Once their Gremlin Server is running, users can manually create a graph and run Gremlin queries using the Gremlin Console. The Gremlin Console users also need to alias graph traversals to their graph in order to start querying their data — this all needs to be done manually. We believe that using G.V() is essential to maximize success for your graph project, especially in the early days. To find out more about what G.V() offers compared to the Gremlin Console, you can check out this blog post.