I had fun, for sure, but that was mainly down to me craving the GTA formula after seeing the VI trailer. The story itself wasn't great. The main villain we go after in the final mission only gets introduced like 2/3 of the way through the game, and before that you just do whatever dumb shit Tony wants you to do without any grander goal. The family side-plot was probably the worst out of the bunch. The way Luis' mom is portrayed feels extremely shallow, like the writers wanted to make sure of the ways she is hypocritical in dealing with her son, and in the process lost out on any possible subtly. Similarly annoying were the missions with his childhood friends, low level criminals stuck in that same shortsighted mindset that got him a 3-year sentence in the events leading up to the game's events. Every single time Luis tries to confront them about the way they live their lives, he ends up nearly getting caught "doing some dumb shit" again. It's so annoying. Overall this was fun tho, if a little mindless : )

Reviewed on Dec 15, 2023


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