By: Lindsey Nolette

Have you always wanted to pull off heists, live a life full of adventure, and have a way to fulfill all your lavish needs? Well, wait no longer. Grand Theft Auto V now grants the video game generations of gamers what they have been waiting for.

Released to the public on Sept. 17, Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), grossed a record, breaking $1 billion in sales in its first three days on sale. Featuring all new game play, GTA V is arguably the best Grand Theft Auto in the series.

As many loyal gamers and reviewers have claimed, Grand Theft Auto V Blows All Other GTAs Away, which isn’t hard to believe.

New vehicles, a multiplayer mode, and stunning new graphics allows players to explore further into the fictional world of Los Santos than ever before. Gamers can now switch between, potentially, three of the most authentic characters in Grand Theft Auto history.

One includes Micheal, a former bank robber who is now in the witness protection program living out a boring life and dealing with a cheating wife. The game also includes Trevor, Micheal’s former partner, (a meth-making redneck) and Franklin, a gang-banger looking to make his mark.

These three characters’ stories reconnect creating the feel of three different games. Like every Grand Theft Auto game, the gamer must use a variety of cars and guns to explore the game world, taking on heists and unlocking challenges as they go along.

Unlike its predecessors, GTA V increases its world map, adding fixed-wing aircrafts, boats, dune buggies and a variety of other vehicles to get around this new world. Also added to the world map are beaches, slums, deserts, cities and mansions expanding Los Santos to a massive level.

Don’t like video games? CBC News calls GTA  V “An interactive ensemble TV drama.”.

Even if you do not categorize yourself as a gamer, the plot of GTA V is an irresistible story. Dragging even hesitant gamers into its endless depths of surprises. GTA V develops a realistic world where the player has significant control of the avatars, and the newly added abilities to customize each character and vehicle enhances game play.

The New York Times review of GTA V claimed that this realistic game “goes as far to offer gamers the ability to pursue sky diving, yoga, tennis, golf, scuba diving, smoking bongs and taking lap dances at a strip club.”

These extras give a sense of reality to each avatar and to the imaginary world of Los Santos, adding a new level of fun to the game.

A newly established online multiplayer mode allows up to 16 players to either compete against each other or to explore single-player settings in order to cooperate in bank heists or races. The online multiplayer mode will be accessible through Grand Theft Auto online and will become available on Oct. 1.

Currently, the game is available for Play Station 3 and Xbox 360.  Developed by Rock Star North this is the fifth game in the Grand Theft Auto series.