Grand Theft Auto V

[VDusen04]

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I was wondering the other day, do you guys think we'll be seeing seasons anytime soon in a sandbox video game? How great would that be (and likely how big of an undertaking for developers)? I could envision a storymode that advances throughout the year alongside a pre-set calendar (complete mission one on July 23, mission two takes place July 29, etc.) with weather freedom (or time of year freedom) for free roam or at the conclusion of storymode.

Or maybe story mode wouldn't be tied to the year at all and how quickly you advanced would decide what sort of elements you'd be dealing with for a particular mission. For instance, if you get right down to it, perhaps a certain mission would come about in summertime. But if you took your time, maybe that same mission takes place during a blizzard, complete with accumulating snow, limited visibility, icy roads, and active snow removal services.

Wouldn't that be a little legit?

[Gerg04]

Why am I not excited for this ? Any gameplay vids yet?

It's a shame really. Ps4 has totally quelled my anticipation for this game.

That said, come September it will make it that much more epic. If being more epic is even possible for anything R* related.

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[Jano]

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Your right that would add a whole new level of depth. Would probably make certain missions a BITCH to complete imagine having to shovel snow just to get in your car and drive away lol.

[Gerg04]

I was wondering the other day, do you guys think we'll be seeing seasons anytime soon in a sandbox video game? How great would that be (and likely how big of an undertaking for developers)? I could envision a storymode that advances throughout the year alongside a pre-set calendar (complete mission one on July 23, mission two takes place July 29, etc.) with weather freedom (or time of year freedom) for free roam or at the conclusion of storymode.

Or maybe story mode wouldn't be tied to the year at all and how quickly you advanced would decide what sort of elements you'd be dealing with for a particular mission. For instance, if you get right down to it, perhaps a certain mission would come about in summertime. But if you took your time, maybe that same mission takes place during a blizzard, complete with accumulating snow, limited visibility, icy roads, and active snow removal services.

Wouldn't that be a little legit?

This! I've been wanting this for so long and you nailed it. Maybe with next gen we'll eventually get it.

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[BlueNGold]

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I'm pretty sure Mafia II had it to some extent.

[pietasterp]

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Your right that would add a whole new level of depth. Would probably make certain missions a BITCH to complete imagine having to shovel snow just to get in your car and drive away lol.

I think that would fall under the category of too realistic for me...LOL. Kinda reminds me of this:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-ultrarealistic-xbox-game-has-users-press-b-rep,32802/

[Gerg04]

I think that would fall under the category of too realistic for me...LOL. Kinda reminds me of this:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new...s-b-rep,32802/

Now THAT is absolutely ridiculous. Leave it to M$...

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[bcruise]

^

Not sure if serious....are you not familiar with The Onion?

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[raiderphantom]

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I think that would fall under the category of too realistic for me...LOL. Kinda reminds me of this:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new...s-b-rep,32802/

LOL that's great

[Gerg04]

^

Not sure if serious....are you not familiar with The Onion?

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Lol I briefly skimmed threw the article, didn't even notice to be honest...long day at the beach plus beer will do it.

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[Rawdeal28]

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The rest of the Q&A can be read here....

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/50871/asked-answered-gtav.html

“So can you switch characters? Trevor Michael and Franklin - can you play all of those guys? And everybody has their own missions???!” – @GTAVISBEST
"How is changing between characters going to work during missions?" – HIBMFL
“Do you have to switch characters constantly?” – killer772

Michael, Franklin and Trevor have their own separate lives with their own sets of friends and acquaintances, and even their own preferred ways of spending their free time. When you’re not on a mission, you can freely switch in real-time to any of the three characters to drop in and out of their lives letting you see what they’re up to. And because they have their own schedules, you’ll never know what they might be doing – you might drop in on Michael in the middle of a family dispute, interrupt Franklin chatting up some ladies, or Trevor on the run from the law – or whatever else these guys do in their free time... How and when you switch between characters when you’re not on a mission is completely up to you.
In addition, each of the guys has their own missions and side jobs. There will be times on a mission when you play as one character, or as combinations of two of them, and sometimes as all three, always being able to switch between the characters mid-action. Off mission, it’s up to you. You can play as one character on his own or hang out with either of the other two or both of them, or you can switch between any of them.

“Hello, I noticed that the Special Edition of GTA V includes a large "blueprint" of the map. I was wondering if the Standard Edition of GTA V will include the traditional folded paper map that, as far as I can recall, has always been included with GTA games.” – received via Mouthoff
"Will a GTA V poster be included when the game is purchased?” – @ny718kid

As in all previous Grand Theft Auto games, we’ve made a point of including a map of the world to aid players in navigating the city. In all versions of GTAV, the game disc will accompany a map with all the details players will need to navigate the world. One big change though with this game is that with a world of this size, we created a double-sided map based poster to make sure players have all the information they might need to discover and explore the world. The blueprint map in the other editions does contain plenty of additional information and secrets on it.

“Rockstar, how many discs will the Xbox and PS3 versions of the game have? I am asking because I am just conscious of how many discs I will have to install onto my Xbox 360 HDD.” – cj67890
“Hi R*, as you said GTAV will be the biggest game that Rockstar ever created, normally it should be the biggest in size too. So how you are going to solve Xbox 360 disc limit issues? I mean will GTAV have many discs (on Xbox 360 platform)…?” – youtubos
“If we install GTAV on Xbox 360 do we have to insert other discs or not?” – Persian-boy1995

Grand Theft Auto V is the largest and most ambitious game we have yet created, and takes full advantage of every ounce of processing power available in the current generation of consoles. In order to provide the best possible experience for such a massive and detailed world, the game will have installation requirements on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 systems. For Xbox 360, Grand Theft Auto V will ship on two discs; Disc 1 will be used for a one-time mandatory install and Disc 2 will be used to play the game. After the install, players will be able to enjoy both Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online without any need to switch discs.
This initial install will require an Xbox 360 Hard Drive or an external 16GB USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of free space. If using a USB flash drive it must be at least USB 2.0 with a minimum 15mb/s read speed and formatted for Xbox 360 use. A new USB flash drive is recommended to ensure optimum performance. For PlayStation®3, the game ships on one disc and will install content as soon as you insert the game. The install is roughly 8GB, and players will be able to play as soon as the install is complete.




“When will we get information on GTA V multiplayer?” – @camronbnl3

Expect to hear some first details soon – it’s called Grand Theft Auto Online and we’re very excited to unveil it for you sometime this summer.


“A healthy GTAIV multiplayer game is really hard to come by nowadays. By healthy I mean players play for good clean fun. Every time I join a game it's either modded or hacked. When I create a custom game, some abusive d*ck joins my game and ruins everyone's fun game. I can't just kick him out unless everyone votes. Do something about this in GTAV, Rockstar.” – received via Mouthoff

Ever since Grand Theft Auto IV was released, we’ve continued to integrate newer and stronger methods of cheat detection and prevention for each of our games. While we have yet to reveal specifically what new anti-cheating measures we have planned for GTAV, rest assured that we’re focused on creating as level a playing field and as fair, fun (and healthy as you say) an experience as possible for everyone. There will always be some people who want to cheat but we are going to do our best to stop it. We have spent a lot of time and effort making an incredible Online experience and proper support is part of that package.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Love there's no disc swapping on 360. Glad to see they figured out a way to avoid that.

[mestevo]

That first question about switching made me think of Night Trap for some reason.

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[rspencer86]

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Yay for a physical map included! It's a little thing, but I love it.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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"If I play as Trevor, can I zoom out, find out where Michael is, and then go and kill him while playing as Trevor? #GTAV" – @GTALAD4EVA

In the open world, the characters are meant to be living their own ongoing and unpredictable personal lives, so understandably it’s not always easy to track one of them down in the vast city of Los Santos or the many towns spread about Blaine County at any given moment, but you will be able to find them. Having found them, (or simply after calling them up and arranging to meet them), you’ll certainly be able to hang out with them, annoy them should you choose, and maybe even assault them, but you won’t be able to kill them. They all have remarkable powers of recovery and good health insurance. The game is based on playing all sides of these three characters’ interwoven stories rather than having generic, interchangeable leads, so permanently killing a major character in that way wouldn’t make sense. If a player is determined enough though, they may well find a way to badly injure one of the characters and switching to that character would just put you in the hospital to continue where you left off.

I like this. I actually liked hanging out with Roman in GTA4, especially hitting the bars, clubs up.