
GTAV as a whole is both enormously successful at executing on one aspect of its design and immensely disappointing in another. The confident storytelling that had come to define the developer/publisher was less evident, though. For those hoping for yet another virtual sandbox to lose themselves in, the game delivered. Needless to say, the 2013 release of Rockstar North’s Grand Theft Auto V generated a great deal of excitement.

Each of its games from this period presented stunning, well-realized environments and narratives that seemed completely sure of what they were trying to say.

Noire, and Max Payne 3, Rockstar had developed a reputation for creating not just interesting virtual worlds, but strong stories as well.

After releases like Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, L.A.
