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Essays 18 October 2020, 10:47

author: Przemyslaw Zamecki

Grand Theft Auto V. 15 good games players rarely see through

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Release date: September 17, 2013(7th gen), November 18, 2014 (8th gen), April 14, 2015 (PC)

IN A NUTSHELL
  1. Platforms: PC, PS4, PS3, XOne, X360
  2. Developer: Rockstar Games
  3. Genre: action game / TPP / FPP

I'll be honest with you – I was surprised by such poor completion stats of Grand Theft Auto V's story campaign. The game has not disappeared from the top charts for several years now, usually placing near the constantly changing leaders, it has been purchased by many millions of people, and only a fifth of buyers have actually finished it. I think there could be two reasons for this.

The first involves the bans that Rockstar likes to resort to when dealing with cheating gamers in multiplayer mode. I admit that this hypothesis may be a bit of a stretch – after all, no one in their right mind would constantly try to cheat and go buy a new copy of the game each time they get banned (and spending a small fortune in the process). It seems to me that in this case we are dealing with the so-called flock effect, originating from the reputation the brand enjoys and the fact that GTA V is indeed a great game. How could you miss it?! But perhaps something entirely else is going on here?

Did you know that at least one more Rockstar title wages an uphill battle against console players? Max Payne 3 on PlayStation 3 was completed only by 19.6% of owners, and the campaign's finale at highest difficulty was witnessed by barely 3%. On PCs, these scores are 30.5% and 9.1%, respectively.

 

PSN (PS3)

Steam

Trophy name

Percentage of players who completed the game

28.8%

20.4%

To Live or Die in Los Santos

Percentage of players who completed the first mission

84.3%

74.6%

Welcome to Los Santos!

Percentage of players who completed the game in 100%

1.0%

2.2%

Career Criminal

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