GTA V is a 'reinvention'; series heading to Los Santos

GameDynamo - "Sam Houser, President & Founder of Rockstar Games, had this to say about the upcoming title, "Grand Theft Auto V is another radical reinvention of the Grand Theft Auto universe. We are incredibly excited to share our new vision with our fans."

[BrightFalls76]

Reinvention? So southern California with black gangs that speak lots of ebonics, mexicans that wear plaid shirts with one button and asians who wear nice suits is a reinvention? This franchise couldn't be more stale if it tried. Saint Row for the win!

People who are fanatical about GTA remind me of the useless masses who purchases COD.

[StraightPath]

Saints Row? All though looks pretty fun and i will be renting it. but compared to GTA? it basically is a dust particle. Saints Row dont touch GTA.

[thereapersson]

The difference between Saints Row and GTA is that I would pay full price for GTA.

[Perjoss]

Saints Row is fun and kind of different, but make no mistake, GTA is 100% in a different class of its own.

[Razmossis]

So, it's not San Andreas. It's just Los Santos?
I'll be fine with that as long as they include the little hick towns around the outskirts of the city like before, they were super fun.

[FFXI101]

Everyone has a different taste, I went to midnight release for GTV4 but after play the game I was disappointed(compare to other GTAs)

I enjoy play Saints'Row 2 more than I did with GTA4. Of course GTA has better story, graphic, but on the fun lvl I think Saint's row was better for me.

[Dee_91]

@
BrightFalls76
And you remind me of the ignoramus type that talk down on people because they have a different opinion than yours

[omi25p]

You mean the ridiculous over the topness that will get boring fast.

[SoapShoes]

I agree that it's stale but I don't agree with the Saints Row part. I like that series but the whole car jacking open world stuff is just old imo. I really really hope GTAV doesn't suck like GTAIV. I thought GTA4 would be a reinvention but it still played pretty much the same. Not excited for this but I will be happy to be wrong because GTA3 was soooo good when it came out.

[NYC_Gamer]

saint's row is garbage no kind of real focused story/gameplay just over the top silly non sense.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

I was beginning to think that I was the only one that thinks Saints Row is trash.

I find it hard to believe that people think that game is better than GTA 4.

[vickers500]

Yeah, because that's what people play GTA for, the story. /s

And the gameplay in SR2 is better in every way than GTA4.

I don't find it hard to believe that people like GTA4 better though, because this generation, all people give a crap about is graphics, which is only one of the two categories that GTA4 actually beats SR2 in.

[BlmThug]

I love both GTA and SR but GTA is the king in my heart. Im still buying SR3 on release and will play it till my hands fall of.

[sinclaircrown]

"southern California with black gangs that speak lots of ebonics, mexicans that wear plaid shirts with one button and asians who wear nice suits is a reinvention?"

So you've played it? how are the missions? Weapons? Hows the driving feel compared to previous GTA's? Mini games any good in this one? Oh and one last thing... You sir, don't know ANYTHING.

Ciao!

[Simon_Brezhnev]

So i guess if its just only caucasians you would like that right.

[OcularVision]

I personally hope they keep the gritty realism. I'm sure a lot of people want it to be over-the-top like San Andreas.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

They can keep the realism. I liked that about 4, but the over the topness of San Andreas is what gave the game replay value. R* should keep the realsim, but give us things like jetpacks and tanks through cheats and then all will be good.

[OcularVision]

a heli isnt enough for u? o.o

[mastahmind]

a heli is not special.. a jetpack is cool and makes u want to use it.. its a game its has to have special things for u to use other wise you will end up like gta IV, boring when u fininsh the story

[rabidpancakeburglar]

OcularVision
I think I can answer that. HELI NO!

[Cosmit]

@Outside

Your completely right on that. I hope they give us those memorized cheats sequences instead of a freaking cellphone. I played the crap out of San Andreas. Never really focused on the story since I just messed around. FUN AS HELL!

Played and finished GTA4 and it had no replay value at all. Getting chased by cops and all that just wasn't fun. It was hard to mess around..

[Fez]

I hope they keep the realism, but improve on the player mechanics. Just make smoother animations and a main character who doesn't feel like a light breeze could knock him over. Ballad of Gay Tony was a step in the right direction for that.

[StraightPath]

Grand Theft Auto 5 sounds very exciting indeed. Could this be the greatest Grand Theft Auto game of all time?

[Johandevries]

Vice City called

[RioKing]

^and GTA5 forwarded it to voicemail ;)

[Johandevries]

Well, everyone expected GTA4 to forward its predecessors to voicemail, but I am not too optimistic. It's hard to beat the glory of the past, even for Rockstar

[RioKing]

Yeah I'll give you that..

[MRMagoo123]

Vice city although had great music and was one of the best IMO san andreas beat it easily, if they make this new gta as fun gta sa ill be very very happy. I think gta4 needed more fun things to do to keep it fun after you finished the game and the relationship crap on the phones just pissed me off.

[Eiffel]

San Andreas holds claim as the best GTA to date.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

i agree with you Eiffel

San Andreas is the best GTA followed by Vice City.

[GunofthePatriots]

they definitely need to reinvent some things.

[TheBlackMask]

I'm still p*ssed off that there not doing the other two cities in SA. You can't take an exsisting city, make it twice as big as Red Dead Redemption which would be impossible because Los Santos isn't that big and then finally add mountains and forest areas to that region when it never had any. The only ones in SA were outside of Los Santos near Ssan fierro....in a way, it's NOT Los Santos

[omi25p]

How do you know they arent doing the other two cities?

[TheBlackMask]

Apparently Rockstar have said themselfs that's what has been going around on here, see HeavenlySnipes comment for example.

[sinclaircrown]

" You can't take an exsisting city, make it twice as big as Red Dead Redemption which would be impossible because Los Santos isn't that big and then finally add mountains and forest areas to that region when it never had any"

This is a video game. So, yes you can.

[HeavenlySnipes]

It sad that (if the rumors are true) there is no Los Venturas or the San Fransisco city. I'd like the whole thing again.

[blind-reaper]

I guess this LS will be a lot bigger than the GTASA Los Santos, I wouldn't be surprised if they release LV and SF as DLC.

[TheOtherTheoG]

Of course it will be. It would be rather stupid if they just used the exact same model as in GTA SA, think how Liberty City changed between GTA III and IV, it's completely different.

[TheBlackMask]

TheOtherTheoG

Yeah but GTA4 didn't add moutains/forests in places where they havent been before. You can't just build a mountain or grow a forest in over 20 years.

GTA4 was differen't because you had the time difference and most of the improvments were new buildings they had created

[TheOtherTheoG]

The map or indeed universe in which GTA V's Los Santos takes place is entriely separate from that of San Andreas. GTA V's city is a completely different city to San Andreas's - bar the fact that it's based on Los Angeles, there is no similarity between the two maps. GTA V doesn't simply take place on a section of San Andreas's map blown up ten times, it's an entirely new city with a familiar name, that's the comparison I was making with Liberty City. It does not matter that there is a forest near Los Santos in GTA V but there wasn't in San Andreas, because they're completely different cities.

Liberty City in GTA IV was not the same Liberty City as in III, it was completely redisgned and remodelled to more resemble modern day New York, and does not take place in the same canon storyline or even perhaps universe, we don't know. Los Santos is exactly the same - they're not just using the San Andreas map but blowing it up in size and keeping everything else in place, they are completely redesigning it and remodelling it to more resemble modern day Los Angeles.

[Chocoboh]

GTA4 was boring and unimpressing

[blind-reaper]

yep missions were uninspired and repetitive.

[dourvas]

is this site reliable ? if yes where is the dan houser post ? i mean i cant find dan houser posting this thing ANYWERE

[MrDead]

your all whiny children, blah, blah, I didn't like GTA 4 blah, blah, you only had 5 different kinds of pants, blah, blah. I cant wait for N4G users to create a sandbox game on the level of GTA4 as you seem to be the go to experts on everything.

If you dont like something dont buy it.

[younglj01]

I'm looking forward too GTA V.If I can get GTA:SA and online I will be so fucking happy.Only thing missing from GTA:SA was MP.GTA V is tha game I have been waiting on since my PS2 days.GTA IV was fun and I like they went too a realistic feel.

Can't wait for more info on GTA V & AGENT.Because if GTA V is looking this good I cant wait too see gameplay of AGENT.Hopefully R* you redefine sand-box gaming again....

[LoLZoRz]

only Los Santos but it says that it's the largest and most ambitious project to date.

how large will that countryside be. hmmmmmphhh

[TheOtherTheoG]

Los Santos will be a hell of a lot bigger than in San Andreas, that's how.

[xX_Altair_Xx]

It wont be Los Santos as we remember it; I suspect that's one of the big changes they're talking about.

[earbus]

Hope it doesnt release this gen,consoles are on the verge of death for me new ones please.

[mrsatan]

For god's sake Rockstar, remove the damn autotargeting feature from online play. It takes 99 percent of the skill away when everyone is running around locking onto each other with automatics and not even trying to aim. At least give me an option to play only on "hardcore" servers. I think you may have added it to GTA IV but it was long after I got tired of dealing with it.

[optimus]

I would like to see the day when developers announce a game and say that it's just a month away.

[wnek9]

day1 :D! love san andreas

[DJZed]

Some moderator took over our post and linked it to their own site for their own benefit! Unfair after all the hard work we do! Here's the original post. http://www.gamedynamo.com/a...

[Wizziokid]

if they make it more like SA than 4 I'm sold

[Coke-a-Cola]

Rockstar , Please ,Please , just give us back all that was fun in (( (((( San Andreas )) )))

My game collection is huge and I put San Andreas in every week to play even now . ( oh the the hours I have sunk into that world ) That game has so many interesting and entertaining things to keep one from ever getting bord , uninterested .

My first real wish after seeing the trailer was to imagine the entire state reinvented , Buzzz
all the cities and hamlets , and the wild variety of mini games but we can ALMOST be sure this will not occur and as I think on it more it simply is not necessary as long as the fun is back . If the Trailer is any indication of where its headed now I have this fantastic feeling it will hit all the numbers with this next iteration . Rock ON ...............

[helghast102]

Hopefully this "reinvention" includes "fun"

[Tzuno]

There will be CACA.