That is understandable! I loved GTA 4 and GTA V but I do miss the aspects of San Andreas, I loved going to the gym, robbing houses (that was tense :D) the variety of clothing, especially at the time exploring was fun.

Hope Mafia 3 does the job, Mafia 2 was great!

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I respect your option but IMO vice city was the best. I played the single player story of gta 5 and had a Blast

IMO it ended all of the sudden
while 3 characters were fun the story was all over the place and didn't make as much sense

what I don't like is how as we move forward that each gta games world is getting smaller and smaller. I know they say it's these many square miles but the world in gta vice city and sa felt bigger, especially sa.

give me a complete remake of gta sa and take out those tedious plaNE missions

As you saw fit?
IIRC yiu could only be a super skinny black guy or a super fat guy
Or in between
Wheres all this "as you saw fit come from"

Yeah. Mafia 3 may have a better story, a realistic setting, and choice, bit there's so much more to GTA that resonates as a video game.

Don't get me wrong, I tired of GTA5 a long time ago, and am really looking forward to Mafia 3, but GTA5 is a monster!! And it's online component ended up being very successful.

What I really wanted from a Mafia game was a truely open city in which you start as a street thug who eventually through story is able to take territory until you become the Godfather of sorts. And then, you have to maintain. The online would be like NYC with the 5 families. You pick a family and there's a constant struggle for power. Mayne there are campaign seaaons, and someone is crowned Godfather after its over. Would be cool.

No one knows how much actual contwnt, aside from the initial story will be available. And TW3 set a high bar for quests. But even TW3's story eventually ended. GTA5's has continued due to its online component.

Yeah this articles title is really stupid. Whether Mafia 3 is good or not, out won't take down GTA or even get close I bet

I don't think there's any chance Mafia can beat GTA in sales but when it comes to storytelling I think it stands an honest shot at being a more compelling and memorable game. GTA is all about the side dishes, Mafia is all about the main course. I'm kinda over just knocking around an open world and running over people personally, when I play a game I need to have goals and an endpoint in sight. I respect people that don't game like that but tastes differ for certain.

I give 2k props for having an African American lead. It will be great from the get go. Imagine a story about coming home from Vietnam Nam in the South. It's like a triple whammy.

But it's bold and I can already see it now. How long will it take for articles to be written about how this character, in particular is portrayed. "Finally, an African American lead, who is shown as angry and vengeful and takes it out on others through brutal violence."

Obviously, I don't agree, and I can't wait for this story...gonna be epic. But it will happen. Because, like everything, and this article is a grrat example, all that matters anymore is Internet traffick.

Depends how good the game is.

I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.

yeh, football is really popular here in europe ha

What exactly are we not getting?

Did we not just have a 2025 filled with nice games like...

Silksong, Doom TDA, Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Hades 2, DK Bananza, and so many more?

Such a pessimistic view. This year gave so many good games.

Popsicle, I actually think we're getting more great games because of the slop. Developers are seeing that people aren't happy and taking advantage of big AAA studios not delivering for people.