>pioneer for class
>all jokes on the radio are lol so randum
>every pedestrian has a one liner with at least two swears
>modeling a main character after a war criminal
>class

I think the most underrated moment of the series was in GTA3. Being betrayed by the mob and having to relocate across the river, killing your old bosses and never being able to set foot in the neighborhood which you grew most accustomed to at first. Sure, San Andreas topped it in a way, but the missions in SA following that took a while to get awesome again, while GTA3's story just kept going full pace.

>>115531980

Oh man i forgot how classy that theme was.

Superior theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EcEcXPQZM4

>>115532289
How is a war criminal any worse than any of the other characters in the series?

Class can mean different things, I meant it like it helped push video games into a more adult and story-oriented market. GTA has always been a critique of society, you have to portray society truthfully to do that. Some people are bad

>>115532480
>>115532475
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBlmpg7DkAY

Check that shit out, GTA has always had a pretty unique art direction. They've been doing kind of offbeat music since the beginning, shit that would be considered main stream now GTA helped get there.

It's also interesting how the covers and drawing style has evolved along with the series. The old ones had an almost 60s grindhouse feel. Then starting with 2 it resembled stuff from the 70s and the music complimented that, even though VC and SA were clearly influenced heavily by the 80s and 90s, it always resembled what the 80s or 90s would have looked like through the 70s eyes.

Starting with 4 it took a slightly different shift, clearly more influenced by HBO's overarching serialized story lines and unflinching grittiness of a life of crime in any given city.

I just want planes in the next game. Planes you can actually fly.

Maybe a jetpack.

>>115533589
HBO does the black and white backgrounds for their series as well, they're also known for creating their own style and evolving from there in order to stay further and further ahead of the curve.

>>115533004
Nice. Always felt something special was about to happen during those load themes. Like a boxer on his way to the ring.Except for GTA 3, that one was almost too laid back, like post game cocktails or something.

>>115533797
>>115533589
I think what Rockstar was trying to accomplish went over the heads of many gamers (inb4 2deep4u) but plenty of us did 'get it'. A serialized story campaign set in a single city or town can be interesting enough without jetpacks and ridiculous shit, but with more down-to-earth conflicts between better-developed characters with plausible and relate-able motivations.

>>115533589
I don't know. It felt like something important was missing from IV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_pC4vVRHU
This will always be my favorite GTA
Best atmosphere.
Best story.
Best opening song.

I want to murder children in the GTA series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh40QxwZz7Q

Again, a total shift in music direction, more electronic and 'weirder' overall feel, but a kind of sound that if arranged differently would feel out of the 70s like GTA3. The violins give it a more modern touch and class it up a bit.

>GTA Discussion that doesn't immediately spin into people making retarded claims where the 'next' one will be set.

>>115534507
In Ohio.

All of it.

>body harvest was a pioneer

Fixed that for you OP

Respect the roots for GTA

19 hours and 8 minutes until the trailer

>>115534507
That's what I want to eventually drive the conversation to, albeit on a very deliberate pace after we've discussed the past evolution of the series to more accurately predict where it will go next.

>>115534277
I'm glad you feel that way anon, VC doesn't get nearly enough credit. A lot of people remember 3 as being 'the first' although it was hardly that, the first 3D GTA of course, and SA still triumphs most video games on account of the sheer scope and ambitiousness of it; but VC did what it did perfectly. The gameplay from SA really doesn't make as far of a leap from VC as VC did from 3, also I prefer the 80s style over 90s, being a kid who grew up watching Miami Vice and episodes of Cops from that era.

>I know a place on the edge of the Red Light District where we can lay low, but my hands are all messed up so you better drive, brother.

>2011
>starting a GTA general without this as the first post

>>115534928
>That's what I want to eventually drive the conversation to, albeit on a very deliberate pace after we've discussed the past evolution of the series to more accurately predict where it will go next.

As long as it doesn't end up with someone bursting in screaming Londom and everyone yelling at him for thinking such a thing, I'm willing to bite.

>>115534676
Not OP, but I always felt the same. Body Harvest was rudimentary, but it was one of the big pioneers. Omikron was another one imo, but for different reasons.


Nothing wrong with taking an idea from something else and improving upon it.

The theme from GTA2 is probably my favorite out of all of them thus far.

Now looking back on the series, GTA3 seems incredibly more realistic than VC and SA. Part of this is because it's set 'in the present', another part was due to the graphical limitations at the time of its development. Remember the big bad at the end of GTA3? A helicopter. It was rare in the game to be able to survive a police helicopter encounter (if you didn't use cheat codes), so when you fight the chopper at the end it makes sense because it's really the only thing they can do that's tougher than just fighting a bunch of people or one person with a better weapon.

Fighting one helicopter as the final boss would be laughable by any other GTA's standards, remember this is also because you could aim any actual gun asides from that crazy m16 and a sniper rifle. and even then you couldn't shoot people out of helicopters with bullets.

>GTA: Liberty City
>GTAII: Liberty City
>GTAIII: Liberty City
>GTAIV: Liberty City
Oh man, I wonder where GTAV will be.

>>115535558
San Andreas

>>115535621
I sure as shit hope not.

>>115535621
Not for certain, but it looks like it will be. Though they hinted it could be only a "part" of SA, meaning smaller map.

As the series progressed and the player was capable of more and more things, one helicopter would never be enough, it would have to be 2 or 3 helicopters. With vice city game better guns, more advanced AI (enemies taking cover), and the ability to have more shit on the screen. Of course this allowed for the story to be staged on a larger scale as well. Instead of an anonymous street thug exploring this way through Rockstar's fictionalized American criminal underworld, you're a member of the mafia, you have a name, and you're already quite important in the grand scheme of things by comparison. This was great in the sense that it only allowed the story to go up from there, to get bigger and better, but it also trapped GTA. Now there'd better be 2 or 3 helicopters to fight, there'd better be 15 or 20 guys to fight instead of 6 because 6 isn't impressive anymore.

Now when San Andreas was released, the graphics were far outdated, other game devs had done more and more things with the playstation 2 by now, so Rockstar went a different direction. They went as far as they possibly could with their pre-established engine. They did things like free-aiming and jets and jet packs and parachutes because they could now, and it was pretty fucking awesome. For most people, this is what they remember best about GTA, jumping from a helicopter onto a firetruck or area 51 or all the awesome customization stuff you could do. It was VERY far in-depth for anything outside of an rpg at the time and it might as well have almost been one.

Now when GTA4 was released, a lot of gamers felt betrayed. I know I did, but only for a very short moment until I really released what they did. This was always what they had wanted to do. This was the game they wanted 3 to be. They've always striven for realism and it was other factors that drove them away from it. It's okay to have all the wacky shit from SA every now and then, but this is what GTA has always been about; petty crime in an urban environment.

GTA4 is more about a statement of what drives people to crime, how people interact with other people and why. It drops the leveling system and fancy gadgets for bullets and realistic car handling. It's more a simulation and an experiment of the human condition than an over-the-top wacky shoot-em-up-video game anymore.

>>115537011
Keep going op, I ain't postin but I'm readin

>>115537252
Same here. Although I am slightly curious on the OPs take on the 'Stories' titles.

While GTA protagonists have always adhered to some sort of cliche none stray the most than Niko Bellic, in his actions and his character.

The mute criminal henchmen, a staple of the crime genre. You will see this character in every medium from movies, to television, novels and comics, especially video games.

The loudmouth Italian middle-management gangster, also a very well known stereotype not unfamiliar to the crime genre, but barely done in video games until Vice City.

The black Gangsta whose mostly trying to do the right thing, set in the midst of 90s California's unstable racial climate, while also a staple of the crime genre, it's even less common than the previous protagonist.

What GTA does is let you explore these stereotypes, to see how they would fare in their own stories. After all, these kind of people DID and still DO exist. The GTA stories and settings do their best to explain their actions, while never sympathizing or defending them.

great posts OP, I have been appreciating GTA for many years and its nice to see someone else who does too.

one of the main reasons I loved GTA4 was the inspiration from shows like The Wire and The Sopranos.

>>115536059
bump for good thread

It really took a while for it to sink in for me, but with what Rockstar tried with GTA4 is fucking ingenious. They created their own stereotype, something not really seen in any medium outside of the news or documentaries: The Eastern European thug.

Think about it, how common are these guys? And yet, they're everywhere in the world. With the fall of the Soviet Union there were tons of armed conflicts between people fighting for power, tons of ex-soldiers, tons of now-mercenaries and ex-mercenaries, tons of misplaced weapons and loyalties. It's the perfect catalyst for a GTA game that can go back to GTA3's realism without not explaining why the protagonist kicks so much ass. Rockstar was sitting on this goldmine of plausibility all along and probably waited until they were confident enough in their developers to make a game where cars handled realistically, where shooting out tires and drivers alike was something the player could do with ease.

>>115537011
Plus no faggot ass airplane missions. Or remote control faggotry.

bumping for excellent thread. OP confirmed for bro

>Skipping the "Stories" game

why

>>115538153
if you are finished i would like to hear your take, on what gtaV is gonna be about?

You know your shit, OP

good thread

OH SHIT NIGGERS GTA 5 TRAILER LEAKED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2wtH54eYqg

OP is the best bro ever.

Give this man a medal.

You never really see the Eastern-European thug in things because it's harder for an American audience to relate to it, it's not glamorous, there's not 10 movies you can take iconic scenes from; but the irony is it should be the most relate-able out of all of them. I remember them saying that their choice of going back to Liberty City was because this was more of an immigrant's story and it totally sums up Niko and his reasons for doing what he's doing. The only reason the Italian mob was so popular in fiction was because at one point in American history all the sudden there were TONS of Italians in every city, and not only that, they were all poor as shit. There was widespread racism, they couldn't get jobs, and in turn they tried to maintain their own culture in strictly Italian neighborhoods. Many of them turned to crime and ended up having a pretty large influence on the city, and thus the American gangster was really born.

The same kind of sociological conditions created the 90s black gangstas, and the same for Niko and his kind as well.

Now it's obvious Rockstar was well aware of the backlash from GTA4's realism approach, even though they did make an honest effort to keep the amount of action exciting and fresh. They by mid-game you were going to have to fight 15 or so guys, all with sub-machine guns or shotguns and at least an assault rifle thrown in now and again to keep it challenging. But I'm sure they were surprised initially by the amount of fans who were still critical about that. That's why the Ballad of Gay Tony is THAT fucking nuts. They really do want to appease everyone.

For GTA5, I could see this going one and only one direction....

I appreciate the points the OP is making concerning the story, setting and themes of the games. But ultimately my opinion would be that for games, the primary determinant of class and quality must always be gameplay. While setting is important, gameplay is paramount.

As such, I would respectfully disagree with the assertions made elsewhere in the thread that the series is better off avoiding its more outlandish or even ridiculous elements. Indeed, I would hold that given the richness of the gameplay experiences they provide, these are in fact some of the series' strongest elements.

The freedom of exploration and interaction afforded to the player by the gameplay elements are at least as important as the scripted story, characters and plot in immersing the player into the setting of the game.

>>115539090
>one and only one direction...

THE SUSPENSE

>>115539090
It's Kill Bill after Jackie Brown isn't it?

COME ON OP

>>115539725
BUMP

>>115539319

My prediction is that GTA5 will start small, realllll small, and I'm talking gameplaywise. Because eventually it's going to have to pick up to the point where where's assault rifles and shit everywhere, heavily armed groups of enemies, helicopters, all that kinds of shit.

I think the first section of the game will be mostly gangbanger kind of shit, but everything is going to be more deadly. Think GTA4's cover system without using auto aim, but if guns did 1.5-2 times more damage. Enemies with pistols are not going to be something scoffed at, it'll feel more like "that's a fucking guy with a gun, and he's trying to kill you."

Mid game kind of shit will of course bring in the more SMGs and shotty-oriented gameplay, as well as a heavier emphasis on being good in a car. This is when I could see the protagonist acting as a kind of henchmen for a larger group, maybe you'll have more of a dedicated 'team' this time around, more akin to Lost and the Damned than to your Irish pals in GTA4.

By the end though, you know it'll end up with you by yourself most of the time, straight up operator status and all that shit with ak's and everything, every GTA does and has to. By this point you were THE go-to henchmen, THE assassin. You'll be fighting threats larger than life itself, and that's why I *think* the game will be centered around the Mexican Drug Cartels.

>GTA III was released 10 years ago

;_;

>>115539783

DAS COOL DAS COOL

>>115539783
That gunplay sounds a bit like Red Dead.

>>115539783
Yes, Yes! YES!

>Mexican drug cartels
Eh..

>>115539973
Except the gunplay in Red Dead was piss easy

>>115539783
ALL OF MY MONEY
HAVE MY BABIES
WADS OF DOSH

>Mexicans

Because America loves Mexicans.

>>115540040
That's true. The auto-aim was probably the reason for that. But, like, I mean as far as the damage goes and all that.

>>115540074
they should draw the border in the middle of the map.

smuggling drugs all day everyday

>>115531980
>pushed the boundaries of what video games are capable of

lolwat. It pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a realtime 3D open world action game. Which was impressive and commendable, but not hard to understand. Stop with the artfag shit.

>>115540165
No, as far as damage goes, IT WAS PISS EASY

Aiming had nothing to do with it, it was just near impossible to die in that game unless you're fighting 15 guys head on.

>Mexican Drug Cartels

For those bros not familiar with the current state of American, North American, and Worldwide-International Crime, the Mexican Drug Cartels are fucking winning.

Shit got real serious in South America, where everything used to be run, but now the major operations have really moved up to Mexico. In the last few years alone over 40,000 people have died as a result of the Cartel Wars, and every passing day the violence is spreading up into America. There's a Cartel called Los Zetas, you also may have heard there's some current on-going feud with Zetas and 'Anonymous', apparently they kidnapped a guy, but since that is not related to Grand Theft Auto we will not discuss that in this thread.

They are THE ultimate major player in the criminal underworld at the moment. They completely triumph over any kind of Russian or Baltic or ex-soviet Bloc ethnic gangs. It is the most logical direction for Rockstar to take, if they're brave enough to try it, which they've proven they are before countless times.

I'm going to go eat dinner but I'll be back later, keep the discussion going guys.

>>115539783
The Cartells!
OF COURSE!
I can't believe I never thought of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apk_dwigkuk

Tarnell up in this shit

Much love /v/

>>115531980
>Despite what some people may think, GTA as a series has always been a pioneer for class in video games. Some of the subject matter may be immature and ridiculous, but most of it has really pushed the boundaries of what video games are capable of. Will be bumping with official GTA art.

Yeah, all of that is true.

The problem is that Rockstar is taking a step backwards in terms of everything just so they can be taken as "serious social commentary" when they were just fine before.

>mfw all these years and nobody bothered to mod out the retarded friend calls in IV so I can finally enjoy the fucking game

There isn't one good gta because they were all good gta's

>>115540625
Nobody has modded them out because you can just turn off the phone instead you fucking moron.

>>115540454
I think we can expect great things, they have familiarized themselves with the engine so there is more to to create content.

just gta3 ->vice city-> san andreas

>>115536476
>VERY far in-depth

People need to stop using this phrase to mean "complex" or "deep" or whatever. It means "thorough." You can have an in-depth news article. You cannot have an in-depth video game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCvAaFB3eNA

Playing this shit with my cousin was the time of my life.

>>115540454
>serious social commentary

10bux says OP watched the Extra Credits episode about the Mexican cartels and thought "I SHOULD WRITE ABOUT HOW MY FAVORITE DEVELOPER COULD TOTALLY DO JUSTICE TO THIS COMPLEX MORAL ISSUE."

>>115540992
How well has it aged? I was thinking of downloading it.

>>115541093
poorly

>>115541093

>aged

That fucking word again

>>115541093
Single player experience is fine, but if you really want to enjoy the game play it in lan against your friends.

>not thinking that VC is the best GTA of them all

ISHYGDDT

>>115540692

>turn off the phone

and disable every other function it's actually useful for, especially storyline-related calls, that's fucking genius.

>>115541408
I just want stateofemergency back

>>115541294

Vice city was boring after finishing the story.

>>115541408
>Want to rampage
>Turn phone off

>Want story mode
>Turn phone on

It's not a hard concept.

>>115541294
story wise it probably is. setting is fun but the gameplay is clunky and dated.

>>115541408

than finish the stry and turn off the phone, fucking teenager.

You know, I just finished replaying III and I was struck by how down to earth and "realistic" it is compared to VC and SA. The wacky fun of those two is totally absent from III.

>>115541025

Eh, why not the cartels? GTA has had the Italian mafia, black gangs, the Triads, the Yakuza, ikers, and the Russian Mafia.

Seems like a reasonable guess unless Rockstar decides to hop to another time period again.

>>115541547

>Turn on phone
>retarded friend calls

>Turn off phone
>retarded friend calls

You haven't played this game in a while, have you?

>>115541658
FUTURE GTA

>>115541689
>Turn off phone
>retarded friend calls

But that's wrong. Putting the phone to sleep stops all calls, whether it's from friends or story related.

>>115541658
I'm fine with the cartels. I just don't see the need to surround the speculation with this serious-faced chinstroking about "the potential of the medium" or whatever.

Has anyone else noticed that GTA3, VC, and SA have aged fucking HORRIBLY?

GTA V will be set in Ireland.

The V is green.

III yes, not so much the other two. But III feels very lifeless and dull when you aren't doing a mission.

>>115535091
reminding me that GURU is still dead, goddamnit why not fukcing vanilla ice or lil wayne?

>>115541851

No. I still enjoy slitting people's throats in SA

>>115541728

I would like that, don't see it happening with a main GTA game though. If they wanted to do cyberpunk GTA, they would do something like Red Dead.

>>115541851
The only ones that aged horribly are GTA3 and the console version of Vice City.

>>115541851
Agreed. The gameplay and mechanics don't really stand up so well.

>>115541851
I just started playing san andreas again and i think its not that bad.

if you get used to the clunky controls is pretty neat

>>115541851
Explain yourself son. The only things that bother me about them are the draw distance and frame rate, which 1) are better on the PC, and 2) not that great in GTA IV either.

>>115541975
thats because its part of a dollar bill.

>>115541975
wow, you blew my mind
>Ireland is the only country in the whole world which is associated with green
hurrrrrrrrrr

>>115542145
I wan't to kill bankers in gta V

>>115542049
>Cyberpunk GTA
yes please.

>>115541689
>spouting bullshit
>asking for mods to remove the calls
you are really this retarded

>Green

GTA: Libya

>>115542305
Oh god. Imagine Blade Runner, but in GTA form.

>>115542562

>>115542698
fuck yeah Blade Runner OWSG

>>115542698
or just DX:HR with a LIVING BREATHING AND WORKING open world with stuff to do.

God I'm so fucking hype. The trailer can't come soon enough.

GTA: Sydney
What's what I want, GTA set in Australia

Fuck London, and fuck Britain... Let's go to fucking Australia

>>115542842
>>115542828

Anyone else think this thread is a nice change of pace from the usual SWORD, SORCERY, DRAGON, ELF, DWARF, MAGIC MAGE, DARK MYSTICAL FORCE, crap?

>>>/b/361392251
Rockstar employee tells all.
LA Noire style facial animations
San Andreas 2010
Diego Hernandez, son of Officer Hernandez is main protag

GO GO GO shit is archived

OP here, dinner was delicious.

It would be no surprise that Rockstar has always been paying attention to current trends in crime, which would all but confirm Mexican Drug Cartels. Another reason I think it's about them is because of the slightly increased exposure Cartels have been getting in movies and television. Cartels have been in shit for a while, they go back to the days of Scarface and Miami Vice, but the current view of the Modern Mexican Cartels in my opinion starts with the movie Traffic.

Traffic is a film that came into popularity due to its look, a low-budget handheld production, also it's one of the first notable movies where everything is tinted yellow or green or blue, which is so normal these days we don't even really notice it. It had a distinct style of its own and introduced a new threatening crime syndicate; the Mexican criminal underworld.

>>115543046
yeah this is a nice thread.

>>115542921
>Australia

You could set it in the present day, and it'd still feel like Vice City

I think Red Dead Redemption really belongs in this thread, it was, in more than one way, a logical evolution of GTA IV.

speaking of mexican drug cartels...

>>115543105
Following Traffic, there has been a renewed interest in portraying Latino criminal groups. One can't help but notice the increasing trend of using hispanic criminals and their various organizations, such as MS13, as go-to villains. Training Day for instance, is largely about drug dealers on the street that are largely black, but they still manage to throw in a few hispanic people. After the success of Training Day, of course other mediums began to use heavily tattooed hispanic gangbangers whenever they needed a 'third party' gang, a gang caught in the middle of something other conflict. Both Crank movies do this as well (Crank being pretty much GTA:The Movie)

>>115543105

I need to re-watch Traffic.. it's been years since I've seen that movie.

A game about mexican drug cartels makes sense. But I wonder if right now is the time to do it.. I think they should wait for that until the next GTA.

>people are actually afraid of cartels
>fucking Javier cant even trim my hedges properly

Breaking news!

Look behind her.

DC is confirmed.

>>115543705

>>115543705

Give Javier $2000 to kill you and I'll guarantee you he'll do a nice job beheading you.

Just saiyan

>>115543870
WASHINGTON DC

SET IN THE 1940/1950's

YES, YES

PLEASE BE TRUE

>>115543870
What is this?

>>115543870

http://www.indeedeegraphics.com/

Holy shit, it's real.

GTA V confirmed for 70s (I think) Washing D.C.

Heard it here first.

GTA 5 protagonist = Packie McReary

in GTA 4 packie leaves LC to go to SA. nuff said.

>>115543623
In 2006 a documentary which I can almost assure you is on Rockstar's map was released, Cocaine Cowboys. It chronicles the late-70s-early-80s Columbian Cocaine Cartels, primarily the Medallin, and deals pretty specific information into how their organization was run, and what kind of people were behind the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sJiBoqH1Yg

If you haven't seen Cocaine Cowboys, do yourself a favor and watch it. It's definitely the most interesting documentary I've ever seen in my life and it's totally related to my beloved crime genre since most of the shit we see in movies and television is based on the events of it in one way or another.

I'll bet you anything Rockstar ate that shit up, and would have loved to include a more structured organization in GTA4 like the one described in Cocaine Cowboys, but as it came out in 2006 GTA4 was already well into development; they settled for basing a character after the primary 'antagonist' and catalyst in the film (http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=443304)

>>115541975
>green
>verde
>V
>5

it's in Mexico

Is this real?

>>115542698
>>115542828
>>115542842
Amazing ideas that i would pay good money for... but both of those would make me want a GTA style Mega City 1 where you can be a Judge working from Cadet to Senior or a Perp working his way up through the Mega City Mob familys... course the'd have to limit it to a 1 Mega City Sector not the whole city... Maybe even missions that take you into the Cursed Earth (Judges=Hotdog run, Perps=smuggleing).

>>115544522

No.

>>115544659
I wish it were.

40's DC with a female protagonist. Holy christ, could be fucking amazing.

>>115544578
oh, you brilliant son of a bitch

You retards, someone did that as art and put the logo there, it has nothing to do with Rockstar.

>>115544248
Sorry to disappoint you, but this is just a fan poster, the deviantart user who made it confirmed that it's fake, just a fanart.

>>115544849
Well fuck that guy then. Now everything they are going to announce is going to be a complete let-down.

Although Cocaine Cowboys was set in the 80s, what they accomplished back then is obviously what makes today's Cartels so dangerous, and it renewed everyone's interest in the smart and sophisticated hispanic gangster image, distancing itself from today's time where the stereotypical gangbanger has a face covered in tattoos.

Shows like The Shield, Breaking Bad, and this year's Sons of Anarchy season 4 all feature Cartels as this supremely powerful and mythical force of the underground. It would be fitting for Rockstar to be influenced by these shows, as they are the exactly kind of premium serialized television that influenced GTA4's art direction.

>>115544578
God yes. stookie smuggleing, underground alien pron studios, Mobile Hab jackings...

>>115539783
>mexican drug cartels
I know its too soon to use this but fuck it

>>115544933
weeds

>Rockstar's face when they do Liberty City again, using the same model, but in the 60s or something

>>115545333

I'm tired of fucking Liberty City. If they make another game in LC I wont be buying it until it hits $20.

So. fucking. tired.

>>115544933
>Be Colombian
>That feel when everyone calls you a drug lord jokingly despite the fact Mexico is now the go to place for drugs

the game is going to be centered around the chinese mafia. just wait and see and REMEMBER THIS POST.

I gotta say, if they were gonna move it to ANY country but the US id like australia.
>everyone talking in aussie slang all the time
>SA style map with multiple cities, a forest and the goddamn outback

>>115544578
HOooooooly SHIT! imagine the DLC possibilitys!

>>115545498
That's how I feel about San Andreas.

Playing the game for hundreds of hours on every available platform really gets boring.

>yfw the next gta in in ireland and the setting is similar to the boondock saints

i poke my head outta the gutter for one freakin second and fate shovels shit into my face

>>115545582
I will always remember this post
>MEMORY DELETED<

GTA zimbabwe
when you max your cash the screen is completely covered twice with 9s

Now, what are the implications in regard to the protagonist and the setting of GTA5 possibly dealing with Mexican Drug Cartels? I'd say there's a pretty strong chance of a Hispanic protagonist, and a pretty good chance of of somewhere along the lower half of the country as the setting. If it is a hispanic protagonist, or some sort of Cartel soldier, you can almost certainly guarantee he will be part of a parody of the Los Zetas, since they were founded by ex-military it would be a plausible explanation for the player's skills.

San Andreas is certainly a possibility, as is a fictionalized New Orleans or Texas, I'm not really sure where DC came from but it would also make sense on the social commentary side of things to be able to use politicians and the federal government in the game.

There's really no evidence it's going to be in or place or another, I'm not sure if the "V" in the title is as important as everything is making it to be or if they just used a V that looks like its from a dollar bill. It could have some hint towards the federal government but then again that's kind of a stretch and there's no other evidence to link it toward DC anyway. I'm just trying to think of directions they could go crime-genre-wise to further the series. I hope you all have enjoyed this thread and GTA as much as I have, and I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised with whatever Rockstar reveals tomorrow.

>>115544578

Welp, time to prepare for disappointment because nothing can measure up to what has been said in this post.

>OPs face when it's set in London

Anyone have the screencap of the Rockstar employee leaking information on /v/?

>>115537011
>>115536476
>>115536059

Am I the only one hearing Patrick Bateman casually explain this in a rainsuit?

>>115546997
No, Allen.

>>115546508
yet you still can't even afford a bread loaf

>>115546997

>>115546709
this one?

>>115546997
OP here, I lold because that's not the first time someone has said something like that to me. I promise though I am not a crazy serial killer, I'm just a nigga who loves GTA, film theory, and titties.

>>115547366
Next day: Currency reset, its just 999 now
the screen is completely green when it displays how much money you have by the end of the day

>>115547657
OP again, also first time I've seen that. I could see it happening because it doesn't stray too far from what I've concluded. 4 endings? Shit could be pretty cash. We'll be able to see if this guy was right by the teaser length tomorrow, 1 minute and 4 seconds on the dot.

>>115548202
old, but needed

>>115547657
yeah thanks

So does the trailer go live midnight or what?

>Carcer City
>Vegas
>DC

choose one

maybe

i dunno

Archive this thread for OP's sake? It seems like he used a pretty well applied knowledge of a lot of different things to put this together for us, if he's right then he should definitely be working at R* because he seems to have a pretty good grip on what the fans want.

>>115532289
>lolsorandom
>satire

Kay, sure thing, buddy.

Best thread on /v/ for a while. Good job OP.

>>115548742
Nope, noon EST nov 2nd

>>115547657
FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!! i hope this is wrong because if its tre that the character dies at the end im gonna be PISSED! i already had red dead ruined for me that way now this? fuckin shit im done with the internet.

YES I MAD!!!!

>>115548979
Gay.

>>115548941
>>115548817
this thread has received 1 of 5 requests needed to trigger archival.

Why the fuck do people want GTA set in the 50's and shit?
Go play a different game.

>>115544578
That's what mods are for bro.

but I'd love to play a game like that.

GTA has been in the trend of moving forward in time which each game, Vice City was the 80s, Sandreas the 90s, GTAIV was modern day... Does that mean that this new one is bound to be in the present day as well... Can't they backtrack or have they told all the stories that can be told in classic settings?

>>115548820
I cant think of a single GTA like game with LOLSORANDUM humor on the radio. Even saints fucking row 2s just strattled the line

OP here, thanks for the kind words bros. Sorry I didn't get to respond to like half of the posts as I was typing all of that. I had a rough idea of what I was going to say but I didn't have any of it ready beforehand. I'll try and keep that in mind next time I decide to write a thesis on /v/ ha. I'll be on tomorrow to dissect the trailer frame by frame with you guys, can't fucking wait.

Guys, guys, guys, read this please. I have missed GTA all collection on steam. Is there any chance someone of you still have a copy?

ONE MORE FOR ARCHIVE, LETS KEEP /v/ FILLED WITH INTELLIGENT VIDYA DISCUSSION

DO YOUR PART

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>>115550250
done

>>115550250
>>115550141
Done

>>115549755
I really dislike that buzzword. Its called irreverent humor and people have been engaging in it for thousands of years.

>>115549703
>TA has been in the trend of moving forward in time which each game, Vice City was the 80s, Sandreas the 90s, GTAIV was modern day...

Not true.

GTA III was set in 2001 (time was never really mentioned, but it was a contemporary setting, so it's 2001). Then VC took it back 15 years.

And dont quote me but I think GTA II was set in like 2015 or so.. way in the future.

GTA is all over the place.

>>115550141
>>115550141
no one;_;

>>115539783

INB4 BREAKING BAD REFERENCES IN GTA V

GTA 1's theme song is the best.

>>115550420
and its always been stupid

>>115551063
Agreed

What are the possibilities of GTA V being set in VC?

If IV was any indication, it's that they went back to III's setting. Liberty City, dealing with mobsters, main character who really had no power or say in affairs, hell they even give you Claude Speed's clothes in a condo when you kill that one black guy.

If would make sense if the next one is more Scarface-esque, like VC.

>>115531980
oh i would do it just point me to proper 50's 60s' game then

>>115551437
was meant for >>115549209

>>115550475
My bad.
I really wouldn't want a modern GTA set in the future.
A big part of the charm is the music and of course there would be retro stations but what about contemporary music for whatever time it is set in?
If they made it up it would most likely be awful in comparison to the "real" music, if they left it out it would be cheap in its own way.

I'd either do it in the present and wouldn't go further than the 60s in terms of past.