Critical Analysis of Grand Theft Auto V

Running head: INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO GAMES
Introduction to Video Games
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Introduction:
In the history of the Grand Theft Auto line-up by Rockstar Games the Grand Theft
Auto V is the most diverse, popular and energetic game. This game has a deep mark on the
gaming industry because it is one of the fastest selling product ever in the gaming market.
This game was able to reach to the mark of $1 billion earning in just first three days. This
game is based on a continuous storyline which are progressed through completing various
types of missions. For the utmost of enjoyment of this game the developers has also
integrated several of cheat codes and mods in the game which makes the game more
attractive to the players.
In the first paragraph of this essay a brief description of the game has been shared
which includes the developers and the genre of the game. Following that, in the next
paragraph of this, the main plot of this game has been shared. Why the selected game is one
of the most important game is also shared in this context. In the further, the media studies of
the game have been critically analysed. Following that the gender representation of the GTA
V has been shared and discussed critically. The further section of this essay contains the high
violence related discussion of this game and how this game is impacting the society due to its
high violence. In this section of this essay the game has been also evaluated critically.
Critical Analysis of the Grand Theft Auto V:
The Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure video game. This game is published
by Rockstar Games and developed by Rockstar North. This video game is the most recent
continuation of the of the Grand Theft Auto series of the Rockstar Games (North 2013). This
game is an open world game based on the state of San Andreas. This is a single player
storyline game which consists of three criminals and their efforts to commit heists while they
are under pressure from a governmental agency. This game can be played in both the

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perspective of the first and third-person and the whole game can be navigated by vehicle or
foot using any of the three characters. These three characters can be interchanged as per the
requirement of the player. These three characters are the Trevor Philips, Michael De Santa
and Franklin Clinton.
The main plot of this game is started from a bank robbery which was conducted nine
years ago from the current scenario of the game where Michael and Trevor were involved
from the above three charterers. After nine years of the bank robbery, Michael was living in
the San Andreas and was out from the illegal works. In the following storyline of the game
Michael meets with Franklin, and they become friends but somehow Michael goes under a
huge debt, and he was unable to pay that amount of money. To gather the money Michael
again decided to jump into the illegal works and this time he partners Franklin with him. In
the further storyline of the game both of them meets with Trevor Philips who was the old
partner of Michael and they again started their illegal jobs by performing several terrific
heists to become rich.
While considering the other open world mission-related video games, this Grand
Theft Auto series has remained an all-time favourite for the gamers. The latest addition in this
series which is the Grand Theft Auto V has been praised by the lots of individual gamers. The
main reason behind that this game is a lot more versatile than the other open world games
(ROUSE III 2014) where the player has the freedom to do a variety of activities.
Summarising the whole game it can be stated that Grand Theft Auto V is M rated game
which is obviously not recommended to the children to play. This game contains extreme
coarse language, nudity, gang violence and the drug and alcohol abuse. In this game the
player plays as a hardened criminals and due to that they not only kills the fellow gang
members but also they kills police officers and the innocent civilians while they are
performing several criminal activities. Women mainly depicted as the sexual object in this