I wonder about a few things

[MosquitoSmasher]

In previous GTA's, you just went to all kinds of people and got missions from them and you worked alone. Now that we know that we got three guys, i wonder if the missions where all three work together are ALWAYS heist missions or if there will be other general things. You know, a mission similar to those seen in GTA IV perhaps. As we know there will be around 5 big heists and there will be small heists to prepare the player for the big thing. But i sure do hope that not every general story mission is about heists.

 

We know that the each individual character has their own set of missions and friends and what not, but i do hope to see some 'typical' GTA missions with all three guys working together. It's typical of GTA to always go to peolpe and get missions from them, but if the story missions are all about heists...i wonder how many characters (that give us missions) we'll actually encounter. All these people you met in GTA IV and previous installments came with hilarious and well made cutscenes, i hope we won't only meet these kind of characters when only playing as Michael, Franklin or Trevor. I think these are the few things, in terms of mission structury and story, that they haven't touched on yet in previews.

 

I do recall Rockstar saying something about how there will still be the very typical GTA missions, i don't remember where they said it though. Or was it a preview from last year that said this? It was something along the lines of...even though there's a lot more variety and more to these missions than before, you still will get your fair share of real GTA missions. I think these are the missions that some folks would call boring, i call them great...that IS GTA.

[wwinterj]

I somewhat agree but how many missions other than heists need more than one person? We did most the missions in GTA IV with one person most the time so adding two to do them missions seems to be not needed. There is only three leaf clover that I can remember been in a mission in GTA IV as the rest were dull and boring.

[Kill Frenzy!]

I hope there's a variety what you just said. I will be disappointed if there are only missions all three together but that won't happen of course. I think there will be more missions alone for each protagonist then all three together, hopefully.

[MosquitoSmasher]

 

I somewhat agree but how many missions other than heists need more than one person? We did most the missions in GTA IV with one person most the time so adding two to do them missions seems to be not needed. There is only three leaf clover that I can remember been in a mission in GTA IV as the rest were dull and boring.

That's true i guess, one person is enough. But i do wonder how we are going to see what is a sidemission and what is a mission for the story. Ah well, it'll be explained in due time, or not...and we'll just find it out ourselves.

 

 

@Smaaske

 

Yeah. Wasn't it last year that a previewer "confirmed" that the story length would be about RDR's? If that's the case and that's NOT counting the sidemissions for all three (and i wonder if they consider stranger and random encounters as sidemissions) that would be fantastic.

[RichyB]

I'm disappointed with the whole heist malarky.

 

I think they said it will be like the big bank robbery mission in GTA IV.

 

Well I actually found that mission to be extremely boring. Shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run in to an alley...etc etc etc.

 

That's not my idea of exciting, that's just a bit monotomous, hopefully there is a bit of variety in Vs hiests.

[MosquitoSmasher]

I'm disappointed with the whole heist malarky.

 

I think they said it will be like the big bank robbery mission in GTA IV.

 

Well I actually found that mission to be extremely boring. Shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run in to an alley...etc etc etc.

 

That's not my idea of exciting, that's just a bit monotomous, hopefully there is a bit of variety in Vs hiests.

Going by what the previews said about having to plan all kinds of things. Like...finding a good vehicle, masks, weapons, all that stuff, no handholding apparently. And then the big heists that you can tackle in multiple ways. i'm hoping we get to rappel down buildings a lot, like the demo that the press saw last year, cause that looks awesome. There are many possibilities for different heists, i have faith in this developer to make it everything it can be.

[wwinterj]

Well I actually found that mission to be extremely boring. Shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run into an alley, shoot a bunch of cops, run in to an alley...etc etc etc.

Three leaf clover? Each to there own I guess but that was the best mission in GTA IV to a lot of people and that's why R* have taken this route.

[RMN]

GTA V will not have only one type of missions like heists only. An there do are missions which require all three characters to play and may be some with one character only. GTAnet said all that. If you want to see all detail then see RSS feed of GTA V (http://www.gtav.net/news/feed.xml) in a feed reader. What I think is that R* should have given us only one character so that one can emotionally attach to that one character. I now have three. I will have only one my favorite but unfortunately I can't do every mission with my favorite character and abandoning other two. I like single character thing. I may be proven wrong by actually playing V. But I'm still in favor of one character only.

[MosquitoSmasher]

GTA V will not have only one type of missions like heists only. An there do are missions which require all three characters to play and may be some with one character only. GTAnet said all that. If you want to see all detail then see RSS feed of GTA V (http://www.gtav.net/news/feed.xml) in a feed reader. What I think is that R* should have given us only one character so that one can emotionally attach to that one character. I now have three. I will have only one my favorite but unfortunately I can't do every mission with my favorite character and abandoning other two. I like single character thing. I may be proven wrong by actually playing V. But I'm still in favor of one character only.

Really? Not me man, i am insanely excited about this in the game. So far i can i like all three of them, i can't pick a favorite yet. All three are so different from eachother and that's a very good thing. As these trailers showed, it almost as if you are getting three games. The atmosphere, the setting and everything in general in for example Michael's trailer is SO different from Franklin's and Trevor's, i love that. There will be so much more extra replay value, now you get to walk this gameworld with three different dudes, each with their own friends and life. Pedestrians will all be reacting differently to them, have their own skills, own style of clothing and so on. Man.....is this going to be amaizng.

[RMN]

GTA V will not have only one type of missions like heists only. An there do are missions which require all three characters to play and may be some with one character only. GTAnet said all that. If you want to see all detail then see RSS feed of GTA V (http://www.gtav.net/news/feed.xml) in a feed reader. What I think is that R* should have given us only one character so that one can emotionally attach to that one character. I now have three. I will have only one my favorite but unfortunately I can't do every mission with my favorite character and abandoning other two. I like single character thing. I may be proven wrong by actually playing V. But I'm still in favor of one character only.

Really? Not me man, i am insanely excited about this in the game. So far i can i like all three of them, i can't pick a favorite yet. All three are so different from eachother and that's a very good thing. As these trailers showed, it almost as if you are getting three games. The atmosphere, the setting and everything in general in for example Michael's trailer is SO different from Franklin's and Trevor's, i love that. There will be so much more extra replay value, now you get to walk this gameworld with three different dudes, each with their own friends and life. Pedestrians will all be reacting differently to them, have their own skills, own style of clothing and so on. Man.....is this going to be amaizng.

well well!! This game must be amazing. I'm going to do all things with Michael. I will take him to Franklin's area and Trevor's area and do whatever I like there. I hope I can make gangs by Michael. Your idea is also right. It must be amazing by playing with all three.

[VincentPericant]

I somewhat agree but how many missions other than heists need more than one person? We did most the missions in GTA IV with one person most the time so adding two to do them missions seems to be not needed. There is only three leaf clover that I can remember been in a mission in GTA IV as the rest were dull and boring.

I think that the missions involving all three will be the heist missions, but along with individual missions for each character I reckon we'll get missions between just two of the protagonists too (i.e. Mike and Frank, Frank and Trev, Trev and Mike). This opens up the story line a bit as well.

 

If each protagonist has his special ability, the likelihood of two characters working together in certain missions is more believable than Niko working alone and being amazing at everything.

For example...there maybe a mission involving Mike and Frank in a chase, Frank is driving and Mike is shooting out the window. It adds to the realism of the situation. Where Niko seemed to meet EVERY mob boss in LC, this will be a little more split up between the 3 characters.

[Algonquin Assassin]

 

I somewhat agree but how many missions other than heists need more than one person? We did most the missions in GTA IV with one person most the time so adding two to do them missions seems to be not needed. There is only three leaf clover that I can remember been in a mission in GTA IV as the rest were dull and boring.

I think that the missions involving all three will be the heist missions, but along with individual missions for each character I reckon we'll get missions between just two of the protagonists too (i.e. Mike and Frank, Frank and Trev, Trev and Mike). This opens up the story line a bit as well.

 

If each protagonist has his special ability, the likelihood of two characters working together in certain missions is more believable than Niko working alone and being amazing at everything.

For example...there maybe a mission involving Mike and Frank in a chase, Frank is driving and Mike is shooting out the window. It adds to the realism of the situation. Where Niko seemed to meet EVERY mob boss in LC, this will be a little more split up between the 3 characters.

Niko is amazing at everything though. It stands within reason.

 

OT: We might get a few missions with them working together if it's non-heist related. Trevor may need some help with botched deals.

[jogy]

OT: We might get a few missions with them working together if it's non-heist related. Trevor may need some help with botched deals.

What Miami said. Most of the time you will be working towards a heist but I think you'll also do some sort of side missions with the three.

[Micheal Soprano]

Each person has their own businesses and their missions will revolve around them

 

Trevor has an ongoing war with lost

 

Micheal has his family issues, saving his son from a ruckus, taking care of tracy's boyfriend (like the mission in IV, where you first use ur gun), Chasing amanda's sex partners, meeting up with old accomplices

 

Franklin will have his own gangbanging duties. Killing ballas, doing repo work, helping lamar, taking chop for a dump

 

Each will have their own problems and on certain dates, they will meet up for heists. We can also expect to call from help from one of the others. Like when micheal and franklin go to rescue jimmy from a sort of crane thingy. Or maybe micheal and trevor go to an old accomplice and settle some scores.

 

Overall, I think it's gonna be a wicked game

[jogy]

Shame it has the lenght of a RDR story.

[Freezer89]

Well, we know that the storyline will be about 5 (or 6?) major heists. And each one consists of several missions. I am sure they will be very different with lots of varities.

 

And then of course more missions for each protagonists.. as seen in the new trailers. Maybe they have something in common with the heists. Some at least. Like Franklin and his gang.. they could be involved in a later mission of a heist. Or Ron (Trevor's friend). He could find out important stuff that is needed for a later heist. Michael's family could be kidnapped from a boss of a cartel that has just been robbed by a previous heist and demands his money or stuff back for exchange of the victims.. obviously a cliche but that was just an example.

 

 

[jogy]

Well, we know that the storyline will be about 5 (or 6?) major heists. And each one consists of several missions. I am sure they will be very different with lots of varities.

 

And then of course more missions for each protagonists.. as seen in the new trailers. Maybe they have something in common with the heists. Some at least. Like Franklin and his gang.. they could be involved in a later mission of a heist. Or Ron (Trevor's friend). He could find out important stuff that is needed for a later heist. Michael's family could be kidnapped from a boss of a cartel that has just been robbed by a previous heist and demands his money or stuff back for exchange of the victims.. obviously a cliche but that was just an example.

I like your thinking.

[Zer0w5]

I sure hope we get some missions that build up around these 3 protagonists, so each protagonist gets a story of it's own.

[jogy]

I sure hope we get some missions that build up around these 3 protagonists, so each protagonist gets a story of it's own.

They will have a story of their own. Sometimes these stories intersect with oneanother in the form of heists.

[zainzombie]

They have already told us about one mission that FIB gives to the three protags to get the guy from a building (from GI).

 

I think its safe to assume there will be many missions where someone gives us missions which might include 1, 2 or all three protags in the mission.

[Triple Vacuum Seal]

I remember reading of 5-6 big heists as well. The one thing I wonder about is what is considered a "big" heist? The consensus seems to be that "big"=Three Leaf Clover. I can imagine that. But what else fits this class of heists beyond the realm of banks?...and are the 5-6 robberies as "big" as Three Leaf Clover or bigger?

 

 

When I think big heists, I think of elaborate Oceans Series-esque plans like...

 

- Robbing a drug kingpin of his drugs or money

- Stealing expensive cargo from a heavily guarded desert warehouse or at sea by hijacking a ship

- Stealing sensitive information

- Stealing military weaponry from the local base

- Holding a billionaire for ransom

 

 

...knocking off a facility with a vault seems to be R*'s paradigm when creating heists in past GTAs for the traditional big heist mission.

[jogy]

Well since there is an army base in Los Santos we can assume one of the heists is taking place there.

[Triple Vacuum Seal]

Well since there is an army base in Los Santos we can assume one of the heists is taking place there.

I think it's outside of the city limits.

[jogy]

Well since there is an army base in Los Santos we can assume one of the heists is taking place there.

I think it's outside of the city limits.

So? Trevor has a helicopter?

[BeardedxMic]

I can't see how there wouldn't be other missions besides heists. You've got a sea of supporting characters for each of the three amigo's, randoms you're bound to meet in your exports, jobs to earn cash in order to pull of the heists. Worrying that there won't be other missions because you haven't been shown specifics is like saying the only cars that will be in the game are just the ones we've seen. Or the guns will be limited to the four we've seen in trailers.

 

The game isn't out for another 3 months. Perhaps you're concerned over nothing?

[Xeon]

I wonder how someone could ask such dumb f*cking questions

 

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[visionist]

 

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Nope.

 

I should think, surely, that one of the heists will involve stealing cars, a lot of cars, to order. The Gone In 60 Seconds links are obvious, including a possible last car called an Eleanor...

 

Call it Grand Theft Auto.

[wwinterj]

 

But what else fits this class of heists beyond the realm of banks?...and are the 5-6 robberies as "big" as Three Leaf Clover or bigger?

I'd assume bigger. Just a few places that a heist would work:

 

- Banks - we know that

- Museums - I see this been one

- Casinos - Big money to be made there

- Airport - Maybe a expensive plane

- Jewelry stores - We know this is in the game but seems a mini heist.

- Art Galleries - Could work.

- United States Mint - Some place where money is printed.

- Jails - Think the great escape. Although this may be classed as a mini heist of sorts.

 

That's all I can think about for now.

Edited May 13, 2013 by wwinterj