Grand Theft Auto 5

[Fignuts]

Ababa the road rage.

Sideswiped a car, and it starts chasing me. Decided to stop and fight the dude, but then the whole god damn neighborhood came after me. Musta been in the ballad hood or something.

[CSL]

despite all the things you can do, feel like the most gratifying thing so far is knocking some people the fuck out with one punch

[CSL]

also, anybody on PS3 not able to get the atomic blimp DLC to work, just go to the Sony (https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/cam/account/giftcard/redeem-gift-card-flow.action) website, sign in/sign up with your PSN account and redeem there. Then log into the PS Store and it'll be on yr download list

[Emperor Smeat]

Launch day sales managed to generate around $800 million and ends up beating out last year's top game (Black Ops II) by around $300 million.

For comparisons, GTA IV's launch day did around $300 million in sales.

Rockstar's au revoir to the current generation is raking in huge amounts of revenue for parent Take-Two, which is relying on Grand Theft Auto V to make its current financial year a success. With $800 million in the bank already, the return to Los Santos is looking to break records.

In comparison, Call of Duty: Black Ops II previously held the record for day one sales with $500 million. That game reached the $1 billion mark after being on shelves for 15 days.

Grand Theft Auto IV earned $310 million on its first day in 2008, reaching the half-billion dollar mark in a week's time. Grand Theft Auto V launched worldwide yesterday, except in Japan and Brazil.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/09/18/grand-theft-auto-v-sells-800-million-on-first-day.aspx

[XL]

You can shoot the birds out of the sky. That is all.

[Kane Knight]

Pretty sure I'm never passing the flight trials.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Only played the prologue and first mission so far. Just been driving the fuck around checking out the map. Probably won't dive fully into this until the weekend when I've got more time.</font>

[whiteyford]

I like the mini gun. Unlocked an assault rifle, fully upgradable, for free, no idea how, I'm assuming from the shooting range.

[whiteyford]

Surprisingly enjoyed tennis, even though I barely know the rules.

[Sepholio]

Pretty sure I'm never passing the flight trials.

Gold medal on all finally for me. Helicopter flying challenges suckkkkkkkkkkk.

[RoXer]

What do you get for gold medaling them?

[Kane Knight]

Gold medal on all finally for me. Helicopter flying challenges suckkkkkkkkkkk.

Finally? It's only been out two days.

[Fignuts]

What do you get for gold medaling them?

More money I assume.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Finished it, last mission was a bit easy and there was only one new mission unlocked after finishing it which involves looking out for a van that's not marked on the radar. Hopefully there's a few more side missions after that.

[Drakul]

Possible spoiler for anyone who doesn't want to know about the cool things that happen around the city and would rather find them out themselves.

Don't know if it is a bug or not but planes crash in the game.
I was riding a taxi over a bridge/freeway in La Puerta and noticed a Shamal private jet. I thought "Is that going to land? It's nose diving a little steep." Then it hit the ground and exploded. Hoping it happens again in a more populated area.

[Drakul]

Just started playing as Trevor and

was surprised to see Johnny from GTA IV along with the rest of the Lost. Even more surprised when Trevor killed Johnny. I liked Johnny in IV. :(

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[El Vaquero de Infierno]

The visuals are quite stunning. For some reason I keep getting mauled by big cats.

[RoXer]

Can someone explain what I'm missing with the numbers under the characters on the select wheel? I thought it was number of missions available but the number seems off to me. Oftentimes there's a 1 next to someone when there isn't anything left to do. What is the activity I'm missing?

[Kalyx triaD]

I haven't figured that out yet.

[Kane Knight]

They claim it's number of missions, but you just said that doesn't seem right, so I don't know.

[Kane Knight]

Had an interesting thing happen.

In a Trevor mission, I managed to land "perfectly," and was at a complete stop, when I heard a crunch and got a fission mailed screen because the plane was "too badly damaged."

Because I suck at flying, it took me like five tries to land it again. Maxed out Trevor's flight skill, at least.

[Savio]

I think it is missions, including the "?" missions

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Yeah it's number of missions. Franklin's is off by 1 after a certain point because of the spaceship part hunting mission.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Digital Foundry who did the earlier Xbox 360 tests and found out about the install problems, the digital version on the PS3 has the same issues and also varies depending on the HDD size.

So far it seems just the disc-based PS3 version doesn't have any big noticeable issues.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/09/19/report-digital-version-of-gta-v-shown-to-perform-worse-than-retail-copy--.aspx


Didn't take long but copies and malware versions of GTA's iFruit app have started to show up on the app stores. The latest being an app called "iFruit GTA Grand Theft Auto" which was discovered to be nothing more than malware software.
http://www.destructoid.com/don-t-download-this-gta-v-app-on-the-android-store-262141.phtml

[Kane Knight]

I seem to die a lot more in firefights as Trevor which is funny, considering his special.

Love the psychotic bastard, though.

[Kalyx triaD]

Trevor is more than likely a commentary on the average shooting gamer.

[Kane Knight]

You don't say.

[JimmyMess]

Just started playing today. Super Fun Good Time

[Nicky Fives]

tennis is surprisingly fun, loving the game overall so far.....

[RoXer]

Yeah it's number of missions. Franklin's is off by 1 after a certain point because of the spaceship part hunting mission.

Now that I think about it, its only been Franklin's number that's off so I guess you're right. Is it fixabke? I have nothing on the map showing me where to search for parts.

[Kalyx triaD]

We are so taking a road trip when this game drops. Full circle around the map, taking pictures of sights (if we can online), buying at least one item from every shop we pass, the works. Just a non-violent trip in one vehicle.

[Requiem]

Can someone explain what I'm missing with the numbers under the characters on the select wheel? I thought it was number of missions available but the number seems off to me. Oftentimes there's a 1 next to someone when there isn't anything left to do. What is the activity I'm missing?

Checked all parts of the map? Sometimes a character you wouldn't expect has something all the way across the map. It's including all the freaks and geeks and the missions.


Idk, it's always been accurate for me.

[Kane Knight]

tennis is surprisingly fun, loving the game overall so far.....

I like Tennis, but I've only played it with Mike. Every time he boasts, I want to go to the golf game, grab a nine iron, and shove it down his throat.

I should try it with someone else....

[RoXer]

Assuming that mission is what is screwing up the count, it appears to be a collectable mission. SIGH

http://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-5/Spaceship_Parts

[Kane Knight]

There's an achievement for getting all the parts, so yes it is.

[El Fangel]

Did the fastest circuit of the map I could. Took around 14.5 minutes

[whiteyford]

Only just made it to L.S. with Trevor, didn't quite get how big his part of the map was until I left it.

[Blitz]

Fucking mountain lions

[Fryza]

Fucking mountain lions

I said that a lot in Red Dead.

I feel Rockstar is going to make that a trend.

[DAMN iNATOR]

WOW. I have literally never played a mission in a GTA game that made me feel like a huge sack-of-$#@* loser before this game's mission By the Book. I was such a disgusted blubbering bastard @ the things Trevor did (never mind the demented cheap thrill he got) that I actually Quick Saved and stopped playing to recover emotionally.

I won't spoil anything here, but I will say this particular mission is
NOT for the faint of heart.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I've mostly been driving about so far, but I feel you should be able to enter more buildings. I would love to go rampaging in the main airport and hospitals... :shifty:

[Kane Knight]

Fucking mountain lions

I've only encountered them in vehicles. I've run over four. Sort of punted one off a mountainside. If it survived, it was piiiiiiiiiiissed.

[Savio]

Kinda wish the Grove Street dead end looked as it did in GTA:SA[/nitpick]

love how if you start beef in a Balla neighborhood the whole Balla community comes out of the house to fuck you up

[whiteyford]

Yeah got that yesterday, house just seemed to erupt with Balla's when I pulled out my gun.

Got a random event with a guy having his bike stolen, he gave me $100k in stock as a reward the next day.

[CSL]

Kinda wish the Grove Street dead end looked as it did in GTA:SA[/nitpick]

love how if you start beef in a Balla neighborhood the whole Balla community comes out of the house to fuck you up

you don't even have to start anything. I was just standing around and dude was like "here is a knife for your stomach"

[Requiem]

Yeah got that yesterday, house just seemed to erupt with Balla's when I pulled out my gun.

Got a random event with a guy having his bike stolen, he gave me $100k in stock as a reward the next day.



Got that one. Also got one where I gave a guy a ride to the airport and he gave me stock advice. So far the advice has been good.

[Heisenberg]

1st Organized Heist mission done with good ppl counts for me. Did it a few days ago, but a guy @ work said that he did it with the low experienced driver and He wrecked and died, while my choice of driver with more cut performed to standard.

I like that "you get what you pay for" outcome of events.

[Savio]

I did the same mission with the low experience gunman.
And he died on the bike, dropped his cut, but I was able to pick it up so we ended up getting a bigger cut.

[Seth82]

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[Lux]

just bought it, putting it in. good bye.

[Kane Knight]

I did the same mission with the low experience gunman.
And he died on the bike, dropped his cut, but I was able to pick it up so we ended up getting a bigger cut.

HAd the same thing happen.

just bought it, putting it in. good bye.

That's what she said?

[whiteyford]

Anyone done the bounty hunting missions yet? Can't locate the 1st guy :-\

[Requiem]

General spoiler question about the game

Anyone else disappointed with the sparseness of 'planning' missions? I expected the game to be built around them, not just have a few of them. So far I've only done like 3 or 4 that involved a degree of 'planning', and I'm roughly 50% complete according to my save.

[El Fangel]

General spoiler question about the game

Anyone else disappointed with the sparseness of 'planning' missions? I expected the game to be built around them, not just have a few of them. So far I've only done like 3 or 4 that involved a degree of 'planning', and I'm roughly 50% complete according to my save.

Yes, that is most disappointing especially considering the ending of one of them.

Also, the only thing I do not like is how unexciting the soundtrack is and how often I hear nigg(a/er)

[Frank Drebin]

Anyone done the bounty hunting missions yet? Can't locate the 1st guy :-\

Davis Quartz - a little southeast of Grand Senora Desert. Probably not on your map yet. Look in the quarry towards the back and you'l see a guy walking between two SUV's. It won't give you an indicator that it's him until you're close.

[Kane Knight]

It's kinda annoying to be chastised for not training Chop when they haven't released iFruit for Android yet.

[El Fangel]

Davis Quartz - a little southeast of Grand Senora Desert. Probably not on your map yet. Look in the quarry towards the back and you'l see a guy walking between two SUV's. It won't give you an indicator that it's him until you're close.

I am completely lost on that second bastard.

It's kinda annoying to be chastised for not training Chop when they haven't released iFruit for Android yet.

I don't see how I can use a cellular device when both hands are using the controller.

[Kalyx triaD]

One day, Fangel, you'll turn off your 360.

[Fignuts]

Might be the only person who enjoys the soundtrack.

[El Fangel]

It's not bad, but it's no VC or SA

[Kalyx triaD]

I turn the radio off unless I do missions to hear news radio about my exploits.

[Fignuts]

Frankly, if Rhythm of the Night doesn't hype you up for an explosive high speed chase, then you really need to take a long hard look in the mirror.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Rick James, bitch!

[ClockShot]

Anybody going back and 100%ing missions? I don't know if it's a requirement for full game completion, but it seems like an unnecessary hassle to do.

[Kane Knight]

Anybody going back and 100%ing missions? I don't know if it's a requirement for full game completion, but it seems like an unnecessary hassle to do.

There's an achievement for doing 70 gold missions/strangers, but that may only be a factor if you care about GS/trophies.

I've done a couple, but it's kind of soul-sucking. Especially the ones that come down to chance. One of the early ones requires you not harm any of the actors dressed as aliens, and I had one basically jump in front of me at the last second.

ON a related note, do you actually get money for replaying missions? I thought I saw a screen that said you did, but the last couple of times I thought to pay attention, it didn't look like it.

[Tommy Gunn]

100% was a pain in the ass on Gay Tony, I probably will just play GTA V for fun and forget about trophies.

[whiteyford]

Hate the flying missions so doubt I'll replay any of those when I finish this.

[RoXer]

I don't want to post any spoilers but I have a really fun idea for a group thing to do if it's included in GTAO.

[OssMan]

Don't have this yet... had a chance to buy it and maybe have an hour to play it, decided not to cause I would spend more time than that... ended up playing GTA 4 for like 20 minutes instead

[whiteyford]

Just did the Parachute/bike race side mission, most frustrating mission I've done so far, 'talking dog' was great though.

[The Destroyer]

Full marks for Rockstar managing to cram a jab at the Edinburgh trams into this game.

[whiteyford]

Just switched to Trevor and he's drunk.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

I seem to have spent an obscene amount of time (and money) with strippers and whores, including a couple of booty calls with a stripper.

I need to start the missions, I think.

[The Destroyer]

Art imitating life. :shifty:

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

:shifty:

[whiteyford]

He's too cheap to pay IRL

[JimmyMess]

Trevor is ridiculous. Love it.

[Requiem]

Just switched to Trevor and he's drunk.

I absolutely love the switching into random events bit.


I've had the following happen when switching to Trevor:


Switch to him and he's riding a zebra-stripe seated scooter down the freeway.
Have switched to him and he's been doing the same thing, only wearing just boots and tightey whiteys. I decided to just leave him like that and did the freaks and geeks mission with the old couple who follow celebrities. They saw me in my undies and thought I was a celebrity, which made it that much funnier. I also did one of the random events where I picked up a girl who was running out on a wedding. Instead of taking her where she needed to be, I took her to the cult. She kept talking about how I didn't seem that bad, when really I was in a dune buggy wearing only my underwear.


Have switched to him and he's been riding on his scooter next so someone else on a scooter, yelling things like "Hey, scooter buddy!" and random stuff. He fucking loves his scooter apparently.


One time, he was underneath the pier, had a guy tied to the structural beam and was talking shit. He also had a black van parked nearby. I left the guy tied up.

[Requiem]

Might be the only person who enjoys the soundtrack.

I like parts of it. Other songs are just kind of background noise. I find myself enjoying it though, and sometimes you'll get in a mission car and the perfect song for the situation will be playing which I love.

[Sepholio]

Yeah it's number of missions. Franklin's is off by 1 after a certain point because of the spaceship part hunting mission.

It's not the spaceship mission. I was experiencing this bug and finally it hit me. Call Tonya. She gives you another tow truck mission. I think it forgets to send you a text from her first for this particular mission, so it says you have it available, but you never see it. I just happened to notice that under my mission log it still showed the towing mission as active.

[Sepholio]

Need a way to make money post game :o

[RoXer]

It's not the spaceship mission. I was experiencing this bug and finally it hit me. Call Tonya. She gives you another tow truck mission. I think it forgets to send you a text from her first for this particular mission, so it says you have it available, but you never see it. I just happened to notice that under my mission log it still showed the towing mission as active.

Gunna do this later.

[Frank Drebin]

I am completely lost on that second bastard.

Help with these mission locations:


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[Kane Knight]

Maybe Fangerl wants to do it organically.

Or maybe he's too stupid to find YouTube.

[RoXer]

Dudes in labcoats were walking around the satellites in the desert being protected by dudes in blacks suits and black cars

[Kane Knight]

Were there aliens?

[El Fangel]

Maybe Fangerl wants to do it organically.

Or maybe he's too stupid to find YouTube.

It is the former.

[road doggy dogg]

Really wish I could skip this fucking awful torture mission. Feels uncomfortable just watching it, let alone playing it out.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Still having a ton of fun doing random shit. Only about 20% of the way through the actual story.</font>

[Fignuts]

Heard about it being controversial, but after playing it, I don't really feel uncomfortable at all.

In a game where you kill hundreds of people, often times for fun, that scene really doesn't push any limits for me.

[Savio]

Best Scene in the game (early from one of the first 5 missions):


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[Kane Knight]

Taking the Atomic Blimp out for a spin offers some really stellar views.

[Kalyx triaD]

Climbing a steep mountain is legit dangerous. I almost died after a few tumbles.

I've been raising heel with the remote bombs and never got slowdown during explosions. I'm talking a few cars in the gas station here.

Police marksmanship improved considerably. My gunfights in GTA4 lasted way longer on higher stars, now they'll put your ass down if you don't respect cover.

[RoXer]

It's not the spaceship mission. I was experiencing this bug and finally it hit me. Call Tonya. She gives you another tow truck mission. I think it forgets to send you a text from her first for this particular mission, so it says you have it available, but you never see it. I just happened to notice that under my mission log it still showed the towing mission as active.

Yup. That's what it was. Wish I would have known that before having collected over half of the spaceship parts. SIGH.

At least I got a cool space dune buggy.

It makes alien noises.

[RoXer]

Looked up what the space dune buggy was used for and people have already found what I would consider to be very difficult easter eggs involved with it. Remarkable. It hasn't even been a week and people have started cracking things.

[Disturbed316]

I fully freaked out earlier when I drove under that billboard for the chocolate bar which has the fat person hanging off it.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Need a way to make money post game :o

Blow up trucks of a company, then invest in their stock once it tanks and it will come back up eventually.

[Disturbed316]

Are we able to sign in to rockstar social club in game yet or is that when online hits?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Just done that Tonya mission and I've still got one mission for Franklin post-game.

[Requiem]

Blow up trucks of a company, then invest in their stock once it tanks and it will come back up eventually.

lol seriously? never would have thought of that, but that's awesome. any other ways to manipulate the stock market outside of just the certain missions?

[Fignuts]

Man been a couple times where there's been some gnarly texture pop in. Like reeeeaaally bad.

Price to be paid for squeezing all the shit they squeezed in I guess. Crazy how detailed this map is, and how many unique structures are in it. Every block feels unique.

[whiteyford]

Just switched to Trevor having a shit.

[Kane Knight]

Are we able to sign in to rockstar social club in game yet or is that when online hits?

I still can't take a picture because it says the social club services are down, so....

[Purgatory]

yeah, had this happen to me about an hour ago

[Purgatory]

Oh, does anyone know how to buy property? I think it can be done. Originally they were going to leave the feature out, but then they put it back in allegedly. I've tried going where I see For Sale signs with numbers on them and calling. One didn't do anything, the other played music.

So I don't know.

[Kane Knight]

Oh, does anyone know how to buy property? I think it can be done. Originally they were going to leave the feature out, but then they put it back in allegedly. I've tried going where I see For Sale signs with numbers on them and calling. One didn't do anything, the other played music.

So I don't know.

If you're far enough in, you buy properties at the marked locations on the map (house with dollar sign). Approach the sale sign at that location and it'll tell you to hit (D-Pad Right) to buy.

Some properties care only purchased by one character and they only ever seem to benefit one character. Just a heads up.

[RoXer]

Kind of annoying... I dropped off a stranger who told me to buy stock in Tinkle which is only available on BAWSAQ. So I put ALL of my money from EVERY CHARACTER into that and was in the process of making a very big profit. The stock was starting to cool off but I figure to see what happens a little while longer. I finally decide it's been long enough and not risk it anymore so I go to sell and the Rockstar Social Club is down. I can't access my portfolio. It was down almost every time I checked.

It's finally stable but my return profit went from +25% to -7%.

:(

[Purgatory]

Yeah, Ive been checking them too. I created a prfile on the Social Club site for myself and it worked. Then I was trying to get my son one and it was down. lol

[Purgatory]

Game is awesome, though. Can't wait till GTA Online launches

[Requiem]

If you're far enough in, you buy properties at the marked locations on the map (house with dollar sign). Approach the sale sign at that location and it'll tell you to hit (D-Pad Right) to buy.

Some properties care only purchased by one character and they only ever seem to benefit one character. Just a heads up.



Think he means real estate like homes. There are for sale signs ALL OVER Los Santos. The real estate website is down still, so I think that means once multiplayer is up, they're gonna do more with it.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

1st Organized Heist mission done with good ppl counts for me. Did it a few days ago, but a guy @ work said that he did it with the low experienced driver and He wrecked and died, while my choice of driver with more cut performed to standard.

I like that "you get what you pay for" outcome of events.

Yeah but if you choose crappy players and they don't die they get boosts and the cut stays small.



I didn't really expect to have one heist to pay the house guy off. I thought it was going to be a big part of the game paying him off throughout.

I went with the shitty gun-man and he died but I didn't notice so his cut was lost.

[Kane Knight]

1st Organized Heist mission done with good ppl counts for me. Did it a few days ago, but a guy @ work said that he did it with the low experienced driver and He wrecked and died, while my choice of driver with more cut performed to standard.

I like that "you get what you pay for" outcome of events.

Speaking of this, I replayed and I like how he wrings his hands about the cheap gunman if you go with him, but if you swap in a more expensive one, he bitches about the cost. Michael's just a bitch, it seems.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Soundtrack is surprisingly MEH this time around. I do love "Convoy", "Gin & Juice" and "Still D.R.E.", though. Other than that I stick to the talk shows.

Also love how Trevor's conversation mechanic can make people not only fight or flee, but also cause the cops to pursue if he mouths off to them or certain civilians. Ron's naïvete is also hilarious.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

When does GTA Online turn on?

[Kane Knight]

When they feel like it.

[Kane Knight]

Seriously, though, it's supposed to be Oct 1.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oct. 1st.

And GTA 'soundtracks' are just playlists. They should like they did in the Xbox ports and have a radio station that played off your HDD music.

[Kane Knight]

Oct. 1st.

And GTA 'soundtracks' are just playlists. They should like they did in the Xbox ports and have a radio station that played off your HDD music.

I miss that feature. Seems to be disappearing from games.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Just did a footrace against that hyper bitch and Michael collapsed literally 2 feet from the finish line.</font> :(

[Emperor Smeat]

Oct. 1st.

And GTA 'soundtracks' are just playlists. They should like they did in the Xbox ports and have a radio station that played off your HDD music.

Probably would only be possible on the Xbox 360 version assuming Microsoft still has the patent or rights behind that idea for consoles. Not sure if the PC versions had custom stations although probably wouldn't be hard to do that as a mod or file edit.

[whiteyford]

<font color=goldenrod>Just did a footrace against that hyper bitch and Michael collapsed literally 2 feet from the finish line.</font> :(

Yeah had to jump a wall to come close to winning.

[Fignuts]

I put the mission aside till mikes stamina had been built up, then I went back and smoked that bitch.

[road doggy dogg]

I collapsed my first attempt too, literally like a foot from the finish line. Was feeling all smug and full of piss and vinegar because she was beating me 'til the last stretch then I started sprinting hardcore on the straightaway. My health was diminishing but I still had like 1/4 (maybe 1/8) of red health bar left so I thought I was golden then NOPE boom down. When I retried I just kind of "soft" sprinted (held down X) and occasionally tapped it a bit to gain some speed, idk kind of paced myself better and beat her pritty easily
crossrine

[Disturbed316]

Yeah, first time I raced her I crashed into people on the final stretch and lost. I got her next time though.

[Kane Knight]

Probably would only be possible on the Xbox 360 version assuming Microsoft still has the patent or rights behind that idea for consoles. Not sure if the PC versions had custom stations although probably wouldn't be hard to do that as a mod or file edit.

There have been several PS3 games with this sort of option. The patent was relatively specific.

[Disturbed316]

Just completed my first mission as Trevor, I think he is my favourite already.

[Purgatory]

So yeah, apparently it wasn't the Social Club that wasn't working right last night as I was able to create an account using my phone. Turned out to be something with my browser.

I haven't gotten to Trevor yet, don't think I'm even close. I've been looking for Stunt Jump locations.

[Kalyx triaD]

Probably would only be possible on the Xbox 360 version assuming Microsoft still has the patent or rights behind that idea for consoles. Not sure if the PC versions had custom stations although probably wouldn't be hard to do that as a mod or file edit.

I am a 360 player.

I mean you can just play your music over the game anyway but I liked how it was integrated in the Xbox GTAs and THUG. NFL 2k5 also used it to awesome degree.

DOA5 and TTT2 lets you set your own music to stage and menu screens. Why this isn't standard blows my mind.

[Savio]

Yeah had to jump a wall to come close to winning.
You guys need to run more, I for whatever reason do all the time instead of car jacking.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

First triathlon I did I crashed the bike and was losing pretty heavily. Luckily, just before the sprint stage, I managed to run over the 1st place guy accidentally and then won the race easily.

[Savio]

Does anyone else hate these highways?

[Wehttam]

i thought it would be fun to do my first triathlon when i first got trevor. miraculously won. was in red health for most of the bike ride/run. don't know how it happened.

[Kane Knight]

Everyone else was scared of him.

[RoXer]

I enjoy the soundtrack. Better than IV, easily.

The Flying Lotus radio station on GTA 5 is awesome

The FlyLo station might surprisingly be my favorite station. It seems like it isn't long enough though. The intros and breaks repeat themselves a lot more often than on other stations. I was listening to it for a long time and was prepared to complain that there was no Captain Murphy on it but it snuck on right before I started a mission one time. I'll have to look up a playlist and see what tracks are on the station. When he goes "It's Flying Lotus AKA _____ AKA ______ AKA _______" just remoinds me of Flaser. And the fact that he doesn't post enough.

The rap stations are really good. Still DRE is considered classic rap. We're getting old. I love the talk segments but it seems like there isn't enough. That JB Smoove bit is really good if you can get past the "OOOOOOMMMM" parts of the beginning. Smiling Faces a good choice. OOOH Child a good choice. I think the classic rock is a bit of a letdown and there's one station I haven't listened to at all for some reason.

[Savio]

Can't believe these ASSHOLES don't wear fucking seatbelts!

[Savio]

Final mission Didn't like the death of Devon, water was too shallow, explosion wasn't big enough, what if the trunk popped open and he escaped? Maybe he's in a sequal? I dunno wish the car at least sunk or blew up more.

While I think Trevor should have been killed, especially for murdering Floyd and his girl. didn't think Franklin should be the one to do it.

Don't know why Michael wanted his wife back so bad when she was sleeping around.

[OssMan]

Shit my girlfriend just bought me this game "randomly," my plan of waiting until December to buy it and play it when I don't have an "insane amount of homework" to do is not gonna happen

Have to talk about it to U fuckers now

[Savio]

We're over this man, on to the next bro.

[Emperor Smeat]

GTA Online supposedly contains a microtransaction system.

It appears that Grand Theft Auto Online will allow users to purchase in-game cash using their own money, according to evidence unearthed by Reddit users.

According to Reddit user “1880,” when you open the store section in Grand Theft Auto V the console requests an XML file. The XML file includes the downloadable content from the game’s special editions, but there are also four “Cash Cards” ranging from $100,000 to $1,250,000. The cards have the following description:

“Cash is king in this town. Solve your money problems and help get what you want across Los Santos and Blaine County with the purchase of cash packs for Grand Theft Auto Online. All purchased cash is automatically deposited into your character’s bank account. Spend wisely, cash therapy is fleeting.”
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/grand-theft-auto-online-microtransactions-spotted/

[OssMan]

Game feels mad surreal

Crashes are more like San Andreas and Vice City than IV

No longer "unstoppable" in your car/doesnt flip over every 5 seconds

Front wheels keep giving out

[Kalyx triaD]

Strange, I'd think they would have you buy DLC items like weapons and cars.

Now this makes me think in-game purchases are finite and you have to 'keep them up'. Should be interesting seeing seeing how the online economy works.

[Kane Knight]

We're over this man, on to the next bro.

Yeah, GTA V is so last week.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Keep dying instantly in the Trevor mission where you have to

Destroy the O'Brien meth house

I try to be stealthy but inevitably blow it and then like 5 billion enemies come rushing out</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>Keep dying instantly in the Trevor mission where you have to

Destroy the O'Brien meth house

I try to be stealthy but inevitably blow it and then like 5 billion enemies come rushing out</font>

Snipe the guys on the roof and top floors of the house first they are probably sniping you to death. Then work on the rest.

Also remember to use Trevor's special ability to slow down to sort of like the bullet time from earlier games.

[Kane Knight]

Keep dying instantly in the Trevor mission where you have to

Destroy the O'Brien meth house

I try to be stealthy but inevitably blow it and then like 5 billion enemies come rushing out

Stealth is good at first, but I'm not even sure you can completely stealth it. If you drop the guards first, it makes it manageable, however.

Unfortunately, as with many missions in this game, you're still somewhat beholden to luck.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, the one shot kills can piss me off at times. Especially when I'm in cover and it hits me anyway.

[Purgatory]

Front wheels keep giving out

Yeah, I notice this too. Also, I haven't really noticed an engine stall from too many direct hits in the front end, like IV.

Minor gripe, but missed. :(

[Kane Knight]

Yeah, the one shot kills can piss me off at times. Especially when I'm in cover and it hits me anyway.

And in missions with a large number of enemies, it more or less becomes a battle of attrition.

[Savio]

I miss the days when GTA did not have check points in their missions.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I really don't. It's a game-changer in the right way. You could always say restart from the beginning if you really wanted to.

[Kalyx triaD]

When you die, manually restart mission from the start. No checkpoints, hardcore man, enjoy.

[Requiem]

I miss the days when GTA did not have check points in their missions.



Not at all. That was one of GTA's worst 'features'. Half the time, you'd have to make the whole freaking drive all over again and it was so much wasted time.

[Savio]

That's what we used to do on NES.

GTA:SA was good where it would let you skip a boring part if you fail.

I felt so much happier when I beat GTA:VC's final mission with no check points than I do now when I beat current gen games

[Fignuts]

No, starting from the beginning of the level in a NES game is not the same as having to drive halfway across the map over and over again. Stop it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Never got too far in San Andreas but a checkpoint system would have helped out a lot for Vice City at least for the chase and timed missions.

[Savio]

@FigGTA:SA was good where it would let you skip a boring part if you fail.



==============================
Although with 1HK head shots I am sorta glad they have the checkpoints in.

[OssMan]

Being able to control your car in the air... wtf is with that

[Sepholio]

Being able to control your car in the air... wtf is with that

Magic. Duh.

Or it might be the meth.

[Fignuts]

Not all the time, as meatball said.

If you're so hungry for challenge, then try golding every mission. Or play a game that is focused around challenge, like Dark Souls or Hard Corps.

[Sepholio]

Although with 1HK head shots I am sorta glad they have the checkpoints in.

Rofl, I thought I was getting 1 hitted by head shots but wasn't entirely sure. Thought I might have been looking over my health being low or something. But sometimes I KNEW it had to be the 1 hitter quitter at work. Glad to know I wasn't tripping.

[Savio]

If you're so hungry for challenge, then try golding every mission. Yeah I'm going to unless online engrosses me.

[Emperor Smeat]

Rockstar confirms GTA Online has a microtransaction system along with a few other details for the mode.

According to the post, Grand Theft Auto Online will support up to 16 players in a single game, and will allow players to customize their characters and cars. Reputation and cash flow will play a huge part in GTA Online as well. Reputation is gained by online activity, and will contribute to ranking up, opening up new features, weapons, and criminal contacts. Cash is obtained through various activities, ranging from heisting armored cars to winning street races. And if players want, they can purchase GTA$ with real-world money through an in-game story.

“The game and its economy have been designed and balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash,” reads the post. “There is no in-game paywall and nothing that should disrupt the balance of the game. You don’t have to spend real money to attain the cars, guns, clothes, flash and style of a high-roller in Los Santos, but can if you wish to get them a little quicker. The economy is balanced differently from the single player economy, and cash earned in one cannot be taken over to the other. Most players will earn cash much faster Online than in Story Mode.”

Rockstar also highlighted four multiplayer modes/activities they’re working on for the first few weeks of GTA Online. The Content Creator allows users to create their own Deathmatches and races, while the Beach Bum pack will introduce “new amazing beach fun vehicles” and over 300 pieces of leisure wear and two “new but not remotely relaxing weapons.” Additional modes being worked on include Capture the Flag and full-on cooperative heists.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rockstar-confirms-gta-online-microtransactions-details-the-multiplayer-component/

[Kane Knight]

I really don't. It's a game-changer in the right way. You could always say restart from the beginning if you really wanted to.

When you die, manually restart mission from the start. No checkpoints, hardcore man, enjoy.

Yay options!

And they even have one to let you skip if you suck too much. So everyone wins.

That's what we used to do on NES.

GTA:SA was good where it would let you skip a boring part if you fail.

I felt so much happier when I beat GTA:VC's final mission with no check points than I do now when I beat current gen games

What Fignuts said. You didn't spend a fifteen minute drive to get to the action in NES games. Even RPGs were more straightforward than that.

Magic. Duh.

Or it might be the meth.

Meth is magic. Why do you think Walter White's prognosis changed?

Either meth is magic, or his first doctor was ECG.

Yeah I'm going to unless online engrosses me.

Good luck with that. This game is quite capricious and still has more than a few boring missions.

Nothing quite like getting ten minutes into the replay of a mission and then being DQed from the gold due to a random headshot.

[Fignuts]

Plenty of NES games had checkpoints, and when those checkpoints were fucked up or unfair, no one was like "Wow what a great challenge".

If you dont believe me, go and find someone who enjoyed losing to the final boss in ninja gaiden, and going all the way back to the start of 6 god damn fucking 1.

GTA V's checkpoints arent gamebreaking by any means. You often have to repeat fairly large sections of the missions. Given that combat is tougher, and that once body armor goes, you can only take a few hits if not a OSK, checkpoints are very welcome.

[Kalyx triaD]

I... just got my ass kicked by a crossdresser...

[Disturbed316]

How are people taking "selfie" pictures? Can't seem to find the option anywhere

[Requiem]

Click R3 when in the camera.

[Disturbed316]

So simple, surprised I haven't tried that sooner.

[Kalyx triaD]

It... kinda sorta tells you.

[Kane Knight]

How are people taking "selfie" pictures? Can't seem to find the option anywhere

It... kinda sorta tells you.

It's one of the listed options at the bottom of the screen, yes.

[Savio]

What Fignuts said. You didn't spend a fifteen minute drive to get to the action in NES games. Even RPGs were more straightforward than that.
Is everyone missing the part where I said GTA:SA had it perfect when you could skip the boring parts?

GTA V's checkpoints arent gamebreaking by any means.didn't say it was.

[Sepholio]

Jeez, AirEmu flights must be getting boycotted at the airport. Need to blow up some planes to manipulate some stocks and they just aren't showing up.

[Kane Knight]

Is everyone missing the part where I said GTA:SA had it perfect when you could skip the boring parts?
didn't say it was.

I don't remember GTA for the NES. Since the NES comment was the bit I was addressing, I assume it must have been to make the GTA:SA bit relevant.

Fignuts then goes on to talk about checkpoints on the NES and how they related. I'm not sure who you think is "missing" this.

[Savio]

With GTA:SA you wouldn't have to spend 15 minutes driving to the location because they had the skip option.

[Disturbed316]

It's one of the listed options at the bottom of the screen, yes.

Really? I need to open my eyes a bit more :eek:

[Kane Knight]

With GTA:SA you wouldn't have to spend 15 minutes driving to the location because they had the skip option.

Which is appropriate, because it was an NES game.

[Fignuts]

I've noticed there are a lot more ladders and stairs, and accesses to roofs and higher vantage points than in other games. That verticality will add a lot to combat in GTAO, I think.

[Savio]

Which is appropriate, because it was an NES game.
What the hell are you talking about?

[Heisenberg]

You get one star for shooting Chop's poop

[Kane Knight]

Hate Triathlons. 15 minutes of pressing "A" and I'm not even done with the bike portion. Fuuuuck. I think I have Carpal Tunnel.

What the hell are you talking about?

Honesty at last. How refreshing.

You get one star for shooting Chop's poop

Don't you get a one-star for shooting, period? Like, I know you don't get a star every time you do something (witness-dependent), but I thought just firing your gun in the air got you a star.

[Blitz]

Prolly not gonna be around when online launches. Moving on Saturday and I have a feeling my internet won't be hooked up in time :(

[RoXer]

Bigger take for us

[Heisenberg]

Hate Triathlons. 15 minutes of pressing "A" and I'm not even done with the bike portion. Fuuuuck. I think I have Carpal Tunnel.



Honesty at last. How refreshing.



Don't you get a one-star for shooting, period? Like, I know you don't get a star every time you do something (witness-dependent), but I thought just firing your gun in the air got you a star.

I figured Franklin's neighbors called the cops. They can throw pool parties til dawn but a man can't shoot poop?

[Savio]

My neighbors hasn't been back since the shoot out with the police.

[Kane Knight]

I figured Franklin's neighbors called the cops. They can throw pool parties til dawn but a man can't shoot poop?

Only rednecks shoot the shit.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Plenty of NES games had checkpoints, and when those checkpoints were fucked up or unfair, no one was like "Wow what a great challenge".

If you dont believe me, go and find someone who enjoyed losing to the final boss in ninja gaiden, and going all the way back to the start of 6 god damn fucking 1.

GTA V's checkpoints arent gamebreaking by any means. You often have to repeat fairly large sections of the missions. Given that combat is tougher, and that once body armor goes, you can only take a few hits if not a OSK, checkpoints are very welcome.

They were game-breaking (changing) when it debuted in GTA IV.

[jcmoorehead]

Going to make this quick because I'm incredibly jet lagged at the moment but I had the opportunity this week to visit New York to hang with several other GTA site webmasters to check out GTA Online and it is looking fantastic so far. Will come up with more when I've written up my full report but so far it's pretty impressive, if you have any questions fire away they've allowed us to talk about pretty much everything we saw this time around.

[Heisenberg]

I don't know if you played Fable 2/3, but their online had orbs/ppl that we could hear if they had a headset on, are we going to have to hear ppl around us all the time like that? It'd be sweet for the initial experience, but I could see myself turning that option off.

[jcmoorehead]

I can't confirm that one way or another because the in-game chat function wasn't working in the build we played, we had to put together and Xbox Live party to use voice chat. There is some in game chat in there but not sure if it's based on proximity or just being able to hear all the other people in the game, I would imagine there are numerous settings you can tweak to set to friends only or nothing at all but it isn't something we tried.

[whiteyford]

Gonna go raid the weed farm, worth 100k apparently.

[Savio]

Where on the map is that near?

[whiteyford]

Braddock Pass, Mt Chiliad, supposedly its good to hit every couple weeks in game time.

[whiteyford]

Weed Icon appears when you're close.

[Sepholio]

I'm about to start a second game. Gonna try and see how rich I can get.

[Ermaximus]

Don't know who I wish I could kill more. Wade, Floyd, or Jimmy.

[Kane Knight]

Get rich or die trying?

[Kane Knight]

Don't know who I wish I could kill more. Wade, Floyd, or Jimmy.

What's not to love about a Juggalo who sounds like the kid from American Dad and the survival instincts of a nameless Star Trek extra?

[Fignuts]

Definitely Jimmy.

[Disturbed316]

Picked up plane to uncover the whole of Los Santos, hit a flock of birds and it was one hell of a mess.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

A flock of...seagulls?

[FearedSanctity]

Forgive me if it was mentioned, just skimmed the last few pages or so, but not sure if you guys have heard of the so called "Chiliad Mystery"...

http://www.reddit.com/r/chiliadmystery/comments/1n1lfb/spoilers_what_we_already_know/


http://i.imgur.com/mNZFstK.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/iaEiUU1.png

[OssMan]

Music seems disappointing, Rebel Radio is probly my favorite, feels like I have heard Gin and Juice like 10 times

[Kane Knight]

A flock of...seagulls?

I guess that's why they ran so far away.

Forgive me if it was mentioned, just skimmed the last few pages or so, but not sure if you guys have heard of the so called "Chiliad Mystery"...

This was news to me. Also, fucking cool.

Music seems disappointing, Rebel Radio is probly my favorite, feels like I have heard Gin and Juice like 10 times

The soundtrack feels smaller than IV, though I don't think it actually is. It also seems like the same songs are always playing when I get into a car. There's one track for the pop station, one track for West Coast Classics, and one for the alternative that seem to come up like 99% of the time.

Then again, I find it far more listenable than the last sandbox I played regularly, Saints Row The Third. The only plus-side there was that they allowed a custom mix, so you could pick the tracks you liked out of the radio stations. If only GTA V had that. Or better, custom soundtrack.

[Savio]

Called it (easter egg):

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gMW0tvp9ucY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[whiteyford]

Final mission was disappointingly easy, dunno if picking options A or B makes it a bit more challenging.

[Razzamajazz]

got this last night. i think i've heard the word nigga about 150 times already

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Just beat this sombitch. 71 percent completion right now.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Final mission was disappointingly easy, dunno if picking options A or B makes it a bit more challenging.

Yeah but cleaning the loose ends on people who aren't really expecting you should be easy. They all thought Franklin would do A or B. Hope that C was enough to get me from not being "evil" in the stats. Probably not.

[whiteyford]

Even the part before that though.

[Kane Knight]

got this last night. i think i've heard the word nigga about 150 times already

You only had ten minutes of free time?

[Savio]

got this last night. i think i've heard the word nigga about 150 times already
Don't know why peole are so shocked by this, the game pretty much starts off following 2 gang members from 'compton'

[The Rogerer]

Every time the latin station comes on, it's always that BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

[Kane Knight]

Don't know why peole are so shocked by this, the game pretty much starts off following 2 gang members from 'compton'

Yeah, you could loop NWA's discography for the duration of the game and hear it less, though.

[Savio]

Can you only reply negatively to people on the street?

[whiteyford]

Only get that with Trevor.

[Disturbed316]

Twice now I've switched over to Trevor and he's pantless getting chucked out of somewhere.

[Purgatory]

I switched to him at one point last night and he was eating out of a trashcan. He had $160, 000 in his account, and he couldn't buy a damn cheeseburger?!?

That was probably the first time I switched to him and he had clothes on tho.

[Kane Knight]

I switched to him at one point last night and he was eating out of a trashcan. He had $160, 000 in his account, and he couldn't buy a damn cheeseburger?!?

He could, but he's Trevor.

[Heisenberg]

beat the game, want to play more of it, and I want to gear up for GTA Online

[Purgatory]

Amen to that. I created a gang last night, but the Social Club site was being a giant dick so it took forever to finish the creation process.

[Savio]

Amen to that. I created a gang last night, but the Social Club site was being a giant dick so it took forever to finish the creation process.
How/Where is this done?

[RoXer]

Just join the TPWW crew that I have linked so many times

[RoXer]

Join our crew (http://rsg.ms/15hgERF)

[Savio]

Ohhhh I though he meant like "Saints Row"

[Heisenberg]

Join, or get creeped on homie

[whiteyford]

I'm gonna make my bones by taking out Heisenberg, unless he's on the PS3 in which case I won't.

[Heisenberg]

You'll have to do better than that if you want to survive digitally in this gangster world

[whiteyford]

It's on like Donkey Kong son!

[Heisenberg]

EAST MEETS WEST, IT'S GOING DOWN, YEAH, WE BE CLUBBIN

[Sepholio]

Does it matter which platform I'm on in regards to joining the group? Obviously can't play cross platform, but you know what I mean. I'm on PS3. I gather most people are playing on xbox here.

[Sepholio]

Random Trevor moment.

Switched to Trevor a little while ago, and he wakes up drunk and wearing nothing but his underwear. On a beach. On a little island off the main game world. Trevor then says "Wow, what a party." He then proceeds to pull out a Meth pipe and smoke him some, at which point the camera pans and I notice that there are a bunch of people passed out around a camp fire right behind me. So then Trevor gets up, and I walk the 3 steps to the nearest person and realize that they aren't sleeping, Trevor has just murdered all these people. Oh well, convenient jet ski parked right next to me. Holla.

[whiteyford]

Random Trevor moment.

Switched to Trevor a little while ago, and he wakes up drunk and wearing nothing but his underwear. On a beach. On a little island off the main game world. Trevor then says "Wow, what a party." He then proceeds to pull out a Meth pipe and smoke him some, at which point the camera pans and I notice that there are a bunch of people passed out around a camp fire right behind me. So then Trevor gets up, and I walk the 3 steps to the nearest person and realize that they aren't sleeping, Trevor has just murdered all these people. Oh well, convenient jet ski parked right next to me. Holla.

Yeah got that the other day, love switching to Trevor, switched to him once and he was taking a shit.

[Heisenberg]

Figured there would be a switch to Trevor and he is on a plane and shoots the pilots after snorting an 8 ball and jumps from the plane with a parachute lands into Michael's pool

[Savio]

Yeah, I think those people were "The Lost" right?

Switch to him once when he was jacking into a toilet.

[Savio]

Oh and just a note if you jump out of the blimp you will not have a parachute.....found out the hard way.

[Sepholio]

Anything cool about the blimp? I haven't bothered using my code yet.

[Savio]

Nothing much, It explodes when you run into things though.

[Miotch]

I signed up. Now promote me.

[alvarado52]

Somebody post the quickest ways to max out stats.

NOW!

[Miotch]

Run a lot. Drive a lot. Play tennins and golf a lot.

[Kane Knight]

beat the game, want to play more of it, and I want to gear up for GTA Online

You trying for 100%?

I don't have much outside of the collectibles and stunt jumps.

[Purgatory]

Just join the TPWW crew that I have linked so many times

I just joined. My Gamertag is JarydStyxx

[Heisenberg]

You trying for 100%?

I don't have much outside of the collectibles and stunt jumps.

I'm never good at sticking to 100 percent completion things, but I would love to get close to it

[Kane Knight]

Anything cool about the blimp? I haven't bothered using my code yet.

Well, you can get some pretty views....

Otherwise, not so much.

Run a lot. Drive a lot. Play tennins and golf a lot.

Basically, do stuff.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I'm never good at sticking to 100 percent completion things, but I would love to get close to it

I got 100% in GTA IV . The weird thing, though, is that it happened right after I set a new high score for the first time in "QUB³D", the Tetris-like arcade game found in the strip clubs.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Random Trevor Moment:

Switched to him tying up a business man to a wooden poll under a bridge in the ocean. Then he said something like this is why trickle down economics is bullshit. Then left him to die drowning.

[ClockShot]

Hey uh, any of you guys got any good stock market tips? Anything hot I should put my money into?

I put some money into Pisswasser and Gruppe security yesterday.

[road doggy dogg]

Just got eaten by a goddamn shark. God damnit it.

[Kane Knight]

Hey uh, any of you guys got any good stock market tips? Anything hot I should put my money into?

I put some money into Pisswasser and Gruppe security yesterday.

The market's pretty random. Outside of certain missions impacting prices, the easiest way to make money is to blow up competitor's vehicles or blow up vehicles and invest when the stocks go down.

Just got eaten by a goddamn shark. God damnit it.
Did you get the achievement?

[road doggy dogg]

Ermmm yeah I believe so, saw the Trophy pop up ("Out of your depth" or something). I'M A SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARK