With the recent delay and expected massive size of GTA V (map size, three playable characters, other content, etc), could the game be too big for its own good?
The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.
Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 are both classics, but movement and general interaction sometimes feels like you're possessed by a fridge.
Rockstar need to learn that 12 years of work and 5000 employees doesn’t account for one persons opinion on the internet…
The controls of RDR2 felt a but cluncky indeed, but it’s not as bad as some make it out to be. At no point did I get the feeling my experience with the game was held back or ruined by the controls.
But it can never hurt to optimize them a bit, sure.
Red Dead Redemption felt clunky at first but I got used to it fairly quick. I thought 2 was easier to control but it could be my experience with the first game helped me out. Great games
I wouldn't call Rockstar games characters clunky instead they feel like they move with Weight they are not twitch controls press x to instantly snap onto cover the characters instead move like a actor would ducking behind cover they are exposed while they get there.
From their most recent entries in the GTA franchise to their cult favorite racing games, find here the best Rockstar games, ranked from best to worst.
While I think bigger is probably better in this case, if there is another delay I will rethink my position!
Rockstar has always been great at the open world genre, GTA V will be no different. Rockstar knows how to balance a big open world with tons of stuff to do. I am not worried about it's size I know I will be getting a quality game at launch. Because that's what Rockstar does...deliver quality games. This is my most anticipated title this year...and I'm sure millions of other gamers agree with me.
....I gotta stop talking about GTA now I'm drooling.
I want a GTA game thats huge. I dont think GTA V is too big. When I played GTA IV I wanted a bigger world.
thats what she said
Of course it remains to be seen, but ultimately it's up to the developers to ensure that their open world game is interesting, packed full of things to do, and give the impression that it's alive. A huge game that feels barren, with little direction, will bore the player pretty quickly, no matter how painstakingly recreated or big the world is.
This is why I stopped playing Just Cause 2 fairly fast. I thought I would love it, because I love pretty much all sandbox games (GTA ftw! Saints Row ftw! Batman Arkham City ftw!), but I got bored with Just Cause 2 after 3 or 4 hours in, and dying in a mission only to be taken all the waaaaaay back into a base 2 or 3 kilometers away from the mission I was trying to do completely killed the fun for me. Ugh.
So, for me, I don't care about the actual size of GTA 5. It can be as small as GTA3 for all I care (although I know it won't!). I just want it to be FUN at all times, with as little grinding and as little "time-wasting long-ass travels from point A to point B" as possible.