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The GTA 5 Trailer Talk Thread
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Highly unlikely. Vice City was announced May '02, shipped October '02; San Andreas was announced March '04, shipped October '04. IV was a little different, but they really announced it too early; probably MS pressure though, to make the 360 look more attractive.Luckyman said:
I'm sticking with April/May 2012. I don't know about anyone else, but the game looked pretty far along judging by the trailer.
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
I don't know if I'd trust a source that can't even speak to who/what the main character is.
Net_Wrecker
Member
The only problem I see with the 1st half of the year release date speculation is that they are ramping up with the Max Payne 3 previews and stuff. I can't see GTAV coming before that. Unless they do a March/April MP3 release, and June/July GTAV, I'm guessing GTAV is slated for October 2012.
bonesmccoy
Banned
AiTM said:
That's not an unrealistic guess by any means. All of the recent Rockstar signature releases have been in April/May. If this generation is actually coming to an end soon, it makes more sense (to an unschooled boob like me) to release while there's still a solid part of the life cycle left. I'm thinking Spring 2012 as well.
notjackbauer
Member
DennisK4 said:
Yeah, that sounds likely to me. San Diego is a no-brainer, even though it's kinda boring, but what would the other city be? Santa Barbara provides lots of fodder for Rockstar.
edit: wrong quote
Robot Pants
Member
I predict GTA5 in April, and I hope I'm right. Or sooner! 
Kotaku picked up that story about the guy who tweeted the map, they found that earlier this year he posted a picture of an ad for GTA Los Santos, releasing 11-11-11.
What makes it's weird is that he knew it was Los Santos, how could someone have guessed that? Also maybe this fall was supposed to be the release date but they decided to push back to next spring.
Gta IV came out in May 2008, and given the fact they had most of the engine work done from Gta 4 and RDR, seems like plenty of time for the game to be ready.
What makes it's weird is that he knew it was Los Santos, how could someone have guessed that? Also maybe this fall was supposed to be the release date but they decided to push back to next spring.
Gta IV came out in May 2008, and given the fact they had most of the engine work done from Gta 4 and RDR, seems like plenty of time for the game to be ready.
Zombie James
Banned
Robot Pants said:I predict GTA5 in April, and I hope I'm right. Or sooner!
10/11/12, I say.
WordAssassin
Member
That's my hometown and I would absolutely shit if they somehow included it in GTA.notjackbauer said:
When you say "provides lots of fodder" does that mean it'd just be a good place to do something, or have they taken shots at it before? (I never got to play San Andreas)
notjackbauer
Member
WordAssassin said:
I don't think there was any equivalent of Santa Barbara in San Andreas. By fodder I just mean it's a picturesque town full of rich white people - they like skewering folks like that.
WordAssassin
Member
Mansions everywhere and no minorities would work pretty wellnotjackbauer said:
SPACECADET
Member
I really really really want to believe that list is true (aside from having to fill up gas in the car) all of it sounds so awesome.
I would also be in heaven if they finally implemented a first person view for driving, so i can see the city from the drivers view, steering wheel and all.
Hope this comes out in the spring next year, sooner the better, with any game other than GTA i can take a long wait, but once a GTA game is announced it's constantly on my radar and it's painful.
I've decided that once they announce any kind of time frame for GTAV's release, i'm gonna start with GTAIII and play all the way through it, Vice City, San Andreas, GTAIV and it's two expansion packs before V comes out. i'm hoping it'll be as fun as it sounds, and maybe help speed up the waiting.
I would also be in heaven if they finally implemented a first person view for driving, so i can see the city from the drivers view, steering wheel and all.
Hope this comes out in the spring next year, sooner the better, with any game other than GTA i can take a long wait, but once a GTA game is announced it's constantly on my radar and it's painful.
I've decided that once they announce any kind of time frame for GTAV's release, i'm gonna start with GTAIII and play all the way through it, Vice City, San Andreas, GTAIV and it's two expansion packs before V comes out. i'm hoping it'll be as fun as it sounds, and maybe help speed up the waiting.
astroturfing
Member
hmm, i'll say map is real, rumor list made up.
i'm a man of compromises and it usually works out.
i'm a man of compromises and it usually works out.
Proteus IV
Member
Tr4nce said:
I find it highly suspect that a rouge gaming journalist with enough clout to actually get access to GTA V would be enough of an amateur to write like this:
And those are just the ones that really hurt my eyes, there's plenty more
Also this sentence pretty much cements it as some 15 year olds day dreams:
This would either be in or out and would never be shared with a gaming journalist ahead of such a decision.
Buckethead
Banned
RE: People disappointed about it not being a new location. Look at it from this perspective:
Marketing
They were going to do something visually polar opposite from IV.
Liberty City was depressing, overcast, cold. Subdued color palate. Set in fall.
This looks sunny, warm. Diverse environments. Lots of bright colors. Glory days lighting.
This stands out. Catches people's eye which feeds into....
Sales
Both LA and NY are major markets. #2 and #1 in Pop Density, respectively. Suburbs and surrounding areas flock to these places for entertainment and employment. They are well known. There's a concept of "that's my city" even if you live just outside. Also the rapidly growing Latino market is a good market to tap.
Something New
I think DC would be your best bet as you could set that in the mid 00s and do a "Wire" type story but they've shown little interest in doing retro GTA games anymore and this is the 7th largest market. And as I said before you face the challenge of differentiating it from LC. And likely no way to work in countryside. Although I think the political angle would've been interesting. Could work in casinos here.
Chicago has a large base (3rd) but is very, very similar to NYC. A corruption angle would be interesting but that could easily and more appropriately worked in DC.
Conclusion
They're going a little safe for a down economy and using pre-existing legwork from Midnight Club and LA Noire, sure, but they're also setting it in a locale guaranteed to sell and please the mammothly large GTA fan base.
I see the "creative risks" that need to be taken more as gameplay changes not in the setting.
In short, LA makes sense. Only Los Santos makes a better game.
P.S. It was rumored awhile ago that it was Los Santos only when the casting/"RUSH" stuff leaked. This is not new news.
Marketing
They were going to do something visually polar opposite from IV.
Liberty City was depressing, overcast, cold. Subdued color palate. Set in fall.
This looks sunny, warm. Diverse environments. Lots of bright colors. Glory days lighting.
This stands out. Catches people's eye which feeds into....
Sales
Both LA and NY are major markets. #2 and #1 in Pop Density, respectively. Suburbs and surrounding areas flock to these places for entertainment and employment. They are well known. There's a concept of "that's my city" even if you live just outside. Also the rapidly growing Latino market is a good market to tap.
Something New
I think DC would be your best bet as you could set that in the mid 00s and do a "Wire" type story but they've shown little interest in doing retro GTA games anymore and this is the 7th largest market. And as I said before you face the challenge of differentiating it from LC. And likely no way to work in countryside. Although I think the political angle would've been interesting. Could work in casinos here.
Chicago has a large base (3rd) but is very, very similar to NYC. A corruption angle would be interesting but that could easily and more appropriately worked in DC.
Conclusion
They're going a little safe for a down economy and using pre-existing legwork from Midnight Club and LA Noire, sure, but they're also setting it in a locale guaranteed to sell and please the mammothly large GTA fan base.
I see the "creative risks" that need to be taken more as gameplay changes not in the setting.
In short, LA makes sense. Only Los Santos makes a better game.
P.S. It was rumored awhile ago that it was Los Santos only when the casting/"RUSH" stuff leaked. This is not new news.
Neuromancer
Member
I don't believe Rockstar would do that. They'd go big or not at all.DennisK4 said:
Suburbs or little towns sure. But I really think this game is going to be just the one city. Unless they were being purposefully misleading in their press release.
astroturfing
Member
Buckethead said:
also, Los Angeles is a city pretty much everyone outside US knows. we've seen it in the movies etc.
if a GTA game took place in Chicago or Detroit or some of the other cities people had suggested, as a European i'd just think "wtf, i know nothing about them"...
it's a global market you know! and i wish i could really visit LA
GTAV will be the next best thing then i guess.I H8 Memes
Member
Unicorn said:
Come on man. Every time a new GTA game comes out people come out of the woodwork claiming to have inside info on the game.
I agree. That being said, everyone's assuming tri-city would be what was in San Andreas, but I could potentially see a geographical triangle comprising LA, Palm Springs, and San Diego / Tijuana instead. Far smaller scale, you still get some (Indian) casinos / resorts, along with border smuggling / drug trade.Neuromancer said:
/pipe dream
Buckethead
Banned
Oct 2012 peeps. Book it.
R* probably has no problem to release GTAV after a pair of months of Max Payne 3, Mp3 cames out of the limo in late september with the first trailer and then some pics, now less than one month later they dropped the bomb of GTAIV.
Mp3 will sell what it deserves in two months like all the not-huge-success games(I hope it isn't and it will be great) then It's time to GTAV.
delaying GTAV could cause a small dcrease of sales, and releasing it near mp3 could cause a small decrease of mp3 sales, but mp3 is probably going to sell at max 2 millions, GTAV around 25.
Mp3 will sell what it deserves in two months like all the not-huge-success games(I hope it isn't and it will be great) then It's time to GTAV.
delaying GTAV could cause a small dcrease of sales, and releasing it near mp3 could cause a small decrease of mp3 sales, but mp3 is probably going to sell at max 2 millions, GTAV around 25.
Neuromancer
Member
May 8, 2012Zep said:I'm gonna run a contest, since nobody knows when the hell its coming.
-Whoever gets the exact date right, gets a free copy.
-Once you pick a date, nobody else can.
-It must be a Tuesday.*
*US Residents ONLY!
I pick July 17th.