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Could GTA V be the Perfect Sandbox?

A look ahead to Rockstar's latest release and its potential to be the best ever.

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crimsonfox4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

I starting playing "the ballad of gay Tony" last night after I finished "San Andreas" And I honestly feel GTA V is going to, If not pretty much perfect everything they have wanted to do with a sandbox game. I can't even imagine what the next GTA on next gen consoles might look like. R* has been and will continue to be the developers to push this genre further and further. If anyone is going to perferct it, It'll be R*.

Crazyglues4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

Yeah of course, I mean if you just look at there progression and you can see they have stepped it up every time.

Red Dead Redemption is a great example, here is something they never did before, but created it for the game, being able to look far out into the distance and just go there.. with no loading..

It's not a set piece like the building in the background you can see but can never really get to, if you look out there and see something you can go there - No Pop up textures, or loading screen, just hoop on your horse and ride out there...

Some of the views in Red Dead Redemption were just breathe taking... Such an Awesome game..

They took graphics to a new level in that game, and then they take what they have learned and expand..

So this next GTA V -other sites that have seen the game in action have already talked about how you can see out into the distance and how huge it feels, I bet you they are using the same development tricks they learned from RDR to make the open world feel amazing.

Rockstar is known for improving on what they have already done well, GTA IV's DLC was all about little improvements to the shooting mechanics, driving, graphics - Loading..(all tweaked and touched up)

GTA V will be all of that taken to the next level.. things they learned from L.A. Noire things they perfected in Max Payne 3 which to me had some amazing shooting mechanics.. It's going to be the complete package..

I wish other game companies could be this good, like if the COD guys would say hey we did this really well now let's add to that instead of just copy and paste -insert new skins-.. (let's make what we did good better) That's why I love Rockstar

I think they are going to go hard on this one, GTA V is the franchise baby of the company, and I think the DLC is going to be Epic for this game.. -Just watch- I bet a 100 dollars it's going to be amazing.. GTA V will be amazing and the DLC they add to it, will be slightly improving things, because that's what they do..

-Just Watch, you'll see-(they will hit it out the park)

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crimsonfox4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

Not just Red Dead Redemption either though. They obviously learned a lot from Max Payne too. Even though it's not R* North they seem to always share what ever they have going on from all their studios combined. I think it's great that they are keeping bullet time (Pretty much) for Michael because it's obvious they worked hard on that mechanic and watching things happen in slow-mo in GTA V must be a wonder to see in action.

They are also using a customization aaspect taken from Mid Night Club and pushing it further in that aspect too. They are amazing me with the RAGE engine they have been working with since the Table Tennis game too. This game truly might be "their baby" and might hold the crown to sandboxes for years to come. The new "San Andreas" in my book.

EDIT: And for the people disagreeing. Thanks for all your bad ass arguments and killer / Jaw dropping conversation.

brodychet4018d ago

This will be MY perfect sandbox game. It already is, and I haven't even touched it.

I just love GTA so much. Been playing since the first one.

karan74018d ago

i like how they took this game , adding so much new features...dogs , custom cars etc...if only they added snow this game would have been the ultimate max. But then again everything they have done so far is amazing cant wait.

crimsonfox4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

But it doesn't snow in Los Santos.
It would be cool if at the peaks of the mountains it snows though.

inmusicutrust4018d ago (Edited 4018d ago )

This is what I'm hoping for, some snowy peaks in the mountains. Just a square mile or so would b a blast. The leaked list of vehicles has a snowmobile and snow plow listed, dunno how legit that is.

FlyingFoxy4018d ago

They have never had snow in the games.. which seems really odd, it's not like it seems much harder to add in than adding rain.

Thatguy-3104018d ago

Let's not start hyping this game up because then it might fall flat like GTA IV did. From what we know(which isn't a lot) this installment seems to trounce the previous installment so I'm just curious to see how the gameplay plays out.

Tornadobounce4018d ago

It will be if.... You know when you've had enough of doing everything and you come to a stop and think to yourself, I'm over this. If there is something fun to do at that moment it will be. I'm thinking a can of spray paint or a portable in game video game. Being able to graffiti in free roam will make it for me.

S-T-F-U4018d ago

Does anybody else think It would be cool to do ride-by shootings? Like on a dog? How cool would it be to hop on Franklin's Rottweiler and go shooting up the neighborhood?

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies15d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken15d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing6916d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker16d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing6916d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos15d ago (Edited 15d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt15d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken15d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK18d ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing6918d ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos17d ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius17d ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy8517d ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius17d ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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