We were all excited about this game

[jimmycakes]

Remember 2012 and watching the announcement trailer thinking this would be the next San Andreas... oh what glorious days we lived brothers. I still haven't completed GTA V

[Algonquin Assassin]

I have to admit the lead up to GTA V was probably more exciting than the game itself in some ways lol.

 

The best period was 2011-2012 IMO just after it was announced. Hard to think it's been nearly a decade, but I'll never forget the pre-release hysteria, theories etc.

[Fake Lilina]

I'll admit, I never knew there was going to be a GTA V until I saw the trailer on TV (Maybe on G4tv before it bit the dust).

Edited December 3, 2020 by Kierolack666

[Algonquin Assassin]

32 minutes ago, Kierolack666 said:

I'll admit, I never knew there was going to be a GTA V until I saw the trailer on TV (Maybe on G4tv before it bit the dust).

I still remember the day it was announced. I was on here for a good 2 hours before I knew what what going on.

 

I think I was surfing other parts of the forum before coming back in here and seeing the giant announcement thread and thinking "wtf?".

[Fake Lilina]

2 hours ago, Algonquin Assassin said:

I still remember the day it was announced. I was on here for a good 2 hours before I knew what what going on.

At that time, I never had Internet at my house and I never knew GTA Forums was a thing.

[Lonely-Martin]

9 hours ago, Fake Lilina said:

At that time, I never had Internet at my house and I never knew GTA Forums was a thing.

Likewise. But once I played the story and enjoyed the heist element to it, I had to get online to be able to heist with friends. Then I found here and it's only added to my gaming.

[D T]

Someone should make a game based off the first trailer. I think it'd be really good.

[Darkel2001]

In hindsight, R* probably should have done Vice City on PS4/Xbone with an accurate Miami, Everglades, Keys, Disney World parody, and a nearby Cuba-like island that the player unlocks halfway through.

 

Then for PS5/Series X maybe we could have gotten a full-blown next gen San Andreas like this with the same or better physics of IV.

Imagine going from city to city and the radio stations change.

Maybe in an alternate universe somewhere...

[JiaHengK]

To be fair, when the game first came out, I felt that the GTA V experience was fresh and unique for utilising three different characters as part of its story mode. Although the story wasn't exactly the best, it had memorable scenes and great moments.

 

All in all, as the game is 7 years old, most of us are definitely washed out with the same repetitive stuff, and Rockstar re-releasing it for the PS5 definitely adds fuel to the fire as well.

[ddarko12]

On 12/2/2020 at 5:44 PM, Algonquin Assassin said:

I have to admit the lead up to GTA V was probably more exciting than the game itself in some ways lol.

 

The best period was 2011-2012 IMO just after it was announced. Hard to think it's been nearly a decade, but I'll never forget the pre-release hysteria, theories etc.

Those were fun times. I remember the day the trailer came out and I was in school, came home to see it and was like "wtf" Didn't really join the hype train til around May 2012 though because of that who "2405" thing. What an interesting summer. This forum was quite entertaining.

 

I think there a point pre-launch where I had started to question my hype though. The gameplay trailers were pretty promising. But then the map leaked. The whole map. And I was kind of scratching my head. I was pretty unimpressed LOL. And then I distinctly remember the gameplay video where they showed the purchasing of properties, and this was clearly moments before they began their tease for GTA:Online. And I looked at the map and there were 0 properties. I asked Rockstar Support, and they said you wouldn't be able to buy residential properties in SP (even though the gameplay trailer showed it).

 

And then something leaked displaying the car list. And again I was sort of like "that's it/these look half-assed" I think it was when my hype sort of just tumbled to "let's see how this game is." When my pre-order came in, I was hooked pretty much. Something felt off, but I kept playing and thought I enjoyed it. But the game over the weeks just started to feel very unfinished, it felt like there were too many oversights, a lot of the cars (the heart of the game) seemed like fillers especially the exotics. I mean, the exotics were THE cars to have in GTA IV. Practically all of them had unique interiors and details and sounds. And in GTA V they looked sort of like kids toys. And the normal cars, something that really makes the game and brings it to life... just felt like forgettable fillers. I mean, I like boring cars. I love driving them fast and using them for missions and they all just felt like bricks on wheels with no personality. So many bad cars, such soulless handling, over the weeks to a couple of months it turned me off so much I just sort of stopped playing.

 

It wasn't just the cars. The story seemed, mediocre, especially the ending. The countryside was laid out in a way that got old very quick. No seclusion, no reason to go out there, it sucked. No unique properties, interiors. No real interactive activities. The satire was lame, the talk radio was cringey, the commercials were unfunny, the cops didn't say funny lines and were overpowered, the peds said the same thing too often and it was overly obnoxious. Whenever you tried to relax, something stupid would happen. Like those random cop chases popping up behind you and the cop car almost always rams into you and then you get a wanted level and the chill atmosphere is gone. Or you're just cruising and because of the horrible traffic paths and programming, drivers just ram/merge into you or swerve into your lane in corners because something in the code makes them think you're oncoming when you're still in your lane and they start swerving.

 

It just got to be a mess. And then over the years obviously it turned into this thing of playing only bc of the new DLC. And then they made it so that the new cars were exclusive to GTA:Online and so you had to get into that BS and grind to experience them. It... was a serious disappointment. Really, this game really seemed like what they called "end game" and it wasn't. It was a joke. And my expectations in 2012 weren't extraordinary. They were like "I want the detail of IV with the countryside, more cars/exotic cars and an excellent story and lots of attention to detail" and I just didn't get it.

 

So why am I still here well, I have to say I've been seriously hooked on GTA V lately. But for obvious reasons. Picked it up for PC this July after getting a pretty great gaming laptop. And well... I've just got to changing everything. I mean... everything. The sad thing is. The mods I've downloaded/done aren't really anything crazy or over the top. Nothing that Rockstar couldn't do. Most of them were fixes or simply expanded on what Rockstar did. I don't care for unlore mods or anything stupid crazy or over the top. The only things I've really added have been houses/more interiors (most of them the ones Rockstar had locked after missions), lore cars, improved existing cars, etc. Better lighting, scripts that stop stupid sh*t like those random cop chases, better popgroups so that more cars spawn in traffic, etc. The mod menyoos remind me of old school GTA cheats. No stupid time limit to invincibility. Cars can fly. You can roleplay. There's so much.

 

So in a way, now it does feel like I have the game I anticipated. But... that's simply because it's modded. This is not the base game. And I can't exactly share this with everyone as most people are on consoles so it's just like... It really shouldn't have to be that way. And despite that, I still can't fix things like the story or the shoddy map layout, etc. But at least it feels like an actual GTA game.

[Fake Lilina]

I will be honest, that leaked map for GTA V (The one that was created in GTA IV by a user in this Fourm) in my opinion looked more interesting than the actual map used in the final game.

[Yinepi]

I remember browsing this forum the day the first trailer was announced. I didn't believe it was real. As time went on and more details were released about the game I thought It would've been the game that (proverbially) would end all open world games. But I was wrong and I later realized that Rockstar lost their touch. The satire that GTA was known for become the equivalent of toilet humour. Their story writing became that of a 10th grader's essay assignment. And for some reason their physics ended up becoming worse than a '90s arcade racing game. As I grow and become more experienced with game development I have come to realize that the competition has usurped Rockstar and pushed the open world genre farther than Rockstar have interest in doing. GTA5 marks the death of Rockstar and GTA. They may have the sales, but they're no longer top dog in my eyes.

It's like I was telling my brother-in-law after my first time playing RDR2 "You can't derail the train". And that's the problem with Rockstar nowadays. They're stuck in this mindset where you must play their way only. The freedom that GTA once offered the player has been abandoned for linear story telling and redundancies such as growing your beard or doing yoga. Neither of which are useful and fun to the player.

Edited December 10, 2020 by Yinepi

[Patrizio]

On 12/5/2020 at 5:35 AM, ddarko12 said:

Those were fun times. I remember the day the trailer came out and I was in school, came home to see it and was like "wtf" Didn't really join the hype train til around May 2012 though because of that who "2405" thing. What an interesting summer. This forum was quite entertaining.

 

I think there a point pre-launch where I had started to question my hype though. The gameplay trailers were pretty promising. But then the map leaked. The whole map. And I was kind of scratching my head. I was pretty unimpressed LOL. And then I distinctly remember the gameplay video where they showed the purchasing of properties, and this was clearly moments before they began their tease for GTA:Online. And I looked at the map and there were 0 properties. I asked Rockstar Support, and they said you wouldn't be able to buy residential properties in SP (even though the gameplay trailer showed it).

 

And then something leaked displaying the car list. And again I was sort of like "that's it/these look half-assed" I think it was when my hype sort of just tumbled to "let's see how this game is." When my pre-order came in, I was hooked pretty much. Something felt off, but I kept playing and thought I enjoyed it. But the game over the weeks just started to feel very unfinished, it felt like there were too many oversights, a lot of the cars (the heart of the game) seemed like fillers especially the exotics. I mean, the exotics were THE cars to have in GTA IV. Practically all of them had unique interiors and details and sounds. And in GTA V they looked sort of like kids toys. And the normal cars, something that really makes the game and brings it to life... just felt like forgettable fillers. I mean, I like boring cars. I love driving them fast and using them for missions and they all just felt like bricks on wheels with no personality. So many bad cars, such soulless handling, over the weeks to a couple of months it turned me off so much I just sort of stopped playing.

 

It wasn't just the cars. The story seemed, mediocre, especially the ending. The countryside was laid out in a way that got old very quick. No seclusion, no reason to go out there, it sucked. No unique properties, interiors. No real interactive activities. The satire was lame, the talk radio was cringey, the commercials were unfunny, the cops didn't say funny lines and were overpowered, the peds said the same thing too often and it was overly obnoxious. Whenever you tried to relax, something stupid would happen. Like those random cop chases popping up behind you and the cop car almost always rams into you and then you get a wanted level and the chill atmosphere is gone. Or you're just cruising and because of the horrible traffic paths and programming, drivers just ram/merge into you or swerve into your lane in corners because something in the code makes them think you're oncoming when you're still in your lane and they start swerving.

 

It just got to be a mess. And then over the years obviously it turned into this thing of playing only bc of the new DLC. And then they made it so that the new cars were exclusive to GTA:Online and so you had to get into that BS and grind to experience them. It... was a serious disappointment. Really, this game really seemed like what they called "end game" and it wasn't. It was a joke. And my expectations in 2012 weren't extraordinary. They were like "I want the detail of IV with the countryside, more cars/exotic cars and an excellent story and lots of attention to detail" and I just didn't get it.

 

So why am I still here well, I have to say I've been seriously hooked on GTA V lately. But for obvious reasons. Picked it up for PC this July after getting a pretty great gaming laptop. And well... I've just got to changing everything. I mean... everything. The sad thing is. The mods I've downloaded/done aren't really anything crazy or over the top. Nothing that Rockstar couldn't do. Most of them were fixes or simply expanded on what Rockstar did. I don't care for unlore mods or anything stupid crazy or over the top. The only things I've really added have been houses/more interiors (most of them the ones Rockstar had locked after missions), lore cars, improved existing cars, etc. Better lighting, scripts that stop stupid sh*t like those random cop chases, better popgroups so that more cars spawn in traffic, etc. The mod menyoos remind me of old school GTA cheats. No stupid time limit to invincibility. Cars can fly. You can roleplay. There's so much.

 

So in a way, now it does feel like I have the game I anticipated. But... that's simply because it's modded. This is not the base game. And I can't exactly share this with everyone as most people are on consoles so it's just like... It really shouldn't have to be that way. And despite that, I still can't fix things like the story or the shoddy map layout, etc. But at least it feels like an actual GTA game.

Wow! Well said.

 

As you said, all I wanted was IV with countryside, planes and greater features. I was really excited until the first time I crashed a car and found it made no visible damage. That was of course forcing myself to crash, as driving was so easy. At the time, I thought, I've waited five years for them to bring back the things I loved from SA, only to find they'd removed the things I'd loved from IV that I thought were here to stay. I couldn't believe it. Then when Madrazo's character was ruined I basically stopped playing. I didn't pick the game up again until a few years later. 

On 12/5/2020 at 5:35 AM, ddarko12 said:

Those were fun times. I remember the day the trailer came out and I was in school, came home to see it and was like "wtf" Didn't really join the hype train til around May 2012 though because of that who "2405" thing. What an interesting summer. This forum was quite entertaining.

 

I think there a point pre-launch where I had started to question my hype though. The gameplay trailers were pretty promising. But then the map leaked. The whole map. And I was kind of scratching my head. I was pretty unimpressed LOL. And then I distinctly remember the gameplay video where they showed the purchasing of properties, and this was clearly moments before they began their tease for GTA:Online. And I looked at the map and there were 0 properties. I asked Rockstar Support, and they said you wouldn't be able to buy residential properties in SP (even though the gameplay trailer showed it).

 

And then something leaked displaying the car list. And again I was sort of like "that's it/these look half-assed" I think it was when my hype sort of just tumbled to "let's see how this game is." When my pre-order came in, I was hooked pretty much. Something felt off, but I kept playing and thought I enjoyed it. But the game over the weeks just started to feel very unfinished, it felt like there were too many oversights, a lot of the cars (the heart of the game) seemed like fillers especially the exotics. I mean, the exotics were THE cars to have in GTA IV. Practically all of them had unique interiors and details and sounds. And in GTA V they looked sort of like kids toys. And the normal cars, something that really makes the game and brings it to life... just felt like forgettable fillers. I mean, I like boring cars. I love driving them fast and using them for missions and they all just felt like bricks on wheels with no personality. So many bad cars, such soulless handling, over the weeks to a couple of months it turned me off so much I just sort of stopped playing.

 

It wasn't just the cars. The story seemed, mediocre, especially the ending. The countryside was laid out in a way that got old very quick. No seclusion, no reason to go out there, it sucked. No unique properties, interiors. No real interactive activities. The satire was lame, the talk radio was cringey, the commercials were unfunny, the cops didn't say funny lines and were overpowered, the peds said the same thing too often and it was overly obnoxious. Whenever you tried to relax, something stupid would happen. Like those random cop chases popping up behind you and the cop car almost always rams into you and then you get a wanted level and the chill atmosphere is gone. Or you're just cruising and because of the horrible traffic paths and programming, drivers just ram/merge into you or swerve into your lane in corners because something in the code makes them think you're oncoming when you're still in your lane and they start swerving.

 

It just got to be a mess. And then over the years obviously it turned into this thing of playing only bc of the new DLC. And then they made it so that the new cars were exclusive to GTA:Online and so you had to get into that BS and grind to experience them. It... was a serious disappointment. Really, this game really seemed like what they called "end game" and it wasn't. It was a joke. And my expectations in 2012 weren't extraordinary. They were like "I want the detail of IV with the countryside, more cars/exotic cars and an excellent story and lots of attention to detail" and I just didn't get it.

 

So why am I still here well, I have to say I've been seriously hooked on GTA V lately. But for obvious reasons. Picked it up for PC this July after getting a pretty great gaming laptop. And well... I've just got to changing everything. I mean... everything. The sad thing is. The mods I've downloaded/done aren't really anything crazy or over the top. Nothing that Rockstar couldn't do. Most of them were fixes or simply expanded on what Rockstar did. I don't care for unlore mods or anything stupid crazy or over the top. The only things I've really added have been houses/more interiors (most of them the ones Rockstar had locked after missions), lore cars, improved existing cars, etc. Better lighting, scripts that stop stupid sh*t like those random cop chases, better popgroups so that more cars spawn in traffic, etc. The mod menyoos remind me of old school GTA cheats. No stupid time limit to invincibility. Cars can fly. You can roleplay. There's so much.

 

So in a way, now it does feel like I have the game I anticipated. But... that's simply because it's modded. This is not the base game. And I can't exactly share this with everyone as most people are on consoles so it's just like... It really shouldn't have to be that way. And despite that, I still can't fix things like the story or the shoddy map layout, etc. But at least it feels like an actual GTA game.

Wow! Well said.

 

As you said, all I wanted was IV with countryside, planes and greater features. I was really excited until the first time I crashed a car and found it made no visible damage. That was of course forcing myself to crash, as driving was so easy. At the time, I thought, I've waited five years for them to bring back the things I loved from SA, only to find they'd removed the things I'd loved from IV that I thought were here to stay. I couldn't believe it. Then when Madrazo's character was ruined I basically stopped playing. I didn't pick the game up again until a few years later. 

Edited December 10, 2020 by Patrizio

[D T]

 

[Americana]

Good old times, when I had at least some hope for the game.

 

Sadly, I was never that into this game because of the settings. I mean... Los Santos, seriously? Boring. Also, I remember how we all wanted it to be more than Los Santos. I really hoped for San Fierro, and maybe Las Venturas.

But... I was hyped, because it is a Grand Theft Auto game, nonetheless. 

 

I remember when we got these two first screenshots... totally out of the blue. I was so happy, even though one of them was totally awful.

 

 

Edited December 12, 2020 by Americana

[WXSTER]

On 12/1/2020 at 1:33 AM, jimmycakes said:

Remember 2012 and watching the announcement trailer thinking this would be the next San Andreas... oh what glorious days we lived brothers. I still haven't completed GTA V

bro give it a try again its not that good but its an alright game

[Yinepi]

13 hours ago, D T said:

 

Nah, that song makes no sense for GTA5 nostalgia. Only one song can evoke true nostalgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJr2yWaSVw (Odgen's Nut Gone Flake)

[deadmza]

On 12/13/2020 at 1:12 AM, Yinepi said:

Nah, that song makes no sense for GTA5 nostalgia. Only one song can evoke true nostalgia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJr2yWaSVw (Odgen's Nut Gone Flake)

 

Nostalgia is when you listen to this, no matter if you liked or didn't IV. 

 

[MaddenedGhost]

I was very excited about it, and I am still excited about the next version of it as well, hopefully they showcase more of that soon.

[123tm123]

On 12/2/2020 at 6:44 PM, Algonquin Assassin said:

I have to admit the lead up to GTA V was probably more exciting than the game itself in some ways lol.

 

The best period was 2011-2012 IMO just after it was announced. Hard to think it's been nearly a decade, but I'll never forget the pre-release hysteria, theories etc.

I don't know about that. The game was pretty kick ass when it came out.

 

But yeah the hype nostalgia brings back good memories.

[universetwisters]

Obligatory “the chase is better than the catch” comment

[rjmthe2nd]

On 12/4/2020 at 1:53 AM, Darkel2001 said:

In hindsight, R* probably should have done Vice City on PS4/Xbone with an accurate Miami, Everglades, Keys, Disney World parody, and a nearby Cuba-like island that the player unlocks halfway through.

 

Then for PS5/Series X maybe we could have gotten a full-blown next gen San Andreas like this with the same or better physics of IV.

Imagine going from city to city and the radio stations change.

Maybe in an alternate universe somewhere...

 

GTA V basically should've (and was thought to be) a modern day SA after the first trailer. If it was then  no one would complain about waiting nearly a decade for VI

[FanEu7]

And the game is amazing, what's your point? Just because your personal fantasies didn't come true doesn't mean its bad

On 12/10/2020 at 1:23 PM, Yinepi said:

I remember browsing this forum the day the first trailer was announced. I didn't believe it was real. As time went on and more details were released about the game I thought It would've been the game that (proverbially) would end all open world games. But I was wrong and I later realized that Rockstar lost their touch. The satire that GTA was known for become the equivalent of toilet humour. Their story writing became that of a 10th grader's essay assignment. And for some reason their physics ended up becoming worse than a '90s arcade racing game. As I grow and become more experienced with game development I have come to realize that the competition has usurped Rockstar and pushed the open world genre farther than Rockstar have interest in doing. GTA5 marks the death of Rockstar and GTA. They may have the sales, but they're no longer top dog in my eyes.

It's like I was telling my brother-in-law after my first time playing RDR2 "You can't derail the train". And that's the problem with Rockstar nowadays. They're stuck in this mindset where you must play their way only. The freedom that GTA once offered the player has been abandoned for linear story telling and redundancies such as growing your beard or doing yoga. Neither of which are useful and fun to the player.

 

I don't mind the linear missions but I think Rockstar will change their mission design for the next GTA game. There has been plenty of criticism about this and Rockstar usually listens. Apart from GTA IV no GTA Game focused that much on the writing aspect, GTA V is not any worse than SA, VC etc. here 

 

And who has "usurped" Rockstar? Ubisoft? Most of their games are rehashes with zero creativity. CDPR? TW3 was amazing but Cyberpunk 2077 has problems. Rockstar is still Nr.1, no one beats their attention to detail. If anything I'm seeing more appreciation for Rockstar's games after people play games like Valhalla and Cyberpunk

Edited December 22, 2020 by FanEu7

[Yinepi]

10 hours ago, FanEu7 said:

And who has "usurped" Rockstar? Ubisoft? Most of their games are rehashes with zero creativity.

And like Rockstar are any different? They have essentially released the same game concept over and over for the past 23 years. The only new innovative feature to the GTA series since GTA2's respect system is the character switch mechanic and somehow they managed to f*ck that up by having characters change their clothes when the player isn't playing them which made clothes shopping completely pointless.

And if you come back and try to claim that RDR1 and 2 are innovative, in the sense that they deviate from the GTA formula, I will throw a brick through my window. There is a reason RDR1 was teased as being Grand Theft Horse.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Yinepi

[KingAJ032304]

20 hours ago, Yinepi said:

And like Rockstar are any different? They have essentially released the same game concept over and over for the past 23 years. The only new innovative feature to the GTA series since GTA2's respect system is the character switch mechanic and somehow they managed to f*ck that up by having characters change their clothes when the player isn't playing them which made clothes shopping completely pointless.

And if you come back and try to claim that RDR1 and 2 are innovative, in the sense that they deviate from the GTA formula, I will throw a brick through my window. There is a reason RDR1 was teased as being Grand Theft Horse.

Well what innovative new feature do you want them to have? Speak up, they might here you.

[Excalibur Voltaire]

It's pretty funny how R* used false advertising to dupe the fans into thinking GTA V is going to have great story or deep gameplay lol

[ddarko12]

On 12/22/2020 at 7:04 AM, FanEu7 said:

And the game is amazing, what's your point? Just because your personal fantasies didn't come true doesn't mean its bad

Either learn how to debate and argue in favor of your opinion, otherwise be quiet. Nobody will take you seriously when you bust in here like that. Especially as a 1 day old user with no PFP.