Grand Theft Auto V (A.K.A 5)

[Alchemyst]

Im pretty excited about this game, I liked San Andreas, I hope they shift the focus to something more than the urban gangster theme from the previous game.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Im pretty excited about this game, I liked San Andreas, I hope they shift the focus to something more than the urban gangster theme from the previous game.

I dont know why people keep thinking they are going back to that just because this is in SA. Im almost positive they will give us a protagonist that they haven't really covered before.

 

[TX85]

Me too..But the trailer showed plenty of ghettoness with some streets and black thug looking dude(CJ!?)towards the end!!

But IF the older looking main guy is Tommy then I think there's hope,Although If there's a balance then that's good enough for me,I loved SA and I wouldn't mind riding bicycles in the ghetto off&even online..But not sure about the majority of the game!!!

 

[Benstamania]

Me too..But the trailer showed plenty of ghettoness with some streets and black thug looking dude(CJ!?)towards the end!!!

....Just because.

Spoiler

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Me too..But the trailer showed plenty of ghettoness with some streets and black thug looking dude(CJ!?)towards the end!!

But thats LA. There are black thugs there.

 

[Matt]

Maybe they can do both now? Give us the size of a SA but make each city feel as alive as LC from GTA IV. I mean id hope thats what they are doing, other wise, like you stated, its pointless to have all that space with not s@#t going on.

I hope so. It's not just that I want it to feel alive. I want the cultures to be properly satired. I want to work for the gay and Jewish mafias in San Fierro. I want to help crooked pit bosses shake down gambling addicts to excuse their debts. I want to do coke runs for someone like Robert Downey Jr. and get Hugh Grant a prostitute (come to think of it, a super agent, Ari Gold-type who has you do jobs for celebrities could be funny as hell). San Andreas covered so much...but also so little. Aside from The Truth, everything was "Hey, look at me, I'm a gangsta from the hood!" I want more this time. And it's not that I want to avoid the gangsta subculture (it should be part of the game as it is part of LA). I just want a broader focus. If the main character is Tommy Vercetti or a retired mobster in his vain, I do not want a narrow focus on the mob any more than I do a narrow focus on street gangs.

I want something like Vice City. Despite the fact that Tommy was a mafioso, think of all the missions you ran and all the subcultures it satired. Biker gangs, Vietnam vets, Haitians, Cubans, corporate tycoons, South American drug cartels, Ice cream vendors that also sell drugs. Vice City hit everything. I want something like that.

And I raaaan, I ran so far awaaaaaay

Oh, and I'll never forget how shocked I was when your best friend double crossed you...WHAT THE **** WAS HIS NAME? The 11 year old I was didn't want to kill him, but guess you had to, to end that mission...and escape via the rooftop.


Lance?

Lance Vance, that treacherous bastard!!!!

I dont know why people keep thinking they are going back to that just because this is in SA. Im almost positive they will give us a protagonist that they haven't really covered before.

I think it'll at least play a role. We saw the same gangsta (the one running from the cops) at least three times in the trailer. I think that there will be multiple characters. The street thug and the older guy.

As for the older guy, I still don't think that it is Tommy nor do I think that it is a mobster. I think it is a white collar criminal, a Madoff-type who worked on Wall Street, probably embezzled and defrauded investors and is now retiring. Maybe he gets sucked back in because he stole from the wrong person? That is my guess. White collar crime is very trendy right now (especially in the recession) and Rockstar has yet to really go at it hardcore. It is ripe for parody.

 

[SpideyVille]

I'm watching the IGN Rewind Theatre, and they brought up an interesting point at how the last few games were a type of social commentary based on different decades. They did the 80's in Vice City, the 90's in San Andreas and the 2000's with GTA IV. So in some way, this game, if set in the present, would deal with the 2010's. It almost makes me wonder if they'll do some kind of mockery to facebook and twitter since they blew up even more since the last game, and if they continue to do the phone thing, if we'll see a touch screen smartphone this time around.

But there is differently a theme about the economy and recession in the trailer and if they do decide to use multiple characters, I think they could do a nice little comparison story with one character trying to stay rich while the other is fighting to become rich.

 

[SpideyVille]

Eh, I'll take something big and ambitious over something controlled and linear any day of the week. Which isn't to say that I think that linear games are inherently bad or inferior to more open games, I just find that I'm more attracted to games that have a lot going on. It's why I loved San Andreas, and it's why I'm excited for Skyrim and Saints Row.

Of course I'm fully aware that when you try to do something big and crazy like those games that are huge and packed full of stuff, they're going to be kind of buggy, and not every aspect of it is going to be super polished, but I really don't mind.

I generally agree with the notion of "quality over quantity", but sometimes quantity in and of itself is quality.

I agree. Like I just played Uncharted 3 and it was awesome on so many levels. But I feel like the experience is cheapened a bit by the fact that I finished the story in less than 8 hours of playing time. But games like RDR and GTA IV, took me a whole week and it was because there was so much to do in terms of story and sie missions. I prefer games like that that I can put a lot of time into and feel like I got my money's worth.

Maybe they can do both now? Give us the size of a SA but make each city feel as alive as LC from GTA IV. I mean id hope thats what they are doing, other wise, like you stated, its pointless to have all that space with not s@#t going on.

This was my main issue with LA Noire. Everything looked great and authentic to the time period. But the place was completely dead and it felt boring because there was no real kind of interaction with the people or the environment.

But if they decide to do multiple cities, I wonder if that would mean a multi-disc release. I remember they said LA Noire would have been 6 discs on the 360 had they keep everything in, but instead brought it down to 3 discs. So I wonder, would they do something on a grand scale like that even if it meant multiple discs? Or would that be what the rumors about it being a download thing come from?

 

[Alchemyst]

I dont know why people keep thinking they are going back to that just because this is in SA. Im almost positive they will give us a protagonist that they haven't really covered before.

It's just me, I associate that theme with San Andreas, for all I know they could very well be taking a different approach with a different character, technically they did that with GTA4

 

[TX85]

I sure hope Rockstar doesn't take too long to confirm the main character,The voice just sounds exactly like Liota's/part of the story when he says"why did I move here?"/the older guy standing&then driving in one part..Just screams TOMMY!!

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Don't think anyone outside of Rockstar has played V if I'm not mistaken.

I have. Spoiler alert, the final boss is a Titan Formula Tommy Vercetti.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

It's just me, I associate that theme with San Andreas, for all I know they could very well be taking a different approach with a different character, technically they did that with GTA4

Well, I'm sure those themes will arise. It is LA after all. Compton and all that jazz.

 

[SpideyVille]

I sure hope Rockstar doesn't take too long to confirm the main character,The voice just sounds exactly like Liota's/part of the story when he says"why did I move here?"/the older guy standing&then driving in one part..Just screams TOMMY!!

It's funny because at first I was hoping that that wasn't the main character because I thought an older middle aged guy would be lame. But after hearing that it could be a character from the past, I'm more excited about it. But I will admit, I really feel the need to read up on the last few games because I really don't know anything outside of GTA IV. Even when I played Liberty City Stories on the PSP, I had no idea what was going on.

 

[TX85]

It's funny because at first I was hoping that that wasn't the main character because I thought an older middle aged guy would be lame. But after hearing that it could be a character from the past, I'm more excited about it. But I will admit, I really feel the need to read up on the last few games because I really don't know anything outside of GTA IV. Even when I played Liberty City Stories on the PSP, I had no idea what was going on.

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/

You can find info(story details)/videos&screenshots for ALL GTA games,to catch up!!

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Not sure if you guys heard or have already discussed it, but Ray Liottas reps confirmed that i not him in the trailer.

 

[SpideyVille]

http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto/

You can find info(story details)/videos&screenshots for ALL GTA games,to catch up!!

Thanks, I really appreciate this. I've been bummed out since I realized I can't actually play the games so I've been looking for a way to catch up on the past. Thanks.

 

[Benstamania]

Not sure if you guys heard or have already discussed it, but Ray Liottas reps confirmed that i not him in the trailer.

Yeah, it's been said. However, I said if it IS Tommy he may not be allowed (contractually of course) to talk about it yet Or, maybe he wasn't available to voice the voice over? Or maybe he just doesn't want to do it again?

Dude SOUNDS like Liotta... however, that doesn't mean it's Tommy.

 

[Alchemyst]

Well, I'm sure those themes will arise. It is LA after all. Compton and all that jazz.

yeah no doubt, IMO it would be cool if Rockstar uses a past GTA character as a main character for V, if it is Tommy Vercetti, that would be badass, if it takes place within the current year, that should put him in like his 40's, jackin cars as a middle aged guy = WIN

 

[Matt]

Not sure if you guys heard or have already discussed it, but Ray Liottas reps confirmed that i not him in the trailer.

Yeah, but they would say that if Rockstar is not ready to release anything. Liotta's reps are really only worth a grain of salt right now.

 

[Benstamania]

yeah no doubt, IMO it would be cool if Rockstar uses a past GTA character as a main character for V, if it is Tommy Vercetti, that would be badass, if it takes place within the current year, that should put him in like his 40's, jackin cars as a middle aged guy = WIN

I think it would put Tommy in his late 50's to early 60's. Wasn't Tommy in his late 30's in Vice City? He served what? 15-20 years prior to the start of that game.

Either way, if Sam Fisher, Solid Snake and Max Payne can do it... So can Tommy.

 

[Matt]

yeah no doubt, IMO it would be cool if Rockstar uses a past GTA character as a main character for V, if it is Tommy Vercetti, that would be badass, if it takes place within the current year, that should put him in like his 40's, jackin cars as a middle aged guy = WIN

Tommy was 40 in VC. He would be in his mid-60s by modern times.

 

[Thundercrack85]

There is more to LA than "the hood". Granted, that is what San Andreas focused on. But it also has a lot of up-scale areas, like Beverly Hills. And they set a whole game in Chinatown (though that was in Liberty City).

 

[cherokeesam]

As for the older guy, I still don't think that it is Tommy nor do I think that it is a mobster. I think it is a white collar criminal, a Madoff-type who worked on Wall Street, probably embezzled and defrauded investors and is now retiring. Maybe he gets sucked back in because he stole from the wrong person? That is my guess. White collar crime is very trendy right now (especially in the recession) and Rockstar has yet to really go at it hardcore. It is ripe for parody.

I think you're absolutely right.
Everything about that trailer screams social commentary/satire on the recession....you see the (presumably underwater) homeowner putting his house up for sale in a dead market; see the rich guys (protag is one of them...???) playing golf; corporate jet and all that, versus scenes of abject poverty (tent city, illegal aliens, etc). I'm sure there's a whole lot of rich vs. poor class warfare going on here. As others have said, if each new "generation" of GTA reflects the decade in which it's made, then the 2010s will have a lot to do with recessionistas.

Also, something to point out: why do people keep saying that the old/middle-aged guy is the protag? I count at least *three* potential candidates:

1) the middle-aged rich guy. Jogging shirtless on the pier; doing yoga on the balcony; in his 3-piece suit looking out over a construction site in the city; Also, I'm guessing this is our narrator.
2) young latino (or Middle Eastern?) guy. He's the one playing golf; hiking "Yosemite"; looks to be driving a blue convertible late in the video.
3) a young black street dude. You see him riding the jetski; wearing the funky sweater; driving the red sports car, checking out a chick in the crosswalk; later, getting chased by cop cars in that same red sports car; and later still, getting chased on foot down a back alley by Los Santos' finest.

And here's the kicker: I think all three of them are involved in the jewelry store heist, dressed as exterminators. So maybe they all wind up belonging to the same crew.

 

[Havok83]

There is more to LA than "the hood". Granted, that is what San Andreas focused on. But it also has a lot of up-scale areas, like Beverly Hills. And they set a whole game in Chinatown (though that was in Liberty City).

Exactly. LA is a very large city and SA only touched one small aspect of it

 

[Matt]

I think you're absolutely right.
Everything about that trailer screams social commentary/satire on the recession....you see the (presumably underwater) homeowner putting his house up for sale in a dead market; see the rich guys (protag is one of them...???) playing golf; corporate jet and all that, versus scenes of abject poverty (tent city, illegal aliens, etc). I'm sure there's a whole lot of rich vs. poor class warfare going on here. As others have said, if each new "generation" of GTA reflects the decade in which it's made, then the 2010s will have a lot to do with recessionistas.

Also, something to point out: why do people keep saying that the old/middle-aged guy is the protag? I count at least *three* potential candidates:

1) the middle-aged rich guy. Jogging shirtless on the pier; doing yoga on the balcony; in his 3-piece suit looking out over a construction site in the city; Also, I'm guessing this is our narrator.
2) young latino (or Middle Eastern?) guy. He's the one playing golf; hiking "Yosemite"; looks to be driving a blue convertible late in the video.
3) a young black street dude. You see him riding the jetski; wearing the funky sweater; driving the red sports car, checking out a chick in the crosswalk; later, getting chased by cop cars in that same red sports car; and later still, getting chased on foot down a back alley by Los Santos' finest.

And here's the kicker: I think all three of them are involved in the jewelry store heist, dressed as exterminators. So maybe they all wind up belonging to the same crew.

I think that the narration is what is making people think that the older guy is the protagonist. The narration heavily favors it being him. That being said, as I said earlier today, I think that Rockstar is being intentionally ambiguous/****ing with people because that is what Rockstar does. There is a good chance that we haven't even seen the protagonist yet.

I still think all will be revealed in a few days or so. Usually studios time major release trailers to match up with their first press release. Game Informer still hasn't done their monthly cover reveal. I wouldn't be surprised at all if GTA V is Game Informer's cover story this month and THAT will give us our first real details.