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Grand Theft Auto V is a third-person (and optionally first-person) action-adventure open-world game with many online multiplayer elements. The basics of the gameplay sees you traversing a huge open-world, either on foot or in a vehicle, while completing missions, many of which pertaining to robbery and heists.
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Pros
Pro Great story wrapped around biting and relevant social commentary
Grand Theft Auto V is a smart, comical but biting social commentary on contemporary relevant matters. It satirizes almost anything that has to do with the current pop culture. Millennials, celebrities, the right, the left, the middle class, the upper class, the media and even the video game industry itself.
The story and the world in which it takes place are fictional, but the social commentary and the problems it raises and things it satirizes are real -- corruption, greed, hypocrisy, the abuse of power -- are all real and relevant in today's world.
Pro Massive scope that is filled to the brim with little details
For example, you can be working to complete a mission which may involve flying a plane, fighting the crew of that plane, crashing it, and finally parachuting out of it only to find an off-road buggy landing. This, in turn may lead you to explore the mountains and wilderness around San Andreas and come across backpackers who will probably be slightly annoyed at you.
But this does not even come close to describing the massive scope that GTA V has. It feels like a living world where anything can happen.
Pro Game saves can be imported from console versions
Players that have saved games on their console can import the save to the PC version. This way they will not have to start the game over from scratch.
Rockstar has a support page specifically to transfer the saves.
Pro Massive world
It's very easy to get lost in GTA V's world both figuratively and literally. It's partly because of the sheer size of 35 square miles, allowing you to spend hours just walking, driving, or even flying around the map. It's also because of the many beautiful sights you get to see, causing you to often stop and take it all in. So it doesn't matter if you're walking along a beach packed with people, biking around a dimly lit city, cruising down a highway next to the ocean, or just hiking on the forested mountains, GTA V's world feels like a real place you can explore endlessly.
Pro Freedom to do anything you want
Even aside from the many missions, there are dozens of other things you can do. This includes activities like playing tennis, going skydiving, watching a movie in the cinema, managing your businesses to earn tons of money, going hunting in the mountains, or just simply exploring the map while taking in the sights. Whatever you decide to do it's very easy to lose track of time. Mostly because it feels like a giant sandbox where you're allowed to do anything and simply have fun.
Pro Well-optimized
There were many questions as to how well Rockstar would be able to optimize this game for PC – some of their past games had a lot of trouble in this area. Luckily it looks as though the game has been optimized quite well, and is capable of achieving 60 FPS in 1080p on the highest settings.
Pro Great story wrapped around in biting and relevant social commentary
GTA V's story portrays the many reasons why criminals still exist in modern society, focusing on serious topics like corruption, greed, hypocrisy, and even the abuse of power. However, it's not all serious since it has its fair share of wacky moments, satirizing many aspects of modern society. This includes social media, consumerism, and even our growing inability to focus on important issues. All of this creates an engaging and thought-provoking story.
Cons
Con Abrasive to new and "friendless" players
You see 1 of 2 types of players when you first start out.
People whose goal it is to kill all the noobs... Relentlessly.
People who want to "help" you, but their version of "helping" is just dragging you along on missions, leaving you behind in most cases and completing them solo, then when you catch up with them at the end you get part of the reward, which defeats the purpose of playing.
Con Prejudice against new players
When you just bought GTA V and decide to go into online, then without friends its very hard to grind up. You will be kicked out from every job if you are at a low level due to the prejudice of players with higher ranks. Its recommended to start grinding with your friend.
Con Multiplayer is overrun by hackers
During online play you'll encounter hackers who have infinite money, can spawn any vehicle of their choice, and many other things, which reduces the fun quite a bit. What's even worse is that by interacting with the hackers you can get banned immediately without any additional investigations on the developer's part.
Con Forced Rockstar Social Club online registration DRM scheme
Rockstar Social Club is a forced online registration and DRM platform that will not allow you to play the game without first logging into it. This means you can’t play without an internet connection. Forget the password to the account three times, get locked out. These are hindrances to paying customers, even though they are intended to make things difficult for pirates and thieves.