Felix Lighter
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I was going to play some MP GTA IV the other day but the friend of mine that I was going to play with was having one of those all too common GFWL nightmares. It just kept failing to load his profile.
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New GTA V previews
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Karak
Member
Ya. I don't buy into ANYTHING regarding what system the game was shown on. Everytime that seems to supposed matter, the end result isn't a good reflection of it.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
RDR is very active still (not DLC content, mind), but GTA Vanilla has picked up over the last few days (obviously). TBoGT has a few people in Free Roam, whilst LatD is pretty dead.
I bet this game will have a lower overall score on Metacritic, but be a substantially better game than GTA IV was.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We have people in this very thread who think this game looks like dogshit.
Dick Justice
Banned
With Max Payne 3, they showed off both versions before release, and in the end, they looked and performed mostly identically (though the PS3 version had some framerate drops during certain sequences). Hope it's the case with V aswell.
VibratingDonkey
Member
This is really sounding a lot more like a sequel to San Andreas than IV. Sounds neat. And it's impressive how they've managed to cram all this stuff onto a PS3. Especially considering GTAIV wasn't running great.
Unfortunate that the PC version's not out simultaneously though. Don't know if I'll wait, settle or double-dip.
Unfortunate that the PC version's not out simultaneously though. Don't know if I'll wait, settle or double-dip.
Ninja Scooter
Member
No, not at all. It is certainly possible for someone to say "game x looks better than game y, but I still don't think it looks that great" would this make their opinion conflicted? People say that all the time. It is absolutely possible for them to think V looks better than IV but overall not be that impressed by it visually. If ign said it looked worse, while everyone else said it looked better, than you'd have some legit conflict.
lol
This confused me because I read the IGN preview linked in the OP, and this is not said at all. In fact pretty much the opposite is said. It turns out it was a different article.
This is the preview here.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/05/02/how-grand-theft-auto-5-moves-the-series-forward
The game certainly looks impressive in the trailers, but then they probably cleaned it up a little for presentation reasons. Still, based on what has been said in some of the previews, the trailers are pretty indicative of the final product. If that is true, it looks pretty amazing.
With that said, Colin Moriarty criiticises the fact that it still has texture pop-in issues. Considering the limitations of the hardware, most notably the memory limitations, it's kind of expected that the game will have texture pop-in issues. Especially considering how rich and detailed the world seems to be. Does he really expect an open-world at that level of detail to have very minimal pop-in? The hardware just isn't capable of that.
I'm also wondering what games he is comparing it against. He states that it doesn't stand up to recent games, but then what games is he talking about? If he is referring to games like Tomb Raider then he doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about.
At least some of the press saw it on PS3, maybe all of them, not totally sure.
Was just watching CVG's YouTube video on their experience with the demo and they said it was the PS3 version.
I'm more interested in the promised feature for crew integration from Max Payne 3. Although I never really got a chance to play with any gaffers, It would be really nice to see how and what that wil effect the multiplayer for V. Maybe even get some of the clothing options imported or some of the perks since it seems bullet time is being introduced to the series now.
I think this isn't being mentioned enough. People still complain that they haven't seen gameplay with out realizing pretty much every trailer has included it in some form or fashion. You would think people on gaf of all places would realize this by now.
BloodMoney
Banned
If i can pick up a hooker, drive up a mountain, enter bullet time *** drive off a cliff, bail out of the car while the hooker does the same, pull out a revolver and blast her as we and the car fall *** exit bullet time, free fall for a few seconds, pull my chute, watch the car explode on impact (killing a few deer in the process), glide down and land next to a family camping in the mountains, pistol whip the father, rob him, and then steel their SUV... i'm sold.
GANGSTERKILLER
Member
Thanks for the info.
GTA V is a game I have to get on the release, there is zero chance Digital Foundry will be online before the game releases, that's a shame. The only real trustfull source imo.
Ha, a Mountain lion will destroy your car enough to stop it from operating, forcing you to exit to try and kill this monster, resulting in the inevitable death by Mountain Lion. Same happens to the hooker.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
A form of bullet-time was in GTA 3 and Vice City in the form of drug pick-ups.
Yeah, I'd be interested to see if they do some of that. What system are you on? I'm always up for a bit of Max Payne 3 MP.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
why not have a friend in mutltiplayer pick you up mid air with a helicopter then ram it into a blimp
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Blimp Jousting CONFIRMED.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
There better me tanks in this game. Even the mighty mountain lion can't fuck with a tank. And I can finally get my sweet revenge for all the horses (and Martsons) they killed.
BloodMoney
Banned
true!.
We would bail out right before the blimp and chopper collide and parachute to safety as the zeppelin is engulfed in flames and crashes into the beach were numerous NPC's are enjoying a day in the sun. The flaming wreckage forces people into the ocean (because they are on fire) where they are eaten by sharks and giant squid. My online friend an i jump in a boat, motor over to the water beasts and throw a few sticks of TNT overboard. The explosion sinks our boat and we find ourselves under water surrounded by the carnage...
keep it going.
The Albatross
Member
I don't think so -- the game was a timed exclusive on the 360 and was widely promoted on 360 as part of a Rockstar & Microsoft cash agreement. Also, the PS3 version was generally inferior in a lot of technical levels to the 360 version, so I think that most previews were 360 builds.
360, but I let my cousin borrow it once the crew I was in kind of disbanded. Sucked as we were making our way up the ranks taking out some of the top 20 at the height of our playthroughs. You always get that one asshole though that fucks it up for everyone.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
The PC release of San Andreas and GTA4 had vicious unoptimized system requirements. If the framerate is not to outlandish I will just cave in and play this on a console.
IV wasn't a timed exclusive. You're probably thinking of the DLC.
Everything else you said rings true from what I can remember, though.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
hmmm wonder if we can derail the trains like you can in saints row
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ah, that's a shame, man. How did he mess stuff up...?
I absolutely LOVE MP3 MP; it simply can't be beat for moment-to-moment gameplay. I can't fathom why the population dropped off so quickly. I can't tell you how excited I am that GTA V is taking on the hip-firing and bullet-time.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Michael has a fascination with action movies and this influences his heist planning, right? So, I ask you, what movie heists do you think R* will be referencing? We already know about the armoured car heist from Heat, but can anyone think of any others...?
He was an asshole to people we would ty to let in to the clan or our female members. We had a chick from cali who he kind of played fast and loose with her ethnicity and gender which would make me get in his shit till he would chill. She was a great player and even though I hate it I had to stick up for her because everyone else would just play dumb while he acted an ass. The other girl in the clan he would hit on in a creepy way. She eventually left and caused a few others to leave with her as well. After awhile it was probably only 3 of us a night and we'd get crushed after being a full roster full pretty much every night.
I kind of grew tired after awhile as well because as much as Rockstar claimed to fix the game to stop cheaters, people would still exploit the game in the non dlc maps, which made it hard to find good games afterawhile. Though I did catch some of the new maps when they introduced the bomb diffusal suit and liked they were introducing tighter maps to stop some of the snipe-whoring going down.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ugh. What a nob. I feel that; I've been in a few Crews with complete bellends in and left pretty quickly.
Ah, fair enough. Sniping got nerfed, I believe. I've always been a dual pistolero myself; love a bit of John Woo.
Also? Club Moderno and Roscoe Street Station are THE NUTS, as is the co-op mode.
Would love a mission where you have a botched heist lead to a reservoir dogs situation where you have to find out which of your recruits is a rat.
Ugh. What a nob. I feel that; I've been in a few Crews with complete bellends in and left pretty quickly.
Ah, fair enough. Sniping got nerfed, I believe. I've always been a dual pistolero myself; love a bit of John Woo.
Also? Club Moderno and Roscoe Street Station are THE NUTS, as is the co-op mode.
I should really get it back from my cousin. Never tried the co-op mode, but I have heard some good things.
maquiladora
Member
Things always look better in motion.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I think you may have nailed the finale...
Jesus, a mexican stand-off between the three of them and you have to pick which one to play as would be crazy (my imagination may be running away with me here...)I haven't seen it, but Inside Man has pretty strong reviews. Is that heist any good? Also, isn't Beverley Hills Cop 2 set in LA? That has some sweet heists (namely, the racetrack).
SinSilla
Member
They have learned and massively improved, did you miss Max Payne 3?
You should give it a try, even more so since we know that V will have its (improved) shooting mechanics.
haha good job making me picture that completely in my mind.
The Albatross
Member
Hmmmm... I could totally see this as a major storyline, where one of your members (even a core character -- we know that R* isn't afraid to kill off protagonists) is a rat... and you basically choose who the rat is similar to how you choose who dies in GTA4.
I think you may have nailed the finale...
I haven't seen it, but Inside Man has pretty strong reviews. Is that heist any good? Also, isn't Beverley Hills Cop 2 set in LA? That has some sweet heists (namely, the racetrack).
I was gonna bring up Inside man but that movie might be a little hard to translate into a video game. Unless we really have a super level of detail in how we plan a mission and rockstar is willing to let you play out a situation where you have little to no bodycount and even I think they aren't at that level of mission design yet. While I love them to death, this is still Grand Theft Auto, and you will still need to gun down some dudes to get shit done. I would love to be proven wrong though and you totally mind fuck some antagonist cop with good prep time.
Vanilla. I am going to be on there heavy this weekend, 360 version.
Out of the GTAs I'd say Ballad. As you can parachute and base jump always good for getting away from helicopters and cars chasing you.
Go to a building with a pink arrow go inside and jump off the top and sail away before they get to you.
The Albatross
Member
Yeah I like the features of Ballad + the motorcycle riding is improved I think. But I think the community is stronger in vanilla. Are the scenario modes any better these days? When the game launched, they sucked because nobody knew what anybody was doing so it'd basically just be a free ride for 10 minutes and then it'd be over. Or is it all DM?
Ballad is so empty; it sucks.
Vanilla was great back at launch; cops and crooks was always a blast. Nowadays, I usually stick to TDM and ranked GTA race..god I love those races. I really liked Mafiya Work as a game type but there is hardly ever any matches. Oh yeah, I also enjoy the one with escorting Petrovic to the baseball field in one piece; that gets really intense on the highest difficulty.