Grand Theft Auto V

[VDusen04]

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I just found an Easter Egg and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I mean, it's one that's already been documented everywhere else but I didn't know about it until I stumbled upon it.

There's a juice stand at the top of a mountain near Vinewood Hills with a big orange ball on top that lights up. I shot at it randomly and the light went out. Then the ball slowly rolled off its moorings, smashed through a wooden fence and began plowing down the mountain. It was pretty awesome... for being a ball rolling down a hill.

[Madman55]

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I just found an Easter Egg and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I mean, it's one that's already been documented everywhere else but I didn't know about it until I stumbled upon it.

There's a juice stand at the top of a mountain near Vinewood Hills with a big orange ball on top that lights up. I shot at it randomly and the light went out. Then the ball slowly rolled off its moorings, smashed through a wooden fence and began plowing down the mountain. It was pretty awesome... for being a ball rolling down a hill.

I just recently came across that myself. It was definitely pretty amusing for what it is. I actually climbed on top of the shack and kicked it off.

[HealyMonster]

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Finished the main story a few days ago, was at 79%. I have only played for a few hours since am sitting at 82%, now the grinding begins.

Ending/story spoilers

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Went with option C for the story ending, am glad I did. Not sure why they made it the way they did, I feel like A & B would have compromised playing out the rest of the game after the story ended, and also, its just like there wasnt enough parity in the main story line for something like Franklin taking out Michael. Like for that to be a legit ending, there should have been other choices to make prior to the end where it could have caused at least somewhat of a conflict between Michael and Franklin.

Overall i felt the story was good. Its a little tricky because besides Franklin all the characters more or less end where they started, normal GTA you start at the bottom and work your way up, so its a different feel than usual which immidiately makes me feel like its not as good as the others, but when I sit back and think about it as a whole, its almost as if the story was so engrossing, you forget about all that took place, like it goes fast, and before you know it the story is over. Other GTAs sort of get monotonous by the end so its different, but thats either a good thing or bad thing depending on how you look at it. I liked it.

I watched Heat last night, and they def. used that movie as a reference for some parts, even the score for heat is similar to GTA.

[Majingir]

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This is messed up.....I parked my car at the parking lot, then went to the beach to play fetch with chop. A few minutes later, someone is driving around in my car, and then runs over chop!?! The one time I was actually gonna play with chop and someone kills him?

Lets just say the guy who stole the car, won't be stealing cars or running over any other dogs anymore lol.

And I thought the patch was supposed to change the money you lost from dying to only $500, or is that just an online thing?

[Bellsprout]

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Probably just online where money is like paper unicorns.

[bigbob]

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Has anyone beaten the Six Figure Temps mini-game? I can't get the 10th balloon, no matter how many times I try and eat it when the hearts small.

[ChubbyBanana]

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So I found the stunt jump at the airport. Too bad when i decided to do it the police were hot on my tail.

Anyways enjoy the video. Second time was the best...third was, well...you'll see.

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[TracerBullet]

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Finished the main story a few days ago, was at 79%. I have only played for a few hours since am sitting at 82%, now the grinding begins.

Ending/story spoilers

Spoiler

Went with option C for the story ending, am glad I did. Not sure why they made it the way they did, I feel like A & B would have compromised playing out the rest of the game after the story ended, and also, its just like there wasnt enough parity in the main story line for something like Franklin taking out Michael. Like for that to be a legit ending, there should have been other choices to make prior to the end where it could have caused at least somewhat of a conflict between Michael and Franklin.

Overall i felt the story was good. Its a little tricky because besides Franklin all the characters more or less end where they started, normal GTA you start at the bottom and work your way up, so its a different feel than usual which immidiately makes me feel like its not as good as the others, but when I sit back and think about it as a whole, its almost as if the story was so engrossing, you forget about all that took place, like it goes fast, and before you know it the story is over. Other GTAs sort of get monotonous by the end so its different, but thats either a good thing or bad thing depending on how you look at it. I liked it.

I watched Heat last night, and they def. used that movie as a reference for some parts, even the score for heat is similar to GTA.

Just beat the game as well:

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I chose C too. I actually thought about B for a bit, but like you, it just doesn't fit at all. At least A makes some possible sense. While I personally would have probably killed Michael over Trevor, it doesn't match with Franklin at all. Just watching those two endings on Youtube, A actually seems like a logical ending, B seems off for whatever reason. Still, I couldn't bring myself to kill either of them because Franklin probably wouldn't have wanted to and neither did I.

I will say that choice C is somewhat of a cop out though. Something should have happened, even if it was just Lamar dying or something like that. Instead, it's just the happiest ending in the world for them. I did love shooting Steve Haines and killing Weston though, so that was enough for me .

I'd also say that this story was better than Niko's. Some places said that was one area it was weaker, and I disagree. There was a lot that didn't make sense in the GTA 4 storyline (such as Bulgarin and Niko magically forgetting about each other after the diamond thing, or Pegorino suddenly being one of the main antagonists because every goes completely south for him out of nowhere basically). This storyline actually made me want to see the end and it didn't drag like you said. Particularly once they introduced the Brad thing into the story I was very intrigued. I'd say it all ended pretty decently. Plus pretty much everyone I didn't like died, so there's that too.

[VDusen04]

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Are there any similarities between CJ's house in San Andreas and GTA V? Or is this one just a completely new imagining?

[AUChase]

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Are there any similarities between CJ's house in San Andreas and GTA V? Or is this one just a completely new imagining?

It looks completely different IMO.

The entire layout of the whole street and how it connects back to the city is totally different.

[VDusen04]

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Regarding what happens after all 50 letter scraps are discovered:

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I showed up at the person's house and he had a car up front. Before I searched for and encountered the person in question, I thought I'd be clever and shoot out his tires just in case he made a run for it. Then, after confronting him, he ran from his backyard and tried to get into his car. You'd totally think the game would not account for my tire-shooting actions, leading to a sluggish getaway from his end on four blown tires.

Instead, he approached his car and exclaimed, "Oh no! My tires are blown!" and began booking it down the street on foot. Pretty cool they accounted for that scenario.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Anybody complete the "Children of the Mountain" email/puzzle with Franklin or at the very least encountered it yet?

How the hell do you complete that?

[sydrogerdavid]

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Anybody complete the "Children of the Mountain" email/puzzle with Franklin or at the very least encountered it yet?

How the hell do you complete that?

I've encountered it, got the first anagram, and haven't gotten any further.

[dickey1331]

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Just beat the game. Was a lot of fun. By far my favorite GTA

I finished at

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40 hours with 72% complete

[VDusen04]

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The Social Club maps for the letter scraps and space ship parts has made those searches actually pretty enjoyable as opposed to the pigeon hunt in GTA IV. It was impossible for the storyline to take gamers to every facet of the map so these extra hunts & searches have been a great way to stumble across more and more really neat portions of the map. I haven't even started multiplayer yet.