Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

[Vault Boy]

Can't believe they phoned it in this badly for their golden child.

I don't if it's that they're busy with GTA VI, focused on the upcoming ports, or if they couldn't be bothered, but damn.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

It's obvious they thought, after the years of people bitching for a map expansion, that adding this island would be all they needed to appease the fanbase.

I really hope they're wrong. GTAForums being upset is a good sign cause those retards eat everything up but I don't know about casuals as a whole.

The worst part is, the idea itself of raiding a drug barons compound is a fucking great idea. They just did it in the most obnoxious, tedious and least appealing way possible.

 

[Jimboree]

Can't believe they phoned it in this badly for their golden child.

I don't if it's they're busy with GTA VI, focused on the upcoming ports, or if they couldn't be bothered, but damn.

Yeah, this is absolutely the worst update yet. Bare minimum effort on everything new, though since there isn't much new to begin with it's a bit subtle. Most blatant fuckup I saw was the door animation for the new minisub, which has got to be running at 5 FPS, no smoothing or anything.

 

[The Last Stand]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KeNIQPpf2MM
Personally, this is one of my favorite GTA: San Andreas missions. The shooting from inside the car along with the funny dialogue of Big Smoke putting soap in C.J.’s eyes made this memorable for me. I even liked the little subtle touch of Big Smoke quickly getting into the drivers seat after C.J. went to save Sweet in the motel, while Ryder states, “Man, it’s every motherfucker for himself!”

In turn, I think that moment made the noggin start jogging.

My favorite SA mission is the Drive Thru mission early on into the game. The dialogue when the Ballad shoot you is priceless.

The problem is that millenial dipshits only know how to write millenial dipshits. Hence why El Rubio is for some reason a mix of Scarface and a millenial dipshit despite being an older Columbian dude.

Couldn't use Madrazo because his character was already established and they somehow have no idea how to write him.

Seriously, I got past all the cutscenes and it threw me into some of the most unfun and frusterating stealth sections ever, and this is GTA Online we are talking about. I said fuck it, quit and uninstalled. I should have done it a year ago when I stopped playing but now I'm convinced there will never be anything I enjoy in this ever again.

Watching the heist now, the intro cutscene alone is cringe.

When people said they wanted story DLC, they meant a coherent story for single player. With dialogue and characters worth a damn. Not unskippable cutscenes of drab.

Why does Madrazo have a son? Why is his wife drunk? Why do you have to buy a submarine of all things?!

I swear, who thought this was a good idea?

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Watching the heist now, the intro cutscene alone is cringe.

When people said they wanted story DLC, they meant a coherent story for single player. With dialogue and characters worth a damn. Not unskippable cutscenes of drab.

Why does Madrazo have a son? Why is his wife drunk? Why do you have to buy a submarine of all things?!

I swear, who thought this was a good idea?

I’m more confused as to why Rockstar had to have a Dr. Dre cameo along with DJ Pooh and Jimmy Iovine, and it was only, what, 15 seconds? Not even Scott Storch was long, and he was treated as worse as the goofy side characters in the game.

Spoiler

I get Interscope once signed a deal with them to release all of the songs from the radio stations on to a bunch of discs, but they couldn’t at least make the Dr. Dre cameo look less lame?

 

[The Last Stand]

I’m more confused as to why Rockstar had to have a Dr. Dre cameo along with DJ Pooh and Jimmy Iovine, and it was only, what, 15 seconds? Not even Scott Storch was long, and he was treated as worse as the goofy side characters in the game.

Spoiler

I get Interscope once signed a deal with them to release all of the songs from the radio stations on to a bunch of discs, but they couldn’t at least make the Dr. Dre cameo look less lame?

Just saw that. What's with the shoehorned celebrity cameos in Online?

I remember R* had a bad history with celebrities in the past, and wanted "quality over quantity" with names.

Now it's almost Fortnite with the celebrities. Kinda ruins the satire and immersion with the open world.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Just saw that. What's with the shoehorned celebrity cameos in Online?

I remember R* had a bad history with celebrities in the past, and wanted "quality over quantity" with names.

Now it's almost Fortnite with the celebrities. Kinda ruins the satire and immersion with the open world.

I know the joke for a while has been GTA has become Saints Row...but it's really become Saints Row at this point.

It really makes me hope that the supposed Saints Row reboot will be a little more grounded and focused soley on crime.

 

[Cod of War]

I know the joke for a while has been GTA has become Saints Row...but it's really become Saints Row at this point.

It really makes me hope that the supposed Saints Row reboot will be a little more grounded and focused soley on crime.

I dunno, GTA didn't have Anthony Burch like SR did.

 

[Dom Cruise]

It really makes me hope that the supposed Saints Row reboot will be a little more grounded and focused soley on crime.

What I would do with Saints Row is have a sort of Zelda esque "light world/dark world" mechanic where the "real world" would be more grounded and focused on crime, but then there would be a virtual world that would have whatever over the top craziness you wanted in the vein of 4.

The plot could be about gangstas taking on a tech company that's trying to clean up the city and one of the ways you'd have to fight them is virtually.

 

[No. 7 cat]

Rockstar are basically giving a bailout to account boost cheat services. The starting amount is stupid.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

Again. They fucking bamboozled you again.

 

[The Last Stand]

I know the joke for a while has been GTA has become Saints Row...but it's really become Saints Row at this point.

It really makes me hope that the supposed Saints Row reboot will be a little more grounded and focused soley on crime.

Saints Row at least follows its own logic and doesn't try to sell you toys to ruin the balance.

GTA V became the one thing it made fun of: greedy and soulless.

What I would do with Saints Row is have a sort of Zelda esque "light world/dark world" mechanic where the "real world" would be more grounded and focused on crime, but then there would be a virtual world that would have whatever over the top craziness you wanted in the vein of 4.

The plot could be about gangstas taking on a tech company that's trying to clean up the city and one of the ways you'd have to fight them is virtually.

So like the gameplay of SR2, the grounded plot of SR1 and the zaniness of 3 & 4? I could see that working. Almost like two games in one. Or one game + DLC.

 

[Dom Cruise]

So like the gameplay of SR2, the grounded plot of SR1 and the zaniness of 3 & 4? I could see that working. Almost like two games in one. Or one game + DLC.

That's exactly what I was thinking, like a game and DLC wrapped up into one game, since Saints Row 4 started life as just DLC for 3 and reused the city from 3, I don't see why you couldn't have both a "real" city and a "virtual" city in the same game.

 

[KokoroKoroki]

I was actually interested in trying to get back into GTA Online again once I heard the new heist could be done completely solo. Then I found out you need upwards of around $3 million worth of shit to buy just to start the fucking thing and decided to cut my losses and forget about it. Maybe I'll change my mind if R* iron out all the bugs but I know they're too concerned with shark cards to give a fuck.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

What am I supposed to do? Lester and all these other idiots keep calling me pestering to buy hangars and arcades but I only got 1 million which isn’t enough for anything.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

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Again. They fucking bamboozled you again.

Techno radio stations don’t get enough love in the GTA universe. All of the current day rap stations in GTA Online are the same trap-influenced, social media trending rap. Only thing that comes close to what GTA V should sound like rap wise is this Freddie Gibbs and Madlib song:

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I think every radio station addition besides the house station for the nightclub has been shitty social media rap. Specifically because they can license it on the cheap.

So it doesn't surprise me that they did it again, although I would have thought if they really wanted GTA O to last longer they'd have sprung for some good music. Oh well just another disappointment to add to the pile I guess.

 

[Maurice Caine]

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Again. They fucking bamboozled you again.

Kinda ironic considering R* had a deal with Moving Shadow in the 90s lmao

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

What am I supposed to do? Lester and all these other idiots keep calling me pestering to buy hangars and arcades but I only got 1 million which isn’t enough for anything.

Do not buy anything someone on the phone pesters you about.

I can't stress this enough. All of these things they are pestering you about are needed to start heists and businesses as a LEADER. This far into GTA Online you are much better off just joining other peoples heists if you really want to do them considering most people don't even play the original heists or the doomsday heist anymore. If you absolutely want to store vehicles buy a 10 car garage instead of a high end apartment it's only purpose is to start the original heists.

Businesses in freeroam are absolute shit shows unless you have a very good crew, or you game the system to play in empty public lobbies. There are so many ridiculous tools for players to fuck your day up with they are not worth getting into. This is on top of the upfront cost of buying the property and supplies needed for the business.

Focus on contact missions (they're under missions in the online tab in the pause screen I think) to earn experience and cash. More become available as you level up. There's like 80 or 90 in all I think. You should be able to do most of them solo. A few require additional players and a few might require you own a helicopter, but the vast majority you can do solo.

Once you have ranked up you can join heists other people are leading through your phone.

Sometimes you can join a random CEO or Biker Club in freeroam and earn some cash helping them with their businesses. I think most of the time this is a waste unless you're doing it for a dedicated crew though. (and they can get really spergy about how serious you take the game)

 

[White Devil]

I think every radio station addition besides the house station for the nightclub has been shitty social media rap. Specifically because they can license it on the cheap.

So it doesn't surprise me that they did it again, although I would have thought if they really wanted GTA O to last longer they'd have sprung for some good music. Oh well just another disappointment to add to the pile I guess.

I don't understand why people don't just do their own custom radio stations. It's not exactly difficult.