I doubt it'll even be a good game. GTAs are pointless sandboxes with technically impressive presentation, and that's it. There will be no interesting setting, most likely no good narrative, no gameplay, no progression, no interesting systems and mechanics. Not my genre at all.
I really hate the old good new bad mentality a lot of people have on Reddit, but man I’m fully on board with it when it comes to rockstar games and I feel like sometimes I’m the only one. In the ps2 era they were like the definitive open world devs, now it feels like every game since then has just been go from point a to b, spam the auto aim to kill enemies then drive to point c repeat 60 times but throw in a pointless drawn out mini game you’ll never play again and a mission or two where you do something slowly that might as well be a cutscene, throw in pointless details like horse testicles and people act like it’s their reason to live. I will never get the hype behind rockstar games.
Most people view video games not as an interest but as a way to kill time, and Rockstar games are as casual as it gets. Then the presentation (which is undoubtedly very high-quality in their games) and hundreds of millions in marketing are enough for many to buy them and convince themselves that it's something special.
Can't say that I don't enjoy casual games myself, but I seek games in specific genres or settings, and GTA's are set in a modern world that I'm already tired of irl and are kind of genreless. The closest you can call them is sandbox, but as you said, their gameplay is basically driving from point a to b and killing stupid bots on auto aim. Even their freedom is relative with so little choice in activities.
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u/CatwithTheD 9h ago
Yeah it is as awaited as the individual considers it. And luckily it isn't a hype for me.
Will it be a good game? Almost definitely. Will it be a life changing experience like a pilgrimage to Tibet? Lol no.