The Grand Theft Auto series has always been a well-known action-adventure game set against the backdrop of gangster life. The latest installment of the Grand Theft Auto series, where the protagonist naturally has nothing to do with the mob, is based on the Los Angeles stage.

In GTA5 the game elements will be enhanced to include a more open and free world, story-driven, mission-based gameplay and multiplayer mode. The story theme focuses on Southern California, where money never sleeps.

Los Santos, a large and sunny bustling city full of self-redemptive masters, corrupt officials and down-and-out celebrities, a group of envied residents of the Western world is also struggling to survive the times, the declining economy and cheap morality make it chaotic.

Faced with the rolling financial storm, three different eccentrics draw their own blueprints for survival and success. Franklin is a street debt collector looking for real opportunity and big money. Mike is a notorious bank thief and career criminal who is looking for a better life after going gold. Trevor is a psychopathic, violent maniac and drug addict who is driven by the ever-present opportunity and the pickup truck full of white powder. By coincidence, they come together. For everything they want, the three choose a series of daring and dangerous criminal actions.

Continuing from its predecessor, the game is played in third and first person in an open world environment that allows the player to interact freely with the game world. The game is set in the fictional state of San Andreas, USA, where players can roam freely through the desert and the fictional city of Los Santos. The story mode has three protagonists that the player can switch between, while the story plot features the trio planning and executing six major heists.

A third-person open-world action-adventure game. Players can make progress in the story by completing mission scenarios with set goals. In addition to doing missions, players are free to wander the open world - from the open countryside of Blaine to the fictional city of Los Santos. Grand Theft Auto V's maps are larger than any of the earlier entries in the series. The maps are unrestricted to explore from the start, but more gameplay is unlocked as the storyline progresses. Players use fist and foot melee attacks, guns, weapons, and bombs to fight enemies, and are able to navigate the map by running, jumping, swimming, and driving various vehicles. To accommodate the size of the map, the game introduces fixed-wing aircraft that were absent in Grand Theft Auto IV. The game offers an auto-targeting and dodging system to help players fight enemies. If the main character is injured, his health will be restored to the midpoint. The player advances the game's story by completing a series of missions, and as with most open-world games, the player is free to perform these missions at any time they choose. If the player commits any in-game violations, the game's police agency may take action and the player's "wanted" status will be displayed in the upper right corner of the game. As the player continues to break the law, the asterisk used to represent the wanted level will increase and the police pursuit of the player will become more intense.