***Official***GTA V thread... (2 Viewers)

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I haven't played a GTA game since Vice City and I never really embraced it. I love shooters but Vice City just seemed like a bunch of purposeless random violence with little else going for it.

I played Saints Row the Third and the mechanics were good enough and the story was entertaining but what I loved was the sense of humor.

GTA V looks great but does it incorporate a good sense of humor or does it take itself a little too seriously?

It's definitely not Saints Row, but it's also not GTA4 (which definitely took itself too seriously). If Saints Row is a 10 on the silliness scale and GTA4 is a 0, then GTA5 is probably like a 3 or 4.

IMO, GTAV takes absolutely nothing seriously. They literally make fun of just about everything you can imagine. Particularly if you pay attention to the radio. Hipster Euro-style soccer fans? We get the appropriate ridicule.

But the thing is that the cynicism is so constant and borderline mean-spirited that I'm not sure that the humor is often successful at lightening the mood. I'm apparently OK playing the game as an amoral sociopath, but I don't think the whimsy of the game really distracts me from that. If anything, it kind of rubs it in my face.

Spoiler

At least two Trevor scenes played for laughs, his introduction and "Hang Ten," actually made me feel kind of icky for playing the game. Which is weird, because I happily mowed all kinds of people down. But to have Trevor bully Floyd only to kill him and his girlfriend really made me feel weird. Way worse than the torture scene. I felt similarly to Trevor curb stomping the guy from the Lost in his introduction.

 

[(HULK)]

Sorry if this has been covered before. In SP mode, I've gotten very good at getting a fighter jet out of the base and getting unwanted. It appears to me that the game has a method of making sure you can't get one saved in your hangar as every time I steal one with Trevor, the engine dies when his airstrip is in sight and same for Franklin when the airport and his hangar are in sight. Am I doing something wrong, or is this just how it is? If this is the case, I'll just stop trying to get them in a hangar and just blast the #### our of things.

I've got one in Franklin's hanger, so, it lets you.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Not me. Its a video game. Destroy everything and laugh.

 

[(HULK)]

Just went out for lunch and saw an armored truck on the road. Had to supress the urge to ram into it and then attempt to rob it.

 

[flysack]

GTA V looks great but does it incorporate a good sense of humor or does it take itself a little too seriously?

LOL

Chaka, meet Trevor. Trevor, Chaka.

 

[flysack]

I haven't played a GTA game since Vice City and I never really embraced it. I love shooters but Vice City just seemed like a bunch of purposeless random violence with little else going for it.

I played Saints Row the Third and the mechanics were good enough and the story was entertaining but what I loved was the sense of humor.

GTA V looks great but does it incorporate a good sense of humor or does it take itself a little too seriously?

It's definitely not Saints Row, but it's also not GTA4 (which definitely took itself too seriously). If Saints Row is a 10 on the silliness scale and GTA4 is a 0, then GTA5 is probably like a 3 or 4.

IMO, GTAV takes absolutely nothing seriously. They literally make fun of just about everything you can imagine. Particularly if you pay attention to the radio. Hipster Euro-style soccer fans? We get the appropriate ridicule.

But the thing is that the cynicism is so constant and borderline mean-spirited that I'm not sure that the humor is often successful at lightening the mood. I'm apparently OK playing the game as an amoral sociopath, but I don't think the whimsy of the game really distracts me from that. If anything, it kind of rubs it in my face.

Spoiler

At least two Trevor scenes played for laughs, his introduction and "Hang Ten," actually made me feel kind of icky for playing the game. Which is weird, because I happily mowed all kinds of people down. But to have Trevor bully Floyd only to kill him and his girlfriend really made me feel weird. Way worse than the torture scene. I felt similarly to Trevor curb stomping the guy from the Lost in his introduction.

it even satirizes itself. What's the name of that fake video game you always hear advertised on the radio? Righteous Murder or something like that.

 

[flysack]

Bones> sorry for bailing last night mid-job. Family nonsense erupted and I had to go.

ETA: I wish would friended that guy from Arkansas. He seemed pretty cool.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

I haven't played a GTA game since Vice City and I never really embraced it. I love shooters but Vice City just seemed like a bunch of purposeless random violence with little else going for it.

I played Saints Row the Third and the mechanics were good enough and the story was entertaining but what I loved was the sense of humor.

GTA V looks great but does it incorporate a good sense of humor or does it take itself a little too seriously?

It's definitely not Saints Row, but it's also not GTA4 (which definitely took itself too seriously). If Saints Row is a 10 on the silliness scale and GTA4 is a 0, then GTA5 is probably like a 3 or 4.

IMO, GTAV takes absolutely nothing seriously. They literally make fun of just about everything you can imagine. Particularly if you pay attention to the radio. Hipster Euro-style soccer fans? We get the appropriate ridicule.

But the thing is that the cynicism is so constant and borderline mean-spirited that I'm not sure that the humor is often successful at lightening the mood. I'm apparently OK playing the game as an amoral sociopath, but I don't think the whimsy of the game really distracts me from that. If anything, it kind of rubs it in my face.

Spoiler

At least two Trevor scenes played for laughs, his introduction and "Hang Ten," actually made me feel kind of icky for playing the game. Which is weird, because I happily mowed all kinds of people down. But to have Trevor bully Floyd only to kill him and his girlfriend really made me feel weird. Way worse than the torture scene. I felt similarly to Trevor curb stomping the guy from the Lost in his introduction.

Spoiler

it even satirizes itself. What's the name of that fake video game you always hear advertised on the radio? Righteous Murder or something like that.

I think Righteous Slaughter is meant to be a parody of shooters like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty that glorify military service.

It's actually a pretty good example. If GTAV had a liberal sensibility, I think a lot of people would perceive that as vicious cheap shot. But because liberals are mocked just as incessantly (there are competing cartoons mocking latte liberals and social conservatives on the TV, for example) it doesn't really stand out.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I haven't played a GTA game since Vice City and I never really embraced it. I love shooters but Vice City just seemed like a bunch of purposeless random violence with little else going for it.

I played Saints Row the Third and the mechanics were good enough and the story was entertaining but what I loved was the sense of humor.

GTA V looks great but does it incorporate a good sense of humor or does it take itself a little too seriously?

It's definitely not Saints Row, but it's also not GTA4 (which definitely took itself too seriously). If Saints Row is a 10 on the silliness scale and GTA4 is a 0, then GTA5 is probably like a 3 or 4.

IMO, GTAV takes absolutely nothing seriously. They literally make fun of just about everything you can imagine. Particularly if you pay attention to the radio. Hipster Euro-style soccer fans? We get the appropriate ridicule.

But the thing is that the cynicism is so constant and borderline mean-spirited that I'm not sure that the humor is often successful at lightening the mood. I'm apparently OK playing the game as an amoral sociopath, but I don't think the whimsy of the game really distracts me from that. If anything, it kind of rubs it in my face.

Spoiler

At least two Trevor scenes played for laughs, his introduction and "Hang Ten," actually made me feel kind of icky for playing the game. Which is weird, because I happily mowed all kinds of people down. But to have Trevor bully Floyd only to kill him and his girlfriend really made me feel weird. Way worse than the torture scene. I felt similarly to Trevor curb stomping the guy from the Lost in his introduction.

Spoiler

it even satirizes itself. What's the name of that fake video game you always hear advertised on the radio? Righteous Murder or something like that.

I think Righteous Slaughter is meant to be a parody of shooters like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty that glorify military service.

It's actually a pretty good example. If GTAV had a liberal sensibility, I think a lot of people would perceive that as vicious cheap shot. But because liberals are mocked just as incessantly (there are competing cartoons mocking latte liberals and social conservatives on the TV, for example) it doesn't really stand out.

You're over thinking this.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Getting to the roof of a tall building and sniping the blimp is good shtick.

"TRE is full of ####, I'm shooting at this blimp and-- woop, there it goes."

:applause:

 

[bonesman]

Bones> sorry for bailing last night mid-job. Family nonsense erupted and I had to go.

ETA: I wish would friended that guy from Arkansas. He seemed pretty cool.

Yea, he said something like, "Wow, I can't believe other people like football as much as me!" or something like that... pretty funny.

 

[GregR]

Sorry if this has been covered before. In SP mode, I've gotten very good at getting a fighter jet out of the base and getting unwanted. It appears to me that the game has a method of making sure you can't get one saved in your hangar as every time I steal one with Trevor, the engine dies when his airstrip is in sight and same for Franklin when the airport and his hangar are in sight. Am I doing something wrong, or is this just how it is? If this is the case, I'll just stop trying to get them in a hangar and just blast the #### our of things.

Airplanes and helicopters will eventually stop working if they are shot very much. I don't mean they stop as they are being shot. I mean you fly away, are completely safe, and then they sputter and die after awhile.

In one of the GTA Mythbusters videos they showed that if a car gets shot in the gas tank it will leave behind a trail of gasoline and eventually will run out of gas and stop running. I suspect the same thing is happening with airplanes, you are leaking gas the whole way until the engine dies.

An easy solution then, is once you don't have any wanted stars, quickly switch to another character and back. Just like with cars, your plane will have all damage healed and you should be able to make it to the hangar easily.

 

[flysack]

I don't remember who first mentioned it, but I've become a big fan of the leaving a helicopter in a busy intersection with a sticky bomb attached.

I set it down, pretend I'm running into an Ammunation, and when some sneaky SOB thinks he's going to steal a helicopter, BOOM!

 

[culdeus]

So Manback Hulk I and a Manback rl buddy tried to figure out the gambling system. I don't think it's beatable but here's what it seems like you have to do.

Someone bets 100 on themselves. They are going to lose this 100.

Everyone else max bets on someone else. This person wins the race.

Even if the odds start at like 15-1 they adjust down quite a bit, but it does still payout a little. Like 2500 bet gets you 3500 back.

If only one person has bets on them the betting is cancelled. That was what we were doing wrong last night on occasion.

 

[(HULK)]

So Manback Hulk I and a Manback rl buddy tried to figure out the gambling system. I don't think it's beatable but here's what it seems like you have to do.

Someone bets 100 on themselves. They are going to lose this 100.

Everyone else max bets on someone else. This person wins the race.

Even if the odds start at like 15-1 they adjust down quite a bit, but it does still payout a little. Like 2500 bet gets you 3500 back.

If only one person has bets on them the betting is cancelled. That was what we were doing wrong last night on occasion.

Did you guys get booted off live at the same time as me or was it just me? My connection was just gone and I figured I'd just watch the end of the football game and go to bed after that happened.

Had fun though, probably be on again tonight.

 

[culdeus]

So Manback Hulk I and a Manback rl buddy tried to figure out the gambling system. I don't think it's beatable but here's what it seems like you have to do.

Someone bets 100 on themselves. They are going to lose this 100.

Everyone else max bets on someone else. This person wins the race.

Even if the odds start at like 15-1 they adjust down quite a bit, but it does still payout a little. Like 2500 bet gets you 3500 back.

If only one person has bets on them the betting is cancelled. That was what we were doing wrong last night on occasion.

Did you guys get booted off live at the same time as me or was it just me? My connection was just gone and I figured I'd just watch the end of the football game and go to bed after that happened.

Had fun though, probably be on again tonight.

Yeah, online was a bit sketchy at times. It kicked me back out several times.

I did some TDM last night with pure randoms. Finally figured out why building stealth stat is worthwhile. Max stealth + suppressor weapons and you are basically invisible in TDM unless someone spots you. It's just boring leveling up the stat. the youtubes of building that stat just say to do it skyrim style and always walk around in a crouch

 

[Brady Marino]

GTA Online makes it so easy to join the same session as your friends!

And by easy, I mean about as frustrating as The Clap.

 

[Brady Marino]

Just about at the point where this is going to start getting mothballs. Online is infuriating and offline is getting boring.

 

[flysack]

Just about at the point where this is going to start getting mothballs. Online is infuriating and offline is getting boring.

I've been playing it less and less. Which is a shame because when it actually does work, I have a crap load of fun running missions with Bones and you guys.

Still need to finish the story though.

 

[GregR]

I finished single player and then spent awhile rebuilding my desktop PC which has been cratered for awhile after losing a disk. Starting to bury what free time I have in Skyrim and mods I hadn't tried before.

 

[Witz]

Everything I've read points to it not being the case but has anyone heard anything about GTAV coming out for XBox One or PS4?

 

[Buckna]

SP stock market raped me. Did that random encounter where the stock guy tells you to buy Tingle. Buy it with all 3 of my characters last Sunday shortly before having to quit for the night. Been busy so I didn't get to play again until today. Go to check the price of Tingle as soon as it starts up and its lost 85% of its value. :-(

Franklin drove his car off the Santa Monica pier and Trevor went on quite the rampage and then tried to crash his helicopter into the Hollyvine sign...

 

[flysack]

Had a good time running around with Kilroy last night, until some guy with a fighter jet made us his vendetta of the moment.

The best moment is I hear a fire engine howling away, turn around, and it's Kilroy in the driver's seat. Awesome! I jump in, we get maybe ten feet before a missile blows us to hell. <_<

 

[flysack]

Everything I've read points to it not being the case but has anyone heard anything about GTAV coming out for XBox One or PS4?

They've said no way, jose.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Had a good time running around with Kilroy last night, until some guy with a fighter jet made us his vendetta of the moment.

The best moment is I hear a fire engine howling away, turn around, and it's Kilroy in the driver's seat. Awesome! I jump in, we get maybe ten feet before a missile blows us to hell. <_<

It's Kilgore. But who am I to say anything, since the whole time I thought you were Brady Marino . That was fun, hopefully we can get a bigger crew together.

 

[Brady Marino]

Had a good time running around with Kilroy last night, until some guy with a fighter jet made us his vendetta of the moment.

The best moment is I hear a fire engine howling away, turn around, and it's Kilroy in the driver's seat. Awesome! I jump in, we get maybe ten feet before a missile blows us to hell. <_<

It's Kilgore. But who am I to say anything, since the whole time I thought you were Brady Marino . That was fun, hopefully we can get a bigger crew together.

I'm tombroadcaster on the PS.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Had a good time running around with Kilroy last night, until some guy with a fighter jet made us his vendetta of the moment.

The best moment is I hear a fire engine howling away, turn around, and it's Kilroy in the driver's seat. Awesome! I jump in, we get maybe ten feet before a missile blows us to hell. <_<

It's Kilgore. But who am I to say anything, since the whole time I thought you were Brady Marino . That was fun, hopefully we can get a bigger crew together.

I'm tombroadcaster on the PS.

I'll send a friend request. Couldn't remember which FBG's I had friended. After playing with flysack, did a few missions with Sup Yo as well. Much better game if you play with folks you know. I may start up a new crew since the old FFA crew leader is MIA.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Never mind, finally got accepted to the FFA mob.

 

[biggamer3]

I think I am done with the Online version of this game for now. The only thing I enjoyed were the races, but they are just crash fests and the winner of each race is the guy who somehow didnt get collided upon when the crashes started happening. Survivals get boring real quick, the deathmatches were pretty dead to me on arrival, what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

 

[culdeus]

I think I am done with the Online version of this game for now. The only thing I enjoyed were the races, but they are just crash fests and the winner of each race is the guy who somehow didnt get collided upon when the crashes started happening. Survivals get boring real quick, the deathmatches were pretty dead to me on arrival, what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

Not much really. I'm back to working on single player unless a large group gets online. Once SP is done I'll probably ebay it to get rid of it before next gen consoles roll out.

Deathmatches are not that horrible now that everyone pretty much has the same weapons. When it was 5 pistols and 5 aks it was a different story.

 

[bonesman]

what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

The funness. I have a crew of about 8 or 9 (total is actually 17) players that are really active: There's the ex-con who served 10 years from E. St Louis and his stripper wife and 2 neighborhood homies. The old guy (49) who's always laughing and his son... and a few people we met doing missions that are cool and on often.

We mostly work missions/jobs together, but will get into shootouts and jump around on bikes and take pictures doing goofy stuff and accidentally kill each other... it's a riot!

If they all disappeared I'd probably keep playing and try to make new friends, but could see dropping it and playing some of these other big new games that are coming out.

 

[Whitetail Hunter]

what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

The funness. I have a crew of about 8 or 9 (total is actually 17) players that are really active: There's the ex-con who served 10 years from E. St Louis and his stripper wife and 2 neighborhood homies. The old guy (49) who's always laughing and his son... and a few people we met doing missions that are cool and on often.

WTMF

 

[flysack]

what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

The funness. I have a crew of about 8 or 9 (total is actually 17) players that are really active: There's the ex-con who served 10 years from E. St Louis and his stripper wife and 2 neighborhood homies. The old guy (49) who's always laughing and his son... and a few people we met doing missions that are cool and on often.

WTMF

Bones> you need to direct this guy to the FFA, stat.

 

[(HULK)]

I had massive problems getting online to work this weekend on Xbox. Anyone else have these issues?

 

[culdeus]

So this bank heist. They run into a warehouse after killing hundreds of cops and military and jump onto a slow moving train and nobody bothers to stop the train for miles? Really?

 

[flysack]

So this bank heist. They run into a warehouse after killing hundreds of cops and military and jump onto a slow moving train and nobody bothers to stop the train for miles? Really?

Shhh. It's rolling, just go with it.

 

[Payne]

Most of you are way ahead of me.

I am stuck and am getting frustrated. The jewelry store hiest. I cased out the joint and found the access point on the roof.

I'm told Lester will get back to me. But he never has. I have zero missions I can access. I am simply driving around waiting.

Where did I screw up? Thanks.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Most of you are way ahead of me.

I am stuck and am getting frustrated. The jewelry store hiest. I cased out the joint and found the access point on the roof.

I'm told Lester will get back to me. But he never has. I have zero missions I can access. I am simply driving around waiting.

Where did I screw up? Thanks.

You should have a mission to go back as Michael and do something with your kids at the house. That was the only thing that stood in the way for me. After that, setting up the heist will require you to do two more missions both have an "H" on the map to show you where to go - steal a chemical agent and steal a truck. Once you finish the second H setup mission you automatically go to a movie cut screen that starts the heist.

So, either go to Michael's house or see if there are any H things on your map to go to.

 

[Payne]

Most of you are way ahead of me.

I am stuck and am getting frustrated. The jewelry store hiest. I cased out the joint and found the access point on the roof.

I'm told Lester will get back to me. But he never has. I have zero missions I can access. I am simply driving around waiting.

Where did I screw up? Thanks.

You should have a mission to go back as Michael and do something with your kids at the house. That was the only thing that stood in the way for me. After that, setting up the heist will require you to do two more missions both have an "H" on the map to show you where to go - steal a chemical agent and steal a truck. Once you finish the second H setup mission you automatically go to a movie cut screen that starts the heist.

So, either go to Michael's house or see if there are any H things on your map to go to.

Thanks Yankee

 

[bonesman]

what exactly is holding you guys to the online portion still?

The funness. I have a crew of about 8 or 9 (total is actually 17) players that are really active: There's the ex-con who served 10 years from E. St Louis and his stripper wife and 2 neighborhood homies. The old guy (49) who's always laughing and his son... and a few people we met doing missions that are cool and on often.

WTMF

Bones> you need to direct this guy to the FFA, stat.

Hahaaaaa... I don't think he reads/writes very well (by his own admission). He is (or was) a bouncer at the strip club his wife bartends at (she's not really a stripper, it just made for a better story)... I'll invite you to play with us sometime though.

 

[GreekFreak]

I had massive problems getting online to work this weekend on Xbox. Anyone else have these issues?

Me.

Hopefully it works tonight.

 

[(HULK)]

Tip for online. The race "Down the Drain" is a great way to level up and get cash fast. You get lots of EXP and even last place typically pulls in 3K. Race only takes 90 minutes if set to 1 lap. Much better rate of return than the prison loop that everyone is constantly doing.

 

[flysack]

One lap of this race takes 90 minutes?

Am I reading that right?

 

[culdeus]

500k is in for me.

 

[Slider6]

I think he meant seconds, not minutes

 

[(HULK)]

I think he meant seconds, not minutes

Lol this

 

[(HULK)]

500k is in for me.

whatareyouspendingiton?Me, im gonna get the 200k apartment with a ten car garage. Rest will probably be car and weapon mods.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

This is really a brilliant game. The attention to detail to the world is just phenomenal.

What Lies Beneath....

Spoiler

I put a sticky on that dumb lady's car as she drove off, and it wouldn't detonate.

 

[flysack]

I think he meant seconds, not minutes

Lol this

That makes way more sense.

 

[flysack]

500k is in for me.

I don't know if even that will get me reinterested in online. Too many connection issues, too annoying to get jobs going.