Over a decade ago, Dma Design (aka Rockstar North) shocked and wowed the video game community with its release of Grand Theft Auto III. As the crime-driven series’ first attempt at employing gameplay that revolved around a third-person, behind the back camera scheme, the experimental title quickly proved to be a great success, and has since paved the way for multiple sequels, spin-offs and copycats. In fact, GTA III will go down in history as being one of the most important and impactful games of all-time, and we have it to thank for one of this console generation’s best releases and potential swan song, Grand Theft Auto V.

Instead of returning to New York-influenced Liberty City, like its most recent predecessor and aforementioned grandfather, Grand Theft Auto V revisits the mean streets of sunny San Andreas (California, if you will), where the weather is warm and the countryside is rough and desert-like.