GTA V

[Hawkbit]

I can't believe we were chatting about this 18 months ago. 

The character switching sounds awesome for this game.

[MisterNoisy]

Can't help myself - I'm pretty hyped for this, even though I'll invariably be buying it on console and again when the PC version drops 6 months later.

[Paelos]

Trevor is my favorite already.

[Ingmar]

He reminds me of John Malkovitch in RED.

[Surlyboi]

Radio. Fucking. Gaga.

[Sky]

So pumped for this one.

So bummed it will be a year until it hits the PC.

[ezrast]

As someone who has only played the first GTA extensively, seeing everyone wonder what the friendship-maintenance and weight-watching mechanics will be in the next game is fucking weird.

[Yegolev]

Grove Street for life.

But looks good.

[Lakov_Sanite]

As someone who has only played the first GTA extensively, seeing everyone wonder what the friendship-maintenance and weight-watching mechanics will be in the next game is fucking weird.

I think most people are just hoping these things WON'T be in the next GTA.

[Hawkbit]

It sounds like the attributes are more hard-coded to the characters than something one works to increase.  I could be wrong, but that's what I understood from the bit I've read. 

For example, Tevor has a decent base flying skill and Franklin's flying skill is mediocre.  How that plays out is yet to be seen, though I can imagine it could affect how vehicles control depending on which character is piloting. 

The one thing I watched a bit had 9 attributes for the characters, such as stamina, flying, driving, shooting, lung capacity... etc.

[Yegolev]

As someone who has only played the first GTA extensively, seeing everyone wonder what the friendship-maintenance and weight-watching mechanics will be in the next game is fucking weird.

I think most people are just hoping these things WON'T be in the next GTA.

I missed Fat CJ in GTA IV.  I missed getting better at things.

[Sky]

Roid or Fat (or super skinny) CJ? Awesome.

Turning off the cell phone after each mission? Not as awesome.

I was a bit more forgiving of the cell phone thing (other than keeping it off, so I never got inundated with calls to see teetees) than most people were. But that mechanic can go away, part of an open world is not getting nagged to go do something if you're squarely in the middle of a serious session of fucking around with shit.

God it's going to be a long, console-less, winter.

[Paelos]

So this will come out on whatever console that comes out in whenever?

[Rendakor]

This comes out in September, likely before the new consoles drop. It remains to be seen if GTA will come out for them at launch or wait for a GOTY edition.

[Samwise]

As someone who has only played the first GTA extensively, seeing everyone wonder what the friendship-maintenance and weight-watching mechanics will be in the next game is fucking weird.

I think most people are just hoping these things WON'T be in the next GTA.

I missed Fat CJ in GTA IV.  I missed getting better at things.

Yeah, I thought SA had it at a pretty good place.  The RPG-esque mechanics were only a little bit annoying, and they did open the door for a lot of really entertaining things, as well as the satisfaction of maxing out skills with a certain gun and being able to just tear shit up with it.

[Malakili]

Not every game needs RPG style character progression honestly.  When I was playing SA all I could think of every time I dealt with the character progression was "Why the hell am I doing this instead of driving around the city causing mayhem."  I know SA is beloved by a lot of people, but I think it is the worst in the series.  At the very least I enjoyed it the least.

[Samwise]

GTA IV was the first GTA game since GTA3 that I never finished.  It was kind of the worst of both worlds -- all the maintenance, none of the fun customization.

[Yegolev]

I don't think you had to max anything to complete San Andreas, but things would get better just by causing mayhem.  Also escaping cops on a bicycle.  Also CJ was much more likable, as were his cohorts.  Fucking Big Smoke!  I still walk around muttering "never gonna get it, never gonna get it... beyotch".

As for Vice City, I almost always have this song running through my head so that's a huge game for me.  Gamewise, I prefer SA.

[Falconeer]

Gameplay trailer!

[MrHat]

Gameplay trailer!

Holy hell.

[Paelos]

Hmmm, I like the idea of becoming a bank robber stock investment analyst tycoon.

[Sky]

 

Going to be torture waiting for that to hit the PC.

[luckton]

Going to be torture waiting for that to hit the PC.

Meh.  I've given up on Rockstar trying to appease the PC market the same way they do the consoles.  I still have yet to play GTA IV and it's numerous DLCs. 

[Rasix]

Tennis anyone?

[Falconeer]

We were talking of sandboxes a few days ago...

[Sky]

Back on Lum's forum I used to wish for an mmo sandbox where players could play football against each other and it would be as good as NFL 2k, hit the links and it would be as good as whatever golf game is good, etc. Looks like a step in that direction.

I just have fingers crossed for private server option. Though given the console release I doubt the later PC release will get that kind of attention. An f13 GTAV server would be bananas, a public server...meh.

[HaemishM]

They are SO going to fuck the PC Players on this. 

[Falconeer]

I've been dreaming about an MMO where you, among other things, manage a fantasy football team. Basically you get Football Manager into your usual MMORPG. In fact, I was so hoping for SWTOR to have something like that, where you managed a Huttaball team.

[Sky]

They are SO going to fuck the PC Players on this. 

It's so tempting to fold and get a console, but I'd feel so dumb buying a console just before the new generation drops.

[Rasix]

I think I bought my PS2 pretty close to, if not after, the PS3 release.  There was just a huge backlog that was worth playing and still ongoing development in some of the genres I liked.  I'm not sure this would be a similar case with the PS3.  There's some worthwhile unique games, but nothing I'd put down the initial investment for.

[palmer_eldritch]

I wanna just drive my car through the city while other players commit bank robberies all around.

[Miasma]

This game is the only reason my PS3 isn't in my storage unit.  I hope it's as good as it looks.

[Furiously]

I've been dreaming about an MMO where you, among other things, manage a fantasy football team. Basically you get Football Manager into your usual MMORPG. In fact, I was so hoping for SWTOR to have something like that, where you managed a Huttaball team.

Star Trek online sorta does that with duty officers....

[Stormwaltz]

They are SO going to fuck the PC Players on this. 

We'll be having more fun playing Saints Row IV.

Enjoy your FMV game, ladies and gentlemen.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Am I the only one not liking the look of having to change characters mid-mission? Switch to <redneck> camera angle to pilot copter away, switch to <black> camera angle to shoot pursuers.  Also, I get the concept of sandbox and I love me some of them but did anyone ever utter the words "GTA needs more stock trading"?