Yeah, a lot of people love hyping up games like these. And they aren't really wrong for it either, they turn out to be entertaining, for a while at least.
For me I think GTA was meant to be rage quit game. And I did tried to stretch when I can. It was a good run for me while it lasted. Not anymore though.
Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved playing games. I loved watching WWE wrestling and watching action movies where there were shootouts and snipers. My neighbor had a PC and used to play GTA all the time. I got interested in it from watching her play and when I eventually got my own PC, it was the first game I installed. GTA provided both the violence I loved and the firepower I adored in great measure and wrapped it all up in a neat bow through a heartwarming storyline in every GTA in the series. It actually far much exceeded my expectations and I haven't looked back since I started playing it.