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New GTA V previews
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Raptomex
Member
I am a happy man.
SJRB
Gold Member
No they're not. There appears to be a motorcycle at the edge of one of the screens; some people think it's a police bike, others think it's a regular bike.
It's speculation at this point until the screenshots get released.
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, and I was wondering after hearing about the fact that the other two playable characters will keep going about their business whilst you play as the third... Do we know if it's possible to run into either of the other characters, at random?
That'd be pretty cool.
That'd be pretty cool.
astroturfing
Member
yeah.. what happens when you take Trevor to Franklin or whatever? will they react to each other at least? there's potential for some really cool random events..
i kept hoping in GTAIV to randomly bump into Jacob or Brucie on the street heh. would've added to immersion and it wouldn't have been all that difficult to implement.
Well the helmet and the shirt the dude's wearing sure looks like Erik Estrada's going out for a bit of a cruise.
That looks a lot like Puncerello to me.
The blue helmet with something that looks like a badge on it, plus Trevor is being chased by the cops in that shot (police helicopter in the air), so it's a safe assumption.
If it's not confirmed, it's still very likely that they'll be in, it's not absurd, as they were in San Andreas anyway.
Raptomex
Member
You can run into them at random. I think this was mentioned in the first preview. They go about their own lives.
"They go about their own lives" is not the same as "You can run into them at random".
Sorry, I don't mean to be a dick or anything... and maybe running into them at random was explicitly mentioned...
But this is a game, this is not simulation, this is emulation. When they say "they go about their own lives" that could in fact mean that the game constantly tracks character's movements, and out of that a random encounter could organically emerge... they could also mean that when you switch between characters a random situation and location is generated from a particular set of possibilities... in which case a random encounter would have to be generated if it were to be made a possibility.
With the former (less likely) scenario, a random encounter is a definite possibility, and Rockstar don't even need to do anything extra to make it so. With the latter scenario, random encounters are not necessarily a possibility.
Raptomex
Member
No I mean I'm pretty sure it was specifically mentioned that you can run into them. I'd have to find it but I'm at work. I have the original Game Informer issue at home.
GTA IV: TBOGT had police bikes so it should be be included by default, I hope.
I mean these bikes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle
Raptomex
Member
Well even if you think about it it would almost have to be true. During character switches the map zooms out then zooms in onto the other character wherever he may be. And according to Edge today in a previous post here each character sticks to a general area of the map so I doubt they would just appear out of nowhere during character switches.
We're talking CHiPs, not Pacific Blue.
EdibleExplosives
Member
Ah yeah true, I just know people have said before it was a weird comparison because of how long it takes to travel on horse, compared to how long it takes to travel by car.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
There's a nice bit of ambient music in TBOGT's menus. I wonder if it's anything like that.
Buckethead
Banned
Michael Hunter is on the IMDB page as doing the score.
That'd be totally fine with me, his IV theme is quite good.
That'd be totally fine with me, his IV theme is quite good.
Even better, from the Edge preview:
"Michael, though, is taking more than his fair share of hits as he moves from cover to cover, and it's here, as that dynamic score hits its throbbing Krautrock peak, that we suddenly realise that this is the first GTA game with regenerating health."
Krautrock goodness sounds like heaven to me.
Interesting.
On his record label's Facebook page late last year if I recall, Johnny Jewel said he was working on a big name project but it was top secret. Only clue he gave was that it wasn't a film or TV show and that its audience would be way bigger than any of his previous projects.
He was the original intended composer for Drive, I think he would be a great fit (seriously, look up Themes for an Imaginary Film by Symmetry or anything by Chromatics). The incredible Chromatics album Night Drive came out in 2007 so he's been producing that dark synth sound for years. This shit came out six years ago. If something like that isn't perfect for nighttime in a big city/the buildup when you're getting ready for a big Heist then I don't know what is.
This is probably just crazy fan speculation :lol I would love for it to be Johnny Jewel, but I doubt the composer will be what anyone is predicting. Sort of like HEALTH for Max Payne 3. Seemed like a random choice at first, but ended up working great.
On his record label's Facebook page late last year if I recall, Johnny Jewel said he was working on a big name project but it was top secret. Only clue he gave was that it wasn't a film or TV show and that its audience would be way bigger than any of his previous projects.
He was the original intended composer for Drive, I think he would be a great fit (seriously, look up Themes for an Imaginary Film by Symmetry or anything by Chromatics). The incredible Chromatics album Night Drive came out in 2007 so he's been producing that dark synth sound for years. This shit came out six years ago. If something like that isn't perfect for nighttime in a big city/the buildup when you're getting ready for a big Heist then I don't know what is.
The only weird thing with that is someone earlier in this topic mentioned Joystiq asking R* about the soundtrack at their demo and they answered "it's a composer worth announcing at a later date". Makes it sound like a bit of a surprise. Could be Hunter is doing the main theme or something and an outside composer is coming in to do the rest of the score. Or maybe Joystiq is misquoting that answer and it is Michael Hunter.
This is probably just crazy fan speculation :lol I would love for it to be Johnny Jewel, but I doubt the composer will be what anyone is predicting. Sort of like HEALTH for Max Payne 3. Seemed like a random choice at first, but ended up working great.
Net_Wrecker
Member
If the OST sounds anything like Themes For An Imaginary Film........
Take all the money, Rockstar. All of the moneys.
Take all the money, Rockstar. All of the moneys.
My man.
It seems like a great fit. Very interested to find out who the composer is going to be now if Joystiq wasn't misquoting R*.
Buckethead
Banned
Hmm.
That'd be cool.
I hope it's not Hill playing Jimmy.
Doesn't sound like him nor do I really like his schtick.
So hopefully IMDB is just wrong about everythang.
That'd be cool.
I hope it's not Hill playing Jimmy.
Doesn't sound like him nor do I really like his schtick.
So hopefully IMDB is just wrong about everythang.
TheVampire
Banned
flipswitch
Member
Do you reckon this will come on more than 1 disk for the 360, considering how large the game world is?
Didn't happen with IV. First time anyone saw gameplay was a couple of days before launch.
Makes that problem go away.
Nah, these guys are just lazy. It's extremely easy to compensate with the 360 controller ( And DS3, I assume ), after some time it even becomes second nature.
Wondering about this too...
This just gave me a cool idea.
GTAIV had an in-game internet... of sorts. And I would be surprised if GTAV didn't...
So, what if there was an in-game social network... and you might occassionally see photos (maybe videos?) of yourself going viral.
MMaRsu
Member
Man that sounds really cool I gotta say. I'm not familiar with Johnny Jewel but it sure sounds great.
Painkiller Q8
Member
ops!!
Probably should delete those. Don't want to get banned!
Amen.
unknownhero
Member
damn, all of these previews make me want to play san andreas again.
*which he does later today*
*which he does later today*
Painkiller Q8
Member
each time I see this picture a Kamikaze idea comes up in my mind !
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I went and bought it again, too. I'm a little worried that GTA IV has ruined it for me...
each time I see this picture a Kamikaze idea comes up in my mind !
To me is flying as low as possible down on that beach, but to each there own lol.
The best screenshot IMO.
BFIB
Member
I'd really like to replay San Andreas, but I can never get my 360 wired controller configured right.
I recently played SA and felt the same way. While SA is an amazing game last generation, after playing IV and other current gen open world games so much SA just felt gimped. The shooting and driving mechanics felt especially dated. I also had forgotten how short the console draw distance was in past GTAs.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ahhhhhhhhh Nuts. That's exactly what I was afraid of. Are there no redeeming features...?
Did for me.