Grand Theft Auto V Review Roundup

[Parker]

The review embargo lifts today so this thread will be used to compile all the reviews in one place. I'll add video reviews to the OP as well when they're made available. 

 

Reviews:

 

IGN: THE VERDICT 

Grand Theft Auto V is not only a preposterously enjoyable video game, but also an intelligent and sharp-tongued satire of contemporary America. It represents a refinement of everything that GTA IV brought to the table five years ago. It’s technically more accomplished in every conceivable way, but it’s also tremendously ambitious in its own right. No other world in video games comes close to this in size or scope, and there is sharp intelligence behind its sense of humour and gift for mayhem. It tells a compelling, unpredictable, and provocative story without ever letting it get in the way of your own self-directed adventures through San Andreas.

It is one of the very best video games ever made.10/10

Polygon: Rockstar has expanded and improved upon so much of what's special about video games as mainstream spectacles, from the playful use of characters to the refined take on world design. The developer's progress makes the aspects of the game left in cultural stasis — the poorly drawn women, the empty cynicism, the unnecessarily excessive cruelty — especially agitating.

It's fitting that the game arrives at the cusp of the next generation of consoles. Grand Theft Auto 5 is the closure of this generation, and the benchmark for the next. Here is a game caught occasionally for the worst, but overwhelmingly for the better, between the present and the future.

9.5/10

GameSpot: So Los Santos is a place of contrasts, of luxury and poverty, tranquility and violence, beauty and ugliness. GTA V is an imperfect yet astounding game that has great characters and an innovative and exciting narrative structure, even if the story it uses that structure to tell is hobbled at times by inconsistent character behavior, muddled political messages and rampant misogyny. It also raises the bar for open-world mission design in a big way and has one of the most beautiful, lively, diverse and stimulating worlds ever seen in a game. Your time in Los Santos may leave you with a few psychological scars, but you shouldn’t let that stop you from visiting.

9/10

GameInformer: Grand Theft Auto V has the lofty expectations of living up to the pedigree of its critically acclaimed predecessors. Rockstar Games deserves credit for pushing the boundaries of its flagship franchise yet again with improved controls, great mission variety, and the most jam-packed open world I've ever visited. The narrative fails to match the impact of John Marston or Niko Bellic's tales, but the colorful characters kept me interested in the story nonetheless. Like the golden state it parodies, Grand Theft Auto V is filled with beautiful scenery, a wealth of activities, and the promise of fortune.

9.75/10

Joystiq: Grand Theft Auto 5 is an ambitious game, attempting to meld three very different characters together to tell one encompassing story of survival in what amounts to the worst place in America. That story stumbles, but the open-ended gameplay remains a showpiece for the vast amount of content that can be poured into a virtual world.

4.5/5

Metacritic page: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/grand-theft-auto-v

 

 

Video Reviews: 

 

 

Parker

Edited September 16, 2013 by Parker

[KHAN-KSA]

Check out some gameplay. Really nice stuff  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh5mFCxeBC4

[amebapiko]

IGN REVIEW: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/16/grand-theft-auto-v-review

 

As expected full marks!

[OneSweetID]

Adam Sessler video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pciGmXmE3uk

[HeySumbode]

CVG 10/10

TheSixthAxis 10/10

Giantbomb 5/5

Polygon 9.5/10

Eurogamer 9/10

Gamespot (Video review) 9/10

TheHypedGTAFan 11/10

[DrasticAutomatic]

Getting it tomorrow

[Brenden]

I have the game guys and its so bloody good its worth it! 

[ShadowGandalf]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10598-Grand-Theft-Auto-V-Review-People-Suck

Escapist Review

[1973456]

Gamespot (Video review) 9/10

 

 

The Negative points in that review are beyond retarded.

 

Who in the fuck gives a damn about Misoginy in a game.

[lporiginalg]

The onion announces new features:

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-features-of-grand-theft-auto-v,33883/

[SaltySoph]

Picking up my preorder after work so excited!

[skidmarkgn]

The Negative points in that review are beyond retarded.

 

Who in the fuck gives a damn about Misoginy in a game.

The whole "white knight reviewer" thing seems to be the new trend.  Reviews are opinions and whatever but personal and political views are starting to show up more and more in reviews these days.  World we live in I guess, everybody seems to think they have to take a stance on everything.