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

Lone Stone · 26-10-2011 03:02PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Which do ye think will be the better game gta 5 or saints row 3?

I had 10x more fun in saints row 2 than i had in gta 4, altho saints row always looked like a poor mans gta but the saints row the 3rd is looking very nice from what i saw. But gta V wont be out for a year or two maybe it would be compared with saints row 4 if they make one woop wooop.

Retr0gamer · 26-10-2011 03:04PM

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

you didnt like TBOGT :eek: it was awesomeness in a dlc package

I did enjoy it and the mission variety was excellent compared to GTA4. Just thought that the attempts at humour in the cutscenes were pathetic.

al28283 wrote: »

Red Dead Redemption was set in 1911 so I think the 1920s would be too close to that. And you gotta have talk radio in GTA

Good point. Seems there were radios in cars in the 30's but it wasn't common place.

Agricola · 26-10-2011 03:07PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Mafia 2 was done right already. It was called Mafia. It also did a serious GTA game much better than GTA 4.

The original Mafia was brilliant. Especially because the protagonist was, unlike Niko Belic, very likeable. He started out as a straight laced character who got sucked into the mob, turned them in years later and lived out his life in the witness protection program. If Rockstar just wholesale copied that plot and made a game set in 30's Chicago, that would be no bad thing.

But where Mafia 1 and 2 fall down is that the city is mostly just backdrop with very little to interact with. You need all the minigames, side missions, jumps, base jumps, etc etc added to make it something memorable.

Zero-Cool · 26-10-2011 03:10PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I did enjoy it and the mission variety was excellent compared to GTA4. Just thought that the attempts at humour in the cutscenes were pathetic.QUOTE]

I thought Yusef cutscenes were gold!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNeCXcNwnyw

UglyBolloxFace · 26-10-2011 03:21PM

Liam O wrote: »

Every single GTA set in Liberty City has been followed by Vice City. Heck even the first game had Vice City right after liberty. If it's not Vice or San Andreas I'm disappointed (I'll still buy and love it though).

then again, they probably wouldn't have called it V if they were going the old rotation route...

Could be 'V' for 'Vice' as in Vice City.

Mc Love · 26-10-2011 03:28PM

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Liam O wrote: »

Every single GTA set in Liberty City has been followed by Vice City. Heck even the first game had Vice City right after liberty. If it's not Vice or San Andreas I'm disappointed (I'll still buy and love it though).

then again, they probably wouldn't have called it V if they were going the old rotation route...

Could be 'V' for 'Vice' as in Vice City.

I am almost certain that is what it will be

tuxy · 26-10-2011 03:32PM

It could be v for Vatican as in Vatican City. We all know the kind of corruption in that place!

Icyseanfitz · 26-10-2011 03:36PM

i love how we have no idea

im hoping if it is la like some are saying it will be similar to SA, as in an entire state with multiple cities and small towns, LA by itself would be a bit of a letdown tbh

Retr0gamer · 26-10-2011 03:40PM

As is the Rockstar way we are going to get a very vague idea of what it is in the video this week. Then they'll start a viral campaign with fake websites and trickle the info out until about a week or two before launch we get a trailer. Also don't expect them to turn up at E3.

hooradiation · 26-10-2011 03:45PM

tuxy wrote: »

It could be v for Vatican as in Vatican City. We all know the kind of corruption in that place!

Stampeding Cattle mission confirmed.

Icyseanfitz · 26-10-2011 03:45PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

As is the Rockstar way we are going to get a very vague idea of what it is in the video this week. Then they'll start a viral campaign with fake websites and trickle the info out until about a week or two before launch we get a trailer. Also don't expect them to turn up at E3.

its been so long since gta4 and they havnt deved anything since, i could see them taking a different approach with this one, why wait all this time to even announce they where making the game? in all probability they began straight after gta4, theres an article from gamespot a couple of months back saying they where finishing up the game

Nuri Sahin · 26-10-2011 03:47PM

V for (Los) Venturas
V for 5 islands/areas - San Andreas was 5 areas really (3 cities, and 2 wide expanses of area in the form of the desert and countryside)
V for a new GTA era perhaps
V for 5 protagonists

Who knows

Nuri Sahin · 26-10-2011 03:52PM

Always was a fan of the past few games box art. This is a fan version of V if set in Washington -

Sl!mCharles · 26-10-2011 03:54PM

Maybe its set in a near future British dystopia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqi8m4CEEY

Marty McFly · 26-10-2011 04:00PM

I dont know why but im thinking it could be boston, which if it was id be delighted.

It would be great if they left America and went somewhere like Hong Hong but I cant see that happening.

UglyBolloxFace · 26-10-2011 04:02PM

Mc Love wrote: »

I am almost certain that is what it will be

I agree.

If we look at it this way, the very fact that it's called 'Vice' means that there are loads of shady, corrupt figures with the corresponding storylines which can be implemented.

This goes against my earlier post regarding Washington, D.C. being the setting, but Vice City as the setting for GTA V just seems to make sense and fit into place; backed up by the money-theme which is so obvious and rife in the recent Rockstar Trailer announcement.

All in all though, I cannot ****ing wait til the 2nd of November!

Retr0gamer · 26-10-2011 04:03PM

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

its been so long since gta4 and they havnt deved anything since, i could see them taking a different approach with this one, why wait all this time to even announce they where making the game? in all probability they began straight after gta4, theres an article from gamespot a couple of months back saying they where finishing up the game

Well if previous media campaigns are anything to go by then the game is very close to finished. They only start the campaign less than a year before launch.

26-10-2011 04:09PM

right now Vice City is the frontrunner by a long way imo...

Kiith · 26-10-2011 04:10PM

Looking forward to the launch trailer. Rockstar do very good trailers.

Nuri Sahin · 26-10-2011 04:18PM

luvbulmers01 wrote: »

I dont know why but im thinking it could be boston, which if it was id be delighted.

It would be great if they left America and went somewhere like Hong Hong but I cant see that happening.

I hope not tbh re: Boston. Excluding Vice City (Miami, Florida), I rather branch away from the dreary and dull look of places like New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Boston unless there were multiple cities like in San Andreas. Likewise Chicago I have to add.

New Orleans, Panama City (similar to a certain to Vice City) and Texas would be nice changes.
Hong Kong, Tokyo, Dubai and the list goes on would all be nice to see but certainly asking too much I feel.

me-skywalker · 26-10-2011 04:23PM

Song for the trailer should also give away era of game.

Zero-Cool · 26-10-2011 04:31PM

Modern day Vice City with Tommy Verceti ruling the drug trade would be all kinds of WIN!

Glico Man · 26-10-2011 04:50PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well if previous media campaigns are anything to go by then the game is very close to finished. They only start the campaign less than a year before launch.

If I remember correctly, Rockstar began releasing trailers and doing media work around October 2007 and released GTA IV in April '08. Could be a similar enough release date as it would avoid clashing with any big releases next year, and would be out before the annual summer lull.

UglyBolloxFace · 26-10-2011 04:51PM

sheehy83 wrote: »

Modern day Vice City with Tommy Verceti ruling the drug trade would be all kinds of WIN!

I would love this! Continuing on from where Tommy killed Sonny.

And remember from the very end of Vice City where Tommy and his lawyer are chatting away and Tommy says:

"This can be the beginning of a beautiful business relationship"

...ah lads, it's gonna be set in Vice City!

Any guesses as to who will voice the main character? Ray Liotta was a great choice for Vice City.

Zero-Cool · 26-10-2011 04:53PM

aaronh007 wrote: »

as it would avoid clashing with any big releases next year, and would be out before the annual summer lull.

tbh GTA is the one series that doesn't have to be worrying about clashing with other titles. They don't even need to show up to E3. Just release a 30 second vague trailer and watch the interweb explode!

Glico Man · 26-10-2011 04:59PM

sheehy83 wrote: »

tbh GTA is the one series that doesn't have to be worrying about clashing with other titles. They don't even need to show up to E3. Just release a 30 second vague trailer and watch the interweb explode!

I dunno, a lot of people felt like they were let down after GTA IV. Many in fact have turned away from the series altogether. Although I'm sure a 30 odd second trailer will have them all scurrying back for more :pac:

Nodferatu · 26-10-2011 05:01PM

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/19341/grand-theft-auto-v-trailer-110211.html

Zero-Cool · 26-10-2011 05:03PM

Ya but I didn't enjoy GTA 4 at all and i'm still foamin for this trailer. If GTA 4 was their 1st game, I wouldn't have much interest but because of VC and SA alone, my hopes are as high as Mount Chiliad!!