Egotastic- Grand Theft Auto V, as we all know damn well, was a huge achievement in the field of open world sandbox-ery. It bought us a city playground several times the size of previous Grand Theft Auto worlds, and more than ever to do within it. If you’ve ever wanted to take a break from your badass crime spree to do a little yoga, this is your jam, right here.
I don’t want to drop cliches like ‘living, breathing world’ on your asses, but that’s where Rockstar were going with this. Every pedestrian you pass seems to have a purpose of their own, places to go and people to see. There are limits to that, natch, but generally you’re just cruising past in a blur as some asshole online aims a rocket up your tailpipe, so you don’t really notice.
Which sucks a bit, frankly. Because when you really pay attention to the minutiae of Los Santos life, you see just how much has gone into the game. Which is where the obsessive attention-payers at 8-Bit Bastard come in.
These guys put in six months –six freaking months– of work to bring us Onto the Land, a documentary about the wildlife of GTA V. From hairy-assed little rabbits to hawks and cougars, they’re all here, and they’re all… a little scientifically ropey. But that’s video game AI for you.
Did you know cougars hunt by herding deer about until they plummet over cliffs, in hilarious slow-mo and bouncing repeatedly off rocks like Homer Simpson, then scavenging the remains at their leisure? Nope, me neither. But here it is: