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GTA V has gone gold.
- Thread starter Dug
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PHOENIXZERO
Member
Well its out there for sure. Just saw this pop up on my timeline from China
It's been out for a few days now, those pics are just getting spread around.
Turbowaffles
Member
My hype levels were pretty low considering the (in my opinion) disappointing GTA IV. But as we get closer and closer to release day and I see more and more footage and pictures, my hype levels are now through the roof.
I caved and bought both for $30 on PSN Store a minute ago. Onwards with the mission! (I'm up to mission 'The Snow Storm' now)
DarkLordMalik
Member
See you soon, Lost Santos!
dancegrenade
Member
Anyone else think that Michael looks exactly like comedian Todd Glass?
No.
And where is that data from hmmm
Well its out there for sure. Just saw this pop up on my timeline from China
Game is still not out in a wild.
Aren't they already being shipped to retailers? Maybe we could pull a heist on a transport truck
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Nope.
SJRB
Gold Member
Aren't they already being shipped to retailers? Maybe we could pull a heist on a transport truck
I've played enough Payday 2 to know how to do that. Let's rendez-vouz at the safehouse in 1 hour.
teacupcopter
Banned
BANNED FOR PIRACY CHAT
MMaRsu
Member
Aren't they already being shipped to retailers? Maybe we could pull a heist on a transport truck
I doubt it if reviewers haven't even gotten a copy yet.
Although..do retailers get the game before journalists?
The Dutch Slayer
Member
MMaRsu
Member
Maybe in The Netherlands, but I doubt big chains will receive the game only one day before the release.
If you robbed a van transporting copies of the game, with automatic weapons, i really doubt you'd get charged with piracy charges.
Unless you assault the van from a boat!
I have already pre-ordered the special edition. Can't wait for September 17! It's the only game i'm really looking forward in 2013.
It seems to be a promo version, usually it is sended to journalists.
Well its out there for sure. Just saw this pop up on my timeline from China
It seems to be a promo version, usually it is sended to journalists.
SolidSnakex
Member
Yeah, i'm pretty sure that they at least have them over the weekend before release just to make sure that all retailers receive them on time.
Neuromancer
Member
Did they ever detail what classic characters come with the collector's edition? If Claude from GTA3 was in there I might not be able to help myself.
Yeah, i'm sure we'll get plenty of pics of people getting it out of the shipment boxes, at GameStop or whatever, days before release.
Dick Justice
Banned
I do hope they release it separately afterwards, like with the Max Payne 3 characters. Need Vercetti in that awesome blue suit.
KaiserBecks
Member
In the Netherlands, big chains should have them at least 5 days before release (central storage, not the actual retail stores). One day before release would be insane considering the time they need to process their mail orders alone.
MMaRsu
Member
Pff yeah right if they do this bullshit again there will be no way to take these reviews seriously. It's gold, just sent a copy next week to your favorite and trustworthy reviewers and let them play it for at least a full week or something.
And we'll know the seriousness of those reviews.
SyntheCypher
Member
Well its out there for sure. Just saw this pop up on my timeline from China
Who's to say this isn't just someone who reproduced the disc cover design then printed it and stuck it to any old compact disc?
Visualante2
Member
Does anyone feel that GTA Online launching two weeks later is an intentional play by Rockstar to influence reviews? It seems really strange to me, perhaps the multiplayer literally isn't finished.. perhaps reviewers will get to try the full package. Anyone know?
Not sure if this would be a good discussion for a new thread but it's a unique set up and Rockstar have been known for their pushy review scenarios.
Not sure if this would be a good discussion for a new thread but it's a unique set up and Rockstar have been known for their pushy review scenarios.
MMaRsu
Member
No there aren't.
What about that one screen with Franklin walking and the weapon wheel open (and the dude pressing the O button on a ps3 controller)? I thought that was a shopped frame from the Franklin trailer, but i checked the trailer, and it isn't there.
MMaRsu
Member
Yeah it was shopped. The weapon wheel was the same as during the basejump or something.
If y'all wanna see some cool in-game stuff, check out this intro to the Los Santos gangs ( no spoilers! )
http://blip.tv/originalgamer/gta-v-the-underbelly-of-paradise-video-6633467
The Dutch Slayer
Member
The only one who does this anymore is COD right?
MMaRsu
Member
No....I don't think so.
Ravensmash
Member
I think a Kotaku writer explained how horrible those events can be for the reviewer.
7/10's incoming.
Well to be fair i rarely read reviews, let alone care about scores, so it can get anything from 12/10 to 1/10, i hardly give a shit.
Still, it's a bad practice.
Vigilant Gambit
Member
Horrible? I remember reading a Gamepro article about how reviewers would get flown out to a tropical island for a 3-day spa vacation, with the game in a home theater setup in their rooms afterward.
Well, an unprofessional way to review a product, that's for sure.
Visualante2
Member
If only they were travel writers...
The Albatross
Member
Nah they just had that one pic of Niko. I'd love it if they shipped Tommy, CJ, Claude, and the others, done up for the next gens. Pretty sure the palette swaps could only be available for GTA:Online. I wish they did nextgen versions of every old character... They could sell them in collections and I'd buy em all.
Someone should actually do that.
Fill whichever game review with a review about the travel, the hotel, the food offered, the service, etc..
It would be hilarious.
Everyone who's ever been in one of those events will tell you the same thing. Don't know a single soul who would swap a test in his own house for the fanciest of review events. Really miss the PS2 days when you usually got a review code a full month before release : (
The Albatross
Member
The "horror" of it is from a journalistic integrity point of view. Before 2006, EA had a high budget for flying people out to play the games before release to get their reviews ready. It was an awesome program if you were in it... I was a recent college grad, a hair over 22, flying out to Orlando and Vancouver regularly to play videogames, go out to expensive dinners, and have basically a free videogame filled vacation. It was awesome. Except it made you put on rose colored glasses. Even when you're not being wined and dined, playing a game with the developers makes you overlook and not question things that should be questioned about a game... At least for me, there's a subconscious feeling to not want to insult these guys.
More to the point, I wonder who else was at the GTA Online reveal that CVG got. In GTA V O'Clock last week they mentioned some of the other teams, like Videojeugos from Spain... But they didn't mention any of the obvious guys, like Game Informer, IGN, and so on. I have to assume they were all there too, but obviously we haven't heard a peep from most of them about the GTA Online demo... So I wonder if they're under a gag order for a certain amount of time before dropping knowledge together.
MMaRsu
Member
Yeah it all sounds very objective.
The guys at CVG said they were like one of five publications there for the demo.