I finished up Grand Theft Auto V around a week ago - it was a pretty great experience, with pockets of dullness here and there. This week, however, I realized that I didn't once go on a killing spree during my 30+ hour playthrough.
Anyone who knows the GTA series will testify that going on killing sprees is sort of the secondary objective of a GTA game (or perhaps even the primary objective, depending on how you like to play). So for me to play through the entirety of a GTA title and not even consider aiming for a five-star wanted rating is rather odd.
So what exactly was the reason for this? Is GTA V's story or city laid out in such a way that I didn't feel the need to go crazy? Is the story just so good that I didn't want to shift away from it? Or perhaps there's just such an overwhelming amount of content to sift through, that going all sandbox-like with my gun-play seemed out of place?
I took my musings to Twitter to see if other people had found the same as me. If you have any thoughts on the topic, bang them into the comments!
Ian Richard |
22 Oct 2013 at 9:56 am PST
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While I haven't played it I'd put my money on two things.
Killing spree's were done because you weren't engaged in the main goals. But now, Rockstar has a fancy story and more to do around town. Why make your own fun if you are already enjoying yourself? Second, all killing spree's are the same. You've been repeating the same process with similar weapons for how many games now? Is there any point to going on yet another spree? It was amazing the first time they called in the military for me... but now... it's just more of the same old. |
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Jacob Pederson |
I accidentally went on a killing spree when trying to find the assassination target that was a window washer, but other than that no.
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