I stick with the III era, with the exception of IV because it’s interesting enough, but I can’t join in on any others after that. I have so many games, so many franchises, many of them still not complete, I’ll never find the time to play any more in the GTA franchise unless I literally become wealthy enough in a short period to never need to work again and spend the rest of my time playing.
Having said that, I still have never finished San Andreas or Liberty City Stories, but I have finished III and Vice City (with cheats), and Vice City Stories (without cheats), and definitely love the VC games the most; I love that location. I still can’t quite decide if I prefer VC or VCS more, but currently leaning more toward VCS.
I still maintain, no matter what RockStar says, that Vic from VCS is NOT the brother of Lance’s who was shot and killed at the beginning of VC. Never mind not sounding like him, he doesn’t look or act like him, and the way VCS ends makes it supremely unlikely that he would turn around and re-enter the drug business with a new personality in only 2 years. Maybe they started out intending it to be Vic when they began making VCS, but by the time they actually did it, it is no longer about what they intended. The brother who died was Pete, and that’s the end of it.
As for the new “Definitive” Edition, I’ll stick to the originals, much like the first two Arkham games, thank you. How hard is it to make something high-def without completely redoing it? Don’t bother if you can’t achieve that.