Rockstar didn't overhype this game - YOU did.

[Spider-Vice]

You guys want a straight-up pure example of R* themselves overhyping their own game? Look no further:

 

 

 

- Persistent and continually expanding world: It's planned, a good company would fix on focusing bugs first before releasing new stuff. Rockstar is doing that.

- Big range of structured and unstructured activities: Yeah, it's GTA, you free roam. And yes you have TDM matches and such. Until now, no overhyping.

- Many opportunities for earning and spending money: Everyone just outright thought that 700 missions would be 700 full fledged misisons. Where's the technology for that? Overhyped by US.

- Tackle a heist: It's upcoming. See point 1. It wasn't cut...

- Rob a liquor store: Did you think you could have like a fully interactive robbing scene? I did expect something like going to the cash register and stealing money, nothing more.

- Compete in online classic modes: Nothing wrong here, it's true.

- Do much more besides - complete any job: You have the side activities. And as for the jobs, check point 3.

- Buy an apartment so friends can stop by and hang out: You can bring friends into your crib. They can do stuff inside it. Did you think this was going to be a Sims?

- Limitless opportunities: It looks to me that it's a pretty dynamic multiplayer, and there's more to come. The only valid complaints are glitches and cheaters tbh.

- Able to design your own races/content: They never said it would be at launch. Sure we all expected it to be, but if you think a bit, you'd realise that there would be a lot to fix before putting features like that right at launch.

 

My point is, the human mind has a tendency to exaggerate things when excited. Everyone expected miracles off GTA V, of course you got disappointed.

[Proletariat]

 

 

Official: What I was saying is that R* more implied gang stuff with Franklin's trailer, which led to hype from fans. Basically the same thing as R* 'overhyping' it, but I just say it a different way, since their implication led to the overhype.

 

@ Masterfocker

 

Okay, fine. It more or less matches with what I'm saying, so I'm fine with that.

 

@ Wolfhuman

 

I called you dumb because the truth is, you are acting dumb and ignorant and you are making dumb-sounding statements that don't really make much sense. Look at what you said to Zodape, even he thought you were a bit bonkers.

 

Cut that all out, and we can start afresh.

 

@ Proletariat

 

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And good job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yet you gave a response. Don't know why you think Franlkin's trailer was gangster themed. It definitely had gangster-like elements, but if anyone actually expected it to be a ressurection of CJ, then they were doomed to be disappointed.

[Official General]

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Official General

[El Zodape]

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

You are right, R* did say that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and he even says that in the same trailer, but that very same trailer at the same time says otherwise and tells you that he is gonna have a lot of gangster activities because that's all the trailer's about.

 

You cannot deny Franklin was trying to get out of the gangster life, but you cannot deny that the trailer was all about gangster crap either. Big contradiction there, but it's true.

 

As for the Online overhype, I'm too lazy to watch the trailer now, but I'm sure R* said somewhere that Online was gonna be for Online gaming what GTA III was for videogames in that time. We know that's not true.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Zodape

[Proletariat]

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yeah, my racism sure explains why I voted for Obama. Twice.

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

You are right, R* did say that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and he even says that in the same trailer, but that very same trailer at the same time says otherwise and tells you that he is gonna have a lot of gangster activities because that's all the trailer is gonna be about.

 

You cannot deny Franklin was trying to get out of the gangster life, but you cannot deny that the trailer was all about gangster crap either. Big contradiction there, but it's true.

 

Of course, the trailer was full of gangster elements, but Franlkin always stated he was trying to get out of the hood. That right there was enough info for me to deduce that we weren't going to get an CJ-like stuff. All i knew was Lamar was going to get Franlkin entangled in some sh*t and we might get a few gang related missions, but never did I think were were going to have Ballas vs, Vagos type missions.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Proletariat

[am30]

 

 

 

 

You guys want a straight-up pure example of R* themselves overhyping their own game? Look no further:

 

 

 

So where's the overhyping? I've done all those thing in the game.

 

The advertising is no different in anyway shape or form to any other big brand game.

 

That just proves the overhyping by some gamers.

 

They said it would "Bring the FREEDOM of the Grand Theft Auto experience online".

 

More like all the "freedom" of the Soviet Union ruled under Stalin.

 

 

So you speak from experience I take it of living in the Soviet Union under Stalin?

 

I mean what sort of freedom do you want?

 

I want to own the vehicles I want and played completely legitimately to get with R* decided to take them away (ie steal) them without warning or recompense, saying that it's "utility" vehicle (when it isn't), or it's an "SP" vehicle despite being in multiplayer from the very start.

 

 

I would be surprised if R* didn't offer some sort of recompence post 1.07 especially with everyone having a problem of some sort with the game, be it lost vehicles, not making enough throw stupidly low mission payouts, connection issues, game files being wrecked etc etc.

[Official General]

 

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yeah, my racism sure explains why I voted for Obama. Twice.

 

 

I said 'possibly racist'. Look at what you wrote in bold writing and tell me that cannot be misinterpreted as racist ? You wrote it bro, not me. Anyway I'm not gonna go down that route. I just made a valid observation and pointed it out.

 

@ Zodape

 

 

You are right, R* did say that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and he even says that in the same trailer, but that very same trailer at the same tame says otherwise and tells you that he is gonna have a lot of gangster activities because that's all the trailer is gonna be about.

You cannot deny Franklin was trying to get out of the gangster life, but you cannot deny that the trailer was all about gangster crap either. Big contradiction there, but it's true.

 

Definitely, spot on. People keep using this same, tired ol' excuse that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and leave the gang life (which was not entirely true, he was and still is a gang member).

 

The bottom line is that Rockstar still gave us the impression that Franklin's story was gonna be centered around the gang life, when in reality it barely touched on the theme.

[El Zodape]

Of course, the trailer was full of gangster elements, but Franlkin always stated he was trying to get out of the hood. That right there was enough info for me to deduce that we weren't going to get an CJ-like stuff. All i knew was Lamar was going to get Franlkin entangled in some sh*t and we might get a few gang related missions, but never did I think were were going to have Ballas vs, Vagos type missions.

 

 

Yeah, maybe I misused the word "activities". I was at least expecting a considerable amount of missions for Franklin during the story revolving around gangsters, and at the end he retires from all that life.

 

Maybe side activities about gangster stuff could have still been added aswell, like, calling Lamar to hang out and he asks you to pop some ballas on the way to get some drinks, I dunno.

Edited December 15, 2013 by Zodape

[Wolfhuman]

 

@2281

 

Thanks for being repetitive, "DLC that blah blah". You are playing a game from a company that you probably dislike. Why should i take you serious?

I never stated that I disliked Rockstar. I dislike their current practices regarding DLC which are all thanks to people such as yourself.

 

Every single time someone suggests that Rockstar cut content from GTA V, you reply with "prove it." Until the single player DLC is released in the new year, there is really no way of telling if it was cut content or not so I'll give you that. However, when you consider past practices such as L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3, I believe it is pretty reasonable to conclude that Rockstar has cut content from GTA V - that along with evidence in game, such as Rockford Plaza which appears to have an interior.

 

Anyway, let's look at the past and take L.A. Noire as an example. You cannot possibly tell me Rockstar did not cut out the five cases that were later put up as DLC and afterwards released as part of L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition. The characters, case structure, dialogue all suggest that they were cut that be sold back. It's pathetic really.

 

 

Ok, i said: "probably".

 

I am not going to criticize because i don't know what happened behind the closed doors. Its sad that gamers always assume that they cut it out just for the cash. You believe what you believe and i believe what i believe. And yes, I am still aware that R* is a company.

 

 

 

 

Official: What I was saying is that R* more implied gang stuff with Franklin's trailer, which led to hype from fans. Basically the same thing as R* 'overhyping' it, but I just say it a different way, since their implication led to the overhype.

 

 

 

@ Wolfhuman

 

I called you dumb because the truth is, you are acting dumb and ignorant and you are making dumb-sounding statements that don't really make much sense. Look at what you said to Zodape, even he thought you were a bit bonkers.

 

Cut that all out, and we can start afresh.

 

 

Why don't you reply to my post the correct way?

 

Well, then i can say that same about you.

No bro, i don't cut anything out.

[grumpy cat meme]

 

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yeah, my racism sure explains why I voted for Obama. Twice.

 

Doln pls.

 

[Proletariat]

 

 

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yeah, my racism sure explains why I voted for Obama. Twice.

 

 

I said 'possibly racist'. Look at what you wrote in bold writing and tell me that cannot be misinterpreted as racist ? You wrote it bro, not me. Anyway I'm not gonna go down that route. I just made a valid observation and pointed it out.

 

@ Zodape

 

 

You are right, R* did say that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and he even says that in the same trailer, but that very same trailer at the same tame says otherwise and tells you that he is gonna have a lot of gangster activities because that's all the trailer is gonna be about.

You cannot deny Franklin was trying to get out of the gangster life, but you cannot deny that the trailer was all about gangster crap either. Big contradiction there, but it's true.

 

Definitely, spot on. People keep using this same, tired ol' excuse that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and leave the gang life (which was not entirely true, he was and still is a gang member).

 

The bottom line is that Rockstar still gave us the impression that Franklin's story was gonna be centered around the gang life, when in reality it barely touched on the theme.

 

Sorry man, I guess I was just angry because GTA V was getting a bunch of hate. I'm not some racist f*ck. Anyways, can we just agree that people are reading and looking way too much into the information Rockstar gave us?

[woggleman]

Maybe some of us are actually very happy with the game and are blown away that Rockstar managed to produce such a game on limited hardware.

 

GTA is my favourite franchise in general and V is my favourite GAME of this generation (not movie game). There have been a number of great games, but in terms of scope and detail, I do not think anything touches V. That is my opinion , maybe if one does not nitpick and actually looks at the hundreds of amazing details in the game, they would see things differently.

Right here. I am happy with what I got and I don't feel like they lied to me. There are some people who will always complain no matter what and this forum is filled with those types.

[Smith John]

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

[Choco Taco]

Oh, those gta youtubers also pushed the hype. Confirming the tiniest things and then they give there opinion about it. Some guys went crazy in the comment section.

 

But R* promised the best parts of their best games, ecosystem for example and a "MASSIVE" map.

 

 

Tell me when did R* said that? Link, source, proof.

 

 

Gameplay Trailer

 

17 seconds in

[am30]

 

Maybe some of us are actually very happy with the game and are blown away that Rockstar managed to produce such a game on limited hardware.

 

GTA is my favourite franchise in general and V is my favourite GAME of this generation (not movie game). There have been a number of great games, but in terms of scope and detail, I do not think anything touches V. That is my opinion , maybe if one does not nitpick and actually looks at the hundreds of amazing details in the game, they would see things differently.

Right here. I am happy with what I got and I don't feel like they lied to me. There are some people who will always complain no matter what and this forum is filled with those types.

 

 

Totally agree with this.

 

I would only add that this is R*'s most ambitious/biggest game to date so it is understandable that there are going to be problems that we all find extremely frustrating but the same could be said for most products. The joys of getting in on something right at the start. Had the game been out for a couple of years before you bought it, I'd wager that there would be virtually no problems at all.

[El Zodape]

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

You know I love GTA V and I don't hate R* at all, even if they pissed me off a bit lately. But I think Franklin's trailer did overhype gangbanging (see my previous posts), even if I couldn't give two f*cks about the whole gangbanging thing.

 

Fans did overhype the game, that's out of discussion, but R* overhyped it a little bit.

 

V is probably my favorite videogame. Just wanted to make that clear.

[Official General]

 

 

 

 

Actually, you thought that just because Franklin was black, you'd get a gangster. Even in the trailers, Franklin was deriding the gangbanger lifestyle. Rockstar even said he was trying to get out of the hood. If anone interprets that as Franlkin or R* overhyping gan related activities, then they must be the stupidest motherf*ckers on the planet. You throw around words that have no meaning. "defend Rockstar to the death in the flying face of all concrete evidence that they overhyped the gang action in Franklin's trailer " lol yeah right. Just cause you wanted a black gangster (don't know why anyone would), don't let it dilute your interpretation of information.

 

 

 

This rubbish you wrote above does not even deserve a proper response from me. Yeah whatever you say pal. What an incredibly dumb fool you are. And you did a great job of implying that you are possibly a racist too.

 

Yeah, my racism sure explains why I voted for Obama. Twice.

 

 

I said 'possibly racist'. Look at what you wrote in bold writing and tell me that cannot be misinterpreted as racist ? You wrote it bro, not me. Anyway I'm not gonna go down that route. I just made a valid observation and pointed it out.

 

@ Zodape

 

 

You are right, R* did say that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and he even says that in the same trailer, but that very same trailer at the same tame says otherwise and tells you that he is gonna have a lot of gangster activities because that's all the trailer is gonna be about.

You cannot deny Franklin was trying to get out of the gangster life, but you cannot deny that the trailer was all about gangster crap either. Big contradiction there, but it's true.

 

Definitely, spot on. People keep using this same, tired ol' excuse that Franklin wanted to get out of the hood and leave the gang life (which was not entirely true, he was and still is a gang member).

 

The bottom line is that Rockstar still gave us the impression that Franklin's story was gonna be centered around the gang life, when in reality it barely touched on the theme.

 

Sorry man, I guess I was just angry because GTA V was getting a bunch of hate. I'm not some racist f*ck. Anyways, can we just agree that people are reading and looking way too much into the information Rockstar gave us?

 

 

@ Proletariat

 

That's cool. I don't wanna turn this into a controversial issue, lets forget about that.

 

In the case of Franklin's trailer depicting lots of gang action, I would definitely say that was more Rockstar's fault, as already explained. Have you seen the Underbelly Of Paradise in-game TV show ? That show would give anyone that the gang action and aspect of the game was gonna be crazy, check it out :

 

To be honest, I was not expecting GTA V to be the greatest game in the world ever. I just thought it was gonna be a major improvement GTA IV to include previous good features from it and everything else new that it brought. It just disappointed me to finally learn that GTA IV still did certain things better than V, even though V improved over IV at the same time in other areas.

 

@ Wolfhuman

 

Whatever bro. Stupid posts will get unwelcome responses, that's all I can say.

Edited December 16, 2013 by Official General

[woggleman]

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

[Wolfhuman]

 

Oh, those gta youtubers also pushed the hype. Confirming the tiniest things and then they give there opinion about it. Some guys went crazy in the comment section.

 

But R* promised the best parts of their best games, ecosystem for example and a "MASSIVE" map.

 

 

Tell me when did R* said that? Link, source, proof.

 

 

Gameplay Trailer

 

17 seconds in

 

 

Thanks, well because it is massive.

[Proletariat]

^^^@Official General I think the Underbelly of Paradise was just meant as an addition to the Televison programming because R* wanted to parody reality TV (COPS). I remember that getting leaked and how people got all hyped up about it. I agree with you about GTA IV though. The story was much better, loved the vigilante missions, but to me, the missions got repetitive and the characters kind of mundane. GTA V vastly made the GTA series more fun. Missions, dialogue, side-activities were so diverse that it really made my experience satisfying. I'm definitely going to give GTA V another play after some time. I just San Andreas on my iPad, so I'll finish that up.

Edited December 16, 2013 by Proletariat

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin's trailer. Pure gangsta sh*t, we ended up with three missions. Of course, they said that the story was focused around heists, but if you look at Franklins trailer you would expect a lot of gangster crap going on. Nope, three missions and that's it. They should have focused his trailer on something else rather than being a gangster.

 

Indeed

 

This one thing the Rockstar Defence Force cannot deny. That sh*t was definitely overhyped, no question about it. I can still remember being filled with crazy amounts of adrenaline and excitement watching that trailer.

 

I don't think overhyped is the word.

 

Franklins trailer was absolutely implied to gang stuff though. I'd say implied over overhyped. The implication led to the overhype.

It was a way to overhype, dude. Accept it instead of being a dumbass saying, "it wazn overhypin it was implocation her der"

[am30]

How can you say it was overhyping when there is DLC for SP being released in 2014?

[Geralt of Rivia]

 

 

 

 

Franklin's trailer. Pure gangsta sh*t, we ended up with three missions. Of course, they said that the story was focused around heists, but if you look at Franklins trailer you would expect a lot of gangster crap going on. Nope, three missions and that's it. They should have focused his trailer on something else rather than being a gangster.

Indeed

 

This one thing the Rockstar Defence Force cannot deny. That sh*t was definitely overhyped, no question about it. I can still remember being filled with crazy amounts of adrenaline and excitement watching that trailer.

I don't think overhyped is the word.

 

Franklins trailer was absolutely implied to gang stuff though. I'd say implied over overhyped. The implication led to the overhype.

It was a way to overhype, dude. Accept it instead of being a dumbass saying, "it wazn overhypin it was implocation her der"

 

You act so smart, and yet, you prove yourself to be stupid.

 

"It was a way to overhype, dude."

 

Ok, cool. In order to overhype, you have to do something first. Guess what that something was? Implying gangs had a big role. Implying comes before the overhyping.

 

You seem a little mad...

[FranklinDeRoosevelt]

How can you say it was overhyping when there is DLC for SP being released in 2014?

[Smith John]

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

You know I love GTA V and I don't hate R* at all, even if they pissed me off a bit lately. But I think Franklin's trailer did overhype gangbanging (see my previous posts), even if I couldn't give two f*cks about the whole gangbanging thing.

 

Fans did overhype the game, that's out of discussion, but R* overhyped it a little bit.

 

V is probably my favorite videogame. Just wanted to make that clear.

 

 

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

 

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

 

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

[woggleman]

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

You know I love GTA V and I don't hate R* at all, even if they pissed me off a bit lately. But I think Franklin's trailer did overhype gangbanging (see my previous posts), even if I couldn't give two f*cks about the whole gangbanging thing.

 

Fans did overhype the game, that's out of discussion, but R* overhyped it a little bit.

 

V is probably my favorite videogame. Just wanted to make that clear.

 

 

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

 

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

 

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

 

God help us if VI is set in Vice City and it is not an exact carbon copy of the PS2 game.

[Official General]

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

@ woggleman

 

Yeah but this is not really about what Franklin's wanted or how much money he made in the game. It's about the potential tons of fun many of us who looked forward to playing as Franklin, and what we wanted and expected our experience with playing as him to be, based on the information given to us, especially his trailer. Rockstar gave us the idea that although Franklin wants to leave the hood, he would still be dragged back into hood life and gang activity by his friends like Lamar. The thought of that excited us with the prospect of major hood action and gang wars, as shown in the trailer. It was reasonable to expect all of this.

 

@ Proletariat

 

Nevertheless, it was sure to cause great hype among those who craved solid gang action in this game, along with Franklin's trailer. GTA V definitely has more mission variety than GTA IV, and that I really did like, because I felt that IV's main flaws were it was lacking in mission diversity in many areas, too much hitman-orientated stuff. I've just come to the conclusion that both V and IV are evenly matched, but for me what is disappointing, is that I felt V should wiped the floor with IV, it had so much potential to do it.

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

 

@ niko bellic half brother

 

Yeah there is just a slight problem here - if originality means spending half the game working for cops and federal agents, hardly any crime side missions, but so much leisure and outdoors like yoga and triathlon, then you can be sure to get major complaints and whining about this so-called 'originality'.

Edited December 16, 2013 by Official General

[El Zodape]

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

You know I love GTA V and I don't hate R* at all, even if they pissed me off a bit lately. But I think Franklin's trailer did overhype gangbanging (see my previous posts), even if I couldn't give two f*cks about the whole gangbanging thing.

 

Fans did overhype the game, that's out of discussion, but R* overhyped it a little bit.

 

V is probably my favorite videogame. Just wanted to make that clear.

 

 

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

 

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

 

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

 

I think you are missing the point, man. We are talking about Franklin's trailer and how R* overhyped gangbanging. Not wether gangbanging had to be in-game or not, nor hating on the game nor R* either (at least I'm not).

Of course there is more crime apart from gangs, but if R* wasn't going to focus Franklin on being a gangbanger for a big part in the story, then the trailer shouldn't have touched the gang theme at all.

[Proletariat]

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

@ woggleman

 

Yeah but this is not really about what Franklin's wanted or how much money he made in the game. It's about the potential tons of fun many of us who looked forward to playing as Franklin, and what we wanted and expected our experience with playing as him to be, based on the information given to us, especially his trailer. Rockstar gave us the idea that although Franklin wants to leave the hood, he would still be dragged back into hood life and gang activity by his friends like Lamar. The thought of that excited us with the prospect of major hood action and gang wars, as shown in the trailer. It was reasonable to expect all of this.

 

@ Proletariat

 

Nevertheless, it was sure to cause great hype among those who craved solid gang action in this game, along with Franklin's trailer. GTA V definitely has more mission variety than GTA IV, and that I really did like, because I felt that IV's main flaws were it was lacking in mission diversity in many areas, too much hitman-orientated stuff. I've just come to the conclusion that both V and IV are evenly matched, but forme, what is disappointing is that I felt V should wiped the floor with IV, it had so much potential to do it.

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

 

@ niko bellic half brother

 

Yeah there is just a slight problem here - if originality means spending half the game working for cops and federal agents, hardly any crime missions, but so much leisure and outdoors like yoga and tennis, then you can be sure to get major complaints and whining about this so-called originality.

 

Yep, V didn't blow away IV, but, at least for me, made me stop playing GTA IV altogether. I'd probably puke if I had to play GTA IV again, but I will always remember IV's story. All I know is R* produces quality games which blow away the competition. RDR, GTA V, GTA IV are amongst the best games of the generation and only a few other games can tag along with that title (TLOU, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City).

[FranklinDeRoosevelt]

 

 

So let me get this straight:

 

People are hating this game, over-looking everything V has to offer, simply because R* implied, not confirmed, that there would be loads of gangbanging stuff storywise in this game because of Franklins trailer, a trailer that doesn't lie one bit about what can be done in the game?

 

And you people wonder why we accuse you of overhyping yourselves, or wanting a San Andreas 2.0?

 

Ok then...I'm out...

Exactly. There is more to crime than gangbanging and I think in the game Franklin realized that. He made more money in one score than he ever did in all those years of gang banging and what is the point of crime if you don't profit?

 

 

@ woggleman

 

Yeah but this is not really about what Franklin's wanted or how much money he made in the game. It's about the potential tons of fun many of us who looked forward to playing as Franklin, and what we wanted and expected our experience with playing as him to be, based on the information given to us, especially his trailer. Rockstar gave us the idea that although Franklin wants to leave the hood, he would still be dragged back into hood life and gang activity by his friends like Lamar. The thought of that excited us with the prospect of major hood action and gang wars, as shown in the trailer. It was reasonable to expect all of this.

 

@ Proletariat

 

Nevertheless, it was sure to cause great hype among those who craved solid gang action in this game, along with Franklin's trailer. GTA V definitely has more mission variety than GTA IV, and that I really did like, because I felt that IV's main flaws were it was lacking in mission diversity in many areas, too much hitman-orientated stuff. I've just come to the conclusion that both V and IV are evenly matched, but for me what is disappointing, is that I felt V should wiped the floor with IV, it had so much potential to do it.

 

Precisely. I was just mentioning this in another thread funnily enough. Just because we get a game in an LA based setting, means that should automatically make it gangbanging themed.

I guess every New York based game from now on should be a mafia themed game, or every Miami based game should be a coke-peddling themed game.

Nothing like a good old stereotype to destroy a games originality..

 

@ niko bellic half brother

 

Yeah there is just a slight problem here - if originality means spending half the game working for cops and federal agents, hardly any crime side missions, but so much leisure and outdoors like yoga and tennis, then you can be sure to get major complaints and whining about this so-called originality.

 

But then again those missions were not exactly crime free, were they? You had to assassinate a foreign guy in the torture mission, you had to steal cars and stuff for those lazy c*nt agents and whatnot. Even though the story did kind of get confusing from there, it's ironic at the same time. The FIB are corrupt and same for the IAA.