A sadder matter is the essential death of RDR Online in order to keep the GTA Online community well fed until GTA 6 (and probably GTA Online 2) arrives.
To this day, we’re still talking about GTA 3 like the first proper 3D open-world game (sorry, Daggerfall).
Claude Speed’s hijinks in Liberty City set the stage for arguably the most famous structure used by modern action-adventure games.
Don’t get me wrong, I love GTA 5 and think its narrative doesn’t get nearly enough recognition, but there was room for improvement.