7. Give Us More Interiors
Perhaps the biggest problem plaguing Grand Theft Auto V's open world is that, despite having a plethora of activities available, much of the world feels intangible. As the player walks the streets of Los Santos and beyond, they may find there's very little interaction with the world to be had. Taking Vespucci Beech as an example, there's a treasure trove of shops to see, but almost none of them have anything to buy. They're completely devoid of life. The rest of San Andreas is just like this. Despite being so much bigger than Grand Theft Auto IV's Liberty City, there's not nearly as many interiors to enter on one's own time. To put it simply, the player has to follow "look, don't touch" rule in almost every part of the state, with the ironic exception being the strip club. The businesses aren't much better. The properties available to purchase only provide the player with a couple of extra odd jobs and a paltry sum of cash that does nothing in the game's unbalanced economy. Unlike Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, there's no way to improve the revenue your properties earn, even if it did matter. Aside from running annoying errands for these companies, you have absolutely no meaningful interaction with them. It might help if the player could enjoy the interiors of these places that they own. Why can't you drink and play mini-games in the bar you own? How about watching live shows at Tequila-la, which actually has an interior? Of course, the interior in the latter is only accessible in a single mission. In that case, perhaps the extra power of the PC could mean more interiors and a better sense of exploration in San Andreas.
Kenneth Cummings
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Ken was born in 1994, and before the turn of the century, he was already a gamer for life, starting with Pokémon Blue Version. He has a passion for storytelling, especially in the gaming medium. Growing up on a healthy diet of JRPGs and point and click adventure games, young Kenny grew up playing Nintendo and Sony consoles, before becoming a snobby member of the PC Master Race. Nowadays, he resides in a time warp, refusing to believe the nineties ended as he fills up his Steam library with old point and clicks and cRPGs.
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