What will the pause screen map / design look like?

[Georgios12]

So I posted a topic about what the pause screens would look like on GTA V, but I've decided to see if people have made any concepts of it and would like to share them? I haven't seen a topic devoted to pause screen and pause screen UI yet so thought it would be an interesting ideas. Bear in mind this isn't a map concept thread (there is already a major one, as everyone knows). Thank you

[Deffpony]

hmm seems to me like this might belong in fan art, but if you are going to run with this concept you should start it off with your own.

 

Here is the most popular loading screen concept we have seen-not created by myself

 

[Kirsty]

Rather than having two topics on the same thing, I've merged your other one back into this and edited the description. It's a good idea to get people to design their ideas and post them in here

[iNero]

hmm seems to me like this might belong in fan art, but if you are going to run with this concept you should start it off with your own.

 

Here is the most popular loading screen concept we have seen-not created by myself

 

This is just looks like San Andreas Map. I dont think they will just copay an old design

[Georgios12]

Rather than having two topics on the same thing, I've merged your other one back into this and edited the description. It's a good idea to get people to design their ideas and post them in here

Thought it had disappeared haha thanks, that's great!

[leeradio13]

sophisticated.

[exmpletree]

the character switching will probably look similar to this (Driver San Francisco , where you can switch to any car in the city) but with no icons (just the 3 characters)

so if you need to find the way real quick you can use this view, but i think there will also be a real 'map' (maybe in your phone or just the game menu) that looks stylized/symplistic, but in color (like san andreas) so you can clearly see the roads and set waypoints, see missions and other icons etc.

[JB94]

I hope that the pause screen includes a camera feature similar to MCLA, which could pan, zoom and rotate, it would mean that players could take photos of gunfights, cars or special gameplay moments.

[matajuegos]

haha, in the GI article (or the interview) they mentioned that the pause menu was going to be google earth style

 

if anybody can find where they say that please post it, I've been trying to look for it but I just can't find it!!!

 

edit: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=543262&hl=

here it is!!! I'M f*ckING HYPED

Edited February 10, 2013 by matajuegos

[Miss Darko]

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Yeah, so it's kinda Skyrim-style. Although I don't think it'll have the issues inflamedeyeball is concerned about: the roads will probably be much more visible from a directly top view and be highlighted, there won't be clouds in the way, and it'll probably be just as easy to scroll through as any previous GTA map (I'm assuming of course that it will be more like a Google Earth-style street view, which is pretty much directly above rather than at an angle, and the streets can be highlighted for easier use as a map). Although it's hard to say if it that just refers to the character switching and the pause menu as well. It might be that they started with the cool look for switching characters, and then realized, "Hey, we can make the start menu map like this, too!". Luckily in Skyrim's case, the map comes up just as quickly as the start menu screen in GTA IV, so there shouldn't be any issues with it taking too long, either.

[JB94]

 

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Yeah, so it's kinda Skyrim-style. Although I don't think it'll have the issues inflamedeyeball is concerned about: the roads will probably be much more visible from a directly top view and be highlighted, there won't be clouds in the way, and it'll probably be just as easy to scroll through as any previous GTA map (I'm assuming of course that it will be more like a Google Earth-style street view, which is pretty much directly above rather than at an angle, and the streets can be highlighted for easier use as a map). Although it's hard to say if it that just refers to the character switching and the pause menu as well. It might be that they started with the cool look for switching characters, and then realized, "Hey, we can make the start menu map like this, too!". Luckily in Skyrim's case, the map comes up just as quickly as the start menu screen in GTA IV, so there shouldn't be any issues with it taking too long, either.

 

Skyrim? You mean MCLA; there was an actual geographic map with icons for every hangout, racer and shop instantly available in top-down view as well, zooming out from the player's location.

 

Hopefully this means we'll get their pause menu camera then

 

[Miss Darko]

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Yes, but it's usually Skyrim that comes to mind when I think about that, because I never played MCLA. But it is true, it will be far more similar to MCLA's map, which will also make it far more functional. R* mentioned that V is taking from many of their previous games, including MCLA, and that appears to be one of the things it inspired. Hopefully the car handling isn't one of them, though.

[Wayne Daniels]

First off im pretty sure they will open the map by using a phone. And therefore i would say we will have a usual map and can switch to satelite view. Similar to the skyrim map but with more details

Was just coming to say i'd like it like skyrim as well, but with NO clouds and it would be good to zoom right out to see the map in it's entirety

[Jack1505]

Hmm I think I want it to be a colourful 2D map, wold rather only be able to see birds eye view or discover new things when Im actually playing the game. Used to love sticking the pointer on the SA map and going to see whats there, dont want to be told immediatly on the map

[Pegerino]

GAME INFORMER:

 

"At the pause menu we saw 4 headings one Trevor,Franklin and Michael and the other heading was blank presumbly Multiplayer option."

 

 

[Mister Pink]

My favorite thing about GTA is the box in comes in but a close second would be the pause menu. I imagine it to be black probably due to it being painted by the souls of the innocent pedestrians you kill. Can't wait to see the pause screen. Some times I put GTA in and pause it for like 2 hours but if I getting bored I might go wild and change the contrast.

[vivalavendredi]

First off im pretty sure they will open the map by using a phone. And therefore i would say we will have a usual map and can switch to satelite view. Similar to the skyrim map but with more details

Hell no! I don't want to click myself through the phone menu to open the map.

What I can imagine is that "start / pause" button opens the map as always, but there might be a quick animation like the protag is pulling out his phone and the camera zooms in or something…

 

To open it directly by phone should only be optional, if you ask me

[DS 17]

I expect something like it has been used in Driver San Francisco. This "zoom-out-of-the-map-above-the-clouds"-feature was already mentioned in a magazine.

[Pegerino]

I expect something like it has been used in Driver San Francisco. This "zoom-out-of-the-map-above-the-clouds"-feature was already mentioned in a magazine.

very cool indeed.

 

Zoom in Trevor sitting on the toilet haha

[Freezer89]

I thought it already has been confirmed how the pause menu will look like (zoomed out from the 3D perspective to a complete map in MCLA style). At least partial. We still don't know about the other options yet (settings etc).

 

 

 

Note: when pausing the Game by pressing start, the camera zooms out and you will see the whole map from above. Works like an transition effect from ingame to pause menu

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=543262

[CJ4LIFE1294]

tbh rockstar seem to be interested in the google earth type thing so the map in a 3d style like driver san Francisco is definitely a possibility

[JB94]

I thought it already has been confirmed how the pause menu will look like (zoomed out from the 3D perspective to a complete map in MCLA style). At least partial. We still don't know about the other options yet (settings etc).

 

 

 

Note: when pausing the Game by pressing start, the camera zooms out and you will see the whole map from above. Works like an transition effect from ingame to pause menu

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=543262

That sounds like an accurate description of the MCLA map

 

I actually found the MCLA map to be good looking and easy to use, it also displayed active police cruisers as well if they were chasing you.

[BigKush]

 

Not sure if this is a good idea but:

 

what if each protagonist has their own unique pause menu? For example:

 

Trevor- all scratched up (like tlad)

Michael- professional looking, wealthy

Franklin- sporty

 

Basically the start menus match their personalities.

Excellent idea. Perhaps the faint background music that plays in IV and EFLC would also be unique for each character/

These..

 

 

 

are f**king brilliant ideas!

They sound exactly like Rockstar, too.

[The Gardener]

Something like Skyrim. Except easier to see.

[darking08]

Having zoom, like google maps, with satellite and normal map options.