Robbing banks and stealing cars are common features in Grand Theft Auto games, but the heists in GTA V are simply on another level. In previous versions of the GTA series, such missions were direct missions with hardly any choice given to the user; they just had to do what they were told. However, in GTA 5, heists have intricate plans where you get to choose the approach and who to recruit as well as the escape route, before actually making the heist.

All the heists in GTA V are remarkable and fun to play. But even amongst them we’ve taken the top 5 and pitted them against each other to see which one is the best. If we were just looking at the final payout from the heists, we can easily find the winner. However, every heist in the game brings excitement in one way or another and is still enjoyable so just the monetary value of it would not be enough to make a clear judgment.

Here, we have put up a list of the 5 most epic heists in Grand Theft Auto 5, based entirely on how exciting and entertaining these missions were.

The Merryweather Heist

The Merryweather Heist is the second heist in the game and is the first one to include Trevor. There are two approaches one can take: the loud approach where one attacks the Merryweather freight or silent approach where you head offshore to find the device hidden beneath the ocean. Both approaches have the same results– Lester scolds the two and orders them to dump it back in the sea, which drives Trevor mad.

As exciting as the mission is, with even a mini-sub to dive into the depths of the ocean, you can’t help but feel a little disappointed when the heist complete screen pops up in the game, showing you a grand score of $20,000,000 before taking it all away as a “void sale”. Still, Monetary gain aside, this mission is a fun one to play and easy when compared to other heists.

The Blitz Play

The Blitz Play doesn’t have any plans or different approaches and also no extra crew to be recruited. So in this mission, the three protagonists– Michael, Franklin and Trevor go at it alone. On the instructions of the FIB, users have to raid a securicar of security bonds before running away from the cops.

The Armored truck is taken care off, when as Franklin, you’ll ram it over with a tow truck. The doors are blown and the case taken. And what follows is one the most exciting parts of the game when you enter one of the game’s best and biggest shootouts with cops coming in from all directions.

In this mission we see the game’s three character designs which are distinct from each other and are done so well. During the shootout, Franklin and Michael take on most of the ground troops while Trevor picks off snipers from on top of a nearby roof.

The Paleto Score

Paleto Bay is located far to the north of Blaine County; it’s a small town with hardly anything happening, that is, until you get to this mission. Under orders from the FIB again, you are asked (or rather forced) to raid the bank located in the middle of town. It looks like a simple everyday typical heist scene but GTA wouldn’t be GTA if they didn’t add some spice to it.

Michael, Trevor and a hired gunman (you get to pick!) enter the bank, take hostages and start looting. The police start arriving outside as your loot increases inside. Once you have sucked the bank dry, you and your crew make a grand exit in full body armor, with Trevor hauling along a mini-gun. A mini-gun!!!

Sure, you can switch over to Michael as you make your escape. But why will anyone trade mini-gun toting Trevor in a Juggernaut suit for Michael is something I will never understand.

Eventually, the army shows up, bringing along their tanks and then everything goes a bit loco. But not to worry because, here comes Franklin in your getaway vehicle, a digger! Dodging rockets from the tanks, you sluggishly maneuver the digger and make your way to literally pick up the rest of your crew with the mechanical shovel in the front, before running through a Cluckin’ Bell factory and jumping onto a train.

The Jewel Store Job

The first heist in the game is one of the best missions to play. It also introduces you to the new features of heists, such as hiring crew members and deciding on which approach to take. There are also certain small missions that you have to complete to finally make the heist, like in this case you have to case the jewel store, before the actual heist. Having destroyed the gangster, Martin Madrazo’s home, Michael needs quick money to pay the $2.5m damages, so he comes out of crime retirement for this job.

In the quiet approach for this heist, you knock out the security and staff before entering, dressed as pest control workers. On the other hand, the loud approach for this heist sees you showing up outside, guns blazing and taking no prisoners.

Whichever way you get in, you still have to smash open the jewelry displays and loot as much as possible before the alarm goes off. But it’s in the escape that you really enjoy this mission. Your escape sees you fleeing into the sewers of Los Santos on bikes before your crew part ways to lay low for a while. Being at the start of the game, this heist has you hooked and feeling that it can only get better from here.

The Big Score

Well, we’ve saved the best for last and so have people at Rockstar games. The Best Heist in GTA V is also the last and final heist of the game. It also happens to be the biggest heist by far. In The Big Score heist you rob the Union Depository, stealing $201,000,000 worth of gold. Again, like in previous missions, there are two approaches- loud or quiet.

In the quiet approach, your crew and you subtly steal the gold, using two armored cars to take the gold before escaping to a car park where all hell finally breaks loose with an epic shootout. You finally make your escape in four modified Gauntlets, very Italian Job-like.

The loud route is much harder, with multiple shootouts throughout the mission as Michael and Franklin escape to the underground car park on foot. Meanwhile, Trevor flies out in his helicopter with $100,000,000 worth of gold dangling from it. You fly through the wind farm in the desert and finally drop the gold onto a train that you need to ‘procure’ in previous missions.The pay-off is slightly better with the loud approach but both ways will get you $20,000,000 per character. But keeping pay aside, this is the most epic mission to play and fitting finale to one of the greatest games, GTA 5

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