Grand Theft Auto 5 Review (PlayStation 5)

Our Grand Theft Auto 5 Review tells the story of a young street hustler, a retired bank robber, and a terrifying psychopath who find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government, and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other. This is GTA but not as you know it.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Review Pros:

  • Gorgeous graphics.
  • 92GB download size.
  • Platinum trophy along with trophy lists for Doomsday Heist, GTA director, and GTA online heists.
  • Action gameplay.
  • Graphic settings – Fidelity, performance, and Performance Ray Tracing.
  • In-game depth of field effects – on/off.
  • Full HDR support and settings.
  • Motion sensor controls can be turned on and off individually for aircraft, bikes, boats,s and reload.
  • Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
  • Haptic feedback on the triggers that are felt when driving vehicles.
  • First and third-person perspectives S can be changed on the fly.
  • Camera settings include driving height, Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, and head bobbing.
  • Controller speaker used for phone calls.
  • Clip system that can be set up to automatically capture minutes of action before your death, link to YouTube for fast uploads.
  • Control multiple characters each with a special ability and stats.
  • Faster loading times for both the story and GTA online mode.
  • Radio stations are intact.
  • Can import your GTA online character from another console.
  • Rockstar Social Club integration.
  • In-app purchases for online cash.
  • Adaptive triggers can be set to high, low or turned off.
  • Light bar effects can be turned on and off.
  • Actions increase your stats so driving loads will enable more air control or swimming will increase your stamina so you can run more.
  • Play how you want.
  • Screen saver style system kicks in when you leave the game idle.
  • Map uncovers as you explore.
  • Mini games galore from darts to tennis to golf.
  • Swap characters when you like.
  • Setting a marker on the map will put a GPS line showing directions.
  • Full damage to vehicles.
  • Police wanted level goes up and with it more Police and police units until the Army come after you.
  • Full stats section.
  • Can quickly skip the cutscenes.
  • Will import saves and unlock earned trophies from the last gen version.
  • Safe houses can be bought and they allow you to store vehicles.
  • Mobile phone is used for emails, texts, calls and the Internet for shopping and banking.
  • Random events can be found and/or triggered.
  • Excellent voice work.
  • Living breathing world, you can just people watch.
  • Earn cash and buy new clothes, hairstyles and guns, cars etc.
  • Quick save option from the mobile phone.
  • Unlock new director options and characters by playing the story.
  • Your characters live a life and when you change to them they could be doing any thing!
  • Day/night cycle and different weather types from sun to rain to snow.
  • Fully working stock market where you can buy/sell sticks.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Review Cons:

  • Issues with character transfers whereby at the moment if you used the service for PC then you cannot do it.
  • Issue where transferring a character from last gen will delete that character from last gen meaning you have to play current gen only.
  • Had pop up happen a fair few times.
  • The story can be hard to follow.
  • Choice overload!
  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • In app purchases for online cash.

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Grand Theft Auto 5:

Official website.

Developer: Rockstar Games

Publisher: Rockstar Games

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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