It hurts, but you may be right. I hate trendsetters for price hikes. Hopefully releases like Peak for $20 can help remind folk that AAAs aren’t always worth the base cost. I just really dislike how capitalism ruins everything, in this case the obsession over currency has led to the games development industry being corporatized; for all but indies it’s largely about how to appease the consumer and maximize profit, instead of how to make something people will love and get enough sales to make another game.

I came in to the franchise at Vice City Stories and San Andreas, loved them! I do know a little about the chronological releases and that there were spinoffs that for some reason weren’t numbered aha. So:

Vice City (Miami 1980s) GTA III -

• Liberty City (sort of NYC) San Andreas -
• Los Santos (Los Angeles)
• San Fierro (San Francisco?)
• Las Venturas (Las Vegas) GTA IV -
• Liberty City (New York City) GTA V ( -
• Los Santos again
• North Yankton (North Dakota)
• Surroundings are a mashup of several real-life counterparts GTA VI -
• Vice City again

I preferred San Andreas, and liked it mainly for the size and beauty of the map (post storyline appeal) and radio stations, Vice City for the collectibles, GTA IV for the brilliant and crazy storyline characters, and GTA V for the same reason as San Andreas.

A couple of my all-time favourite games were Rockstar (Need for Speed Most Wanted and Midnight Club 3, underground street racing).