Who are they talking to?

[poncratias]

So, something i noticed in the trailers:

 

Quite often the protags are talking directly into the camera (or somewhere that direction), even if all 3 of them are onscreen.

 

Could this be hinting at a 4th,unrevealead char, like your own customizeable one??

 

think about it: if they would include a custom protag, then most likely he/she won't be much infront of the cam in cutscenes, because of his/her custom nature they can't make cutscenes fitting to every personality.

so they'd most likely just leave him out as often as possible.

 

this may be now a little oversized statement, but maybe the direction of thinking is right.

 

 

or maybe they all just have some imaginary, invisible friend.

 

a purple furry elephant possibly.

[RockstarMark]

It is for cinematic purposes, a way to convey the character's emotions to the player. There is a 1 percent chance of Rockstar creating a custom character ala Saints Row. It would ruin the game and it just won't happen...fortunately.

[Lucky32]

Michael was talking to his therapist in trailer one and in his, Franklin didn't talk to the camera at all in any of them, and neither did Trevor. (Even though Michael narrated it.)

 

 

Also, pretty sure Michael was talking to Franklin in trailer two.

[Passwrd]

No. I highly... no I 100% doubt that we will be able to make our own character. And if you take a look at the character trailers for GTA IV they do the exact same thing.. it's their own story how do you expect them to tell you in other ways?

 

I know there is nothing I can do about it, and it happens with every game, not just GTA or these forums... but people really should stop fishing for these silly topics. Or trolling. Either way it's pretty annoying and hopefully tomorrow we will have enough to talk about until the next batch of information. I love this absence of information that Rockstar has formed, but it really does make some people go crazy :l

[TheGodDamnMaster]

They're have conversations with NPCs who are off-screen. They don't show them because they want to focus on the main protagonists. There isn't a fourth playable character. Not unless they pull a John Marston on us.

[Hotband]

 

It is for cinematic purposes, a way to convey the character's emotions to the player. There is a 1 percent chance of Rockstar creating a custom character ala Saints Row. It would ruin the game and it just won't happen...fortunately.

Everyone knows it's Chop...

[GTA-Addicted]

They're have conversations with NPCs who are off-screen. They don't show them because they want to focus on the main protagonists. There isn't a fourth playable character. Not unless they pull a John Marston on us.

In one of the previews they were talking about a mysterious forth sloth in the player selection screen (I guess it was GI) iirc

[kesta195]

They're have conversations with NPCs who are off-screen. They don't show them because they want to focus on the main protagonists. There isn't a fourth playable character. Not unless they pull a John Marston on us.

In one of the previews they were talking about a mysterious forth sloth in the player selection screen (I guess it was GI) iirc

Multiplayer

[djdiond]

If GTA V has a 4th character and it is a custom character, it won't be for cutscenes.

[HoweyLad]

They're just simply breaking the 4th wall.

[KFranchise]

 

Stahp.

[TheJasonGallant]

Actually, they don't talking towards the camera. It's the camera that gets right in their face

[Mokrie Dela]

It is for cinematic purposes, a way to convey the character's emotions to the player. There is a 1 percent chance of Rockstar creating a custom character ala Saints Row. It would ruin the game and it just won't happen...fortunately.

Everyone knows it's Chop...

This. GTA V is in fact a game-in-a-game, and you play as chop, who's broken out of the game into the "real world" and is looking back in...

 

 

 

Thirteenth floor anyone?