Recently, foreign media outlet IGN reviewed the long-term impact of Grand Theft Auto V, focusing on how players use the game world to organize events and create content. With global sales exceeding 230 million copies and billions of hours played by users, the review also explores why the player community remains active years after the game's release.
The video takes us back to 2013. At that time, Grand Theft Auto V was the highly anticipated new entry in Rockstar's open-world crime game series. As players continued to explore, it gradually became a space for various spontaneous activities.
Examples cited in the video include players forming alien factions to battle each other, as well as producing choreographed vehicle stunt videos. These activities and creations have gone beyond the game's original crime simulation experience.
Sales figures and playtime provide context for this retrospective, while players' continued organization of events and content creation serve as another lens through which the video examines the long-term influence of Grand Theft Auto V.