CheddaJohn Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) The fact that we can't burglarize/invade those mansions is the biggest tease Anyone else salivate every time you drive around those mansions/big houses? I don't know anything about programming so I won't rant with obscenities as to how we should be able to do this when we did in San Andreas, but man it's such a damn tease. Or how there is nobody in the bank to rob. My boy thinks(or should I say prays every night) that R* will release that as a DLC. I highly doubt it. What we have is what we will get. Guess we'll have to hope GTA VI will have it. :-/ As a matter of fact, WHY can't we do this again? Lack of programming abilities? Edited October 21, 2013 by CheddaJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_mostito Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It would be really nice to be able to buy/forcibly-take the mansions. Last night I did one of the GTAO missions "Richmond Rich" for Simeon and thought to myself "this would make a pretty awesome Crew House". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I was thinking about that after seeing this post, and while a burglary activity for these luxury homes would have been great, I can see why Rockstar did not include it. It just would not make sense that Michael Trevor and Franklin would want to burgle rich homes for cash, when they are involved in very sophisticated and well-planned major heist that nets them millions of dollars. Burglaries would be very petty and beneath them once they start earning huge amounts of money from heists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jptawok Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. Gnocchi Flip Flops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spamtackey Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It's weird that we can stick up places for very little cash but can't go burglarize a house. Honestly there's a lot they could have done with this game that they didn't, for who knows what reason. If they did only spend 2 1/2 or 3 years working on it, I kinda wish they would have delayed it for another two years and just brought out another handheld GTA. Maybe the time was ripe for San Andreas Stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It's weird that we can stick up places for very little cash but can't go burglarize a house. Honestly there's a lot they could have done with this game that they didn't, for who knows what reason. If they did only spend 2 1/2 or 3 years working on it, I kinda wish they would have delayed it for another two years and just brought out another handheld GTA. Maybe the time was ripe for San Andreas Stories? You're right I missed that. We can stick up convenience stores but not burgle rich homes. Yeah OP, you have a point. And there definitely should have been more criminal activities to do outside of the main storyline missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarVisitor Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hey fellas, it is the year 2013 and we are stuck with 2013 technology. What you guys want is to wait until the year 2075 to get all of your wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bish0p2004 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hey fellas, it is the year 2013 and we are stuck with 2013 technology. What you guys want is to wait until the year 2075 to get all of your wishes. Shouldn't you be working on R*'s next big product? You know getting your marketing strategies ready or something? Go on now, boy...get back to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinRedLine1981 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) What it really boils down to is the complete lack of interiors. No interiors, very few possibilities of crime diversity. I was expecting after IV that the next step for R* was to keep a similar large open world but add more interiors to do more stuff. I was wrong I guess. We were comparing Skyrim and GTA in the other thread. Imagine Skyrim without all the dungeons and interiors. Yeah, a lot less appealing. GTA would be much more with interiors: banks, mansions, malls, casinos, etc. Edited October 21, 2013 by ThinRedLine1981 JustOneMonth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jungz Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! Edit: Im actually sad right now. 10 years ago, when I was playing San Andreas, my vision of what GTA would be like today was soooooo different than what we have now. I thought they would be expanding every crime activities we had like, for example, control to the finest details your own drugs and guns empire. Choose to buy and sell coke, meth, heroin. Does it arrive on a boat at the port or in a plane at the airport. Or on a train even. Get to know when your rivals do their operations and where so you can hijack them and take the profit. Own a casino. Do terrorist attacks. Do assassinations ( hitman style ). Instead, we can play golf, do triathlons, play tennis, play darts ( f*ck me ), do yoga. I mean ... yoga ? Yoga ?! If you had told me this 10 years ago, I would have pissed my pants. The only ''crime'' related activities you can do outside of the main storyline, are the Strangers & Freaks missions but they are limited. It's like a utter waste of potential. GTA is a series that could go so far because it literally has no bounderies. It could go anywhere. Yet, I feel like it's on a leash, like Rockstar is shoving it inside a nice little box and say '' This is what GTA is all about, f*ck you. '' Edited October 21, 2013 by ThroatSlasher2 727gta, bish0p2004 and pilscy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanSane Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Burgling houses, as someone already said, doesn't fit the story. It would work in Online but then people would whine about 'removing features from single player to make people play online'. It would make the stealth stat useful too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinRedLine1981 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! Yup. I'd really like to see some of the brainstoarming sessions they have over there. So many cool crime possibilities, and they give us yoga. The Jungz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothGetaway Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It was done pretty poorly in SA, and while it would be cool it still falls under the 'little details' category. I'd much rather we get the choice of how far in or out of the gang life Franklin goes. The notion that he just moves a few miles to Vinewood and it's all good is weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanSane Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! I agree with the Trevor part, but Franklin? Did you pay any attention to his story? He wants out of the gang sh*t, its pretty much his whole motivation. Hell, if they'd given me the choice I'd have had Franklin leave Lamar to die at the sawmill . Getting called to go bowling might have been a pain in IV but it was nothing compared to being dragged halfway across LS to waste ammo and body armour on another pointless turf war in SA. They should bring back pimping though...just because I enjoyed it even though it doesn't really fit the characters. It could be in online. We could steal ho's from other players...(wow that's really easy if you don't worry about internal consistency). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jungz Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 It was done pretty poorly in SA, and while it would be cool it still falls under the 'little details' category. I'd much rather we get the choice of how far in or out of the gang life Franklin goes. The notion that he just moves a few miles to Vinewood and it's all good is weird. Exactly. I love how some people on this forum say it is clearly depicted in the storyline, that Franklin does not want to be associated with the Families. Thus, why you can't do drug/gang wars against the Ballas and reclaim Grove St, etc. However, if Rockstar intended Franklin to be this way, why do they let us get so many tattoos showing CGF. Why can I get a '' FAMILLIES '' on his chest or the Feud F's on his neck. Why can I buy so many green oriented clothes. Make up your f*ckin mind R*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bish0p2004 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! I agree with the Trevor part, but Franklin? Did you pay any attention to his story? He wants out of the gang sh*t, its pretty much his whole motivation. Hell, if they'd given me the choice I'd have had Franklin leave Lamar to die at the sawmill . Getting called to go bowling might have been a pain in IV but it was nothing compared to being dragged halfway across LS to waste ammo and body armour on another pointless turf war in SA. They should bring back pimping though...just because I enjoyed it even though it doesn't really fit the characters. It could be in online. We could steal ho's from other players...(wow that's really easy if you don't worry about internal consistency). Regarding Franklin, think TBoGT with Luis and drug wars. The Jungz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jungz Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! I agree with the Trevor part, but Franklin? Did you pay any attention to his story? He wants out of the gang sh*t, its pretty much his whole motivation. Hell, if they'd given me the choice I'd have had Franklin leave Lamar to die at the sawmill . Getting called to go bowling might have been a pain in IV but it was nothing compared to being dragged halfway across LS to waste ammo and body armour on another pointless turf war in SA. They should bring back pimping though...just because I enjoyed it even though it doesn't really fit the characters. It could be in online. We could steal ho's from other players...(wow that's really easy if you don't worry about internal consistency). I agree, it was stated in the storyline that he wants to '' get outta this bullsh*t ''. But, quite frankly, I think it would have been SO MUCH better if it was the opposite. It's not like Franklin was the only character in the game, then it would have been a San Andreas rehash. But since you can switch between the three of them, it would have been great. I loved the hood missions. It reminded of the old days and I realized I hadn't grown tired of killing those purple f*cks. And if you keep in mind how profound they could have gone in the drug operations and hijacking everybody, it would have been f*cking great. At least it would have been better than '' Hold L1 and R1 to get into this Yoga position ... smile ... you're having fun. '' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothGetaway Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Yep, it's just one of those weird inconsistencies, like CJ having this huge problem with drugs. I literally kept saying wtf everytime it got brought up. Also, in V there are two missions Frank does that should have had IMMEDIATE and long lasting repercussions. You don't shoot your way out of Grove St, and just get left alone by rival gang bangers. Those aren't the kind of guys to just let sh*t slide. Sorry for the off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kapone Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 You can sorta still wreck havoc on those mansions. Just walk around Vinewood Hills at night with Trevor or something, sneak into a backyard, take out whatever poor soul is hanging out by the pool and steal the car in the driveway, if there is one. Just because we can't literally grab a tv inside some generic interior and run out the door doesn't mean you can't still imagine your way through some scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAover9000 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 2 casinos A mall Homes to BUY Places to eat The Jungz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAover9000 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Seriously there should've been poker How the hell is there NOT poker?! wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaneRises Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I think it's safe to assume that 99% of the people who visit this board daily have never written a single line of code in their lives. People will never be satisfied because they have no clue of what it takes to bring them the things they love. The original Donkey Kong had at least 15-20,000 lines of code written for it back in 1981, now try to wrap your mind around how many lines GTA 5 might contain. The men and women creating your favorite games aren't a bunch of jerk offs sitting around the office laughing at message board posts. Speaking from experience, the average forum user is no different from an executive in a gaming. They suggest the most ridiculous sh*t without considering the hardware limitations and the amount of man hours its going to take to achievement what they want. Bane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothGetaway Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 ^^^Your font color+wall of text=didn't read. And I never do that, just saying. OT: I like using my imagination as much as the next guy in any GTA, mostly because the early games forced you too. I still think that RP should only be part of the gameplay experience though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Darmody Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 It just would not make sense that Michael Trevor and Franklin would want to burgle rich homes for cash, when they are involved in very sophisticated and well-planned major heist that nets them millions of dollars. Burglaries would be very petty and beneath them once they start earning huge amounts of money from heists. It would make sense if Lamar had introduced it to Franklin in a misson in the beggining of the game, as a lick or so. I was expecting that. R* should have added burglary, mini drug deals, major drug deals, shop lifting-like robbery... Hoping for all that in GTA VI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official General Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) To be fair, there's not much "crime" to do in this crime sim outside of the missions. There's no burglaries, turf/drug wars, additional heists, just some lousy, worthless stick ups. They think the fun factor of GTA is now to play Tennis or Golf or even f*ckin yoga. Yeah, that's much much better than organizing a real drug and guns empire with Trevor or doing gang hits with Franklin, hijacking the Ballas and Vagos operations and taking control of the hood. Why would I want gambling when I can play Darts. Hooray ! Yup. I'd really like to see some of the brainstoarming sessions they have over there. So many cool crime possibilities, and they give us yoga. Count me in on that. Sometimes I wonder if Rockstar's staff were smoking some serious crack when they were conjuring up these ideas for GTA V. " Yeah, lets do yoga, triathlon and play tennis instead of gang wars, gang recruitment, drug-dealing, etc ". @ Jimmy Darmody Please see my second post Edited October 22, 2013 by Official General pilscy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Made Man Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Speaking of gambling since I believe someone mentioned, how come R didn't add that feature into the game? I spent hours upon hours gambling in RDR. It was so fun. I actually learned how to play poker. lol... SmoothGetaway and The Jungz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentTran Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I thought they were saving those big mansions as DLC, so if you buy their DLC you could unlock a few nice, large properties, which could be purchased or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneMonth Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I would like a small but interactive town, not a huge world we cannot do much. bish0p2004 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bish0p2004 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I would like a small but interactive town, not a huge world we cannot do much. Agreed. Bigger is not always better and I'm glad they didn't add 3 cities. I would just like them to improve upon what they've had with previous features that were in the game and more interactivity with the environment. Then if there is room for things like yoga, triathlons, the stock market, etc add them in. But Rockstar has this trend now where they are scrapping a lot of features from previous games instead of making them better. I guarantee you that the next game they will completely scrap scuba diving instead of improving it and making it more interesting. One of the many things I love about the AC series is that, with exception of den defense in Revelations (which really had no place in the game), is that Ubisoft has been improving everything from previous games and adding new features. I respect this type of mentality. The Jungz and pilscy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooves07 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) The definitely missed the opportunity for some b&e gameplay. Then again after Red Dead I was for sure you would have been able to tie peoples hands and throw them in you vehicle/trunk. Train tracks just don't feel as fun as they were in 1911... Edited October 22, 2013 by Hooves07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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