Update: Grand Theft Auto V Announced on Jack Thompson's Disbarment Anniversary

[metal eslaved]

Looks familiar? Silver certificate from 1899. Surely it means nothing.

Please no. I don't want to play Red Dead Redemption, I want to play GTA. I really want to play in San Andreas on a new engine. I've been playing through SA on Steam just so I could see it in nice quality instead of the crappy PS2 quality.

Maybe the next main caracther will be native american.

 

[Roganzar]

I want to see a GTA game where they do the Australian War that you hear about on the radio. They've been going on about it since ...at least Vice City. I don't remember if there was a mention of it in GTA3.
OT: Rockstar will be getting my money as usual. Though if there is a Roman Belic character in there I want the option to beat himin the head with a cash register or something equally unwieldy and cumbersome.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Most games, please note the word 'most' as I am aware that not all AAA titles are multiplatform like Resistance 3 and Gears 3, of this caliber usually are multiplatform so I'd imagine GTA 5 will be out for PC PS3 and XBOX 360.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

Please, no cousins. Please.

I'm actually excited, otherwise. Rockstar should consider picking an entirely untapped locale, like Chicago or Huston.

How about Manchester? Big city, filled with all kinds of scum and dubious people. There's also the criminals as well.

... and now to wait for the Northerners to come and kick this Southern fairy's teeth in.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I wonder which the Escapist community hates more; GTA4 or Jack Thompson?

 

[Moosejaw]

I'm pretty interested in what the theme will be, guess we won't know until November. The dollar bill makes things pretty vague - it'll be about money? That's pretty much all of them? The next likely guess is it means it'll be in D.C., which will certainly be rife with political commentary unfortunately.

I'm definitely interested in who the new protagonist will be. I'd be very surprised if they tried a female protagonist.

The dollar-bill like 5 does make it extremely unlikely it'll take place outside the U.S., because then it wouldn't make any sense whatsoever. But maybe it's a feint! Who knows.

The only race they haven't done is Arab.

Well, as mentioned, they also haven't done Native American. They haven't had an Indian either. They have done multiple white guys (Lost and the Damned, Vice City, GTA3, GTA4). If it IS a white guy, they've already done the immigrant thing to death so it'd have to be someone local, but for GTA5 having a generic white guy just doesn't seem their style.

 

[Nurb]

No more "grim, real and gritty", Rockstar! Some whacky humor is what got you your fans. Go back to using color and wild ideas instead of trying to be like a damn movie.

Good choices:
-70's chicago
-60's london
-Modern Paris
-80's Denver (Remember all those lame movies involving RAD, BODACIOUS skiing skills?)
-Focusing on San Fransico or Vegas.
-Maaaybe parts of the UK during the height the troubles with Northern Ireland? Dunno

Can do without:
-New york again
-LA (look, it was fun, but something new is better)

There's so much potential, I just don't want to see the same game with a new expensive and bloated graphics engine that forces the map to be smaller and cause terrible performance.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

"Hey, Cousin!"

*In Thick Russian Accent*
"Sorry cousin, I'm busy. Maybe later."
"Alright, maybe another time...

Please, no more side quests with 2 dimesional characters to gain their friendship.

Well, hopefully Rockstar will fix the mistakes they made with IV and will make the series fun again.

 

[DanielDeFig]

Who/what will the main character be?
-Will it be a she? (as speculated last time)
-will he/she be hispanic? (the only "ethnicity/race" they haven't done yet)

The protagonist for Ballad of Gay Tony was Hispanic.

The only race they haven't done is Arab. Although having an arab protagonist who commits what are essentially acts of terrorism in the middle of a city may cause them quite a shitstorm.

Although they should be used to shitstorms by now.

-Will the main character start out as a criminal (as per GTA tradition), or will they try something new by having a main character with a clean criminal record, who's life becomes entangled with the underworld?

Vice City Stories did that.

I clearly need to play more GTA games.
Aside from Arab, the only other (American) ethnicity I can think of is the native population. Either way, I'm not sure how well ppl would be able to take it. But like you said, it's not like Rockstar has ever had problem with raising controversy.
As I said, I'm actually more interested in "what's next" than the prospect of playing the game.

 

[CD-R]

but his behavior in court belittling judges and defendants alike ended in his rights to argue in Florida courts being revoked in 2008. The effective date of Thompson's disbarment? October 25th. Well played, Rockstar.

You forgot the part where he filed gay pornography in his legal briefs.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/26/jack-thompson-submits-gay-porn-to-court-judge-not-amused/

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

Looks familiar? Silver certificate from 1899. Surely it means nothing.

I don't know about all that. I'm just saying it looks like something you would see on a Federal Reserve Note in your wallet, right now. It looks similar is what I'm saying. Hell it could just be the style for a particular gang.

But I know it's going to be in America. It has to be. Rockstar's whole comedy schtick is basically 'Look at the crazy stupid Americans.'

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Ahh, so, they return, hopefully with less annoying cousin. But, more than likely it will continue to bear the ever-so-serious face, while I prefer my giant crime sandbox games to be taking themselves serious enough to be wearing Groucho Marx glasses with a fake nose and waggling their eyebrows at passersby, before flashing them from beneath a coat. Good thing a game like that is coming out soon...

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Update: In what may or may not be a coincidence, careful internet observers noticed that Rockstar's announcement toady coincides with the three-year anniversary of Jack Thompson's disbarment in the State of Florida.

My god, Rockstar. My god.

 

[Xman490]

It's my birthday, too.
Yo, dawg. I can roll with this. (or whatever those GTA III "gangstas" said)

Also, I LIKE to be having the cousin like Roman! He is so funny, especially when the Russian mafia guys are terrorizing him literally to death!

 

[putowtin]

Go back to the old ways for five please, GTA 4 is why I own both Saints row games and am Getting the third.

Cousins, taxis to circumvent having to drive, only a tiny fraction of activities and character customization of the old games.

Sure the bank heist was awesome, but overall not to GTA'ee.

agreed, bring on the Row!
(but in all seriousness, i'll keep an eye on GTA 5 but I doubt it'll be a day of release purchase for me, GTA4 just hurt me too much!)

 

[TitanAtlas]

I noticed escapist is my main source for announcing pretty much everything!!!!

GTA5.... can't wait, and dying to know where will it take place!!!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

In what may or may not be a coincidence, careful internet observers noticed that Rockstar's announcement toady coincides with the three-year anniversary of Jack Thompson's disbarment in the State of Florida.

Class. Sheer class.