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Grand Theft Auto V |OT| It's Time To Go Home

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Laranja

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I'll be a few days late to the party, but my new PS3 GTA V bundle is on its way! I'm so excited! I can't remember the last time I played such a high-profile game this close to the release date!

Also, has anyone here bought the PS3 GTA V bundle from Amazon UK and managed to redeem the code for a free copy of The Last of Us? I still haven't received my code.
 
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ekim said:
I'm pretty sure it's still in. Switch through the camera modes with your left stick.
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I'll give that a try tomorrow. I only tried the back button, which is what it was in IV, but in this it just switches between bonnet cam and chase views. The only time I hit the left stick, it took me inside the cab in order to change destinations.
 
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Orbis

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Right, so trophies and cheats. If I use a cheat, it says it only affects that game session. So can I still save the game or what?
 
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ViviOggi

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Appollowexx said:
Played about 3 hours and on the first lester mission.

The introduction and first hour was perhaps one of the greatest tutorials abd openings to a game I have ever witnessed. Really blew me away. Just perfectly paced, and incredibly well structured and planned.
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The tutorial really is great, especially because it doesn't take you for a dimwit who needs to pan the camera half a screen into every direction until he gets it.
 
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Had a blast playing some golf just know. Just wondering, it said that you needed to finish some golf to get some challengers. Does this mean you need to get a score under par or whatever the term might be? I got one of par and it was in a red font so I assume that I 'lost'. I don't know a lot about golf if you haven't figured it out yet.
 
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jacksepticeye

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Laranja said:
Well, that's underwhelming. I remember the PS2 GTA games all had some pretty great manuals, all thick and in full colour.
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The good old days of game manuals are gone I'm afraid. Honestly I don't really care but it was nice to see a GTA manual cos it was full of fake ads for places in the game
 
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Muffdraul

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jacksepticeye said:
Yep, of course it is. It's like a paint on the outside of the tyres. I've seen it at car shows going blue and green
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Laranja

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jacksepticeye said:
The good old days of game manuals are gone I'm afraid. Honestly I don't really care but it was nice to see a GTA manual cos it was full of fake ads for places in the game
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Oh, definitely. It's not like I was expecting anything else than a skinny black and white booklet, but it sure would have been nice to have something more akin to the old manuals.

It won't really hinder the experience, so it's not that big of a deal. :)
 
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eso76 said:
It's a shame there is next to no point in exploring los Santos on foot because that's by far the most interesting, varied, believable, immersive game environment since yokosuka and yoiu'll completely miss the atmosphere driving through it.

They need to think of ways to reward players taking their time to explore the surroundings, and ways to make driving feel less detached from the scenery.
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You can go hunting.
 
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Wasp

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char0n said:
Mine just got here in the mail thanks to Amazon! I only got to play 30 minutes because I have out-plans for the night but I've got mostly positive/semi mixed impressions.

  • Playing on PS3, holy crap these graphics are mindblowing, especially for a console game! Honestly better looking and better performing than vanilla GTA4 on PC! Really stable 30 fps and clearly full 720p. Reflections on buildings have some pop-in but that's the only thing I've noticed so far.
  • Shooting feels too easy... I actually like GTA4 where it was still easy (just LT aim to auto-center-of-mass then ~3/4ths the left stick up, instant headshot with RT) but this is like I don't even have to fine tune aim. I basically was 1-2 shotting guys at a rate of ~2/sec by pretty much pressing LT then tapping RT over and over at a rapid pace.
  • Driving in the opening sequence felt fine... When I got to Franklin though... it was weird, turning was like I was pivoting on ice then taking off in that direction after I stopped turning. I can see how this is easier/more arcadey but it just doesn't feel right/momentum based at all, I hope this is something that doesn't persist/happen for everyone when their driving skill goes up or I'm REALLY going to miss the "boat" physics.
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Yeah I was surprised with how much improved the graphics are from GTA IV. So much sharper and cleaner. GTA IV looked like it was smothered in Vaseline. Even the textures are great. Also the draw distance is phenomenal and very little pop-up. Only the aliasing lets it down a bit.

You can change the shooting to manual in the options, which turns off all auto-aim.

I agree about the new vehicle controls. It's far from bad and better than other games such as Saint's Row The Third, Mafia II and Sleeping Dogs but GTA IV was better. In this game the driving lacks depth and nuance, feels too arcadey and with little sense of weight. I liked the GTA IV driving, the only thing they had to change was make braking a bit more responsive.
 
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Suddenly regretting not getting the special edition, now that I know that the Stunt Planes challenges are locked without it.

Being told "You didn't buy the right version, you don't get all of the content" really is the worst.
 
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PS3 impressions only an hour in, only the prologue finished.

- This is really, really, really impressive for current gen. The detail in every single corner, pedestrian, interior, and street is insane. The lighting is constantly impressive, the city looks amazing at night, and the ambience and skybox are so well done. Rockstar builds cities like no other. Incredible world.

- LOL @ the framerate being a "slideshow." Admittedly I haven't done anything that crazy yet, but it's perfectly playable and all of it feels 100x better than GTAIV on its best day (on consoles.). The cutscenes are weirdly inconsistent in terms of both framerate and texture pop-in, but gameplay is very, very, very playable.

- Free aim + push the sensitivity up + run and gun. Anyone not playing like this is playing the game wrong. It turns into Diet Max Payne 3 minus the shootdodge.

- Car handling is so, so, so much better. It's not Saints Row or Sleeping Dogs arcadey, but it no longer feels like driving boats either. Franklin's driving slo-mo is amazing for cutting corners and power sliding through a crack in traffic through an intersection.

- The "interaction" button brought over from Red Dead Redemption will be the cause of much shenanigans. I've noticed you can get positive, neutral, or negative reactions depending on who you're talking to, who initiates the interactions, and how much you pester them. Someone even even called the cops on me because I was calling them names. I ended up with 2 cars and getting run over by a train. THANKS LADY :|

- Systemic stuff like other crimes happening in the city is really impressive to watch. They've been doing stuff like this since San Andreas, but it's really fleshed out now. I started the game by just walking with Franklin for an entire day/night cycle and I actually got to follow an entire chase unfolding in front of me. I stole a car to keep up with the action and as I was going to get back in to drive away, someone stole my stolen car right in front me and sped off. THANKS DOUCHEBAG :|

I haven't even done anything and this is already a great first impression. So good.
 
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Nozem

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Played the PS3 version for 5 hours.

Good:
- Driving feels awesome.
- Map is really big. Exploring is fun.
- Music is awesome.
- I like the missions and story so far.

Bad:
- Framerate sucks. I turned on motionflow on my TV, that makes it sooo much smoother. The tiny bit of extra input
lag doesn't really matter.
- Gunplay is still a bit clunky.
- I still struggle with the controls, not intuitive at all. I somehow keep pressing the wrong buttons. Maybe that's just me though.
 
DirtyLarry

DirtyLarry

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Just started playing, I also downloaded iFruit on my iPad, is the Rockstar Social Club not working for everyone? I cannot log into the website, or use iFruit, and nothing I did yesterday in iFruit carried over to my actual game. Are they just getting hit that hard? Or is this classic PSN?
 
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Figboy79

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Darklor01 said:
Yeah, you can't see them in the pics, but they're there. Also, cool that you're still social with your ex. Not easy to do.
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entering smug mode:

Yeah, I'm social with all of my exes. I'm just that awesome. /smug mode

I'm kidding, but I do still talk to all of my exes on a pretty regular basis. We all just kind of ended on good terms.

Anyway, I'm still stuck at work, but my package hasn't been delivered yet according to Amazon. I won't be home until 6:30, anyway, then I'll do a quick workout for about 30 minutes. My wife will usually install the games for me, and download any of the updates while I'm at work, which is pretty awesome of her to do, although most of the time, I suspect she does this to play the games herself. lol. I don't think she's particularly interested in GTAV, but she does love open world games like Fallout, Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma, etc. I think not being able to create a character for the single player will be a turn off for her.

I can see her giving online a try when that comes out, since you can create an avatar.
 
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