Cyberpunk 2077

GTA 4 was awesome IMO. and how was rdr2 one of their worse games? You gave strange taste in games my friend.

I loved both games. I liked the story of GTA 4 better than GTA 5, but I agree that all the man dates were pretty annoying.

RDR 2 was just fantastic. I know some people complained that it was too slow, but I was in gaming nirvana.

GTA4 would be rated higher for me personally if the driving wasn't so fucking bad

Yeah, I may replay RDR2 someday, but it won't be for a couple of years at least. The online portion was terrible, at least at launch. Never went back to see if it got any better.

GTA 4 (and I include the DLCs) is a masterpiece. My only gripe with it is that the satire is borderline nihilistic : just about everybody everywhere is a terrible human being. It's a bit too much for my taste as it weakens the human drama, yet it still manages to be one of the strongest video game story, because it actually talks about relatable real world issues (and I don't mean drug deals going badly !).

Oddly, I think I only played one or two hours of GTA V. Some gameplay/UI issues (most notably the one pixel reticle - though there is an option to fix it ?) and a story that absolutely did not grab me and that was that. I should probably give it another go.

Szlia same here. I loved 4 and actually beat it thoroughly. But for some reason I never got past the part where you first meet Trevor. It was a great game, but for some reason I just never finished it.

5 is good. I think you'll enjoy it if you give it a good run. I think the gameplay was better. However, 4 was a much better story (imo) and Niko was the greatest. It;s my favorite of the GTA series, even though I think the forced hang outs were the worst thing ever implemented in a GTA title.

I burned out on 5. I liked Ray Liotta and the black guy but hated being forced into playing Trevor.

Yea Trevor was funny at first but quickly became annoying to me and forced me to quit honestly.

GTA 5 is a masterpiece in seeing an open, living world with a huge amount of detail. I bounced off it a bunch but played 1-2 hours a weekend for months and really grew to love the SP campaign, setting, characters, and all the crazy shit you could do. It feels like Rockstar and maybe CDPR are the only devs left who will spend 4-5 years on a game and not release it until its super, super, super polished.

the gta 5 story was interesting because of how the 3 protagonists were different types of gamers. you have the fresh face who despite being told that everything is shit, is still really looking forward to what's new. you have the old retiree who's played everything, done everything. he's experienced what games have to offer and he's just jaded because nothing's really worked out. then you have trevor. he's the gamer who understands that it's game and just wants to break the system. he's driven by pure ego. when you play gta online and you do some missions, make some money and then call it quits, it always ends up with you just going on a one man riot. you go to the busiest street you can find and pull out your rocket launcher or minigun and go to town. that's trevor.

his schtick definitely gets old but he's also got some great moments.