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Quick Look: Grand Theft Auto V

Jeff assembles his crew and proves that the latest GTA isn't your standard smash 'n grab.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Sep. 17 2013

Cast: Jeff, Brad, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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Grand Theft Auto V

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hansolol

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Wow. Brad admiring the graphics of a non-PC game? Unbelievable.

10 years ago

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@hairydutchman: Why not just turn the auto aim off?

10 years ago

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Hinamotto

I'm getting this today, along with Red Dead Redemption (which I never played). Goodbye social life!

10 years ago

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@roboculus92 said:

@pudge said:

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As someone who doesn't play GTA games, it's kind of nuts how much stuff the series has stolen from Saints Row over the years. That weapon wheel looks REALLY familiar.

you've never played Saints Row

Looking at my Steam profile, I've played at least 50 hours of Saints Row on PC, and that doesn't count my 100% playthroughs of the first two games on 360, and 30-50 hours of multiplayer in the original Saints Row. So, yeah. I've played Saints Row.

Come on, get real. Everybody knows it's SR stealing from GTA.

Why is it so hard for people to grasp that series can borrow/steal from ONE ANOTHER? In the beginning SR took from GTA, maybe now that SR is a big brand well known series it isn't completely insane for GTA to take from it and vice versa. Medal of Honor/Battlefield and Call of Duty have switched back and forth on taking from each other, Tomb Raider and Uncharted as well, games have always borrowed from other games.

I agree with you 100%! The only reason I said anything was that Saints Row is the only series that gets shit for it, while GTA is considered the work of the gods brought down by angels. As a long time fan of Saints Row (and as someone who enjoys those games more than any other open world franchise, going all the way back to the first one), it's just frustrating.

It would be stupid for series not to borrow from each other, but there were 10 people jumping out of the woodwork in this thread to defend the sanctity of GTA. If I posted the same thing in a Saints Row video, there would just nods of approval and more jokes.

I agree that GTA should also probably have taken some more influence from Saints Row or other open world games in regards to some of its other aspects but it's not like GTA is taking credit for stuff like the weapon wheel. Your original post made it sound like a bad thing for GTA to take influence from Saints Row, even though its clear now that you are very much in favor of that.

What could GTA possibly borrow from SR? GTA has always aimed to be a serious game and make you feel like one of many. SR is exactly the opposite. Don't get me wrong, I like both games, the genre as a whole, but GTA is just polished in every aspect and will remain a high standard in the genre because of that. As for the mechanics, you can't really say that the weapon wheel is from SR, there are just so many games that use it even before SR.

10 years ago

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I've got an iPod frownie face.

10 years ago

huser

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huser

The personalized dialogue based on who was in the heist crew even without naming names was pretty damn impressive.

10 years ago

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Edited By Zaxex

I'm glad I watched this after finishing the game - starting from the end of the game tells me more than I wanted to know before I played it. It's a good rule of thumb to ignore Quick Looks if you care about spoilers anyway.

10 years ago

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Edited By Zaxex

That auto-aim seems awful to me, I didn't even know it was an option until after I'd beaten the game, and I never had any trouble using free aim. Surely it makes the combat trivial.

10 years ago

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Man, the graphics are pretty fucking bad for 2013. That scene in Michael's house, jesus. It's like they put on fullbright.

10 years ago

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@zaxex: How would you not know the auto-aim is an option? It's on by default.

10 years ago

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thomasonfa

How many times did Jeff say ''theoretically" in this Quick Look?

10 years ago

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Edited By kaos_cracker

Did he not know he could pick up the dropped bag?

10 years ago

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Edited By Lifendz

Damn, totally did not even think to call one of the other main characters and go hang out. I wonder if you can wife up a stripper and take her out too. This game....cot damn, this game.

10 years ago

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Yeah i missed the grenade throw bit on that first heist as well. Game doesn't give you any indication of the vector your throw will take so it's kinda dicey. I noticed on second attempt if you just put your reticle directly on the yellow highlight it'll work.

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Great QL.

9 years ago

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