User blog comment:Istalo/GTA V Game of the Year/@comment-6680085-20131208125730

I agree with Sasquatch, but I would spend hours writing a text about things I don't like in GTA V comparing or not to other games. But I will describe important aspects :

Missions : Pretty great, but not amazing, the thing that almost everyone wanted for GTA V prior to September 17th was the gangbanging part and the ghetto life in South Los Santos, as depicted in GTA San Andreas, bringing the player back to the 2004 game. But, the whole South Los Angeles were represented in only 4 blocks in GTA V, the only known members of the Families were Lamar and Stretch (which was a pathetic antagonist who appeared in two missions only) and the Ballas Vagos and Aztecas appeared in less than 4 missions. Other gangs like the Marabunta Grande, the Armenian Mafia and the Korean Mob didn't even appeared. Luckily GTA Online had more missions involving gangs.

Map: As I said, the city is very small. Liberty City was bigger. Bad detailed neighborhoods in two blocks. The rural area in the game, the mountains, the florests, the deserts, the areas to explore were fantastic, but there's a problem, too much to see, not to much to do (activities).

Features : GTA V's most fantastic thing. Skydiving, buying properties, dog walking, hunting, jets, but however, I don't see a reason to the player not be able to enter in restaurants like the Burger Shot or Cluckin Bell, very melancholic.

Storyline : I'll describe this aspect in a small resume. The option of having Trevor and Michael killed makes me kind of outraged. The player SHOULD have the choice of killing or letting both live or die during these missions. Or, both Michael and Trevor survive during these missions, but they would never talk to Franklin again.

Cars : Car crashes and explosions look not so realistic, but the special abilities are amazing.

Soundtrack : I'll create a sandbox page about it, comparing with GTA IV.