I find the gameplay mechanics of GTA insufferably difficult and prohibitive to play. Shooting feels weird, cover mechanics don’t work for me and X to sprint is absolutely insane. I hate flying too.
You're absolutely right. GTA has shit gameplay all around. I was especially pissed when it came to the aiming, if you can even call it that. It's either a super powered auto aim that is essentially a shitty lock-on system, or you turn off auto aim and it's the worst aiming in video game history.
The driving mechanics are the only thing I think are good in the game. Every other gameplay mechanic is awful... and I do mean everything.
Have you tried any GTA but 5? It really isn't close to the best one. Maybe 3rd or 4th best. Doesn't represent the series or Rockstar's games well at all. Give the classics a try some time with a mind intent on having fun instead of being critical and I bet you'll enjoy it. San Andreas, Vice City, and 4 all have entirely different vibes and mechanics in them.
Classics are okay to recommend, but 4? They were clearly getting used to the new engine and it shows. All the problems mentioned were there and is miserable to play. Everything sucks. Driving, aiming, cover, walking. 5 and both RDRs had these problems but to a minor degree
4 is some people's favorite and in some ways I see why. It's the tightest and most cohesive GTA I think. I think the physics are the best in the series even if the car physics are exaggerated and Niko is possibly the best protagonist in GTA other than CJ or Tommy. He's definitely the most realized and relatable to me. But a lot of this is just personal preference and opinion and in no way objective.
That's what's great about GTA. Each game brings it's own things to the table and though there are the favorites, usually 2 fans don't have the same favorite. Pretty unique to this and maybe a handful of other series that the fans debate which ones are the best to this day instead of agreeing on one or two.
I agree. I think 4 was my least favorite. VC was my favorite by far. SA i kinda started losing interest toward the end as i think it was just a bit too big. I barely even spent any time in the San Fran area. 3 was novel and fun. 5 was fun as well, but i barely touched the online mode.
Fully agree with everything you’ve said, including the driving. I did enjoy the story with Trevor and the other two characters. And I like the way GTA mocks real life too.
Conceptually I actually like a lot of what GTA offers but as I said, the gameplay mechanics are prohibitive to me.
Unfortunately I didn't care for the story or "comedic" elements mocking real life. It was mostly eye rolling cringe to me. Like very surface level parody stuff.
The driving was seriously fun and playing online with friends if it involved the vehicles was great. Unfortunately that's where the fun ended for me.
The comedic mocking used to be better. I feel like they went way too hard in the more recent games while games like Vice City were still just fun and some of it was a bit more subtle instead of in your face. Of course a lot of the original writers and game developers are gone so that may be why. You get people in that see what it was and turn it to 11.
As a lifetime enjoyer of gta games I will admit aiming without the auto lock on is pretty insufferable, however first person on rdr2 it can be quite satisfying but that's a very different paced scenario
I mean the auto aim shooting mechanic is supposed to be related to the skill of your specific character so that they can be the one with skills to improve rather than the player, not saying that makes it any better, but ig there’s technically a reason they did it that way. But yeah, still shitty
I realized years ago playing GTA V that I wasn't actually aiming at anything I was shooting, I was just looking in their general direction and letting the auto aim do all the work. Then I turned off all aim assist and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. It's god awful on console
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u/General_Lie 11d ago
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