 Grand Theft Auto V was released to critical acclaim . Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating in the 0 – 100 range , calculated an average score of 97 out of 100 based on 50 reviews for the PlayStation 3 version and 58 reviews for the Xbox 360 version . The game is Metacritic 's fifth @-@ highest rated , tied with a number of others . Reviewers liked the multiple lead character formula , heist mission design and presentation , but some did not agree on the quality of the story and characters . IGN 's Keza MacDonald called Grand Theft Auto V " one of the very best video games ever made " , and Play considered it " generation @-@ defining " and " exceptional " . Edge wrote that it is a " remarkable achievement " in open world design and storytelling , while The Daily Telegraph 's Tom Hoggins declared it a " colossal feat of technical engineering " . 
