>* And V just got rid of so much in single player to prioritize online which I couldn't care less about. *
This! I thought GTA V's single player was way too short. I love online gaming, but I never enjoyed the multiplayer GTA - the whole point of GTA to me was exploring a massive map and finding tons of little easter eggs the developers left....well, that and seeing how long I could go with 5 wanted stars and unlimited ammo.
A map as large as GTA: SA, GTA IV or GTA V is much more fun when explored individually, not with 100 other people simultaneously (especially when some of those 100 people are there to troll everyone else and do stupid things that ruin the experience for everyone else).
Shame Rockstar made so much money with GTA Online, to the point where developing it out for over a decade was more worth it to them than building the next GTA. I think the PS4/XBONE console generation was the first generation to not have a GTA title built for it. It's literally just a slight graphical improvement over the PS3/X360 release. Same goes for the PS5/XSX release. Nothing new added.
This! I thought GTA V's single player was way too short. I love online gaming, but I never enjoyed the multiplayer GTA - the whole point of GTA to me was exploring a massive map and finding tons of little easter eggs the developers left....well, that and seeing how long I could go with 5 wanted stars and unlimited ammo.
A map as large as GTA: SA, GTA IV or GTA V is much more fun when explored individually, not with 100 other people simultaneously (especially when some of those 100 people are there to troll everyone else and do stupid things that ruin the experience for everyone else).
Shame Rockstar made so much money with GTA Online, to the point where developing it out for over a decade was more worth it to them than building the next GTA. I think the PS4/XBONE console generation was the first generation to not have a GTA title built for it. It's literally just a slight graphical improvement over the PS3/X360 release. Same goes for the PS5/XSX release. Nothing new added.