Not a bicycle, but close enough!
First thing I'm going to do is to steal a plane, fly as high as I can and jump down without a parachute to become one with the earth. It's going to be terrifyingly awesome.
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GTA V : Getting Ready for the Next Generation in Los Santos
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Not a bicycle, but close enough!
First thing I'm going to do is to steal a plane, fly as high as I can and jump down without a parachute to become one with the earth. It's going to be terrifyingly awesome.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Normally, I just power through the missions, but for this I am doing the first mandatory mission and then I am going to act like a tourist and try to drive, bike, walk, and fly over every part of the map. I don't think I will touch a mission for the first five hours. I just want to get lost in the world...
Then? Rampages... sweet, sweet rampages for a bit. lol
Summer Haze
Banned
Swimming in the ocean is going to be genuinely scary in first-person.
I'm glad you get to keep your progression (RP/XP), but they should really reset vehicles and money going to next-gen. I don't want tons of millionaires buying tanks because they've kept money from a last-gen exploit, and I want heists to be something worth planning and executing and not wanting to fuck up because of the large payouts.
DOWN
Banned
I'm gonna have 1.3 mil online day one from promos and such. What can that buy me?
Confused Cheeseburger
Member
I really like GTA V. It's my favourite, but I'm not sure if there is enough in this upgrade for me. I want to believe. Can anyone sputter the hard facts on additions without the PR fluff?
Ryan242004
Member
A good car
CharmingCharlie
Member
Which will mysteriously vanish should you decide to take a break from GTAOnline for a while
postcyberpunk
Banned
Is GTA Online available at the beginning or is it locked behind game progress? (Servers notwithstanding)
Yaphett Kotto
Member
Available as soon as you boot up.
Not much of anything. You could get one good car and trick it out. Maybe add a shitty garage in the north to store it in. 500,000 of that money is tied to single player, btw, so only 800k in multiplayer. Just remember that everything costs you a lot of money in the online game. Dying. Car getting stolen/blown up, ammo etc etc
You don't have to play single player to access online.
| Praxis |
Banned
That 1.3 million will be split between online (800 thousand) and singleplayer (500 thousand).
postcyberpunk
Banned
Excellent. One more question: Is it like most competitive online games where it takes forever to get good?
Ryan242004
Member
Which will mysteriously vanish should you decide to take a break from GTAOnline for a while
Exactly!
In the open-world, yes. You get more guns etc with each level. In the pre-made game mode lobbies? No, equal footing for all. That goes for races as well.
Haven't played the game before, so I'll probably do the first couple missions to get myself into the groove.
Looking forward to my first car ride at night, switching to my Kavinsky/electro station and cruising for a short while.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Never playing it before I guess I don't know what to expect. Thanks.
DOWN
Banned
No, I am not counting the single player cash. I've got the 500k apology money being transferred from the character I basically did nothing with on PS3.
Transferring my 360 character to PS4. There's no way I'm grinding those levels again.
victimroyalty
Banned
Has it been confirmed if your characters and stats carry over?
It was confirmed on the day the game was announced that your online character and stats will transfer from last gen to either of the next gen consoles. The only thing that won't transfer is purchased money if you move from one console brand to the other.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Is the map incredibly similar to San Andreas? (For those locations?; I know that it is expanded.)
No, no they shouldn't. The money and cars are exactly what I worry most about transferring over. What good is xp to me if I lose everything I worked for to get?! I played the game 100+ hours to get that money and cars and I played for all that I have. The only exploit I used was being able to keep the police SUV which Rockstar already took away from me (and don't get me on my rant why I don't understand why Rockstar doesn't want people having police vehicles. Especially the SUV which really doesn't give you any advantage. I just liked being able to cruise around in a police car).
You forget some of us actually did put the "work" in to get that money and cars and why should we get punished for the exploiters? I'd rather just let the exploiters keep their stuff than punish everyone to make sure they don't have an advantage (granted I have motivation as I'd be affected).
If I had to do it all over again, I'm not sure I would. I think I would just give up on online cause it would be really discouraging (or stick with old gen for online). Which is probably why R* is allowing transfer of progress. So people don't feel like they are stuck on old gen because they'll lose all the stuff they already worked for if they change over.
Oh, and that 500k they give for online? Won't even replace my favorite car in my collection.
Since the trophies don't carry over I'll probably start with a brand new character, especially now that the character creator looks decent.
Not a bicycle, but close enough!
First thing I'm going to do is to steal a plane, fly as high as I can and jump down without a parachute to become one with the earth. It's going to be terrifyingly awesome.
I must have missed that video, where did it come from? That looks so fun.
edit: Oh, I must be living under a rock. someone streamed the game earlier? I wish I caught that while it was happening!
TheContact
Member
I never thought I could be as hyped for a video game as gta v was and now it's almost out for ps4 with badass first person mode. So fucking hyped behind belief
Fox Mulder
Member
I skipped it on the 360 because I felt a next gen version would come.
I happen to have Tuesday off, so I'll be playing it at midnight. Hope it's not a broken mess like everything else released these days.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
gonna be so pissed if rockstar has taken away my cars. i bought my cars with shark card money and i know i'm probably gonna get "that's why you don't buy shark cards" but they shouldn't be taking stuff away from us just cause we haven't played in a while. i don't mind if they decrease my stats but don't take away cars that i paid for. either real money or not. i'd just be as pissed off if i had grinded hours to get them. if they aren't there then i'll be on to them and looking for them to replace them.
on a more positive note:
that bike crash first person gif looks awesome!
on a more positive note:
that bike crash first person gif looks awesome!
No. Grove street is there for nostalgia purposes, but other than that, it's a completely different map.
postcyberpunk
Banned
That's interesting... thanks.
You've already been rewarded on old-gen. You've used the things you earned, bought the things you did etc. This is GTA Online 2.0. The last-gen bugs have been patched, the money exploits have been fixed and the mission payouts have been corrected.
Allowing players to carry over money and vehicles makes a lot of that mean nothing. Day one you'll have tanks trolling the new players, and you'll lose the sense of progression GTA Online should have. It'd be a damn shame.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I'm paying £15 more than what I paid for the PS3 version on launch. Dat overpriced EU PS Store. Gotta have it digital this time so I can remote play it whenever I want.
Worth every penny. The updated graphics and first person mode alone is worth it.
If my money and vehicles don't carry over, oh boy. I'd considering returning the game for a refund. That'd be one way to kill my hype. I'm not money grinding again. I just want to drive around and do silly things with friends using the stuff I already own in game. That's where GTA Online shines.
Having to grind on 360 was horrible enough. I can't do that again. That's what burnt me out on 360 version in the first place. The in-game economy was so messed up and completely geared towards microtransactions in order to get good stuff.
You could troll a new player in a normal stolen car and a handgun. There's nothing to stop any player, new or old, from jumping the military base fence, stealing a fighter jet and blowing the shit outa the tank(s). The map is also big enough for newbs to find a safe place to play if they want it.
Milestoned
Member
I'm about to do the same, but my mind keeps telling me that it is wrong to pay 70 since the last gen versions was 50 at every retail store at launch.
MMaRsu
Banned
Soo uhh just buy it from the US store? I buy all my games digitally from the US store.
47 euro for GTAV.
Against 65 euro's on the EU store.
Yeah... easy choice.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
im going to go to the kifflom building on GTAO and chill and listen to the kifflom theme music.
postcyberpunk
Banned
This is my new favorite game, and I haven't even played it yet.
SpookyFries
Member
Unlike San Andreas this game only has the first city, Los Santos and some country side stuff. The other two cities are not in the game however the map is bigger than the first game. Los Santos is much much larger and there are a few small towns scattered around the map. The only two similarities I can think of are Grove Street and Mount Chilliad (but I'm sure there's more)
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
R* already holds new players hands enough allowing people to quickly turn off pvp combat if they see anyone near them on the mini map. I can troll players with 0 dollars using any weapon or vehicle.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Okay, cool. I can't wait to look for more references. I played GTA 3 far longer than San Andreas, but I remember the latter more clearly.
Posting my gif compilation from the other thread below. Footage taken from two different ps4 streams.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=138779041&postcount=903
EDIT: fixed per request