JimJones Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I always here people saying they don't want the whole gangsta theme cos the don't like it and that's cool because not everyone has to like the same thing. The thing what bothers is they never say what they actually want. So for all the people who don't want the hood feel, what kinda of theme do you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCLASS Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Collateral / HEAT / Crash - multiple stories of different characters intertwining to give a expansive , all encompassing taste of LA and its inhabitants. Or the expected bangers ..SUWOOOP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlaswegianOutlaw Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Literally anything else. Anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanzant Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I don't want a "theme" really. I would enjoy being part of a small group who just takes down drug organizations and robs banks for money. If it's a theme, I guess you could call it the A-Team theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscoLehGo Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The gangsta theme has been done, it won't be back. Just like you shouldn't expect anymore depressing Eastern European protagonists, it's over, expect something new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJones Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Literally anything else. Anything. Go in to detail? Anything is pretty vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple Vacuum Seal Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 For one, there are literally millions of themes and they can coexists. The 'gangsta' theme is overdone by many games such as SR IMO. What I personally want? Corrupt politicians and corporate execs. (media & banking industry to be specific) with a drug cartel theme as a backdrop to the story line. Protagonist with... -connections (politicians, friends from early years, friends from prison, family, etc.) -knowledge (military, college, street smarts, etc.) -criminal history/experience (prison, record in other cities, etc.) -ambition (what Niko lacked...Tommy and CJ had) "shut up, sit down, relax" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJones Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 For one, there are literally millions of themes and they can coexists. The 'gangsta' theme is overdone by many games such as SR IMO. What I personally want? Corrupt politicians and corporate execs. (media & banking industry to be specific) with drug cartel theme as a backdrop to the story line. Protagonist with... -connections (politicians, friends from early years, friends from prison, family, etc.) -knowledge (military, college, street smarts, etc.) -criminal history/experience (prison, record in other cities, etc.) -ambitions (what Niko lacked...Tommy and CJ had) This is the type of post I'm looking for. It's a nice idea too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.JimmyHopkins. Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The gangsta theme has been done, it won't be back. Just like you shouldn't expect anymore depressing Eastern European protagonists, it's over, expect something new It won't be back...it's over? from where do you know that exactly? ...anyway,i think whatever it will be,it's going to be good and it's going to be new...so we'll see,it can not be said that it wont be something we've seen ,but presented in a different way,and im fine with that...i mean,that's LA i expect there to be stuff with gangs,mafia,corruption and the whole package so to say...that's Rockstar ,they can troll everyone whenever they want and however they want so we will be experiencing something new in a certain kind of level for sure,like they said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) I do not want another predominantly 'gangsta' theme, only because we had that already in San Andreas, and that was done brilliantly. And I certainly do not want a Mafia theme because it would not make realistic sense to have them in an Los Angeles-based setting (The Mafia hardly exist in LA). I just want a nice mix of everything interesting and exciting to see. I want the protagonist to be a young-ish male (mid/late 20s) and a ruthless, opportunistic freelance career criminal that has street smarts and intellect and he should have connections, dealings and encounters with all different kinds of crime groups - wild, trigger-happy street gangs, homicidally vicious and very powerful drug cartels, low-key, but deadly, cunning mafias, crazy biker outlaws and others that may be relevant. I also wanna see the protagonist come across very corrupt and nasty uniformed police officers and special detective squads, LA-style (The Shield, Training Day anyone?), corrupt, double-dealing politicians, shady, but ruthless rich businessmen/tycoons, sleazy movie/entertainment industry big shots, and again many more stuff that I cannot think of right now. I would also like for the protagonist to be able to build up his own gang, I don't care which kind, just one to help him create his own criminal empire. Edited April 29, 2012 by Official General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtaghost22 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Well, considering the game is set in Los santos (LA) i think the gangsta theme would suit it best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandTheftAuto 5SA Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 A Man that just notices life isn't fair, Freelancer desperate for money(kidna like Walter from Breaking Bad) I'll be pissed if we go back the mafia route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoupCard Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Literally anything else. Anything. Pretty much. But if I was to give examples, considering the protagonist may be a family man, an organized crime story like The Soprano's could be interesting. But I'd prefer they went with something a litte different, perhaps focusing on the drug cartel like Breaking Bad. I also think the events that occur in the movie Drive would fit into the game perfectly, I hope Rockstar makes some sort of reference to it. I'm fine with the game having a gangster theme in it, I just don't want to play as a gangster. But my interpretation of the first trailer is that it's going to focus on a wealthy character, and the contrast between the rich and the poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACR Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) For a change i like to see mexican cartels definitely, of course gangs should play significant part since most of gangs are cartel's foot soldiers. Our protagonist should be newbie gang member with military background (yea it's done before) to support his weapon handling (since we will kill dozen enemies in some missions). He should start with his small crew, then start to expanding dealing more drugs, weapons, eliminating opposition. But he and his crew should work for cartel for most time. HE should then have a choice, to work for them or get rouge and start taking over Los Santos and finally own city like Tommy. Well something like this would me great... Oh and last mission raiding cartel villa in Mexico, that level could be specifically designed to be last mission. Edited April 30, 2012 by ACR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Dre Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I want the Protag to be a NASCAR driver...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscoLehGo Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 The gangsta theme has been done, it won't be back. Just like you shouldn't expect anymore depressing Eastern European protagonists, it's over, expect something new It won't be back...it's over? from where do you know that exactly? ...anyway,i think whatever it will be,it's going to be good and it's going to be new...so we'll see,it can not be said that it wont be something we've seen ,but presented in a different way,and im fine with that...i mean,that's LA i expect there to be stuff with gangs,mafia,corruption and the whole package so to say...that's Rockstar ,they can troll everyone whenever they want and however they want so we will be experiencing something new in a certain kind of level for sure,like they said it. Judging from past GTA's R* doesn't repeat story archs at all, so that's why I can definitively say it's not coming back, at least not in the sense that the OP means, not the hardcore 90's banging for my color "gangsta" theme. I think gangbangers will be back but I don't think the protagonist will be one, R*'s much more creative than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtaplayaminigun Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'm cool with the gangsta theme. It isn't used all that much in gta. But i definitely don't want the italian mafia to involve this time especially as it's LS. That has been overused in various movies and gtas too. Russian mafia is ok as that concept is still fresh in gta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrinPA Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I don't want a "theme" really. I would enjoy being part of a small group who just takes down drug organizations and robs banks for money. If it's a theme, I guess you could call it the A-Team theme. Soldier of fortune / Mercenary theme would be good. IF they have a connection to the missions. I don't want to play as Niko who only wants the money. I want there to be a personal gain besides the money to each mission. I'm cool with gangsta theme also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrcTOtheJ Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I'm cool with the gangsta theme. It isn't used all that much in gta. But i definitely don't want the italian mafia to involve this time especially as it's LS. That has been overused in various movies and gtas too. Russian mafia is ok as that concept is still fresh in gta. Yeah odds are we will be seeing little to no Italian Mafia in V, they don't do much over on the west coast. What we might be seeing are, Cartels, Street Gangs, maybe some Asian Gangs like the Triads (not to many) and maybe some Russian mobs. Biker Gangs might also be featured to some extent since they seem to be everywhere, and allot of real life Biker Gangs, have chapters nation wide. Not to mention odds are we'll be seeing the usuall courupt poiticans, and police officals too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Benedict Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Well, considering the game is set in Los santos (LA) i think the gangsta theme would suit it best Seing as how much u want the protag to be the spanish fella, dont u think it would be cool to have a cartel type plot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptomex Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 They can borrow so much from action movies, crime dramas, etc. I mean like the action sequences. Especially in a California/Nevada setting. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Heat, Blow, Casino, Terminator, etc. I mean in San Andreas I'm pretty sure I saw a Terminator 2 reference with the truck driving off the bridge chasing CJ and Smoke. I would love to see a heist mission like in GTA IV (Four Leaf Clover) and borrow something from the sequence in Heat. I mean there's so many things they can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graven Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I want high class theme. U-Paper, military, corrupted politics, Vinewood, adult industry etc And a positive protagonist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlaswegianOutlaw Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 The city is based on LA but it doesn't mean that it is going to be the exact same. If Rockstar wants to put Mafioso-types in Los Santos, they can put them in. Remember - It's Los Santos, not Los Angeles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algonquin Assassin Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Funnily enough I'm not a huge fan of the street gang culture yet that's the part I enjoyed of SA before things went to sh*t after leaving LS. SA was too much of a "Jack of all trades" game IMO. Considering LS this time around LS is the only major city we know of R* could do it justice that parts of SA suffered. I hope there's a good focus on Mexican Cartels too because I've always felt they've been over looked in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koothara Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Then stop playing GTA and play SIMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumpeli Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Something deeper than gansta pop-that-sh*t-up-yo-dawg! action seen in San Andreas. Neither the mafia-drug-sells-we-gona-be-on-top-of-umderworld seen in Vice City and IV nor the Luis-type from TBoGT TLaD was, imo, the most likeable in IV-universe, or NIko[ My idea A very small time criminal/no-history, sees opportunity to steal etc. and gets messed up in wrong people. I.e steling wrong car belongging to mafia-boss or gang-bangers could spiral him to do jobs for them. Char. backstory Coming from poor/modest family, could have lone parent, or not-so-good parents, dad alcholozed and mom living on fathers social support, does modestly in school and gets picked up/bullied. (Too Bully? ) Has few friends, 1-2 being very good ones, going back to kindergarden-ages. Supports protag, much like Little Jacob and Roman in IV. All three have somewhat same background as families, poor/modest income. Smokes weed rarely to get out the pressure, does physical training/parkour to get the pressure of the back, can also get wasted on beer/alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOAXi Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Most people guessed the game would head back to LA area after seeing the V logo. Look at the logo again. Will there be gangs? Yeah, it will be gangs. ... and good is that. It's not real life lol. It's good old San Andreas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) The city is based on LA but it doesn't mean that it is going to be the exact same. If Rockstar wants to put Mafioso-types in Los Santos, they can put them in. Remember - It's Los Santos, not Los Angeles. Rockstar generally heavily base the fictional environments and societies in their games on their real-life counterparts, most gamers know this. GTA, Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire are prime examples of this. And with GTA IV having taken on a more realistic look and feel than previous titles, we can only expect GTA V to follow the same route. In other words, this means Rockstar will include crime groups in Los Santos that mirror the real life ones found in Los Angeles. And because there is very little Mafia presence in LA, I would expect to see much less of the Mafia in Los Santos. Going by your logic, let's say if Rockstar went wild with their imaginations and put in Swedish gangs running the streets of LS in V ? Do you think that would feel right and make sense ? Or maybe alien gangsters from Mars too, sounds great right ? It's not LA, it's LS remember ? Of course it would all sound and feel so silly. GTA and near-perfect, realistic criminal underworld portrayals go hand in hand. Remember this is GTA and NOT Saints Row. Edited May 1, 2012 by Official General Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirWolf856 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I kinda like the idea that one person mentioned above - The A-Team. Except, instead of being good, this A-Team would do it all for the money. Almost like a mercenary group. You start off as a single person and develop your team. Could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 They can borrow so much from action movies, crime dramas, etc. I mean like the action sequences. Especially in a California/Nevada setting. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Heat, Blow, Casino, Terminator, etc. I mean in San Andreas I'm pretty sure I saw a Terminator 2 reference with the truck driving off the bridge chasing CJ and Smoke. I would love to see a heist mission like in GTA IV (Four Leaf Clover) and borrow something from the sequence in Heat. I mean there's so many things they can do. No, I think this would be a terrible idea. I think we get too much of the generic, Hollywood-inspired themes in gaming as it is. GTA does not need this, it needs more originality if anything. That was one area where GTA IV succeeded - the game, its characters and its world all felt so original because there were very little direct Hollywood movie influences, and that was Rockstar's aim to begin with. They said they wanted to cut down on movie influences. I hope they follow the same route with GTA V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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