Die EA.
Die EA.
Die.

Perfect controls.
Perfect sound.
Perfect visuals.
Perfect game.
For free.

Murray can’t kick.

When you play this game and drop it after your first couple hours, like a toddler being fed something other than mac and cheese.
Because you will.
Just know it'll be waiting for you when you decide to finally grow up.

If you've not played this game at least once, please do so. Blind. For your sake.
I've purposely left out any spoilers in this review though I still encourage you to form your own opinion from a clean slate.

There are things you just simply cannot un-think ♥

Some stories will stick with you for life for some reason or another, one for me personally is being moved to the point of holding back tears, this is one of those stories.
Every aspect of this g̶a̶m̶e̶ EXPERIENCE comes together so, so perfectly from the writing to the visual details, the sound design, the music, and *my god* the voice acting especially. They blend in such a way that felt like an incredible game of emotional cat and mouse, so incredible that I wished it would last just a little bit longer, just to stay that little bit more, but perhaps it's best this way...

I get the feeling I would never leave if I had the option.

If you’re the type of player that can truly take yourself out of reality and envelope themselves within the world they’re currently experiencing (ie the game)
I’d say be prepared but, I don’t think you possibly could be for what awaits you in this one.
Instant decisions, leading to life or death.
Lines upon lines to be read between as far as you wish to go.
With just enough psychosis to make you wonder what even just happened.

Given you've scrolled down to reviews I can only hope you didn't see any previews and that this is as far as you go.
Despite being compromised around a time loop, you will never be able to re-experience this game again once you do.
I would pay an irresponsible amount of money to forget everything about this game just to re-live the journey.
Please, play this game, it is more than just that.

If you really, really, REALLY like waiting, be it loading screens or driving across the entire map for every single quest, or even a shark card to authorise once you finally let this game break your patience down, definitely worth a buy.

For a game that's generated supposedly billions of dollars, more so than any sole media product in history, the amount of content that Rockstar has given their playerbase ranges from fetch quests across the entire map and back to flying bikes with lock on missiles as well as more fetch quests across the entire map and back.
I'd go into how the economy is worse than zimbabwean inflation but there's plenty videos explaining how this game is either a waste of money/time or both.

It's still Grand Theft Auto though so as long as you have friends to play with you'll get some laughs, which will make the waiting a bit less mind numbingly boring of course.
Keen for GTAV 3 on ps5.