In terms of mature content, Grand Theft Auto V is packs in adult material from the very beginning. GTA V also has a few other unusual features to make the game that much more challenging. For example, if you run too much, you'll start to lose health - and no matter how you lose your health, you'll only ever get half of your health bar back if you can avoid damage. There's also nothing in the way of an adjustable difficulty level, meaning if you can't do any of the game's missions, you'll have to simply stick with it until you're good enough to carry on.
Luckily, there are regular checkpoints mid mission, so should you come a cropper, you won't lose too much progress. Many of the missions involve chasing after someone, either on foot or in a vehicle, and while their location will be marked on a map in the bottom corner of the screen, there's nothing else on screen to tell you where they are - no trail to follow, no arrows giving you pointers - so keeping an eye on the map, and matching it to what you see on screen can be challenging. While there are tutorials to introduce you to new concepts, they mostly pop up in the top left hand corner of the screen, where they can sometimes be missed. Having to perform a drive by shooting, where you need to move the car with one stick, and aim your gun with the other is trickier than it sounds. As a third person shooter, proficiency in dual analogue controls (left stick moves, right stick shoots) is a must, while GTA also has more challenging sections than most shooters. In terms of accessibility, Grand Theft Auto V is aimed at experienced players. How easy is Grand Theft Auto V to pick up and play? You can take part in street races, get a haircut, drive a pick up truck as a job on the side, learn to fly, go parachuting, play tennis, golf or darts, and even compete in a triathlon. Outside of the main missions, there's a huge amount of stuff to do. There are kidnappings, bank robberies, jewellery heists, and countless vengeance missions, where you simply have to go somewhere and kill someone. You can travel by foot, bike, car, helicopter or plane, with nigh on 70 story missions to play through, and numerous side activities you can do to pass the time.Īs this is a game about criminals, many of the main missions involve pulling off some sort of crime, from robbing a store to pulling off a spectacular heist. Set in an open world named Los Santos - an environment that's based around Los Angeles - GTA V lets the player go pretty much anywhere they want to.