History YMMV / GrandTheftAuto

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoClassic Hans Nemesis]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories Donald Love]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoIII Catalina]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Frank Tenpenny]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories Marty Jay Williams]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoIV Dimitri Rascalov]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoV Peter Dreyfuss]]; & [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoOnline Avon Hertz]]. See those pages for details.

** All of this was made even worse by the fact that, in a move similar to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III: Reforged'', Rockstar had removed all previous versions of the three games from all platforms' storefronts, meaning that ''The Definitive Edition'' was the only legal way to play the [=PS2=]-era ''Grand Theft Auto'' games unless you already own them on the original consoles or prior to their storefront removal, such as Steam. In mere days after its release, the game ended up being frequently compared to the aforementioned ''Warcraft III: Reforged'', the ''VideoGame/SilentHill HD Collection'', ''VideoGame/SonicColors Ultimate'', and ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' (the last one is notable as it isn't a remaster like the previous three, but a completely new game), and was the subject of so much vitriol and refund requests that Rockstar temporarily delisted the collection on PC.

** ''GTA'' (the first one) was not the first open-world game. ''Zelda'', for example, predated it by well over a decade, and there are probably some text games that are even older. Hell, ''GTA III'' is not even the first ''3D'' open-world game; that honor goes to ''VideoGame/BodyHarvest'', a game that came out on the Nintendo 64 three years prior, and was in fact made ''by the same studio that made all the GTA games''. One may argue that it was the first 3D open-world crime game, but once again, ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'', a game that came out in 1999 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation, beat it to the punch.

** Common complaints included the questionable artstyle change, numerous bugs and glitches being found across all three games that weren't present in previous releases, poor optimization across all consoles, even on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, lots of cut songs, and frequent crashing.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoClassic Hans Nemesis]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories Donald Love]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoIII Catalina]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Frank Tenpenny]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories Marty Jay Williams]]; [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoIV Dimitri Rascalov]]; & [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoOnline Avon Hertz]]. See those pages for details.

** [[ThatOneLevel/GrandTheftAutoV Those One Levels]] in ''Grand Theft Auto V'' and ''GTA: Online''

** Since the rise of VirtualYoutuber, it is revealed that despite the game targeting male audiences with all of the titles between the first and ''Online'' only featuring male protagonists, the game has a substantial number of female fans as well.

** Since the rise of VirtualYoutubers, it is revealed that despite the game targeting male audiences with all of the titles between the first and ''Online'' only featuring male protagonists, the game has a substantial number of female fans as well.

* PeripheryDemographic: The series' reputation makes it clear that is not intended for younger audiences. Despite that, it has a substantial number of fans who got into the series at a young age.

* MagnificentBastard: [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Tommy Vercetti]], [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Mike Toreno]], [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories Massimo Torini]], [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoIV The United Liberty Paper Contact]], [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoV Lester Crest, Paige Harris and Eddie Toh]]. See those game's pages for details.