Grand Theft Auto 5
Grand Theft Auto V expands the crime sandbox through three protagonists, Los Santos, and multi-stage heists. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.2 / 10
About this game
Grand Theft Auto V expands the crime sandbox through three protagonists, Los Santos, and multi-stage heists. Three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich, while city detail, radio, music, and staging excel. Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction, and original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. This description covers the original xbox-360 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Grand Theft Auto V expands the crime sandbox through three protagonists, Los Santos, and multi-stage heists.
Three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich, while city detail, radio, music, and staging excel. Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction, and original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox 360 release. Overall, its main strengths are Three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich; City detail, radio, music, and staging excel. Its material limitations are Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction; Original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich
- City detail, radio, music, and staging excel
Weaknesses
- Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction
- Original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading
Who it is for: Players who value three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction and original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension City detail, radio, music, and staging excel; Original hardware limits visuals, frame rate, and loading. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Three leads, missions, and open systems are exceptionally rich; Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension City detail, radio, music, and staging excel; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox-360 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Aiming, driving, and checkpoints retain friction. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Rockstar Games
- Publisher
- Take-Two InteractiveRockstar Games
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- ShootingMain Story 100 Hours or MoreModern SettingThird PersonOpen WorldStory-drivenDriving and Racing3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideMar 15, 2025
- Xbox 360Worldwide2013
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2013
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