5 Greatest Video Games of 2013

2. Grand Theft Auto V

GTA V is one of the best games of the year, no doubt, but it’s certainly not the best. Despite being the fastest selling entertainment product of all time, netting perfect reviews from a number of publications and stunning fans with an unrivalled scope, GTA V doesn’t top our list, and it wasn’t an easy decision.

Where GTA succeeds, it really succeeds. In terms of exploration, humour and replayability, it’s probably the best game of all time. But when you consider story, characterisation and pacing – increasingly important hallmarks of the modern greats – GTA doesn’t reach the heights of the game ahead of it in this list. Ridiculous, crazy fun and well worth the price tag: yes. Life-changing, seminal or genre-defining: it is not.

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