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Grand Theft Auto V |OT| It's Time To Go Home
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i think so ( and hope so )
My UK sources said 15th.
Makes little difference, three days is more than enough to download this stuff ten times over.
Whilst I completely understand your argument of why we shouldn't care about this stuff, ultimately I do care.
The reason I care is that Games are an art/entertainment for that I really love and care about, and that I think are still really struggling for legitimacy as compared to films and music. Poor quality journalism only makes this worse.
Anyway, this is sidetracking - back to the hype train. Do I take a day off work GAF? I've only got a few days left to take this year but I honestly can't think of anything better to do with them. My wife wouldn't be too happy but what she doesn't know won't hurt her right????
funkystudent
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IGN will probably get a exclusive review like they did with 4.
So maybe they can upload on Sunday and I would guess everyone else will be embargoed until Monday or Tuesday.
Only the big sites. IGN, gametrailers, GameInformer Etc. Will have a review before the game hits stores.. Smaller sites only get the game the same day as it hits the stores.. So you need to trust the "big" sites to have an open mind with their reviews. But knowing rockstar i'm sure these sites have to play and review the game under special conditions.
Yes, one with stuff to install, one to play the game.
Painkiller Q8
Member
Xbox 360 version = 8GB required to install and then no more switching discs.
Plus you can install the other disc on your HDD which is 16GB to make it run smoothly and less loading time.
Guess so!
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I wouldn't say games are "struggling", as such. It's still a relatively young medium in comparison. Given a long enough time line etc.
Don't see why not.
thelurkinghorror
Member
Yes, like BF3
Baldwin_the_First
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Do we know if it's all the same if we download the full game digitally on PS3? Will the loadings be quicker that way too?
Broder Salsa
Banned
It didn't when I linked, must be that time already when people start trolling on anything that is linked to from here...
What possible benefit do embargoes serve with games like this which are pretty much guaranteed high scores?
The same reason you have a big corporate hierarchy structure in a SME.
Old way of thinking.
Embargos still are a hype factor, get even more word of mouth flowing at the critical right before release period to sway people on the edge still. Otherwise you may have reviews trickle in weeks ahead of time and the game loses public mainstay. That sort of happened with Wonderful 101, does it feel like that game launches in the US in 4 days? Not really.
Not to mention many of the people who jump on the wagon to make fun of the Dorito's Pope are also overlapping a lot with the ones who have meltdowns over an 8(UC3 thread makes me wince to read). Death threats and legitimate anger fume out of people who haven't even experienced a second of the game, just crazy to me.
I will give partial credit to the whole IV fiasco in that yeah, they were definitely strapped for time and even as someone who is a frequent critic of that game even I was starstruck at first. But it's up to them to include shit like that in the text, talk about how the review setup was, or some sort of footnote stating that the game itself wasn't completed by them yet. The deeply ingrained mechanical issues are so incredibly obvious to see in IV before you are done with it, and to see it now as the highest rated game of all time is just...ugh. Though I guess it's still behind OoT, it just doesn't seem to show up on the list anymore for some reason.
Not to mention many of the people who jump on the wagon to make fun of the Dorito's Pope are also overlapping a lot with the ones who have meltdowns over an 8(UC3 thread makes me wince to read). Death threats and legitimate anger fume out of people who haven't even experienced a second of the game, just crazy to me.
I will give partial credit to the whole IV fiasco in that yeah, they were definitely strapped for time and even as someone who is a frequent critic of that game even I was starstruck at first. But it's up to them to include shit like that in the text, talk about how the review setup was, or some sort of footnote stating that the game itself wasn't completed by them yet. The deeply ingrained mechanical issues are so incredibly obvious to see in IV before you are done with it, and to see it now as the highest rated game of all time is just...ugh. Though I guess it's still behind OoT, it just doesn't seem to show up on the list anymore for some reason.
No-one can stop the GAF hype train once its starts.
And its running express until launch.
Screaming Meat
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How long did you sleep? By my clock we hit page 20 about 20 hours ago.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Actually, on PSN, at least in the U.S., in the description, it tells you that you can begin the download after 12:01A.M. On the 17th. No preload mentioned.
SHADES
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US don't get pre-load, do they?
Dang it's almost 5:30AM and I'm still playing Amnesia and watching 30 Rock. I kinda wanna beat this game in one sitting.
That said, I can't wait to get toasted as fuck and play GTA5. Going to be so much fun. Gonna get some take out, get loaded, and play that game until my eyes bleed.
That said, I can't wait to get toasted as fuck and play GTA5. Going to be so much fun. Gonna get some take out, get loaded, and play that game until my eyes bleed.
Mt Heart Attack
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I preordered the game on Amazon.co.uk from Italy and my expected delivery date is between 19 and 24 September. I did it because prices in Italy are stupidly high as usual (70 euro) and the few online shops that actually offered a better deal wouldn't bother to dispatch a game a few days earlier to get it delivered by the release date, but I'm starting to regret it:/
The hardest days are gonna be the ones between the release date and the day I'm gonna finally lay my hands on this thing, when everyone is gonna be playing it and I will be stuck in my self-imposed media blackout, avoiding any video and barely reading impressions.
Hold me GAF :/
The hardest days are gonna be the ones between the release date and the day I'm gonna finally lay my hands on this thing, when everyone is gonna be playing it and I will be stuck in my self-imposed media blackout, avoiding any video and barely reading impressions.
Hold me GAF :/
yes but i think pre load is eu only
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Yep, I kinda thought it might be a good idea to include U.S. in the post. Lol. Download will be a nightmare that day.
Take that day off, man! It feels great to know you've got the entire day to yourself . You can play that game you've been waiting for since forever in your crusty underwear on your stinky couch. Feelsgoodman.jpg
HEAR HEAR
Because when the game comes out a whole mass of high score reviews will hit and people who weren't really going to get the game find themselves caught up in the hype.
I can only imagine what FB and Twitter and going to be like that day. People will feel they are seriously missing out by not having the game.
Conor_Fool
Banned
I just bought Amazon Prime and got $150 worth of books for school and preordered GTA 5 for my PS3 
Didn't think I would be doing that, but hell, if I don't like it/can't play it I can always sell it for ~$50
Didn't think I would be doing that, but hell, if I don't like it/can't play it I can always sell it for ~$50
astroturfing
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man, my PS3 is so fucking noisy. i can barely hear any of the music while playing The Last of Us, and i'm using headphones ffs. that thing seriously sounds like it's going to take off into the stratosphere. ridiculous really, i'm pretty sure it wakes up my neighbors too.
so, what to do with GTAV? if i buy the digital version, it won't stress out the blu-ray drive, so the PS3 should run somewhat cooler, right? but i wan't the physical copy, gotta have the box you know. is it like GTAIV in that you only install a small chunk of the game, and the rest it reads from the disc? or is there any chance of installing the whole game from the physical disc? what should i do? i can't play GTAV if i can't hear the pedestrians, all the ambient noises etc.. or hear the music clearly.
so, what to do with GTAV? if i buy the digital version, it won't stress out the blu-ray drive, so the PS3 should run somewhat cooler, right? but i wan't the physical copy, gotta have the box you know. is it like GTAIV in that you only install a small chunk of the game, and the rest it reads from the disc? or is there any chance of installing the whole game from the physical disc? what should i do? i can't play GTAV if i can't hear the pedestrians, all the ambient noises etc.. or hear the music clearly.
Mt Heart Attack
Member
Install is only 8 GB on Ps3 so I'd guess it's definitely not the whole game.
Still I find it hard to believe you can't hear anything with your headphones on. I mean what the hell. Maybe get those noise-cancelling headphones?
thelurkinghorror
Member
You have a fat ps3? At fan speed x3 this thing sound like an helicopter
SJRB
Gold Member
Yeah, my fat PS3 can get pretty noisy when things heat up. I fear for GTAV, I hope my good old launch PS3 survives.
thelurkinghorror
Member
And does not help the fact that all the Sony games have low recorded dialogues and I don't know why...
Same here!
At this pace, we'll have an |OT2| before release
I'm new here. How many pages does it require before a new OT gets created?
DeadlyVirus
Member
Where you using disc version or running it off the hard drive?
My PS3 remains silent when running games off the hard drive, but with TLOU it kicked into max speed for the first time
Jedeye Sniv
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My PSN download queue says 13th.
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