Grand Theft Auto V - The Bear and Badger

Moto70

Bob wrote:

GameStop UK is listing a Grand Theft Auto 5 release date of Friday March 1, 2013.

I mentioned that a few posts up. Not just GameStop UK, there are quite a few retailers listing 1st March '13.

This is one of the few times I really want Plornt to be right!

Bob

Sorry matey.. I did have a look. Should've... etc.

[Deleted User]

Anyone know if any retailers have got a release date for this yet?

monkey

Never mind about that, when the hell is this supposed to be coming out?

JRPC

Yossarian wrote:

Moto70 wrote:

4. New combat mechanics.

This is my number one.

That's my only one really. 4 was a beast to actually control on foot.

I want a crazy sandbox of destruction, recharging health, vehicles to be largely the same but the combat to be on a par with...what's the current benchmark for 3rd person shooters?

Yossarian

Forget the current benchmark, if they could even get it up to the last-gen benchmark (I'm thinking something like the first Hitman) I'd be happy. Frankly, the combat at the moment feels like a hangover from the N64 era when there was only one analogue stick available so lock-on systems were put in to make aiming possible. They are so outdated now it's not funny.

Moto70

JRPC wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Moto70 wrote:

4. New combat mechanics.

This is my number one.

That's my only one really. 4 was a beast to actually control on foot. I want a crazy sandbox of destruction, recharging health, vehicles to be largely the same but the combat to be on a par with...what's the current benchmark for 3rd person shooters?

Luckily Max Payne 3 did quite a good job of it so I'm hoping this will be the worse case scenario. What I'd like to see is Max Payne's animation with Sleeping Dogs grappling.

JRPC

Moto70 wrote:

JRPC wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Moto70 wrote:

4. New combat mechanics.

This is my number one.

That's my only one really. 4 was a beast to actually control on foot. I want a crazy sandbox of destruction, recharging health, vehicles to be largely the same but the combat to be on a par with...what's the current benchmark for 3rd person shooters?

Luckily Max Payne 3 did quite a good job of it so I'm hoping this will be the worse case scenario. What I'd like to see is Max Payne's animation with Sleeping Dogs grappling.

Didn't play it, but hopefully is a good sign.Â
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Also, from the demo at least, sleeping dogs grapling was a bad rip off of the Arkham games.

Bob

It was a rip off but it was a good one.

Moto70

I am a massive fan of Batman and Sleeping Dogs is as good if not better because you don't need to know millions of combos to disarm and so on.

This is why I stopped playing Arkham City because I was ambushed by around 8 enemies and about 6 of them needed specific combos to disarm.

Bob

Also Sleeping Dogs offered a better upgrade path so you kind of learned what the combos did and used them effectively.. rather than button bashing.

Moto70

I hope to god GTA V has Batman/Sleeping Dogs fighting after this, I'm getting hyped for something that there as been no mention of!!!

three1ne

I like the idea that Rockstar have learnt not to spill the beans before they are 100% sure they can make the date.Â

I like the idea that they'll announce a release date for November.

I like Plornt

Moto70

At this moment in time so do I, so do I.

Plornt

So... a tiny bit more info. Official release window is "Spring 2013".

Anyhoo.. Trailer 2 is to be released very very soon. Like "we're gonna fuck up Assassins Creed 3 release" soon. ;-)

krs

That's not soon.

Is it? Where are we now?

Moto70

I don't like Plornt anymore.

Assassins Creed 3 is end of Nov isn't it?

[Deleted User]

@KRS
On your forum.

It's fairly soon (trailer), if it is a spring release it sits behind Bioshock.

three1ne

Plornt wrote:

I haven't got a date yet, they're teasing us too. Will tell as soon as I know! But it does look like 2012 soon at least!

Plornt wrote:

So... a tiny bit more info. Official release window is "Spring 2013"

You are dead to me Plornt

Yossarian

Plornt.

ChattinWithChet

Plornt's comedy in games thread made some good points though.

isanbard

Still don't understand why this hasn't been bumped to next gen launch. They must have had dev specs to work to for at least a year or so now.Â

GTA needs more tech grunt to do what it wants to do surely?

[Deleted User]

isanbard wrote:

Still don't understand why this hasn't been bumped to next gen launch. They must have had dev specs to work to for at least a year or so now.Â GTA needs more tech grunt to do what it wants to do surely?

Current gen install base: (approx) 100m consoles
Next gen install base: 0.

I_R

Take Two are usually on the brink of financial disaster I think, they can't wait. It'll also take a few years for there to be enough next gen consoles sold for a GTA to shift acceptable numbers.

[Deleted User]

Its a certain 10 anyway at edge. Hahaha

Plornt

Rockstar told us they are working on gta 5 as if it is going to be this gen's crown jewel. that has to count for something. i am excited. even if it is a 2013 release.

three1ne

What do you do/Where do you work Plornt?

g.man

Plornt wrote:

Rockstar told us they are working on gta 5 as if it is going to be this gen's crown jewel. that has to count for something. i am excited. even if it is a 2013 release.

They're hardly likely to say they're working on GTAV and it's going to be utter pish though, are they?

just sayin'

g.man

Choke

g.man wrote:

Plornt wrote:

Rockstar told us they are working on gta 5 as if it is going to be this gen's crown jewel. that has to count for something. i am excited. even if it is a 2013 release.

They're hardly likely to say they're working on GTAV and it's going to be utter pish though, are they? just sayin' g.man

"We're working on GTAV <shrugs> S'alright I guess..."

Then again, didn't an exec at Square recently admit that they couldn't remake FF VII because none of the following games matched up to it.

MattyJ

It was something like - if we remake FFVII then it would be like we're saying none of the following games matched up to it, that we haven't improved in the time since so we're not doing it.

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