4.Niko & Friends
The friendship mechanic is a font of endless woe to some. After all theres surely nothing more frustrating than being called by Roman for a round of darts when youre about to attempt a seemingly impossible mission for the nineteenth time. Thats how pads get snapped But when youre calm though, after a huge gun battle or a 20 mile car chase, theres nothing quite like chilling with Little Jacob over a game of pool at the Homebrew Café or taking in a gay cowboy show with Brucie at the Cabaret Club. In real life friends sometimes get in the way; they need you when youre busy, they ask for favours, they cock block you accidentally on purpose. Sometimes friends are a pain in the ass. But put the time in and theyll inevitably reward you. Your in-game friends are cool, theyve got a seemingly endless ream of dialogue to spout about any given situation and above all else theyre often hilarious. All you have to do is listen. In many ways this is emblematic of real life which is what Rockstar were invariably going for with this whole friend system (although in real life you probably wont get access to a trunk full of automatic weapons in your new friends car just for beating him at the bowling).