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

ScumLord · 13-01-2012 04:01PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

More fools they.

Though that said, I buy Fifa every year :P

At least they do have an excuse for sports games as their following the real world. COD is just a money making racket as far as I'm concerned.

wnolan1992 · 13-01-2012 04:05PM

ScumLord wrote: »

At least they do have an excuse for sports games as their following the real world. COD is just a money making racket as far as I'm concerned.

Unfortunately it seems the industry is going down the COD route very quickly though. Look at Assassin's Creed, flogging the sh1te out of it until it becomes stale and recycled.

In fairness, you have to hand it to R*, they could easily bring out a GTA game every year, but only release GTA games that they're happy with, not rushed get-it-out-the-door jobs.

ScumLord · 13-01-2012 04:16PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Unfortunately it seems the industry is going down the COD route very quickly though. Look at Assassin's Creed, flogging the sh1te out of it until it becomes stale and recycled.

It won't last, unfortunately big corporate businesses have no inventive flare, once something becomes popular they latch onto it and ride it for all it's worth. That trend will get boring and the big guys will start following the next big thing.

In fairness, you have to hand it to R*, they could easily bring out a GTA game every year, but only release GTA games that they're happy with, not rushed get-it-out-the-door jobs.

R* are great, I wouldn't even mind if they brought out more DLC, I love the GTA world and wouldn't mind spending much more time in it doing just about anything, but I suppose that's what makes the games great, they leave you wanting more rather than leave you feeling violated.

Fear Uladh · 16-01-2012 12:30PM

Ugh, Just release SOMETHING already, a photo, an idea, ANYTHING ROCKSTAR PLEASE!!!!

wnolan1992 · 16-01-2012 01:12PM

Fear Uladh wrote: »

Ugh, Just release SOMETHING already, a photo, an idea, ANYTHING ROCKSTAR PLEASE!!!!

I honestly don't think we'll see anything until after the release of Max Payne. They'd don't exactly need to build up hype for a GTA game in fairness.

Glico Man · 16-01-2012 01:18PM

Between seeing this thread and the HL3 thread getting bumped and seeing nothing, I may just lose my mind soon enough

Hogzy · 16-01-2012 02:53PM

aaronh007 wrote: »

Between seeing this thread and the HL3 thread getting bumped and seeing nothing, I may just lose my mind soon enough

CMpunked · 16-01-2012 03:03PM

Glico Man · 16-01-2012 03:06PM

gnfnrhead · 16-01-2012 04:46PM

Sorry for the bump, but didn't think it was worth a new thread since its related to this game in a way.

Playing San Andreas through again and just hit the massive speed bump that is the flying school. I hope to fcuk they leave that out this time around, or at very least have it as optional instead of required. I already have my pilots licence but can't go any further presumably until I finish the school :mad:

The ONLY thing I hated about the game, leave it out this time and it'll already be better as far as I'm concerned.

wnolan1992 · 16-01-2012 04:55PM

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Sorry for the bump, but didn't think it was worth a new thread since its related to this game in a way.

Playing San Andreas through again and just hit the massive speed bump that is the flying school. I hope to fcuk they leave that out this time around, or at very least have it as optional instead of required. I already have my pilots licence but can't go any further presumably until I finish the school :mad:

The ONLY thing I hated about the game, leave it out this time and it'll already be better as far as I'm concerned.

I've never finished SA due to the flying school. Never got past the "Circle Airstrip" test.

ended up just having to watch all the other missions on youtube.

gnfnrhead · 16-01-2012 05:08PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I've never finished SA due to the flying school. Never got past the "Circle Airstrip" test.

ended up just having to watch all the other missions on youtube.

I did it before, but it took weeks. I got lucky with the circle airstrip last night, but the next one you have to do the same again and land it. I did it first go, but was 5% under the required score!!!!! Haven't reached the landing part again yet and ended up getting annoyed so got a tank and went killing people instead

Zero's missions were annoying too, but optional so I don't mind that. Only have side missions like fire truck and photos left to do as everything else is done until I pass this fcuking flying school.

Nuri Sahin · 16-01-2012 05:13PM

Found it very easy, fairly sure I did it all in one go. If you're stuck on it, Youtube search a tutorial.

edit - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gta+san+andreas+flying+school+walkthrough+&oq=San+Andreas+Flying+School+&aq=7m&aqi=g-m9&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1521l8911l0l10676l34l30l4l7l7l2l295l3422l0.11.7l18l0

gnfnrhead · 16-01-2012 05:19PM

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Found it very easy, fairly sure I did it all in one go. If you're stuck on it, Youtube search a tutorial.

edit - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gta+san+andreas+flying+school+walkthrough+&oq=San+Andreas+Flying+School+&aq=7m&aqi=g-m9&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1521l8911l0l10676l34l30l4l7l7l2l295l3422l0.11.7l18l0

After watching one of them and your man's flying is perfect, mine does be all over the shop. Up and down, left and right, even upside down if I turn too sharply

Ive been going the opposite direction, wonder if that makes any difference.

Squarewave · 16-01-2012 05:21PM

Unlocking the Hunter when you get all the gold medals makes the effort worthwhile..

JohnK · 16-01-2012 06:19PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I've never finished SA due to the flying school. Never got past the "Circle Airstrip" test.

ended up just having to watch all the other missions on youtube.

Yeah I had started playing SA recently for a few hours a night but since I came up against that I havent played it in about a month. Bloody annoying.

Penn · 17-01-2012 09:49AM

I never found the flying school too difficult. Though I did spend days learning to fly the Dodo in GTA3 so I could get to the ghost town behind Shoreside Vale. Getting all gold medals is tough, but just completing it isn't that difficult is it? I can barely remember it now

wnolan1992 · 17-01-2012 02:55PM

Penn wrote: »

I never found the flying school too difficult. Though I did spend days learning to fly the Dodo in GTA3 so I could get to the ghost town behind Shoreside Vale. Getting all gold medals is tough, but just completing it isn't that difficult is it? I can barely remember it now

It is hard, especially when you find the driving mechanics of the game to be difficult to manage at high speeds :pac:

Opinicus · 17-01-2012 03:18PM

Don't forget to use the rudder. It can make maneuvering an awful lot easier.

CMpunked · 17-01-2012 03:38PM

Word on the street is Max Payne has been pushed back to may.
Shame, means gta will be 2 months at least further away.

wnolan1992 · 17-01-2012 04:41PM

CMpunked wrote: »

Word on the street is Max Payne has been pushed back to may.
Shame, means gta will be 2 months at least further away.

Not necessarily. AFAIK R* North have nothing to do with Max Payne 3, so GTA will be developed in the same time that it would have yesterday.

Hogzy · 17-01-2012 05:07PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Not necessarily. AFAIK R* North have nothing to do with Max Payne 3, so GTA will be developed in the same time that it would have yesterday.

Yeah they are seperate but they still come under the one parent. That parent company will want both games to maximise their profits.

wnolan1992 · 17-01-2012 05:13PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Yeah they are seperate but they still come under the one parent. That parent company will want both games to maximise their profits.

True. And by delaying MP3 they've ensured that it'll get maximum profits because it won't be clashing with Mass Effect anymore. I've said since the start that we'd be lucky to see GTAV any sooner than July/August, so I don't see R* deciding that (if GTAV actually was meant to be released in July/August) it's not now gonna be released until October/November just because MP was delayed.

If anything, this probably is good news for GTAV, as there'll be a big hole in R*'s sales for their current year (ending Mar 31), so they'll be eager to get GTAV out before the end of this calendar year I'd imagine.

iMuse · 17-01-2012 05:55PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

If anything, this probably is good news for GTAV, as there'll be a big hole in R*'s sales for their current year (ending Mar 31), so they'll be eager to get GTAV out before the end of this calendar year I'd imagine.

I don't see this as good news. Take two won't release the game at the same time as Bioshock 3 either which is out before the end of this year, Bioshock + GTA + COD + whatever else is coming out in the same window leaves the market saturated. My guess is that we won't see the game till early 2013.

ScumLord · 18-01-2012 01:44PM

iMuse wrote: »

Bioshock + GTA + COD + whatever else is coming out in the same window leaves the market saturated.

It's not so much a concern for GTA though, more for all the other games.

Glico Man · 18-01-2012 02:00PM

I can't see Rockstar being too worried about when to release GTA. Even if released during the October/November rush I can still see it selling out and also out selling almost every other title.