Rumour: GTA V is almost 2 and a half times larger than Red Dead Redemption

SystemLink: "Since this isn't confirmed by Rockstar themselves, we're tentatively treating this as a rumour for now, but the source is one of France's largest video games websites. JeuxVideo is reporting that the world of Grand Theft Auto 5 is 2.5 times larger than that of Red Dead Redemption - which, to use the scientific term, is descried as 'Goddamned huge'."

[NYC_Gamer]

it's very possible 5 could be way bigger in size than red dead

[Shaman]

That would explain jets they shown, I think that was on purpose. Good to hear non the less.

[aCasualGamer]

Yeah, i take it they will use the same tech that they used for giving Red Dead the vast environments.

Rockstar are smart in how they do their business. Release GTA every 4-5 years and in between release other topnotch games like Red Dead so you can build a perfect engine for GTA games and use some of the tech in the games in between release.

I just wished they would go all out on this one, like having online poker casinos and real "sims" like customization for your penthouse and real engine part upgrades for your cars.

Seems that they are going more realistic with every GTA game release and it shows in the trailer. The emotional contact with other AI and dogs as pets. Seems more realistic, which is a good thing in my book as long as they don't forget the funpart of GTA games, and judging by the trailer they haven't forgot anything.

[-Alpha]

And I assume it's also diverse.

What I hated about GTAIV was it lacked diversity. San Andreas had the best diversity, combining both quality of map and quantity of size.

I am a sucker for the gorgeous landscapes and was turned off by GTAIV's urban domination.

[thehitman]

well its NYC so its going to be urban. What it lacked was more side/fun things to do like purchasing property and more mini-games.

[-Alpha]

What about the surrounding area? Wont there be forests and deserts?

I am turned off by a modern urban setting, take me back to the 90s, R*!

[irepbtown]

It lacked fun and needed some rural areas, totally agree. R* look like they've took care of those problem.

GTA: SA has always been my favourite GTA, hopefully GTA V will be better, and I say that because I miss that San Andreas feel.

One other thing they really need to add is crazy cheats. Spawning a proper fighter jet in SA was amazing, and spawning tanks etc.

[steve30x]

I hope that if its a huge map that there is an equally larger ammount of missions to do. The great thing about having a huge map to me is the ammount of driving and exploring I will be able to do. Lets hope this news is true.

@ thehitman : you must have clearly missed the urban areas they showed in the GTA V trailer then.

[jony_dols]

Hopefully they will go all out with the radio stations as well.

I just wanna hop back into a Hydra, tune into K-Dust & blow up a few civis, with Free Bird blaring in the backround!

[StraightPath]

this is very good news hoping its true.

[himdeel]

That's easy. RDR was a big old empty space save a few buildings here and there. Comparing RDR size to a GTA game just doesn't seems fair in my mind.

[jony_dols]

Then again there was a lot of countryside & empty space in San Andreas as well. (which was a good thing btw)

Hopefully all the small hick towns in the countryside, that were in San Andreas will be back again. I loved getting out of the urban environments, and hitting the free state.

Fingers crossed that we'll get the chance to back behind the wheel of combine harvesters!

[SystemLink_Simon]

2.5 times is HUGE! Rockstar impress me once again (assuming it's true obviously)

[thrasherv3]

I'm very excited to find out why this game has the honorary number next to it. Houser said it's only reserved for a big leap in the franchise. Sure hope he wasn't exaggerating...

[a_bro]

well, it has been 3 years since GTAIV, and its going to be 4 years when this game launches, so something big must of happened within those 4 years.

[Blacktric]

It's 3 and a half years. Not just 3. It was about time they announced it. Frigging Vice City came out earlier than the "announcement" of GTA V for God's sake. But at least they released great games like Red Dead Redemption and LA Noire.

[hassi94]

Just after announcing GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony they announced that from now on every full GTA release would be numbered.

They said 'sure we had San Andreas and Vice City in between 3 and 4 - but this time The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony are going to fill that void - but will be more like expansion packs than full games. This allows us to have big massive games developed while still feeding through content to keep players occupied'.

This isn't an exact quote, in fact it was actually like 3 different quotes I paraphrased and put together but he basically said that.

Dunno where to find the quote tbh - can't be bothered to look.

[barb_wire]

I wonder if those mountains in the teaser are fully explorable..

Think they'll actually put "Bigfoot" in this one too?

[LoLZoRz]

of course they will be explorable.

there wasn't any invisible walls in GTA's except I think in III in the last city when you go on some mountains if I remember correctly.

[tigertron]

I remember flying out of the map to see if I could reach an invisible wall, but after about half an hour I gave up. :P

[PhantomT1412]

I think it was a dam on the last island. And at that time you couldn't swim.

[DigitalAnalog]

"I wonder if those mountains in the teaser are fully explorable"

Mountains were somewhat explorable in Red Dead Redemption.

[thebudgetgamer]

No full San Andreas just Los Santos.
http://thumb-culture.com/48...

[kramun]

That's fine by me. It will still be a lot bigger than what San Andreas was.

[thebudgetgamer]

Yea, I'm still buying. Was hoping to spend some time in the casino.

[kramun]

You may still get your wish I imagine. I should think that they've listened to all the criticism that GTA4 got and have taken it on board, and will probably be trying to take all that made San Andreas special and add it to this one along with everything else they have planned.

Hopefully they will anyway. Fingers crossed.

[thebudgetgamer]

The only thing I really care about is free mode with friends up in the mountains. Or dogfighting in the jets.

[steve30x]

"Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created."

Its much larger than your making it out to be thebudgetgamer

[Grip]

huge is good but boring is not

[marioPSUC]

Well Rockstar did say that its gonna be their biggest and most ambitious project yet, so I really could see this happening.

This will be amazing if it is

[Pintheshadows]

I'd love to think that Los Santos is the size of RDR and everything else is explorable countryside with wildlife.

[Psychotica]

Would be awesome if true..

[Bounkass]

TBH I never thought RDR was that big... Oh well, I guess they know what they're doing. :)

[Buuhan1]

Any game where it takes you a ridiculous amount of time to get to the next story mission is huge to me. Maybe it's because you were riding a horse instead of a car that can go over 100mph.

[Optical_Matrix]

I've never understood the GTA hype. Is it worth me picking up GTAIV Complete Edition for £19.99? I'm curious as to see why people are so hyped about this game.

[Finger-Eater]

The GTA series ranks up high with Zelda, Mario, Halo, and other legendary franchises. I say go and get it. Too bad you didn't jump in when San Andreas came out.

[NnT3291]

it's GTA, of coure it's worth buying

[danielle007]

In my opinion, GTA IV pales in comparison to some of the older GTAs. Well, in every aspect other than graphics, at least.

Not to say you shouldn't get it for a low price, but I just don't think it's the right GTA to show you how magical the series really is.

[Ulf]

RDR was almost 2.5 better than GTA IV, however.

Just my opinion, of course. GTA V... we'll have to see. I certainly liked San Andreas better than GTA III and VC.

[AmaZinG]

Red Dead is pretty damn big

[cr33ping_death]

so what would this mean for storage on a dvd? multiple discs, and how would that work?

[YodaCracker]

Unless they use MotionScan like L.A. Noire, which is highly unlikely, why would it need to be more than one disc?

[steve30x]

@ Yodacracker. GTA IV was on two DVD's so I would say this will be on three or four unless they have aome sort of good compression.

[IronFistChinMi]

GTA IV was on 1 DVD on the 360.

[steve30x]

It was on two DVD's on the PC. I know because I bought it for the PC and PS3.

[Grip]

how ignorant u r. GTA IV was on 1 DVD for Xbox 360 and the instal size like 6.5GB something like that.
now they have about 1GB more or they will go with Two DVD but that unlikely.

[_Aarix_]

Textures don't need compression. They can fit everything on a 8gb DVD. You people over estimate disc space a lot. It was 1 for the Xbox and that's all that's needed.

[hassi94]

Skyrim's on one DVD, and it looks frigging amazing on Xbox 360. What's your point?

[nevin1]

@cr33ping_death

Thats why the graphics/quality will be held back because of the 360. The game will be develop for the 360 and then ported to PS3 with a list of problems.

Anyway, GTA4 left a bad taste in my mouth and Red Dead didn't cure it so excuse me for not being excited for GTA5.

[NnT3291]

The x360 isn't holding anything back. GTA4 was their first game on ps3, it's understandable that they had some problems working on the console. L.A Noire was developed on ps3 then ported to x360, both look great, no major difference. I think R* has finally found a way to work on the ps3

[_Aarix_]

360 is not holding anything back. By god how retarded can some People be. You people Overhype disc space WWWAAAAYYYY too much.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

2 and a half times larger than Red Dead Redemption?

That right there is amazing....If this is true, I cannot wait to explore this huge map!!!!

[BlmThug]

Gta V will be amazing.

[Plagasx]

As long as it's bigger or AS big as San Andreas I'm fucking happy.

[ps3deo]

this is crap. this guy has no information on the game, just making up a story to get people to his website. Nobody knows how long the game is besides rockstar. I didnt see it on their fan site http://gtav.com so I know its untrue. FAILED

[nolifeking]

hopefully it's not a bunch of nothing like in RedDead. Still enjoyed it though.

[swishersweets20031]

RDR wasn't to me that big at all.. so 2x that be the same as the original san andreas. that works.

[Orionsangel]

Yeah but is the map bigger than Just Cause 2?

[NnT3291]

Even if it's 10 times bigger than red dead, it still cant be bigger than Just Cause 2. But Rockstar always put details in every corner of their games, you can interact with almost everything. 2,5 times bigger than Red dead is a huge amount of work. I found Just cause 2 map very repetitive, 90% of the island was copy-paste jungles and mountains

[PaulCollett]

As long as there is plenty to do. Other wise it's dull dull dull same old.

[joeyjoeyjoejoe]

most of red dead was just plane dessert!

[chickens]

i rather have it the size of red dead redemption and have a lot more buildings in which i can go inside and do things rather than have it double the size of RDR and have just roads and roads of nothing but driving.

[Coke-a-Cola]

Just bring back all the magic that still is ........... San Andreas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yukicore]

Was Burnout Paradise map that big? I know the cars were like super-fast, but Burnout map for me is much smaller than GTA San Andreas.