10 Masterpiece Video Games That Are Total Technical Powerhouses

9. Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar's latest may not have set the world alight like the original 3D trilogy or GTA IV's tone-changing attempt at a more grounded story, but that belies the fact that the game world itself is the most in-depth and hyper-detailed the team have ever assembled.

Using their patented RAGE tech (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) first pioneered in GTA IV, Rockstar have perfected how A.I. should react to your antics, implementing a number of animations that blend ragdoll physics with scripted animations, ensuring carnage and 'experimentation' is always different, every time.

From the submarine wreckage-filled depths of the surrounding ocean, to wandering atop a blimp in the middle of Los Santos - before skydiving out and plummeting towards the ground at a 100mph - the sheer breadth of GTA V's play space is almost completely unrivalled.