Just finished the story

[Huppakee]

The story is...meh.

Storyline has been told many times before.Nothing new under the sun here.

 

The characters are boring,even Trevor.

Trevor was interesting in the beginning but gets repetitive when the story goes on.Franklin and Michael never got interesting in the story.

 

 

[N__Stelio992]

Okay..

[lastmanonearth]

Okay..

LOL

 

I bet the "meh" feeling is at least partially due to the fact that nothing changes at the end. Michael`s where he started off, Trevor`s still in his trailor and Franklin still irons clothes. And you have all this money that isn`t worth a hill of beans! There`s nothing to do with it all!

[Son of Zeus]

I bet the "meh" feeling is at least partially due to the fact that nothing changes at the end. Michael`s where he started off, Trevor`s still in his trailor and Franklin still irons clothes.

At the end of VC, Tommy is no longer the newbie he was at the beginning of the game. He's practically the king of the city.

 

At the end of SA, CJ is no longer the naive gangster he was at the beginning. He has set things right and brought Grove St. back to the top.

 

At the end of IV, Niko has successfully hunted down the demons of his past and realised the American Dream.

 

V has practically no character development.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Son of Zeus

[Huppakee]

 

I bet the "meh" feeling is at least partially due to the fact that nothing changes at the end. Michael`s where he started off, Trevor`s still in his trailor and Franklin still irons clothes.

One of the big problems of the story, practically no character development.

 

Michael:Tries to outrun his past but gets caught up during his midlifecrisis.

Franklin"You can leave the hood but the hood won't leave you"

Trevor:He's crazy so we can do everything with him,even if it doesn't make any sense.

 

Whenever there's a chance or set up for character development,it gets cutt of with a lame or stupid joke.

 

Good thing that there are many other things to do then just the story.

[lastmanonearth]

 

Good thing that there are many other things to do then just the story.

 

I see you`ve just joined the forums, so I don`t blame you if you`re too young to have played GTA San Andreas, but do yourself a favor for the love of Lord God Jesus Christ almighty and play SA, THEN tell me that there`s plenty of stuff to do in V!

[Huppakee]

 

 

Good thing that there are many other things to do then just the story.

 

I see you`ve just joined the forums, so I don`t blame you if you`re too young to have played GTA San Andreas, but do yourself a favor for the love of Lord God Jesus Christ almighty and play SA, THEN tell me that there`s plenty of stuff to do in V!

 

I played GTA,GTAII,GTA:VC;GTA:SA,GTAIV and now GTAV,all on PC,all bought on release day and all completed,except GTAIV.

Never said that GTAV has more features then previous titles,I said that there are many other things to do then just the story in GTAV.I agree that some of the previous titles have more features,but GTAV has enough features to break the boredom that comes with the story.Play 2-3 missions,get bored,do some other stuff,get back to the missions.

[lastmanonearth]

I played GTA,GTAII,GTA:VC;GTA:SA,GTAIV and now GTAV,all on PC,all bought on release day and all completed,except GTAIV.

 

Never said that GTAV has more features then previous titles,I said that there are many other things to do then just the story in GTAV.I agree that some of the previous titles have more features,but GTAV has enough features to break the boredom that comes with the story.Play 2-3 missions,get bored,do some other stuff,get back to the missions.

 

Only the other stuff doesn`t regenerate once you`ve done it. Rampages, peyote, whatever you do you can only do it once and that`s it!

[the_maciej]

At the end of VC, Tommy is no longer the newbie he was at the beginning of the game. He's practically the king of the city.

 

At the end of SA, CJ is no longer the naive gangster he was at the beginning. He has set things right and brought Grove St. back to the top.

 

At the end of IV, Niko has successfully hunted down the demons of his past and realised the American Dream.

 

V has practically no character development.

 

 

Well, I do not know to what extent does Niko realise his American Dream. It's a suicidal story of a suicidal man with suicidal friends in a suicidal city. It really has nothing to do with the American Dream.

 

Now to V, I see what you mean about little character development. R* did change it.

This time, instead of receiving a character who we shall work on ourselves, we received three already fully developed characters that seem independent from us. Ogg, Solo and Luke said once that V is a 'bromance'. I agree. It is a kind game about relationships between three men and their surroundings.

 

Now, their lives do not change in terms of finances or social status like in VC or SA, I agree. Well okay - they get loads of money, but their standard of living does not change. Because they are fully developed, strong and independent from us. They have their own personalities that we cannot manipulate. But does really nothing change?

 

All three do undergo changes. But these are not external amendments like driving a better car, moving into a bigger house, setting up a casino or becoming a mob boss. They experience their own changes within themselves, through various processes, that reset their values, impact their attitude and approach towards life and people. They all discover what is of true importance to them. Be it family, friendship, love. I think that it is also the first GTA to make me treat all characters equally. All earlier protagonists seemed to be superior and at least 3x bigger than the rest of ingame characters. Maybe this is why Michael, Franklin and Trevor seem strong and weak at the same time. Just as they do not really change on the outside, they surely become somewhat different after the story.

[Fuzzknuckles]

 

V has practically no character development.

 

I think that perfectly expresses the futility of our existence in the modern world. Get money, spend money, get more money, repeat till death.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Fuzzknuckles

[lastmanonearth]

All three do undergo changes. But these are not external amendments like driving a better car, moving into a bigger house, setting up a casino or becoming a mob boss. They experience their own changes within themselves, through various processes, that reset their values, impact their attitude and approach towards life and people. They all discover what is of true importance to them. Be it family, friendship, love. I think that it is also the first GTA to make me treat all characters equally. All earlier protagonists seemed to be superior and at least 3x bigger than the rest of ingame characters. Maybe this is why Michael, Franklin and Trevor seem strong and weak at the same time. Just as they do not really change on the outside, they surely become somewhat different after the story.

Wow, you`ve said it beautifully. Doesn`t change the fact that the game sucks but you said it so eloquently.

Edited April 18, 2015 by bored_killed

[the_maciej]

Wow, you`ve said it beautifully. Doesn`t change the fact that the game sucks but you said it so eloquently.

 

Thanks. Of course all of us have our own preferences, and that's the way it should be. V surely is not that typical crime story we were used to. Some may like it, some may not. Either way, if the game makes us analyze, think, consider, discuss and so on, then it is surely worth playing to me. This way we also undergo changes and develop, both as players and as people. I may be going too far with this, but that's the way I think about art altogether - and I consider games art.

[Fuzzknuckles]

 

Wow, you`ve said it beautifully. Doesn`t change the fact that the game sucks but you said it so eloquently.

 

Thanks. Of course all of us have our own preferences, and that's the way it should be. V surely is not that typical crime story we were used to. Some may like it, some may not. Either way, if the game makes us analyze, think, consider, discuss and so on, then it is surely worth playing to me. This way we also undergo changes and develop, both as players and as people. I may be going too far with this, but that's the way I think about art altogether - and I consider games art.

 

Very much this.

 

I think V has been hugely divisive to its audience - so much love, so much hate, so much satisfaction, so much disappointment... Its certainly generated some highly entertaining and explosive discussions on here.

[Big Gta fan]

 

I bet the "meh" feeling is at least partially due to the fact that nothing changes at the end. Michael`s where he started off, Trevor`s still in his trailor and Franklin still irons clothes.

At the end of VC, Tommy is no longer the newbie he was at the beginning of the game. He's practically the king of the city.

 

At the end of SA, CJ is no longer the naive gangster he was at the beginning. He has set things right and brought Grove St. back to the top.

 

At the end of IV, Niko has successfully hunted down the demons of his past and realised the American Dream.

 

V has practically no character development.

 

At the end of v

micheal is retired and got into the movie business and his family begin to love him.

 

franklin became rich man and a successful bank robber and start caring about others.

 

trevor now know the truth and also became rich and invest his money with his friends (Ron-wade) and their business and they probably don't live in a trailer anymore and got all his troubles off his back.

 

Look i'm not a fanboy i still prefer (iv-vc) storyline over v..........but i'm not blind either to not see what actually happened in the story ......i used to hate it too it was a huge disappointment to me back in 2013 i stopped playing it..........then i said to give it another chance and it seems to be pretty good. and when you say has no character development than how did i know this............ sorry for bad english

 

 

and yeah one more thing

 

at sa ending he didn't actually set anything right he left the hood there were hints in gta 4 you know.

 

at iv ending he realised the american dream from the beginning my friend he was a criminal back then and become criminal again lost people again and felt he was left alone again nothing new to him you know he just become a more sadder............and he probably killed himself i know that before the the release of gta v and in v there were hints that he died(but maybe he just stayed low).

Edited April 18, 2015 by Big Gta fan

[Big Gta fan]

 

 

I bet the "meh" feeling is at least partially due to the fact that nothing changes at the end. Michael`s where he started off, Trevor`s still in his trailor and Franklin still irons clothes.

One of the big problems of the story, practically no character development.

 

Michael:Tries to outrun his past but gets caught up during his midlifecrisis.

Franklin"You can leave the hood but the hood won't leave you"

Trevor:He's crazy so we can do everything with him,even if it doesn't make any sense.

 

Whenever there's a chance or set up for character development,it gets cutt of with a lame or stupid joke.

 

Good thing that there are many other things to do then just the story.

 

Any gta doesn't make any sense ................but wait gta v was suppose to have both graziness and seriousness and did it perfectly.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Big Gta fan

[Big Gta fan]

 

At the end of VC, Tommy is no longer the newbie he was at the beginning of the game. He's practically the king of the city.

 

At the end of SA, CJ is no longer the naive gangster he was at the beginning. He has set things right and brought Grove St. back to the top.

 

At the end of IV, Niko has successfully hunted down the demons of his past and realised the American Dream.

 

V has practically no character development.

 

 

Well, I do not know to what extent does Niko realise his American Dream. It's a suicidal story of a suicidal man with suicidal friends in a suicidal city. It really has nothing to do with the American Dream.

 

Now to V, I see what you mean about little character development. R* did change it.

This time, instead of receiving a character who we shall work on ourselves, we received three already fully developed characters that seem independent from us. Ogg, Solo and Luke said once that V is a 'bromance'. I agree. It is a kind game about relationships between three men and their surroundings.

 

Now, their lives do not change in terms of finances or social status like in VC or SA, I agree. Well okay - they get loads of money, but their standard of living does not change. Because they are fully developed, strong and independent from us. They have their own personalities that we cannot manipulate. But does really nothing change?

 

All three do undergo changes. But these are not external amendments like driving a better car, moving into a bigger house, setting up a casino or becoming a mob boss. They experience their own changes within themselves, through various processes, that reset their values, impact their attitude and approach towards life and people. They all discover what is of true importance to them. Be it family, friendship, love. I think that it is also the first GTA to make me treat all characters equally. All earlier protagonists seemed to be superior and at least 3x bigger than the rest of ingame characters. Maybe this is why Michael, Franklin and Trevor seem strong and weak at the same time. Just as they do not really change on the outside, they surely become somewhat different after the story.

 

Completely agree.

[Son of Zeus]

and when you say has no character development than how did i know this............ sorry for bad english.

I did not say V has no char development. I said it has practically no development, by which I meant very little.

 

 

and yeah one more thing

 

at sa ending he didn't actually set anything right he left the hood there were hints in gta 4 you know.

You're wrong. I said at the end of GTA San Andreas, he has brought GSF back to the top. He has set things right by killing his mom's killers and Tenpenny, the mastermind.

 

The 'hints' in IV are just easter-eggs, they aren't a continuation of SA's story.

 

 

at iv ending he realised the american dream from the beginning my friend he was a criminal back then and become criminal again lost people again and felt he was left alone again nothing new to him you know he just become a more sadder............

He was a soldier in the Yugoslavian War. His village was ambushed by a group of men and Niko initially thought it was the enemy, but later finds out that it was a soldier of his own squad who had attacked.

 

After this he turned to crime.

 

He was dirt poor at that time, he wasn't living the American Dream. He comes to LC believing that Roman is really rich, but it turns out to be false.

 

At the end of IV he is rich and finally living the American Dream. Not sure how you say he had realised that before lol.

 

 

and he probably killed himself i know that before the the release of gta v and in v there were hints that he died(but maybe he just stayed low).

These are again just easter-eggs(references to a game) and don't have anything to do with IV's story. I said that at the end of IV, in GTA IV, he's living the Dream. It is pointless to bring V into this. Edited April 18, 2015 by Son of Zeus

[Big Gta fan]

 

and when you say has no character development than how did i know this............ sorry for bad english.

I did not say V has no char development. I said it has practically no development, by which I meant very little.

 

 

and yeah one more thing

 

at sa ending he didn't actually set anything right he left the hood there were hints in gta 4 you know.

You're wrong. I said at the end of GTA San Andreas, he has brought GSF back to the top. He has set things right by killing his mom's killers and Tenpenny, the mastermind.

 

The 'hints' in IV are just easter-eggs, they aren't a continuation of SA's story.

 

 

at iv ending he realised the american dream from the beginning my friend he was a criminal back then and become criminal again lost people again and felt he was left alone again nothing new to him you know he just become a more sadder............

He was a soldier in the Yugoslavian War. His village was ambushed by a group of men and Niko initially thought it was the enemy, but later finds out that it was a soldier of his own squad who had attacked.

 

After this he turned to crime.

 

He was dirt poor at that time, he wasn't living the American Dream. He comes to LC believing that Roman is really rich, but it turns out to be false.

 

At the end of IV he is rich and finally living the American Dream. Not sure how you say he had realised that before lol.

 

 

and he probably killed himself i know that before the the release of gta v and in v there were hints that he died(but maybe he just stayed low).

These are again just easter-eggs(references to a game) and don't have anything to do with IV's story. I said that at the end of IV, in GTA IV, he's living the Dream. It is pointless to bring V into this.

 

First off V has character development IMO I think there's an amazing amount of characterization, the story campaign is decently lengthed, and the lack of payment is a great example of gameplay / story integration (Not because you don't have lots and lots of missions that doesn't have anything to do of the focus of the game make a development for your character example i didn't care for cj after he left the hood you only had like 35 missions that serves the story's goal).make sense right and this my best gta (sa)

 

 

second yes i know he did that but if you focused kendl will say that there is still lots of problems "sh*t never end" then madd dogg comes in and they were are going on a tour so there is a bigger chance that he left the hood and hi come on after he became wealthy and share a casino and the 60 millions jetpack there is a little chance to stay on the hood................and that's weird the easter egg actually make sense to what i'm saying that he left the hood.

 

 

 

So he didn't realise the killing people isn't part of the american dream he wasn't even that rich.. That's not true....And why are you telling the story of niko i already know it?

 

 

 

I don't think they are easter eggs............. fans made theorys that he killed himself and gta v comes in and brought characters(lester-packie) to hint he's dead

so it does make sense that he is dead and keep in mind they are from the same universe (or maybe he stayed low but it's likely he is dead) then why packie left him they were like brothers.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Big Gta fan

[Official General]

The story is...meh.

Storyline has been told many times before.Nothing new under the sun here.

 

The characters are boring,even Trevor.

Trevor was interesting in the beginning but gets repetitive when the story goes on.Franklin and Michael never got interesting in the story.

 

 

 

Another GTA player out of so many that lends credence to the general consensus among GTA fans that V's story really was very poorly written and structured. This has got to be the 1,000th thread stating how rubbish V's story is, since that game came out.

 

Take a note V fanatics, I did not make this thread myself !

 

@ Son Of Zeus and eagle6646

 

I think Niko's 'American Dream' was played out in IV's story as some kind of paradox relating to the theme. I think it's a play at the notion that in reality for most immigrants to America, the American Dream is just a myth, it's just one big struggle to survive and get by, let alone prosper, and for very few people it is a fairytale true story. Liberty City was supposed to be symbolic of the immigrant's quest to achieve the dream, the supreme beacon of hope and prosperity in this great new land for someone like Niko, but yet he was not very impressed by the big-city-bright lights atmosphere, he did not like the frantic, fast-pace life, he was appalled by the rampant and endemic culture of selfishness, greed and lack of integrity that everybody in the city seemed to have, and he quickly realized that Liberty City had a dark side and underworld that brought out the inner criminal in him more than he ever had in his entire life. Yeah he experienced hard times and struggles with Roman's failing taxi business/debts, being on the run and in desperate need of money, and he later experienced the Dream with the high life earning money, dating nice women, driving fast cars, hanging out in classy nightspots, and residing in luxury apartments. But Niko still felt empty inside, and he was still lacking inner redemption from a life of crime consumed by the beauty and the beast of Liberty at the same time, so you are both right.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Official General

[lastmanonearth]

Another GTA player out of so many that lends credence to the general consensus among GTA fans that V's story really was very poorly written and structured. This has got to be the 1,000th thread stating how rubbish V's story is, since that game came out.

 

Take a note V fanatics, I did not make this thread myself !

 

This guy just joined the forum and the first thing he did was make that post, I think it`s his genuine opinion - not influenced by the likes of me.

[TheOneLibertonian]

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

[Big Gta fan]

 

Another GTA player out of so many that lends credence to the general consensus among GTA fans that V's story really was very poorly written and structured. This has got to be the 1,000th thread stating how rubbish V's story is, since that game came out.

 

Take a note V fanatics, I did not make this thread myself !

 

This guy just joined the forum and the first thing he did was make that post, I think it`s his genuine opinion - not influenced by the likes of me.

 

Or maybe he just another hater made this account specifically to make this thread due to a lot of players make threads like gta v have a better dialogue or best missions in the game or best moments in the game it seems people who like the story are not afriad after all to make thread praising the game and since he said "storyline has been told many times before nothing new under the sun here" when it's actually not true at all i have never seen a story like gta v storyline... then he says some things about the story like why trevor is grazy without put an effort focus in the story and he will get why......it only take some inspiration from some moments in movies like every gta does So yeah we probably will never see him again probably so he just a blind hater.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Big Gta fan

[Big Gta fan]

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

Who told you he still live in a trailer he wanted the money because he don't want to live a trailer anymore he had a enough it was mentioned at the end of the mission derailed.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Big Gta fan

[Bill Williamson]

 

Another GTA player out of so many that lends credence to the general consensus among GTA fans that V's story really was very poorly written and structured. This has got to be the 1,000th thread stating how rubbish V's story is, since that game came out.

 

Take a note V fanatics, I did not make this thread myself !

 

Not really...

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/739192-vs-storyline-isnt-as-bad-as-people-say-its-misunderstood/

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/651691-what-rating-would-you-give-the-storyline-in-v-1-10/?mode=show

 

But do go on, your bullsh*t opinions always seem to amuse me. I think you are becoming my favorite member around here; much love OG

 

Anyway, as I have always stated, the story is average in my opinion, but the gameplay is what matters in a GTA game, and on that front GTA V delivered (in my opinion of course).

Edited April 18, 2015 by Bill Williamson

[Geralt of Rivia]

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

To be fair, do you see Trevor living in anything remotely nice? Because I don't lol. Michael? Yes. Franklin? Yes. Trevor? Ehhhh his trailer makes sense.

[TheOneLibertonian]

 

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

 

Who told you he still live in a trailer he wanted the money because he don't want to live a trailer anymore he had a enough it was mentioned at the end of the mission derailed..

 

Then why does he still lives there after the end of the game. I did not say that V has no development, it has a weak plot overall.

 

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

To be fair, do you see Trevor living in anything remotely nice? Because I don't lol. Michael? Yes. Franklin? Yes. Trevor? Ehhhh his trailer makes sense.

I do see Trevor living somewhere nice, but not like huge mansions. More like warehouses as a front for TPI.

[Big Gta fan]

 

 

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

Who told you he still live in a trailer he wanted the money because he don't want to live a trailer anymore he had a enough it was mentioned at the end of the mission derailed.

.

 

Then why does he still lives there after the end of the game. I did not say that V has no development, it has a weak plot overall.

 

there were story missions after the ending?what the player do in the game has nothing to do with the story.....

[TheOneLibertonian]

 

 

 

GTA V's story's weak point is the pacing and character development. The game might have some great moments like Bury the Hatchet. But overall it's disappointing. Trevor still lives in that POS trailer despite having billions of dollars in his pocket. It just make no sense at all. The game is good and well polished, but there are many inconsistencies in both story and gameplay.

 

Who told you he still live in a trailer he wanted the money because he don't want to live a trailer anymore he had a enough it was mentioned at the end of the mission derailed.

.

Then why does he still lives there after the end of the game. I did not say that V has no development, it has a weak plot overall.

 

there were story missions after the ending?what the player do in the game has nothing to do with the story.....The game lacks development even after the game. Trevor is still good old crazy Trevor. Michael is a better person than he was before. Franklin was drunk, but he ain't getting drunker while ironing his clothes. Unlike GTA IV when Niko achieved the American dream and severing all his criminal ties after the game.

 

GTA V should have more missions than just 69. And why masks and boiler suits consider themselves as missions. They are just pointless IMO.

[Official General]

 

 

Another GTA player out of so many that lends credence to the general consensus among GTA fans that V's story really was very poorly written and structured. This has got to be the 1,000th thread stating how rubbish V's story is, since that game came out.

 

Take a note V fanatics, I did not make this thread myself !

 

Not really...

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/739192-vs-storyline-isnt-as-bad-as-people-say-its-misunderstood/

 

http://gtaforums.com/topic/651691-what-rating-would-you-give-the-storyline-in-v-1-10/?mode=show

 

But do go on, your bullsh*t opinions always seem to amuse me. I think you are becoming my favorite member around here; much love OG

 

Anyway, as I have always stated, the story is average in my opinion, but the gameplay is what matters in a GTA game, and on that front GTA V delivered (in my opinion of course).

 

 

Lol the second poll was a month after the game came out, so many people were still in crazy hype and excitement mode. The first poll you posted was a year after the game came out, and if you noticed, more people stated that it very poor to just okay, which is indicative of the idea that for many, on second thoughts, V's story was either nothing special or it was weak.

 

Those poll results for V's story are no success by any means, they are very patchy regardless - a really successful outcome would have the overwhelming majority saying it was either great or good, not 'just ok'.

[SmokesWithCigs]

You know you could've read all the other countless threads of the same subject matter before making this thread. Meanwhile I'm still playing and enjoying this game. Thank you for wasting our time.