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What can they even do with Grand Theft Auto now?
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Swimmer9800
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Stick to one protagonist and craft an excellent story around them. Keep the single player experience the primary focus with additive multiplayer for those that want it
I'm fully aware none of this will be the reality.
I'm fully aware none of this will be the reality.
dreamlongdead
Member
There are some great story and setting ideas in here. With a franchise as big as GTA, I'm sure that the pros at Rockstar will find a way to make it feel fresh.
III has set the basic template ever since 2001, but IV and V were still big refinements.
III has set the basic template ever since 2001, but IV and V were still big refinements.
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Yeah... though I'd be OK with even more countryside on the fringes. So, not increasing travel time between cities but more open areas and open road to explore on their perimeters. But in terms of core content, yeah, a core city and a couple small towns are OK.
Personally I hope GTA VI is just set in an expanded San Andreas, perhaps in Sen Fierro or Las Venturas. Lots they can do there story wise... you can do a lot of gambling, the mob, gangs of different ethnicities between SF and LV, etc. Lots of characters you could use, too, depending on if you go back to SF or LV in the 80s or maybe fast forward 10 years past V.
And just focus on adding more content and detail to the existing map rather than redesigning an entire new map or creating even more 'shell' cities.
Would work well for GTA Online, too... allow it to easily just expand.
GlamFM
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Disagree. Nothing you do with your mobile phone in V can´t be done with a menu.
Phone booths!! That´s an iconic part of GTA I can´t wait to make a return.
Fairly confident the next one will be another take on VC and the 80s.
CEJames
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GTA: Infinite Galaxy Theft Auto....
WhateverItTakes
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LONDON BABY
It'd be cool if there were more buildings to walk in, have a denser city. And a female protagonist could be amazing, if Rockstar does right by her.
It'd be cool if there were more buildings to walk in, have a denser city. And a female protagonist could be amazing, if Rockstar does right by her.
Why though? Just to satisfy the PC brigade? Something tells me Rockstar aren't the types to bow down to that kind of pressure.
Also call me old fashioned but there's just something off putting about hearing a lady cussing or acting in a similar fashion to how, say, Trevor would.
Razgriz-Specter
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- Female MC
- Cop MC
Vice City
- Cop MC
Vice City
One of my favourite decisions in GTAV was not giving the player access to flying the jet through a mission and hiding it in the map instead. Busting into that base to steal the jet was fun. Put more of the game's stuff into the sandbox. Make it we have to steal bank faults in a similar manner. Breath of the Wild has shown Rockstar how it can work.
Back to the 80s, and back to Miami.
Get the mobile phone out of there.
yes. YES!
WaterAstro
Member
What if... you are the car.
Autobots! Roll out!
Autobots! Roll out!
Story wise since GTA likes to be topical.
Dual Protagonists
A white cop murders a black man and gets away with it. A Son/Brother/Cousin/Friend (Its GTA it will be a guy) of the victim takes up Arms to avenge his death and turns the city into a warzone. The player plays as both the dirty cop and the rebelious criminal as the violence escelates to its most extreme satirical conclusion
Dual Protagonists
A white cop murders a black man and gets away with it. A Son/Brother/Cousin/Friend (Its GTA it will be a guy) of the victim takes up Arms to avenge his death and turns the city into a warzone. The player plays as both the dirty cop and the rebelious criminal as the violence escelates to its most extreme satirical conclusion
President Trueman Nukes an American City
Creepy
Member
Speak for yourself, I'd love a psycho female Trevor type character lead in gta6.
Got nothing to do with pc anything, it'd just be cool.
Hell yeah!
New characters, story and setting. Not that hard.
Mr.Deadshot
Member
Singleplayer-DLC for GTA V would be a great start :-(
For GTA VI: More of the same is all I need. GTA V is a nearly perfect game.
Make the world bigger (whole San Andreas state would be awesome!) and put in some new characters. Keep the multi-protagonist approach.
For GTA VI: More of the same is all I need. GTA V is a nearly perfect game.
Make the world bigger (whole San Andreas state would be awesome!) and put in some new characters. Keep the multi-protagonist approach.
broncobuster
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Part of me wants Liberty City again, just to have that leap each generation. But I question if the leap over last gen would be significant to warrant rebuilding their New York.
Liljagare
Member
I always thought they had more on the table, with all the buildings that almost seem plausable to incorporate, like the race track, casinos, theatres, shopping malls.
I'd think a more interactive way will be the way forward in VI, with most buildings being accessable and active in some way.
I'd think a more interactive way will be the way forward in VI, with most buildings being accessable and active in some way.
It has been said, but essentially : take more risks with the setting and the structure of the game. I dunno, sci-fi world, comic book graphics, going for that RPG touch with a little more branching choices. Maybe simpler to do : more focused missions. Heists were great but there were not a lot of them. Why not make a game where there's fewer but better missions? Modern GTAs are so long to finish, they can easily lose some hours of gameplay to focus on quality.
My dream GTA would be a game going the adventure route with dialog trees (not necessarily everywhere). I don't think it's a realistic thing to expect though.
My dream GTA would be a game going the adventure route with dialog trees (not necessarily everywhere). I don't think it's a realistic thing to expect though.
GlamFM
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Stereogatari
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London is long overdue.
potatohead
Member
Gta SA is the pinnacle
"old fashioned", dude come on. Thats straight up sexist.
Anyway to go back to the question, Vice City is the only answer really
GTA is a satire on American culture just as much as a game - so it has to be in the US somewhere, and the last 2 games have covered NYC and LA, so the next logical place would be Miami (or idk, somewhere like Chicago maybe?)
GlamFM
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That´s a pretty disgusting post.
3 sentences - every one offensive in its very own way.
EDIT: What did an "old fashioned" guy like you think about the gay character in GTA IV?
mavericktopgun
Member
Please no
Think you need to get a grip mate.
I don't have a problem with gay characters or gay people so don't even go there with that.
I would just have a problem with a female protagonist acting and behaving in the same way as Trevor did (I hated his character too)
hydrophilic attack
Member
This is a really bad post.
Noisepurge
Member
There is an entire building climbing game series already, called Assassin's Creed. Look it up
GlamFM
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You´re the one bringing Trevor to the discussion about female protag for no reason buddy.
The poster you were replying to just said "Woman Protag".
Which in your words would only satisfy the "PC brigade".
I think you need to get a grip "mate".
This may have been already said, but the two things that would allow the series to really progress are
Making it a proper MMO, where the story elements are sing;e player or co-op, and everything else is in a city populated by real players
Or
Making it a VR game
Anything else will just be an incremental build on whats already there, which isnt a bad thing, but not what I want from the next one personally
Making it a proper MMO, where the story elements are sing;e player or co-op, and everything else is in a city populated by real players
Or
Making it a VR game
Anything else will just be an incremental build on whats already there, which isnt a bad thing, but not what I want from the next one personally
GlamFM
Banned
Was not said already...... for a good reason..
SHAFT MASTER
Banned
They just have to make it bigger, better, and more bad ass.
Monocle
Member
But how could I relate to
Is that reason that gamers say they dont want franchises to ever change their formula, then at the same moan that COD is the same every year?
GlamFM
Banned
The reason is that that the smart people behind gaming´s biggest franchise wont limit their target audience to the few that bought a VR headset.
And this MMO idea of yours is technically not possible.
So the reason is that your ideas are a little stupid/uninformed.
TheContact
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The one thing I want with gta VI is that all buildings are interactable. I know that won't ever happen due to the amount of time it would take to do, but instead of most buildings just being decorations it would be awesome to be able to go inside. Also, destructible environments.
Ah I must have missed that information about what the VR landscape will look like in 2020, apologies. Send me a link?
And it not impossible, you just have little imagination
GlamFM
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You´re a little delusional, sorry buddy.
Whatever dude. The thread is how they can take the franchise forward, thats what they can do, and totally feasible within the time frame of a new GTA game.
Given how popular GTA online is, I dont get why making it online focused seems that much of a stretch
And VR will start to attract more AAA developers over the next few years as the technology beds in.
But these are just mad delusions. What the franchise really needs is a bigger city. That'll do it.
Back to the 80s, and back to Miami.
Get the mobile phone out of there.
This is too perfect.
Vice City is still my favourite, even if I know it's not the best.
I think the world is a little too realistic for that kind of climbing. Also it's not like there's a big gameplay payoff like everything in BotW
5moke5creen
Member
Here it is... Give me an interactive version of NBK.
I want a two character piece, male and female, but instead of being truly open world, I'd like the world we get to play in progress along with the story.
Make me feel the need to progress through, not able to just wander around and aimlessly do what I want in a circular sandbox.
Give me a large but narrower A to B map, with a story to tell along the way, that drives me on, with the constant, escalating pressure of being discovered along the way. Nowhere to hide, no laurels to rest on. Having to be wary of people recognising me.
Let me have to constantly find new places to stay, and have to generate money along the way. Give me an arc where one is in custody, and I have to break them out.
None of this would be easy, and a real shift from what we are used to both in narrative, and game structure / progression.
It'd be immense though
I want a two character piece, male and female, but instead of being truly open world, I'd like the world we get to play in progress along with the story.
Make me feel the need to progress through, not able to just wander around and aimlessly do what I want in a circular sandbox.
Give me a large but narrower A to B map, with a story to tell along the way, that drives me on, with the constant, escalating pressure of being discovered along the way. Nowhere to hide, no laurels to rest on. Having to be wary of people recognising me.
Let me have to constantly find new places to stay, and have to generate money along the way. Give me an arc where one is in custody, and I have to break them out.
None of this would be easy, and a real shift from what we are used to both in narrative, and game structure / progression.
It'd be immense though
PhantomZone
Member
I have often said that they need to take another leap and reinvent a new way to play GTA. Going from top down to the third person view was cool but they need a new spin on it (not V's 1st person mode).