I've been online exactly once. I think my ranking is 4. Thanks Obama Rockstar cloud servers.
― pplains, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
Day 1 was the only day I've had any issues
― polyphonic, Monday, 7 October 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
NI, there is the option of cheat spawning in vehicles
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link
ste, what's that? you mean you can stand in a tunnel and make a hundred cars pile up? i'd do this myself in story mode but i know some pro gta5 guy can make a much better video (the one linked above with the guy driving over mountains lobbing bombs at helicopters was superb, much better than a 'video of a guy playing a game' has any right to be)
(i can't play this on my xbox because my xbox is, uh, not able to go online so im gona hang on for like 18 months til its cheap 2nd hand for ps3 and play it online on that)
but yeah, more videos of mad shit please!
― NI, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 00:48 (ten years ago) link
flight school :(
specifically the land on a moving vehicle thing. i need to do that really?
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
i played this for hours today and all i did was moving shipping crates around with a truck and go to dumb flight school
honestly so much of this game seems to be make-work to draw out the playing time. i find it grim
the crates/flight school period is the last uneventful but before the game gets really good imo
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 October 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
but then again i thought flight school was kind of a blast
uneventful bit*
skydiving on the truck wasn't as hard as landing on the highway bridge. that's one of those i hit silver on the first try and then couldn't even complete again.
― goole, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 12:52 (ten years ago) link
I barrelled through the story without getting sidetracked and I regret not letting the world ~unfold~. I own some nice cars and I drive them around. Any recommended side-missions? Right now I'm Trevor chasing down celebrities for knick-knacks and taking poor souls up north if you know what I mean
― you and me against the board (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Recommend doing the drug drop stuff at Trevs airfield.
keep doing the 'taking poor souls' stuff
do all the random encounters, there's some really interesting ones amongst the mundane 'bring back a stolen vehicle' ones.
have you browsed the epsilon web site yet? As Michael if you go onto their site it starts some missions.
The hunting was more interesting that I expected, well it was at least better than the Cletus initiation.
buy the property, they will give you missions. Yeah mostly samey delivery stuff but if you just like being kept busy
goole, yeah that landing on a bridge was brutal for me too. I just kept repeating it (which felt like forever) until I lucked out with a gold.Still haven't returned to retry those chopper time races though, eurgh.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:02 (ten years ago) link
and those parachute jumps are pretty good, but landing is a fucking nightmare for me.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
flying is impossible out of first-person view
― goole, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
And I purchased the hangar and now it lets me into the airport without cops all over my ass. Which is cool and one thing I hated about IV.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
I like the nice touch that you can still see the other characters wandering about the game.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
I'm not too bad in third person, but with some of the combat jets and choppers they have a decent HUD.
one trevor mission had me flying out over the sea at night in the rain. Just could not see the horizon or how far the sea was, unless lightening flashed. Very cool.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
I did a couple Epsilon missions but the "bring us these cars!" mission is not my idea of fun. Will definitely do flight school and parachuting missions tho
― you and me against the board (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
I spent two hours online last night, working to get my ranking up from 5 to 7.
There's such a different vibe to it. I got spawned outside of the laboratories northeast of town in the desert. As I was running up the road looking for a car, I could hear the gamers on their head sets and thought, I could be shot by a sniper at any moment!
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
how does it compare to
http://www.oocities.org/nar927/shenwork.jpg
― adam, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
the thing about the parachute mission is that you can barely see the target on account of the big ol parachute
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 8 October 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
On level 15 of online I finally unlocked Survival modes, which are basically horde modes (my favorite kind of multiplayer mode). One thing that's interesting about the online is that so much of it stuff is initially hidden from you until you unlock it. Also I like that you can bookmark particular levels/missions that you like and make playlists of them.
Last night I found myself in a group with some dudes who had maybe hacked the game or something... we kept doing this easy mission over and over again and it was worth 9k each time. But then some guy started observing us and suddenly we couldn't restart it anymore. Bummer. But I made a lot of quick cash!
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
lmao adam
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
loving that you can essentially play this game as Matt Sweeney http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/7be7ab00306811e3ab3c22000a1fc513_7.jpg
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 09:31 (ten years ago) link
Getting a wanted level for throwing a punch at a bush is bush league. I was trying to figure out how to hop anyway.
― pplains, Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
KIFFLOM.
― goole, Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Finished the last rampage, in Echo Park
― I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up (calstars), Friday, 11 October 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
not sure if this is an obvious #protip, but doing the stunt jumps with Franklin's special skill makes a huge difference.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 11 October 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
BRAINSTORM:
can you double up your insider trading take on the assassination missions? ie you ride the competitor stock up to its scripted amount of +50% THEN buy up the damaged stock at its scripted bottom and wait for it to come back to average (does this even happen?)
― goole, Friday, 11 October 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
cozen help me out here
Yeah I think so
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 11 October 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
Finished the game :(
― polyphonic, Friday, 11 October 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
You can share your insider knowledge with the other characters
― I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up (calstars), Saturday, 12 October 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
I bought the 'Overlooked' blood red jacket from one of the clothing stores...now have to find the rest of the jack Torrance outfit
― I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up (calstars), Saturday, 12 October 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link
convo between trevor and lamar: always pretty funny
― goole, Monday, 14 October 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Don't do the third triathlon unless you absolutely have to.
― polyphonic, Monday, 14 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
Why does the attack helicopter handle so poorly?
― I can't keep up, I can't keep up, I can't keep up (calstars), Tuesday, 15 October 2013 10:45 (ten years ago) link
username: this guy's first and last names. no periods or special characters.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/The_Wire_Cedric_Daniels.jpg
Call me up. I'm still at No. 13, so don't ask me for a rocket launcher.
― pplains, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Also I don't have a mic. You can take the wheel and be Steve Buscemi, and I'll be the guy who hasn't said a fucking word since we left Brainerd.
― pplains, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/30/100-little-things-in-gta-5-that-will-blow-your-mind
all cool, many i've noticed, a couple i don't think are real
― goole, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
how do ppl play this game?
i mean, do you concentrate on story missions? go looking for side quests? or just run around acting crazy?
i never really feel the urge to dive into the like, game's internet
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
i follow the story and do some of the more ridiculous side things when they pop up
i also spend a lot of time stealing planes and shooting people with a sniper rifle
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 16 October 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Almost like life, missions are like chores I gotta do to earn money when I'd rather be just driving around town. "I guess I'll go over and see what this is all about."
Like I said above, I've been online mostly lately. You have to earn money through missions and races just to get things like ammunition or even a place to park your car. And right now, I'm driving something that looks like an orange Dodge Neon with no garage. The initiative to win missions and make rank is much more prevalent.
And just having other players involved makes it more interesting. The other night, I was landing the chopper, robbing the convenience store, taking the chopper out over the water to escape the cops, etc. repeat. There were a dozen or so other guys chattering and shooting each other across town, but I was ignoring them, working solo.
So I'm robbing this store clerk, right? Got the shotgun aimed right at him and he's emptying the register. I hear one of the other players say, hold up, there's a helicopter here. I think someone's in there. Dude comes in with his little cowboy hat on and stands right in front of the counter. I don't have a mic, so I can't ask him what he's up to. So I just assume the worst, that he's going to steal my money and helicopter. With that, I turn the shotgun and blow him back out the door. Everyone chattering goes nuts. I JUST GOT SHOT! WHO WAS THAT?
Anyway. Outside of my family and co-workers, that's how I've been interacting in real time with the rest of the world lately.
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
i generally do all the side shit and exploration i can until i run out of stuff, then push the story forward. but that's generally how i play all sandbox games.
the story missions in this are really good tho (generally)
some of this game is a little boring but i've found switching characters alleviates that a lot.
― goole, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
that sounds kinda awesome (the online)
are you not able to just steal cars off the street?
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
You can, but like the game, you're prone to wanted levels, etc.
When you appear online, usually your car is parked nearby, so it's easy just to run and grab that.
Every so often, I'll start a mission with some randos and we'll spawn next to my car. To them, it looks like any old car to steal, so they'll jump in. We're doing a mission anyway, so whatever, here are my keys, baby you can drive my car if you want.
(I assume theirs doesn't show up because they have, you know, GARAGES.)
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
Unlike in story mode, the cops will never stop noticing high-level cars are stolen in online mode. I don't think you can even respray them. The spray dudes will say that the car is too hot or etc. But that doesn't mean you can't put a car in your garage and deal with it.
And there are limitations when it comes to stealing the primary cars of other online players. There is a setting that allows you to not even allow people to enter your car as a passenger.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
Is there actually a way to buy/sell bawsaq from a PC? I can look at the stocks but i can't see any transaction buttons...
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
I don't believe you can.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:54 (ten years ago) link
holy shit that third triathalon, thirty minutes of button mashing.
― prop forward turned celebrity chef (Ste), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link