How are you liking GTA V?
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I guess I'm in a very small minority here because I fucking hate the game. I guess the GTA series just isn't for me anymore. I loved San Andreas; I still play that game to this day. I tried playing GTA4 and gave up on that POS after about 10 hours of play. This game seems way too much like 4.
I did the intro mission, and then the first mission with Franklin where you have to repo cars with your buddy for Simeon. I get in the car, chase my buddy around the city in the most retarded pattern possible (instead of just driving back to the dealership), and end up in some parking lot where the cops just suddenly show up. Now I'm on my own, forced to flee from cops for no fucking reason, and I can't seem to shake them. No matter how fast I drive, no matter how many turns I make, or front yards I drive through, or cliffs I jump the car off, the goddamn cops are practically attached to my rear bumper. After about 5 minutes of driving around (and smashing the shit out of my car in the process because the streets are full of cars that will change lanes and cut you off or just pull in front of you for no reason) I finally manage to shake the cops into their search mode. I then head off in the totally opposite direction they are searching only to have a cop magically spawn right in front of me and BAM! wanted level restored; start running again, squirrel! Again, I drive like hell to shake the bastards (with only a 2 star wanted level, mind you) and eventually get away. Now I can head back to the dealership, which is on the other side of the damn city from where I currently am. I start carefully driving what is left of my car only to have a cement truck switch lanes on me, sideswipe me, and send me crashing. Full of rage (both video game and real life), I get out of the car, drag the truck driver out of his truck, and proceed to stomp his skull into the street until I start to feel a little better. Then I get back into my car.......
and spend the next 30 seconds trying to get the damn thing to start. *sigh*
Game turned off. What a pile of crap. Who wants a slightly used Xbox360 version of GTA5?
I don't want a life simulator. I don't want realism. I play games to have fun, not to do work or simulate life. I don't want to deal with a car not starting; I want to get in the car and drive away. I don't want to have to feather the throttle and deal with touchy steering that overcorrects for the slightest movement, but when you need to make a quick 90 degree turn, suddenly the car turns like an aircraft carrier. None of that is fun. I had absolutely no fun with this game.
If you are having fun and loving this game, good for you. Like I said, I guess this franchise just isn't for me anymore. I tried; I didn't like; I'm done. Thank you and goodnight.
I did the intro mission, and then the first mission with Franklin where you have to repo cars with your buddy for Simeon. I get in the car, chase my buddy around the city in the most retarded pattern possible (instead of just driving back to the dealership), and end up in some parking lot where the cops just suddenly show up. Now I'm on my own, forced to flee from cops for no fucking reason, and I can't seem to shake them. No matter how fast I drive, no matter how many turns I make, or front yards I drive through, or cliffs I jump the car off, the goddamn cops are practically attached to my rear bumper. After about 5 minutes of driving around (and smashing the shit out of my car in the process because the streets are full of cars that will change lanes and cut you off or just pull in front of you for no reason) I finally manage to shake the cops into their search mode. I then head off in the totally opposite direction they are searching only to have a cop magically spawn right in front of me and BAM! wanted level restored; start running again, squirrel! Again, I drive like hell to shake the bastards (with only a 2 star wanted level, mind you) and eventually get away. Now I can head back to the dealership, which is on the other side of the damn city from where I currently am. I start carefully driving what is left of my car only to have a cement truck switch lanes on me, sideswipe me, and send me crashing. Full of rage (both video game and real life), I get out of the car, drag the truck driver out of his truck, and proceed to stomp his skull into the street until I start to feel a little better. Then I get back into my car.......
and spend the next 30 seconds trying to get the damn thing to start. *sigh*
Game turned off. What a pile of crap. Who wants a slightly used Xbox360 version of GTA5?
I don't want a life simulator. I don't want realism. I play games to have fun, not to do work or simulate life. I don't want to deal with a car not starting; I want to get in the car and drive away. I don't want to have to feather the throttle and deal with touchy steering that overcorrects for the slightest movement, but when you need to make a quick 90 degree turn, suddenly the car turns like an aircraft carrier. None of that is fun. I had absolutely no fun with this game.
If you are having fun and loving this game, good for you. Like I said, I guess this franchise just isn't for me anymore. I tried; I didn't like; I'm done. Thank you and goodnight.
Fuck yeah Trevor. And Franklin is kinda cool, one of his outfits makes him look like Young Jeezy. Although the Mustang knockoff is so hard to find 
And I end up losing mine and then shelling out a ton of cash to supe up a new one. The Infernus surprisingly sucks in this one.
I hope they actually did put Bigfoot in the hills somewhere, and I'm glad we got to see the Grove reincarnated with the new graphics. So far I'm loving the game, although the desert bit is a tad small. I wanted to go off-roading and look for alien parts, I'm so excited to see what they unlock.
The only thing I'm worried about is during the mission where
...I had this huge grin that wouldn't go away, I started laughing uncontrollably, and I took waaaaay to much joy in that. I seriously scared myself.
EDIT: Also the dude above me never played Need for Speed Most Wanted apparently...you know, the first one. The good one.
And I end up losing mine and then shelling out a ton of cash to supe up a new one. The Infernus surprisingly sucks in this one. I hope they actually did put Bigfoot in the hills somewhere, and I'm glad we got to see the Grove reincarnated with the new graphics. So far I'm loving the game, although the desert bit is a tad small. I wanted to go off-roading and look for alien parts, I'm so excited to see what they unlock.
The only thing I'm worried about is during the mission where
you torture that guy
EDIT: Also the dude above me never played Need for Speed Most Wanted apparently...you know, the first one. The good one.
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I'm loving it so far, a lot better than IV, and I liked IV. I like all the main characters, but Trevor is hands-down my favorite.
Probably my favorite thing to do in the game is play as Trevor and just insult random pedestrians. If they start running, I simply chase after them like the crazy man I am while continuing to ridiculing them until someone has the sense to call the cops.
Probably my favorite thing to do in the game is play as Trevor and just insult random pedestrians. If they start running, I simply chase after them like the crazy man I am while continuing to ridiculing them until someone has the sense to call the cops.
Im loving this game. I had high expectations and they have been met. Its by far my favourite GTA so far and the soundtrack is actually really good (when gerry rafferty came on the radio i was blown away)
Im not going to say that GTA IV was a bad game but it was 90% of what it shouldve been GTA V is that other 10% and it makes a HUGE difference. The driving is good, the shooting is an improvement and everything seems more solid like red dead. As usual with any GTA game its not just one thing that makes it good its a collection of all the tiny little attentions to detail that chances are only 50 % of players will notice but the other 50% will notice something else. To say rockstar have recreated SA from the ground up and added every last detail is incredible and it really makes the city come alive as opposed to any other bland open world game. Every street has something interesting and if your willing to explore the mountain regions (id recommend you get a helicopter first) you wont be dissapointed either. Theres also so many activities missions and sidemissions going on and a load of random encounters. At one point i was doing a mission thats very trevor and micheal orientated and it took a while to organise. I went back to frank and his inbox was flooded and my minimap was littered with icons
In conclusion the attention to detail is what makes this game great and the 3 characters add so much variety and weed out any stale spots in missions
Im not going to say that GTA IV was a bad game but it was 90% of what it shouldve been GTA V is that other 10% and it makes a HUGE difference. The driving is good, the shooting is an improvement and everything seems more solid like red dead. As usual with any GTA game its not just one thing that makes it good its a collection of all the tiny little attentions to detail that chances are only 50 % of players will notice but the other 50% will notice something else. To say rockstar have recreated SA from the ground up and added every last detail is incredible and it really makes the city come alive as opposed to any other bland open world game. Every street has something interesting and if your willing to explore the mountain regions (id recommend you get a helicopter first) you wont be dissapointed either. Theres also so many activities missions and sidemissions going on and a load of random encounters. At one point i was doing a mission thats very trevor and micheal orientated and it took a while to organise. I went back to frank and his inbox was flooded and my minimap was littered with icons
In conclusion the attention to detail is what makes this game great and the 3 characters add so much variety and weed out any stale spots in missions
Best trevor moment[Kira Must Die said:
i was doing that mission where franklin trevor and lamar get ripped off and buy that brick of drywall and you have to escape. Not only was it amazing when trevor realised the coke was fake and saved lamar and franklins ass but when escaping on jetskis i decided to follow trevor (at first i didnt think you had a choice). I climbed the ladder onto the dock and got in a car, obviously the game decided that for some arbritrary reason that id left trevor behind even though he was next to me. So i got out and went to catch up with him and next thing i see hes trying to outrun the cops in a forklift needless to say that was a fission mailed but still hilarious
Best trevor moment[Kira Must Die said:
i was doing that mission where franklin trevor and lamar get ripped off and buy that brick of drywall and you have to escape. Not only was it amazing when trevor realised the coke was fake and saved lamar and franklins ass but when escaping on jetskis i decided to follow trevor (at first i didnt think you had a choice). I climbed the ladder onto the dock and got in a car, obviously the game decided that for some arbritrary reason that id left trevor behind even though he was next to me. So i got out and went to catch up with him and next thing i see hes trying to outrun the cops in a forklift needless to say that was a fission mailed but still hilarious
Trevor is the most disgusting, horrible, evil, filthy, degenerate of a man I have ever witnessed..
I love him. He is the most amazing character I have ever seen. I love him.
OT: (More on topic anyhow) gta V is one of my most favourite games ever. It is amazing, the characters are great, the story is great, the world is great, the writing is great.
It is great!
I love him. He is the most amazing character I have ever seen. I love him.
OT: (More on topic anyhow) gta V is one of my most favourite games ever. It is amazing, the characters are great, the story is great, the world is great, the writing is great.
It is great!
I'm having a great time, so far, but it's difficult for Rockstar to really flesh out the characters, between three of them, to the point that they have in the past.
As well, the first heist is spectacular, but, you don't really get enough of those kinds of missions. The weapons customization is nice, as well, though, I find myself wondering why I would ever buy the property. Remember to help people, on the street, too, as it pays off. I retrieved a bike for some random bugger and he rewarded me with 100,000 shares of his companies stock.
As well, the first heist is spectacular, but, you don't really get enough of those kinds of missions. The weapons customization is nice, as well, though, I find myself wondering why I would ever buy the property. Remember to help people, on the street, too, as it pays off. I retrieved a bike for some random bugger and he rewarded me with 100,000 shares of his companies stock.
Its pretty damn awesome. I've had uncomplicated, shameless and badassery sand box fun with GTA5, its my choice for GOTY as well so far in a lack lustre year.
It has its kinks IMO (Not enough heists and simplistic development of your "crew" for the low number of heists you do go on, the dodgy camera angles when reversing, the torture sequence, etc), but overall a marvellous romp that will only set you back $79 Australian dollars.
It has its kinks IMO (Not enough heists and simplistic development of your "crew" for the low number of heists you do go on, the dodgy camera angles when reversing, the torture sequence, etc), but overall a marvellous romp that will only set you back $79 Australian dollars.
Seconded, he was my favourite character to play of the three. It's also hilarious as well to switch to Trevor after a few Michael or Franklin missions, to see what current mischief he was up to before assuming control.Roofstone said:
Very beautiful world and huge gameplay improvement over GTA4. I'm admittedly not a fan of GTA's theme, but I love open-world games and the scope, detail, and ability to interact are unmatched.
The game is big, with lots to do - and that it's best feature. Dissecting it's individual parts, there are games that have better driving, shooting, storyline, etc. But few games do you go back to more than once. I know I'll easily spend over a hundred hours just exploring, doing side quests, and mini-games. And we don't even know yet how good the online might be.
I'm old enough to remember playing pong on Atari, so now when I start playing a game with this level of awesomeness, I almost shed a tear.
The game is big, with lots to do - and that it's best feature. Dissecting it's individual parts, there are games that have better driving, shooting, storyline, etc. But few games do you go back to more than once. I know I'll easily spend over a hundred hours just exploring, doing side quests, and mini-games. And we don't even know yet how good the online might be.
I'm old enough to remember playing pong on Atari, so now when I start playing a game with this level of awesomeness, I almost shed a tear.
GTAV is probably my game of the year. Although I had high expectations, I didn't expect it to be this good honestly. I loved GTAIV, but it had it's fair share of shortcomings (sloppy controls and annoying friend system being the main culprits for me). Being an experienced gamer, it takes more and more for me to be impressed nowadays, but congrats Rockstar, you did it. The world is huge and looks impressive. The car handling is much improved over IV, and it's now a total blast to cruise around the city and explore. The availability of fast cars from the get-go means it won't get tedious driving back and forth to mission points. The cover system and shooting is sharper.
The missions and characters so far is way better than IV as well. I'm only 25% in, and already its so much more FUN and inviting than Liberty City was. The opening scene, racing through Los Santos sets the tone perfectly. Then Michael, in a jealous rage, tears down a building from the hills. The first heist only confirmed to me how good the game is; no longer do I get annoyed by the sloppy controls. Speed racing from the cops through the city and into the sewers were not only fast, but HUGELY enjoyable, due to the responsive controls. If this chase happened the exact same way in IV, it would have been frustrating, to say the least. And then the epic introduction to Travis, cruising around wrecking havoc in the desert, both by ground AND air. It's just such a satisfying gaming experience overall.
And now I haven't even mentioned the small, non-scripted events that happens all around. To quote what I wrote in another thread:
First time I played as Trevor, I freakin' loved just cruising around. It was such a different feeling to being in Los Santos (up until that point, I mainly just stayed in the city doing missions, except for a few trips to some nearby hills and parks). It's such a contrast driving in the desert and valley compared to that being in the city. It's also absolutely hilarious how different the NPC's react to you out in the countryside. Yesterday I was driving recklessly at night down this valley, and I accidentally ended up in the river and had to jump out of my car. So I get out of the water, crawl back up to the road again, and wait patiently in the dark for a car to arrive. Then finally I see the headlights of a car in the far distance approaching. I pull out my gun, and stand waiting in the middle of the road. The car approaches and slows down to a halt, and I expect they guy to open the door and run off screaming(like most citizens in Los Santos do), but boy was I wrong! This hillbilly came out blazing with a shotgun and nearly killed me on the spot!
The missions and characters so far is way better than IV as well. I'm only 25% in, and already its so much more FUN and inviting than Liberty City was. The opening scene, racing through Los Santos sets the tone perfectly. Then Michael, in a jealous rage, tears down a building from the hills. The first heist only confirmed to me how good the game is; no longer do I get annoyed by the sloppy controls. Speed racing from the cops through the city and into the sewers were not only fast, but HUGELY enjoyable, due to the responsive controls. If this chase happened the exact same way in IV, it would have been frustrating, to say the least. And then the epic introduction to Travis, cruising around wrecking havoc in the desert, both by ground AND air. It's just such a satisfying gaming experience overall.
And now I haven't even mentioned the small, non-scripted events that happens all around. To quote what I wrote in another thread:
First time I played as Trevor, I freakin' loved just cruising around. It was such a different feeling to being in Los Santos (up until that point, I mainly just stayed in the city doing missions, except for a few trips to some nearby hills and parks). It's such a contrast driving in the desert and valley compared to that being in the city. It's also absolutely hilarious how different the NPC's react to you out in the countryside. Yesterday I was driving recklessly at night down this valley, and I accidentally ended up in the river and had to jump out of my car. So I get out of the water, crawl back up to the road again, and wait patiently in the dark for a car to arrive. Then finally I see the headlights of a car in the far distance approaching. I pull out my gun, and stand waiting in the middle of the road. The car approaches and slows down to a halt, and I expect they guy to open the door and run off screaming(like most citizens in Los Santos do), but boy was I wrong! This hillbilly came out blazing with a shotgun and nearly killed me on the spot!
Meh, I'd give it a 7/10. It's good, not great. The auto aim is better but the rest of the controls are frustrating at times. The music is ok, but some of the radio channels are all over the map content wise. I'm not a big fan of the whole character changing thing. Driving is much improved, and I like the increased vehicle collection. I also like the weapon customization. I love how it's one huge land mass this time, instead of three or four separate islands.
All that's really good about GTA 5 is the graphics and presentation.
Sleeping Dogs is still better, all things considered:
1. Better hand to hand and melee combat, which means among other things:
a. You can counterattack.
b. You can throw people.
c. You can break your enemies? bones.
d. You can tackle people? without looking like a retard.
2. Better story, makes you actually give a damn about what happens.
3. Protagonist isn?t some pathetic, despicable loser, but a badass you can respect
4. More advanced skill/perk progression system.
5. You can access your vehicles from garages in any area of the map right from the start.
6. Valet guy?s not an idiot, like the mechanic in GTA 5.
7. You can hijack moving vehicles by leaping onto them from your own.
8. You can ram enemy vehicles off the road with the press of a button and analog stick.
9. You can use your phone while getting in and out of your vehicle and driving.
10. You can save outfits in your wardrobe, making it easy to choose what to wear.
11. Food/drinks give temporary boosts to your health regeneration, physical strength, etc.
12. You can shoot while jumping over objects and out of moving vehicles (?bullet time? optional)
13. No disturbing missions where you have to torture innocent people to progress the story.
14. No nudity or overly explicit voiceovers for prostitutes, other creepy stuff like that.
15. Vehicle damage. You can't keep getting into collisions without destroying your vehicle.
16. No hand-holding in general (e.g., can't flip your car back on its wheels with the analog).
17. You can buy a vehicle, lose/destroy it, and return to your garage for another one.
18. You can gamble, in more interesting ways than joining the lame stock market.
19. Hong Kong is a breath of fresh air, as opposed to yet another recycled map.
20. You can own more vehicles at once, and there?s no chance of them disappearing.
21. Better ambiance. Can't walk 10 ft. in Los Santos without being inexplicably antagonized.
22. Better rewards for collectibles, such as max health increases and unlocked apparel.
23. Cops aren't psychic. If you kill someone where they can't see, they don't know about it.
24. You can listen to whatever station you want WHENever you want (no Trevor or loss of signal).
23. You can change objectives (where your GPS points you to) with the press of a button.
24. You can take a human shield.
25. You can disarm opponents and use their weapon against them.
26. You can put people in your trunk and drive around looking for the perfect place to...
27. ...use the environment to kill them in unique ways.
28. Better parkour. The button you run with is the same button you climb/jump with
29. Clothes and accessories can give you experience gain bonuses.
30. More enterable buildings, believe it or not!
31. Takes a considerably shorter time to look at your map and set waypoints manually.
32. You can change objectives (where your GPS points you to with the press of a button).
33. You don?t have to ?play the mini-map?, because the GPS puts arrows on the road itself.
34. There are more clubs, and they actually look better in Sleeping Dogs, which is just, sad.
35. You can get weapons from the back of almost any car, including guns from police cars
36. Two buttons on the d-pad to change your radio station with, instead of just one.
37. Ability to turn your radio volume up and down without going into settings.
38. There?s a martial arts tournament-style fight club.
39. You sprint by holding a button down, not repeatedly tapping it like a lunatic.
40. Absolutely zero missable missions/random events.
I'm sure I missed something, but I think I made my point
Sleeping Dogs is still better, all things considered:
1. Better hand to hand and melee combat, which means among other things:
a. You can counterattack.
b. You can throw people.
c. You can break your enemies? bones.
d. You can tackle people? without looking like a retard.
2. Better story, makes you actually give a damn about what happens.
3. Protagonist isn?t some pathetic, despicable loser, but a badass you can respect
4. More advanced skill/perk progression system.
5. You can access your vehicles from garages in any area of the map right from the start.
6. Valet guy?s not an idiot, like the mechanic in GTA 5.
7. You can hijack moving vehicles by leaping onto them from your own.
8. You can ram enemy vehicles off the road with the press of a button and analog stick.
9. You can use your phone while getting in and out of your vehicle and driving.
10. You can save outfits in your wardrobe, making it easy to choose what to wear.
11. Food/drinks give temporary boosts to your health regeneration, physical strength, etc.
12. You can shoot while jumping over objects and out of moving vehicles (?bullet time? optional)
13. No disturbing missions where you have to torture innocent people to progress the story.
14. No nudity or overly explicit voiceovers for prostitutes, other creepy stuff like that.
15. Vehicle damage. You can't keep getting into collisions without destroying your vehicle.
16. No hand-holding in general (e.g., can't flip your car back on its wheels with the analog).
17. You can buy a vehicle, lose/destroy it, and return to your garage for another one.
18. You can gamble, in more interesting ways than joining the lame stock market.
19. Hong Kong is a breath of fresh air, as opposed to yet another recycled map.
20. You can own more vehicles at once, and there?s no chance of them disappearing.
21. Better ambiance. Can't walk 10 ft. in Los Santos without being inexplicably antagonized.
22. Better rewards for collectibles, such as max health increases and unlocked apparel.
23. Cops aren't psychic. If you kill someone where they can't see, they don't know about it.
24. You can listen to whatever station you want WHENever you want (no Trevor or loss of signal).
23. You can change objectives (where your GPS points you to) with the press of a button.
24. You can take a human shield.
25. You can disarm opponents and use their weapon against them.
26. You can put people in your trunk and drive around looking for the perfect place to...
27. ...use the environment to kill them in unique ways.
28. Better parkour. The button you run with is the same button you climb/jump with
29. Clothes and accessories can give you experience gain bonuses.
30. More enterable buildings, believe it or not!
31. Takes a considerably shorter time to look at your map and set waypoints manually.
32. You can change objectives (where your GPS points you to with the press of a button).
33. You don?t have to ?play the mini-map?, because the GPS puts arrows on the road itself.
34. There are more clubs, and they actually look better in Sleeping Dogs, which is just, sad.
35. You can get weapons from the back of almost any car, including guns from police cars
36. Two buttons on the d-pad to change your radio station with, instead of just one.
37. Ability to turn your radio volume up and down without going into settings.
38. There?s a martial arts tournament-style fight club.
39. You sprint by holding a button down, not repeatedly tapping it like a lunatic.
40. Absolutely zero missable missions/random events.
I'm sure I missed something, but I think I made my point