Rockstar Games releases GTA V characters trailers

Here are the freshly released trailers for GTA 5.
The game will be out on September 17th for PS3 & Xbox 360.
No other platforms has been confirmed at this time.

[realiks]

awesome.
trevor is the funniest one btw.

[shrihari]

Yes, it is..

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

I belive those are your partners in crime, none a playable character (I may be wrong though, I'm not reading any articles, just watched those character introduction videos, trying to avoid spoilers)... Anyway, I want the crime professional hole to play, maybe an ex-military or something in the lines of the Transporter, sure I don't wanna play the rich bastard, the gangsta brother nor the crazy psycopath, although it would indeed make one hell of a team.

[Rumor]

dogs, bikes, helicopters, trains, gangs, female cops, rednecks, tractors, atvs, graphics..... the list just goes on! i cannot wait!!

[FragMnTagM]

@Bishop

You really haven't read anything have you?

All three of them are the main characters of the game and you can switch between them at will.

[Gazondaily]

I really have to take my hats off to Rockstar; they are in a league of their own. The visuals, the acting, the dialogue, the action, the characters....Rockstar just pull it off with such class and make it look effortless.

[Pintheshadows]

Haha. Oh Bishop, bless you. Go read the Game Informer preview.

[irepbtown]

I'm just amazed at where each one lives, different part of the city, completely different environment. It's awesome how they have the 'rich' homes (Michael), the 'Hood' (Franklin), and then the outskirts, hillbilly like, (Trevor).

September 17th seems like a long long way ahead. Hopefully games like the Last of Us will keep me occupied.

[SonyWarrior]

I knew since they showed the characters that trevor would be the best one

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

@FragMnTagM and Pintheshadows

Yup, when I said I had not readed anything about it that's exactly what I meant.

@Back on topic...

I see I got a lot of disagrees (which is fine) but I'm really half disappointed here... It's not that I don't like the characters, in fact I still think they make one hell of a team and I see how a story would only get richier by that mix, but I just wanted a new point of view... I don't see the crazy guy adding a lot as far as playable characters goes, we had seen 'em before, just not played as one. And the other two feel a lot like Vercetti (with a family) and CJ.

They may work really well if there's some multiplayer involved but I just want a new point of view for the single player experience and I guess the emotionless professional hitman/driver/security expert would greatly complement that bank robbing gang.

We had the emotionless Claude before but not only he was mute, the story on GTA was not even close to how complex it started to get after Vice City.

Also I would love a "build your character" aproach from scratch, I enjoy making myself on games (call me narcissist if you will... I do).

It doesn't mean I won't enjoy it just because those are the characters, I'll just suck it up and escape police chases on a dirtbike or unleash my rottweiler at rival criminals, probably end up having just as much fun (but enough spoilers for me).

[slapedurmomsace]

@frag...dude says he didn't read it, and doesn't want any spoilers, and you call him out for not reading it and than giving him a spoiler. And yet somehow you get all the agrees..and he hasn't none.

[gedapeleda]

What I really liked about it was the contrast between those characters.
I liked franklin the most because of the atmosphere then trevor because it's just crazy.

[humbleopinion]

@bishop

Are you serious? Michael is nothing like Vercetti, nor any other character I had a chance to play in a GTA game (or outside it, I think). Playing a rich 40 years in mid-life crisis with a wife and two kids? I'm all in.

[-Ghost]

This game is going to be epic! :)

[GdaTyler]

lol why the disagrees?

Anyways, this game looks like a big step up from GTA IV. I expect to get a perfect score, no less.

[Biohazard8860]

So many disagrees but be Butt hurt nintendo drones

[twosolitudes]

A++++ 11/10 Would wait for again.

[SolidStoner]

who cares about disagrees! dont you see this game looks phenomenal! I just cant wait even more now!

[Lior]

Its only 5 months away (WTF)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PRHB HYBRiiD]

Assuming they don't delay the game..i would be seriously pissed.

[Hydrolex]

I hope they delay it till Nov and release it with PS4 with better performance and graphics

[jony_dols]

They wouldn't delay the game any further when the next gen-consoles are so close to release.

GTA 5 & TLOU are a hell of a sendoff!

[irepbtown]

I would think part of the delay would be because they want to release it on PS4. Pure guess, hopefully they can have it on PS3 (September) and then PS4 for its Launch.

[Pushagree]

This generation will not end for me until I have finished this game. The characters look so complex and varied, way better than anything Saints Row could ever do.

[BiggCMan]

There's always this one person ^ Many people seem to not understand that the only similarities between these series' is that they are open world shooters.

Saints Row never tried to be GTA or beat GTA, it is its own game, very over the top which Rockstar clearly wanted to move away from years ago. Why can we not enjoy both?

[Syntax-Error]

There's always one in the crowd. Saints Row tried to distance themselves just as GTA tried to distance themselves. Being a free roaming sandbox game is the only similarity. That's like yesterday people were comparing WATCH DOGS to GTA. How in the hell did they come up with that crap?

For the people wanting gameplay videos....HAS RAOCKSTAR EVER LET YOU DOWN? They always deliver. I would buy a Rockstar game without seeing the damn title because their brand stands above the rest.

[AnAncientTree]

@BiggCman "the only similarities between [GTA and Saints Row] is that they are open world shooters."

Come on now. Thats the only similarity you caught between the first Saints Row and GTA San Andreas? The genre? Are you kidding me? I know the SR series now has evolved into something of it's own but if you think the FIRST Saints Row game didn't try to, at least somewhat, be like San Andreas then you're in staright denial. But I agree, SR never tried to actually beat GTA because they knew better.

[TheFamous1]

I think I'll be skipping over the next gen console releases in order to continue playing this amazing game!

[Root]

Rednecks are always funny

Guess he's the character I'll play the most with....should of just used him as the main character. Three characters was unnecessary

Anyway noticed the gang Franklin is in wears green and the enemies gang wears purple.....grove street and the ballas anyone ?

[RedDeadLB]

Franklin's also wearing the same outfit Luis Lopez wears in GTA IV TBOGT in a couple of shots.

The design in this game looks absolutely superb, much smoother and better looking than GTA IV ever was in all it's iterations. Makes me wonder - if GTAIV ran like crap on consoles - what the hell will this do to them?!

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

I will save Trevor til last then. I'm about to watch the trailers now.

Old school GTA chant incoming!

GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO, GRAND THEFT AUTO!

[PRHB HYBRiiD]

Franklin reminds me of CJ
But if is true that u can swap characters any time i will be using Trevor all the time, im sure he will have the funniest lines.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I hope they have 3 player Co op story.

[RioKing]

They won't

[porkChop]

They haven't announced yet whether the game will feature coop or not, but it would be awesome if it did.

[yess]

I am watching it again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and writing this comment and going to watch it again and again and........

[nthstew]

Trevor looks awesome ..........

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

Trevor reminds me of Boyd Crowder from Justified.

Gonna be sweet game GTA5

http://youtu.be/BU3rQu83BKE

[cannon8800]

"Do you want me to get my dick out again?" Trevor

[Eamon]

i lol'd so hard at that.

[Neo-Axl]

"Grrrr Nice new tits by the way" haha!

[Cherchez La Ghost]

LoL!! Indeed!

[majiebeast]

Yet again no gameplay im suspicious at this point even RDR had shown gameplay at this point.

[Arai]

Rockstar never shows gameplay in their trailers, but everything is in-game in their trailers.

[DavidMacDougall]

GTA4 didnt show any gameplay until the day before release

[LarVanian]

There was plenty of gameplay in those trailers. It was just shown through the cinematic camera.

[indubitably]

Rockstar is playing their strengths. It is going to be hard to outdo the Watch Dogs gameplay demos at this point so might as well load up on cinematic trailers.

[DARK WITNESS]

R* are doing what they have always done... I mean really, some of you are talking like you only just started playing R* games yesterday..

Go take a look at some of the old GTA trailers and tell me R* is worried about Watch Dogs.

Watch Dogs looks great don't get me wrong, but it still has to prove itself as a new IP. Ubisoft have shown plenty of trailers and demos that looked great and turned out to be average at best. The first Watch dogs demo was awesome but after seeing the second one, well it took me a step back a little.

This GTA looks like it will be the best yet and maybe have the best balance between fun missions, crazy stuff to do and a great story. GTA 4 really only lacked in the "crazy stuff" department and even then the two expansions showed that R* knew what to add back.

[HammadTheBeast]

Ok. Here's the thing. Watch Dogs will do NOTHING to GTA.

GTA is a monster. It's well polished, has great gameplay, and most importantly, is loved by both fans of the series/hardcore players, and casuals.

GTA has the best balance between doing random s*** and having an engaging and fun storyline through missions.

So, while Watch Dogs does have some hype, GTA is a monster that cannot be contained.

Also, have you seen how hyped people are by just the story? Gameplay will undoubtedly be great, and this looks to be the true sequel to San Andreas, although IV was pretty fun IMO.

[A2X_]

They did the same with pretty much every GTA game. guess what? they're all amazing games.

[famoussasjohn]

It was in-engine. You can expect what you saw to be about the same for actual gameplay.

[JeromeNtheHouse]

What!?

What r u suspcious of? The trailers you just watched are all in-game engines. If you've played any GTA or RDR for that matter, then you already know what kind of gameplay you can expect.

[TheFamous1]

Dude.. it's a GTA game.. I think we have a good idea how the game is going to play.

[porkChop]

Actually they did show gameplay. Some of it was shown through the cinematic camera, and there's a couple seconds of driving using the hood cam.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

I'll tell you what, Sunshine. Get back to the rest of us when the game comes out. We'll give you feedback. Savvy?!

[Arai]

Bad ass!
This is going to be my first GTA title (haven't played open world games before except for Far Cry 3).

[MooseWI]

Pick up the others one, they're all good.

[DS36]

You poor deprived soul. You definealty should try to play the whole series. Vice City and San Andreas are my favorites.

[BattleTorn]

That's soo sad :(. I feel like I should insist you play the entire series of GTAs, Fallouts, ElderScolls, and more - but fear that they all might be too old these days. (esp. in comparison to Far Cry 3, love that game!)

I would say Red Dead Redemption is still worth a shot!!! (or Skyrim!)

[MrDead]

There are no bad GTA's get them all.

You will also be introduced to the king, LAAAAAAZLOW!

This GTA looks set to be gaming nirvana.

[kupomogli]

I'd disagree that there's no bad GTA game. Opinion only, but I never liked the series until San Andreas, then GTA4.

On the early GTA games I never got anywhere. I could only play them a couple of hours before I got bored. GTA3 and Vice City though, the broken mechanics are what killed those games.

I liked the Driver games better than the GTA games. San Andreas was the first I really liked and think it's the only past GTA better than all the Driver titles except for Parallel Lines. Scarface the World is Yours came out later and it's better than all the Driver titles and San Andreas(although the small map sucks.)

This gen it's The Saboteur/GTA4 > Saints Row the Third. Saints Row 2 has good gameplay mechanics, but a bad game. I think GTA5 will be better than all of them though.

[Prcko]

incredible >:

[NYC_Gamer]

I'll enjoy playing as that crazy trailer park hillbilly

[BattleTorn]

OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG

Now onto watching them ;)

[josephayal]

heavy…enough said

[golding89]

Wow, this will be the best GTA yet. Sucks it won't be coming to next-Gen. It looks badass..

[A2X_]

It might be coming to next-gen consoles too, who knows?

[pierce]

Trevor looks by far the most interesting character. Should be fun.

[THE-COMMANDER]

AWESOME!!!!

[socks]

Maybe GTA can finally be great again. I miss the PS2 ones. 4 was just so underwhelming and boring.

This looks like I can get behind it. Interesting characters. Funny characters. Insane story. Awesome.

[Captain Qwark 9]

i agree, i did not like 4 at all. even if the gameplay isnt as deep as san andreas and is more like 4, the characters all look way more interesting

[Nodoze]

I got the feeling of more of the same with these trailers. Rockstar makes a great game on the surface. It is shiny, it looks good, but ultimately lacks depth. I REALLY hope they have remedied this with this game.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ Nodoze

What exactly would you add to it to add depth ? or what do you think it is that R* is missing?

[YodaCracker]

Lacks depth????? Wow, I believe GTA's worlds are by far the deepest of any game's. Just look at GTA IV's Liberty City. The detail in the city is astounding. The city pretty much has its own culture with its hundreds of fictional brands, from fast food to clothing to car manufacturers and alcohol, plastered across billboards, with ads on TV, and their own in-game websites. Everything is interconnected to bring the world alive and make it feel authentic, like a living, breathing city.

It boggles my mind to imagine how deep GTA V is going to be.

[Captain Qwark 9]

san andreas was deep. you could do loads of stuff from customizing your character to the cars you drive, you had bikes, planes, parachutes, property to buy, gang territories, etc. i could go on and on abouot the amount of features in that game and it had just as many fast food brands and fictional products as gta 4, the major difference being there was 100x the amount of things to do. other than mission gta4 had nothing to do and as you got richer and richer it didnt matter because money was just about useless in that game. gta4 was a very shallow game, it had a good story and that was about it. R* other games were all better, every gta, bully, red dead, manhunt, etc. gta4 was just pretty at its time and the newest gta

[TheFamous1]

I thought 4 was good, just different. I really though Niko was a terrible character.. but that's my opinion.

[Veneno]

If Rockstar can make GTA5 like the original San Andreas, I'll be happy.

[JamieLeeC93]

I think Trevor's gonna be my favourite character.

[Sniperwithacause]

Niceness!! I hope this game breaks records!

[first1NFANTRY]

the characters are interesting. looking forward to what betrayals are ahead. it wouldn't be a GTA game without some back stabbing ya diiig!

[BattleTorn]

That's what I got the feeling about...

Maybe depending on which character you choose to play the most, or the one you choose in a certain mission goes on to be "made", while the others get betrayed.

Kinda like a "choose your winner" type of story arc.

PS: (last bubble)
I also noticed in the Franklin trailer several "SE RENTA" (For rent) signs!

[porkChop]

Yeah there are For Rent signs, but there's no property buying/renting in the game. Rockstar confirmed it unfortunately.

[Kingdom Come]

Michael's was absolutely brilliant.
Rockstar are genius' of character and personality.

[Hellsvacancy]

I liked Michael's more aswel, watched it a couple of times

[A2X_]

Franklin's trailer gave me that san andreas vibe. Great trailers for an undoubtedly great game. Can't wait!

[brodychet]

yeah everyone's talking about trevor, I think franklin had the best trailor (mostly because i love san andreas so damn much)

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Agreed. Now I'm just hoping there is the return of Radio Los Santos with N.W.A and other old school rappers.

[coolmast3r]

GROVE STREET IS BACK, BITCHES!

[coolmast3r]

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[LarVanian]

The first thing I am going to do with this game (after the first mission that is) is see what happens when I crash a plane into the ground. I remember whenever I did that in SA the plane would just completely disappear and all there would be is a few random explosions lol.
Also, is Trevor 'not' anyone's favourite character so far?

[Az1mov]

"Nice new tits by the way"

[solidboss]

Am I the only one who is disappointed? None of this interests me. Sure the engine an animations look nice, but I dont care for the locale nor the characters apart from Michael story and Trevor gameplay wise. I'm more hyped for watchdogs.

[weekev15]

In answer to your question.... yes your the only 1 who is disappointed.

[SuperLupe]

To each his own man. I think that looked great. That said I understand that you may be more excited for Watchdogs, its open world GTA-like but in a completely new and fresh way.

[Muigi]

If this is coming out for PS4 I will weep tears of joy!

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Who's still hating that there will be 3 different protagonists now?

Rockstar knows what they are doing. This looks like it'll top San Andreas. GTA5 is looking to be the best GTA game yet.

[Plagasx]

ANNOUNCE PC VERSION ALREADY PLEASE.

[Tonester925]

Grove Street!!!

[Convas]

This looks far too clean and delicious to be running on current gen consoles.

If by some chance this footage is indeed 360/PS3, I will eat my hat.

[ape007]

look like PC footage if u ask me

[Prcko]

lol no
this is ps3 footage
look at distance,so choppy,blurry low textured mess,not a chance this is pc version

[Hufandpuf]

It's PC footage.

[djthechamp24]

L.A noire and max payne 3 was a nice looking game on consoles

[plaZeHD]

It doesn't seem impossible, but it looks hard. If you go ahead and look at the screens RockStar games released you can spot some bump mapping issues and low res textures. They got the lighting just right though. But, who cares about graphics for a game as big as Grand Theft Auto V?

[LondonMediaOS]

GROVE STREET!!!

[sway_z]

Firstly, GTA 5 is tha bomb....bay!

Looks too good to be either 360 or PS3. It's very difficult to accept any of that footage was running on current gen hardware...it looks that good!

Wow!

I think we just saw the PC version right there...too much clarity, too smooth to be current consoles.

[vishmarx]

thats reluctant optimism right there...
lol could be ps4/720 for all we know.,they wouold have annonced a pc version by now if it was coming

[vishmarx]

ubisoft just shot themselves in trying to compete against this

[ape007]

im a super hardcore gta fanboy and watch dogs looks amazing , not on gta's level of course but a great new taste/feel to open world gaming

btw gta v looks to be an all time great

[GoldenRimz]

These two games don't seem like they're going to be anything alike outside of the sandbox element.

[FITgamer]

Im sure Watch Dogs will do just fine. I know i'm getting both for sure. Watch Dogs will more than likely be popping my PS4's cherry lol.

[vishmarx]

You people really think 2 months is enough for you to get over gta????
obviously watchdogs is gonna be great but by november people will still be busy with gta ,,those who wont will probably not buy watchdogs out of genre fatigue..
im not saying its a bad game..im almost certainly buying it for the ps4,,but i dont think theyll get early sale as good as they expected

[Mr-SellJack]

Finally i got the hype i needed since it's debut i rlly liked the characters especially franklin.i was worried at first due to GTAIV which was imo boring but after seeing these trailers..my hype started..looking forward to GTAV

[djthechamp24]

You aint gotta like it cause the hood gone love it!!!

[andjudunno]

HAAA, GANGSTA S**T!!

[Unlimax]

FUN FUN FUN FUN ~ :D

. . .

[Saleem101]

Looks next gen ill wait and see if this is coming out on ps4...

[Fasttrack76]

I want it now

[GiantFriendlyCrab]

meh, I'm still not convinced

[GiantFriendlyCrab]

to me watchdogs seems to be way more interesting and more epic than gta5. I want fresh IPs rockstar. I think im getting tired of gta. But ill wait to give my final opinion when i try gta5 first.

[Psychotica]

Amazing how much the visuals have improved since GTA 4..

[mt]

ok

[sync90]

Looks alittle dated imo. I hope its more San Andreas than GTA4.

[FlyingFoxy]

Same here, barely any humor in GTA 4 and it went back to dullness like 3, if its as fun as San Andreas it will be awesome.

[Veneno]

The character animations don't look good at all. They still look ps2 ish. And rockstar STILL can't make a good lookimg woman character model to save their lives.

[gazgriff2k12]

Wow i want it right NOW but will gladly wait till 2014 for a ps4 version. Looks like it doesn't need better graphics but a ps4 version should have better A.I and physics plus more pedestrians and vehicles

[Saleem101]

I like all three characters a crazy black dude and crazy redneck sounds like fun...

[Sizzon]

Looks great, can't wait for the game!

[sway_z]

It is all in-game (via the cine-cam), and looks to be from one of the current gen consoles...

I initially saw the trailer on an iphone and it looked too crystal clear to be current gen consoles, but I see it was because I viewed on a smaller screen.

Watching it in HD on my 42' set via PS3 Youtube app, you can see the jaggies more and the texture blur in places.

Definitely not PC or Next Gen footage, but looks awesome regardless...so many bad ass games coming....

[kingduqc]

Just wish it had a pc release... I'm preaty sure this is bullshots trailer and won't look like that on consoles aynway. Rockstar is good at this

[aLiEnViSiToR]

Cant wait for this :D just hope they dont delay PC version too much >_>

[FlyingFoxy]

PC version with Steamworks, 64+ player online and scriptable editable game modes ala SAMP please!.

So much potential for awesomeness.

[BiGT85]

GTA V trailers are amazing but i hope rockstar games shows a demo of GTA V on may 2nd

[Grimhammer00]

I wanna be hyped....but its all same old with stereotyped characters and downgraded max Payne looking engine.

I need real gameplay & some seriously amazing mp!

[SDF Repellent]

A white guy with cash in his hands, a black guy with a gun, and a Mexican with a baseball bat, can Rockstar be anymore stereotypical? Yup, you know this is a Rockstar game, in a good way of course!!!

[yewles1]

I'm a Michael guy...

[mochachino]

Glad to see the current-gen going out with a BANG.

GTA5 and The Last of Us have me very very excited.

[weekev15]

So we have a tony soprano type dude, a badass 50 cent type dude and a drunken hillbilly with no sense of propriety or personal hygiene.

God bless you r* and please make time go faster to September.

[TheSaint]

SPLOOSH!

[kingPoS]

Hahaha! Trevor's like the crazy uncle that nobody wants around - Hurry up Sep 17!!!

Was it my imagination or did I hear Samual L Jackson in Franklin's trailer?

[RedSoakedSponge]

they need to bring this song back as the theme. i loved it!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[mudmax]

Wow, that looks better than anything I've ever seen on PS360. It be funny if that is the wii u version we're looking at right there.