5. A Genuinely Brilliant Soundtrack
RockstarName a song from GTA V that really makes you think of that game. How about GTA IV? Liberty City Stories? Vice City Stories? Exactly. Vice City and San Andreas though, everyone remembers that first proper trailer reveal with Guns n' Roses' iconic Welcome to the Jungle blaring over the top, or Flock of Seagulls' I Ran for the former. The soundtracks in those games weren't just afterthoughts, and although it would be extremely unfair to say that the same level of thought didn't go into compiling the tracks for parts IV and V, there's just been something lacking overall. Both VC and SA's accompanying selection of songs helped to really elevate those games into special territory, adding immensely to the feeling of immersion when having to drive from checkpoint to checkpoint. If Rockstar aren't going to do what the Xbox ports and PSP GTA's did and allow custom soundtracks, then they really need to dig deeper and pull out some genuinely phenomenal selections for the time periods they're wishing to portray.