Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto 5

Buccura

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Despite not saying it's a bad game I'm sure this review will piss off plenty of GTA fanboys.
 

Worgen

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
Oddly enough I was hoping he would do Shadow Warrior this week. Maybe he will use it to cleanse his palate of the 'meh' that is his opinion of gtaV.
 

Evonisia

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Pretty much summarises much of what I think about this game.

And THANK YOU so much for bringing up the damn flying! If we exclude the internet dwellers I am the only person I know who hates the damn planes and the helicopters.

Oh yeah, and let's prepare the flame shield. You may have not given a numerical score but you don't need to in order to fan flames.
 

Ghonzor

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And queue people who probably haven't even played the game vehemently defending it.
I found GTA V fun at times, but overall fairly bland. I agree that none of the characters are fleshed out or interesting in any capacity. And for zany fun, I found Saints Row IV much more agreeable.
 

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*Hands Yahtzee a flame shield*

You're going to need this dude. While I thought your review was quite funny GTA V fans might be...less than amicable.
 

StriderShinryu

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Buccura said:
Despite not saying it's a bad game I'm sure this review will piss off plenty of GTA fanboys.
If a 9/10 review including one word they didn't like can do it, I'd bet you're right.

Anyway, nice to see another critic point out that the game is not necessarily the pube igniting masterpiece many claim it to be.
 

Barciad

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I think comparisons, not just with Saints Row IV, but also Skyrim are in order. Just how does one make games this big both balanced and with tightness and direction?
 

Ed130 The Vanguard

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So you find it average with poor writing, pointless RPG elements, by the nose story missions and no overarching plot.

Not GOTY material then?
 

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That's strange. I guess I don't live in as hip and cool of a city being stuck in the huge Texas bunghole and all that, but I haven't noticed an abundance of ads for this game. Maybe they don't think us Texans are a worthy market to pursue. :(
 

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Incontinent honey badger in a whore house kitchen before...

Yeah, even for Yahtzee that metaphor was a bit long, rambly and weird, I think.
 

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I might buy this game for 20 bucks during a steam sale if it ever gets released for the pc, I didn?t like past grand theft auto games enough for me to bother buying this one for 60 bucks.
 

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Yeah, I have to say that I agree with this review pretty wholly. The writing can be funny and the characters are sometimes clever but that's about it. It's probably the best GTA game so far, but I can only play it for an hour or two before I get bored from driving all the way down town just for a mission to send me all the way back to where I was. It just gets a little tedious and no amount of random "stop/help the stick-up guy" missions will change that.

I really hope no one expected Yahtzee to get on here today and also pay homage to the throbbing mass that is GTA 5's over-inflated genitals. There are quite enough critics gorging themselves upon it, so what's say you guys let this one go and just accept that fact that this game is not for everyone?
 

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Whew! The GTA Zombie Plague has spared Yahtzee so he isn't slobbering all over GTA V's knob in this review. All is right with the world.

I personally feel the game has it's moments, however all of the scripted to death portions of it, are not them.
 

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dint bother to get any of them after SA. plus there is no pc version so i dont even care at all.
 

Norix596

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Seems about where Greg Tito came out- Mechanically competent but no interesting or likeable characters or developments.
 

ImBigBob

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Yeah, I knew you were going to hate it. Further justification for me to not buy it! Plus I still need to get Saints Row 4.
 

lord.jeff

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This is how I've felt with any GTA game, not good or bad but fun enough to be passable entertainment.