GTA 5 : Anticipation Station
- Thread starter Jay
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Pretty much this. I don't buy anything on release because my backlog is years long.
He says as he's playing FFXIV and Bioshock Infinite......
Gonna wait for the PC version too.Unless it is gonna be a shitty port like GTA 4.
I'm honestly really tempted to get it. I think I'll wait a few weeks. School's starting today, so yeah.
Also, a friend of mine gave me his code for PS Plus when he bought a PS3 recently. And I played XCom yesterday for the first time...ALL DAY.
Also, a friend of mine gave me his code for PS Plus when he bought a PS3 recently. And I played XCom yesterday for the first time...ALL DAY.
Fine, than I've played 1, 2, London and 4. Or I have a differing view of what makes a good port. Either way, Steam, Gamespy and Games for Windows Live together made for a clusterfuck.
You shouldn't base all of the modern GTAs on your experience with 4. 4 was, in my opinion, the weakest of the series. But 3, Vice City, and San Andreas are all awesome.
I've heard that the DLC for 4 also returned to the fun of GTA instead of the grit, but I don't have any experience with it.
San Andreas is my personal favorite. I think, in my heart, I always wanted to be gangsta.
Nah, it was the rocket pack.
The dlcs were much less serious, brought back parachutes and improved both motorcycle and helicopter physics and are much more fun to play throuh than Niko's story. They all interweave with each other to some extent as well.
Personally, if nothing else I am just glad that planes are back. Loved trying to thread the needle through city centres in San Andreas and land on/take off of that big mountain.
Fucking Christ. Yeah, I can only imagine what the Escapist's comments must be like, the guy only gave it like 7/10, the lowest score allowed by law.[DOUBLEPOST=1379361515,1379361304][/DOUBLEPOST]Every GTA5 review:
http://leighalexander.net/review-of-gta-v/
If you ever wonder why Rockstar games are the receivers of such hyperbolic reviews.
https://twitter.com/FurlyWurly/status/379719200308461568
https://twitter.com/FurlyWurly/status/379719200308461568
I'd like to clarify that I don't think GTA5 will be or is a bad game, it's just the insane accolades that are draped on each new installment (even when they don't deserve it, GTA4) are sketchy, especially given Rockstar's treatment of reviewers who don't tow the line. Which is especially baffling because Rockstar generally makes fucking good games. Is it necessary to be the biggest bullies around? Let your awesome games speak for themselves.
Yeahh.. so it's stuff like this that makes me fear for the launch of the XBone
So if you aren't aware, there is a real-life smartphone app called iFruit (wonder where they got THAT from) that ties into the in-game experience. You can visit Los Santos customs & trick out a custom car which you can then go pick up in-game. There is also a dog companion that you can train using the app, to make him more useful in-game. The app also provides linkage to the Rockstar Social Club, which is an online site to keep track of progress in the various R* games. I used this a bunch playing Red Dead to track my 100% progress.
So - you've got one of the most hyped up, anticipated games of the year coming out. Gonna sell a TON of copies. Launch day arrives and...
You can't access anything on the app because of server overload.
I think I can count on one hand the number of successful launches of games that needed online server access. Good God I was there for the horror of Anarchy Online's early days.
From R* reps:
"We are aware of these issues with Social Club or related networking hardware/services and have been working to resolve them as quickly as possible," it says on its support pages. "If you would like to receive an automatic email notification when these issues are resolved, please log into the Support Site and click Subscribe.
"Please note that we are aware of some reports about problems with the iFruit App (available on iTunes), such as login errors, endless loading spinners, and the app appearing to reset data. Rest assured that we are working to resolve this as quickly as possible."
When are they going to learn you can NEVER have too much server availability for a product launch?
So if you aren't aware, there is a real-life smartphone app called iFruit (wonder where they got THAT from) that ties into the in-game experience. You can visit Los Santos customs & trick out a custom car which you can then go pick up in-game. There is also a dog companion that you can train using the app, to make him more useful in-game. The app also provides linkage to the Rockstar Social Club, which is an online site to keep track of progress in the various R* games. I used this a bunch playing Red Dead to track my 100% progress.
So - you've got one of the most hyped up, anticipated games of the year coming out. Gonna sell a TON of copies. Launch day arrives and...
You can't access anything on the app because of server overload.
I think I can count on one hand the number of successful launches of games that needed online server access. Good God I was there for the horror of Anarchy Online's early days.
From R* reps:
"We are aware of these issues with Social Club or related networking hardware/services and have been working to resolve them as quickly as possible," it says on its support pages. "If you would like to receive an automatic email notification when these issues are resolved, please log into the Support Site and click Subscribe.
"Please note that we are aware of some reports about problems with the iFruit App (available on iTunes), such as login errors, endless loading spinners, and the app appearing to reset data. Rest assured that we are working to resolve this as quickly as possible."
When are they going to learn you can NEVER have too much server availability for a product launch?
Must be nice to even have the option. I've got an Android phone and have to wait for them to release that version.
Oh, yeah, I broke down and bought it yesterday. It's a pretty damn great game so far.
Oh, yeah, I broke down and bought it yesterday. It's a pretty damn great game so far.