GTA V by Rockstar Games
Shares rank 63 of 78 video games by recommenders
Recommended for its technical work, such as many manually made level-of-detail models; critics mainly cite bugs, including framerate-dependent ones.
Recommended for its technical work, such as many manually made level-of-detail models; critics mainly cite bugs, including framerate-dependent ones.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Manually made level-of-detail models
“GTA V does this extremely well with many manually made LODs”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video]” Helpful in-game control reminders
“the popovers in GTA that remind you of what the left joystick does again”
Comment from 10 Oct 2026 in “Triple-A Minesweeper”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Framerate-dependent bugs
“GTA V has several framerate dependent bugs”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Game Devs Explain the Tricks Involved with Letting You Pause a Game” Public lobbies do not work
“GTA V public lobbies don't work”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux” Conflicts with Steam Deck sleep
“constantly conflicts with the Steam Deck sleep mode and kicks you out of the game at random”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GTA V by Rockstar GamesThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the popovers in GTA that remind you of what the left joystick does again”
“constantly conflicts with the Steam Deck sleep mode and kicks you out of the game at random”
“GTA V has several framerate dependent bugs”
“GTA V does this extremely well with many manually made LODs”
“Unless its been a decade in production like Breath of the Wild of GTA 5 i just dont expect much.”
“GTA V public lobbies don't work”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.