Wait..
As preparation for GTA V, I'm thinking of going out and get Red Dead Redemption today (or tomorrow) as I have never played it before but which version is the better one?
Have in mind that I don't have Xbox Live Gold.
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Wait..
As preparation for GTA V, I'm thinking of going out and get Red Dead Redemption today (or tomorrow) as I have never played it before but which version is the better one?
Have in mind that I don't have Xbox Live Gold.
TheAbsolution
Member
360 version. PS3 version has a Sub-HD resolution and a worse framerate.
Mustainium
Banned
360 version is the one to get.
I don't have XBL either.
The 360 version is better all around, but you have to pay to play online.
I barely play online, so it wasn't a big deal for me, i used the 48 hours trial included and was ok with that.
Some people seem to notice the IQ differences more than others, to me they were very obvious and distracting, other people barely seem to notice, so, YMMV.
EDIT: more obvious comparison:
tuna on toast
Banned
The blueprint is most likely scaled at 1 inch = 1/4 mile. Everything works well at that size - the 5 x RDR measurement fits and comparisons of the maps and screenshots of IV and V look good.
1 inch = 1/4 mile scale gives you this:
Pound_lb003
Member
Disappointed to find out it's an island.
Prefer Red Dead style mountains.
Prefer Red Dead style mountains.
Graphics Horse
Member
Ones you can't fly over?
Although it's possible there are legends/guides that fill up some of that space, maybe.
Have the military shoot you down if you go out of bounds.
Pound_lb003
Member
Ugh, please don't try to present logic to me. You expect me to hear a justified reason and just accept it?
(damn, I see now)
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Still plenty online on 360.
The blueprint is most likely scaled at 1 inch = 1/4 mile. Everything works well at that size - the 5 x RDR measurement fits and comparisons of the maps and screenshots of IV and V look good.
1 inch = 1/4 mile scale gives you this:
Isn't that SA map too big? The buildings should be huge, compared to GTA IV and V.
Also, GTA IV+GTA SA+RDR, with room to spare?
Dries
Member
Holy shit, looks like the real deal. Probably a good photoshop though.
was PS3 GTA4 this soft looking compared to the 360 version? I hope this isn't the case for GTA5.I don't have XBL either.
The 360 version is better all around, but you have to pay to play online.
I barely play online, so it wasn't a big deal for me, i used the 48 hours trial included and was ok with that.
Some people seem to notice the IQ differences more than others, to me they were very obvious and distracting, other people barely seem to notice, so, YMMV.
EDIT: more obvious comparison:
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
It's fake. It was made on GTA forums. You can tell that parts of the city area in the countryside are made from pieces of Los Santos.
SketchTheArtist
Member
And they re-use lots of bits and pieces everywhere on the map.
Felix Lighter
Member
RDR and GTA IV were both 640p on PS3 and 720p on Xbox, but overall I believe RDR had the most profound difference in visuals of the Rockstar RAGE games. Fortunately, Max Payne 3 was 720p for both, which is hopefully a result of optimizations to the engine and not just due to the smaller scale of the game.
This been posted yet?
GTA V at E3?
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=559161
http://www.e3insider.com/exhibitor/view/188/grand-theft-auto-v/28985/
Quote from
Kirsty on GTAforums
GTA V at E3?
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=559161
http://www.e3insider.com/exhibitor/view/188/grand-theft-auto-v/28985/
Quote from
Kirsty on GTAforums
Funny thing is it says PC on the E3 insider website. It's probably a mistake though.
tuna on toast
Banned
SA - 14 square miles (land and water)
IV - 6.5 square miles (land and water)
RDR - 5.5 square miles of reachable area
At the size I have it, the blueprint map would be around 30 square miles. That works with Rockstar's statement that the total area of V is 5 times RDR which is SA + IV + RDR with room to spare.
The Albatross
Member
I thought Rockstar said that they would not be showing GTAV at E3?
Also, re: the square mileage... I just don't get why that gets people excited. The games are a different scale, a mile means something completely different in Red Dead Redemption than it does in GTAIV or GTA:SA. If you could drop a motorcyle from GTA:SA into RDR and traverse land at the same speed and way that you could in GTA:SA, then it would take no time at all to travel the entire length of the map.
RDR is a large landmass, but much of the sense of size comes in that your primary vehicle (horse) is slow, cannot jump off edges, and is limited to basically only traveling on defined paths that purposely do not take you in a straight line from point A to point B. Areas of Mexico especially are much smaller than they actually seem, because the roads cut through plateaus that are not easily traversed by your horse.
That all being said, I hope Los Santos is considerably larger than RDR... It has air craft.
Also, re: the square mileage... I just don't get why that gets people excited. The games are a different scale, a mile means something completely different in Red Dead Redemption than it does in GTAIV or GTA:SA. If you could drop a motorcyle from GTA:SA into RDR and traverse land at the same speed and way that you could in GTA:SA, then it would take no time at all to travel the entire length of the map.
RDR is a large landmass, but much of the sense of size comes in that your primary vehicle (horse) is slow, cannot jump off edges, and is limited to basically only traveling on defined paths that purposely do not take you in a straight line from point A to point B. Areas of Mexico especially are much smaller than they actually seem, because the roads cut through plateaus that are not easily traversed by your horse.
That all being said, I hope Los Santos is considerably larger than RDR... It has air craft.
Raptomex
Member
Lol you know what's awesome, climbing Mt. Chiliad and watching the planes crash into the mountain.
The Albatross
Member
The Rockstar @ E3 rumors contradict what Rockstar has said about E3 this year:
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/gta5/news/rockstar_wont_be_showing_gta_5_at_e3.html
The team will be at the show but not presenting anything.
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/gta5/news/rockstar_wont_be_showing_gta_5_at_e3.html
The team will be at the show but not presenting anything.
Raptomex
Member
That won't happen until after release. Rockstar's GTA videos are always cinematic. Trailers, usually.
No.
But the game will look exactly just like the trailers, just like every R* game for the past 12 years.
valkillmore
Member
They have been cinematic and yet include gameplay footage in the past. GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas all featured trailers that were both cinematic and featured actual gameplay.
I'm unsure about GTA4.
The trailers that have come out for GTA5 have by far been the most cinematic of any trailers for any GTA that came before it. There is also no discernible, confirmed gameplay shown in any of them, yet I can imagine the Franklin trailer shows some actual driving/helicopter gameplay.
SJRB
Gold Member
What the hell?
Robot Pants
Member
He's right.
He's been like this. He derailed the TLoU review thread with this shit.
But it fits here.
Why would you do that?
Member
I'm guessing the reaction is because you bumped a thread just to say "GOTY," no new info, no in-depth thoughts, and nothing truly important or interesting (no offense lol).
This thread is not really old, though. Just be careful when bumping old threads, especially with posts like that. It will likely lead to a ban.
ok, I apologize
It's alright, I don't think he's far off. I'll borrow a gif from a different GTA V thread to illustrate how I feel about GTA V:
Red I saw in the other thread that you weren't a fan of IV, what changes or additions to V make you excited? Just for curiosity's/discussion's sake.
Edit: annnd he's banned. Shit =[
Red I saw in the other thread that you weren't a fan of IV, what changes or additions to V make you excited? Just for curiosity's/discussion's sake.
Edit: annnd he's banned. Shit =[
TheContact
Member
the two far right upper most small cities are clearly cut and paste, for someone who spent that much time doing photoshop I'm surprised he let that slide, makes it very fake.
It's not trying to make it pass as a fake, they're trying to piece together the map going by triangulations from screens and videos.
It's a fanmade map, it's not being passed off as a Rockstar official.
The Albatross
Member
Word is it's not a scan from a magazine but from the Game of the Year edition of Red Dead Redemption. I wonder if that's against rules?