GTA V

[Malson]

I agree with the fact that GTA hasn't done much to advance the series, but I disagree with the notion that they're recycling tired gameplay because they know people will buy it anyway. I just think they've found a winning formula and don't want to tarnish it by trying to modify it. I think it'd be cool for Rockstar to explore other avenues with the series, but I think that would be best left for spinoffs and side-games.

That being said, I would never pay 60 dollars for GTA V. And in that sense, I do agree with the dissenters, because I already know what to expect from the game before it's even released. But I don't think that's a bad thing, for the people that are loyal fans of the series. And really, the same could be said of any major series. For instance, I'm gladly going to drop 60 on Skyrim in a week's time. But there aren't many people I know that are going to do the same, because they already have preconceived notions about the Elder Scrolls series and its style of gameplay, and if they only moderately enjoyed Oblivion, the cost won't be worth it to them.

For established genres like this, it mostly boils down to fan service. People who dislike GTA may not enjoy the static game mechanics, but that doesn't mean it's not the best course of action for the series. Rockstar would likely rather appeal to the handful of people who WILL spend top dollar on the title, than risk trying to pull in a new demographic who might do the same.

I didn't mean for this post to be this long but I suppose it happened anyway. Regardless, the game looks pretty cool.

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>implying the controls and gameplay weren't significantly different in the move from San Andreas to 4

[Holkeye]

There's no implication about it, that's pretty much exactly.what I'm saying.

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holk, you've obviously never fucking played 4 then because the game plays nothing like the others because of the physics engine. if you want to knock something knock the boring repetitive uncreative missions.

[Holkeye]

The physics engine doesn't even add anything substantial, though. The only things I noticed about it were that people stick to your car when you hit them, and you bump into them when you run through a crowd. I guess that's different, but its not really that significant. A physics engine doesn't automatically.make a game "different". Im not saying that if you like GTA you're dumb or anything though. I'm just saying that as someone who has played all of them since the very first, there hasn't been a major change since 3. Generalizing, its just random year, random race, and prettier graphics.

[Sophist]

I want to play GTA V. .-.

[firerain]

Saints Row 3 will be better LOAL

[Knownot]

Personally, I would love to see Rockstar use the phsyics engine in a Medieval era game.
I feel I would love to see somebody knocked off their horse from the impact of my lance.

I realise the elder scrolls series could be classed as a fanasty GTA, but I feel there needs to be a game with the simplicity of GTA, Stats and things become too much of a factor and turn me away from some games, But also in saying that Im deffo going to fork out $120 for Skyrim and GTA V alike, yes $120, cause thats how much its going for in NZ, which is bull shit and not part of the topic.

I like the fact that rockstar went back a few eras with Red Dead, I would like to see them do it again but further back aswell.

[Irock]

lol

[Irock]

So the 2nd trailer came out yesterday.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84[/yt]
But more interesting than that, a lot of information has come out.

The biggest news is that instead of playing as one character like in every game thus far, you play as three. You can freely switch between them at any time when not in a mission. It zooms out into the sky revealing the whole map, it shows where each character is, you pick one and it zooms down to where they are. When the characters aren't being played by you, they go about their daily lives and can wind up in different situations. There are also missions where you can play as two or three of the characters, all possibly doing completely different things. Like, one guy could be flying a helicopter, another on a roof sniping and another on the ground, and you could choose which you want to do or switch between them throughout the mission. Though apparently sometimes you have to switch, which is understandable.

Rockstar said that the map is larger than GTA IV, San Andreas and Red Dead Redemption combined. There's also wilderness and desert, which I thought was really cool in San Andreas. But it's made more lively by the addition of wild animals, like in Red Dead Redemption. So I guess you can go around destroying deers with your car.

There's a lot of neat other information too:
http://www.gtav.net/news/4477/first-gtav-online-previews-amp-new-screenshots
http://www.gtav.net/news/4473/game-informer-gtav-preview-now-available

As shown in this thread, I didn't think Rockstar could actually come up with a major new gameplay change for a GTA game. This whole three-character system is a HUGE deal, and I'm way more excited because of it.

[Irock]

THEY HAVE TUNAS AND SUBMARINES AND SHIT

[IAMFORTE]

Not on PC

[Irock]

Not on PC

Every non-mobile Grand Theft Auto game ever made has come out on PC. Just not at launch.

[D&P3]

WANT

[firerain]

Not on PC

Every non-mobile Grand Theft Auto game ever made has come out on PC. Just not at launch.

and they've all been unoptimized as a horses ass for it. they didn't make GTA IV on PC decently playable until BOGT. hopefully they don't make that mistake again.

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soon

[Sophist]

But for console owners, now