What's your first impressions?

[TheGasmeter]

Just made it to the island, and finished the first cutscene and so far it has a nice vibe! Not much has happened, but so far it feels more like a solo story expansion, rather than a GTAO multiplayer heist. 

 

Going to take my time with this and explore. At least as much as the game allows me. So what do you think? Enjoying it so far? What was your process?

 

I began by spinning the wheel and winning the Osiris. Then I used that to drive to the new radio marker, but it disappeared so I left that. 

I then went to the Music Locker and bought the submarine after the cutscene. Fully kitted it out. 

Went through all of that, and then went to the airport and have arrived on the island. 

 

That's about it so far. 

[Lonely-Martin]

Yet to fully explore, but enjoying Still Slipping atm.

 

A bit underwhelmed at the lack of regular cars on day one though, and no new garages is a bit harsh. 

 

Looking forward to the heist though. Hopefully it's fun.

[rendub]

not all that impressed to be honest

 

 

edit: I reinstalled the R* launcher, started working again

Edited December 15, 2020 by rendub

[Zordid]

Where on the airport can you go to the island?

[naeesaim181]

The clothing I’ve seen so far is terrible. It feels empty on the details, but I’m expecting the heist to be amazing

[davey1975pafc]

No free roam? gutted. Absolutely gutted

 

 

 

[Chris_Cof]

I'm little bit disappointed about this update:  We got couple of nice cars like Brioso or Winy, but still there is no limo/sedan car: Every drug baron/dictator etc. had a (in lot of case) european big sedan like Mercedes-Benz W124 or BMW M5 or something like that, and we don't get it

 

Edited December 15, 2020 by Chris_Cof

[The Jungz]

Hopefully the heist is amazing because so far, I prefer the LSSS update.

[Sock Dry]

"Biggest ever update" my arse.

[itsallup]

trying to pay attention to the cutscenes but having problems with morons speaking over the microphone.

[hyperar]

Two sided, first, it’s so refreshing to see new places, a new city will make this game amazing. Then, there’s the underwhelming feeling of what got released on day 1 and what’s coming, i just like 3 of the vehicles coming.

it feels like they went for the movie aspects of the DLC and forget about the rest and called it the “biggest update”, it certainly doesn’t feel any more special than other DLCs

[Debesta]

The nightclub added onto the waste disposal area of the casino is nothing but, reused garbage assets, again. It's appropriate that it's in the waste disposal area.

 

What little I played of the heist was punishing with forced stealth sequences and no checkpoints. Maybe it'll be more fun once I'm able to devote more time delving into it. 

 

The sub is fun but, I mostly care about civilian cars. There's basically only 4ish in the entire update (the Stromberg killer is beautiful for what it is) and the island is instanced. 2/5. Woulda been a 3 but, dripfeed. I guess it's ok that there's no new garage space, I won't really be needing it. 

[TheGasmeter]

10,000 to fast travel in a sub I spent 10 million on?!

[The Jungz]

2 minutes ago, Debesta said:

The nightclub added onto the waste disposal area of the casino is nothing but, reused garbage assets, again. It's appropriate that it's in the waste disposal area.

 

What little I played of the heist was punishing with forced stealth sequences and no checkpoints. Maybe it'll be more fun once I'm able to devote more time delving into it. 

 

The sub is fun but, I mostly care about civilian cars. There's basically only 4ish in the entire update (the Stromberg killer is beautiful for what it is) and the island is instanced. 2/5. Woulda been a 3 but, dripfeed. I guess it's ok that there's no new garage space, I won't really be needing it. 

Yeah very unfortunate for the lack of almost any good vehicle considering this might be the last or one of the last hoorays on last-gen consoles.

[Debesta]

1 minute ago, TheGasmeter said:

10,000 to fast travel in a sub I spent 10 million on?!

Ahh, the youngsters. Consider yourself lucky. Back in my day, it cost 25,000 a fast travel on a piece of useless crap I spent 12 million on.

[hyperar]

Watching the GTASV livestream, i don’t know if the guy playing missed stuff, but you can get lower payouts than the Casino, but with much longer scope mission, that doesn’t seem promising 

[secrecy274]

Still playing around with the sub, haven't even set foot on the island yet.

 

I'm in love.

[YNNEL]

10 million for the sub? Really? Wtf.

[TheGasmeter]

Just now, YNNEL said:

10 million for the sub? Really? Wtf.

Fully kitted out with upgrades and cosmetics yea. Starts off around 2 million which you will need. 

[Sock Dry]

1 minute ago, YNNEL said:

10 million for the sub? Really? Wtf.

 

It's slightly south of 10, and that's only if you buy all upgrades.

[dieseltech20]

First impression? What a steaming pile of bullsh*t this is. Get to island, drive car but follow this line and stay away from all the armed guards blocking the roads. Get to lame party area, watch some lame cutscenes. "Explore" island to find compound. Island is heavily guarded and has cameras. Get caught, start all over. Get caught, start over, turn off game. f*ck this sh*t.

 

Will try again when I feel better and hope for a different experience.

[REVENGE777]

basically this

[DRS|PYRO]

I will play the Heist for my friends and then uninstall GTA. It's so sad. I am very sad that the island is not accessible in freeroam.

[hyperar]

So, there is a mini sub, why adding another, why not giving the useless existing one a use?.

 

Edit: there are actually two existing mini subs, now there are three.

Edited December 15, 2020 by hyperar

[D T]

I expected a mediocre experience and got exactly that. It's quite clear the level designers who created Los Santos were not involved with this map at all. It's a recycled asset fest where you come full stop anytime you bump into the tiniest bit of foliage. The absolute worst part being that the game actively punishes you for exploring your surroundings which is near blasphemous for an open-world game. It doesn't help that most missions are entirely dependent on Rockstar's sh*tty stealth mechanics that felt outdated even in 2013. I don't know man. It would've been cool to play this 4 years ago but at this point it just feels sad.

[Kiethblacklion]

I won't be able to load up GTA until I get home tonight but it sounds to me like this new heist is just another example of Rockstar locking game features behind the paywall mechanics. You can't run the heist without the sub > you can't get the sub unless you are a casino VIP. The economy of this game can be quite frustrating at times.

[Kd_pro]

My internet is slow, so I haven't started playing yet, but I've been watching livestreams and looking at leaks.. 

 

My goodness what a sh*t show.. 

 

The first heist mission is absolute TRASH.. They barely released ANY cars and even drip feed cars are underwhelming... 

 

The actual heist better be really fun to make up for this 

[Aquamaniac]

I had no expectations from the beginning, as a cars guy, what should I bother about a small island with a few hundred metres of dirt tracks. Some weapons and decent cars would have been cool.

[IsekaiExpress]

41 minutes ago, D T said:

I expected a mediocre experience and got exactly that. It's quite clear the level designers who created Los Santos were not involved with this map at all. It's a recycled asset fest where you come full stop anytime you bump into the tiniest bit of foliage. The absolute worst part being that the game actively punishes you for exploring your surroundings which is near blasphemous for an open-world game. It doesn't help that most missions are entirely dependent on Rockstar's sh*tty stealth mechanics that felt outdated even in 2013. I don't know man. It would've been cool to play this 4 years ago but at this point it just feels sad.

They put some effort in the rocks around the island, so while they look climbable, you're programmed to stumble. I expect many Atomizer jumpers.

[DRS|PYRO]

2 minutes ago, Polynoid said:

I expect many Atomizer jumpers.

At the beginning the weapons are disabled. I do not know how it is in the course of the Heist