I've been a huge GTA fan since the PS1 days, i've played every game since those long gone 2D games seemed revolutionary.

With the next GTA due out in just over a months time i've been getting ready, my broadband will be installed in the morning, I have my Xbox subscription ready & a few months ago I bought a new pair of turtle beach headphones in preparation for the big day. On release day me & some friends will be meeting up to spend as much time as physically possible in a private free roam to see what we can find.
Each & every day I check online for any new news, such as:

3 playable characters
1 character has a Rottie called Pork Chop
Each character has an unique ability
You can scuba dive in sea wrecks for sunken treasure
Planes return to the series
There is wildlife that you can hunt (21 breeds)

There is a big announcement on Thursday about the online side of GTA, I'm like a kid waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney!!!

So I have to ask the question, is anyone else on this forum looking forward to this games release or am I on my own?

There are so many great games on the PS2 it's hard to put down, try GTA San Andreas & then imagine it with modern graphics with 16 other people messing around with you online & you have GTAV in a nutshell

Quote from: Miss Bungle on August 12, 2013, 09:28:15 PM
Ugh...I HATE San Andreas.

blasphemer

I was actually looking up more Gta V gameplay news when I saw this.  I have the game pre-ordered and got a poster, but honestly, if I find out that cheatcodes are not there or they disable the saves while cheating then I'll cancel my preorder.  If not, then I will pay in full the day of using my store credit at Gamestop.  It makes me all tingly on the inside thinking about the other games I traded in that pay for my GTA V at full price.  It's the circle of gaming.

I know about of people will be calling in sick or missing school that day. 

September can't come soon enough.  I can't believe it's still over a month away.

I'm kinda meh on it because GTA4 tried to be a little too serious while adding crap vehicle handling.

And then there is the killjoy phase all 4 players probably hate

Niko, It's Your Cousin! Let's Go Bowling!

Quote from: Flan on August 12, 2013, 09:46:13 PM

Niko, It's Your Cousin! Let's Go Bowling!

Oh gosh I remember that.  "Cousin, it is your cousin.  Let's go bowling!" Haha 

I would just hang up when someone pestered me for a bowling or darts game, if they wanted a drink then i'd jump at the chance as it was hilarious stumbling around, one time I fell down some steps outside of the bar & had to wait until I sobered up before I could get back up them!

GTA V looks amazing. They've changed the formula by the looks of things. It's more about planned bank heists than the old random ridiculous missions of the last games. I could be wrong, but the gameplay I've seen emphasises the players role in planning the jobs. As well as being as open world (and more) than San Andreas was.

All in all, a darn good game's a comin'!

According to all that i've read about GTAV they have improved the controls for gunfights (closer to Max Payne controls now), the car handling has also been tightened up.
Dreams2014 is right that a large part of the change in direction is planning heists, apparently the focus is on gaining wealth, I just hope they've given us plenty of virtual stuff to spent the virtual money on

According to a Brazilian magazine, it was stated that "robbery and heists will not be a part of the gameplay story".

I am not super excited, but I am looking forward to playing it. I will purchase it rather than rent it, but I don't know when. I believe you can purchase properties, right? You can also customize cars, so that should be another money sink.

I've always been more about random unprovoked street violence in GTA.  I never really paid too much attention to missions and money and buying stuff.

Yes there is plenty to spend that money on (unlike GTAIV where money was useless!).

Here we go!

Totally stoked for it! Getting it for PC when it comes out.
I think it's going to beat the crap out of GTA4, and I love that gamee.

Quote from: Roxanne_Burste on August 14, 2013, 01:22:38 AM
Totally stoked for it! Getting it for PC when it comes out.
I think it's going to beat the crap out of GTA4, and I love that gamee.

Cousin! Let's go bowling!

Nope, not until they make the main character a womynz for once.

The only GTA games I like are GTA IV and San Andreas; I just like the characters and the enviroment more in those games. The others and the GTA IV DLC's haven't interested me.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on August 14, 2013, 02:52:57 AM
Nope, not until they make the main character a womynz for once.

The only GTA games I like are GTA IV and San Andreas; I just like the characters and the enviroment more in those games. The others and the GTA IV DLC's haven't interested me.

Would be an interest slant on it.

A street hooker who gets screwed over by her pimp and decides to fight back and makes her own multi-million dollar drug empire?

Quote from: Dreams2014 on August 14, 2013, 04:30:27 AM
Would be an interest slant on it.

A street hooker who gets screwed over by her pimp and decides to fight back and makes her own multi-million dollar drug empire?

That would be funny since killing a hooker and stealing back your money from her is what GTA is infamously known for. >.<

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on August 14, 2013, 05:36:00 AM
That would be funny since killing a hooker and stealing back your money from her is what GTA is infamously known for. >.<

Ooooh and you could start it off by confronting Tommy Vercetti for what he did to you back in Vice City.

That's a great idea, you could stand on street corner until a punter pulls up & then you can rob him, if the cops see you then leg it!!