which city for GTA 5?

Just collected my copy, now gotta trawl through 9 hours of relentless office grind before I can go home and get shootin. Eruugh. All the old office ladies yelling at me atm telling me that I'm part of the problem, civilisation in melting pot etc. gonna be a long day

Installing now...

wow playstation. you really chose a great time to break.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKK!!!

Mine didn't arrive in today's post. Why did I order it online like a mug when I can just go out right now and buy it in a shop?

bring it round ste i have a working ps3 but wasn't allowed to go to tesco at midnight to get it

Managed to get to the first save point without crashing (I have done that intro part about 7 times now).

Had a pretty fun time driving around, swimming in the waves (quite gorgeous actually). Just crashed again. Will have to get the 360 version now.

The thing I notice right away is how very like San Andreas original it seems, compared to how different GTAIV was to the Liberty City of old.

Night time is beautiful looking.

Just over an hour away from finishing at work and I'm now getting badgered by a mate I've not seen for over a month to go to the pub and watch the football with him. Anyone got any ideas for polite ways to say "Fuck off, I value this game more than I value our friendship right now"?

i think i might be one of the few that find rockstar games boring as hell. i was playing red dead last night and as beautiful as it looks i just end up shooting everyone because its so boring (possible cross-ref w/ disgruntled shootings thread ;)

I'd agree with some of the other games they've produced. GTA stands slightly apart from the other Rockstar games imo. I played both RDR and L.A. Noire and really enjoyed them both so long as the main narrative lasted but found myself at a total loose end once that was finished.

Conversely I've always found that the greatest joy in GTA, no matter how good the story, is to rampage about just doing your thing - not necessarily going on ludicrous killing sprees every time, but in those little found moments where it all aligns perfectly - the right song coming on as you hit the freeway in your supercar, cops approaching from all sides and a thunderstorm raging, or helicopter dogfights round the Statue of Liberty or w/e.

The reason I'm jonesing for this game so bad is that by all accounts this kind of set-piece is facilitated more than ever

I think I'm beginning to realise that I need to make time in my life for this game.

bah crashed again, lol. Right in the middle of driving my articulated lorry through the hills to the Convoy tune.

Should get some work done I guess

i can def see getting into the sandbox aspect of their games but in all the ones i have, gtaiv, rdr and la noire the missions in general aren't that fun. i guess some of the minigames are lol, the rdr bird shooting challenge was like duck hunt without the laughing dog. supposedly they've revamped missions in gtav tho right? im sure i'll end up caving in and getting it at some point.

p.s. the torture scene is pretty offensive in that its a long cutscene with qtes thrown in

Apparently the new triple-protagonist setup really ramps up the pace of the missions, theoretically you ought to be able to skip between the different characters depending on which one is doing the most interesting / enjoyable thing. Also revamped shooting / driving mechanics, which should help things along on the big gunfights, which were admittedly pretty tedious on GTAIV

that all sounds good if true, esp the shooting / driving stuff. curious to see how good the online multiplayer is

in gta3, vice city and san andreas i would put in the 100% health cheat over and over again because so many of the missions were shitty and i hate being frustrated and just wanted to see what else would happen. true gamer confessions.

Addition of checkpoints in missions has been a long time coming, planning to try and do my first playthrough cheat-free if poss

in san andreas i would just play the pool mini game over and over. true gamer confessions.

red dead texas hold'em

Yeah once I got that suit which let you skim cards off the deck there was no stopping me. First time I'd ever learned to play poker

the tennnis mini-game in this is great, but real easy once you suss it out. will be great playing that online with a mate

been playing for ages and still no sign of trevor. initially thought i'd got some weird broken copy but turns out trevor only turns up after 4 hours of mission gameplay or something. kindof excited as all the reviews rave about playing as his character

hope i can ditch all the shooting range, dog training crap without it affecting my stats so much. one minor gripe is that there's a *lot* to keep tabs on, almost gets confusing with the multiple characters rpg stats stuff

We've started preparing your shipment for delivery and it should leave our facility in the next few hours to a few days.

lol no regrets about this, at all

is there any sign of having to "maintain relationships" like in gta4? hated that so much, that and all the driving to get to missions. I love the mechanic in jc2 of being able to parachute to locations you've already visited

oof, just remembered another IV annoyance: taking cabs everywhere after a while b/c it was quicker than driving

i think there's a bit of that relationships stuff yeah, ive had texts from people saying lets hang out, etc. just ignoring that crap. rockstar lot really need an editor with some of this stuff - going sitting in a restaurant with someone IN A GAME is really not much fun at all. been on the fairground rides, pretty zzz and im expecting the same from the movie theatre stuff (though i'll be surprised if they top the sheer awfulness of the gta4 comedy club bits). i'm just highlighting the bad shit here btw, there's so much AWESOME don't let it put you off

getting a string of texts from Elliot taunting me about how great this is

now i'm getting it off Joel

i'm disowning my children

don't disown them, they might not let you play their gta5

play the long game

I'd be confiscating it to protect their young minds.

tbf Elz is 21

might work with Joel tho

We've started preparing your shipment for delivery and it should leave our facility in the next few hours to a few days.

lol no regrets about this, at all

― goole

Go buy a copy of the game, keep the receipt, and return the copy that gets shipped to you to the store. No biggie.

Been reading about all the wildlife in this. People are getting eaten by mountain lions! Has anyone scuba dived yet? Are there sharks/rays/tropical fish?

I just have a PC so my enjoyment of this game will be vicarious for a while...

eh, it's only a couple days. and i want whatever pre-order content i'm getting now.

the missions are exhilarating - same standard 'go here, shoot these guys, escape' type thing but honed so it's pure fun. the cover system is great and the movement of your character isn't as lumpen and sluggish as in gta4. lot of cutscenes and exposition though which i never like, though again it's better (more believable, better-written, not as miserable/pompous) than gta4. in actual 'game' terms it's nowhere near as good and gripping as splinter cell blacklist for me, but as a phenomenon/cultural artefact etc it's pretty great.

Couple of days? PC is coming out soon?

in actual 'game' terms it's nowhere near as good and gripping as splinter cell blacklist for me

So Blacklist is that good?

yeah, i properly loved it. took all the best bits from conviction (and ditched the worst) and from the older games and made the most gripping game ive ever played. without sounding wank, a game for people who appreciate games, whereas gta5 is this sprawling multi-media epic for the everyman with a little bit of game sprinkled on top

really enjoying this so far

feels a lot like GTAIV but w/much more likeable lead in the form of franklin

shooting & driving just feels like GTAIV to me. driving is noticeably twitchier tho, & not for the better

movement & shooting still feels like GTAIV. did they gimp the shooting from the car? feel like that was better in GTAIV but may be misremembering

lots of pop-up

thought the tennis was awful. imagine the golf & cycling are equally terrible

I already faked illness at work about 5 months ago, or I'd do it again tomorrow just to play this.

the dialogue is so good. lamar & franklin's back and forth esp

Is Trevor supposed to be modeled after Waingro?

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, September 13, 2013 7:11 PM (4 days ago)

yeah the shooting from car thing has changed for the worse, weirdly. might improve - ie. lock-on quicker - once shooting stats are up. i really liked the tennis game, mega simple, almost pong-like but weirdly playable until it got super easy once you suss out the winning moves

If anyone finds any awesome gameplay videos please post them!

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