Why did you join GTA Online in the first place?

[Blaine County Sheriff]

Your thoughts and opinions

[AscendantWyvern]

It was part of GTA V.

[Shaytan]

Well, I initially bought GTA V for my brand new PC. I wanted to play this game for so long and so I did, and played SP until I finished the main story. Then I decided to give a try to Online, and really enjoyed it, so I began playing regularly.

[Coleco]

It's what I've wanted from a GTA game for years.

 

Also, the ability to play as a female in the GTA universe, with character creation tools.

[Zader]

Basically what Coleco said, plus to play with my friends.

[Guest]

story mode bored me

[el carlitos]

GTA Online offers what I was dreaming about since GTA III. An detailed open world, cars, tuning, a lot of personalization options, car meetings and playing with friends and other people.

The only think missing to finish my GTA dream is all cities in one map.

[Wurmy]

story mode bored me

Same here, also making your own character is a big plus.

[jrryvc]

Played the story 3 times and i got bored. Was also curious about character creation, its not easy but thats what i love about it.

[98 in 1]

i had/have no desire to replay the story unlike previous GTAs

 

 

 

that and i love loading screens

[Furry_Monkey]

It was in the menu, so I clicked it.

 

I'm not really sure what the question is actually about. It's hardly a major lifestyle choice or anything like that.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Furry_Monkey

[Da Elite Ninjah]

Because this game brought me what i was dreaming about since double dragon on the NES man

[oleg_aka_djmeg]

it was a cool thing to do at the time.

[FlacidJack]

To claim a place of my own in LS. That's the best way I can describe why I originally went online in 2013.

[lll-H-I-M-lll]

I came to los santos with one intention after playing gta4 online for many years and that was to cause kaos

I was thrown into badsport within the first week of november.Still wearing the original dunce hat

Edited April 29, 2016 by HARBUJAHN THE GREATEST

[saintsrow]

Good question, OP.

 

I tried out Online because it was there.

 

While I like the concept of shared virtual spaces like Second Life, I expected GTA0 PvP to be a worthless sh*thole and it was and is. But I liked the co-op missions and contact missions and I like running around in the virtual world as a character I created, as others have said above.

[PetrolCB]

To play GTA online.

[FrugalDangerMan]

Why, for the good natured fun loving attitude of the community of course!

 

Huzzah!!

[Nacho Z]

Not much to say about this really. It was something I always thought would work well and I wanted to give it a go.

 

Also after one run through of SP I'd had enough of it so it was time to move on.

[GAUNTLET HELLFIRE]

I have loved GTA ever since I first played GTA 1 or 2 so when I got given a 360 I bought GTA V and messed around in SP for a few months till I got bored so I looked up a few youtube videos of online to see the difference between SP and online it looked good so I bought a gold subscription. Almost a year later it's still my all time favorite game and I still play everyday.

[kuusko]

sp was sh*t, online was/is decent.

[TwunnyStaXX]

Mostly because I ran out of things to do in SP. More specifically, I was sick of modding out cars, having them blow up and then losing them forever, and I had heard you could buy insurance online.

[Hunter]

It's just GTA V's multiplayer. It's kind of like asking why you chose to play the multiplayer of, say, Red Dead Redemption - it's not exactly a big choice; it's just there.

[Zerani]

Because I could shoot people and drive cool cars around.

[StangOne50]

To get the Platinum trophy. If it wasnt for that I would have never touched gtao.

[Creme_Brulee]

To play with friends.

There also were more things to do.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Braulioaej

[LogScottWood]

To bro down in dick measuring contests, same as everyone else.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Log

[XenoxX]

I wanted a persistent ultimate open world experience, i expected a high quality product of Rockstar Games, similar to their previous titles, I expected a working Matchmaking...I expected Dedicated Server connections.

I was disappointed, but still hoped for the best...

 

until now, i came to realize that GTA Online, is not a functioning game, it lacks a proper Network setup it lacks the proper Matchmaking.

If and that is a big IF it would actualy be functional, I would love the game....I would LOVE playing in full lobbies of Captures, LTS and Adversary Modes, and I am sure people would like it as well...

 

But R* ruined it, and I hope they don't ruin it for their next title.

Because it is 3 years or more until GTA VI, 3 years without gaming for me, I am not sure if by that time I will even stay interested in gaming anymore...

 

So at this point, similar to how GTA introduced me to gaming with the age of 6, GTA is now killing off gaming for me, no game reaches up to the ambition and scope and setting of a Grand Theft Auto, but that is not an achievement, the achievement would have been to keep releasing quality products, to have a proper Network setup in Online to make the game long-term accesable....but R* failed...

They failed their customers, the failed their fans...
I can't even realy blame them, they aren't "greedy", they are simply incompetent...unfortunately.

[Shneb]

It was on my disc.

 

In 2013 I really looked forward to single player but now I think it sucks.

[Nutduster]

I loved all previous GTA games and used to tell friends of mine that if they ever made a persistent world MMO-style game where players could be criminals and cops, and face off in that world, it was game over for my social life - I'd just live on that game.

 

Well GTA Online isn't quite that, but it's close. Which has allowed me to keep a small amount of social life in between gameplay sessions. In some ways it's less than the experience I wanted, but in other ways it's more, too. Despite its problems I'm not really surprised I've sunk such an ungodly amount of hours into playing it. And I'm very curious to see what's next for this game - especially if and when GTA VI comes along - and also what it means for the Red Dead series. Really, though I have loved GTA Online more than not and though I continue to play it, I think a Red Dead Online could actually be a better experience, if they just get a few aspects of it right and learn from some of the key mistakes made with this game. If nothing else, not having stupid-powerful military hardware will make it so much more enjoyable.

Edited April 29, 2016 by Nutduster