"Entire state" confirmed?!

[TrialzGTAS]

IGN are the Idiots of Gaming News

[DeafMetal]

My theory is that this IS San Andreas, just not the one from the III era. Basically, they're doing the same they did with Liberty City and revamping it for the IV era. I mean, think about it: it's 3.5 bigger than RDR. You really think that's just "Los Santos and sorrounding countryside"? It has counties as well. It's gotta be San Andreas, they're just too afraid of fan backlash to announce in the previews that it's a revamped version with no LS or SF.

[Dick Justice]

 

My theory is that this IS San Andreas, just not the one from the III era. Basically, they're doing the same they did with Liberty City and revamping it for the IV era. I mean, think about it: it's 3.5 bigger than RDR. You really think that's just "Los Santos and sorrounding countryside"? It has counties as well. It's gotta be San Andreas, they're just too afraid of fan backlash to announce in the previews that it's a revamped version with no LS or SF.

They've always referred to GTA V's map as a revamped Southern California though. While I think it's possible that Las Venturas isn't in the HD San Andreas, it's safe to assume that Northern San Andreas consisting of San Fierro and the rest of the Bay Area is.

[HudS]

Why do everyone hate IGN??

Did they post false info or what?

[DS 17]

And now ... conspiracies about SF and LV are starting again.

Hey, what's about San Diego? Los Puerto and so on ...

[ECDT1089]

Los Santos, plus the surrounding countryside. That surrounding countryside is Blaine County. Los Santos + Blaine County = The state of San Andreas.

[Honest Bill]

They just said 'state' without really thinking about it, because they wanted a word which included more than just a city, which differentiates it from the last game. There's nothing more to this in my opinion.

 

You're only setting yourself up to be disapponted if you're expecting the other two cities.

 

I'm sure there will be other urban areas beside LS. But i very much doubt there will be anything quite on the scale of a 'city'

[Kill Frenzy!]

Rockstar is hiding somethin, they didn't delayed GTA V for nothing, before they delayed the game they didn't even add the car customization, and the feature to buy property, garage, etc.. So maybe they delayed the game also for adding a new city, maybe San Fierro only. I don't believe they add the entire San Andreas state included Las Vegas. They said that the map is going to be 5x Red Dead Redemption and land only 3.5 x red dead redemption. Los Santos City only needs 1x red dead redemption. If they add San Fierro they don't need to much occupation because San Francisco is too much smaller then Los Angeles, so San Fierro needs about 0,5 x red dead redemption.. so there still 2 x red dead redemption left for countryside, mountaints and deserts...

[DeafMetal]

Why do everyone hate IGN??

Did they post false info or what?

Because they don't know what they're talking about half of the time. That and they give repetitive games who pay loads to them in advertisements high scores but take off points from other games for the stupidest sh*t. They took off points from Dark Souls because it was too hard... smh

[omeromer]

 

It's IGN, it's as reliable as my grandma telling you that there is an entire state in there.

IKR since IGN is connected to Gamefaqs. Which is LOADED with the worst Trolls you'll ever encounter.

Wrong. GameFAQs is not associated with IGN at all, at least not since 2001. You're thinking of GameSpot.

Anyway, It's a neat piece of speculation, but that's all it is. Don't get you're hopes up, because it most likely won't happen.

 

And hating IGN is like hating Dane Cook. Everyone's just jumping on the bandwagon, even though every gaming site out there does the same sh*t, every single one.

I actually HATE Dane Cook and I didn't even know everybody hates him. He's not funny, he mocks atheists in the most ignorant way possible in his stand-ups, it's kinda pathetic. Same thing for IGN, I really hate that site for actual reasons, not because everybody hates it. I don't even remember the reasons, I just remember it annoying me a bunch of time during 2012.

[Miss Darko]

 

Rockstar is hiding somethin, they didn't delayed GTA V for nothing, before they delayed the game they didn't even add the car customization, and the feature to buy property, garage, etc.. So maybe they delayed the game also for adding a new city, maybe San Fierro only. I don't believe they add the entire San Andreas state included Las Vegas. They said that the map is going to be 5x Red Dead Redemption and land only 3.5 x red dead redemption. Los Santos City only needs 1x red dead redemption. If they add San Fierro they don't need to much occupation because San Francisco is too much smaller then Los Angeles, so San Fierro needs about 0,5 x red dead redemption.. so there still 2 x red dead redemption left for countryside, mountaints and deserts...

We don't know if they had car customization before then or not. People act like they gave us the ability to give your characters tattoos and haircuts and to mod our cars after the delayed occurred. But in fact, R* never said that we couldn't do these things before that point; those features were probably there from the beginning. They only said that we would not be able to purchase properties, and that sounds relatively simple to add to a game, especially compared to an entire city.

 

If they decided to add an entire major city to the game, the delay would be a lot longer than four months.

Edited May 8, 2013 by Mr. Darko

[Fraizer]

Why do everyone hate IGN??

Did they post false info or what?

IGN is the TMZ of Gaming journalism. They try to act like they know what they are talking about, but they dont. They steal stories, and there is so much bias in all of their work. Its not a bandwagon, its simply not liking the most unreliable source.

[Matty]

 

Los Santos, plus the surrounding countryside. That surrounding countryside is Blaine County. Los Santos + Blaine County = The state of San Andreas.

Precisely this. Couldn't of put it better myself.

 

Also, although Rockstar have revealed a bunch of other stuff that wasn't initially going to be in GTA V - one thing that hasn't changed is the official GTA V statement:

 

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

To me, that indicates that Las Venturas and San Fierro won't be included in GTA V. My point being is don't go reading too much into what any third-party website or publication says, as you will only be setting yourself up for disappointment in the long-run.

[MizzouRah16]

More like an entire county (size-wise), not a state. The same thing was said about GTA:SA. Technically San Andreas is a state, though.

Edited May 8, 2013 by MizzouRah16

[Kill Frenzy!]

Rockstar is hiding somethin, they didn't delayed GTA V for nothing, before they delayed the game they didn't even add the car customization, and the feature to buy property, garage, etc.. So maybe they delayed the game also for adding a new city, maybe San Fierro only. I don't believe they add the entire San Andreas state included Las Vegas. They said that the map is going to be 5x Red Dead Redemption and land only 3.5 x red dead redemption. Los Santos City only needs 1x red dead redemption. If they add San Fierro they don't need to much occupation because San Francisco is too much smaller then Los Angeles, so San Fierro needs about 0,5 x red dead redemption.. so there still 2 x red dead redemption left for countryside, mountaints and deserts...

We don't know if they had car customization before then or not. People act like they gave us the ability to give your characters tattoos and haircuts and to mod our cars after the delayed occurred. But in fact, R* never said that we couldn't do these things before that point; those features were probably there from the beginning. They only said that we would not be able to purchase properties, and that sounds relatively simple to add to a game, especially compared to an entire city.

 

If they decided to add an entire major city to the game, the delay would be a lot longer than four months.

We shall know in a few months but what are your thoughts then? Why do you think they delayed the game for?

[ll rdny ll]

 

Why do everyone hate IGN??

Did they post false info or what?

Because they don't know what they're talking about half of the time. That and they give repetitive games who pay loads to them in advertisements high scores but take off points from other games for the stupidest sh*t. They took off points from Dark Souls because it was too hard... smh

You people forget that the reviews they put out, are their personal opinions of the game. So in that sense, they can not be wrong. Reviews are made to help people, who are on the fence about buying a game/movie/album, decide whether or not to purchase said item. I really don't understand why people get so up in arms about review scores.

 

@omeromer - that's not what the point was. While a few people might have 'legitimate' reasons to hate IGN, most people just go along with it for some reason. Much like in highschool, when everyone picked on the fat kid in gym class, they did so, so that they, wouldn't be picked on themselves.

 

@DTUMan - you're right, the official statement hasn't changed.. yet.

But even so, Rockstar snuck that little term, 're-imagined' into the description. Re-imagined, for those who don't know, means it can be absolutely anything. They could put Portland Oregon to the southeast of Los Santos, and still call it a part of their 're-imagined' Southern California.

[Miss Darko]

We shall know in a few months but what are your thoughts then? Why do you think they delayed the game for?

Relatively small stuff. Some new features may have been added, but you don't introduce anything drastic this late in the development cycle. Even with properties, it was probably something they worked on at one point and then decided it wasn't worth it until the fanbase responded, then they re-added it with full vigor. But car modding on par with MC:LA's is something much more complex and fundamental, and I'd imagine that it wasn't added on a whim. It's just what they said, really: polishing the game, bug fixes (which takes a very long time with a game as large as this), tweaking, etc. But definitely not adding a new city.

[TheIllaDopest]

I think people are just taking things too literally.

This.

 

People need to take the previews with a grain of salt. One reviewer out of dozens casually (and probably mistakenly) mentions that Franklin had "four out of five stars" and suddenly hundreds of GTAF members are convinced V will have a five-star wanted system instead of six. Journalists make mistakes; let's not jump to conclusions.

Not to be a dick but V is only gonna have 5 stars

[GTAfan786]

Why do everyone hate IGN??

Did they post false info or what?

Because they don't know what they're talking about half of the time. That and they give repetitive games who pay loads to them in advertisements high scores but take off points from other games for the stupidest sh*t. They took off points from Dark Souls because it was too hard... smh

You people forget that the reviews they put out, are their personal opinions of the game. So in that sense, they can not be wrong. Reviews are made to help people, who are on the fence about buying a game/movie/album, decide whether or not to purchase said item. I really don't understand why people get so up in arms about review scores.

 

@omeromer - that's not what the point was. While a few people might have 'legitimate' reasons to hate IGN, most people just go along with it for some reason. Much like in highschool, when everyone picked on the fat kid in gym class, they did so, so that they, wouldn't be picked on themselves.

 

@DTUMan - you're right, the official statement hasn't changed.. yet.

But even so, Rockstar snuck that little term, 're-imagined' into the description. Re-imagined, for those who don't know, means it can be absolutely anything. They could put Portland Oregon to the southeast of Los Santos, and still call it a part of their 're-imagined' Southern California.

Reviews don't help people idiot. They claimed MW3 was a 9/10 and even the COD fans were VERY disappointed. It turned out to be the WORST COD game ever if not the worst game. How does it help? Justify your statement.

[gamerzworld]

Brought to you by the same website that brought you "GTAV Week" and still cannot spell "Niko" correctly after all these years.

[ll rdny ll]

Reviews don't help people idiot. They claimed MW3 was a 9/10 and even the COD fans were VERY disappointed. It turned out to be the WORST COD game ever if not the worst game. How does it help? Justify your statement.

Like I said, personal opinions. And the whole purpose of a review, is to do exactly what I said they do. Give a personal opinion, based on what that person thought about the game, which consumers can use to convince themselves whether or not to purchase an item. There is no need to resort to name calling. Especially when, in a case like this one, you are wrong.

 

 

 

 

[GTAfan786]

Reviews don't help people idiot. They claimed MW3 was a 9/10 and even the COD fans were VERY disappointed. It turned out to be the WORST COD game ever if not the worst game. How does it help? Justify your statement.

Like I said, personal opinions. And the whole purpose of a review, is to do exactly what I said they do. Give a personal opinion, based on what that person thought about the game, which consumers can use to convince themselves whether or not to purchase an item. There is no need to resort to name calling. Especially when, in a case like this one, you are wrong.

It's not personal opinions. They get paid by COD to give ALL their games high scores, which is what scumbags do for money. Hell, they even give good games bad reviews, i'd say they've got bad opinions and taste in games. You are wrong.

[bringerofblood2000]

It's already been confirmed that GTAV is on a giant island, so the biggest question should be this,

What is the land mass called? Obliviously the whole island isn't called "Los Santos" since we know

GTAV is made up of many different locations & counties outside of the Los Santos area.

It would actually make sense for GTAV to be the entire "San Andreas" it wouldn't make sense otherwise

if you think about it. A giant island surrounded by an endless sea, yet it isn't the entire state of San Andreas?

 

[Fraizer]

 

Reviews don't help people idiot. They claimed MW3 was a 9/10 and even the COD fans were VERY disappointed. It turned out to be the WORST COD game ever if not the worst game. How does it help? Justify your statement.

Like I said, personal opinions. And the whole purpose of a review, is to do exactly what I said they do. Give a personal opinion, based on what that person thought about the game, which consumers can use to convince themselves whether or not to purchase an item. There is no need to resort to name calling. Especially when, in a case like this one, you are wrong.

I want to review IGN:

 

A bunch of pretentious, pompous asshole thieves.

 

IGN is a company made up of so called "Game Journalists," these fast talking thieves take others work without giving credit and pass it off as their own. Bias fills every crevice of a story full of holes that IGN tries to pass off as game reviews, and this comes from preferring one console manufacturer over another and one developer over another, not the games themselves. IGN are overly critical on subtle things, and not critical enough when it comes to the overall structure of a game. Doing research and using common sense is not in IGN's dictionary, consistently getting big details wrong, and using speculation as fact. IGN will never be a trusted source in my book, they had their chance and they blew it, so its best just to avoid them all together.

 

 

IGN gets a 1 out of 10.

[Dick Valor]

I think people are just taking things too literally.

This.

 

People need to take the previews with a grain of salt. One reviewer out of dozens casually (and probably mistakenly) mentions that Franklin had "four out of five stars" and suddenly hundreds of GTAF members are convinced V will have a five-star wanted system instead of six. Journalists make mistakes; let's not jump to conclusions.

Not to be a dick but V is only gonna have 5 stars

Source? (Besides one passing comment in the Kotaku review.)

[Pilotmonkey]

 

 

article on IGN,

 

 

IGN is bullsh*t Really, dont believe anything those COD lovers. They're soo fkn bull

[Official General]

I really don't blame IGN completely for this one. I think it was just a figure of speech, they didn't mean that GTAV will include the entire state of San Andreas. They were just mentioning the fact that it's set in the state of San Andreas and how there's so much vast land to get lost in outside the city limits, sort of thing...

 

I think people are just taking things too literally.

This from me too

 

I think the OP got a bit gassed.

 

[bringerofblood2000]

It's already been confirmed that GTAV is on a giant island, so the biggest question should be this,

What is the land mass called? Obliviously the whole island isn't called "Los Santos" since we know

GTAV is made up of many different locations & counties outside of the Los Santos area.

It would actually make sense for GTAV to be the entire "San Andreas" it wouldn't make sense otherwise

if you think about it. A giant island surrounded by an endless sea, yet it isn't the entire state of San Andreas?

That's something worth thinking about!

[TheAdmiester]

I don't think people realise that the re-imagining of cities between eras can mean literally anything.

 

Los Santos may have just been a single city as a part of a state back in San Andreas, but IV-Era Los Santos and its countryside is likely the entire state itself, in a sense.

[Hotband]

IGN sucks, I'd recommend not to read their articles.