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

Blisterman · 07-11-2012 06:50PM

An amalgam European city would be cool in a GTA game.

Just think, Parisian boulevards, Georgian terraces, communist era tower blocks, Amsterdam style red light district, a countryside with chalets and villas. It'd be sweet.

Hogzy · 07-11-2012 06:59PM

Is this magazine sold in Ireland?

Id be tempted to buy it. Scans will probably be crap quality anyway.

CMpunked · 07-11-2012 07:02PM

Blisterman wrote: »

An amalgam European city would be cool in a GTA game.

Just think, Parisian boulevards, Georgian terraces, communist era tower blocks, Amsterdam style red light district, a countryside with chalets and villas. It'd be sweet.

If you want a gta style game with a more european feel, check out the saboteur, its a few years old but i picked up a copy for about 12 quid a few months back.

ScumLord · 07-11-2012 07:03PM

Blisterman wrote: »

An amalgam European city would be cool in a GTA game.

Just think, Parisian boulevards, Georgian terraces, communist era tower blocks, Amsterdam style red light district, a countryside with chalets and villas. It'd be sweet.

An eastern european country would fit that bill. The pre soviet era buildings look nice, then you have the tower blocks from the communist era, mob mansions, current building booms, plenty of gangs and huge wilderness.

cup of tea · 07-11-2012 07:03PM

Blisterman wrote: »

An amalgam European city would be cool in a GTA game.

Just think, Parisian boulevards, Georgian terraces, communist era tower blocks, Amsterdam style red light district, a countryside with chalets and villas. It'd be sweet.

GTA Ring of Kerry set for release Spring 2016

wnolan1992 · 07-11-2012 07:05PM

I've just realised how ridiculous this conversation is...

Lads... we're talking about GTAVI... that's even more ridiculous than the full blown argument about when spring is!

SweetCaliber · 07-11-2012 07:14PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Is this magazine sold in Ireland?

Id be tempted to buy it. Scans will probably be crap quality anyway.

Should be able to find it in GameStop as they are the publishers.

Not sure if it will be delayed over here though?

07-11-2012 08:03PM

Well the magazine doesn't go on sale (printed version) until the 16th anyway, so that's over a week extra.

What I find a bit crap is that the people who have a subscription will have their magazines in the post on the morning of the 8th. They're the poor gits that are paying for this magazine throughout the whole year (presumably most subscriptions would be 12 months at a time) and they're getting no edge on those who have never even heard of the magazine before.

The version being released tomorrow is the digital version. There'll be no scans, they'll be screen prints, and you can bet your ass GI will be all over the GTA Forums taking them down whenever they get put up.

Now, I don't know if the digital version of the mag is online only or downloadable, but presumably if it's downloadable there'll be paedof... sorry, PDF files going around ten minutes after the mag has been released.

As far as I understand, the cover reveal is at 9 and the magazine release at 12. Someone on GTA Forums reckons that for UK/Irish people it'd be about 5-6pm for the magazine release over here. I'm not 100% sure on that though, but as far as I know, GI will be confirming times today for tomorrow cover reveal and magazine release.

07-11-2012 08:20PM

Just seen that the current vague times are morning and afternoon.

So morning is possibly 9am, and afternoon, 1pm?

Either way, GI is in US Central time, and we're 6 hours ahead of that. So that means we'd get the cover at 3pm and magazine at 7pm. They said they'd release accurate times today though as far as I am aware.

bitch please · 07-11-2012 08:49PM

where can you buy this magazine

SweetCaliber · 07-11-2012 09:50PM

bitch please wrote: »

where can you buy this magazine

Online or...

lee3155 wrote: »

Should be able to find it in GameStop as they are the publishers.

Not sure if it will be delayed over here though?

07-11-2012 09:50PM

Less than 24 hours to go. Looks legitimate to me:

07-11-2012 09:52PM

Slight Protagonist Spoiler (magazine picture):

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4282/a7idywcqaefscj.jpg

07-11-2012 09:57PM

Turns out it's not from GI, but another daily magazine. Think it's called "Short List" and it's given away free, so the above 'spoiler' probably isn't a spoiler at all (mind you, they have a new/exclusive screen shot so it's entirely possible they did get some genuine information on the game.

You can't really read anything here, but the whole page is visible:

CMpunked · 07-11-2012 09:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Slight Protagonist Spoiler (magazine picture):

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4282/a7idywcqaefscj.jpg

Not much of a spoiler tbh.

07-11-2012 09:58PM

CMpunked wrote: »

Not much of a spoiler tbh.

Better to be safe than sorry, though. I doubt people care about screens, but I don't think many want the actual story/game features spoiled in advance of GI.

SweetCaliber · 07-11-2012 09:59PM

Gah, one more day, can't wait to get my hands on GI

J. Marston · 07-11-2012 10:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Slight Protagonist Spoiler (magazine picture):

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4282/a7idywcqaefscj.jpg

An east coast gangster? So someone possibly associated with Liberty City maybe?

Dka e80 · 07-11-2012 10:01PM

the guy in the pic looks to be in his 40's...could the supposed leaks be tru?

07-11-2012 10:08PM

J. Marston wrote: »

An east coast gangster? So someone possibly associated with Liberty City maybe?

Possibly. Didn't one of the characters leave at the end of the game to go somewhere on a plane? An Irish guy? I'd be massively doubtful, though.

If the fake maps and maps that have been put together by GTA fans are anything to go by, the east of R*'s LA is Mexican, so it could be possible their 'east coast' is an in-game east coast and he's Mexican? Seen as they already kinda did the foreign guy in a new place story with IV, I'd be doubtful though,

Dka e80 wrote: »

the guy in the pic looks to be in his 40's...could the supposed leaks be tru?

He's the guy from the screenshot, pointing the gun at the helicopter on top of the building, and also the guy from the quad bike in the artwork.

If there are multiple protags, then I'm guessing this guy's 'strength'/use is to move around a lot? (seen as we've seen him associated now with off-road, water and air)?

Nuri Sahin · 07-11-2012 10:19PM

@ KKV

Packie gets on a plane at the end of TBOGT credits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ohs6FqwE0

gnfnrhead · 07-11-2012 10:41PM

That was a bit stupid at the end. "It's a V. fiVe?" V is the roman numeral for five, that makes far more sense.

As much as I'd like it to be Packie, I dont think it will be. Near the end of IV, Niko had to make a decision which affected the sister (Can't remember her name). I dont think Rockstar will ignore her so that means deciding what happened themselves.

I think Packie will be in it, but not as the playable character. If he is a NPC then they can be vague about the sister and have it continue on after the events of IV.

07-11-2012 10:57PM

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

@ KKV

Packie gets on a plane at the end of TBOGT credits

Oh, I knew someone left alright, but I wasn't sure who it was. What I meant when I wrote 'doubtful, wasn't that I thought it was doubtful someone left, but doubtful he'd return as a lead character.

Someone put up a magazine scan from GTA IV where Dan Houser was interviewed. He's pretty much asked "why no planes" and he goes on to say that IV/NY/LC is just one city and therefore planes don't make any sense.

This has spurred people on to think there'll be another city revealed (I'm don't think there will, to be honest, and if it is true, i reckon a second city would be revealed in the next trailer, rather than GI).

Washington Irving · 07-11-2012 11:31PM

I think it's possible that San Fierro and/or Las Venturas may be released as DLC at some point. Though I'd imagine GTA V Los Santos will be quite a bit bigger than SA Los Santos

gnfnrhead · 07-11-2012 11:37PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Someone put up a magazine scan from GTA IV where Dan Houser was interviewed. He's pretty much asked "why no planes" and he goes on to say that IV/NY/LC is just one city and therefore planes don't make any sense.

This has spurred people on to think there'll be another city revealed (I'm don't think there will, to be honest, and if it is true, i reckon a second city would be revealed in the next trailer, rather than GI).

Liberty City was fairly packed in. Wouldnt have been any room for another airport. Back in San Andreas they have the desert and countryside so could have an airport in the city, then a landing strip out in the desert. Maybe even the military base somewhere too. In San Andreas the city isnt the whole thing like it was in Liberty City, if that makes sense.

Cant see a second major city being in it, either initially or for DLC.

Plug · 08-11-2012 12:01AM

Is there desert in real life California? Im asking this because in the screen shot of the guy on the quad bike cactus trees and a water tower can be seen. maybe they might have a trick up there sleve and reveal las ventures.....

Or maybe California has desert anyway....

08-11-2012 12:02AM

No, I don't see an additional city, either.

According to a credible source (some GTA5 videos guy on Youtube/Twitter) the magazine release is 2pm EST (So.. 8pm over here?).

08-11-2012 12:07AM

Unless Packie has since hugely changed his accent then it's not him

08-11-2012 12:14AM

Plug wrote: »

Is there desert in real life California? Im asking this because in the screen shot of the guy on the quad bike cactus trees and a water tower can be seen. maybe they might have a trick up there sleve and reveal las ventures.....

Or maybe California has desert anyway....

I'm not exactly familiar with LA, to be honest, but from mooching around Google Earth, the city is surrounded with emptiness.

This place, north of LA, is called "Lake Los Angeles":

Before you get there, though, there's a lot of greenery/mountain area. A place I seen is called Acton, and is seemingly only notable for a large scale fire there in 2004:

So when you compare those two places, which are just north of the City, and then you throw in the city itself:

Rockstar really have got quite a bit to play with.

08-11-2012 12:21AM

Gameinformer updated the article on their website:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/10/26/december-issue-featuring-gta-v-to-launch-digitally-on-november-8.aspx

GameInformer wrote:

At 11Am Central (5PM GMT) on November 8, we will reveal the cover art and give you a break down of the issue

So, 2pm Central would be 8pm GMT. Seems plausible. Think I'll skip the cover reveal/breakdown though. It'll either ruin the surprise of the article or not mention anything at all and just be a logo.

EDIT: They also just said the printed version article is 18 pages, and the digital version is 23 (I'd imagine it's all filler stuff and an extra couple of screens, though).

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