Grand Theft Auto V

Rawkinmolie wrote:

@Mister_Sister

As far as I know, that whole notion of installing the play disk to a flash drive is pure speculation. It's a wonderful idea, though. And if R* makes that happen I will definitely be doing so.

Yep I have it installed to the flash drive and it cut out the jet engine noise I was so worried I'd have to put up with.

omnipherous wrote:

Have they dropped the less-than-useless side-rubbish like having to keep relationships up and taking people to play darts right in the middle of THE BIGGEST CRIMES IN HISTORY?

THat's ultimately what pushed me away from 4. I could live with the watery driving, the not-so-great shooting mechanics etc, but I was just so bored to tears of being forced to do the pointless side-missions to keep someone I have no interest in, happy. I don't mind the side-activities being in there, som eplay-sessions are best dealt just messing around, but I hated being forced into them with some chump I didn't even like.

From the reviews I've read, that is available, but the player has to initiate it and there aren't relationships to maintain. So no more annoying requests

\o/

So far, my favorite activity is running up to people and throwing haymakers at them as Franklin.

Thought I lucked out finding an 8gb flash drive lying around, but of course the actual space available is 7.45gb. Stupid false advertisement!

Mr_Sister wrote:

Thought I lucked out finding an 8gb flash drive lying around, but of course the actual space available is 7.45gb. Stupid false advertisement!

That's bitten me in the ass before as well. I hate that companies do that.

I'm about 2 hours into the game, and I noticed something. There is no pop in while you're driving around at high speeds. This is HUGE! I love GTA IV, but one of the biggest detractors for me was that ridiculous pop in effect, where you hit something with your car because the game engine hadn't drawn it into the screen yet. It looks like R* may have solved that problem in GTA V.

And of course my 360 decided to not want to boot up today of all days...

I swear if it wouldn't be for bad luck, I would have no luck. I must have a dark cloud literally hanging over my head.

*update* apparently, my 360 doesn't like a wireless controller being plugged in. Once I unplugged it, it booted up just fine. Game is now installing.

Weirdness...

I hate the mission ratings. I hate the 2 second lag to open the menu. I hate the stereotypical characters. I hate the fact that, by the time I have reached the first free-roam, the only women in the game have been physically assaulted, held hostage, worn bikinis or have been someone's lazy stereotype of a mother.

I love the graphics, sound, the sheer size of the whole thing and the driving.

The shooting is a vast improvement over previous GTA games, but too snap-to-target auto-aim-y.

The Conformist wrote:

What about if you're a person who LOVED RDR but really didn't care for GTAIV? I thought the controls in GTAIV were really clunky and the shooting + hand-to-hand combat was just not that great. All were improved on in RDR, has this carried over to GTAV?

**Edit** Also, Niko(sp?) to me, was just a downright boring character. How do the three in this compare?

Yes, there have been clear improvements to the controls from GTA IV to V. They've learned lessons in gameplay from RDR and Max Payne 3.

As far as characters? Again, matters how you feel about how R* tells stories. None of them are men with tortured pasts, trying to atone for past sins in this, i'll tell you that much.

Orphu wrote:

Wanting this. But scared.

I loved GTA3, and Miami, er... Vice City. I was not a huge fan of San Andreas. It was too grounded in reality, if you know what I mean. GTA 4 was pretty fun though.

I'm afraid it's too much like San Andreas.

Well, imagine a better version of GTA IV, placed in San Andreas. If the setting of San Andreas and its reality turned you off, skip. Otherwise, you'd have to explain what you mean by "too grounded in reality" in San Andreas as opposed to GTA IV.

IUMogg wrote:

From the reviews I've read, that is available, but the player has to initiate it and there aren't relationships to maintain. So no more annoying requests

Yup. A belatedly smart change.

Prederick wrote:

Well, imagine a better version of GTA IV, placed in San Andreas. If the setting of San Andreas and its reality turned you off, skip. Otherwise, you'd have to explain what you mean by "too grounded in reality" in San Andreas as opposed to GTA IV.

Yeah, I don't see how San Andreas is grounded compared to GTA IV. One of the biggest problems I have with IV - in addition to having to maintain a relationship with Roman HEY COUSIN LET'S GO LOOK AT AMERICAN TITTY HAVE I SAID THAT AMERICA IS LAND OF OPPORTUNITIY IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES - was the tonal dissonance between the story and gameplay, and the game not realizing Nico is a horrible amoral f*ck. I've only played three hours so far, but V's tone is much more, well comedic seems wrong, but conscious of what a heightened and unreal world it's taking place in. Combine that with the tighter controls, and I'm liking this much, much more than IV.

Played about an hour. The language, holy cow the language! If it's not the f bomb every 3 seconds it's the n word every 2 seconds.

Certainly not a game for younger kids to be around!

Heh, is this your first GTA game?

beanman101283 wrote:

Heh, is this your first GTA game?

Well, the first three weren't that bad!

beanman101283 wrote:

Heh, is this your first GTA game?

I've played them all for at least a bit, but none were this bad!

Farscry wrote:

If you need a head-to-head article to figure out which version to buy, Digital Foundry's Face-off is up.

That was a very useful link, Far Cry, thanks for posting it.

tl;dr: the two are almost identical. The PS3 has slightly nicer ground textures; there may be some kind of slight streaming bug on the 360 side. But it's a very, very small difference.

I went ahead and grabbed the PS3 version, since that console is hooked up.

simpilot wrote:
beanman101283 wrote:

Heh, is this your first GTA game?

I've played them all for at least a bit, but none were this bad!

That was my impression too - it really doesn't hold back at all, right from the outset. Even some of the stuff on the radio is pretty extreme in comparison to what I remember too.
(2nd car I got in had a news report about the porn industry rejecting a whole load of new rules with some very explicit quotes).

That aside, I'm enjoying it so far.

I just remember GTA4 showing a couple having loud sex in the opening cutscene, and the language in general being pretty hardcore right from the start. Maybe 5 ups it even more, then.

Well it makes sense. When you push the edge the edge keeps moving farther.

I am glad there is something like Lego City Undercover that gives me the huge world, missions, etc without the extremes (violence, language, situations, etc)

Kill all the aliens!

played a couple hours of my rental copy earlier (PS3 version) and I'm really impressed with it ... I may have to break from my wait for PC stance on this game to get it, since the online only comes with retail copies (not sure whether or not the pass can be purchased from PSN store). The music stations are really diverse this go-around though, but there's no metal

I have to say that I like the way the story is told from multiple perspectives. Sort of reminds me of how the episodes of GTA IV overlapped from time to time.

I freeking LOVE this game.

Spoiler:

That first drug induced gameplay sequence, where Michael smokes weed, is pure genius. Full disclosure: I don't smoke weed. I have friends that love the stuff, but it just doesn't agree with me. I like to be able to think, and form cohesive thoughts. When I smoke weed I'm a brain dead mute.

Pure genius!

I rented this on Redbox just to see how it is since I did not enjoy GTA 4.

So far, I think it is better than GTA 4. I feel like it pulls me in more. The graphics aren't great compared to what I'm used to in the PC, but the story is hooking me so far.Love love the fact I can skip a thing if I have retried multiple times. I was getting frustrated with shooting from the car while it was moving.

I might get it or wait until the PC version.

simpilot wrote:

Played about an hour. The language, holy cow the language! If it's not the f bomb every 3 seconds it's the n word every 2 seconds.

Certainly not a game for younger kids to be around!

I came into this thread to say that I was giving up for the night because I was fed up with the tirade of Fs and Ns. I've played every GTA, SR, and grew up in an area where the F word was treated as punctuation, but this is just ridiculous!

Also,

Spoiler:

the first two missions involve chasing dudes on bikes? Hanging a flag on it really isn't an excuse. I'm going to put a few more hours in tomorrow, but if business doesn't pick up, I'm going to return this one.

spider_j wrote:

I picked my copy up from a supermarket at 8am, for £34.

That sounds cheap, which supermarket, Spider?

Hope the multiplayer is good in this. I had a regular crew for GTA4 and once we all figured out our roles (I was the wheelman) we were pretty unstoppable. Two weeks and we will see.

Waiting for it to get installed right now.

Can two people play this on the same 360?

@MoonDragon

I don't think so.