WIth GTA V set for release on September 17th in the west and October 10th in Japan, it's time to raise hype further for this great game. I want to try to find all information released so far for this game to make it easier for people to learn about the game. So here it goes. Screenshots and trailers will be in a separate post. Tell me if i miss anything. I'll update the thread as new information comes out leading up to release.
From ~http://www.computerandvideogames.com/377653/gta-v-full-details-bank-heists-dynamic-missions-and-underwater-gameplay/
- GTA V "evolves nearly every mechanic, features the biggest world in series history and introduces a new technology that radically changes the way players control the game."
- The game's three main characters are called Michael, Trevor and Franklin
- Michael is retired, early 40s, a highly successful former bank robber. He retired in luxury after making a deal with the FIB. He's in the witness protection program, he hates his wife who spends his money and hates him too. He doesn't understand his two teenage kids Tracy and Jimmy, and is forced back into the game as his money is about to run out.
- Trevor is a career criminal, early 40s, drug user governed by his desires, prone to violent outbursts and destructive rampages, a loose cannon, former military pilot, used to work a bank job with Michael back in the day, always up for a heist.
- Franklin, repo man, mid 20s, a young and ambitious hustler, works for an Armenian luxury car dealership that sells cars to those who can't afford them, and when they can't pay up he plays repo man. He stumbles into Michael while looking for a hustle.
- A quick menu can be called up to switch characters, the camera pulls away into a Google Earth-style vantage point and then drops into wherever the chosen character is.
- Trevor is described as having a "maniacal personality"
- Trevor is in Blaine County, a barren, rundown desert region filled with bikers, meth heads and other people from the fringes of society.
- Characters can "flick off" people and people react differently depending on the area. In a rough-and-tumble neighborhood the reaction will be different from someone in a posh boutique store.
- Rockstar's playtester pours a trail of gas away from a vehicle and drops a zippo lighter on it, the flame travels back and causes a huge explosion.
- Franklin is seen on Vespucci Beach looking for a car he's to reposess.
- Waterfront activities include a muscle beach gym.
- Ammu-Nation is back.
- Each character has his own personality motivation and skillset.
- The three characters go about their daily business when you're not in control, so you might find them in surprising situations when you take control of them again.
- Each character has a fleshed out story arc.
- Complicated, multitiered heist missions inspired by GTA IV's Three Leaf Clover are "peppered" into the game. Heists are a big theme.
- Rockstar is addressing mission diversity in pairing characters. It showed off a mission involving all three characters. The trio need to perform a snatch-and-grab to get the FIB off their backs. Trevor berates the security agent guarding a chopper, Michael urges him to calm down but he keeps running his mouth. He only agreed to do the mission in exchange for help springing his friend Brad out of jail. Franklin isn't to comfortable with Trevor.
- The three change outfits and rapell down the side of a skyscraper. When they arrive players take control of Michael rapelling down, the mechanic is reminiscent of Rainbow Six Vegas.
- The musical score seems to react to the action.
- They extract the target by holding him hostage with one arm while pointing a gun at interrogators with the other, at that point an icon appears giving the player the option to switch character.
- You can stay as Michael and try and pick off the enemies or select franklin, switch to his perspective and snipe them from afar. Transition is smooth and camera angle helps you adjust
- During the chase through Los Santos the player can switch to Trevor to pilot the getaway, snipe the other pilots as Franklin, or fire an assault rifle out the back of a chopper as Michael.
- Rockstar is leveraging cinematic tricks learned from Max Payne 3.
- Rockstar thinks GTA V is its strongest plotted game yet.
- Most of the gameplay mechanics have been built from the ground up.
- Cars "hold better to the ground".Rockstar thought they were a bit "boat like" in GTA 4. It "feels more like a racing game".
- Shooting has evolved "a long way" in terms of feel and mechanics.
- Melee is better; "it's never going to be as big a deal as shooting" but Rockstar "wants to make it feel really fun and strong."
- Sam Houser and lead artist Aaron Garbut were both really interested in doing a proper LA, which R* felt it didn't do with San Andreas.
- The world is described as "the largest open-world playground in Rockstar history."
- R* chose one large city over three small ones to create the best possible experience and realise its proper version of LA. The world is 'bigger than RDR, San Andreas and GTA4 combined'.
- The ocean floor is fully detailed and can be explored
- Confirmed vehicles include BMX, mountain bikes, road bikes, dirt bikes, huge variety of cars and trucks, helicopters, planes, ATVs, Jet Skis, planes, helis.
- R* has big plans for side-activities, with sophisticated minigames in the vein of RDR's poker planned.
- Each character will have unique hobbies only they can do.
- No RPG-style customisation as the three characters have specific skills and traits.
- No weight loss and gain as they pose a technical challenge pertaining to scale of the character. It was easer in San Andreas becasue standard def visuals were forgiving.
- Entertainment inside intertainment is back in GTAV, so expect more cartoons and other forms of in-game media.
- Outdoor activites mentioned include yoga, triathlons, Jet Skiing, base jumping, tennis, and a full golf game on a full golf course.
- Houser doesn't think there will be romances as 'it wouldn't work'.
- Each protagonist has a set of friends to interact with.
- Lamar: Franklin's friend, a good sort of crazy. He's very funny.
- Jimmy: Michael's friend, lazy pot smoking 20 year old, they have a confused father-son relationship.
- Ron: Trevor's best friend, paranoiac conspiracy theorist living in a trailer.
- Amanda: Michael's wife, he's been awful to her, she's a strong personality, bound to him but they can't stand each other
- Familiar faces from GTAIV and Episodes from Liberty City may resurface, just not major ones like Niko or anyone from PS2 era. PS2 era characters are in their own universe, GTAV takes place in a 'HD universe', they don't co-exist.
- CJ and Tommy are more like mythical characters in the GTAV world
- R* is learning from criticisms about its economy system and will have a fun, vibrant system. No properties, but lots of other stuff.
- Mobile phone concept is back, but you won't be getting calls all the time, it's mainly used for activities.
- Random encounters with citizens are coming back in a big way.
- The dynamic mission system is similar to that of RDR, examples given include helping broken down motorists, figuring out the cause of a pile of dead bodies, being opportunistic and ripping off cash vans, or being a nice guy and catching muggers.
- Multiplayer reveal is coming later.
- There won't be any "major" celebrity names cast as main protagonists.
We had extensive coverage for Franklin's pet dog, Chop. Now, Famitsu confirms you will be able to replace Chop's (or any other pet dog's) accessories, such as their collar. You will also want to keep your eyes out for them, though, because you can lose your pet dog. Wild animals will also be in the game, and you can choose to hunt them. Famitsu says there will be more than 15 animals, although it's unclear if they're referring only to wild animals or to all the animals for the entire game.
Outside of this, each character will have a particular walk, adding to the realism, and overall animations for these will be improved. As earlier revealed in some character art, there will be an underwater mission. Trevor and Michael will get to go to this mission together, in jet skis.
From~ http://n4g.com/news/1313446/new-grand-theft-auto-v-details
* The special abilities of each character can be activated with L3.
* Franklin starts at the bottom on the ladder of crime, restoring cars for Armenian 'crappy' who is called Simeon Yetaria.
* ATMs can be used to check the balance of the protagonists.
* You can pick up hitchhikers on the streets and then leave them in their ideal destination.
* Playing as Michael - The ATMs can be stolen with a minigame, if we want.
* Internet cafes have been removed. Now you can navigate (even in social networks from the game) and watch videos on the mobile phone of our character.
* You will be able to drill a gas tank, drive the car into a group of enemies, then run and catch the trail to blow the car into the air.
* Hundreds of accessories available to customize your pet.
* Your dog can die or lose. You can buy a new pet in a pet stores spread over Los Santos.
* You can hunt the animals and sell the meat obtained to factories or farms. (Which are bought by Burger Shot)
* You can leave your car parked on the street, but if you get a ticket, the crane can take him. But you can recover in the warehouse prior municipal payment if you want to lose after having invested your money in editing.
* There are underwater exploration missions. They are considered by Rockstar as a game "apart".
From~ http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/page/2
"If I play as Trevor, can I zoom out, find out where Michael is, and then go and kill him while playing as Trevor? #GTAV" – @GTALAD4EVA
In the open world, the characters are meant to be living their own ongoing and unpredictable personal lives, so understandably it’s not always easy to track one of them down in the vast city of Los Santos or the many towns spread about Blaine County at any given moment, but you will be able to find them. Having found them, (or simply after calling them up and arranging to meet them), you’ll certainly be able to hang out with them, annoy them should you choose, and maybe even assault them, but you won’t be able to kill them. They all have remarkable powers of recovery and good health insurance. The game is based on playing all sides of these three characters’ interwoven stories rather than having generic, interchangeable leads, so permanently killing a major character in that way wouldn’t make sense. If a player is determined enough though, they may well find a way to badly injure one of the characters and switching to that character would just put you in the hospital to continue where you left off.
"How is changing between characters going to work during missions?" – HIBMFL
Michael, Franklin and Trevor have their own separate lives with their own sets of friends and acquaintances, and even their own preferred ways of spending their free time. When you’re not on a mission, you can freely switch in real-time to any of the three characters to drop in and out of their lives letting you see what they’re up to. And because they have their own schedules, you’ll never know what they might be doing – you might drop in on Michael in the middle of a family dispute, interrupt Franklin chatting up some ladies, or Trevor on the run from the law – or whatever else these guys do in their free time... How and when you switch between characters when you’re not on a mission is completely up to you.
In addition, each of the guys has their own missions and side jobs. There will be times on a mission when you play as one character, or as combinations of two of them, and sometimes as all three, always being able to switch between the characters mid-action. Off mission, it’s up to you. You can play as one character on his own or hang out with either of the other two or both of them, or you can switch between any of them.
From ~http://www.oxm.co.uk/58495/gta-5-is-much-faster-than-gta-4-characters-wont-do-crazy-things-for-no-reason/
"From the beginning, we want to show off the new game mechanics while creating intense, action-packed gameplay, to capture the player's attention immediately. Remember that the three characters in the game are already living in the city of Los Santos and surrounding areas. They are not newcomers like Niko and Tommy Vercetti, or people returning after a long absence like CJ.
"They already have contacts, they are integrated with the world and lead a busy life - these characteristics should give players a sense of immediate and total immersion."
That said, all three main characters won't be playable from the off. "We want to give the player the opportunity to get to know the three characters individually, and explore the world as each of them, and it would not have been possible if all three had been available from the start."
From ~http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2013/07/17/every-gta-5-question-answered/4/
Can you customise your weapons?
Point your Glocks in the air and unleash a noisy salute (then do the sensible thing and drop them in at the nearest police station): yes, weapons are fully customisable. There are numerous ways in which you can bling up your piece, such as adding silencers, scopes, extended mags, and laser sights. The weapon wheel also lets you switch and change as you’re armory tastes change. Bang, indeed.
Will there be bus routes?
Amazingly, yes! Well, at least one. As Michael passes an open-top bus during our playthrough, he is offered a tour of Vinewood for two bucks – and Rockstar confirms you can leap on and be driven about in legroom-free luxury. Taxis are also back as a means of fast travel.
Other Information
From ~http://mp1st.com/2013/07/09/grand-theft-auto-v-gameplay-analysis-running-on-the-ps3-return-of-stats-jets-gta-online-tease-and-more/
There is a huge amount of customisation from car parts, clothing, guns, tattoos and even pets.
There is a lot of side activities like BMX races, triathlon, tennis, golf, yoga, sky diving, gun ranges, hunting and diving among others.
Stats return from GTA San Andreas. These are: Special, Stamina, Shooting, Strength, Stealth, Flying, Diving and Lung Capacity
GTA V's land surface is 3.5 times larger than Red Dead redemption's map. While the sea is 1.5 times bigger! It will be one of the biggest maps in a game ever
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