GTA V - General Thread

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Eks
Maybe you remember it by being "The Only GTA where Sunsets make Everything Appear Almost-Black." :p
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Turn the brightness up from the in-game settings =P
 
VYPA-SQUAD_Ace
I have 2. Digital and physical. Got GTA III on my phone. Plan on buying Vice City and the Stories from the PlayStation Store.
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I have the PSP versions of the Stories games, though I've played VCS on PS2 years ago (that was actually my second GTA game (rented from Blockbuster), after I discovered SA right around the time it came out).

I remember the first time I played it I was at my aunt and uncles house. My 2 cousins were in one of the bedrooms playing it while one of their friends was over, and they were like you must SWEAR TO GOD never to tell anyone you played this.

I later told my uncle (other side of the family) that I played San Andreas and he jokingly was like I'm gonna tell your mom lol. I was like whatever lol. From that point on I've played it wherever I can get my grimey little hands on it :D
 
I have the Xbox 360 version. Well, I downloaded the original Xbox version off the Marketplace so that I can play it on the 360. I think it has better graphics than the PS2 version, plus the sunsets aren't as contrast-y. :p
Actually, I think I'm gonna go play it now. Nostalgia, here I come!
 
If I knew were my memory card was, I would too. Hell I'll go look for it.
 
Slashfan
I have the PSP versions of the Stories games, though I've played VCS on PS2 years ago (that was actually my second GTA game (rented from Blockbuster), after I discovered SA right around the time it came out).

I remember the first time I played it I was at my aunt and uncles house. My 2 cousins were in one of the bedrooms playing it while one of their friends was over, and they were like you must SWEAR TO GOD never to tell anyone you played this.

I later told my uncle (other side of the family) that I played San Andreas and he jokingly was like I'm gonna tell your mom lol. I was like whatever lol. From that point on I've played it wherever I can get my grimey little hands on it :D
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LMAO! I was still in high school when San Andreas was introduced to me. I didn't know much about GTA at the time. He brought the manual and the strategy guide to school for us to check out. After then, I became hooked. Even though I was 16 at the time, I was able to buy San Andreas. One of the seniors I was cool with worked at GameStop(before they turned into the corrupt bastards you see today.)

Anywho, from then on, I tried playing all the GTAs, but couldn't play the top down versions.
 
Talking about Vice City and San Andreas is making me go play them on my PS2 ASAP! :D

Even though I play them anytime and when I do, it is hours and hours of fun.
 
McLaren
Before the release, no, not officially. What did happen were the maps from the case/strategy guides being leaked to the web.
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They did. For San Andreas at least. I remember checking rockstar's website prior to release. They revealed it in three stages. First was Los santos and the surrounding area. A week later they unveiled San fierro with las venturas following a week later. I remember being wowed by the sheer size of the map and discussing it at another forum.
 
I don't remember back to SA's release (2004), because I was ~8 years old back then... Still, I found SA very fun when I got it (post 2005, at least) :lol:.
 
VYPA-SQUAD_Ace
LMAO! I was still in high school when San Andreas was introduced to me. I didn't know much about GTA at the time. He brought the manual and the strategy guide to school for us to check out. After then, I became hooked. Even though I was 16 at the time, I was able to buy San Andreas. One of the seniors I was cool with worked at GameStop(before they turned into the corrupt bastards you see today.)

Anywho, from then on, I tried playing all the GTAs, but couldn't play the top down versions.
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I was 9 when it came out so it had to be right around then when I first played it. It wasn't out for very long but I knew a lot of people that had it. Up until that point the only games I'd really played were NFS Underground 2, Hot Pursuit 2, and Freekstyle. Then I got a PS2. I came into the scene late and have been ever since. Refused to get a PS3 until almost 2011 simply because I wanted to try and keep all my games on one console as long as I could. Once I got it I got into Burnout, GT4, Corvette, Hulk Ultimate Destruction etc.

Anyways I always remembered seeing them playing 2 player, driving through the mountains on the edge of the desert, shooting at things, but what really caught my eye was when they blew up a gas station. At that point I knew this game was absolute serious business, and they weren't kidding when they said to keep my trap shut. I was stunned and was like whoa you can do that???? The sheer size of map stunned me as well, it seemed endless. You could go anywhere and do anything you want like in real life, and from that moment, realizing that, I was hooked as hell. Easily my favorite game of all time.
Eks
Incase your memory of the cheat codes is a little hazy :

PS2 Cheats
Xbox Cheats
PC Cheats


:)👍
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Good fun. Unfortunatley I couldn't find my memory card tonight. Another day. I still have to beat the story again on my PS3 version.
F1 fan
They did. For San Andreas at least. I remember checking rockstar's website prior to release. They revealed it in three stages. First was Los santos and the surrounding area. A week later they unveiled San fierro with las venturas following a week later. I remember being wowed by the sheer size of the map and discussing it at another forum.
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I was the same about the map. Rediculously huge.
 
Slashfan
I was 9 when it came out so it had to be right around then when I first played it. It wasn't out for very long but I knew a lot of people that had it. Up until that point the only games I'd really played were NFS Underground 2, Hot Pursuit 2, and Freekstyle. Then I got a PS2. I came into the scene late and have been ever since. Refused to get a PS3 until almost 2011 simply because I wanted to try and keep all my games on one console as long as I could. Once I got it I got into Burnout, GT4, Corvette, Hulk Ultimate Destruction etc.

Anyways I always remembered seeing them playing 2 player, driving through the mountains on the edge of the desert, shooting at things, but what really caught my eye was when they blew up a gas station. At that point I knew this game was absolute serious business, and they weren't kidding when they said to keep my trap shut. I was stunned and was like whoa you can do that???? The sheer size of map stunned me as well, it seemed endless. You could go anywhere and do anything you want like in real life, and from that moment, realizing that, I was hooked as hell. Easily my favorite game of all time.
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The weekend that I got it, I ended up going to a friend's place for the weekend. He's the one who owned the game, so I didn't bring my copy. It was 8 of us total at that house that weekend and none of us got to play San Andreas except for him.

We could play any other game he had; but until he got tired of San Andreas, which he didn't, we couldn't play it. Now, one of my friends can't play the game because he watched our friend play it so much. Lol.

The thing that hooked me like a fish, was that the game had a black main character. My reaction to that.. 0_o. So I enjoyed it immensely. Even to this day, I'll be walking around somewhere and just bust out a quote from Ryder or Jeff..er OG Loc and someone would catch on. That puts a smile on my face.
 
I thought it was neat it had a black main character. It made it different and I enjoyed much more. Most of the time I juast caused mayhem,

The other thing I remember them doing is playing the mission where you had to fly the plane back to Liberty City...I remember the plane in the clouds and the song "Hold the Line" playing in the background. I never saw the finish of the mission I just remember it took for ever for them to get there.

That same day at some ponit I was playing free roam and the mission were you had to catch Mad Dogg off the building in the back of the truck and get him to the hospital was pissing me off. One of the times I got him and kept crashing and he'd died. I was like how is someone supposed to play this and beat it lol.

One of the times he fell (I thought I had the truck right under him but I had a bad lazy eye so things were off) and his body missed the front of the truck but his head hit the hood and blood splattered everywhere. I was like O_o and started laughing. I was like wow that is sooooo dirty and gruesome but I like it XD. It was another one of the moments when I thought damn they can put that in a game? I will never forget that moment. The truck was the blue one with the hay in the bed and the wood around it. The slow thing. lol
 
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The Walton!
I love this thing. Drove it 90% of the time I was in the country.
I really hope it, or a similar vehicle, returns in GTA V! 👍
 
Eks
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The Walton!
I love this thing. Drove it 90% of the time I was in the country.
I really hope it, or a similar vehicle, returns in GTA V! 👍
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Couldn't remember what it was, I remembered it started with "W". This or the tractor was the country method of transportation.
F1 fan
I hope trucking missions return. I loved doing them in San Andreas.
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Those pissed me off...
 
Slashfan
I thought it was neat it had a black main character. It made it different and I enjoyed much more. Most of the time I juast caused mayhem,

The other thing I remember them doing is playing the mission where you had to fly the plane back to Liberty City...I remember the plane in the clouds and the song "Hold the Line" playing in the background. I never saw the finish of the mission I just remember it took for ever for them to get there.

That same day at some ponit I was playing free roam and the mission were you had to catch Mad Dogg off the building in the back of the truck and get him to the hospital was pissing me off. One of the times I got him and kept crashing and he'd died. I was like how is someone supposed to play this and beat it lol.

One of the times he fell (I thought I had the truck right under him but I had a bad lazy eye so things were off) and his body missed the front of the truck but his head hit the hood and blood splattered everywhere. I was like O_o and started laughing. I was like wow that is sooooo dirty and gruesome but I like it XD. It was another one of the moments when I thought damn they can put that in a game? I will never forget that moment. The truck was the blue one with the hay in the bed and the wood around it. The slow thing. lol
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LMAO! I remember that mission. I couldn't do that mission if I was half sleepy. I'd miss Mad Dogg every time. The last time me and my homeboy played, we was doing the thing that if you died, you passed the stick. Plus, you couldn't use cheats. Yeah, let's just say, I got to play most of the game.

In the mission that you had to cut the power off at the dam, you had to skydive into the rings.., I think. I'd just nosedive the plane and say "I don't wanna be here anymore!"

The part where CJ and Woozie are attempting to be secretive about the plan to rob Caligula's casino in that janitor's closet is hilarious to me.

Also, the song "Hollywood Swingin" in the mission you had to steal that sound van, I think it's called "Life's A Beach". Who else sung along? Lol.
 
VYPA-SQUAD_Ace
LMAO! I remember that mission. I couldn't do that mission if I was half sleepy. I'd miss Mad Dogg every time. The last time me and my homeboy played, we was doing the thing that if you died, you passed the stick. Plus, you couldn't use cheats. Yeah, let's just say, I got to play most of the game.

In the mission that you had to cut the power off at the dam, you had to skydive into the rings.., I think. I'd just nosedive the plane and say "I don't wanna be here anymore!"

The part where CJ and Woozie are attempting to be secretive about the plan to rob Caligula's casino in that janitor's closet is hilarious to me.

Also, the song "Hollywood Swingin" in the mission you had to steal that sound van, I think it's called "Life's A Beach". Who else sung along? Lol.
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I really enjoyed Black Project, and the one were you had to burn down the weed fields before the choppa's came.
 
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Eks

The Walton!
I love this thing. Drove it 90% of the time I was in the country.
I really hope it, or a similar vehicle, returns in GTA V! 👍
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I'm with you on that. 👍 Another vehicle I'd love to see return is the Tow Truck. Don't want to think about how many hours I spent towing cars from one end of the map to the other. :lol:
F1 fan
I hope trucking missions return. I loved doing them in San Andreas.
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So that confirms the possibilty of multple generation vehicles...this is getting really exciting,
 
Dean J
It could be so nice, if they'll be back, as a side-mission (that not necessarily needs to be completed ;))!
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Yes. Maybe you'll have to do them when you go for 100% on a save file, but you should be able to ignore them and other tasks you don't want to do.

I've been thinking about this. Maybe only certain characters will do certain types of side missions. For example, you have to use Trevor to do the truck missions but he is deemed too psychotic for the police missions by the Los santos police department.

Also, say Franklin can do police missions as he has a friend on the police force. Obviously this is pure speculation, but it would help mix up the free roaming by forcing you to use all characters rather than sticking to your favourite. It would also help make the very idea of a criminal doing freelance work for the police slightly more plausible. Although it's still highly unrealistic.
 

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