serious moments that really standout are Heist 1 and maybe some of the serious scenes between M and T during exile because they kinda become bros again and it's before they both become emo whiners after Bury The Hatchet

 

but there are so many funny moments with Michael because of his dry humour or Franklin because he's so naive: "....what?"

 

or Lamar cuz he's just crazy

 

BIG DOG BIG NUTS

 

when there's something to be won I want my name on it and underneath it needs to say *hand gestures* "Winner."

 

where little squaw bitches let me nut on their face all day

 

 

 

story really works better at a comedy-crime sitcom than a serious drama film haha

[Official General]

That was sarcasm. I can't get emotions on my phone. Of course it was not hilarious. Most of the humor in V was corny-ass Hollywood, plastic, slapstick yarn.

[whats_a_username?]

Well, the missions were a lot better in V compared to IV's missions at least. That's all that really matters.

[KingKock]

That was sarcasm. I can't get emotions on my phone. Of course it was not hilarious. Most of the humor in V was corny-ass Hollywood, plastic, slapstick yarn.

It's the same as in any GTA game, none of them had any SUPER DUPER funny moments.....

 

 

The only thing that I felt was stupid in regards to the humor tho was the use of the word "turd", Jesus Christ it wasn't funny the first time so what makes you think it'll be funny the next 20 times? But that's just my opinion....

[Jerome]

I Think V's storyline was cool, I liked it, even though character development wasn't very present but the missions were lots of fun IMO and all the hollywood celeb and telereality stupidity mocking and sarcasm was funny I think

Edited September 28, 2014 by jayjay35

[KingKock]

 

 

Man GTA Advance HAD A WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY BETTER STORYLINE!!!!1

Edited September 28, 2014 by kingkock666

[Official General]

 

That was sarcasm. I can't get emotions on my phone. Of course it was not hilarious. Most of the humor in V was corny-ass Hollywood, plastic, slapstick yarn.

 

It's the same as in any GTA game, none of them had any SUPER DUPER funny moments.....

I beg to differ bro. Previous GTAs had quite a great deal of real, genuine funny moments. The drag queen incident in Vice City was so funny, as was Kent Paul. And then in IV, the French Tom part had me rolling with laughter.

[Jvaz615]

 

 

That was sarcasm. I can't get emotions on my phone. Of course it was not hilarious. Most of the humor in V was corny-ass Hollywood, plastic, slapstick yarn.

 

It's the same as in any GTA game, none of them had any SUPER DUPER funny moments.....

I beg to differ bro. Previous GTAs had quite a great deal of real, genuine funny moments. The drag queen incident in Vice City was so funny, as was Kent Paul. And then in IV, the French Tom part had me rolling with laughter.

The conversations between Niko and Brucie...

[AlinH92]

i will sound like a terrible "hipster kiddie with high expectations", but they could have added more heist\theft missions in there (even smaller\preparation ones) ..nevertheless, i enjoyed the whole plot development of it and felt actually satisfied when it was all over and done.

[joyrider00]

no it is pretty bad. We learn practically nothing about the character's past, and have really no connection to them like we did with niko or cj. pretty much every gta had a big event that started the story. VC - drug bust, SA - moms death, 4 - moving to LC. We get nothing like that with gta 5. we are thrust into the game clueless about what is going on. we never connected with the characters to begin with.

 

What? In my opinion we learn most about V protags past than in any other GTA. Have you turned on your deaf ear on during every conversation?

[morx555]

that's the problem with 3 characters.

Don't forget it's the first time R* try the 3 characters system, I'm pretty sure if GTA 5 was 1 character only, they focus more on the story.

 

It's hard to connect 3 characters at the same time and I think Rockstar Tried their best to deliver the best story.

[HaythamKenway]

I beg to differ bro. Previous GTAs had quite a great deal of real, genuine funny moments. The drag queen incident in Vice City was so funny, as was Kent Paul. And then in IV, the French Tom part had me rolling with laughter.

TBoGT was probably the funniest game I've ever played. AND it was genuine humor, none of this jaded cynical "everything sucks" bullsh*t V is full to the brim with.

 

Credit where it's due, V did made me laugh. But its humor is also easily one of the most low-brow satires there is. It's no better than South Park.

Edited September 28, 2014 by SFPD officer

[HOW'S ANNIE?]

that's the problem with 3 characters.

Don't forget it's the first time R* try the 3 characters system, I'm pretty sure if GTA 5 was 1 character only, they focus more on the story.

 

It's hard to connect 3 characters at the same time and I think Rockstar Tried their best to deliver the best story.

I beg to differ, I've seen plenty of other games, and even stories in other mediums, where you're able to connect with more than just one main character. In relation to my previous post, Pulp Fiction gave us roughly 45-ish minutes on average for all the main characters, yet I felt I was able to connect with more than one.

[golf wang]

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

Edited September 28, 2014 by golf wang

[Studenta^]

Damn i am not having that game.

[Aby]

TBoGT was probably the funniest game I've ever played. AND it was genuine humor

 

"You'll never get with my sister! She's a special needs type of girl."

 

"Special needs to jump on my dick!"

Edited September 28, 2014 by Biohazard Abyss!

[Official General]

 

I beg to differ bro. Previous GTAs had quite a great deal of real, genuine funny moments. The drag queen incident in Vice City was so funny, as was Kent Paul. And then in IV, the French Tom part had me rolling with laughter.

TBoGT was probably the funniest game I've ever played. AND it was genuine humor, none of this jaded cynical "everything sucks" bullsh*t V is full to the brim with.

 

Credit where it's due, V did made me laugh. But its humor is also easily one of the most low-brow satires there is. It's no better than South Park.

 

 

Sh*t how can I forget just how funny TBOGT was too ! That was Rockstar's finest work of humor in a GTA game, it was actually genuinely funny and in it's own unique way. and genetric

 

Don't get me wrong, I did find some funny moments in V, even with Trevor, but most of it to me was corny-ass, predictable and generic Hollywood slapstick yarn/parody. I was not overly impressed.

[Drunken Cowboy]

"Misunderstood"?

 

No. Cut that cop-out sh*t out.

If it's good, it strikes you as good. If it's bad, it strikes you as bad. I shouldn't have to delve into a game and scrutinize it to find some English teacher's rhetorical reasoning as to why something MIGHT be considered good.

And my Identity Crisis thing already involves analysis. The game is a whole inconsistent clusterf*ck in terms of story. That's not even half of the pie, though. If there was anything rock solid or revolutionary about the gameplay, I might have been able to look over the story in which they take themselves too seriously, but I found nothing.

[Official General]

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

Edited September 28, 2014 by Official General

[Evan-KCR]

 

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

 

Woah, something went wrong there.

[DaCosta]

 

 

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

Woah, something went wrong there.

 

Please note that, once again, only 1 out of 5 people have voted in this poll to say that this game has a "bad" plot. 80% say it's "pretty OK" or better. That's not a "significant portion."

 

Similar to the "Do you feel betrayed by Rockstar?" poll, where 4 in 5 say no, although people think the general consensus seems to be anger and betrayal.

[Onett]

"Misunderstood"?

 

No. Cut that cop-out sh*t out.

If it's good, it strikes you as good. If it's bad, it strikes you as bad. I shouldn't have to delve into a game and scrutinize it to find some English teacher's rhetorical reasoning as to why something MIGHT be considered good.

And my Identity Crisis thing already involves analysis. The game is a whole inconsistent clusterf*ck in terms of story. That's not even half of the pie, though. If there was anything rock solid or revolutionary about the gameplay, I might have been able to look over the story in which they take themselves too seriously, but I found nothing.

This. Just, this. I can see why you won that award now.

[Official General]

 

 

 

It's not bad, none of the stories in any of the GTA games are bad, it's all a matter of opinion. Every GTA is going to have its haters and its critics, that's the way it works. People said the story in III sucked, VC, SA, IV, and so on. People say V's story sucks, people will say VI's story sucks. There's no pleasing everyone especially with a game that has such a massive fanbase like GTA, someone is ALWAYS going to be disappointed no matter what because there will inevitably be someone who didn't have one of their important needs to catered to in the game. Me personally, I've never been disappointed by a GTA game because I never go into one expecting Rockstar to have hand crafted a game tailored to my personal needs, I just expect Rockstar to make the game they wanted to make, that's it, nothing more.

 

The point here is not really about pleasing everyone. Of course not everyone likes the same same stuff, we know all this already. The point here is why a significant portion of GTA fans believe V's story is weak and the worst in the series. This is interesting enough pattern that cannot be simplified as being just down to personal opinion. It is something that would naturally invoke deep, big debates and analysis among GTA fans, because it highlights many concerns and issues that they have with V. Something Rockstar should be taking note of.

 

Woah, something went wrong there.

 

Please note that, once again, only 1 out of 5 people have voted in this poll to say that this game has a "bad" plot. 80% say it's "pretty OK" or better. That's not a "significant portion."

 

Similar to the "Do you feel betrayed by Rockstar?" poll, where 4 in 5 say no, although people think the general consensus seems to be anger and betrayal.

That in itself a big disappointment, well in my eyes, regarding this poll. If 40 percent of people think the game is just ok and nothing special to very bad, then that certainly nothing to be proud of. Considering the huge hype and expectations a massive game like V had, I consider this very poor, but you think it's a raving success, then all the better for you. I would have expected this poll to be 90 percent good or excellent, before I played V. That's just how I see it. Edited September 28, 2014 by Official General

[Spaghetti Cat]

I think it boils down to the characters being unlikeable. Sure there might be some funny moments with Trevor, for example, but they don't make for good characters. It also doesn't help that the story is just plain rude. There's a lot of action going on, but I really didn't care if a character died or not. At least in past games you felt a bit of sympathy for the characters, Niko getting revenge for example. I didn't feel any of that here, Michael was a two-timing ass, Franklin was boring, and Trevor was nuts. But but but Trevor is supposed to represent the typical GTA gamer. Yes if you just want to muck it up with car chases and shootouts, but pure violence doesn't make a good story. R* did a great job with the atmosphere, but dropped the ball when it came to the protagonists. Also I'd add it was all over the map, but you did have three different characters to deal with instead of just one pro tag like in previous games.

 

I'll add a challenge to those who think the story is great...can you describe the story of V in a paragraph or two? If you wanted to convince a friend to by the game, what would you say about the story? Genuine question, cause I can't make heads or tails of V's story.