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 3731 days ago, on September 17th, 2013, a little bit over ten years ago, we witnessed videogame history with the release of Grand Theft Auto V. As quoted by IGN reviewer Keza MacDonald at the time: "it pushes the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 further than it has any right to, and it looks incredible.". I vividly remember all the different gameplay trailers showing up in my YouTube feed, me restlessly rewatching all of them to catch a glimpse of the tiniest details and potential things to come. Having spent hundreds of hours in the virtual rendition of NYC, Grand Theft Auto V was the new pinnacle of open-world gaming. I normally don't care much for pre-orders. The amount of games I have pre-ordered in my life can literally be counted on one hand. The first game was Pokemon Diamond for the Nintendo DS in 2007, which conveniently released a mere 3 days after my birthday. The second game I have pre-ordered was the deluxe/collectors edition of Catherine (game developed by Atlus