I got GTA V in the last week or so and while I've enjoyed it to an extent so far, it's starting to grate a tad, with all the driving becoming essentially delivery missions. I have zero interest in discovering the whole map which seems to be expansive. 10 years ago, I would no doubt have considered that a good thing. However, with less free time nowadays I'm just focussing on the story, which is a protracted mess. After roughly 5 hours play time I'm honestly not sure which NPCs I should be paying attention to and which are just fillers.

I've yet to meet a game "story" that is not a protracted mess. Except for some user mods in GRAWF2 (yeah, now I remember, "Sanchez missions". Sanchez was a crazy fucker with a private army you had to find and kill over 5 missions). Those missions were awesome. I might try reinstalling it on my xp box one of these days/months/years.

Anyone know if FC3 has a cli console & cheats?

Edit: Whalp., I found this rather unsatisfactory list:

https://www.gamesradar.com/far-cry/cheats/

Aye. The best narrative I can recall in a game is the Secret of Monkey Island. And that's only /because/ it's an interactive story, so literally lends itself to the narrative.
Others games I can think of that are a bit up their arses when it comes to story is the Thief series along with the Elder Scrolls. As Xen mentioned on this thread some time ago, recent GTAs are overblown and are trying to be a 2 hour gangster movie spread across 30+ hours of gameplay. :C

Much as I hated the premise and most all of the FC3 story, it was considerably redeemed by some epic firefights in the last few levels, where (e.g.) you had to rescue dude's bro and he flies a helicopter badly while you man the mounted HMG.

Also must admit the story in the original Sniper Elite looked promising, I just couldn't get past the hideously awful retro-primitive graphics (which I suppose were cutting edge in their day).

Hey shitface, come back and talk to us! :@

This is (apparently, going by thread title) something to do with GTAV. Short attention spans. apparently.

Anyhoo, I've been playing this for an hour or two a day for most of the past week, and just as a sandbox, it is fooooking awesome (I did a couple of missions, which are also awesome but maybe too much work to figure out)! I've wound up playing some black petty criminal in the L.A. burbs who's ace at jacking cars, but not necessarily ace at driving (getting better though), deffo ace at crashing cars! I've haven't had so much fun tear-assing around a city creating mayhem since NFSPU. So I jacks a car/truck/ambulance/whatevs, drives it side-swiping, t-boning, rear-ending and front-ending all kinds of other vehicles. Jumping out, taking pot shots at the freeway, and dying in a hail of police bullets soon thereafter. Well, not really dying since I always wind up walking out of the hospital.  :-((  :-O~~~  :-@

GTAV is a very good game, don't want to spoil anything, but you are in for a treat once you start to reach some of the heist missions. They're very well done indeed.

You can also make a *lot* of money with the stock market missions once you get them, but if you want to maximise your profits, it can be advisable to read a guide or two online for how best to play them. You can usually double or even triple your current money if you play them right.

Most of the fun I've had in GTA is getting back to basics and playing cops and robbers - see how much carnage I can cause in one spot, then leggit and try to get away from the police. The sports cars are fun, and the customisation in this game can actually have some bearing on gameplay, souping up a fast car or bike with the best armour, bullet proof tyres etc can make a huge difference in some beating some missions.

The story is great, hugely entertaining and tons of twists in the tail.

It's not spoiling anything to say that Trevor's missions may be the most fun, but Michael's story is the best fleshed out.

Also, what Dave!! said about playing the stock market - when those assasination missions turn up, grab a guide and it's possible to make it into the billions of $.

 

Fucking Hell! Something to look forward to. (dance)

Definitely, it's a superb game with a really good plot right the way though. I had a second play of it last year and thoroughly enjoyed it again. Some nice twists and turns along the way as well.

I got a pretty decent rack of guns with little effort and only $15. FUCK ME, I CAN'T EVEN BUY BULLETS WITH THAT.  (puke)

:D How far have you got into the game? Have you done any of the heist missions yet?

No, because I'm lazy AF and I'd rather play a game I've already mastered with all the weaps and a maxed-out bank account. At some point you'd think I'd lose interest in that game and try this here new one real hard. We'll see.

 :'-D 

It doesn't take much to master GTA and once you've got a few heist missions done you'll have enough dollar to purchase the even the largest penis extension. 

Are you theft-shaming me?