GTA VI

[downzy]

2 hours ago, DeNfr said:

 

it's funny how GTA embrace the whole dumbeness of USA these days, hope we'll see Maga NPCs doing incredible stupid things

I think you can bank on that…

Other likely targets for parody:

- Joe Rogan/Jordan Peterson/Tucker Carlson

- Elon Musk

- Cancel Culture/anti-cancel culture

- Trump/Desantis

- MeToo and MeToo backlash

- Billionaires who own rocket ship companies

- Mom’s For Liberty

- Alt-country

- A.I.

[downzy]

1 hour ago, ZoSoRose said:

Rockstar makes generational masterpieces. Although I didn't finish GTA V (my 360 got red ringed half way through), it was a great game. RDR2 is arguably the greatest game ever made. 

I am looking forward to playing this and continuing my tradition of never finishing a GTA game (not because I dislike them, life just always got in the way for some reason)

I still feel like V is a new game. Fucking hell, 10 years?!

 

That’s funny because Grand Theft Auto and RDR are the only games I play at launch and finish.  The last game I played at (or near) launch was RDR2.  

[ZoSoRose]

9 minutes ago, downzy said:

That’s funny because Grand Theft Auto and RDR are the only games I play at launch and finish.  The last game I played at (or near) launch was RDR2.  

Yeah! It is nothing against them, I think GTA games are fantastic. It is just a weird thing. I didn't have III, VC, or San Andreas in middle school because I had a Gamecube and Xbox, but I knew about them, of course. The first GTA I got was Liberty City Stories on the PSP. Even though it was years after III, it blew my mind I could play that game on a handheld. It was a lot of fun. Then it got stolen. My next GTA game was IV on the 360. I played it a lot and really liked it. I think maybe the disc got scratched? I don't remember why I stopped playing it, but by then, other games were out. Then with V I got the red ring of death and with that I moved on to other games when I got an Xbox One. I do have it on PC and I suppose I should play through it again just to say I have. I made it probably over half way through and thought it was excellent. I am slow with finishing open world games, but I did play them all a lot when I had them. 

I'll definitely get VI week one, maybe I will even get to finish it!

Edited December 5, 2023 by ZoSoRose

[downzy]

1 hour ago, ZoSoRose said:

Yeah! It is nothing against them, I think GTA games are fantastic. It is just a weird thing. I didn't have III, VC, or San Andreas in middle school because I had a Gamecube and Xbox, but I knew about them, of course. The first GTA I got was Liberty City Stories on the PSP. Even though it was years after III, it blew my mind I could play that game on a handheld. It was a lot of fun. Then it got stolen. My next GTA game was IV on the 360. I played it a lot and really liked it. I think maybe the disc got scratched? I don't remember why I stopped playing it, but by then, other games were out. Then with V I got the red ring of death and with that I moved on to other games when I got an Xbox One. I do have it on PC and I suppose I should play through it again just to say I have. I made it probably over half way through and thought it was excellent. I am slow with finishing open world games, but I did play them all a lot when I had them. 

I'll definitely get VI week one, maybe I will even get to finish it!

I use to play GTA 1 and 2 on PC when it was a top down racer/adventure game.  Thought it was fun but never lasted long.  

I didn't have a PS2 until later and was never that impressed with GTA 3.  It was a cool concept, but I couldn't get past the clunky controls.  Plus it felt like the reason most of my friends were into it was just to kill hookers after sleeping with them in your car.  So ended up passing on it.

Then Vice City came out and it felt like Rock Star had finally ironing out the kinks.  The controls were finally sorted and the missions were fun.  Plus the 80s theme and having Ray Liotta voice the main character was pretty cool.  The story was great.  I think I was in my early 20s when this game came out and I had just seen Scarface, so I enjoyed all the references.  It felt like the game was more than just a game, but a cultural statement and work of art.  Moreover, it was an actual world to inhabit that wasn't fantasy based.  And the sound track was spectacular (I think still unbeaten).  I was finally hooked on GTA.

San Andreas, in my opinion, is still the most fun I have ever had with a video game.  The scale was unprecedented with the inclusion of Los Santos, the country side, and smaller scaled versions of San Francisco and Las Vegas.  The missions were spectacular and on the whole the most fun of all the GTAs (in my opinion).  I would replay some missions almost right after I beat them because they were so much fun.  Getting to own property, garages full of cars, and be able to change CJ's physique and look was awesome.  Plus, we finally heard from Axl.  I'd listen to K-DST endlessly just to hear what Axl was going to say.  Keep in mind Axl was in his super reclusive phase having only toured once in over ten years.  It was a thrill to hear his voice even if it was just him talking.  It's a shame the remake Rock Star released last year was shit.  I think of all the GTA games released, this is the one I'd play again.  It's maybe not the most impressive technically, but for me it had the best story, characters and the most fun missions.  Also loved the mini-game they gave people after the main story was done.  It was a blast looking at the map to see where the rival gang had territory, role up and take it for Grove Street.  

I did play GTA IV all the way through, but if I'm being honest, I didn't love it.  It was impressive, but it just wasn't fun.  There were only a few missions that I really enjoyed.  The rest felt like a bit of a slog and on the rails (save for the driving mechanics).  I get they were trying to tell a different kind of story.  But I never really cared too much for the main character, and it was a shame that in a city like NYC players were limited to what they could own.  I hear the DLCs were a lot more fun, but I was kind of done with the game once I finished the main storyline.  It just felt like a bit of a drag as a whole.

GTA V is probably the most impressive technically of all the GTA games, and it did restore a lot of the fun.  I'm not sure if having three main characters worked as it felt hard to connect with any of them due to the nature of often changing characters.  I do recommend going back and play this game from beginning to end if you haven't (maybe even more than once since there are different endings).  There are so many glorious moments.  They did a great job in allowing players decide how to pull off heists.  A lot of room for creativity and something that GTA IV lacked.  You could tell they wanted to fix some of the mistakes they committed with IV by having it less like a real and gritty drama.  It was balls-to-the-wall and over the top nonsense throughout (though, I still think some of the missions on SA were more fun).  Plus if you ever want to travel to Los Angeles without being there, GTA V is the next best thing.  Rock Star nails the look and feel of Southern California.  My only real criticism of the game is the lack of DLC.  I never got into GTA Online as I didn't have any friends who were interested in the online component and the public servers were a nightmare to navigate.  I keep hearing about great new content online but I just can't be bothered to deal with the insanity that is the GTA Online world.  I wish they offered DLC missions and campaigns for people that didn't want to bother with the online world.

It looks like with GTA VI they've taken what made V great and giving us more.  I read that this is the Florida Man of video games, and I'm here for that.  Whereas the original Vice City game felt like a cartoon reference of South Florida, this game looks like it will do for Miami and the surrounding area what GTA V did for SoCal.  That alone gets me excited.  There's so much material to work with considering the insanity that is American society these days that I'm really excited for Rock Star's social commentary.  Only shame with this game is that it's taking so long to make and release.  In the same amount of time that Rock Star made GTA 3, GTA: VC, GTA: SA, GTA IV, GTA Liberty Stories, and GTA V we're getting GTA VI.  At this pace I think I'll hopefully live long enough to play two, maybe three more GTAs.  I'm hopeful that the new programming tools (Unreal 5 engine, AI) allow for quicker deployment of additional locations and campaigns than what Rock Star has been doing for the last 12 years.  Maybe unrealistic, but how great would it be if they could put out a RDR and GTA every successive two years?  Anyway, a man can dream.  I'm hoping with GTA VII they have a VR component and that it takes place in a new location (London makes sense).  But I likely will be, at best, in my mid 50s when that game comes out.  So hopefully GTA VI is great enough for several play throughs.  Rock Star rarely lets me down so I'm excited.  

[highvoltage]

Any time I play GTA, all I ever seem to do is drive around aimlessly and pick up stars.

I'll play it if they ever port it to PC, but also I know I will never bother to finish it. The style of mission in these games just aren't that entertaining for me.

Nonetheless quite disappointing to not release on PC in this day and age when consoles are shrunken PCs with Zen2 processors. 

Any price predictions? I'm going with $150+ for the base game.

[downzy]

53 minutes ago, highvoltage said:

Any time I play GTA, all I ever seem to do is drive around aimlessly and pick up stars.

I'll play it if they ever port it to PC, but also I know I will never bother to finish it. The style of mission in these games just aren't that entertaining for me.

Nonetheless quite disappointing to not release on PC in this day and age when consoles are shrunken PCs with Zen2 processors. 

Any price predictions? I'm going with $150+ for the base game.

The story and the missions are the best part of the game.  Causing mayhem was never really my thing.  

I'll say $99 USD for the base game.  It wasn't too long ago most new AAA games were selling for $60-$70 at launch.  More than double seems a bit out of reach. 

Also consider that the more people who own the game the more money they'll likely make from GTA Online sales.  I think it's in their long term interest to grow the user base as much as possible to get more people buying stuff online.  

[ZoSoRose]

8 minutes ago, downzy said:

The story and the missions are the best part of the game.  Causing mayhem was never really my thing.  

I'll say $99 USD for the base game.  It wasn't too long ago most new AAA games were selling for $60-$70 at launch.  More than double seems a bit out of reach. 

Also consider that the more people who own the game the more money they'll likely make from GTA Online sales.  I think it's in their long term interest to grow the user base as much as possible to get more people buying stuff online.  

Why would the base game be more than every other game? 

[downzy]

3 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

Why would the base game be more than every other game? 

There's a lot of talk about Rock Star charging a lot more for GTA VI because it's such a big and expensive game to make and how popular it is.  People are getting a lot of game with GTA and Rock Star might break the usual AAA rate that most publishers usually charge.  

I know I'd pay $20-$30 more for GTA at launch than any other game (save for RDR3).  But double?  No way.  I'd wait until it was discounted.  

I think anything over $100 at launch would be asking too much and risks cutting into profits Rock Star could make in the back end with GTA Online.

But we'll see.. 

[ZoSoRose]

49 minutes ago, downzy said:

There's a lot of talk about Rock Star charging a lot more for GTA VI because it's such a big and expensive game to make and how popular it is.  People are getting a lot of game with GTA and Rock Star might break the usual AAA rate that most publishers usually charge.  

I know I'd pay $20-$30 more for GTA at launch than any other game (save for RDR3).  But double?  No way.  I'd wait until it was discounted.  

I think anything over $100 at launch would be asking too much and risks cutting into profits Rock Star could make in the back end with GTA Online.

But we'll see.. 

That is interesting. I've spent a lot on worse things than GTA VI. 

[downzy]

I just realized that the best part about GTA VI is that I get to experience what Florida is like nowadays without actually having to spend time in Florida.

That's a big win right there!

[highvoltage]

1 hour ago, downzy said:

The story and the missions are the best part of the game.  Causing mayhem was never really my thing.  

I'll say $99 USD for the base game.  It wasn't too long ago most new AAA games were selling for $60-$70 at launch.  More than double seems a bit out of reach. 

Also consider that the more people who own the game the more money they'll likely make from GTA Online sales.  I think it's in their long term interest to grow the user base as much as possible to get more people buying stuff online.  

The story is good but I found the mission quality pretty variable to the point of misery.

I don't want to drive to point X to get a mission to go to point Y and pick up person A to then go to point Z to get the story. Just have me pick the dude up and send me on my way. 

I would also add (and admit that very few narrative-heavy games pull this off), there is only one way to play each mission. For a game that is so open, I hope they figure out how to take advantage of that in the next one, and actually offer a player some choice as to how they go about each heist, mission, etc. 

[downzy]

4 hours ago, highvoltage said:

The story is good but I found the mission quality pretty variable to the point of misery.

I don't want to drive to point X to get a mission to go to point Y and pick up person A to then go to point Z to get the story. Just have me pick the dude up and send me on my way. 

I would also add (and admit that very few narrative-heavy games pull this off), there is only one way to play each mission. For a game that is so open, I hope they figure out how to take advantage of that in the next one, and actually offer a player some choice as to how they go about each heist, mission, etc. 

Yeah, I get that.  Some of the minutia of the game could really bring down the experience.  That said, Rockstar usually did a great job of filling that time with fun banter between the two characters.  At the very least, there were some good radio/tunes to jam while exploring Los Santos. 

I've heard from friends who play GTA Online that there's a lot more variety to the online missions.  

[jamillos]

Let's just hope that after all those years, it won't be full of bugs upon release, like CP77 was, even though now it's a superb game. 

[Stay.Of.Execution]

[downzy]

[Stay.Of.Execution]

32 minutes ago, downzy said:

I doubt it's always going to be that full, if that. But probably way more than in 5.

[Dazey]

On 12/6/2023 at 6:04 PM, highvoltage said:

Any time I play GTA, all I ever seem to do is drive around aimlessly and pick up stars.

I'll play it if they ever port it to PC, but also I know I will never bother to finish it. The style of mission in these games just aren't that entertaining for me.

Nonetheless quite disappointing to not release on PC in this day and age when consoles are shrunken PCs with Zen2 processors. 

Any price predictions? I'm going with $150+ for the base game.

Apparently it’s only targeting 30FPS on consoles. 😢

[axlfan88]

That GTA shit is getting so old.

[Stay.Of.Execution]

1 hour ago, axlfan88 said:

That GTA shit is getting so old.

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by Stay.Of.Execution

[downzy]

[Stay.Of.Execution]

This is funny

 

 

[D4NNY]

3 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

This is funny

 

 

Ha!!! Good luck to him with that one 😂

[downzy]

3 hours ago, Stay.Of.Execution said:

This is funny

 

 

He's not getting shit.  Unless he trade-marked his "look," the best he's going to get is publicity.  

[D4NNY]

2 minutes ago, downzy said:

He's not getting shit.  Unless he trade-marked his "look," the best he's going to get is publicity.  

He’ll start the threats soon and then probably get locked up again 😅

[downzy]

8 hours ago, D4NNY said:

He’ll start the threats soon and then probably get locked up again 😅

I hope he doesn't lose his accounting job at H&R Block as a result