GTAV

it just seems like another cock-tease world with time-waster style mission gameplay. I want a true sad box game where you can go anywhere do anything without 'oh you cant go here yet becausey ou didnt do this mission' fuck that junk

not since GTA 3 the original have i been able to play in a pure pleasure way not doing any of the missions and actually get a lot of milage out of the game. Since 3 it seems like when you go on a rampage not as many cops or army people come after you which kind of sucks.

The face behind the wheel in the car shots is so bland that I'm wondering whether this will be a 'create your own character' deal. Maybe across 3 or 4 types (white guy, black guy, mexican guy, woman).

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:37 PM, Awepittance said:

I want a true sad box game where you can go anywhere do anything without 'oh you cant go here yet becausey ou didnt do this mission' fuck that junk

Just Cause 2!

Did anyone notice that there's a dog in the trailer? Hmmmmm......

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:57 PM, Squee said:

Did anyone notice that there's a dog in the trailer? Hmmmmm......

I'm gonna call it now - the dog is the last boss. Behind it all. ALL.

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:57 PM, Squee said:

Did anyone notice that there's a dog in the trailer? Hmmmmm......

Probably just a cut-scene animal. Killable (or invincible) pets might be a step too far. Pigeons are fair game, but cute dogs...

Looks good.

LA sucks, though.

Considering the graphical steps taken between San Andreas to IV (gameplay and fun suffered, but IV was almost beautiful at the time), I think I'm more excited by the prospect of the next-gen consoles that will come 2-3 years after V.

squirrel

  On 11/2/2011 at 8:53 PM, Rambo said:

squirrel

You found it? There was supposedly a prize for the first person to find it.

No i have been looking for 2 hours

...also jets and blimps

holy shit this looks really good. at first the beach scene made me think vice city, then I saw the mountains and it all came together. Also jets, hell yeah.

  On 11/2/2011 at 5:13 PM, Gary C said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs

The guy @ 0:40 looks like Tommy Vercetti.

I never bothered finishing IV, the fucking mobile phone simulator and endless driving got to me. This looks fantastic, but I fear it's more of the same.

Hopefully you don't have to do too many bullshit tasks in this one. I don't wanna see my girlfriend, meet up with friends or lose weight. I wanna beat up Danny Dyer and rag around on a superbike in a Hawaiian shirt listing to damn funky musiqs.

I think I liked Vice City so much because of the amount of fun you can have while stoned. Ever since then it's gone downhill bit by bit.

the weapons in vice city were so cool, chainsaw, hammer, minigun...

i really like buying houses in the game though, and modding cars. hope they bring that back.

i also really hope you can actually do cool stuff with the money you make. gta4 was all about the money but you never really spent it on cool shit. let me buy a high rise with a helipad or something.

i think you will have one character that is more of a pet class that uses the dog to its advantage in battle and stufff (think wow hunter)

  On 11/2/2011 at 6:29 PM, Joyrex said:

The graphics looked improved over what I saw of GTAIV (never played it, seen a few trailers), so it looks like they improved their engine a bit (depending on what platform that trailer was running on, if any - might have been running on a dev PC).

from what I can see, the graphics don't look that much of a leap from the PC version of GTA IV, more of a refinement. Slightly disappointing, but so long as they can have it running smoother and less buggy than GTA IV, i'll be pleased.

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:30 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:16 PM, Gary C said:

  On 11/2/2011 at 6:29 PM, Joyrex said:

The graphics looked improved over what I saw of GTAIV (never played it, seen a few trailers), so it looks like they improved their engine a bit (depending on what platform that trailer was running on, if any - might have been running on a dev PC).

 

Yep, I instantly thought 'PC' when I saw the trailer. I don't PC game.

 

Rockstar has yet to prioritize PC gaming and I don't see it happening any time soon.

GTA was originally released first for PC, and multiplayer was exclusive to PC.

  On 11/2/2011 at 10:28 PM, Gocab said:

I never bothered finishing IV, the fucking mobile phone simulator and endless driving got to me. This looks fantastic, but I fear it's more of the same.

I think(expect) it will be a major improvement. I think a lot of the innovations made in red dead redemption will make their way into gta(shit that is actually fun, easy fast travel, better shooting, better side missions). I hope they don't do overdo the shooting sequences like in RDR(endless waves of annoyingness). I hope they make the driving a little tighter and fix the shocks on the vehicles in this game.

  On 11/3/2011 at 1:22 AM, oscillik said:

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:30 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:16 PM, Gary C said:

  On 11/2/2011 at 6:29 PM, Joyrex said:

The graphics looked improved over what I saw of GTAIV (never played it, seen a few trailers), so it looks like they improved their engine a bit (depending on what platform that trailer was running on, if any - might have been running on a dev PC).

 

Yep, I instantly thought 'PC' when I saw the trailer. I don't PC game.

 

Rockstar has yet to prioritize PC gaming and I don't see it happening any time soon.

GTA was originally released first for PC, and multiplayer was exclusive to PC.

Yeah, but that was in 1999.

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The game's publisher confirmed that GTA V would take place in "the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches." The firm said the game is "the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created".

No San Fierro and Las Venturas it seems.

i'm all for a more realistic environment, also i fucking loved the countryside and mountain in SA. just for the change of pace

  On 11/2/2011 at 7:37 PM, Awepittance said:

it just seems like another cock-tease world with time-waster style mission gameplay. I want a true sad box game where you can go anywhere do anything without 'oh you cant go here yet becausey ou didnt do this mission' fuck that junk

 

not since GTA 3 the original have i been able to play in a pure pleasure way not doing any of the missions and actually get a lot of milage out of the game. Since 3 it seems like when you go on a rampage not as many cops or army people come after you which kind of sucks.

I agree, my only issue with Vice City was how small and flat the city was, but they developed the game in about 9 months so it's to be expected. Some missions were terrible, some were ace, and some were really silly and not much fun but became fun through the silliness. Since GTA IV and with Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar's games are like huge boring po-faced overwhelming epics with disappointing mission after disappointing mission. PS2 Rockstar games were technically poor in some areas, like the character models were horrid, or the controls for the shooting was messy, but they'd nail the important things like the atmosphere at night when its raining. And that continued through to Manhunt. They seemed to be real gamers who concentrated on making every element of their games fun. Their games had real charm and personality, not since Rare's N64 games did I feel like they were the only developer making the games they wanted to make and as such included loads of exciting new ideas I'd not seen in games before. I even much prefer the crappy death animation in GTA 3 where I think they just jump backwards and widen their legs as opposed to the floppy ragdoll deaths we get now. I like simplicity and lightness of touch, games where every element has been designed by a flawed human being.

The more I played GTA IV, the more I hated it. I thought the decision to return to Liberty City was safe, but Rockstar said they chose New York/Manhattan because it's what they know best. Setting the new one in LA is just...if you're a gamer and not already apathetic enough, this doesn't help. I remember a writer in a column was bemoaning the sheer size and scope of San Andreas, he was put off by the fact you could go to the gym and put tedious work in to alter your appearance. He gave up on it, even though it's all optional. GTA 3 was so refreshing because it was obvious they'd put more thought and sense of joy in the missions than they did worrying about technical inadequacies. GTA IV has the oppisite approach. I liked San Andreas, but it's true, the cop chases weren't as fun, and that in part was due to the tighter, heavier car handling. I loved trying to cause as much chaos to earn 5 stars in GTA 3 and have the super quick FBI cars chase me, they'd hit a bump and go flying. I have so many happy good memories of playing that game. It's so generous and joyous, it feels like it loves you. GTA IV is such a horrible game, it feels like it hates you, it resents you.

The countryside in San Andreas was great, driving in pitch darkness on a road in the middle of nowhere was amazing. The words 'the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created' don't mean the same as they did in 2002, it fills me with dread more than anything..I'd rather it said 'the most creative and experimental game Rockstar has yet created'.

Jesus fuck there are alot of GTAIV haters on here. Am I the only one who remembers getting into roman's car on release night, fully blown away, knowing gaming will never be the same again? The sheer power of the initial impact justified any boredom that came once you realized the limits of the city. It wasn't about that. It was, if only for a while, a perfect illusion of new york in hd; gorgeous physics & animations, hilarious and mind blowing random/unscripted events made possible only by the variety & complexity Rockstar put into it. I find it hard to come up with any game that so gloriously exceeded expectations.

the GTAIV world was awesome but the game they put in it did nothing for me. Maybe the DLC stuff is better?