He cools down later but he's still so annoying. I despised him every time I switched to him.
He's a definitive jerk.
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And now you know what I did at the end.
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He cools down later but he's still so annoying. I despised him every time I switched to him.
He's a definitive jerk.
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TheSpoiler
Member
The problem with Frank is that he, in comparison, isn't as interesting because of the other two characters.
Having a main that actually wants to get out of the hood is pretty cool and such, but when you have an insane, gas huffing nutcase and a man with family issues, Frank's stuff is kinda pale.
That isn't to say what's there isn't interesting: his actions and hypocrisy, his interactions with his friend Lamar, the usage of money and staying true to yourself or changing for the better, etc. All that starts that the beginning of the game and just kinda peters off when the other characters get explored.
Suddenly, Frank is the voice of reason, and his own troubles are barely brought to the front like the others. They really could have done more with him, since he's a real good character that genuinely wants to change but doesn't know how.
I mean, the story balance is way off. Trevor gets some exploration, but it's not as deep as Michael, who the story seems to place as the main character, and I was hoping for something different when the game was first announced.
Edit: On another note, I can't wait for a patch. I'm really started to get angry at the lack of care put into the cop system. By that, I mean the retarded system of having peds call the cops on you if you stand too close to them, and by that, it's like a good distance away. Oh, and the cops need to stop freaking out and help me out once in a while. I pissed off three peds without harming them, and had a cop watch as I got pummeled, but the second I defend myself it's "STOP THIS IS THE POLICE". And another thing, if I help you take down a criminal outside the random encounters, don't fire on me. I honestly don't see how that stuff got through testing, or how reviewers kinda skimped on those details.
Having a main that actually wants to get out of the hood is pretty cool and such, but when you have an insane, gas huffing nutcase and a man with family issues, Frank's stuff is kinda pale.
That isn't to say what's there isn't interesting: his actions and hypocrisy, his interactions with his friend Lamar, the usage of money and staying true to yourself or changing for the better, etc. All that starts that the beginning of the game and just kinda peters off when the other characters get explored.
Suddenly, Frank is the voice of reason, and his own troubles are barely brought to the front like the others. They really could have done more with him, since he's a real good character that genuinely wants to change but doesn't know how.
I mean, the story balance is way off. Trevor gets some exploration, but it's not as deep as Michael, who the story seems to place as the main character, and I was hoping for something different when the game was first announced.
Edit: On another note, I can't wait for a patch. I'm really started to get angry at the lack of care put into the cop system. By that, I mean the retarded system of having peds call the cops on you if you stand too close to them, and by that, it's like a good distance away. Oh, and the cops need to stop freaking out and help me out once in a while. I pissed off three peds without harming them, and had a cop watch as I got pummeled, but the second I defend myself it's "STOP THIS IS THE POLICE". And another thing, if I help you take down a criminal outside the random encounters, don't fire on me. I honestly don't see how that stuff got through testing, or how reviewers kinda skimped on those details.
SJRB
Gold Member
Bought a 500k sailboat yesterday and indeed - the sailboats don't actually sail. It sucks. Appears to be a glitch though, there's no way that is deliberately done.
The only way is to find a sailboat which already has its sail hoisted [pirate lingo I guess, not sure what the phrase is] is to find one randomly spawning.
Hip Hop
Member
can you link to that reddit guide
I really wish these heist setup missions didn't count as story missions. I just
and that counted as a full mission. So cheap.
It's all random anyway. I found some vehicles out in the hills but the rest were nowhere in the area. The cars were pretty cheap too, only about $500k total for both.
bought 3 masks
It's all random anyway. I found some vehicles out in the hills but the rest were nowhere in the area. The cars were pretty cheap too, only about $500k total for both.
Calavera520
Member
why, these are the best cop mechanics in any gta ever. I love dealing with the cops in this game. if you're concerned about getting killed really quickly aim better or learn to use cover.
SparkleMotion
Member
You've articulated my exact problem with it. I feel like they just drop what could have been some interesting character development. They laid the ground work but didn't follow through.
I don't know why Lester's assassination missions count either, as they feel more like side missions.
SirNinja
Member
Don't buy anything unnecessary or do any assassination missions until the end of the game. Then do those missions, abusing the hell out of the stock market each time.
All three characters will have a ton of money when all is said and done. Michael can now buy the three cinemas to give him all the money he'll ever need, and someone else can buy the golf course for a decent weekly income as well. The third character buys up everything else he is able to, maximizing his weekly profits. (When I get some spare time, I want to figure out whether it's more optimal for Franklin or Trevor to buy the golf course, given who is allowed to purchase the remaining properties.)
If you want even more money after that, it's just a matter of buying low stocks, influencing their price (by sabotaging a company's competitors, etc), being fairly lucky and patient, and selling them as high as you can. It takes some experimenting, so save often and in multiple slots.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FCIR4S6/?tag=neogaf0e-20,
Has anyone bought the the OST from amazon? I bought it, and towards the end of every song, it gets all loud, and distorted. It scared the crap out of me when I was listening to it initially. I linked the specific volume on top.
Has anyone bought the the OST from amazon? I bought it, and towards the end of every song, it gets all loud, and distorted. It scared the crap out of me when I was listening to it initially. I linked the specific volume on top.
Net_Wrecker
Member
lol "aim better" yeah okay.
These glass characters last like 2 seconds in open combat with man, beast, vehicle, shark, pavement, dirt, glass, and pretty much anything that can cause any amount of harm. "Aim better" ain't got nothing to do with it.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Dick Justice
Banned
I remember when you had a decent amount of health in GTA games. Then this gen, someone at Rockstar said "Gee, let's make it more realistic and have the player die more easily to make exploring and combat less fun." They gotta patch it, and provide an option to stick with glass characters for the insane people who love dying repeatedly. Even in IV, you weren't so stupidly brittle. Also, infinitely respawning helicopters is cheap bullshit. If I take one down, there should be a long delay before another one appears to take potshots at me while I'm in cover.
SparkleMotion
Member
I found a suit for Trevor that's purple and green, and definitely seems Joker inspired. It's very fitting for him.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Does anyone know if checking/unchecking certain resolution boxes on PS3 will help with jaggies? Playing on a nice asus monitor.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the game, but there are some back asswards design choices all over the place.
On the other hand the big missions, stranger missions, and random events are mostly great in spite of the issues I'm having.
I'd say you're about 75-80% into the game.
ieatzombies
Member
I figured as much. Since the in game web has the cars available to purchase, makes sense not to deal with the constraints of memory generating the vehicle sets. Much less frustrating.
Chance Hale
Member
Which suburban are the skinny jeans located at?
TheSpoiler
Member
Honestly might just be an error on the website's part.
Another problem I have with this game is money. Without that exploit(s), you are looking at hours of useless grinding. 5000k when you die once you have a certain amount of dosh, but then some missions don't even pay you, and many of the random missions I've found haven't given me a cent.
Spoilers for a random mission:
There's a shootout in the desert area, and if you aid the cops you get jack shit. I understand that it wouldn't be "realistic" to give me money after saving half the police force's ass, but as a gameplay design it's kinda shit
Net_Wrecker
Member
The helicopter thing is hilarious. It's like they're on a conveyor belt being shot out of a factory one after another. I ended up with 3 stars because of the store robbery random event earlier, and without cover in Blaine County, it was a mess. Just helicopter after helicopter, and squad car after squad car with nowhere to take cover. At least in the city you can duck behind a bush and avoid God, but in the countryside it's a death sentence. If you dare try to change cars, or hold them off hoping for some breathing room LOL DEAD
SparkleMotion
Member
Second heist spoilers
During the Merryweather Heist mission, I was watching Michael through the scope as Franklin. He said he would take a guard out, snuck up behind him and knifed him in the neck. Is this an actual takedown you can do in the game?
Spat_triate
Member
SlackAdjuster
Member
Sometimes that little yellow marker/beacon is pretty hard to see, especially in bright day light.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Oh I agree with you. Lots of extremely questionable design choices in this game. I like it a lot in spite of that.
Beat it a few hours ago, very fun missions overall, but undercooked everything else. I still prefer San Andreas honestly. Felt more like a complete package.
It's really annoying that these characters can't share property, I have this nice big hanger, and only Michael can use it for anything, which means the Airport is still off limits for the other two characters, and I'll never be able to steal and store a plane anywhere with Franklin.
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Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
green dots are normally something you need to pick up, like when a lady gets mugged on the street, you chase and kill the guy getting away, her purse would show as a green dot. you grab it and take it back to blue dot (lady)
Phire Phox
Banned
Man the dialog between Trevor and Lamar during the "Pack Man" mission is hilarious.
It's a morality tale about how all the stories you hear about the white man keeping the black man down are all true.
It won't do a single thing. The best you can try to do is play with the settings of your screen. I haven't really had that much problem with it. Maybe try playing the game without focussing on the technical details and enjoy it for what it is?
TO my knowledge I didn't participate in it. Will I have another chance?
I haven't shared what happened to me. A bug regarding late mission with F+M. The
save Michael as Franklin one.
When I tracked down the building M was held as a meat, I stepped out of the car as F and what didn't happen - my body model was gone and I could see only weapon
I was saving him as a ghost. It took me out of the game more than a bit, but it was funny none the less.
SparkleMotion
Member
It's so much better to deliver the bounties alive, because there's a lot of good dialogue between Trevor and the bounty targets.
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Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
I'm loving the game and don't care about 'not enough cash' or 'I did wrong thing with wrong guy'
michael owns hangers and is the only one that can't fly for shit. I don't care. I'll play a second time and correctly invest on the lester missions next time and use the right guys for the right things.
If I finish out the game with most properties for each character and can then tool around with enough weekly income to keep investing in body armor, I'm alright.
also chop is the BEST for finding notes/ufo parts. 'find pickup' he goes really far. has a stupid amount of free guns as well for franklin to use.
I failed a random encounter once as my car had a flat tire and couldn't catch a getaway bike. same event triggered again later after I had forgotten about it, I think at the same place, so yes most likely. just go back around there.
michael owns hangers and is the only one that can't fly for shit. I don't care. I'll play a second time and correctly invest on the lester missions next time and use the right guys for the right things.
If I finish out the game with most properties for each character and can then tool around with enough weekly income to keep investing in body armor, I'm alright.
also chop is the BEST for finding notes/ufo parts. 'find pickup' he goes really far. has a stupid amount of free guns as well for franklin to use.
I failed a random encounter once as my car had a flat tire and couldn't catch a getaway bike. same event triggered again later after I had forgotten about it, I think at the same place, so yes most likely. just go back around there.
TheSpoiler
Member
Some give you missions for doing so, but since Rockstar decided for us all that guessing would be a better decision, I end up just going the 50 route in hopes of a bonus some day later.
From the cheats people have been finding, it's seems as if they are standing on the precipice of the motherload. I don't think BMX was in the data mine, and that was found yesterday. It's going to happen soon.
Edit: Moon cheat. Thanks to the people on the GTA Forums for all their hard work.
Moon Gravity
Xbox: Left Left LB RB LB Right Left LB Left
Ps3: Left Left L1 R1 L1 Right Left L1 Left
Lol.
I made a save before I did it, so I assume it is available to buy for Franklin too, Michael was just who I was playing at the time.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
I'm at over 30 hours with 20 missions to go. It's a goty contender for me. I was just curious since I went from a launch phatty that broke to a super slim today and it looks a little bit worse. Maybe it's just in my head.
criesofthepast
Member
Focusing on the story missions to get it finished so I don't get spoiled somehow. My gosh the tension in the (Late-ish story spoiler here)
The music! I need the original score for this game asap.
cemetery with Mike and Trevor and finding brad buried. I actually feel really bad for Trevor sometimes.
The music! I need the original score for this game asap.
You get enough money later that $500 is pittance. If you return money, one of the guys is a millionaire and rewards you with $100k in shares lol.
Calavera520
Member
haha, ok. put on some armor if you keep getting killed. I haven't run into the problems you are describing. they were going for a more realistic style with the game. the characters last two seconds when facing lethal force because well that's typically how it works
try pressing the cover button every once in a while.