onionberry said:
Nuvendil said: Oh and Grand Theft Auto is the single most overrated franchise in all of gaming. |
it's overrated, but compared to other games in the same genre it's outstanding imho.
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Yes but no other game in its subgenre (openworld sandbox) gets away with the kinda crap it does with its wonky physics, mediocre shooting, poor driving, incredibly repetitive missions, lifeless world, bad writing, and its inability to let missions truly realize that sandbox feel. I mean, in GTAV they had a fantastic oportunity to have really interesting, replayable dynamic missions with their heists. But instead you have to choose from three different strict plans that you can't deviate from because screw all that freedom crap - you know, the very foundational principle of the sandbox genre?
And the problem is people call out all the sandboxes ever for this but not GTA. My issue isn't with quality strictly speaking, it's with the fact that GTA routinely gets praised as one of the best games of the gen or best games evar when a new one releases. It's not. And that's why it's overrated.