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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy Japanese reviews: 74.6% positive, with gameplay and performance dominating

The analysis covers 4,054 Japanese-language reviews for Grand Theft Auto V Legacy. The collected sample spans from 2015-04-14 to 2026-09-26.

Own research by 648 News. Every figure in this article was counted by us from 4,054 Steam reviews written in Japanese, collected between 2015-04-14 and 2026-09-26.

Overall reception

The collection contains 4,054 reviews from players writing reviews in Japanese. Of these, 3,023 recommend the title, producing a 74.6% positive rating with a 95% confidence interval between 73.2% and 75.9%. Steam reports a 74.5% positive score across its entire history, based on 4,055 total reviews as of October 2026. The collected sample aligns closely with the platform totals.

The numbers

Share of Japanese-language reviews that mention each topicGameplay, combat, core mechanics31.2%Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes15.4%Online play, multiplayer, servers10.5%Amount of content, length, replayability9.6%Graphics, art direction3.9%Story, scenario, writing3.7%Price, value for money, DLC pricing2.7%Characters, character design2.5%
Share of Japanese-language reviews that mention each topic
Topics inside recommending and inside not-recommending Japanese-language reviewsrecommendsdoes not recommendGameplay, combat, core mechanics27.3% (recommends)42.6% (does not recommend)Performance, optimization, bugs, crashes6.5% (recommends)41.8% (does not recommend)Online play, multiplayer, servers7.1% (recommends)20.6% (does not recommend)Amount of content, length, replayability10.8% (recommends)6.1% (does not recommend)Graphics, art direction4.4% (recommends)2.4% (does not recommend)Story, scenario, writing4% (recommends)2.9% (does not recommend)Price, value for money, DLC pricing1.8% (recommends)5.3% (does not recommend)Characters, character design2.5% (recommends)2.6% (does not recommend)
Topics inside recommending and inside not-recommending Japanese-language reviews

What reviewers praise

Players who recommend the game frequently discuss gameplay, combat, and core mechanics. This topic appears in 27.3% of all recommending reviews. Reviewers highlight the open world, mission variety, and the ability to skip difficult sequences. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes follow at 6.5% of recommending reviews. Many note that the PC port runs smoothly at medium settings and maintains stable frame rates. Online play, multiplayer, and servers account for 7.1% of positive feedback. Players appreciate the evolving content and the freedom to drive or fly across the map. Amount of content, length, and replayability make up 10.8% of recommending reviews. Writers point out the extensive story mode and the sheer volume of activities available.

すごいゲームだし有名なのでわざわざ語ることもないと思いますが、適当に抜粋でいい/悪い

It is a great game and famous, so there is no need to talk about it, but I will casually list the parts I thought were good or bad.

A Japanese-language Steam review (571.0 hours played, recommended)

Graphics and art direction appear in 4.4% of positive reviews, with players praising the detailed environments and visual fidelity.

What reviewers criticise

Gameplay, combat, and core mechanics dominate criticism, appearing in 42.6% of reviews that do not recommend the title. Players note that a large portion of online play involves waiting for business deliveries and repeating financial tasks. Performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes are mentioned in 41.8% of negative reviews. Reviewers cite long load times, frequent crashes, and Social Club login failures. Online play, multiplayer, and servers account for 20.6% of non-recommending reviews. Writers describe public sessions as chaotic environments filled with cheaters and modders.

オンラインのレビュー おおよそ1,000時間遊ばせて頂きましたが、 そのほとんどが事実上の放置(待ち時間)と

Online review. I have played it for roughly 1,000 hours, but almost all of it is essentially waiting and repetitive work.

A Japanese-language Steam review (1013.8 hours played, not recommended)

Amount of content, length, and replayability appears in only 6.1% of negative reviews. Players generally acknowledge the game offers substantial single-player and multiplayer content. Developer or publisher conduct, update policy, appears in 4.2% of negative reviews. Reviewers criticize the lack of offline DLC and the aggressive monetization of online features.

Who wrote these reviews

The median playtime behind these reviews stands at 79.7 hours. The sample consists entirely of Japanese-language reviews. Players who recommend the game focus heavily on gameplay, combat, and core mechanics, which appears in 27.3% of their reviews. They also frequently mention the amount of content, length, and replayability at 10.8%. Players who do not recommend the game concentrate on performance, optimization, bugs, and crashes, which appears in 41.8% of their reviews. Gameplay, combat, and core mechanics is the second most cited topic for them at 42.6%. Online play, multiplayer, and servers appears in 20.6% of non-recommending reviews, compared to 7.1% among those who recommend it.

ここ1~2ヶ月、PC版の公開セッションをメインにGTAオンラインを遊び続け、バグやグリッジなどを一切つかわずに1億

For the past 1-2 months, I have been mainly playing the PC public sessions of GTA Online, earning about 100 million dollars on my own without using bugs.

A Japanese-language Steam review (699.1 hours played, recommended)

The divide between the two groups centers on how reviewers perceive the game's online infrastructure and its long-term maintenance cycle.

Methodology and sources

Data

Steam user reviews, retrieved with Steam's public review listing between 2015-04-14 and 2026-09-26: 4,054 written in Japanese. Steam's own all-time totals for Grand Theft Auto V Legacy were read on 2026-10-01.

How the reviews were classified

Every review was read by a language model, which rated how positive it is, how much concrete detail it gives, and which of 15 fixed topics it talks about. The counts and percentages in this article were then computed from those labels in ordinary code, not by the model. Automatic classification makes mistakes, so single percentages should be read as approximate. Reviews of fewer than 15 characters were not sent to the model; they count as positive or negative from the reviewer's own recommendation and carry no topic.

Limits

People who write a Steam review in Japanese are not a representative sample of everyone who plays in Japan, and the language of a review does not establish where its author lives. Steam's default filter for off-topic review activity was left on, so periods Steam marked as review bombing are excluded from the counts in this article. Reviews that arrived after the retrieval date are not included.

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