GTAV E&E releases 15th March 2022 - 4K60FPS, ray tracing confirmed for consoles

[potramen]

inb4 e&e hits record breaking sales

[Drimes]

20 minutes ago, KoolHoven said:

the "show off nothing until the last minute" strategy may have worked in 2013 but it sure as well doesnt now with the state of the aaa gaming industry (including rockstar). Also the fact they decided to talk about GTA 6 of all things should tell you that even rockstar themselves realise this release will be bad, and are trying to cover it up with other news

Their hush hush approach to everything never does any favors for them or us

[Ash_735]

14 minutes ago, potramen said:

inb4 e&e hits record breaking sales

Oh it will, The Definitive Edition has proved people don't care about actual working products or effort. E&E will be purchased by people who bought GTAV last week on PS4, etc. Nobody is doubting that Rockstar makes money at this point, we just wish it was for good things like in the past.

[_ Grand Theft Auto _]

1 hour ago, potramen said:

inb4 e&e hits record breaking sales

 

Fewest copies ever sold. But seriously, I wonder what percentage of players go straight to online without ever playing story mode.

[potramen]

8 minutes ago, Red Orange said:

 

Fewest copies ever sold. But seriously, I wonder what percentage of players go straight to online without ever playing story mode.

apparently it’s the vast majority, many people haven’t played the storymode or are even completely unaware of it 

[Crateman]

Speaking of storymode...i want to re-play it again, i beated that back in 2016 in like 4-5 days (Main story) and jumped to online but i come back from time to time to do side quests(i really enjoyed epsilon program), but Even i bought taxi company for Franklin i never triggered a mission from cab company (don't know if i did something wrong) but overall i don't remember much, so fresh gameplay would be nice...what do You guys recommend... wait for E&E?? 

 

For the online component...i really wish they let us paint stock wheels without ifruit app, it's been much glitchy lately...

 

[[]LSPD[]]

What are the chances that E&E will bring cross-play between the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles? I won't get my hopes up but it would be pretty awesome.

[potramen]

6 minutes ago, []LSPD[] said:

What are the chances that E&E will bring cross-play between the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles? I won't get my hopes up but it would be pretty awesome.

hopefully they add both crossplay and animals online in a future update 

[Yarrow]

1 hour ago, []LSPD[] said:

What are the chances that E&E will bring cross-play between the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles? I won't get my hopes up but it would be pretty awesome.

Eh, would be cool if we atleast had a thing where our account would sync with every version of the game, but i would imagine 60 fps on ps5 and then 15 fps on ps4 would be quite a gap and pose unfair advantages. Cod does it tho, who knows. 

[[]LSPD[]]

2 minutes ago, Yarrow said:

Eh, would be cool if we atleast had a thing where our account would sync with every version of the game, but i would imagine 60 fps on ps5 and then 15 fps on ps4 would be quite a gap and pose unfair advantages. Cod does it tho, who knows. 

 

I'm talking about current-gen consoles only, not previous-gen like the PS4 and Xbox One.

 

And yeah, cross-platform profile sync would be great. Battlefield 2042 does it and it is nice to switch between the Xbox Series X and PC and everything is the same. Too bad the game's sh*t.

[Yarrow]

39 minutes ago, []LSPD[] said:

 

I'm talking about current-gen consoles only, not previous-gen like the PS4 and Xbox One.

 

And yeah, cross-platform profile sync would be great. Battlefield 2042 does it and it is nice to switch between the Xbox Series X and PC and everything is the same. Too bad the game's sh*t.

Cod has account sync between 3 different games, quite odd to see but very convenient that i dont have to grind in each game just to unlock everything 

[WanteD1]

 

[Yarrow]

39 minutes ago, WanteD1 said:

 

You know, im kinda happy gtav is still a thing. I really miss the early 2010s and it keeps me there

[Crateman]

We are 1 month away from E&E release 

Marketing should start soon

[billiejoearmstrong8]

It's hard to start marketing when you have nothing to market. It's just the same game again with nothing noteworthy added.

[Kris194]

3 hours ago, Crateman said:

We are 1 month away from E&E release 

Marketing should start soon

[WanteD1]

R* after re-re-releasing 20 years old trilogy games and 10 years old GTA V...again and again:
 

Edited February 15 by WanteD1

[Pete4000uk]

5 hours ago, WanteD1 said:

 

We need a Police Squad/Naked Gun version!

[Lock n' Stock]

59 minutes ago, Pete4000uk said:

We need a Police Squad/Naked Gun version!

 

Edited February 15 by Lock n' Stock

[sutalu]

Is it confirmed that the ray-tracing is just for shadows? In the newswire they just say: "ray tracing".

 

I say that, because I thought that ray-tracing just for shadows it would be a poor improvement... but today a patch next-gen for Cyberpunk has released, and they have implemented ray-traced shadows... and is a good improvement

 

Here an example of some screenshots:

 

 

 

[arisfelbonilla]

On 14/2/2022 at 16:36, potramen said:

con suerte agregarán crossplay y animales en línea en una futura actualización 

with consoles ok

with pc you don't even dream about it

[potramen]

3 hours ago, arisfelbonilla said:

with consoles ok

with pc you don't even dream about it

 

private lobbies only

[MaddenedGhost]

13 hours ago, sutalu said:

Is it confirmed that the ray-tracing is just for shadows? In the newswire they just say: "ray tracing".

 

I say that, because I thought that ray-tracing just for shadows it would be a poor improvement... but today a patch next-gen for Cyberpunk has released, and they have implemented ray-traced shadows... and is a good improvement

 

Here an example of some screenshots:

 

 

 

I don't think they'd do ray traced reflections because that could fry the consoles lol unless it's something selective.

 

We'll see what they are doing with it.

Edited February 16 by The_Ghost

[YNNEL]

So it’s just the online we PS5 players get for free right?

[Drimes]

A part of me wants to believe that E&E will be significant. I want to believe that they spent 2 years mastering this game, but I see very small differences in the latest trailer. There's a good reason to believe that E&E is the PC version, given that no announcement for the PC edition has been announced yet. Then there's the ''yet'', Rockstar have always been late with PC ports of pretty much anything, right? 

[billiejoearmstrong8]

Just had to look up what ray tracing even is lol. This thread now has the same vibe as the ridiculous "seamless character switching" trailer with that stuff added to the title.

Edited February 16 by billiejoearmstrong8

[NightmanCometh96]

5 hours ago, Drimes said:

A part of me wants to believe that E&E will be significant. I want to believe that they spent 2 years mastering this game, but I see very small differences in the latest trailer. There's a good reason to believe that E&E is the PC version, given that no announcement for the PC edition has been announced yet. Then there's the ''yet'', Rockstar have always been late with PC ports of pretty much anything, right? 

 

The only PC release in recent years that has been simultaneous with the console versions was the Trilogy DE, and we all know how that turned out. (Some of this might have to do with GSG being the main developer behind it rather than R* itself). Aside from that, Max Payne 3 was slated to come out on PC at the same time as PS3/360 IIRC, but it was delayed (by just a few weeks, which is much sooner than R*'s more typical 7-12 month wait).

 

The lack of any substantial graphical changes compared to PC (at least from we can notice in the few screenshots and what little footage we have), coupled with the fact that R* has stated that current-gen in addition to PC will receive exclusive GTAO content, makes me think that E&E will not be a separate product on PC. I do believe that PC will not immediately receive the graphical enhancements and/or content (if any) when the game launches next month. I just think R* would have mentioned PC more often alongside PS5/Series X|S when talking about E&E if this wasn't the case. A 6+ month wait wouldn't surprise me, knowing R*'s track record.

Edited February 17 by NightmanCometh96

[Rm93]

Now we enter the last month or 27 days, no price, gameplay or screenshot, name will be Expanded and Enhanced? I hope the release isn't a failure like Trilogy.

[Yoona]

46 minutes ago, Rm93 said:

Now we enter the last month or 27 days, no price, gameplay or screenshot, name will be Expanded and Enhanced? I hope the release isn't a failure like Trilogy.

 

I think they might open pre-orders this Friday. Prepare to see a price of $60.

[NightmanCometh96]

3 hours ago, Rm93 said:

Now we enter the last month or 27 days, no price, gameplay or screenshot, name will be Expanded and Enhanced? I hope the release isn't a failure like Trilogy.

 

I know some people on these forums believe that there’s “no reason to heavily advertise E&E” since it’s “not a brand new game”/“GTA V sells itself”/etc., but the silence from R* this close to release is a bit concerning. The Trilogy DE also had a brief marketing campaign and I recall many users having similar opinions regarding the lack of advertising of those games.  And look at how they turned out. Financially, yes, they did quite well, but you can’t deny that the Definitive Editions launched in (and are currently being left in) a horrendous state from a stability/optimization standpoint, especially by Rockstar standards. 
 

That’s not to say history is going to repeat itself, but I believe it is reasonable to be concerned, given the recent track record. I’d argue it’s even worse in E&E’s case, since we’ve officially known about it for nearly two years now and R* has said little about it until the past few months. You would think they’d be more forthcoming about this new version of their primary cash cow by now, especially if they are marketing it as being “Expanded and Enhanced”. Nothing they’ve shown so far convinced me that it’s deserving of this moniker (the obvious stuff like a higher resolution and frame rate isn’t enough to warrant it IMO, since such broad improvements should be a given with any remaster, let alone for how powerful 9th Gen hardware is compared to 7th/8th Gen when they were released). 

Edited February 17 by NightmanCometh96