GTA V's North Yankton Is Beautifully Incomplete

Ludendorff, North Yankton is where the prologue of Grand Theft Auto V takes place. You’re there to steal some cash and then things go sideways, setting in motion the game’s main events nine years later. The town is sort of an after thought, in other words, with lots of low-res textures and missing stuff. That’s kind of what makes it great though.

Unlike the rest of the game, the action in North Yankton is extremely linear. There’s no veering off the beaten path unless you want to incur a “mission failed” screen. Rockstar has taken the player there to set the scene and lay out some backstory, not to watch them then go off to the far side of town and break some shit. As the latest Boundary Break video shows, this meant the studio didnt’t have a reason to full flesh out the snowy, back-country town.

For an amusement like GTA V, in any case, that gives North Yankton a specific kind of extraordinary appeal. Los Santos is a sprawling city loaded with lights, individuals, and any number of subtle elements you most likely wouldn't see unless you'd played it for several hours (something numerous individuals unmistakably have done since the diversion remains a yearly success). North Yankton, then again, looks like and HD mod for the first Max Payne.