Thoughts on the FIB vs IAA conflict in GTA V?

[FanEu7]

I thought it was a bit too dragged out but an interesting direction and it lead to some really fun missions. It fits GTA perfectly that two powerful agencies would be in conflict with each other. The Wrap Up was just epic with them + Merryweather  killing each other. I wish Michelle and ULP contact had a bigger role or were not included at all though

 

I would have liked way more Madrazo focus but I definitely prefer this conflict over more gangbanging or triads or killing the lost (hate that anyway).

Edited January 5, 2021 by FanEu7

[Homicidal Hipster]

Cleaning out the burea til the wrap up is perhaps one of my favourite arcs in the game.. basic government agency spy drama writing.. nothing too flashy but the missions rock ass... the whole monkey business/paleto score is over cliched.. would of preferred the fib stay away from the exile arc to focus more on the madrazo fallout but oh well.. still it works.. who doesn't love a good “the governments got me by the balls” angle.. it’s still crime, no? just under a different affiliation. 

[billiejoearmstrong8]

I could never bring myself to care about this conflict tbh. To this day I couldn't tell you which missions involved which and which characters worked for which off the top of my head (except ULP of course thanks to GTA IV - "The FIB? Do I look homosexual?"). Some of the missions involving them are a lot of fun though, the Bureau Raid (firefighter version) might be the best mission in the game. 

Edited January 5, 2021 by billiejoearmstrong8

[FanEu7]

1 hour ago, Thelema93 said:

Cleaning out the burea til the wrap up is perhaps one of my favourite arcs in the game.. basic government agency spy drama writing.. nothing too flashy but the missions rock ass... the whole monkey business/paleto score is over cliched.. would of preferred the fib stay away from the exile arc to focus more on the madrazo fallout but oh well.. still it works.. who doesn't love a good “the governments got me by the balls” angle.. it’s still crime, no? just under a different affiliation. 

 

Agreed, they oveused the FIB/IAA stuff. More variety would have been good. But I really like the Bureau heist + Wrap up part of the game, also By the Book and the whole Mr. K stuff was interesting as well. Monkey business was not that good and I definitely wish that the Paleto heist was not done for the FIB. We already did plenty of heists for them

[Cutter De Blanc]

I wish we werent involved in it

 

Seems like the writers were trying to shoehorn some message about the government in there

 

Its like, dude, I'm playing as a character who kills 200 cops before breakfast, I get the whole "government = evil shady motherf*ckers" thing already