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How is GTA5 disappointing? I remember playing it a couple of years after release and it still is one of the best open world games I ever played. Even now, more than 10 years since I played it, I remember the main characters and even some secondary ones and part of the story (even though I only played it once). If anything, I think the GTA5 model is what all "service" games should be -- excellent story and single player campaign and..whatever that online thing is. Frankly, I've never touched the online part in GTA5 but I hear it's quite successful.
Regarding the price, I would personally probably pay a bit more for a really really good game. I don't think the very good games selling for a premium are the problem, but the unfinished, reskinned and shitty games selling for 60-70. Like, how is Elden Ring released at the same price as Skull and Bones or FIFA ? Those should be 10-20 bucks, not the good games (assuming GTA6 will keep the quality bar up).
The microtransactions kept a very steady flow of hundreds of millions of dollars per quarter to Rockstar, so yeah, it's absurdly successful
I'm glad you enjoy it and my opinion of it doesn't negate your feeling, however i should say i find the middle part of the story to be very bland and the ending is forgettable. We're also sold on the idea of heist but we only have the grand total of 5, which again, i find it very forgettable and bland.
In fact i still can remember a lot of San Andreas, but i can't remember much about gta5.
Not a big fan of the idea of spreading the story focus amongst the trio too, i think i'd enjoy more if it's just focus on Franklin.
The post game is also pretty empty, not much side story to do because they put their effort on online mode.
Overall it's a pretty mid game to me.
can't play online without hacks unfortunately. sad state of affairs. but overall, game wasn't bad except for the money grab with sharkbucks