In 2019, there is still a large community in GTA 5 Online. Is the game still worth it, offline or online? And which type of player should play this?
What is it about? GTA 5 turns 6 years old this year. A few weeks after the campaign’s release, the online mode also started. Are the contents of the online mode still relevant after so many years and worth it in 2019? Here you’ll get the answer to whether this action-adventure in an open world is for you.
Is GTA 5 Online worth it for new players?
New players can look forward to: The world of GTA Online tempts with expensive villas that you can afford if you’ve saved a bit. There are also super-fast sports cars or flashy muscle cars with which you can race and roam in the open world. Regularly, free updates are released that expand the online world with new cars, weapons, and features.
The wide selection of cars and their customization allows for a unique appearance. The countless clothing combinations of the characters also ensure that every encounter with different players feels different.
The great graphics are still praised today. Many details on cars and environments create a realistic picture and provide cool scenes.
Especially playing as a group of at least 2 players offers a lot of fun in GTA Online. Together, you can participate in activities in free roam or special heists and races that take place outside the open world.
There is a lot of variety in the missions. Races are available for different vehicle classes like bicycles, cars, motorcycles, boats, or planes.
But shooter fans also get their money’s worth when participating in difficult heists or less difficult contact missions. The weapon arsenal ranges from small knives to shotguns, SMGs, sniper rifles, and rocket launchers to the Tomahawk.
Through races and missions, you earn money to buy more expensive weapons, houses, cars, or even businesses.
This discourages new players: Cool contents like sports cars, weapons, ammunition, or buildings cost a lot of money in the form of in-game currency. If you want to buy a sports car, you have to shell out a few million. Then there’s also tuning, which costs money again.
Here, Rockstar entices with the purchasable currency, GTA Dollars. These can be purchased in the form of Shark Cards that can be bought with real money.
The alternative to Shark Cards is grinding. You’ll have to get used to that if you want to unlock content. If you’re not interested in that, you’ll have to spend real money or exploit crazy glitches.
We have summarized methods for you to earn a lot of money in GTA Online:
For PC players, hackers are also a big problem. They ruin online lobbies and repeatedly kill players. That can be frustrating.
The toxic players in the community can also be annoying in some sessions. If you don’t want to play in passive mode, you must expect to be attacked.
Bonus – The story is great
GTA Online does not exist without GTA 5. You must own the base game to play the online mode. In the base game, a wonderfully crazy campaign awaits you, where you switch between 3 protagonists repeatedly.
What is the story of GTA 5 about? Nine years after a failed heist, the former bank robber Michael has settled with his family in Los Santos under a new identity. He then encounters Franklin, who wants to level up from his boring life. Then Trevor joins them, the only other survivor of the failed heist with Michael.
During the campaign, you must prove your skills in races and shootouts and make important decisions. In the end, there are different endings that depend on your actions.
Is GTA 5 Online worth it for returning players?
Players who left early after the launch: The launch of GTA Online was plagued by server problems that ruined the mood for many players. In the meantime, the servers are stable and there is a lot of new content for you to discover.
These new contents are in GTA Online:
- Since 2014, there’s the flight school in GTA Online, where you can improve your skills as a pilot.
- Since 2015, there’s the heist update, which players consider the biggest update for GTA Online. It introduced difficult heists into the game, rewarding you with several million dollars if you’re successful.
- A new mechanic is in town, turning your cars into lowriders.
- 2015 also brought the Executives and Other Criminals DLC. You can form organizations and hire other players as bodyguards.
- The huge DLC “Further Adventures in Finance and Felony” finally brought an alternative way to collect money by picking up crates on the map.
- In 2016, the Cunning Stunts update was also released, celebrated by players for the many new racing and building possibilities as well as cars.
- The Biker DLC is finally here – now you can form gangs and build a biker business to earn passive money. You gather raw materials, your employees process it, and you sell cocaine or similar stuff on a large scale.
- In the same year as the biker DLC, the Import/Export DLC was also launched, offering one of the most lucrative ways to earn money to this day.
You can also be a nightclub owner now, if that’s always been your dream. If you prefer chaos, take a look at the Arena War update.
Players who earned too little money: Now there are many varied ways to earn money. If you were put off by too few money sources, you should definitely check back now.
Players who saw too few coop features: Thanks to the heist update, there are cool group content that works as a team. Also new is the Doomsday Heist, which offers a new challenge.
Players who found GTA Online too grind-heavy: It is still related to grinding if you want to earn money in GTA Online. That hasn’t changed until 2019.
Bonus: A lot of fun now also in roleplay
If the game concept of GTA Online just doesn’t appeal to you, you can also switch to roleplay servers. There are huge communities that deal with role-playing – and the RP in GTA is fun even just to watch!
Players take on the role of police officers and arrest other players who drive too fast. Together with a voice chat and creative characters, it offers a whole new experience of GTA Online that can convince many returnees.
