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IV > V in may ways. Story, characters, setting, astmosphere, overal vibe, physics, car damage, etc. V had more stuff to do, but most of it is kinda eh. I still like V very much, but IV was a better experience for me.

FurryPhilosifer posted...

I get the impression V was a bit cobbled together. It was announced as being about "the pursuit of the great american dollar", which was barely important in the story, and the game was 60% being blackmailed into doing spy stuff for the sake of having cool missions. There was loads of early info Rockstar talked about that ended up different come the final game, like "we aren't including fitness or stats". Despite having the fewest missions of any GTA game, loads of them aren't even related to the story, and the "final bosses" had barely done anything in the plot at all.

Yeah. They seemed to hype up a different version of what we got. I didn't like that V is more of a spy/mercenary game than a crime one. The story is fine, but it seems you do more work for the government than anyone. The final mission is a bit of a letdown because it seems tacked on or rushed. Stuff like buying properties and such seemed to be hyped as well, but those were obviously rushed and we couldn't even get new safehouses.