GTAV - first person mode in pc/ps4/xb1 :o

[fistfulofmetal]

of course I haven't turned off auto-aim

[Stoney Mason]

Like a Boss.

[El Babua]

Huh? The rest of the thread thinks shooting is fine and about on par or better than Red Dead. It also sounds like you both haven't turned off auto.

I'm using the second setting with aim assist cause I can't aim that tiny ass reticule properly with a controller. But it's also because the AI seems to be the same as GTA 4; just stay in cover and shoot niccas.

[Rahxephon91]

The auto aim is pretty terrible, so I turned on free aim. So much better. The only problem that even with complex, the reticule is hard to see. Like it's see through or something.

But I wouldn't say the gunplay is that great.

[Himu]

Isn't there a way to change the reticule? I heard there was.

[Stoney Mason]

Just go in the options and change the reticule from simple which is a dot to complex which is a cross-hair. It's bigger and easier to see.

[Himu]

So it's a case of people not exploring the game menu? lol.

[AdmiralViscen]

It runs like Windows Mobile 5.0 so I can't really blame them

[cool breeze]

sort of related, I like that the three characters use different phones.  Trevor uses windows phone

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Like a Boss.

I want to buy Franklin some outfits from that store but I only have ~$7k in his account.  A sweater cost $1.5k 

and medical bills are crazy.  Falling down chiliad cost me over $4k.  Set the next GTA in Canada.

[Himu]

I want to buy Franklin some outfits from that store but I only have ~$7k in his account.  A sweater cost $1.5k 

and medical bills are crazy.  Falling down chiliad cost me over $4k.  Set the next GTA in Canada.

Haha wow money has actual use unlike in IV.

Let's do this mission for 200k clams. No, there's nothing to do or spend it on.

[Rahxephon91]

Well as I said in the original post, even on complex it still sucks.

[Himu]

Reminder: The bore crew is located here.

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/the_bore_

[cool breeze]

The tiny details make the world that much more believable, like your GPS system turning off when you drive through a tunnel.  If only the AI weren't nuts, although that wouldn't be as fun.  I followed a plane as it landed to eventually steal it.  This dude steps out of the cockpit, walks right into the front propeller and gets chopped up.

And I had a strange encounter where

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a guy ran up and tazed me.  Thought Trevor would wake up in the hospital, but he woke up on the train tracks, naked, right as a train as coming.

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I want to buy Franklin some outfits from that store but I only have ~$7k in his account.  A sweater cost $1.5k 

and medical bills are crazy.  Falling down chiliad cost me over $4k.  Set the next GTA in Canada.

Haha wow money has actual use unlike in IV.

Let's do this mission for 200k clams. No, there's nothing to do or spend it on.

There's stuff to spend on for sure, but for me it's a case of messing around in the world instead of doing main missions that pay the best.

[chronovore]

[fistfulofmetal]

I don't understand the stock market. Because I don't understand the stock market.

[Mupepe]

I don't understand the stock market. Because I don't understand the stock market.

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when Lester sends you on an assassination mission he will mention the company that you're hurting and then their competitor. Buy stock in the competitor so that when it rises you can sell it.

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[fistfulofmetal]

I bought like 100k in stock in the first company he specifically mentions and when i did the mission i only see a 30k return...

[fistfulofmetal]

nevermind. i still don't understand how stocks work but i made money when i sold all the stocks.

[Phoenix Dark]

Is there an option where if you die=you actually die for good and have to start over?

[Mupepe]

I bought like 100k in stock in the first company he specifically mentions and when i did the mission i only see a 30k return...

you saw a 30k profit. You invest 100k and get 130k back when you sell. Its like owning anything else that appreciates in value. Its worth more but you see nothing unless you sell it. Unless you get dividends, but I don't think this game does that.

[drew]

Is there an option where if you die=you actually die for good and have to start over?

yes.

[Sho Nuff]

That first heist mission...aw yeah

[Sho Nuff]

HOLY SHIT at Trevor's introduction

[El Babua]

He's pretty much the id of the GTA series.

Everything you can do in the game fits his character. No ludonarrative dissonance stink from him.

[cool breeze]

yeah, I play more erratically with Trevor than with the other two.  It's the animation differences and whatnot.  Trevor is much more violent stealing a car than Michael or Franklin are.  I think he might be Canadian, which would explain it.

One time while I driving around, these bikers rolled up and harassed Trevor for being an immigrant.  And then shot at me when I ran one of them off the road.  Racists 

[Sho Nuff]

The first airplane mission is holy shit awesome. Flying in this game is incredible

[demi]

I think flying is hard to control.

[fistfulofmetal]

Planes are easy. Helicopters are squirrely.

First time you go underwater in the sub

[Sho Nuff]

I was going to say that the reason why flying is so fun is because it feels a lot like flying a small, one-engine aircraft IRL,  super bumpy and scary with a lot of turbulence. I wonder if the more you fly, this smoother the ride is as you level up.

[cool breeze]

Trevor's plane skill starts high and it doesn't change much.  I tried borrowing a jet to see if that's different, but some dude in a tank shot me off it 

so far the blimp is the fastest aircraft I've flown.  somewhat disappointed that you can't walk around in the blimp like you can in boats.

[Sho Nuff]

Oh my God I love the blimp. I got my copy from target, and it was in the box despite me not pre-ordering, win

[Mupepe]

 I love feeling the wind shake a small prop plane in real life and this game gives the same feeling like when I fly in real life.

[demi]

Oh my God I love the blimp. I got my copy from target, and it was in the box despite me not pre-ordering, win

I think every copy comes with it, GameStop just tried to pull one over on dummies.

[Sho Nuff]

Where can I get a parachute, and is there any way to have a parachute always available?

[demi]

There's a parachute if you take the mountain cable car to the top.

[cool breeze]

one thing I'm undecided on is how easily you can die in the game.  only place I found the parachute is on top of mt chiliad, right when you get off the lift.  I managed to not die riding down the mountain on a motorbike, but at the bottom I hit a small bump and get crushed under the weight of the bike  :'(

Where can I get a parachute, and is there any way to have a parachute always available?

use the lift (cost $15) at chiliad.

I'm gonna do the flight school and see if that unlocks the parachute in the stores.  Parachuting is one of the last lessons.

[Sho Nuff]

Wait, where's the flight school?

Also, I bought a hanger but the planes disappear after I steal them and park them inside. Is there a way to spawn my planes?

[cool breeze]

Wait, where's the flight school?

Also, I bought a hanger but the planes disappear after I steal them and park them inside. Is there a way to spawn my planes?

the hanger you buy is the smuggling one.  there should be another airstrip/hanger that saves your planes and helicopters.

flight school is unlocked a little later.  if you got to Trevor, I'm not far past you in the story.  I spent a long while offroading* with Trevor before I moved on.


edit:  *listening to the low down.  I've heard california soul like 300 times between Driver SF and GTAV

[Purple Filth]

He's pretty much the id of the GTA series.

Everything you can do in the game fits his character. No ludonarrative dissonance stink from him.

Yea he sounds pretty fucked

[Stoney Mason]

OMG sticky bombs. I hadn't used them until now because in most games using things like that is weird.

They are godly.

[fistfulofmetal]

I can't tell if I'm supposed to have a lot of money or not. I've done three heists and Michael has around a million. Franklin has around 200k and Trevor is broke after I bought a property.

Do all the heists directly tie to a stock market company?

[chronovore]

OMG sticky bombs. I hadn't used them until now because in most games using things like that is weird.

They are godly.

They had them in TBoGT, and they were a lot of fun in that as well.

Hopefully the explosive-shell shotgun also makes an appearance in GTAV.

[Mupepe]

Jesus. I probably played ten hours today. I haven't played a game like this since Skyrim.

[Stoney Mason]

Jesus. I probably played ten hours today. I haven't played a game like this since Skyrim.

Was the same for me. And a ton of it wasn't even straight gameplay. It was me fucking around with shit like tennis, golf, sidestuff, etc.

The game is a great validation of what a big budget game can be when you spend a shitload of money and resources and time. Its like the anti-assassin's creed 3. I actually get a little sad when I save and the completion percentage is higher than it was before.

And just to pull a completely random comparison. The original Bioshock came out a year before GTA 4. And I liked bioshock infinite. But it did not feel like a product that was that many years in the making. This does.


Also the first game in a while that just about everybody is playing on my friend's list.

[Himu]

I can't wait for GTA Online to start up and just chill and play golf with my bore-bros. I get paid on Friday, so I can finally get a new ps3 and play this fucking thang.

[Sho Nuff]

Shit, I just completed flight school and I don't think I actually got anything. Unless I have to get a gold on every event, which just isn't happening.

[cool breeze]

OK, I completed the stupid flight school TWICE and there's no reward.  First time was an experiment, second time to prepare for a mission.  I guess it's just a way to raise your flight stat quickly.

Shit, I just completed flight school and I don't think I actually got anything. Unless I have to get a gold on every event, which just isn't happening.

right? all I want is to buy parachutes, or a discount on planes, or something

Jesus. I probably played ten hours today. I haven't played a game like this since Skyrim.

Was the same for me. And a ton of it wasn't even straight gameplay. It was me fucking around with shit like tennis, golf, sidestuff, etc.

The game is a great validation of what a big budget game can be when you spend a shitload of money and resources and time. Its like the anti-assassin's creed 3. I actually get a little sad when I save and the completion percentage is higher than it was before.

And just to pull a completely random comparison. The original Bioshock came out a year before GTA 4. And I liked bioshock infinite. But it did not feel like a product that was that many years in the making. This does.


Also the first game in a while that just about everybody is playing on my friend's list.

The random comparison for me is Deus Ex HR.  I can't begin explain that one, but it's the last time I truly felt overwhelmed by a game.

[StealthFan]

Those credits are rolling Gonna do all those side-missions and other fuckery before Online comes on.

EDIT: I think you get a parachute whenever you get in a plane or chopper.

[demi]

I picked up this drunk couple for a random event, and she mounted the dick and now the car is bumping.

You can even see her riding the dick.

Awesome.

[Stoney Mason]

So looking at the social club here are my stats. Although you have to keep in mind I'm a very slow game player in general and doubly so in an open world game.

Michael De Santa
Usage 31%

8 hours. 30 minutes. 24 seconds.

Franklin Clinton

Usage 30%

8 hours. 12 minutes.  8 seconds.


Trevor Phillips

Usage 39%

10 hours. 38 minutes. 10 seconds.


Overall Stats

Missions. 29/69
Strangers and Freaks 9/20
Misc 6/16
Hobbies and Pastimes 26/42
Random Events 10/14

Total Time 27:20:43
Game Completion %: 44.82

[demi]

It only has a high percentage because you only have to do half of what they ask on stuff. It's not as DETAILED as what they had you do for 100% on GTA4. No more hunting Pigeons!

[Cerveza mas fina]

I think i played 5/6 hours in total so far only, 2 of which were drunk where Id just shoot people and outrun the cops.

Michaels son is such a dork jeebus

[Purple Filth]

I think i played 5/6 hours in total so far only, 2 of which were drunk where Id just shoot people and outrun the cops.

Michaels son is such a dork jeebus

that garage scene, holy shit 

[fistfulofmetal]

Diving in the submarine is the coolest fucking thing in this game.

[Sho Nuff]

Yeah I just got the sub. The water in this game is absolutely amazing, it looks even better than assassins creed

[fistfulofmetal]

I bought a property as Trevor which lets me use the sub to locate nuclear waste for 25k a piece. Then during that I found a wrecked plane! I wonder if you can get a stronger sub because it can't go below 500 feet.

[Sho Nuff]

Lol @ all the yoga douchebaggery

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I wish the ygot rid of half the radio stations and just put more osngs in or something. The pop station is so fukkin good but its only got like 9 songs.

[Sho Nuff]

God, I just switched back to Trevor and he was eating out of a garbage can   

[Sho Nuff]

I wish the ygot rid of half the radio stations and just put more osngs in or something. The pop station is so fukkin good but its only got like 9 songs.

That Kelly Rowland /Freemasons track is fantastic