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Concerned about "scripted" character switching


2019Redifiv/2020Modifiv
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2019Redifiv/2020Modifiv

At first I was thrilled to learn about the new character switching system.

 

Lately I have been having some doubts though.

 

Look, we know that we will be able to change instantly between the three characters while in free-roam.

However, we don't know if we will ever be able to have all three characters present at the same place.

Rockstar has said that each character lives his own independent life, but what if every time we change

the following thing happens :

 

Every time we attempt to move a character closer to the other character, and then switches to the second

character, that character is doing something in a different place.

 

The point being, that the three characters can never meet in free-roam because their individual lives

keep leaving them in different positions every time you switch ?

 

Thoughts ?

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A preview mentioned (I forget which one) that if you bring michael to lets say Trevor's trailer, and then you switch to trevor, you will see MIchael walking back or something like that.

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Honest Bill

You can probably just phone them nd get them to hang out with you. And i'll bet you can go and find the other two guys if you really want to. If you go to Michael's house you will see him there doing his thing, just like it was in RDR.

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2019Redifiv/2020Modifiv
A preview mentioned (I forget which one) that if you bring michael to lets say Trevor's trailer, and then you switch to trevor, you will see MIchael walking back or something like that.

but that is bad news. because that essentially tell us that we will not be able to

create our own little sandbox experiments with all three characters present ?

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GrandMaster Smith

I'm pretty sure they'll let you call eachother to hangout so you'll stay around eachother when you between switch characters.

 

There's no way they wouldn't let all three protags roam around freely together outside of missions.

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5000 Staples

These are the kind of topics that can't be answered without playing the game.

 

R* ain't stupid.. they will know people will want all three characters near each other and lets be honest once the characters are near each other they will most likely hang out and help your chaos independently ... as they know each other, they won't let anyone hurt you.

 

That's how I see it... but we're just going to have to wait.

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Tobias_Rieper

I don't think they would teleport instantly just because you're not playing as them for 2 seconds. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. I think at the most, they'll just start to wander off on foot or find / steal a vehicle. But since they exist at all times in free roam, they should and better be interactive with each other.

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It's gonna be strange. That's all I can say.

 

I think most of my time will be spent trying to snoop on/stalk the other two.

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2019Redifiv/2020Modifiv

i hope you are right, because it is this type of freedom that inevitably will help the game maintaining it's longevity.

I want to be able to position all three characters and then create chaos, while switching dynamically between the three of them.

 

In short, I want to be able to play the same way in free-roam as in the mission described in the previews.

 

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BUT THE BENZ

I said it a couple of times in other threads: If we can't perform a drive by with all 3 on board and switch fluently from driver to shooter to guy in the back and back and forth etc, then the switching aspect hasn't been built/used to its full potential

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2019Redifiv/2020Modifiv
I said it a couple of times in other threads: If we can't perform a drive by with all 3 on board and switch fluently from driver to shooter to guy in the back and back and forth etc, then the switching aspect hasn't been built/used to its full potential

I wholeheartedly agree. I mean it would not make any sense to restrict the player in a way that would reduce the appeal of the gameplay in such a dominating fashion.

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The Hippie

I've thought about this too. I was also thinking that if we switch characters enough we will begin to see repeated scenes, if in fact they are randomly set. I'm hoping wherever you leave one character, that you can meet up with him using another character, by going to the same general location where you left the first character. But, I just have faith in Rockstar that they will do it right. I'm not concerned.

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TheFreightTrain

All questions will be revealed in 132 days....( Sept 17th) lol

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