User blog comment:Leon Davis/GTA V The Best and Worst/@comment-558050-20140907194721

The best and worst of the storyline:

Best.


 * Great variety of missions.


 * Three great main characters very well developed along the storyline.


 * Lots of memorable and fun moments.

Worst.


 * The pacing. The storyline felt way to much rushed sometimes, not to mention characters doing things very forced just to get to a plot device.


 * A lot of side characters where underdeveloped: Ron, Wade even Lamar. It just felt that this characters could have had more screem time.


 * The character switching mechanic was barely used in his full potential during the storyline, everything was still way to linear to justify all the praise that was made about it.

The best and worst about the side activities.

Best.


 * The strangers and freakes missions are great. No complains about then. I really hope that Rockstar stick with this new format for the random characters for now on.


 * The mini-games are awesome (except Yoga for obvious reasons), they are challenging and fun at the right point.


 * Great variability of things to do: hunting, flying school, a shitload of collectibles, shooting gallery, etc...

Worst.


 * Call me crazy, but I liked the format of the friend activities in GTA IV, this is more of a complain for the GTA community instead of Rockstar, (since Rockstar changed the format based on what the community wanted). But this new format is way less appealing for me, theres no reward for going out with your friends, (except knowing more about then, with is great but not enough) and the fact that they don't call you anymore, makes then fell more like props instead of actual human beings.

The best and worst about the gameplay.

Best.


 * Finally they figure out a good driving mecanic.


 * The character switching mecanic works like a charm.

Worst.


 * If the driving was good, the shooting still needs to improve a little more.


 * And the fucking helicopter piloting needs to improve a lot!

Final notes.


 * The soundtrack is a 50/50 for me. Some choices where great, others started awful, but kind of grew up on me, and others are still awful.


 * Rockstar once again NAILED IT when it comes to the map. Los Santos and Blaine County are perfect, they both are believable and beautiful. No complains here.


 * Yeah, you die way to easy on the game, which sucks sometimes. But the quick save mecanic kind of make up for it, if you know how to use it.

Overrall.

Fantastic game. Definitly a step into the right direction after the underwhelming GTA IV. And with the monthly free DLCs and the single player DLC on the way, the future of this game can only be glorious.