Grand Theft Auto V.

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Hi all,

I, like many others i'm sure are excited about the release of GTAV on the 17th September 2013. I am extremely excited about this and today there was a gameplay trailer released and i have to say, like the other trailers so far it looks absolutely amazing. I think this game is going to be one of the best of all time. It is releasing for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on release.

Here is todays gameplay trailer if you wish to check it out.

i'll play in the evening off my little brothers account - i'm quite hapless at it and may fail twenty times before passing - so if you dont mind losing a couple times i'll join you later

While the single player was a fantastic gaming experience, the online side has been awful so far. Servers have been overloaded, and games are constantly timing out. I managed to get on for a bit today, created my character, did 3 missions before allowing it to autosave.

However when I went back on later to carry on non of my progress was there, in fact my character wasn't even there. They need to fix this which I'm sure they will just wondering how long it will take them.

one third f the world tried to log on This is GTA's terminal 5 moment

Was reading something earlier that said people's single player saves have been corrupted since the download as well. Dear oh dear.

I got an alert saying my game had been corrupted. Haven't tried download it yet...

hampo171 wrote:Was reading something earlier that said people's single player saves have been corrupted since the download as well. Dear oh dear.

This has happened to me. I didn't even manage to get to the online game, then when I gave up and went back to carry on the story, the game seems to have completely forgotten where I've got to! I'm unable to switch charactors and when I go to the icons such as freeks, the game doesn't recognise I'm there........it's like I'm the invisible man! Looks like I have to start again.  

What a great game GTAV is

What games do you like then azzy?

Games that work

I must be lucky then as I haven't had a single problem with online.

I'm not going to attempt to go online for another 3 weeks (i have a week off work then).

Azzy Mahmood wrote:What a great game GTAV is

It is a great game and the teething problems will be long forgotten once sorted. Stop being a sour ol' git!

No chance

My mate at Rockstar says they're all stressed out, luckily he has nothing to do with sorting out the problems so he's carrying on as normal. But there are a lot of crazy-eyed fellas over there right now!

http://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/200426246-GTA-Online-Launch-Status-Latest-Updates-

Some helpful tips that may solve any issues. Deleting my character and starting again has worked for me.

Mine's been all fine but I've not gone near the online yet, just got to Santos with Trevor who I have to say I'm loving as a character.

Trevor is my Hero  

Michael is my character of choice, not sure why, I think he's more in my image of a normal GTA character.

I'll be the Franklin guy then.

Finally completed the game main storyline

But still got online and side missions to complete

Online is great fun but you get punished for being kicked out by more experienced players?

I've just completed storyline and loved it.
About to start online play today and been reading up about it so im not so much of a noob when playing with randoms.

I think I will camp outside the hospital with a sniper gun, and as soon as people respawn from being killed, kill them again.   

About to play it for the first time

I decided that I would be getting it for Xmas  

Trying to avoid trailers, adverts or the spoilers on here has been a nightmare. Made my decision, sticking by it......however idiotic that sounds. Something to look forward to.  

Waiting for Christmas is fine, if you're getting it for free. Spend 40 quid on something better!

You won't be disappointed with GTA V.

Great story, fantastic characterisation, beautiful scenery and.....topless lapdancers!

Can't go wrong!

Anyone want to team up on PS3, pm me.

Just been playing the game and I was busy minding my own business walking down a street, hear some sirens so think immediately I've accidentally brushed past someone and I'll be shot by the idiot police, but I check and there's no stars flashing.
Before I have chance to look around though the cop car that's giving chase to a taxi for some reason ploughs into me on the pavement at full speed and kills me!
I died due to a random chase not involving me taking me out!

Some of the ways to die are quite funny.
I particularly enjoy crashing my car and flying out the windscreen into a wall. Splat.
Wear seatbelts !

Got mauled by a shark early hours of this morning - saw the red dot coming my way and thought it was the guy whose boat I had jacked - and Jaws mum comes and thrashes me around. Need an underwater weapon I think. I think one of the surprises of this game are that the darts, the tennis and the golf are really quite fun to play despite their simplicity. Have been exploring the map and get all the cash available.

Just purchased the game this evening!, unfortunately I can't play it tonight, but I'm house sitting for my girlfriend tomorrow while she's at work, and as she has commandeered my PS3 (as I hadn't used it for ages), I'll be able to play it tomorrow, knowing my luck though the package I'm waiting for will probably arrive early for a change.

Im debating doing the storyline again and saving Lester's missions for last so as to do the stock market thing. (The missions are kill competing company bosses etc)

If you do play the stockmarkets in conjunction with the missions, at end game you can supposedly have 1.5b in cash.

Linkage to guide on it:
http://gamewise.co/games/17254/Grand-Theft-Auto-V/Cheats/Easy-Money-Guide/Assassination-and-Stock-Market

Also it gives me the chance to replay the heist missions and pick the other option for mission type.

Is there ever any need for 1.5b cash?

The Golf Club costs $150m i think Chris, which is the highest costing property if i am correct but it would be nice to have the $1.5b in my opinion.

Its a great game but has anyone managed to purchase the properties before completing the story?

I reckoned I would have to rob just under 200 trucks to get a million. Do think its a flaw that you cant get enough money till after the end.

If anyone fancies some online shenanigans my PSN ID is Paulscott1972. If you haven't been online yet make sure you do and Rockstar should give you half a million ( steady its online cash ) to make up for the issues.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51565/grand-theft-auto-online-half-a-million-gta-stimulus-package-this.html

Played for the first time for about an hour today, did the prologue and a couple of Franklin's missions before running about a wee bit, new controls, car physics and a new map will take some getting used to but I think I'll get there in the end.

Frak me that Lester is annoying, reminds me of Ryder from San Andreas.

pscott wrote:Its a great game but has anyone managed to purchase the properties before completing the story?

I reckoned I would have to rob just under 200 trucks to get a million. Do think its a flaw that you cant get enough money till after the end.

If anyone fancies some online shenanigans my PSN ID is Paulscott1972.  If you haven't been online yet make sure you do and Rockstar should give you half a million ( steady its online cash ) to make up for the issues.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51565/grand-theft-auto-online-half-a-million-gta-stimulus-package-this.html

You've gotta save your money and purchase the stocks before assasination mission (one o them just after) you'll end up with a few million and as you complete the game complete the side missions. Michael starts off rich and he buys the more expensive properties so you should have enough money to make a lot of money - once you complete the assasination put all money into the relevant stocks (you can't lose!) for each player and you'll make enough to get most of the properties. You can also do things like purchasing some properties and make alot of money from completing tasks (like nuclear waste in sonar property halfway up the left of the map= $690000). Also do all the random events and you'll get 50000 cash or 100000 stock (mostly you get 50 odd dollars)

Hi, thanks for highlighting the nuclear waste missions, I didn't know about them.

So did you manage to purchase all the properties before completing the story?

I'm still wondering about the golf course for instance?

The golf course is a hook to keep people playing.
Either keep playing to get the cash to get it, or redo storyline including playing the stock market to end game with enough cash to buy it.

The middle sized theatre gives more weekly return than the golf course, and is a snip of the price.

Not yet - had to change my hard drive halfway through so started again but Ive got 6 million so far so hopefully will be able to get the 100 million soon. I might save the rest of the assasinations for later on in the game

ShahenshahG wrote: I might save the rest of the assasinations for later on in the game

The Assassination missions you do as Franklin for Lester is a great chance to earn a lot of money for all three of your characters, as they can greatly affect the stock market. In fact, Lester even tells you this whenever you do the first mission, Hotel Assassination. Note that the BAWSAQ is linked to Rockstar's Social Club and requires an internet connection, so if Social Club is down, the BAWSAQ will also be unavailable.
Each mission will greatly affect a single stock, either in the LCN or the BAWSAQ. Before beginning the mission, you want to go to each character and invest a large sum of money (or even all) in the stocks listed below. If you wait until the mission starts, you are only limited to Franklin and will need to fail the mission to allow switching. It's best to do a Quick Save via your phone before starting the missions.
Once you do the mission, go to one of your safehouses and sleep around 3 times, which will pass time 6 hours each. When you wake up, you should have a huge return on the stocks you bought, so sell them all and roll in the money you earned. The following is a list of stocks to invest in, along with their corresponding mission.
Hotel Assassination - BetaPharmaceuticals (BAWSAQ)
The Multi Target Assassination - Debonaire Cigarettes (LCN)
The Vice Assassination - Fruit (BAWSAQ)
The Bus Assassination - Don't invest in anything, but invest in Vapid after if you want
The Construction Assassination - GoldCoast (LCN)

Read more at http://gamewise.co/games/17254/Grand-Theft-Auto-V/Cheats/Easy-Money-Guide/Assassination-and-Stock-Market#O8hY4ouuXrOlHrk3.99

So if you complete the story can you restart keeping your money and stats like a new game +?

new game = new game. U dont have money or stats from 1st time around

But at least you can do the heists the opposite way to the first time around, with the alternative set up missions as well.  Maybes try to get all Gold awards, as 2nd time around should be better as we have an idea on what to do

Ok, just doing the nuclear waste missions, the underwater looks fantastic

Just finished the nuclear waste, if you take out 20 mins or so to clean my bathroom that cant be bad. Gangster to cleaner to gangster what a life eh?

There will be another mission - abigail finding submarine parts. F***ing ages and scant reward.

Yeah just got that, you mentioned changing your hard drive earlier, was that on ps3?

I swapped my 80gb for 300 odd. Good fun to do but not to be done will having a couple of beers

Something somewhere really doesn't want me to enjoy this game. Originally pre-ordered it this time last year for when it was scheulded for the May release, before it was pushed back to September. I was away for work for the first 2 weeks when it finally did release, and then the folks arrived from the UK the day I got home for 2 weeks.

This weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada meaning Monday is a Bank Holiday. Mrs (nurse) on a late shift so plan on getting a good few hours in. As usual I'm first up in the house Sunday morning so play for a short while, just enough to look around San Andreas and unlock Micheal before the game freezes. Had no choice but to pull the power and it loads up okay before freezing again less than a minute later. This time I get 3 flashing red lights around the power button, follow the wizard on the xbox website and now it has to be sent away as it's a hardware problem. 6 years of use without so much as a crash and then this .

Not enjoying online at all. Am I missing something?

liverbnz wrote:Not enjoying online at all. Am I missing something?

Play with friends in a crew. Do missions together in a group (best with headsets on so can communicate)