The_Almighty_Swan
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It's fun.. especially if you have a few friends to join you
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GTA Online has generated over half a billion dollars in revenue
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It's fun.. especially if you have a few friends to join you
It is, if you had any interest in races or the other matchmaking-based activities these things have never been made easier to do or quicker to do. The main draw of the online is and always has been, for most people, fucking around in the instanced sandboxes with a group of friends. Maybe doing a little heist stuff here and there but beyond that it's been primarily the thing you just fuck around in.
People would do less of that if the matchmaking-based activities had been fixed and the Online would be much less of a time sink with less loading screens, connection screens, etc etc. All of the downtime just added onto the grind that was already there.
Hopefully they design a better Online MP component in terms of how you can get together with other people in the activities in the next game or whatever. The set up here, they have to know is awful.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Wow. Amzing. I just thought people were buying GTA5 still, every month, because they didn't get a chance to play the single player.
Didnt know the online community was this deep!
Didnt know the online community was this deep!
Garrett Hawke
Member
This is absolutely going to be a huge part of GTA VI. I hope people are mentally prepared.
I'm sure in the next Red Dead too
ExitPlanetDust
Member
I wouldn't be surprised if we see a GTA Online stand alone release if sales of GTA V ever slow. Something free to play, if you will.
I have easily spent more time with GTA Online this generation than any other game. It's become my go-to hangout when I have downtime in my personal life. There isn't really any order to it, just log in and chill with whoever is playing on my friends list. Once you know how to cheese missions and heists, it isn't difficult to recoup losses from your playground adventures in free roam.
I have easily spent more time with GTA Online this generation than any other game. It's become my go-to hangout when I have downtime in my personal life. There isn't really any order to it, just log in and chill with whoever is playing on my friends list. Once you know how to cheese missions and heists, it isn't difficult to recoup losses from your playground adventures in free roam.
PodcastFips
Member
What is this? Clash of Clans?
Ultimadrago
Member
I'll never get another Rockstar story DLC episode again...Noooo!
SolidSnakex
Member
I think everyone expects that. With that said, I don't think it's anything that'll impact the single player mode in terms of quality or features. So, I won't be bothered by whatever they decide to do.
shadowsdarknes
Member
Yeah but I've been grinding like an animal and am still no where near being able to afford a yacht.
base shagohod
Member
It was fun for a little while, but the systems pushing these monetary gains put a damper on doing the stuff you actually want to do. Plus the over-long leveling grind, endless loading screens and gameplay mechanics that flail about limply in competive or otherwise real-time environments.
But congrats I guess. The age of youtube is the age of GTA.
But congrats I guess. The age of youtube is the age of GTA.
JetSetRadio
Banned
There were a shitload of money glitches and when you didn't go crazy R* didn't care.
It's also the best online arcade racer this gen.
It's also the best online arcade racer this gen.
valkillmore
Member
I was happy to spend $40 on shark cards w birthday psn cards. why not. i play the game enough, and some of the cars / vehicles they've released are awesome. they did dlc right
keltickennedy
Member
When I think of a grind in games, I think of doing the same task over and over. Maybe the first couple months it was out, but now there is so much to do in GTA Online that it never feels grindy to me.
GTA Online is great (with friends) lol.
EDIT: Also as a player who has never bought a shark card. But hey....thank you for the free updates to the kids that swipe their parents credit cards. haha.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Good news for them, bad for the people that hate the online. It could have been so much more instead of a money grab or grind-a-thon.
TheMrPliskin
Member
Good lord, that's insane.
potatohead
Member
Yea. Cumbersome is a good description.
Vital Tundra
Member
As long as they fix the garbage load times in online in for it. Not like the story mode of 5 was that great. I love GTAVs online but the load times for game modes and stuff keep me from starting it up with friends.
You mean AAA games.
PodcastFips
Member
You did not miss a lot, I spent around 10 hours in that mode and it was incredibly boring. Felt about as tacked on as Assassin's Creed multiplayer.
keltickennedy
Member
Nah man. Heists and the collection of Lamar missions in the first Lowriders DLC are standouts. Also some amazing user created content is in there.
I can't imagine people are still playing AC Multiplayer modes to this day. Tacked on??? definitely not.
Tip to playing with friends: Press start and in the Online tab go down to "automatchmaking" and turn it off. This will make it so when you or your friends launch a mission you will always have host and not be put in the mission with randoms.
Art Vandilay
Member
I take it this is why we haven't seen single player DLC.
BibiMaghoo
Member
To be honest it's the lobby system with strangers that is the bigger problem. If someone leaves or is disconnected for even a moment, every player is booted from the heist, but worse, not put back in the lobby, so you have to fuck around setting it up again and find a new team instead of just one new player.
I understand there are things that simply cannot be completed without 4 players, but at least put people back in the lobby, or freeze the game for up to 30 seconds to allow a player to reconnect. The system they use is garbage tier, and they can do much better that that.
Obliterator
Member
Yeah I'm really curious to see how they implement online and micro transactions in the next Red Dead. One of my personal theories on why we haven't seen that game is they retooled it a bit after seeing how massively successful GTA Online is
Spring-Loaded
Member
Imagine if it weren't a horrendous grind
keltickennedy
Member
This is actually one of the things I emailed Rockstar about a month back. That and the idea of having player lives in a mission leading to a fail state. There shouldn't be lives and they should just make the payouts subtract with an increased to the number of deaths.
I actually heard back from them and they said that they were sending it to the Online team. Who the hell knows...but here's hoping they make some changes in that area.
This should come as a surprise to no one. GTA V is well on its way to being the most profitable game in history. Also, keep in mind that MS and Sony have had tons of sales on the deluxe editions which come with either the Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle or the Whale Shark Cash Card Bundle. So I am sure that has been helping.
friskykillface
Banned
$$$$$$$$$
never spent a dime on it but I know a guy that spent $100 for some GTA cash, he just wanted that apartment
I remember doing that mission where you go down the hill and steal the helicopter to steal a cargo thing and get paid like 30K for 30-1 minute of gameplay lol
was fun to do over and over
never spent a dime on it but I know a guy that spent $100 for some GTA cash, he just wanted that apartment
I remember doing that mission where you go down the hill and steal the helicopter to steal a cargo thing and get paid like 30K for 30-1 minute of gameplay lol
was fun to do over and over
DriveClub and Horizon 2 exist...so I'll respectfully disagree.
Yeah, their entire approach to how the mission and heists work is like the antithesis to what make a GTA game enjoyable. It's too restrictive, there's no freedom, and fail states are part of that. Also, having a rigid system where you have to have 4 people always, even if the mission is clearly doable without all 4, and then someone leaves and everyone is booted out is just awful.
keltickennedy
Member
"Arcade Racer". Isn't DriveClub a sim and Horizon 2 is a hybrid sim from the base Forza games?
Horizon 2 is awesome though. Driveclub...It was alright. I didn't like all the penalties.
shadowsdarknes
Member
They should just integrate the campaign and story into online.
Let us earn money and gadgets by playing with our created character online by doing story missions.
It was ridiculous going from being a badass rich mofo in single player to a complete level 1 scrub online.
Let my character play through the story. I could have accompanied Franklin, Trevor, and Michael into the story.
I don't even touch single player anymore because it doesn't do a thing to help my online character which I'm grinding like hell to level up. If I could have taken the 30 hours of SP towards my online character, that would have been so much better.
Let us earn money and gadgets by playing with our created character online by doing story missions.
It was ridiculous going from being a badass rich mofo in single player to a complete level 1 scrub online.
Let my character play through the story. I could have accompanied Franklin, Trevor, and Michael into the story.
I don't even touch single player anymore because it doesn't do a thing to help my online character which I'm grinding like hell to level up. If I could have taken the 30 hours of SP towards my online character, that would have been so much better.
Chubby Rain
Member
It definitely isn't a sim, I'd certainly say it leans more towards an arcade racer.
CrashPrime
Member
What platform are people dropping money on this thing? I can't imagine the hack laden PC version needs micro transactions to support the shenanigans I have seen on youtube.
They might become the new Valve with these kinda of results.
Real money buys you in game money, which can be used for anything, including cooler looking and better performing cars.