Anyone here play video games?
-
@ChrisC They have but when have they ever not delivered.
-
@ChrisC I look at Red Dead II. The immersion was fantastic, the subtle things, NPC's building houses, going about their day. It's a bit more tricky to repeat this magic sauce in a densely populated city for GTA, for sure.
Do think the hype will underwhelm some gamers that are expecting a full on life-sim when GTA has always been a sandbox with RPG elements, but basically just lots of guns and cars.
I did see some of the leaks, footage from 2023, and it has defo evolved as it should.
Just praying for 40fps minimum for PS5.
The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere - Terence McKenna
-
@ChrisC I think the fans and critics may be more responsible for that hype. I haven't seen a whole lot actually direct from Rockstar. We'll probably never hear the end of it regardless, haters gon hate, and nobody does it like gamers lol
having said that, i've gone back and forth so many times on it, but i'm definitely getting it and I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I've had every GTA since the original overhead games and they're always fun. The hype generates expectations, and expectations lead to critique and disappointment. I only expect to have fun, surely there will be that, right?
"The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
-Seneca -
@Nick I'm buying a Netflix subscription for it
(even though I could wait 6 hours and watch on YouTube...)I really can't wait, I have a lot of great memories playing GTA's with my friends and taking turns doing missions.
It's a shame about the leaks, I keep seeing crap on socials that is basically spoiling parts of the game - I would rather go in blind...
-
@Nick 40 with VRR on my 120hz TV. Would settle for that.
-
@WhiskeySandwich very true
i'm sure some people will take great joy in being as disappointed as possible -
RDR2 was probably the first time a Rockstar game had a lot of likeable characters. I hope it was a sign of a more permanent shift and not just something they had to do because they wanted players to feel sad about the gang collapsing.
-
Looks great. Looking forward to Digital Foundry’s tech breakdown of what was shown.
-
-
ShopTo are doing £100 PSN credit for £85.85
Bought mine and pre-ordered GTA.
-
Looking absolutely amazing, no way Rockstar could even botch this if they tried. Some of the details are insane. An Aussie streamer spent 2.5 hours with Rockstar a few months back watching game play with a lead dev. Said at one point Jason was eating an apple in a safe house apartment and when he finished it, he held onto the apple core and then chucked it into the bin. What the fuck haha, so unnecessary and yet it's in the game
Soundtrack slaps too. The vibrancy of the world, NPC's, just wow. We also got a sneak look at some of the classic Rockstar satire (with the tv ads).
Oh yeah and @AdamJ, if you see this, I've submitted a three month annual leave request from November 19th. Thanks mate.
-
@Nick yeah that was the first thing i noticed in almost every shot: its a living environment. The first time I experienced this was RDR2, and this has that 10 fold. Every place is so dense with ambient activity, it really steps up the immersion. It really looks like they carried over a TON of elements from RDR2 to spectacular effect. I'm kinda blown away already
-
-
@Nick very true. i think the ceo made a good point in an interview that anybody could do it. They just don't. I guess the point was that its a high risk - high reward thing. Its kinda like what i appreciate about a Hideo Kojima game. I'm here for it too though. It takes a certain level of crazy to go all-in on something that requires so much effort, capital, etc. then also a certain amount of luck to pull it off. Idk if i'd want every iteration of a game to be 15 years in between though...
And the current gens tech, is starting to look really impressive. When PS5 launched, i thought it was a marginal incremental boost over PS4, but this game looks almost like a new platform. It does always seem to take till about the end of a cycle till they really push it though.
-
@WhiskeySandwich the original was totally responsible for teaching me driving mechanics. GOURANGA!!
