Rank 3: Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5)
| Release | September 17, 2013 |
| Developer | Rockstar Games |
| Genre | Action / Open World |
| Platform | PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows |
How does it play? GTA 5 offers a single-player mode and an online world for multiplayer: “GTA Online“. The online mode is regularly updated with DLCs, while nothing changes for the single-player.
The online mode plays on the same map as the single player. You start with a character at level 1 and farm experience points through various activities like races or missions to level up. In the process, you also earn money.
The DLCs regularly bring new cars, real estate, features, and missions into the game. This creates new ways to earn money in GTA Online.
With this money, you can buy fast super sports cars like the Benefactor Krieger.
How does GTA 5 make money? In GTA Online, you can buy in-game currency through Shark Cards, which you pay for with real money. This skips the heavy grind needed to afford some cars, planes, or real estate. It is a kind of pay-to-skip system, not pay-to-win. Everyone can access all content without money; with real money, it usually goes faster.
GTA 5 itself must also be purchased.
What interesting changes have occurred in GTA 5? The last major DLC that was released for GTA Online was the opening of the casino. Players had been waiting for this since release, and now they can gamble, play new missions, and win rare cars.
On the next page, we continue with a shooter.
