Over three decades of open-world storytelling, Rockstar Games has quietly assembled one of interactive fiction's most ambitious canvases — 346 story missions across five Grand Theft Auto titles, each one a negotiation between spectacle and meaning. IGN Southeast Asia has distilled that archive to eleven sequences that mark the series' evolution: from the rain-soaked cinematic ambition of GTA 3's opening to the cathartic, city-on-fire finale of San Andreas, these missions reveal how a game about crime became a study in consequence, identity, and the strange satisfaction of earned endings. What
IGN Southeast Asia
· Jul 27, 2026
· technology
· 16 min de leitura
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IGN ranks the 11 greatest Grand Theft Auto missions across the franchise
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Entertainment journalism with minimal bias; uses subjective rankings presented as authoritative while maintaining enthusiastic but balanced coverage of GTA mission design evolution.
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Authoritative list-making combined with nostalgic celebration of franchise history. Frames Rockstar's design choices as objectively 'greatest' while using evocative language to justify selections through emotional impact rather than analytical criteria.
greatest Grand Theft Auto missions
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unforgettable sandbox spectacles
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IGN's ranking of GTA missions highlights Rockstar's evolution in game design across 346 story missions, with no direct economic impact on markets or consumer spending patterns.
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