GTA 5 (and San Andreas) are like in the Top 5 Cycling Videogames on the basis that they actually do have useable bicycles that aren't just "motorcycle but quiet". Real winning by being the only contender in the category hours on that front.
I've heard Descenders is a great freeriding game. Although your take makes me wonder if there is a game that manages to make road biking fun, either in the form of simulation or as a salient mechanic.
I mean it's as much a freeriding game as SSX is a snowboarding game. Takes some basic inspiration and aesthetic and then goes from there to build a fun game. Which it is! I'm not hating on it, my point was more that I think it's odd that if you want sort of actual bike riding (in the sense that driving in GTA is sort of like driving a car) you have GTA, then the big empty, then the arcade titles, then nothing, and somewhere off to the side is Zwift and Wahoo RGT and the sorts.
Freeriding on all the bikes in GTA5 is a great way to lose a couple hours. I love bringing a road bike all the way up the mountain then do as many flips as I can on the way down.
Final Fantasy X is great because I get to meet my dad.
It’s a great way to transport yourself back to the 00’s for about 30-40 hours.
…except the 00’s sucked!
I mean, I haven't met the guy, but if he's the kind of person that would have slept with my mom back in the
${DECADE}s, that definitely checks out
Nice! I'd never played the GTA games, I'd always got the impression that they were "serious" games without the kind of whimsical insanity I love in violent games. But maybe I ought to give San Andreas a shot, at the very least.
The PS2 games are GTA at its most whimsical. It wasn’t until 4 that they tried telling a serious crime drama. SA has some based on a true story stuff, but it ALSO has a mission where you steal a jet pack from Area 51.
which is a super fun time
