GTA V PC

Both options to buy on that site are out of stock (how does that happen with electronic download ). I also heard before that you should try to avoid steam gift purchases where possible.
Here's a breakdown of all prices available op;
http://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-gta-5-cd-key-compare-prices/

Has anyone pre-ordered this for PC? I ordered it back in Feb and I am dieing to play it now, if only for the first person. Already completed it on the PS3.

Pre-load started on Steam. 59GB

jumbobreakfast wrote: »

Pre-load started on Steam. 59GB

Good Job I have a week to download it.

Yeah i'd use that forum only i've been really careful about reading any GTA V threads at all, i dont wanna be spoiled - not that it matters a whole lot in GTA anyway but yeah, will wait til i own it before heading over

Playing it on PS4 and ill be waiting till its a bit cheaper on PC before i pick it up.

Enjoyed the SP and ive put a good few hours into the online. My main problem with online is it can be too grindy for cash(pushing people towards microtransactions imo),and can become very repetitive. Load times are also shocking,like really bad. PC version load times should be better but they will still be long.

Also the heists are a great idea,having to do them with randomers not so much. The extra rewards when one is completed is welcome as the normal jobs pay very little for the time they require to complete. Although with heists there is nothing worse than waiting 5 minutes for a player to join,launch the mission only to find he jumps out and the game kicks all players to servers and the heist has to be set up again. Its quite painful to setup again with the load times.

In saying all that the game is great fun when playing with friends and its all working. Other than the above few critiques i look forward to trying it on PC.

Your sig just reminded me of trying this out on my Oculus

omerin wrote: »

Seems to be. I've just gone against my no pre-order,

Yes, I am weak too, I would have bought it the other day but I have to wait until tomorrow now. Price has gone up more than €10 on g2play.

Really torn about buying this pre-order, i have such a back log but it is GTA. Could be Buggy as hell for a few weeks, might wait for the summer sales, but I really want it. is it worth €60 for a game that is 18 months old?

So when asked, "Modding took off for GTA IV PC. What are you doing to support modding for V? Is there anything within the game that supports it?"

R* replies with

Since GTA Online has such a massive and vibrant community, our primary focus is making sure that nothing detracts from that experience or has a negative impact on the overall community of players

So in other words, DRM up the ass, no modding support, no fun allowed. Because if people are making private servers and custom game modes they're not falling into their new business model where you get punished for killing other players and being a 'bad sport' (in a GTA game) and have to pay money on your car insurance and pay other people's car insurance if you damage it (again, in a GTA game). I feel like this is all trying to get you to buy GTA DLC money. I remember on the PS3 it wasn't very long until they nerfed the heck out of almost all the game modes to give you barely any money and disabled online stock exchange where I lost millions of dollars that they wouldn't allow me to access and sell anymore.

This is definitely not a day 1 purchase or even a month-1 purchase. I'll have to see how this plays out and if people manage to get their own servers up or mods where we can actually have fun ffs. Oh, and breaking the player limit is a must for a game of this map size.

My dream is that someone manages to get all map markers of players turned off (except for your friends of course), heists and activities don't load into their own entire world but are instead seamless into the free roam. That way you won't get griefed by players tracking you on the map 24/7 but can hide in plain sight like an NPC in a regular looking (but buffed up under the hood) car. With skill, you might be able to ID players, stalk them, sabotage their heist and steal their loot that they got from the heist. Epic battles between two groups with police thrown in. Plus things like races speeding by you while you're going for a stroll would be immersive and highly entertaining. All that in a 50ish player lobby would be just be the best thing ever.

I wouldn't expect a console port to have any modding in it. That's not to say it won't be modded.


They don't want third parties making content for their game that might compete with their own DLC.

Robert ninja wrote: »

Exactly. But unlike some other companies they haven't adapted to understand this is a good thing and they should roll with it and possibly even monetize or take ideas from it. Fighting it tooth and nail only hurts the actual gamers.

It can be a good thing, but the fact is Rockstar are in this to make money. GTA is their product and they can restrict it as they see fit. They seem to want to make an online experience and as such they need to know their game is stable across many machines.

I play race sims that allow modding and every time there's an update the mods stop working, sometimes you can't take part because you didn't realise your version of the mod is out of date. Poorly made mods break games.

Modding introduces a lot of problems, they don't matter so much in a single player experience but online mods can cause a lot of headaches.

Robert ninja wrote: »

Fair points, I'm not directly arguing against any one of them. I'm just saying as a consumer, R*'s attitude is crap and others have made money being mod-friendly to the consumer like Killing Floor which also works very well even with lots of mods installed and is made by a team with a budget that would be loose change to R*.

I think the company has to make the decision from the beginning that it's going to be a moddable game. I just never really expect a console port to even consider modding their games. they're basically charging for skins on consoles which goes to shows their intention to monetize everything and everything they can.

I don't really hold it against them, especially when they don't have much experience in making moddable games and want to keep things stable. When you look at PC games that are modifiable, there are issues, issues that PC users are willing to accept.

I'm sure we'll get mods though. It's only a matter of time really.

d/l'ing this through Social Club and it really is poor, sometimes lower then 100kb, sometimes it loses connection with the server! Top speed so far after 32gb is around 3mb on a 240mb connection

I really dont think they have the right balance for the online portion of the game regarding cash earned for jobs. It definitely feels like they are pushing the micro transactions which was a real disappointment for me. You really would have to spend a lot of time with the game to get a good selection of the high end items/vehicles/apartments and the upgrades for them. The casual player would never get to this point without micro transactions from what ive seen which is a shame as to have all that gear and not to be able to play with it without putting in a lot of hours is sad.

Heists have definitely helped,the end payoffs being a decent amount of cash. Good to see the PC version will have them from the off. If you can get 4 friends together consistently it will help a lot with the money,doing it with randomers is just too much hard work and with the loading times can suck the fun out of the game.

Being in a crew and doing jobs with friends boosts xp and cash earned,definitely worth doing as well.

I reckon i may just bite the bullet and get this(was going to wait till it was cheaper),be handy having it preloaded. As much as the above elements disappointed me i do enjoy the game and is the best GTA since Vice City imo

I just want my real cars and my custom radio station. I will be happy with that, not too bothered about being IronMan atm

Mods add longevity to a game. There is enough in GTA V to keep you playing for about a year on and off I reckon. If they were smart, they'd release modding support a year or two down the line and drum up a load more interest and money. I'd be very happy with that.
Especially when you consider it was 6 years between GTA IV and GTA V.

Shiminay wrote: »

Y'see I'd hate real cars. GTA has its own pedigree vehicles and you do have to earn them. I want an Entity, not a Koeniggseg (sp?) or an Adder, not a Veyron. It'd take me out of the experience to not see those cars on the streets. Give me a cops and robbers mod ala Need For Speed Hot Pursuit and have cop race cars.

The main reason for me to mod the GTA vehicles was more due to how much better looking the modded version of the car/plane/boat was over the original.

My favourite ever GTA mod was in Vice City, and was just for fun:

http://www.castlerain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Batmobile-Vice-City.jpg

It was fast, and had tank-like strength, so you'd be tearing down the streets with any cars that hit you exploding...

I had the DeLorean too, but it didn't handle well at all once it left ground, but made for some hilarious deaths!