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GTA V has gone gold.

Perhaps a bit on the late side, but I've just placed my pre-order.
I hope I will still get a copy with that Atomic Blimp, seems like a fun thing to fly around with.
 
TIGER-COOL said:
Man, I just thought... wouldn't it be awesome if they had high stakes poker games available in online play? Like Red Dead, only this time you can actually drop into them from free mode, and the money you're playing with actually means something since it's used for so much in the game world.
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They've got to have Las Venturas DLC, right?

But yeah, online card games for in-game cash would be awesome. You better hire a bodyguard if you win, because everyone's going to be chasing you on the way to the nearest ATM.
 
dreamfall said:
Dawww, much love right back at you! I'm beyond excited like all of us in the thread- eagerly counting days, watching GAF recommended movies, re-watching trailers, and getting mentally prepared for this awesomeness!

I get weirdly attached to GTA releases- there's so much history with each title, so many things that we grew up with during the series evolution and so much expectation. And I do post pretty critically about shit game journalism or videogame stories I really dislike- but of late, it's just been this strange feeling that this game will really be one of those titles that we'll be lost in for years. Nobody builds an open world like Rockstar- I love my Sleepy Dawgs, inFamouses, Saints Rows- but nothing feels like that hype when staring at two screenshots of GTA V for more than a year!

And that dilemma of which system to get it on- fortunate to have both consoles (thankful for that like no other!) but going 360. Just to party up with ease! How about you?!
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Yeah I feel you... There's been a lot of great games that have come out recently, but sometimes you can just feel how great certain titles are going to be, and my gut has never let me down. GTAV will be amazing. Everything lines up- it's the end of the generation, Rockstar has had years to really master the systems and can push their limits. Not only that, but the problem that most open world games have (lack of refinement in all the different gameplay systems) probably won't exist in GTAV due to Rockstar's experience in the shooter and racing genres. If the shooting is anything like Max Payne 3, and if the racing is anything like Midnight Club, I'll be in heaven. They've got all the pieces (and 265 mil to put it all together) and I think GTAV will be one of those massive games that only come once a generation. It's cool to have grown up with the franchise and knowing that GTAV is basically the game Rockstar has been striving towards since GTA3 is awesome. 8 more days!

I've got both systems too, but I'm getting the 360 version because of friends and stuff of course. Luckily if there is a big technical issue with the 360 version I can just switch over to the PS3.

Man I want this game now... Time is slowing to a crawl...
 
dreamfall said:
Here's hoping at the top of Mount Chilliad.

Riding it as high as the sky will let me and then free-falling out into the depths of the ocean!
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I have a plan to freefall from a plane right on top of a train and take it over, or bike it all the way up Mount. Chilliad and then bike right over the edge and try surviving the fall. On the bike. xD
 
SuperSah said:
I have a plan to freefall from a plane right on top of a train and take it over, or bike it all the way up Mount. Chilliad and then bike right over the edge and try surviving the fall. On the bike. xD
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I love it! I wonder how long it'll take to bike up the mountainside- Stamina depleting, trying to achieve balance on the mountainside. I think when you reach the top, there should be a quiet reflection period. And then sailing down the side, narrowly avoiding hitting trees head on and reaching the bottom!
 
PIMPBYBLUD said:
As long as you preordered you're good
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Yeah, all the stores here do mention the blimp as a pre-order bonus.
But I was thinking I perhaps am too late to get a copy from the first shipment the store will get. And a second shipment will perhaps no longer include the bonus (which comes in the form of a download code I guess).
 
dreamfall said:
I love it! I wonder how long it'll take to bike up the mountainside- Stamina depleting, trying to achieve balance on the mountainside. I think when you reach the top, there should be a quiet reflection period. And then sailing down the side, narrowly avoiding hitting trees head on and reaching the bottom!
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Man, the adrenaline rush. Might take a while on a bike. Probably break on flat surfaces to replenish stamina then back up the path. Gonna have a nice reflection before jumping and biking down the sides which'll inevitably result in death upon deaths!

Challenge accepted.
 
Daniel Jackson said:
Yeah, all the stores here do mention the blimp as a pre-order bonus.
But I was thinking I perhaps am too late to get a copy from the first shipment the store will get. And a second shipment will perhaps no longer include the bonus (which comes in the form of a download code I guess).
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theyll put it up as paid dlc anyway
a month or two later possibly
 
SuperSah said:
I have a plan to freefall from a plane right on top of a train and take it over, or bike it all the way up Mount. Chilliad and then bike right over the edge and try surviving the fall. On the bike. xD
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I just hope they dont auto-kill you if you start falling too fast.
 
Teknoman said:
I just hope they dont auto-kill you if you start falling too fast.
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I think the worst part about red dead redemption was that when you died the camera WOULDN'T follow the amazing ragdoll death you created. Jumping off cliffs with horses was ruined because you couldn't watch it. So lame.
 
My friends ask me, "what's so different about a GTA game? Why are you so obsessed?"

To me, and I'm sure, some of you regulars in this thread, it's more of a life event than a game release. GTA's are only released once every 5-6 years, and it makes them special. But on top of that, I can link parts of my life to a particular GTA game. For instance, when I moved from Boston to Phoenix with my parents, I was ~15 and had just gotten San Andreas. That huge life change was accompanied by GTA:SA. Vice City was my and my friends middle school game of choice, and GTA III got me into gaming as a regular thing. IV marked my late high-school years and now, 24, GTA V marks a time in my life where the lady and I are getting much more serious, moving into our own place, getting new cars, etc. I use GTA as a gauge. That's how important the games are to me. I'm obsessed, as I said. I know that. I'm also A-OK with that. It's my very favorite game series and it holds a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to get my grubby hands on the game next week, and start getting lost in a whole new R* universe. Again.
 
RWB993 said:
My friends ask me, "what's so different about a GTA game? Why are you so obsessed?"

To me, and I'm sure, some of you regulars in this thread, it's more of a life event than a game release. GTA's are only released once every 5-6 years, and it makes them special. But on top of that, I can link parts of my life to a particular GTA game. For instance, when I moved from Boston to Phoenix with my parents, I was ~15 and had just gotten San Andreas. That huge life change was accompanied by GTA:SA. Vice City was my and my friends middle school game of choice, and GTA III got me into gaming as a regular thing. IV marked my late high-school years and now, 24, GTA V marks a time in my life where the lady and I are getting much more serious, moving into our own place, getting new cars, etc. I use GTA as a gauge. That's how important the games are to me. I'm obsessed, as I said. I know that. I'm also A-OK with that. It's my very favorite game series and it holds a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to get my grubby hands on the game next week, and start getting lost in a whole new R* universe. Again.
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Yup totally. Which is the reason why how GTA IV came out to be is more depressing that usual. Still, SA was one of my favorite games ever. Seeing places that I could recognize was amazing. I remember when I used to play it I would pretend to that a certain building was based on my actual building that I lived in.

I'm hoping that GTA V evokes those same feelings which is why this is the most hyped I have ever been for a game since Brawl which is a series that I also have a huge attachment towards.
 
RWB993 said:
My friends ask me, "what's so different about a GTA game? Why are you so obsessed?"

To me, and I'm sure, some of you regulars in this thread, it's more of a life event than a game release. GTA's are only released once every 5-6 years, and it makes them special. But on top of that, I can link parts of my life to a particular GTA game. For instance, when I moved from Boston to Phoenix with my parents, I was ~15 and had just gotten San Andreas. That huge life change was accompanied by GTA:SA. Vice City was my and my friends middle school game of choice, and GTA III got me into gaming as a regular thing. IV marked my late high-school years and now, 24, GTA V marks a time in my life where the lady and I are getting much more serious, moving into our own place, getting new cars, etc. I use GTA as a gauge. That's how important the games are to me. I'm obsessed, as I said. I know that. I'm also A-OK with that. It's my very favorite game series and it holds a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to get my grubby hands on the game next week, and start getting lost in a whole new R* universe. Again.
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gta 3-vice city-san andreas plus gta:lcs, vice city stories, and gta advance were all in the same gen. lol @ every 5 years

also it's the same HD universe as 4.
 
Rekki-Maru said:
gta 3-vice city-san andreas plus gta:lcs, vice city stories, and gta advance were all in the same gen. lol @ every 5 years
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I think he's talking about the big releases. 5-6 years may have been a little exaggeration but I don't think GTA Advance, LCS/VCS really drum up the hype like the mainline releases.
 
RWB993 said:
My friends ask me, "what's so different about a GTA game? Why are you so obsessed?"

To me, and I'm sure, some of you regulars in this thread, it's more of a life event than a game release. GTA's are only released once every 5-6 years, and it makes them special. But on top of that, I can link parts of my life to a particular GTA game. For instance, when I moved from Boston to Phoenix with my parents, I was ~15 and had just gotten San Andreas. That huge life change was accompanied by GTA:SA. Vice City was my and my friends middle school game of choice, and GTA III got me into gaming as a regular thing. IV marked my late high-school years and now, 24, GTA V marks a time in my life where the lady and I are getting much more serious, moving into our own place, getting new cars, etc. I use GTA as a gauge. That's how important the games are to me. I'm obsessed, as I said. I know that. I'm also A-OK with that. It's my very favorite game series and it holds a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to get my grubby hands on the game next week, and start getting lost in a whole new R* universe. Again.
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You are so right. When I look back, I too equate GTA releases with significant milestones in my life, and my enjoyment of the games reflects that.

Going back to San Andreas, I had just graduated university earlier that year and it was the first PS2 GTA release I was able to enjoy without fear of grades slipping. Thats significant lol

GTA4 came out just after I moved out on my own, and GTA 5 arrives three and a half weeks after my wife and i moved into our new home. I have my very own dedicated games room complete with a brand new HDTV, and I also bought the PS3 Pulse headset to play this with.

I am going to take all two weeks prior to GTA Online launching to absorb as much San Andreas atmosphere as possible on PS3, then switch to Xbox 360 on Oct 1st for Online.
 
New artwork! Horrible quality though:

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Apparently it is in Symonds St, Auckland, NZ
 
Has there been any word on when reviewers will receive their copies? I think it was last week when someone mentioned that Rockstar hadn't said anything to reviewers about when they should expect to receive review code.
 
SolidSnakex said:
Has there been any word on when reviewers will receive their copies? I think it was last week when someone mentioned that Rockstar hadn't said anything to reviewers about when they should expect to receive review code.
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It's unfortunate that they'll be forced to rush through it.
 
i thought rockstar confirmed Niko wouldn't be back for GTA5 single player..better odds seeing Packie (if he wasn't going to ireland when he got on the plane) or Jacob etc.
 
RWB993 said:
My friends ask me, "what's so different about a GTA game? Why are you so obsessed?"

To me, and I'm sure, some of you regulars in this thread, it's more of a life event than a game release. GTA's are only released once every 5-6 years, and it makes them special. But on top of that, I can link parts of my life to a particular GTA game. For instance, when I moved from Boston to Phoenix with my parents, I was ~15 and had just gotten San Andreas. That huge life change was accompanied by GTA:SA. Vice City was my and my friends middle school game of choice, and GTA III got me into gaming as a regular thing. IV marked my late high-school years and now, 24, GTA V marks a time in my life where the lady and I are getting much more serious, moving into our own place, getting new cars, etc. I use GTA as a gauge. That's how important the games are to me. I'm obsessed, as I said. I know that. I'm also A-OK with that. It's my very favorite game series and it holds a special place in my heart.

I can't wait to get my grubby hands on the game next week, and start getting lost in a whole new R* universe. Again.
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I like to think of it as the World Cup of video games. Other tournaments are yearly but the best and biggest takes some waiting for.
 
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