GTAV

I hope there's some sort of mission that takes inspiration from the opening sequence in Drive (the film). Failing that, I'll just stick import the whole soundtrack and spend the whole time cruising around the map at night.

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=555544

• "Time will sometimes pass when you switch, allowing Rockstar to subtly nudge the story forward"
• The camera is "grainy" when pulling up into the Google Earth style view, during switches.
• "They'll each stick, broadly speaking, to one area of the map". [When you're not controlling them.]
• The descent when Franklin drops from the Helicopter, that opens the demo, took 3 minutes.
• "We're in Red Dead country, then, with the soporific rhythm of hooves on dirt replaced by the whistle of wind through silk, and a new, dynamic score". [The hooves are probably referring to Red Dead, and not confirmation of horses.]
• The hotel Michael is leaving during the demo is called Von Crastenburg (I couldn't remember if the name has been mentioned before, though the hotel part has, but I included it anyway).
• The ambient score when Franklin descends has a soft-synth reminiscent of something out of the Drive OST.
• The view of the land is flatter in the radar/mini-map, reminiscent of a GPS (whatever that means), and three colour meters for health, armour and Special are below it (mentioned before as green, blue and yellow respectively).
• Michael looks like a tough guy, in his walk, but his sprint shows his age.
• "80's Soul" heard from one car.
• Handling is more forgiving, but not "dumbed down".
• You'll only be able to switch characters, when a menu overlay appears in the bottom corner during missions. A lot of the switches in mission are made automatically. There are also text prompts suggesting character switches.
• During the demo of the Blitz Party mission, Michael, Trevor and Franklin were donning the hockey mask, skull mask and monkey mask (respectively). [Whereas in Michael's trailer they were wearing gas masks; perhaps a development change, or an idea on the choice we have?]
• The characters' turning circle is more like Max Payne's, and less like Niko's (so smoother movement).

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Damn, I miss Edge Magazine. It was probably the only vidya mag worth buying untill they stopped publishing it here in Spain due to poor sales

I'm so happy that the soundtrack will have synths and stuff.

Rockstar <3

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:41 PM, Friendly Foil said:

• The ambient score when Franklin descends has a soft-synth reminiscent of something out of the Drive OST.

 

 

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  On 5/12/2013 at 7:48 PM, Friendly Foil said:

I'm so happy that the soundtrack will have synths and stuff.

 

Rockstar <3

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember the previous GTA games having a diegetic soundtrack; radio stations, etc., and in GTA IV you had synth-heavy stations

Yeah but they didn't have a soundtrack as such, aside from a theme tune. Now GTAV has a soundtrack as well as diegetic stuff, for the sake of atmosphere. Which I'm happy about!

  On 5/12/2013 at 8:00 PM, Obel said:

Yeah but they didn't have a soundtrack as such, aside from a theme tune. Now GTAV has a soundtrack as well as diegetic stuff, for the sake of atmosphere. Which I'm happy about!

seems like they're really going for the 'interactive movie' kind of thing, and to be honest, GTA IV wasn't that far off.

if/when it gets a PC release, I'll be looking forward to playing.

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:41 PM, Friendly Foil said:

• During the demo of the Blitz Party mission, Michael, Trevor and Franklin were donning the hockey mask, skull mask and monkey mask (respectively). [Whereas in Michael's trailer they were wearing gas masks; perhaps a development change, or an idea on the choice we have?]

Just biked in to say GameInformer confirmed you'll be able to choose from a selection of masks for this mission:

"Before major heists, players must conduct several side missions to prep. For this mission in particular, you must pick up boilers suits, choose masks, collect the vehicles necessary for the job, and find a spot to hide the getaway car"

Finally - a decent Point Break game

  On 5/12/2013 at 8:04 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/12/2013 at 8:00 PM, Obel said:

Yeah but they didn't have a soundtrack as such, aside from a theme tune. Now GTAV has a soundtrack as well as diegetic stuff, for the sake of atmosphere. Which I'm happy about!

seems like they're really going for the 'interactive movie' kind of thing, and to be honest, GTA IV wasn't that far off.

 

if/when it gets a PC release, I'll be looking forward to playing.

 

That graph is missing "time between announcement and release"

Well, at least they are making the game better it seems. I don't like the switching characters aspect personally. I think you should have to choose and play through the entire thing, but whatever. I'm really happy to hear they are adding all the depth back to the game again.

I'm also unsure about having three playable characters at once. I really enjoyed the DLC for GTAIV and felt it added to the original story whilst upping the most fun aspects. But I'm a bit of a completionist, and I'm worried that I'll feel as though I'm missing out on other characters whilst I'm not playing as them. I'm a little worried that when I clearly favour one character over another I might end up not enjoying the other characters to the full. The hick-dude looks hilarious and his skills sound like the most fun, but the gang-banger... I'm not sure about yet.

I think I'd rather have three characters that intertwined and play the game three times to enjoy their stories individually. Saying that, I guess the idea of flicking between characters feels pretty new to me and perhaps I'll feel liberated during play. If the map is as large as has been reported, then zipping to a new area may be easier when simply dropping in for a 30 minute burst of mayhem, or racing, or golf.

And if they can wrap these three playable characters into a team online story mode that fits seamlessly with the main narrative, then, yeah, I'm sold.

Still excited. Massively excited. GTA has never failed to deliver. I just wish I had more free time.

I was unsure. But then I thought to myself that I hate it in missions when the guy is like "go to the roof and snipe for me, I'll do the fun stuff!". Now with having three characters take different roles I can do whichever I think is most fun or I'm most in the mood for - this is good and nice.

I've got faith. Nice to have customization back. I've bought San Andreas on PS3 and am enjoying being back in the Grove. Now if you'll excuse me, ima roll on some bustas.

  On 5/13/2013 at 8:57 PM, Obel said:

I was unsure. But then I thought to myself that I hate it in missions when the guy is like "go to the roof and snipe for me, I'll do the fun stuff!". Now with having three characters take different roles I can do whichever I think is most fun or I'm most in the mood for - this is good and nice.

 

I've got faith. Nice to have customization back. I've bought San Andreas on PS3 and am enjoying being back in the Grove. Now if you'll excuse me, ima roll on some bustas.

i'm pretty neutral to the 3 character idea. i trust rockstar to not totally ball it up

i replayed gta3, vc and sa all in the past year. those games are all brilliant. 3 might be my favorite, but i am so excited that they are basically updating san andreas

As I understand it, you can play the whole game sticking to 1 character exclusively, and play hte game 3 times, once for each character, if you feel like it, right? I do remember reading about forced character switches in certain points tho, so I might be wrong

Here's the map:

Not official of course, but still.

Dude, the cities are copypasted, even the mountains are copypasted. It's obviously fake

It's a mock up by fans. The lower part of the map is not fake. The rest is based on screenshots and stuff. as I said, it's not official.

that looks miniscule compared to san andreas.

It's bigger than Red Dead Redemption, GTA San Andreas and GTAIV combined.

  On 6/3/2013 at 1:19 PM, Squee said:

It's bigger than Red Dead Redemption, GTA San Andreas and GTAIV combined.

So it's going to be an island?

I hope there's fat people on scooters. It's a game about american stereotypes, if it's missing fat people on scooters it's incomplete to me

Yeah, I doubt that map is an accurate reflection of the final map. Note the two identical towns in the top-right.