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It's the sharp knee syndrome. Best to ignore it.
Grinchy
Banned
All you had to do was follow the jet, CJ!
GlamFM
Banned
How is GTA becoming irrelevant when GTA 4 is still one of the most played games on the 360?
Snkfanatic
Banned
So much wrong in this post I am really not sure where to start....
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
I love both of those games, but neither will ever come close to GTA IVs sales, which is over 20 million at this point. GTA is no where close to irrelevant.
The Praiseworthy
Member
God I've been waiting forever for a new trailer :\
and all they give us is few pictures from time to time?
and all they give us is few pictures from time to time?
Meccanical
Member
At least you get screenshots.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
if the game is out early next year we should start getting those feature trailers around december
Rockstar is hilarious. Remember their reasons for the planes not being there in GTA4? Supposedly their were hitting some technical problems and didn't want to sacrifice whatever the hell there was in order to implement it. Obviously I didn't believe this shit at the time, Rockstar simply didn't have time to implement gameplay in GTA4 so they had to tell the public something remotely believable.
ANYHOW, with this said, I am happy to see those 2 pics. They indicate there are planes and bikes and this gives the opportunity of having more gameplay like bringing back plane stuff from San Andreas and the courrier missions.
ANYHOW, with this said, I am happy to see those 2 pics. They indicate there are planes and bikes and this gives the opportunity of having more gameplay like bringing back plane stuff from San Andreas and the courrier missions.
Has the marketing started?
R* released the first trailer in november probably only to pump Max Payne 3 marketing. If they are releasing these screenshots because of Sleeping Dogs, it means that GTA V is coming in the following few months, if not Sleeping Dogs won't cause no harm to GTAV like all the SR did.
What happened in the last period:
-Rockstar released two screenshots in july after months of complaints by fans, probably they did it only because of this.
-Rockstar updated Episolon Program website and opened a twitter(is working almost daily) and a youtube account.
-Rockstar update the game page on their website with a screenshot section and after few days new screenshots are released.
What could happen:
-Thursday/friday: the other 3 screenshots are released, announcement of the new trailer that will come in the following 1-2 weeks.
-1-2 weeks from now: Trailer 2 released with release date and platform. preaorders start.
-September: Game informer cover
-mid september: limited edition reveal.
-Late october/november: release.
R* released the first trailer in november probably only to pump Max Payne 3 marketing. If they are releasing these screenshots because of Sleeping Dogs, it means that GTA V is coming in the following few months, if not Sleeping Dogs won't cause no harm to GTAV like all the SR did.
What happened in the last period:
-Rockstar released two screenshots in july after months of complaints by fans, probably they did it only because of this.
-Rockstar updated Episolon Program website and opened a twitter(is working almost daily) and a youtube account.
-Rockstar update the game page on their website with a screenshot section and after few days new screenshots are released.
What could happen:
-Thursday/friday: the other 3 screenshots are released, announcement of the new trailer that will come in the following 1-2 weeks.
-1-2 weeks from now: Trailer 2 released with release date and platform. preaorders start.
-September: Game informer cover
-mid september: limited edition reveal.
-Late october/november: release.
Speedymanic
Banned
Idiot.
Except it's not.
Why don't you try, enlighten me on what's wrong...
Sales-wise it dominated, but in a market where open world story driven weren't as plentiful as they are now, they've also lost a lot of fans after GTA4.
GTA5 has a lot of live up to after SR's phenomenal leap in quality, sames goes for Sleeping Dogs. There's also the fun factor, they'll be competing against Saints Row 4 next year and if it's anything like GTA4....oh boy.
There's also the tiny little fact that GTA4 sold off the extremely good and well received San Andreas, GTA5 will be coming off GTA4...
GTA had jets before SR was a franchise.
Fried Food
Banned
July 12th was the last time they released screenshots for the game.
This line was included in the release:
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...wered-max-payne-3-and-grand-theft-auto-v.html
"We just have not been in a position to show more of the game than the trailer and will not be for a while yet."
They consider a month and 1 week to be "a while"
by my calculations 37 days perfectly lines up with september 26th. This also happens to be when Yom Kippur ends. ipso factso this represents Kraf as the antithesis of the jewish holiday. GTAV will either release on September 27th or there will be a new trailer on this day.
So says Kraf.
This line was included in the release:
http://www.rockstargames.com/newswi...wered-max-payne-3-and-grand-theft-auto-v.html
"We just have not been in a position to show more of the game than the trailer and will not be for a while yet."
They consider a month and 1 week to be "a while"
by my calculations 37 days perfectly lines up with september 26th. This also happens to be when Yom Kippur ends. ipso factso this represents Kraf as the antithesis of the jewish holiday. GTAV will either release on September 27th or there will be a new trailer on this day.
So says Kraf.
Irrelevant? Remember that after it's sales are through the roof, lol. Seriously, I can enjoy GTA as well as other games within the genre as well. Why does it always have to be one or the other? Some games may do certain things better, but that does not make GTA irrelevant on the whole.
Love or hate the series, there is no denying that it is an absolute top shelf production. GTA IV in particular has an amazing city-life atmosphere and I appreciate it for trying to deliver that. Sure, the gameplay was still a bit wonky, the driving was a bit too heavy and it lacked that Vice City edge, but the game was still a fantastic piece of work for what it was. I can understand if it was not your cup of tea, but if you can't see and at least respect the amount of work that went into Liberty City then I don't know what to say.
Yes it is. It's been in or near the top 10 of the Xbox Live Activity charts since it debuted.
Looking at the lasted charts, it's #11, above Halo 3, COD 4, ME3, B:AC, and SR3.
Painkiller Q8
Member
GOTY 2013
Ravensmash
Member
Speedymanic
Banned
I don't need to respect the city or the work that went into it. I respect developers for their work on story, etc and that's where GTA4 was completely lacking.
The story was ass, the missions were ass, the game was shockingly repetitive, the car handling was somewhat decent once you got used to it, but Niko's controls were shockingly bad...there's also the fact that the game tried too hard to capture a more realistic tone which resulted in them having virtually nothing fun for players to do.
Was the city good? Sure, but even there the game is positively redundant when compared to the significantly better Sleeping Dogs.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
LA setting? Check
Jets? Check
Bikes? Check
Best Theft Auto is back, bitches.
Jets? Check
Bikes? Check
Best Theft Auto is back, bitches.
HueyFreeman
Banned
Bicycles!
It's gonna be fun doing some MP races in them.
exactly, an homage to one of San Andreas' most awesome mission sets.
Ravensmash
Member
Did you play the expansions?
Ballad of Gay Tony was fantastic and brought back some of the OTT nature of previous games.
Canis lupus
Member
Brings back good memories of SA.
StevePharma
Member
Lol you are joking right? Also great job on keeping it classy.
3 Rockstar games above SR3. Rockstar still owns sales and play time on name alone. Same as CoD. LA Noire also sold a bazillion copies just because it was classified as free-roam and came from Rockstar. Laymen buy it on thse aspects alone. GAF is small talk in the grand scheme of things and our enthusiast opinions don't mean jack to the big picture.
Speedymanic
Banned
I did, but the games were still lacking in virtually all departments. The story was somewhat better in Gay Tony and especially Lost and Damned, but the core gameplay was still as bad as it was in 4.
As far as i know, RDR sold a shitload and a ton of people consider it one of the best game this gen.
Also Ballad of Gay Tony already showed that they're getting back on track with the "fun" factor.
Saint's Row 4 coming out next year is not exactly a fact, that said, i doubt R* has been sitting on their asses all this time, and the sheer amount of money and resources they have at their disposal is unmatched, i don't think they'd go and be cheap on GTAV, after all the crap they've overdone for Max Payne 3, that was a far smaller franchise.
Things being "back" doesn't warranty you any gameplay or improvements. I was super happy the taxis were coming back in GTA4... until I realised they removed all of what was making the taxis an incredibly fun sub-game ala Crazy Taxi. So what if bikes are there but there's only the NPCs using them? What if the planes are there but there's no missions or sub-games using them at all? Seriously, I can't give back my trust this easily. I will need video of gameplay stuff to believe GTA is back.
It never left. Also, Rockstar isn't going to put out a similar game to GTA IV vanilla; we all should know that. It was there first attempt this gen w/ an open world game. They made improvements with the expansions and RDR continued that improvement. They will throw out all the stops for this title because they have built towards that being the case.
The fact that people are seriously comparing games released in 2008 and 2012 speaks volumes of GTA:IV staying power.
A s for Sleeping Dogs it's fresh and we all know when it comes to games fresh stuff is always awesome. At least for the first few weeks. So it will be interesting to see if people are still love with it in a few months time.
A s for Sleeping Dogs it's fresh and we all know when it comes to games fresh stuff is always awesome. At least for the first few weeks. So it will be interesting to see if people are still love with it in a few months time.
This is of course a sensible thing to say. It makes sense that this is what's supposed to happen. BUT I won't get excited just yet. Anybody can screw up, Rockstar included. They might think that people want GTA to become even more serious, realistic and cinematic. They might think they were on the right track with GTA4 ---- I personally think they weren't.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Really?
Many people disagree with me, but to me it left with SA.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Marketing, how does it work?
After playing Max Payne 3 and then going back to GTA:IV you can se the massive steps that R* has taken just not in using RAGE and natural motion, but in art direction and character design
Can't wait to see what they have in store.
Speedymanic
Banned
What does RDR have to do with anything?
See, this is all wrong. There was virtually nothing in Gay Tony that showed or even hinted at them getting back on track with the 'fun factor'.
Two to three 'fun' missions isn't a sign of them getting 'back on track with the fun factor', hell, the majority of the other missions were cookie cutter missions/similar to those from the core game.
As for resources, yeah, they had those resources when they were working on GTA4 and look how that turned out. Having more resources than other developers doesn't mean you'll put out a better game.
But the track record speaks differently. Sure, anyone can screw up but to not have faith in this particular company, who own the open world space for years basically, is just strange.
They changed things up to satisfy fan complaints with the expansions though; they obviously changed it up in response to criticism.
So low intellect based on oxygen deprivation wasn't a myth after all
I thought they removed jets so people didn't recreate 9/11? Or was that what was just made up?
I honestly cannot remember.
I'll grant you the wonky controls and Sleeping Dogs having much better gameplay. We agree on those points. But on the whole, GTV IV still captured me with things like the amazing atmosphere and wonderful physics to play around with. While it certainly was not as crazy as Vice City or San Andreas, that city realism they were going for still resonated with me. As it did with many. *shrugs*
In terms of horrible story? Well, it may not be Oscar worthy material, but it sure as hell beats the pants off of the ultra-stupid Saints Row. In which a horrible story is in place merely to give you an excuse to run around in Licha Libre gear, while swatting people with giant dildos. Sure, it's funny for awhile. But the game does not offer much, if any substance beneath all of the silliness and it sure as hell does not have the production value of GTA. But hey, to each their own.
Speedymanic
Banned
Nah, timing is everything. Trailer just before SR3 and now screens less than a week after SP...
You'd have to silly not to see the connection. R* or, more accurately, TT are shitting themselves...
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
There's nothing wrong with being a cynic, but come on.. you really think they're showing this stuff off and wont allow you to use them? Especially considering the previous game that was in the same setting allowed you to do so? Rockstar is not that cruel. They are not Gamfreak.
They've really only fucked up once with the mainline GTA, and Red Dead was fucking ace. Again, there's nothing wrong with being a cynic but don't take it overboard.