10 Things Only GTA V Fans Understand
A Galaxy Super Yacht costs six million dollars and it does ab-so-lute-ly nothing.
Grand Theft Auto is arguably the king of open-world games, challenged only by the likes of its sister series Red Dead Redemption and other classic franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. And, as any popular series with many iterations does, it has developed many of its own systems, axioms and idiosyncrasies over the years that can make loyal fans smile as much as puff out their cheeks in frustration.
Dark Souls will have you scolding yourself when you get caught out by a mimic or cause you to reminisce about the epic battles of PvP fight clubs, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate will make you explode with expletives when you’re roller’d by Inkling for the thirteenth time, and the original Gears of War online was a battlefield full of two-piecers and host-advantage shotguns.
GTA has established itself as one of the premiere gaming titles, with each entry having its own character and distinctions without sacrificing the core game philosophy that lies at its heart and really capturing the authenticity of its time period and environment.
As a result, GTA V also bathes in this fountain of unique traits, formulating its own catalogue of quirks that make it what it is.
10. The Disappointment Of The Lucky Wheel
As much as Rockstar encourages you to spend your hard-earned real money by advertising the use of Shark Cards in conjunction with their pretty steep asking prices on the most powerful and fun vehicles available, to be fair to them, all of their content updates have been free and available to everyone. They haven’t gated anyone out of the fun because their wallet isn’t big enough.
The latest attraction (aside from the arcades) is The Diamond Casino and Hotel, plopping a little slice of Las Venturas into the city of Los Santos. As casinos do, you’re able to swap money for chips and then use said chips to gamble on games of chance. The Diamond also has a risk-free venture that can be used once a day, that being the Lucky Wheel.
The Lucky Wheel offers a number of prizes, with the top prize every week being some kind of luxury or high priced vehicle. And, very transparently, Rockstar shows you the odds of winning each type of prize. So imagine the deflation when the excitement of winning a flying car turns into the shrugged shoulders of getting a pair of beige sandals.
Lady Luck is a fickle mistress.