Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

Played it first on Xbox 360 when it dropped in 2013. Now it's 2025 and somehow I’m still coming back to this game like it’s a second home.

I remember booting it up for the first time on my old 360. The disc drive sounded like a dying blender, the loading screens took forever, and yet, it was magic. That first time stepping into Los Santos, pulling off the jewelry store heist, flipping between Michael, Franklin, and of course Trevor, it felt like the most alive world I’d ever seen in a game.

Fast forward to today, and yeah, it's shown its age in places. But honestly? GTA V still holds up. The characters are iconic, the city feels massive and weirdly real, and there's just so much dumb fun to be had. You can go from stockpiling tanks to playing tennis with a guy you just robbed. Or just cruise through the hills with the radio blasting like nothing matters. It’s that kind of game.

The story’s sharp, the satire hits (most of the time), and the heists are still some of the best missions in any open-world game ever. I’ve played through the campaign more times than I can count, and every time I find some random NPC encounter or weird side activity I never noticed before.

GTA Online is a whole different animal, part crime sim, part chaos engine, part “why did I just spend 4 hours grinding to buy a flying motorcycle” simulator. It’s a blast with friends but kind of a grind solo unless you’re willing to drop some real cash. Still, you can do heists, run a nightclub, and own a submarine. So, you know... worth it.

TL;DR: I played this on a dying Xbox 360, and now I’m playing it again on a high-end PC — and it’s still one of the best games I’ve ever touched. Rockstar built something legendary here.

Hours played on Steam: 300+ (Including old accounts)
Would I buy it again? Already did. Three times.
Would I recommend it? Without hesitation.

9.5/10 – Still the king of open-world chaos.

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Keeps wanting me to install some anti cheat. Sucks that I can't play this game that I bought after some crappy update.

Most overrated game ever.
I don't know how to even start describing this abomination because there are mostly negative things to say about it.
I bought the game recently and how naive I was thinking that probably game is in good state because they had around 12 years to patch evrything etc.

Online:
Lets start from online which i don't understand how can it be that popular, like since when players standards has gone so low?
This is the most bugged game that I have played and I have played a lot of them.
- giga loading times and doesn't mather if you have good pc and very good internet. Game loading times are unfunny joke.
- game won't load very often on any step: first online launch, changing session, starting job.
- if somehow it loads heist that I start as leader then the lobby is removed and I have to set up everything again
- rockstar servers are currently unavailable
- bugs on bugs on bugs too many of them, too many gamebreaking bugs. At AAA game like that this should be unforgivable because they simply don't care about fixing bugs and have encountered some bugs that are gamebreaking and at least 10 years old. On some Doomsday setup, at NOOSE Headquarters when I land with helicopter on roof, then getting out of a helicopter, guards spot me all the time and it's not my fault since its impossible to be spotted there by guard and I also followed my friends path all the time. Series A - Trash Truck , when team arrive at parking where Trash Truck is we can't ride it and it's very old known bug not fixed till now :| Restarting game didn't help. I had to restart like 5 times to get it working. Can't finish Casino heist because I am being kicked at vault which is also known not fixed bug, and solutions from web didn't help me (like sticking together very close to a friend). On one starting Doomsday setup using skip trip teleport only me, but my friend somehow stayed at start. In some situations I am getting launched out of the map. ANd many many more to mention. I have never complained about bugs in every game that I have played before. Let's say I lost one round at Counter-Strike because of some bug. Ok fine, I will get mad for a while but then I will just keep playing. Here bugs are way too gamebreaking and annoying, and they occur way too often.
- loss of progrss cause of bugs and server issues
- all things listed above happen to me every single day multiple times
- I didn't receive Criminal Starter Pack which was annoying since seems rockstar completely doens't care to fix this problem. However I can say one positive thing there, about support because I made tircket and they solved my problem really fast in minutes which is rare at any game support. But maybe I was lucky.
- the game itself isn't that interesting, it can be fun to play but is it really that good gameplay?
- unskippable cutscenes (unforgivable, especialy they are forced at online, author of this awesome idea should be forced to watch every cutscene from every game he will play)
- some buttons are mapped differently for different vehicles with same/similiar functions like wtf
- why are there 2 places to invite people? (in game and rockstar social)
- why can I buy ammo at anytime (which is debatable if it should be allowed) but I cannot buy snacks and ammo like that?
- all of menus are wierd and feels like I am using game trainer. And ofcourse phone, at start you can get lost at all those menus, you get used to them, but still they are badly projected
- and that menus wierdness leads to inventory managment nightmare
- can't use bunker laptop cause I need to register as CEO of an organization however session is full of CEO
- whole sessions concept is wierd
- people rarely join lobby and if they join they often leave immidiately. Sometimes I feel that almost no one play the game cause of that (and I am using right lobby options, I am aware of them)
- there is no point of the game than grinding which suits more some MMO games. There should be some ranked system like in other online games
- the game is trying to be like Saint's Row but it fails at it hard (By the way I wish there was something like Saint's Row online since gta really needs competition on the market but we know how "good" was last Saint's Row). Some original Heists seems to be ok and fun to play, but some of later updates added some stupid vehicles (like that annoying flying horse). And plot of Doomsday is rather pathetic than nice, it completely doesn't suit the game. Lester is giga annoying character.
- Music is terrible and there is only one good station Non-Stop-Pop FM with super annoying radio host. Rest of stations have few good tracks (for example: Party All The Time, Still, Amoeba, Streetz Tonight). I am an audiophile and I can listen to a lot of genres but this game really has terrible music. And terrible music refers to not only radio stations but to in game music. How come that all previous GTA games had better music theme?
- Sometimes when I wan't to listen to radio (mostly Non-Stop-Pop-FM as i said) it won't let me casue mission (yo I already beat that mission x times, let me skip this voice acting?)
- Why there is no in game possibility to select promoted online job (option from main menu)? It usually leads me to lobby full of people, choosing job from in game menu doesn't do this. And why can't I exit to main menu?
- Why I am being forced to like/dislike job to proceed?
- Why If I am host of lobby and at the end of job, when we chose next one, it moves us to other lobby where I am not host anymore? (this leads to annoying situastions where other host cant properly set up game)
- Why is everything so delayed like choosing main menu?
- Why often I cannot interact with things like starting heist until some of the in-game messages disappear
- I had to set up fps limit because game wasn't running properly. Well it's still better than GTA IV which is in much worse state.
- At freemode there are almost no consequences of acitons you take. Well becoming hostile towards other players isn't that bad punishment. Also cops, you can just get caught, die, change session and no consequences (well sometimes they can take your car, which isn't also a bad punishment)
- why there are same phone calls all the time (esp when driving near to starting point of a job)
- terrible movement, definitely the worst from all gta games. Character running in circles. I can run straight by somehow managing left and right buttons.
- ragdoll (this isn't ragdoll simulator)
- many more negative things to mention there
- now starting from few good things. I really like event idea, however wish it occured more often and prizes of it should be higher because a lot of players ignore those
- some jobs are fun to play
- a lot of weapons to choose from, however I feel like players are using only few best ones
- shooting mechanic is fine, it could be more responsive tho
- driving in game is fun, however as I mentioed before there are some vehicles which should never been there
- really no map change for around 12 years? For this amount of playerbase and limited sessions?

And that's all. Can't understand how after all of this people can wait for next GTA game. I feel like players play it just because it is GTA and there is no competition on the market.

Story Mode:
- overall it is a much better experience than online
- main characters are ok, side are a bit meh but acceptable. Overall imo worse than in some previous GTA games.
- plot is ok, i really liked early missions like breaking into Michael's house with Franklin.
- game lacks specific atmosphere like every previous game had. Ofcourse iut's placed in modern times but I don't feel those modern times that much. Everything felt better in previous games if it comes to atmosphere.
- character switching is nice idea but also this is also functionality which works too slow
- product placements occur way too often
- definitely worst map of GTA games. San Andreas from GTA: San Andreas is much better.

Every single update for the last five years, EVERY SINGLE ONE. Has been SPECIFICALLY designed to STOP YOU from playing this game in VR. And each time, we have said no. I will not update. I will not stop playing in VR. Well now they've finally done it. Because you cant play the singleplayer campaign without connecting to the servers, and now when those servers see that you're playing in VR, they pull the plug. Great job guys. You turned one of the best VR games into vaporware.

The game is good, but Rockstar scams you. Suddenly I had to log in to rockstar with an old email deleted years ago. I though, oh well, they will solve this through support and move them over to the email now associated with steam. But no, they refuse when I show ownership and date of purchase. Never a Rockstar game again for me. Terrible generic support.

i think its been 18 years this game has been launched but the way game have made its better than nowadays games

Very sigma, if you're thinking of getting GTA 5 maybe later in the year, just wait for GTA 6 to release, but it's a good game if you have friends who play it as well.

Yo listen, GTA V? Man’s gotta rate it high, no lie. This game dropped time ago and it’s still movin’ mad – that’s legacy, bruv.

Story mode? Straight fire. Man’s switchin’ between a madman, a washed-up rich guy, and a roadman on the come-up – proper character work, innit. Whole ting feels like a Netflix crime series with bare smoke.

Online’s a whole ‘nother beast. You either on the grind, pushin’ businesses and stackin’ mills – or out here gettin’ smoked by some yute in a flying bike. Ain’t no peace on them streets.

Custom whips, penthouses, jets, the drip – you’re basically livin’ the life your mum told you not to chase. And let’s not lie fam – that strip club? A staple. Every man’s first stop after a heist, vibes unmatched. Franklin knew what he was doin’.

Rockstar didn’t just make a game – they built a whole world. After all these years? Still undefeated. 10/10, no debate. Certified classic.

But of course this is one of the most bestest games ever to be thought of. You should get it. If you don't then make sure you're touching grass or learning the piano.

Back in the day i remember it being more fun, especially online but still really good

Good game, graphics alrights, would recommend the enhanced version more!

It sadly can not longer be played on Linux and the Steam Deck.
BattlEye is a rootkit that has a total control to your machine as it run in kernel level, don't install it.

GTA V is the game where you get to live the American dream... if your dream involves stealing cars, running over retirees, and fistfighting drugged-up clowns in broad daylight. The story mode is a criminal soap opera that swings between genius and total nonsense, and somehow it works. But the real madness begins in GTA Online, where the economy is so broken they’ll pay you $15 for risking your life in a mission, while a flying bike costs $4 million. The inflation here makes Argentina look like a stable utopia. If you’re not a millionaire or a hacker, you’ll spend months grinding missions against NPCs with aim sharper than your childhood trauma. And yet, something keeps you coming back. Maybe it’s because the whole thing is designed to exploit you, just like real life, but with cooler cars.

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QUALIFICATION

7/10 CAPITALISM

What a dogshit business decision.
Charging full price for a shittier version of the game with a gimmicky hardware dependent feature, then calls it the "enhanced" version and unlists the original.

my relationship with this game is very abusive. it lures me in with promises of money and fun and once i return it starts beating me and berating me with horrible things. its crashes uncomfortably often and getting money take so long for no reason but i want so badly for the game to be fun. i will still play this horrible chore simulator nonetheless

This is not a bad game, it's pretty enjoyable. But after playing through this and then returning to gta 4 i can say that gta 4 is way better.

Played this game on the Play Station 4 (PS4). I
would say the single player is better.
One of the best open-world games made.
Few things I didn't like were the lack of
enterable interiors, easily get a wanted
level and hard to get rid of one, storyline was
decent but not as good as 4 or San Andreas,
and no single player dlc like come on
GTA 4 and other games I played had single
players dlcs why not this game. For online
I didn't like it because in a public lobby you might
run into griefers who will try to kill you.
Play in an invite only sessions with your friends. I
got it again on PC just so I can mod it.

If corruption, inbreeding and greed were the only qualities needed for one to be elected as a politician, Rockstar could form its own government, inhabited by the descendants of the apes, which still play this game, who joined the human gene pool by interspecies mixing, and whose primal, cave dwelling neurons, mistake this money laundering scheme of a program as a "fun", "enjoyable" and "not at all bad" game.
-2/10, I wish I could take the time I spent on this game back and invest it in watching grass grow.

This WAS a fun game, but then rockstar decided to "enhance" their game with kernel level spyware because they don't understand what server side anti cheat is. Then they also force this spyware on people who just want to enjoy the single player game.

Better then enhanced, no bugs, no false bans, everything works as it should do.

great story.
funny online mode for friends.
you can grind 24/7.
nice cars and guns.

Even years after its release, Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the most ambitious, polished, and flat-out entertaining games ever made. Whether you’re in it for the gripping story, the sprawling open world, or the chaos of GTA Online, this game delivers in almost every category.

game managed to keep me really busy for a long time, RP servers are fun too.

once upon a time this was the most expensive game to develop. help starving developers; feed their family by buying this game again and asking when GTA 6 is coming. its only been 10 years right?

The game is fun but not like the good old GTA San Andreas the multiplayer is fun to until a modder
Comes and steals all your money
But some modders are chill and funny also the Rockstar support is realy nice and helped Me alot with my account

Story mode is absolute peak, while online is also fun, especially with friends. However, you get to a certain point where gta online just kind of becomes boring once you do (and buy all the necessary buildings) most missions.

Broken game, and now comes with spyware.

Hey, why the CUSS would you take this game off the market to replace this game with the same game??? It's the same game!!!!! CUSS!!!!!!!!! Please for the love of God, release the old San Andreas, Vice City, GTA III and GTA 4 with old graphics back onto the steam store. I do not care how many bugs there are. If there's someone out there who doesn't own a good computer and they can only play older, cheep, crappy looking games with their integrated graphics I know they would do anything for a twenty year old Rockstar game sold on the low for 10 dollars. I was that person at one part of my life. Trying to get by playing a DIGITAL (not CD) copy of Vice City I bought on Steam for 10$ that brought me 50+ hours of fun. More accessibility for anyone to play your games means you get a better rep as a developer, not just letting greed consume you whole to release a new GTA 6 for 100$ thats just a reskin of GTA 5 only in Vice city in 2 years time. This is no dice. Rockstar is bad, I tell you.

Greed consumed you whole, Rockstar. No Good.
Signed, Sincerely,
The Blob.

Can't play the game any more, because it's tied to a Rockstar Game Social Club account I don't have access to any more. Support won't help, so I'm now being locked out of a game that belongs to me. Goodbye, Rockstar.

Old Steal Vehicles is fun to play and mod

Still one of the best open world games out there. You can explore the city, cause chaos, or just mess around. The world feels alive, and theres always something to do.

And GTA Online? Insane amount of content and activities. Youll never get bored—missions, heists, races, and more. Theres literally always something new to do. But seriously, dont even get me started on the hackers and griefers—its just ridiculous sometimes. Still, the game is packed with fun if you can avoid that mess.

8/10 – Classic open-world fun. Online has endless content, but hackers and griefers can really kill the vibe.

so money hungry and yet slow and glitchy after all these years. Good game. horrible company

This game has taught me a lot about the community and everyone in it. It has really opened me up to not being just another straight person.

Sucks that i can't play a game that i paid for because the publisher changed the EULA after I bought it.

"sorry there isnt enough space to install the rockstar games launcher on your computer. At least 1 GB is required. I have 200 GB's available on the same drive.

bought the game with dlc but didn't get anything from it, fix your shit rockstar

Hackers and griefers will do anything just to ruin your experience, but I'm going to recommend it because it has an amazing single-player story.

Grand Theft Auto V is an open-world action-adventure game set in the fictional city of Los Santos, inspired by Los Angeles. The game follows the story of three distinct characters — Michael, Franklin, and Trevor — each with their own motivations and lifestyles. What makes GTA V special is the vast open world, packed with details, activities, and endless possibilities. From intense action missions to relaxing explorations and fun challenges, the game gives you the freedom to play however you want. The multiplayer mode, GTA Online, adds another layer of replayability, with constant updates and player-driven challenges. The graphics, music, and gameplay mechanics are outstanding, and the captivating narrative makes every moment memorable. Grand Theft Auto V remains a landmark title in the gaming industry, offering a rich story and an open world that delivers a complete gaming experience.
Personally, I recommend it more because it has the online function, which is more interesting whether you have friends or not.

yes i will highly recommend this game it is very good game you can buy it without thinking twice it is worth it

Good way to keep your mind off things and to relax whether you like to grind for money or play with friends for fun some of the newer missions are boring and some players can be toxic but 8/10 none the less

Still one of the best story games out there

So much better than expanded and enhanced, literally feels like the best game i've ever played after playing expanded and enhanced. I really really hate expanded and enhanced, but this one is dope.

Why would they take the grenades out of expanded and enhanced? Why is every plane the velum in expanded and enhanced? Why did expanded and enhanced invade my privacy and sell my data to china?

I don't know the answer to these questions, but expanded and enhanced has left me wondering, did we really need to expand and enhance what was already perfect?

I switched from the Rockstar Launcher, and guess what? ALL my progress is still there! 😍🌸 It’s honestly amazing how everything carried over so smoothly. Rockstar really did that! 💅💫 The graphics, the gameplay, and the open world are just everything! 🌆💖 It feels like my own cute lil’ adventure every time I log in! 💃💕 Seriously, if you haven’t switched yet, DO IT! You won’t regret it! 🌟🎮

Still good. I can't even imagine how good GTA6 will be tbh. Anyways, imma get back when GTA6 releases.

10 minute to start each time because the rockstar launcher needs to update. would be nice if the resolution saved the settings instead of returning to windowed 800x600.

. "A game where I spent $2 million on cars, then robbed a store for $300."
I grinded for hours, bought a supercar, and then immediately wrapped it around a tree. Now I’m broke and doing liquor store heists for pocket change. Meanwhile, some NPC just called me a ‘stupid fuck,’ so I had to run him over. Now I have five stars, a tank is chasing me, and I’m escaping on a fucking bicycle. Nothing in this game makes sense, and that’s why it’s perfect. Every session is a mix of stupid decisions, bad driving, and crimes I definitely didn’t mean to commit. 10/10, would punch a random pedestrian again just to see what happens.

This game has taught me a lot about the community and everyone in it. It has really opened me up to not being just another straight person.

Never played the story. Never played it online. Only booted it up to watch my gf try to steal different cars and cause mayhem LOL. This was fun for about 20 hours.

Great game with a great story. A must have especially when it's on sale!

They make you login to play, they brick your game until you login. If you turn on wifi on steamdeck and aren't playing GTA5, they shut it down if you aren't online afterwards and make you get online to play. This is bullshit, I would recommend not paying for this game, getting it pirated and be able to play it when you want. I regret giving them money, thanks rockstar, you taught me a lesson. No more paying for games.