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[Leckan]

How is the pedestrian density? Is it realistic or a little ghost-town-ish?

I won't be able to play it until the 24th unfortunately.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

To be honest, the complaining about Franklin and Lamar's cursing registers barely above "I can't relate to CJ" in terms of eye-rolling fan gripes for this series.

How is the pedestrian density? Is it realistic or a little ghost-town-ish?

I won't be able to play it until the 24th unfortunately.

Downtown can look a little sparse but other areas are just fine.

 

[Cheddahz]

Where do you buy clothes from?

 

[Snkfanatic]

Bummer, thanks for the response though. I guess it's either go digital with the PS3 or pick it up later in the week.

We did find one at Walmart though if that helps, so some big retailers may have a copy!

 

[kemalettin]

Spoiler

end of the dog mission on West Coast Classics Dr. Dree Still Dre plays on radio..amazing! love the game so much!

 

[flaxknuckles]

I get that some people in real life can swear a lot, but maybe they didn't need to be so realistic in that regard. The level of profanity is distractingly high. I'm not comfortable playing this in front of my kid brother, whom I was content to let watch Saints Row.

So all of the mass murder, thieving, and sex scenes are alright? What a ridiculous complaint.

 

[Pollux]

What's the best way to make money?

 

[Karak]

No but I've heard "the cursing is way overdone" in a number of places now, citing that it's way worse than any previous GTA. Not that it's got a lot of bad language, but that it's gratuitous. Basically a knock on the writing, not the cursing per se.

Ya I either like or love the past GTA's. Its certainty not the words. But after coming off 2 of the previous games the level here is absolutely insane. Its mind bogglingly at times. I mean I actually thought it was skipping or something else was going on.
Everything else seems pretty much par for the course except for that. Shouldn't stop anyone from enjoying it but man its noticeable compared to past games for sure.

 

[kemalettin]

how do you make money! i need money i mean not bits so much money like hundreds of thousands...
are there any casino games blackjack etc. ? and im still on franklin how im gonna change character (except dog)

 

[Heimbeck]

Well, my SE is sitting next to me for the 360. Picked up a 32 Gb USB 3.0 thumb drive to hopefully not have to use the disk drive (I don't want to wake up the entire city of Portland when I play) but now I just wait ... 3 more hours of work.

BTW, the steelcase is amazing. I love the look of the classic covers with the usual poster look, but this is one great looking case.



I learned my lesson with them. I tried about 3 or so "release date deliver" and all but 1 (FFXIII, lol) arrived late. Great for games in general but for release date delivery I'll never look to them for games I can't wait a day two.

Yeah, they had always been good with previous day 1 orders but I have now learned that you can't trust them.
I dunno who I'm going to use now though.

 

[Moobabe]

So all of the mass murder, thieving, and sex scenes are alright? What a ridiculous complaint.

That's a completely separate, and unrelated issue.

 

[The perfect Dark]

Holy shit, I can't stop laughing. Some missions are funny as hell.

 

[DJ88]

So glad I got the 360 version for the controls alone. Driving is super easy and smooth with the 360 pad's sticks and triggers.

 

[SRTtoZ]

Complaining about the amount of cursing in a GTA game is like complaining there are naked women in strip clubs.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Answer in spoilers if necessary

Is it possible to miss missions or Stranger missions?
Do you get more hairstyle choices as you go through the game?
Is Franklin

Spoiler

stuck with his shitty clothes and hair choices forever

?
Is it possible to stop characters

Spoiler

from changing clothes when you switch?

(spoilers above are very minor and asthetic only)

 

[purpletentacle]

Oh Lord. Oscar talk in a GTA thread.

 

[Karak]

Answer in spoilers if necessary

Is it possible to miss missions or Stranger missions?
Do you get more hairstyle choices as you go through the game?
Is Franklin

Spoiler

stuck with his shitty clothes and hair choices forever

?
Is it possible to stop characters

Spoiler

from changing clothes when you switch?

(spoilers above are very minor and asthetic only)

Not that I found no
Yes
Uhm no not really
Not that I could find.

 

[hayguyz]

So glad I got the PS3 version for the controls alone. Driving is super easy and smooth with the DS3's sticks and triggers.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

So what's up with garages, do none of them store your vehicle forever? Or is it just storage until you take it out of the garage to drive?

 

[Acorn]

How do you train chop without the app?

 

[purpletentacle]

It also has to do with it being the culture that R* is trying to represent. I already had a soapbox post earlier, but if they didn't talk like this it would sound and be fake as hell.

I remember people used to shit on The Sopranos for this very reason. And yet, if you listen to FBI wiretaps, that's EXACTLY what those people sound like. It may not be as elegant as some gamers want, but it's authentic.

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

Now it shows up! Goodbye world!

 

[rallaren]

I kinda feel alone for not being a GTA fan heh Still following the thread and pondering if I should pick it up for 360 just for the heck of it or wait until a PC or PS4 port arrives. I played GTA 4 for like 30 minutes until being bored and never touched it again, same with 3 and SA.

Dammit GAF.

One of Ninty, Sony or MS must have opened up the wallet for a port - the PS4 port being the highest bet with that code digging I gather.

Since you mention it; GTAIII was one of the best 3D games I had played since Mario 64 at the time.

 

[Dresden]

Lamar cracks me up.

 

[Dark Octave]

So I bought a 50 dollars card to buy in on the PSN, using some credit I got there. Guess what happened.

Only freaking game at this price.... Thanks Rockstar ! You sure made a loyal customer out of me today.

lol Nu uh. No way. That's crazy.

Another reason I'm not big on DD for consoles. The MS store dashboard games on demand thing is ridiculous as well. Going DD is supossed to be saving money (ideally for everybody), not costing us more.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Damn this game is too much. Story time- I just finished a mission and was walking down the street when a cop flys past sirens blazing. It slams into a car and gets into a shoot out with it, as that's happening another car rolls up and some gang members get out and start shooting the cops. While they're distracted I use the opportunity to steal their car and a few blocks away I get one of the "random event blips" on the radar. 2 guys are jacking a store and they don't have a getaway car, so I offer to help for a cut. Turns out to be our old GTA4 friend

Spoiler

Packie McReary

.

 

[kemalettin]

if anyone says GTA V OST sucks can suck my...OST is damn awesome! just wanna cry
Menu music! oh man....

 

[Storm Chamber]

7gb and the song is replaying for the third time lol

 

[Liquidsnake]

Early on, Im really liking Michael a lot. I also like the relationship he is building with others.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Not that I found no
Yes
Uhm no not really
Not that I could find.

Good
Good
Lame
Lame

Thanks bro


I can see the swearing complaints, it feels a bit unnatural at points

 

[The Lamp]

Lovely game, but certainly not without issues. I've only just done the first mission for Lester, so some of these may get better or I might run into other problems.

I wish there was an option to turn off the grading system after missions. I don't care to go for gold, but seeing a bronze or silver most of the time can be disheartening.

I get that some people in real life can swear a lot, but maybe they didn't need to be so realistic in that regard. The level of profanity is distractingly high. I'm not comfortable playing this in front of my kid brother, whom I was content to let watch Saints Row.

A lot of the default settings seem to the worse choice, though maybe this is subjective. The reticle is tiny, the car camera is too low, the safe screen space is all the way pinched in.

The first two driving situations you're put in are fairly difficult. In the truck in the snow isn't too bad, and would be forgivable on its own, but the car repo is insane. You're given an incredibly fast car that over handles, put in a city that you've never been to before and expected to race. That's preposterous, which is a shame because I'm starting to really like how the driving handles after driving around more.

I spent a good couple of hours not realizing you could move around in the map or set waypoints. I didn't realize you had to select the map option, which seems to be a redundancy at first. When neither the d-pad nor either of the sticks or triggers moved my map cursor, I just assumed it was hardwired to only center on your position and not zoom. Also, I've been hardwired by almost every other game this generation to hit select for bringing up the map. I wish R3 was used for changing camera instead, and pulling down on RS was used for looking back as in SR.

The game occasionally forgets where I've parked my car. I haven't gotten any message about it being impounded, so I'm guessing it's not that. Worse, it seems to forget where I've parked cars I own more easily than ones I've stolen. I've taken to calling taxi cabs because I just don't feel like stealing everything.

Some amazing presentation, for sure, but it doesn't feel like a ten yet.

You're like 20 minutes into the game. Gatdam, wait it out. I agreed with a lot you said my first 20 minutes but it gets better. It's a new game, you have to get used to it.

 

[TIGER-COOL]

sounds like a Tarantino film. and last i checked, that motherfucker earns Oscars.

Here we go...

 

[flyinpiranha]

So glad I got the PS3 version for the controls alone. Driving is super easy and smooth with the DS3's sticks and triggers.

Ah, how cute, you felt threatened.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Damn this game is too much. Story time- I just finished a mission and was walking down the street when a cop flys past sirens blazing. It slams into a car and gets into a shoot out with it, as that's happening another car rolls up and some gang members get out and start shooting the cops. While they're distracted I use the opportunity to steal their car and a few blocks away I get one of the "random event blips" on the radar. 2 guys are jacking a store and they don't have a getaway car, so I offer to help for a cut. Turns out to be our old GTA4 friend

Spoiler

Packie McReary

.

Whhhhaaaatttt?? That is awesome....fuck I need this last hour of work to go by fast but I can't stop reading the thread.

 

[Lowlander2]

Okay, NOW it's starting to measure up to SRIV. There's still... a spark missing, though. If there are lots more heist missions, the game will really be on to something.

It's very good at offering choice, both specified and implicit, which is really good for an open-world game. I'm not really feeling the design of that open world, though.

Whhhhaaaatttt?? That is awesome....fuck I need this last hour of work to go by fast but I can't stop reading the thread.

Snap! If I had known that I wouldn't have killed them.

 

[Enco]

Spent 2 hours with the game.

10 minutes of mission gameplay and the rest exploration.

City seems awesome. Went on a rollercoaster ride which was super cool.

Jumping on people is fun.

Car denting physics aren't as fun as in GTA IV.

Too much swearing. Yada yada they're gangsters. It's too much.

I spent 99% of my time playing multiplayer in GTA IV. That's what I'm really looking forward to. Playing the game makes me want the PC version even more.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Spoiler

end of the dog mission on West Coast Classics Dr. Dree Still Dre plays on radio..amazing! love the game so much!

I hate when people do this. What is this about? Use context when posting something spoilerish. I haven't read it, and more than likely it's innocent. But use some freaking context.

 

[Screaming Meat]

An hour in, i'm overwhelmed. Complaints about driving and especially the graphics are unfounded. Shooting isn't quite as good as MP3, but by far the best in the series.

Bravo R*.

 

[Heimbeck]

Good
Good
Lame
Lame

Thanks bro


I can see the swearing complaints, it feels a bit unnatural at points

I thought that is why they got those real gangsters, it must be too real for ya

 

[hayguyz]

Ah, how cute, you felt threatened.

haha threatened? oh please

i'm just showing how it works both ways!

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Garages? How do they work?

 

[Cheddahz]

I have math class and a marine science class afterwards. Once that exam is over, I'm driving back to my house to crack out on this all night long

 

[BeekleMatter]

What were people talkin about with the whole "drive inside, hold right stick down, coolest thing ever". Am i missing something? It was a few hundred pages back.

 

[kick51]

 

[Hip Hop]

How far are you guys in to the story mode (no spoilers)

I got 25 missions out of 69 according to the game. The game is amazing, all missions have been fun. I have no even begun exploring but I feel that I should finish the campaign before doing that.

 

[TheOnlyMook]

Just picked up my copy on my lunch break. Seriously waited in line for about a half hour. I haven't seen a line that long at 2PM for a game ever.

My brother went to a midnight release and said there wasn't even a dozen people there at his store (he doesn't really live in the middle of nowhere either). So crazy.

Really excited to get home and play this thing though. My hype levels have been through the roof the past few days

 

[kemalettin]

whats the name of pause music?

 

[Nori Chan]

It came guys at 1115 am pst. Ups loves me

 

[TheLucifer]

Stopped playing about half an hour ago. I love what I've seen so far, there are a lot of new things to see and do and graphically it's pretty much awesome, especially considering that's running on an 8 year old hardware. Sure, the aliasing is making my eyes bleed after I've been playing exclusively on PC the past year, but after a while you get used to it.

Best moment so far: driving to the sunset in a cabriolet, while listening to the song from the first trailer. Beautiful.

 

[Liquidsnake]

OST is one of the best I have ever heard.