Omnia sunt Communia Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Blaine County is huge and because the story mode is so small, there were obviously lots of locations that weren't explored during the course of the game, and it was left up to the player to discover for themselves. What are some of the most underutilised areas in the map, in your opinion? I think for me, it was the prison, I was really surprised that there wasn't a prison break mission (or any missions involving the prison) throughout the course of the game. I don't have Xbox Live, so I'm not sure if it was used on GTA Online or not, but it felt like a big waste to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallcreek Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) The prison is used for the WORLD'S WORST DEATHMATCH LOCATION, EVER. Anyways, totally agree with you. I would actually like to see the mountains be used more Edited February 11, 2014 by Fallcreek StJimmy, Lil_B_The Basedgod, 98 in 1 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterTehSEAL Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The prison is used for the WORLD'S WORST DEATHMATCH LOCATION, EVER. Anyways, totally agree with you. I would actually like to see the mountains be used more Holy friggin crap yes why was that made?! WHY! theGTAking101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneMonth Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The prison is used for the WORLD'S WORST DEATHMATCH LOCATION, EVER. Anyways, totally agree with you. I would actually like to see the mountains be used more Holy friggin crap yes why was that made?! WHY! IV's prision was so much better... I think the military base could have a mission added to it, not much else, but yeah the mountains. theGTAking101 and Sakurai Aoi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daliakiller Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Grapeseed. There is absolutely no uses or mentions to it... the only thing to make us go there is the Mckenzie airfield.. i love that place and i think they should have used it more, and the mountains that surround it aswell. theGTAking101, Shah Sam, Cutter De Blanc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73duster Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I agree that the prison was a HUGE waste, but so was the airport. I STILL cannot believe that they created ANOTHER airport that had NO interior to explore. However, the grand prize HAS to go to the OCEAN! For all the hype about the massive ocean space we were going to have to explore, it turned out to be a massive DUD. WHAT A WASTE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillest Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The dam was severely underutilized. It was not featured in any single player or online missions. It's a shame, because it's amazingly detailed. Perhaps it'll finally be used in the upcoming DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRkL3AD3R Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Pretty much the entire map was underutilized. Story mode was the weakest of all GTAs to date. Thank you massive emphasis on microtransaction hell known as gta online. Cutter De Blanc, Shenmue18, Sakurai Aoi and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutslab Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The dam was severely underutilized. It was not featured in any single player or online missions. It's a shame, because it's amazingly detailed. Perhaps it'll finally be used in the upcoming DLC. I came across it a few days ago while in free roam and had never seen it before. It's pretty nice I guess. MurderIsNice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntretainMeOrDie Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My dick was underutilised in the game, the hoes are so expensive that i have to use a white character. lizardman563 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardman563 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My dick was underutilised in the game, the hoes are so expensive that i have to use a white character. LOL, brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGLuke Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 both the scrapyard in la puerta and armenian gang were a huge wasted potential. The prison was the biggest waste though there's so much detail like over the intercom it sounds as if there's a breakout or riot fixing to happen leading to a mission with the high concentration of prison guards, there's even snipers in towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldn-Bayse Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Chumash, Palomino highlands and Murietta heights all felt underutilized to me. They were on both the left and right side of Los Santos but didn't have any use. Chumash was only used for one mission and so were locations like the oil field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jizzle2014 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 All of blaine county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killahmatic Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Obviously the military base and prison are on the top of the list. So many possibilities for those two facilities and R* ignored them. Sure, Trevor had one mission at the base but it was nothing more than driving in, taking the heli, and flying away. I could imagine a big mission where two or all three of them make their way across the wetlands south of the base in the middle of the night, sneak their way in while avoiding guards, and then have a big shootout while making their way across the entire base on foot to a specific piece of military equipment. My own personal list would include a ton of places, a lot of small buildings and farms out in the county. Also: The wind farm. the hippie alien camp the outdoor theaters the sea cave the satellite dishes all mountains The dam was severely underutilized. It was not featured in any single player or online missions. It's a shame, because it's amazingly detailed. Perhaps it'll finally be used in the upcoming DLC. I came across it a few days ago while in free roam and had never seen it before. It's pretty nice I guess. it was underutilized however it was used in singleplayer when you watch Dom jump off it and then have the choice to jump off it or leave. Edited February 11, 2014 by killahmatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariana_dm1989 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The whole countryside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantThinkOfOne2013 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's pretty easy to say that the prison is a waste of space, but would you prefer it to be a blank patch of land? If you ask me, the prison does serve a purpose, if you want to obtain a prison bus, that is where you go, and also it is just another location to explore, I feel that the prison in GTA IV was more underutilized than the one in GTA V, yeah, sure, a few missions started there, but there were no unique vehicles to obtain there. PeriodZeroHero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutter De Blanc Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The Vineyard. It's a really nice place and looks like a shootout would be alot of fun there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingularSoul Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Basically: Edited February 11, 2014 by SingularSoul Cutter De Blanc, TJGM, Gunslinger_GK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daliakiller Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The problem is that the map is too big and there are fewer missions than last GTAs. Hope a dlc with 60 more missions explore this places, and adds some features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowi Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The problem is that the map is too big and there are fewer missions than last GTAs. Hope a dlc with 60 more missions explore this places, and adds some features. 69 missions + stranger & freaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algonquin Assassin Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's pretty easy to say that the prison is a waste of space, but would you prefer it to be a blank patch of land? If you ask me, the prison does serve a purpose, if you want to obtain a prison bus, that is where you go, and also it is just another location to explore, I feel that the prison in GTA IV was more underutilized than the one in GTA V, yeah, sure, a few missions started there, but there were no unique vehicles to obtain there.To be honest would it make a huge difference if there was a blank patch of land there? I mean you say it serves as a spawn point for the prison bus, but I don't see how this makes it any less under-utilised. It's not like everyone cares about that. I guess GTA IV's prison didn't add anything substantial, but it was a mission location so players had to use it and it was in the last mission in TLAD. Besides it served as another explorable location just a much as what it does in GTA V. TJGM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil ski Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 For me, it's the north east side (actual the east side in general) behind the mountains. Every time I go there it's like brand new to me. And also the farm that's hidden in the valley east of Mt Chilliad, next to the freeway tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichyBeats Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I actually think Vespucci beach is under-utilised there is so much to see and you have the gym being used by NPCs but all you can really do is walk around and admire rather than interact with the equipment etc. SingularSoul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omnia sunt Communia Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 It just goes to show how underutilised the map was, this is the first time I've heard of many of these places! I'm going to have to go and explore the map some more when I go on next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey. Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's pretty easy to say that the prison is a waste of space, but would you prefer it to be a blank patch of land? If you ask me, the prison does serve a purpose, if you want to obtain a prison bus, that is where you go, and also it is just another location to explore, I feel that the prison in GTA IV was more underutilized than the one in GTA V, yeah, sure, a few missions started there, but there were no unique vehicles to obtain there. To be honest would it make a huge difference if there was a blank patch of land there? I mean you say it serves as a spawn point for the prison bus, but I don't see how this makes it any less under-utilised. It's not like everyone cares about that. I guess GTA IV's prison didn't add anything substantial, but it was a mission location so players had to use it and it was in the last mission in TLAD. Besides it served as another explorable location just a much as what it does in GTA V. Im not really all that fussed that they didn't use the prison to be honest as they used it in GTA IV and in TLaD. I prefer that it is there rather than a empty plot of land as it just makes the whole place feel a bit more realistic. I think they could of used the whole countryside a bit more than they did but with the map as large as it is it was always going to be difficult to utilise it all, plus especially as they also had the underwater element to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGLuke Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 that little pond on mount gordo went unappreciated. Singleplayer dlc: gone f*ckin' fishing Cutter De Blanc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Ronson Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Well I dont know what is it with Blaine County being underutilized, most of the stunt jumps, quad races, seashark races, two of the rampages, a heist, several mission, random activities happen there counting the Wild life in there too. If there was an underutilised place in all honesty, that was the Palomino Highlands and the St. Fiacre hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daliakiller Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The problem is that the map is too big and there are fewer missions than last GTAs. Hope a dlc with 60 more missions explore this places, and adds some features. 69 missions + stranger & freaks Do you really think thats enough friend? 69 missions, and before each heist, two or three heist setups that is somewhat ridiculous, like stealing a van from bugstars, or even worse, GO BUY f*ckING MASKS AND CLOTHES... i mean, from this 69 missions, 60 were really missions, if not less of it.. Strangers and Freaks? i honestly dont gave a single f*ck about that.. just excuses to do some real stupid missions that doesn't connect to history or adds nothing to the plot.. for me, all of this s&f non sense could be changed into real good missions. what about random events? i would prefer RDR like random events, that is REAL random.. you know what i mean. not the same people at the same places, saying the exact same thing to different characters every f*cking time.. that is intense bulsh*t, in my opinion EntretainMeOrDie and Cutter De Blanc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldWideFM Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 "Waste of space" is just a hater's term for "attention to detail", because that's what it is really, it's this wonderful, large open world, you can't legitimiately expect them to use every single inch of it, and that's actually a good thing because it aids that beautiful sense of discovery that I get every single time I go world exploring in V. cholesterol, vengenceniko and CantThinkOfOne2013 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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