Why was this so much better than V as a single player experience?

Why was this so much better than V as a single player experience?

It wasn't

I don't think it was, it just felt like there was a lot more to do because you could go inside buildings and there were a lot more activities. Same shit in the end.

It wasn't, though.
It could be pretty comfy at times, but that's about it.

Nostalgia. It's a shit game that aged liked milk and no one is going to remember or play it in the future.

it had likable and relatable characters
lot of boring missions though, just like V

It's not. Quit being a noided retard with nostalgia rammed up your ass

I wouldn't go that far. The only thing that aged was the multiplayer, and that's only because everyone always fought in the airport and never bothered going anywhere else

It wasn't.

Why do people trying to push this narrative that GTAIV was good? It was shit at launch and its shit now.

>it's a drive around to this location and kill someone episode

it wasn't a cash shop game. however 4 removed a lot of stuff that made gta and open world games in general a lot of fun in the first place. if you go back and play vc, sa, or even sr2 the amount of stuff that's gone starting with 4 is so disappointing. 5 just further shows how far these games have fallen.

Because of having an actual mature story mode with almost the same feels as in San Andreas
When I finished V I was like, that's it?
IV is for people above 20
V all the opposite

>More memorable secondary characters
>Overarching plot with a focus
>A protagonist that isn't "man, this shit is crazy, but I guess I'll do it anyway", "Fuck! My life is fucked! My kids are fucked! My wife is getting fucked! Fucking fuck! None of it is my fault!", or "I'm so fucking unpredictable and crazy. Lol so random and crazy! Rape and murder a man in his own home!"

>its a scripted car chase episode
>car speeds away faster than every other car in the game so that you literally cant get close to it
>blows through any other car that gets in its way as if it were made of cardboard and keeps going like nothing happened

It's about the same.

>it's a press buttons and watch different colors appear on your screen episode

gta V > gta IV

It wasn't, it was a dull fucking game

stop trying to force this cycle meme, this game was shat on when it came out, rightfully since it's nowhere as good as San Andreas was

Because you're wrong

It's less obnoxious to play through that's for certain.

GOAT characters and setting
moody overall

Because they actually put effort into it.