Grand Theft Auto V Scheduled for Spring 2013

I hope the game is a bit less like GTA 4 and a bit more like Red Dead Redemption.

@Th3_James said:

People who said GTA:IV sucks really need to die. I love GTA, and don't want to play it at a shit framerate at a low resolution with no draw distance. I want a PC version. Mods alone make the PC versions of previous GTA games better than their console counterparts IMO. Rockstar made a sloppy port of IV, but I have faith. Max Payne 3 was a great game great port.

We all adored GTA IV at the time, but over the years, it's the shit like all the dating simulation bullshit that really stuck with people. That alone has kept me from going back and playing GTA IV again (or playing the DLC for it, even though I've bought it . . . at least twice).

@GreggD said:

@RetroVirus said:

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

Most people only have five fingers.

http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/33788139756/grand-theft-auto-4

@Branthog said:

I've been looking forward to more GTA for years, now. I didn't really want it on the current generation, though. Why not just wait another year and make sure it's solid for the next generation? Otherwise we're just going to end up with a slightly better GTA IV. The current generation still has too many limitations in everything from content size to the processing power to allow for the complexity of multiple events happening online to produce a more realistic and lively environment to be in.

Instead, I guess we'll get it on the current generation of consoles just before the next generation (months?) after. And then four or five years later, maybe we'll get GTA VI, just before the end of the next console life-cycle. Meh.

So, been excited, but . . . not so much, now that I know it's definitely current-gen. With so many games being put out by Rockstar, why the god damn rush?

It's coming out five years after the last one, I'd hardly call that rushing.

And less than a year longer and they could benefit from a lot more power. Why invest so much time and probably another hundred million bucks and not just wait until they can really do something amazing with their investment?

People who said GTA:IV sucks really need to die. I love GTA, and don't want to play it at a shit framerate at a low resolution with no draw distance. I want a PC version. Mods alone make the PC versions of previous GTA games better than their console counterparts IMO. Rockstar made a sloppy port of IV, but I have faith. Max Payne 3 was a great game great port.

Grand Theft Auto is my everlasting mistress yet Rockstar torture me with their delayed PC ports. This news saddens me..

Hoping for a Louis CK comedy club bit like Ricky Gervais from GTA IV

Also having Larry David as a mission giver.....That would be super weird right?

@RetroVirus said:

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

Most people only have five fingers.

@RetroVirus said:

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

Most people only have five fingers.

http://didyouknowgaming.com/post/33788139756/grand-theft-auto-4

@Branthog said:

I've been looking forward to more GTA for years, now. I didn't really want it on the current generation, though. Why not just wait another year and make sure it's solid for the next generation? Otherwise we're just going to end up with a slightly better GTA IV. The current generation still has too many limitations in everything from content size to the processing power to allow for the complexity of multiple events happening online to produce a more realistic and lively environment to be in.

Instead, I guess we'll get it on the current generation of consoles just before the next generation (months?) after. And then four or five years later, maybe we'll get GTA VI, just before the end of the next console life-cycle. Meh.

So, been excited, but . . . not so much, now that I know it's definitely current-gen. With so many games being put out by Rockstar, why the god damn rush?

It's coming out five years after the last one, I'd hardly call that rushing.

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

I see what you did there

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

Most people only have five fingers.

@wafflez said:

she only has five fingers..

Disappointing indeed.

she only has five fingers..

I've been looking forward to more GTA for years, now. I didn't really want it on the current generation, though. Why not just wait another year and make sure it's solid for the next generation? Otherwise we're just going to end up with a slightly better GTA IV. The current generation still has too many limitations in everything from content size to the processing power to allow for the complexity of multiple events happening online to produce a more realistic and lively environment to be in.

Instead, I guess we'll get it on the current generation of consoles just before the next generation (months?) after. And then four or five years later, maybe we'll get GTA VI, just before the end of the next console life-cycle. Meh.

So, been excited, but . . . not so much, now that I know it's definitely current-gen. With so many games being put out by Rockstar, why the god damn rush?

This news just reaffirm my fear that PC gaming is gonna be back to the stone ages again once the new consoles some out. For all the noises that pubs and devs make about PC gaming, all that will be forgotten once the sweet moneyhats start coming in as both MS and Sony try to gain a foothold on the market. GTA V is just a tip of the iceberg, potentially dark times ahead for PC gaming. Hope R* is just being cagey about the PC version with good reason and not trying to sweep the issue under the rug. Max Payne 3 had some iffy info leading up to its release but became a stellar PC port in the end. Hell, maybe they are realizing the consoles are so far behind PC that their trying to do something more with the PC version but dont want to announce anything concrete yet......maybe.

I wonder what the significance of that picture is.

No one's mentioned the Wii U...

GTA V: Return Of The Funfair

Hoping for a Louis CK comedy club bit like Ricky Gervais from GTA IV

Also having Larry David as a mission giver.....That would be super weird right?

A sequel to the highest rated game of all time? Sign me up.

I sincerely hope Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto V for the computer, I will be incredibly disappointed if they don't.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

There is something very creepy about that girl.

Yeah, I share the same feeling. I think it's that her facial features are made so realistic/airbrushed but the outline is still black like for cartoony characters. It kind of breaks it. Her cold blooded look doesn't help much, either.

Also, I think it's pretty pathetic that the PC gets shafted like this in this day and age. I love Rockstar to death, but we live in a world where this should no longer be acceptable. Inb4entitled

@dicnose said:

too bad gta4 was a pile of....crap

Metacritic says otherwise, they created the most amazing open world with Liberty City so fun to mess around in.

@Jace said:

GTA IV had THE strongest modding community for any game since Half Life 2.

Not releasing V on the PC would be the dumbest move they could make. I will lose any respect I have left for R* if they do that. It's almost like they don't want to make money.

Im still pissed they never brang out RDR on PC what the graphics modders could of done with that game would of been amazing.

It's coming out in spring? no shit. 3 years in a row where they deploy their game in May, April for GTA IV in 08 and yet people we claiming fall.

@GetEveryone said:

@zels said:

shameless Apple product placement?

If you zoom, in, the apple logo has been replaced with... a bowl of fruit? Something tenuously fruity, anyway.

Seems strange to literally copy the iPhone design, though. Rockstar's brand of 'satire' has always been hit or miss.

(Coming from a huge GTA fan)

It's the Fruit OS, started back in Liberty City Stories. GTA IV had a parody of the iPhone that was shaped like a banana. So this is pretty much nothing new.

R* just posted this in the comments on their site:

"Hey guys, glad to see so much enthusiasm about the release announcement. For those asking about the PC platform, we're currently focused on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game and don't have any details to share about a PC version at this time. Anyone that continues to spam the comments section will have their commenting privileges suspended."

I don't like the sound of that...

@matti00: That's a risky move you're making, releasing a new IP so close to a new hardware generation.

Thays all well and good but more Red Dead please!

@WinterSnowblind said:

@Silentsnake510 said:

I really, really hope they don't skip over the PC for this game.

They will and have. All of the leaked fliers only had 360 and PS3 logos on them.

[PROOF]

Rockstar...why you gotta do this to me. Why do you hate me so much. You put out the jankiest, crappiest frame rate games of all time. I WONDER HOW YOU COULD FIX THAT PROBLEM.

It'll come to PC eventually. I'll be disappointed if it's not out Day One though.

@GetEveryone said:

@zels said:

shameless Apple product placement?

If you zoom, in, the apple logo has been replaced with... a bowl of fruit? Something tenuously fruity, anyway.

Seems strange to literally copy the iPhone design, though. Rockstar's brand of 'satire' has always been hit or miss.

(Coming from a huge GTA fan)

It's fruit arranged to look like a dong. CLEVER

I was hoping that this would be pushed out until next gen so we could have that GTA IV impact on gaming again. Hopefully there will be a PC port that does it justice like Sleeping Dogs. That game was amazing in all its DX11 goodness.

After booting up my 360 for the first time in about a year to play Assassin's Creed III today and being utterly disappointed with the horrible framerate, shadows, aliasing, and other graphical issues that could easily be fixed on a more powerful system, I'm not looking forward to anything new on consoles for this gen. Especially not an open world game that eats up more resources than your average fps.

too bad gta4 was a pile of....crap

@whitespider said:

I always feel that pc gamers get the raw end of the judgemental stick. If console gamers had a franchise start on the consoles, then it got moved to the pc as the primary platform - I think they might just get annoyed if we said "meh, who cares" when they voice their opinion on the matter.

thats not new though ... but it got way better the last 1.5/2 years. I can remember even the GB guys bashing the PC left and right up until recently.

I really liked GTA4 ... but I friggin loved Sleeping Dogs ... so im not too excited, especially since, knowing rockstar, the PC version will be one year late and a terrible port.

@jaks said:

With any luck the main character won't spend 20 minutes per cut scene lamenting about how he wants to just be a normal guy before going out and robbing a bank while killing 200 cops.

Yeah. I think I'm going to actually wait for reviews/reactions on this one before buying. Rockstar's stories/characters have been increasingly rubbing me the wrong way.

I always feel that pc gamers get the raw end of the judgemental stick. If console gamers had a franchise start on the consoles, then it got moved to the pc as the primary platform - I think they might just get annoyed if we said "meh, who cares" when they voice their opinion on the matter.

@TommyVercetti said:

@xbob42 said:

Don't care about GTA anymore. IV was disappointing on an extraordinary level while Saints Row the Third not only rose to the challenge but soared above anything GTA had ever previously accomplished.

Everybody has his own opinion. While I agree the Saints Row the third has its merits in terms of sheer craziness, I think it is way behind Rockstar's sense of atmosphere, characters and storytelling. I just never developed any feelings for the characters or the environment.

Driving around in Rockstar's worlds is just like real world places that I love. Maybe I'm crazy, but Vice City really reminds me about when I used to live in South Florida many years ago. In San Andreas I really enjoyed the countryside between the three cities, and the latest incarnation of Liberty City in GTA IV is such a cool place. Steelport never did any such thing for me.

Forgive me if I think a guy named Tommy Vercetti is going to be a little biased. I am not impressed at all with the environments or atmosphere in GTA games. In fact, I'd say if you want amazing atmosphere in an open-world game, get your ass into Sleeping Dogs right the fuck now.

No PC version would be a huge bummer.

GTA IV had THE strongest modding community for any game since Half Life 2.

Not releasing V on the PC would be the dumbest move they could make. I will lose any respect I have left for R* if they do that. It's almost like they don't want to make money.

I want this game on my face

@hbkdx12 said:

anybody else think that looks like pornstar alexis texas?

Hard to tell from that angle.

@xbob42 said:

Don't care about GTA anymore. IV was disappointing on an extraordinary level while Saints Row the Third not only rose to the challenge but soared above anything GTA had ever previously accomplished.

Everybody has his own opinion. While I agree the Saints Row the third has its merits in terms of sheer craziness, I think it is way behind Rockstar's sense of atmosphere, characters and storytelling. I just never developed any feelings for the characters or the environment.

Driving around in Rockstar's worlds is just like real world places that I love. Maybe I'm crazy, but Vice City really reminds me about when I used to live in South Florida many years ago. In San Andreas I really enjoyed the countryside between the three cities, and the latest incarnation of Liberty City in GTA IV is such a cool place. Steelport never did any such thing for me.

@TheBioLover said:

Nice! As for no PC version...meh, who cares.

PC gamers.

@DeF said:

That's pretty much as non-news as it gets.

Well, at least it's official.

No PC announcement is just embarrassing these days, really. (as is not announcing it for more platforms)

It's an official almost-date on what's the biggest game to come out in the last year of the current generation of consoles. I think it's as noteworthy as anything else.

In other news, I don't get people who say Saints Row renders GTA unnecessary, or words to that effect. There's plenty room in my heart for them both, at this point they really serve to entertain different parts of me, with SR3 the spiritual successor to San Andreas, big, loud & silly, & GTAV going for a more serious narrative. I'm totally happy to have both options available to me.

The only thing I want GTAV to take from Saints Row The Third is simple. If there's got to be planes then they had best be as simple to handle as the VTOL in SR3, otherwise, bugger off.

With any luck the main character won't spend 20 minutes per cut scene lamenting about how he wants to just be a normal guy before going out and robbing a bank while killing 200 cops.

Nice! As for no PC version...meh, who cares.

@hbkdx12 said:

anybody else think that looks like pornstar alexis texas?

Yeah... I mean, wat?

Also as someone in a comment on IGN mentioned, the lady cop is a first. Murder equality, YAY!

@Winternet said:

@wrecks said:

@jmic75 said:

"People are still peeved about Red Dead Redemption not getting a PC release."

Yes, yes we are.

Yes. PEEVED!

All that peevishness!

Peevish prolix, I say!