I haven’t played anything in the series in probably over a decade and am well aware I’m asking a userbase who prob isn’t easily hyped by these things but even outside of that I hear the hype always talked about in third person (“it’ll sell so well”, “hype is enormous”) rather than first person (“I can’t wait to get it”, “I’m so excited!”)
I’m not claiming it’s all manufactured hype or predicting a flop here, just wondering if the wait becoming a meme has kicked off an undue expectation so I guess the question is do you know anybody who is or are willing to admit to a genuine excitement?
It’s become a meme, especially with the delays. But, GTA has mostly knocked it out of the park release after release. Yeah 5 is missing some stuff that was in 4, but then the detail in the map and 4 characters and the fun story it’s still solid.
My only concern personally is that GTA online became a massive cash cow for Rockstar and I’m concerned about their commitment to the single player. I think the delays kind of indicate that they’re still putting in the work to make it a good game so I’m hopeful, plus RDR2 which came after was an amazing single player experience still.