GTA V Pre-release Discussion - ***DO NOT POST SPOILERS*** (Mod warning in first post)

gnfnrhead

I didnt think CJ was all that likable really.

Claude, Tommy and Johnny are all far more likable. Not much between CJ, Luis and Niko in regards being unlikable.

splashthecash

tony1980 wrote: »

Most expensive game ever made, in fact, second in the entertainment industry only to The Pirates of the Caribbean 3 in production costs!!

http://www.overclock.net/t/1425418/pure-news-gta-v-is-the-most-expensive-game-ever

Wow - just wow! :eek::eek:

The boyos at Rockstar must be 110% confident in what they are doing to shell out close 3 times as much as what IV cost...crazy money to be spent. It has cost more than the Avenger!! It'll beat its take-in too I bet my house on it

Penn

splashthecash wrote: »

Wow - just wow! :eek::eek:

The boyos at Rockstar must be 110% confident in what they are doing to shell out close 3 times as much as what IV cost...crazy money to be spent. It has cost more than the Avenger!! It'll beat its take-in too I bet my house on it

They've already passed the cost of their budget in pre-orders alone. I'd say at least half of the pre-orders might only have €20 or less on them, plus there'll likely be the special edition content released as DLC a week or two after release, meaning that'll bring in even more too.

Zero-Cool

Have to say, I rarely get DLC for games but I will get anything R* put out for this! I'm also afraid I'm hyping this game up too much for myself as I didn't really enjoy GTA IV but f*ck it, I'm too far gone, Gimme GTA Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

py2006

Oh to upgrade my tv this week or not!

Zero-Cool

py2006 wrote: »

Oh to upgrade my tv this week or not!

py2006

sheehy83 wrote: »

Hah, not sure it will make much of an improvement.

Kenno90

Guys the unspeakable has happened,:(

A mate of mine when to play GTA IV on his PlayStation, couldn't get the disc to load, it turns out the laser burnt out. He brought it in to a repair place and was told it's not worth repairing since it was a launch console. (the PHAT model)

He assumed it was working as he's always online playing Netflix or YouTube.
Luckily i have two so i can give him one for a while, Saves him having to buy a console that's nearly E.O.L.

I know its a stupid message, but just make sure your console is working and ready to go for the 17th

gnfnrhead

I was playing mine on Saturday so should be good to go

0llieJonCon

Kenno90 wrote: »

Guys the unspeakable has happened,:(

A mate of mine when to play GTA IV on his PlayStation, couldn't get the disc to load, it turns out the laser burnt out. He brought it in to a repair place and was told it's not worth repairing since it was a launch console. (the PHAT model)

He assumed it was working as he's always online playing Netflix or YouTube.
Luckily i have two so i can give him one for a while, Saves him having to buy a console that's nearly E.O.L.

I know its a stupid message, but just make sure your console is working and ready to go for the 17th

I've had my slim for just over a year after my launch fatty died so I should be ok.

I'd say it'd be a lot of people here's worst nightmare if their PS died the night before release. :eek:

I'd be very nervous if I was still using a launch console..

nkay1985

Kenno90 wrote: »

Guys the unspeakable has happened,:(

A mate of mine when to play GTA IV on his PlayStation, couldn't get the disc to load, it turns out the laser burnt out. He brought it in to a repair place and was told it's not worth repairing since it was a launch console. (the PHAT model)

He assumed it was working as he's always online playing Netflix or YouTube.
Luckily i have two so i can give him one for a while, Saves him having to buy a console that's nearly E.O.L.

I know its a stupid message, but just make sure your console is working and ready to go for the 17th

Phone him at 23:00 on the 16th and tell him that your PS3 got the YLOD and you need your spare back!

Mr. Tezza

Kenno90 wrote: »

Guys the unspeakable has happened,:(

A mate of mine when to play GTA IV on his PlayStation, couldn't get the disc to load, it turns out the laser burnt out. He brought it in to a repair place and was told it's not worth repairing since it was a launch console. (the PHAT model)

He assumed it was working as he's always online playing Netflix or YouTube.
Luckily i have two so i can give him one for a while, Saves him having to buy a console that's nearly E.O.L.

I know its a stupid message, but just make sure your console is working and ready to go for the 17th

Thats a scary thought!

Zero-Cool

Dailyedge.ie have the Father Ted reference on their website. They are showing a twitter spat that I never saw before. Father Ted writer Graham Linehan was giving out about the script quality of Max Payne 3. Bit mad!

mutley18

0llieJonCon wrote: »

I'd be very nervous if I was still using a launch console..

Yeah my fatty got the ylod about a year ago, managed to get it working for a couple of hours with the hairdryer trick to get all my videos, music, photos and game saves backed up thank feck!

Does anyone have a working fatty? I would be nervous, it will probably explode once a game the size of GTA V is loaded up on it! :P

The One Who Knocks

mutley18 wrote: »

Yeah my fatty got the ylod about a year ago, managed to get it working for a couple of hours with the hairdryer trick to get all my videos, music, photos and game saves backed up thank feck!

Does anyone have a working fatty? I would be nervous, it will probably explode once a game the size of GTA V is loaded up on it! :P

yep using a working fat ps3 from launch and no problems so far...I'm amazed at the amount of people with issues with both the new and the old.

Even my launch ps2 is working perfectly, so I couldn't tell you what I'm doing right,

Kenno90

nkay1985 wrote: »

Phone him at 23:00 on the 16th and tell him that your PS3 got the YLOD and you need your spare back!

Haha oh jesus, i have the slim model after my phat model YLOD but i got it repaired. He is getting the old one The look of horror if i did that to him :P

He's going to save and get the PS4 and not bother with repairing his one, he even offered to pay for my GTA since i was giving him a console

mutley18 wrote: »

Yeah my fatty got the ylod about a year ago, managed to get it working for a couple of hours with the hairdryer trick to get all my videos, music, photos and game saves backed up thank feck!

Does anyone have a working fatty? I would be nervous, it will probably explode once a game the size of GTA V is loaded up on it! :P

Hell i have a slim version and i'm nervous lol, Games released at the end of the console generation push the hardware.

Mr Benevolent

mutley18 wrote: »

Does anyone have a working fatty? I would be nervous, it will probably explode once a game the size of GTA V is loaded up on it! :P

Mine keeps YLODing so I bought a new slim, I'll have it for ages and a PS4 isn't on the cards until 2018. They'll keep developing games for the PS3 for a while yet.

Kenno90

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Mine keeps YLODing so I bought a new slim, I'll have it for ages and a PS4 isn't on the cards until 2018. They'll keep developing games for the PS3 for a while yet.

2018, Why so long? If you saved a Euro a day you'll have it by xmas 2014 :P

Maximus Alexander

Kenno90 wrote: »

Guys the unspeakable has happened,:(

A mate of mine when to play GTA IV on his PlayStation, couldn't get the disc to load, it turns out the laser burnt out. He brought it in to a repair place and was told it's not worth repairing since it was a launch console. (the PHAT model)

He assumed it was working as he's always online playing Netflix or YouTube.
Luckily i have two so i can give him one for a while, Saves him having to buy a console that's nearly E.O.L.

I know its a stupid message, but just make sure your console is working and ready to go for the 17th

I have a 40GB launch model and I am keeping the faith. It breezed through The Last of Us.

Benzino

mutley18 wrote: »

Does anyone have a working fatty? I would be nervous, it will probably explode once a game the size of GTA V is loaded up on it! :P

I have a working fatty, have had zero issues with it. In fact never had any issues with a playstation console, PS1 and PS2 launch models all still working.

Mc Love

I get quite nervous when I read about the fatty's as I have had one since launch and never had any issue *touch wood* with it!

splashthecash

Mc Love wrote: »

I get quite nervous when I read about the fatty's as I have had one since launch and never had any issue *touch wood* with it!

1. Are there going to be anymore articles from IGN?
2. Assuming you start as Michael, do you think you will you be able to switch between to Trevor\Franklin right away.
3. I think I'm just going to drive the whole way around the island first and see how long it takes to go full circle....I'm thinking it'll be about 10 minutes. What does everyone else estimate?:p
4. Is Rockstar a private company? I wouldn't mind having a shares in them around now...:cool:

Penn

Got rid of my Phat 60GB last Christmas after signing up to PS+ and not having enough hard drive space (plus as it was a launch model, I didn't want to just upgrade the HDD in case it YLOD'd on me eventually anyway).

Superslim 250GB should see me through GTAV nicely, and I've enough games and downloaded games for it that it'll probably still get some playtime for the first year or so the PS4 is out Then it'll purely be known as the GTAV Machine as that'll be its only function

wnolan1992

IGN said Trevor isn't there at the very start of the game, that he comes in later on. So I'm assuming we'll start off as Michael, do a few missions with him, then unlock Franklin and then unlock Trevor.

Or maybe Trevor's just not in the story from the start but you can still switch to him.

Zero-Cool

splashthecash wrote: »

1. I think I'm just going to drive the whole way around the island first and see how long it takes to go full circle....I'm thinking it'll be about 10 minutes. What does everyone else estimate?:p

Dan Houser did an interview with the Sun newspaper and they said it takes 1 hour to drive all around the outline of the map. Not sure if this was a quote from Dan or a guess by the newspaper

splashthecash

sheehy83 wrote: »

Dan Houser did an interview with the Sun newspaper and they said it takes 1 hour to drive all around the outline of the map. Not sure if this was a quote from Dan or a guess by the newspaper

:eek:

I kinda undershot there so...

I can see the need now to purchase Jets if that is true

nkay1985

I have a fatty alright and thankfully it hasn't given any problems yet. It only needs to get through GTA V as I'll pick up the PS4 in the few months after so hopefully it keeps going. Would be crap to have to buy a PS3!

splashthecash

LuckyFinigan wrote: »

Interesting documentary on the history of GTA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhY9LSGbNk

Just noticed, yer man from the start of GTA2 was in Eastenders (that ex-cop whose brother is the balding ginger chap)

<splashthecash shakes his head> Jesus, I need to step away from the computer

Zero-Cool

Rockstar have sent a new screenshot to gtaforums

gnfnrhead

Why cant it be next week now?!?! :mad: