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My son has borrowed the game but ive never seen him do anything in the game apart from drive around in it. Are there any challenges to do (apart from trying to decipher the slang the characters use)? Whats the point of the game?

In reply to RockAngel:

Yeah, it's a free-roaming story where you do jobs for various gangsters and work your way up (down?) in the underworld. At the same time you acquire cash, guns, cars, status, houses even. The fact that you can entertain yourself just messing around in the free-roaming world is an added extra.

In reply to stewieatb: seems a bit pointless to me. I prefer xbox games with something to aim for rather than just driving around. Its way too boring for me

In reply to RockAngel:

How old is your son? Whilst most video games are probably rated as 15/18 unnecessarily, GTA V and previous titles are IMO adult-only for good reason.

It covers such items as Torture, Picking up prostitutes (including abilty to choose 3 levels of service and seeing (non explicit but bloody obvious) them carried out, drug use (there is a lot of this in the game), visit strip bars, murder hookers to get your money back, go on a massive rampage etc.

In reply to RockAngel:

It is a game. It is inherently pointless - just another way to use up time before you die.

A bit like climbing really.

Has more content than a racing game which really is just driving about.

You can also visit strip clubs.

In reply to RockAngel: You can play the stock markets to make our money. You can pretty much live like you do in the real world, without the boundaries of it. Well almost...

In reply to balmybaldwin:
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Hence the reason that RockAngel never sees her son doing anything?

In reply to hokkyokusei:

A friend said she'd found her car mating with another car in gta v.

In reply to Tall Clare:

Don't know about that, but Franklin's dog is quite often at it with other dogs.

In reply to balmybaldwin: I'm trying to tame him at the moment, in my iFruit app on my iPhone!

In reply to davidbeynon: i would rather be climbing than playing gta v!

In reply to RockAngel: Had my first go on it last night, can't understand why people love these games so much, liked them when I was a kid but each subsequent edition has exactly the same gameplay with slightly better graphics, five minutes was enough for me.

Tried assassins creed & red dead recently and found exactly the same thing, gta with different clothes. The only games I like are gran turismo (or forza on the xbox) and call of duty online because there's a proper element of skill involved.

In reply to RockAngel:

But you would rather be complaining about the existence of GTA V than climbing.

In reply to shaun l:


But there's also the ignominy of constantly being trounced by smug fourteen-year-olds

In reply to nufkin:

I'm plodding along in the game nicely.

I have to admit though, even I found the mission where you have to torture someone to get information a bit 'unsettling'.

Pulling teeth, electrocuting, waterboarding and smashing in knees with big wrenches...Games have come a long way since 'pong'

In reply to nufkin:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/online_gaming

In reply to shaun l:

In reply to RockAngel:

Much the same as Sudoku, connect the dots, climbing or reading a book really.

In reply to Shearwater:


Yes. Exactly

In reply to RockAngel: 2/10 try harder.

In reply to Martin Wing: Good point. Still love 'em though, nice to change guns every now and again...

In reply to RockAngel: I think it's pretty amazing how far games have come since the 80's when the Spectrum and C64 were the machines to own. I don't really play computer games any more, but I had a fun Saturday night on my mate's PS3, playing GTA5. Slighly tempted to buy a PS4 now.

In reply to RockAngel: Your son gets it - you don't. That's ok, gaming isn't everyone's cup of tea. I rarely play video games but I am a big fan of the GTA franchise. This episode is really groundbreaking and it is very easy to get lost in it having fun without doing the missions. That has always been part of the appeal with GTA and this one delivers it in spades.

In reply to M0nkey:

Getting a bit hacked off with the Stock Market element of it. I hear that if you buy stocks on one company and then attack the property of it's rival (ie buy BurgerShot shares, and then attack Taco Bomb / Cluckin' Bell property) your shares will rise.

I've done that, but the share prices havent moved...but I've spent hundreds of dollars getting re-armed at Ammu-nation

In reply to davidbeynon: i would rather be climbing. Trying to get my fitness levels back so i can go again.

In reply to ThunderCat: have you been down the strip club yet?

In reply to RockAngel: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=13e_1380136474

In reply to ThunderCat:

Certainly works with the assasination missions, wasn't sure about open world attacks... might have to try that as I'm a little low on cash.

In reply to malk:

Yes...Oh yes....Trying to do things without the bouncer seeing.

A friend tells me that if you flatter the girl enough she does nice things to you.

In reply to ThunderCat:


Did this same friend tell you that you could see Chun Lee's foofoo if you paused just at the right time during the Spinning Bird Kick?

In reply to RockAngel: So who's online?