Grand Theft Auto V

What happened to the days of the character just being a simple lunatic? Agh nostalgia.

Am I the only one who thinks the protagonist kinda looks and sounds like Frank West?

Which one's the protagonist? I thought it was the dude walking down the street in the sweater.

The economy point made provides a good point for probably-pointless speculation from me here. It'll definitely be there obviously, it's part of the crime genre's makeup as it taps into western (American) culture and while "it's just a video game, stop reading into it you dillhole", it's not an accident or a coincidence that IV felt so comparatively bitter. I can certainly see the corresponding humour in V remaining at a level similar to IV, as in it not wildly exaggerating itself (IT CAN EVEN RUIN A ROMANTIC CRUISE) but instead providing a spookily "real", cynical feel.

Maybe Gay Tony was some prep. Again we'll probably see a world that doesn't care about numbers falling, so long as there's an illusion of success. And weird champagne-guzzling minigames.

I think the key difference between IV and V will be that all of this will not have the single protagonist to bounce balls off of in the new game. Niko lived through some of the worst times of the 20th century in order for it seem even worse when he got to "decent" world that cared about no one and lied about its potential (and obviously he really only went there at base level to continue living it in confronting Darko). The protagonist(s) of V probably won't have those prior horrific experiences; their '95 Sarajevo is a taking an overpass over Compton.

Which I all took from one one-and-a-bit minute trailer of a video game where I will spend hours ejecting characters from helicopters in order to see their ragdoll physics as they fall to the ground. This weed is great.

I hope we get to steal a jetpack again.

I heard the protagonist will have a son, seems interesting since no GTA main character ever had children before. Just hope they take only the good parts of GTAIV.

And given how blatant Rockstar made their political position in that game, and how much has happened since then, I expect the invective against conservatives to be...extreme.

edited 3rd Nov '11 7:59:03 AM by Exploder

Well "Gay Tony" did deal somewhat with the recession and how Tony was going under, maybe they'll follow on that idea.

I hope they go a bit lighter in tone. Not back to San Andreas level, but lighter than IV. About where I remember III being.

I do hope they bring back the San Andreas super-silly cheats, though.

According to Giant Bomb, a couple small details were also released. Apparently it is set in Los Santos and the hills and beaches around LS. Apparently San Fierro and Las Venturas aren't in.

As I told you. hehe

I hope that Rockstar was listening all the times the internet called Saints Row is like Grand Theft Auto except fun and developed their game accordingly.

Hey GTA 4 was fun - the physics engine made running people down in a car way more fun it should be.

Rockstar North needs to add a human shield mechanic, mostly to facilitate throwing hapless bastards down stairs.

It would also help when you get to the higher wanted levels.

Re: Whether it's just Los Santos, I'm hoping if it is just LS in V that there will be DLC with different P Cs set in San Fierro and Las Venturas. Wow, that was a lot of abbreviations.

Since the protagonist is pulled away from going straight, I doubt this kind of brutal move will be implemented. Not to mention that a human shield mechanic just doesn't mix with the spirit of GTA, at least for me.

Speaking of human shields:

edited 3rd Nov '11 2:17:53 PM by Litis

No, I dont want GTA to be like Saint Rows, thats over the top, not even the first GTA in 3d was like these,

Over the top? For fuck's sake, San Andreas—in addition to stealing a jetpack and a VTOL jet—had you managing the careers of two different gangsta rappers, winning a race in the countryside against a mute getting head, orchestrating an overly elaborate heist with blind man who has better aim than anyone else in the cast who isn't you and sparking off a riot that almost devours one of the largest cities in the US. And there's Vice City, which was Scarface except you won. And the top-down games, which had you run over Hare Krishnas and Elvis impersonators for bonus points. It's a sandbox game. Goofy shenanigans are what they're best at.

edited 3rd Nov '11 4:49:11 PM by KitsuneInferno

I think GTA 4 was better than saints row. The guns felt better, the cars handled better, the police didn't magically go faster when they were driving...

and I liked the main character better.

Huh, I think the exact opposite. Funny that. I hope GTA 5 is different for me.

Agreed.

To elaborate, the main thing is that I think the animations were just so much better, more fluid than Saints Row, and as a result, the guns had more of an impact. the aiming mechanic also felt smoother and more useful. Driving felt better because of how crashes affected your performance, and they deformed better. I have memories of the Saints Row cars deforming the same way every time.

As for the police, I meant that I once stole a police car and then spent the next 10 minutes driving around and getting smashed into because the police drove faster in the very same car.

I personally think that GTA IV has a vastly superior engine to Saints Row, but the on-foot controls are sluggish and everything about the game seems so... nondescript? Samey? That and the drab setting dampens the fun factor a fair bit. Saints Row is far more suited to screwing around and is much more in the spirit of the old Grand Theft Auto games than the latest titles are. That said, Rockstar seems to be on a mission to crank out soul-crushing narratives in open-ended worlds since GTA IV and that's going swimmingly for everyone who isn't Team Bondi.

I agree to that. The constant grayness wasn't much of a help. It looks like this one is a step up in that regard, though.

Rumor has it GTAV's Los Santos is 2.5x bigger than the world in Red Dead Redemption.