'Grand Theft Auto V' not highway robbery
Rockstar's much-anticipated "Grand Theft Auto V" launched last week, making $800 million its first day and more than $1 billion in its first three days of release.
Like the "Call of Duty" franchise, "Grand Theft Auto" tweaks the game a bit between releases, but doesn't offer too much that's new to fans.
Each new game looks better, is set in a different location ("GTA V" takes place in Los Angeles stand-in Los Santos) and offers the same basic formula of shootouts, strip clubs and satire.
"GTA V" is a step up in game play from 2008's "GTA IV," though it seems, so far, to lack some of its predecessor's depth in storytelling.
[...] Trevor is the violent one, he enjoys bloodshed; Michael is retired from crime and seems more concerned about his family; Franklin wants to find a way to make an honest buck.
Less than a third of the way in, I've tortured a guy for information while working with the feds and tried to blow away as many people as I can in 90 seconds for sport.