GTA V

[Dogg Thang]

Totally agree. Ballad of Gay Tony was going in that direction so I'm hoping that was a sign they realised that GTAIV was too serious. I really want the fun to come back into the series in a big way.

[hudson]

You reckon they will have the drug dealing mini game from Chinatown Wars in this?

I'd like to see long side quest featured similar to the hunting in Red Dead.

[dj_lloyde]

Cant wait for this

[EvilBoris]

It's going to be hard to Beat Saints Row 3 purely from the variety that game offered.

[Guts]

Then again, it isn't going to be hard to beat SR3 in any other department.

[EvilBoris]

It's was an ugly game, but that was the only major issue I had with it.

[112]

Something I liked about the saints row games were how fast everything moved. With gta 4 it felt too weighed down and slow, I'd like to be able to move faster and control thing a bit more fluidly in this new one - if that makes sense.

All being said it does look good, but then do did gta 4 in its lead up.

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[Kit]

Totally agree. Ballad of Gay Tony was going in that direction so I'm hoping that was a sign they realised that GTAIV was too serious. I really want the fun to come back into the series in a big way.

Is the DLC for IV worth picking up, Dogg? seems to be in the sale on Steam all the time.

[wakka]

It's definitely worth picking up for The Ballad of Gay Tony - as Dogg says, it sees the return of the humour and satirical element which is so important to the GTA formula. Lost & The Damned is pretty fun, but the somber tone isn't very engaging in my view.

[Golgo]

Hope they pay more attention to the radio - music and chat stations. Lazy selections (eg reggae station featuring Bob Marley exclusively) and plain unfunny (Laszlo, Julia bloody Wotsername, etc., just saying 'wank' and 'tit****' at every opportunity in lieu of any actual comedy). IV was only GTA where I drove around with the radio turned off.

[egparadigm]

I felt BoGT was a bit throwaway, whereas The Lost & The Damned was for once a GTA story delivered without the bloat.

[Neon Ignition]

Ballad was okay, an improvement on what went before it, but still a shadow of the PS2 titles because the poor GTA4 mechanics held it back. I didn't get on with Lost as like mono says, it had none of the bloat. For me, its the excess that makes GTA what it is, no GTA has ever had a good or well told story (despite what Rockstar thinks), really wish they'd stop pursuing that avenue when it comes to GTA.

[Guts]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-29-grand-theft-auto-5-release-date-spring-2013-leaked-artwork-suggests

Release of GTA V has been confirmed to be "Spring 2013".

Let the countdown to May begin.

[charlesr]

What's the deal with the phone in that pic? (yes, took me a while to see it too).

[112]

I think the phone is something to do with your typical social network profile photo that young girls do.

You know when yah check yah self out in the mirror and realise you are not as hideous as you think and want to share the moment with the world by snapping a picture of yourself in the mirror...

Perhaps the ability to superimpose your picture into a character is available in the game? Or maybe superimposing your own face in the style of a poster...

Heck it's probably a fashion thing to keep the series upto date by posing in a way that is typical of the time...

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