i don't know if this is an unpopular opinion on here but i really, really can't stand gta 5 anymore. i've completed it 3 times since its release, and my dislike of it has grown the further left i've gone. apart from the outright bigoted ""jokes"" in the game, (which are enough to condemn it in my eyes) i just can't force myself to watch its non-committal satire that's so broad and blurry that it makes any interpretation of it plausible. there was one analysis of the game on youtube that brought up the same thing, and ofc there were people in the comments unironically saying "the game makes fun of everyone equally, it's like south park!!"

also, jesus christ, every character is so goddamn loud and obnoxious and unlikable. even the villains are bland. in every other gta game i've played, i've either liked or even loved the main character. in gta 5 it's just hard to watch a lot of the cutscenes because of how unlikable the main characters are. i dunno if that's on me though, i feel like most people loved them.

the gameplay is also less enjoyable than something like gta 4 for me personally. the combat, for example, lost so much of its appeal when they toned down the euphoria physics engine for npcs. in gta 4 (and rdr2 for that matter) enemies reacted very believably when shot, or pushed, or punched. i have no idea why they took that away from gta 5. the driving is good, at least, although i also learned to love the gta 4 driving system which was hated by most people it seems.

i could talk about gta online but we all know that shit sucks