3. Predictability
Grand Theft Autos of the past have followed a particular formula; man enters city, man gets involved in organised crime because he is inherently bad, man climbs ladder and owns the world. Kills a lot of people along the way. While this is tried and tested and has been taking on a different flavour of late (Niko Bellic was driven by vengeance and a warped perception of the American dream, CJ is fighting for family honour and escaping the hood), the formula remains the same. Now no-one would want a drastic overhaul of this formula however a slight inversion would go a long way to keeping the game fresh; especially considering they are going back to a city we were involved with not that long ago. Read my thoughts on potential GTA 5 stories
here.