I'm not a fan of the series but some parts of this one have caught my eye.
Not only is it going to be mind blowingingly beautiful it also has a lot of emphasis on team work and multi roles. I can imagine that would appeal to a few here ;)
Anyone else interested?
I'll probably pick it up at some point, I really liked gta 4 ( still to get around to finishing it )
Yeah getting this really looking forward to it.
Ok. Dmw gang then :)
damn.. I saw Tut had it then noticed that if you pre-order before the 31st you get tonnes of cash. ordered
I might be interested but I'm not use to paying Console Prices for a PC game :/
Not to mention it's a pretty steep spec.
Maybe but after the unoptimised mess of the pc version of gta4 I'm not being a guinea pig for this one. I'll wait for user reviews after release.
Quote from: Jamoe;397092I might be interested but I'm not use to paying Console Prices for a PC game :/
Ya but Jamoe, BF4 was 40 squid when it came out. Lots of games are.. It's just how they are being priced now.
Sad really. How are digital downloads more expensive now?
Quote from: Ninja_Freak;397105Ya but Jamoe, BF4 was 40 squid when it came out. Lots of games are.. It's just how they are being priced now.
Shows how long it's been since I bought a game from a big publisher :)
Well I didn't see this thread earlier lol!
Meh. Just means more people get annoyed if they don't want GTA.
At least for your 40 quid in gta you get a huge game and free dlc down the road (the heists were free add on for example). For bf4 you barely get the game for 40 quid. Rockstar I am happy to give 40 quid too, they make huge games that work, take their time to do it properly, and don't bend me over in the process. Ea won't get money from me anymore :P
Depending how many people are getting it we could maybw get a board? Hopefully it won't need a leader or anything though. It would be nice to setup meetups and heists.
Quote from: Chaosphere;397170At least for your 40 quid in gta you get a huge game and free dlc down the road (the heists were free add on for example). For bf4 you barely get the game for 40 quid. Rockstar I am happy to give 40 quid too, they make huge games that work, take their time to do it properly, and don't bend me over in the process. Ea won't get money from me anymore :P
Really? Did you play GTA4 on PC? I'm guessing not.
Ordered :)
Awesome! It'll be awesome robbing banks and stuff.
I am hoping we can get some good team work so we can recreate The Banks Heist scene from HEAT!!!
Haha. Or die horribly trying. Sithafricaan has shown be some brilliant fails. It'll be a lot of fun.
Quote from: ReddFour;397175Really? Did you play GTA4 on PC? I'm guessing not.
No, I played it on console, as I did red dead, gta 3, and la noire. And they were all great games worth my 40 quid.
Bf3 and 4 were both broken console and pc, and they both relentlessly overcharged for content, locking you out of huge amounts of the online from day 1 unless you pay up.
And then when I did pay gta 4 on pc, it worked, the mod support and community was fantastic, and I had a lot of fun, again.
So
Did you even play gta 4 on a console, or bf3 /4 on anything?
I'm guessing not.
0.o
I played all of those on console. I played Gta4 and bf4 on pc. Gta4 on pc was and still is one of the worst console ports I've ever played. Terrible performance compared to the console version. It took years for pc hardware to evolve before it was decently playable on PC.
For that reason I'm waiting it out for gta5. I've played a bit of it on console anyway but never bought it. But in my experience Rockstar haven't always delivered on PC. Console yes for sure but not pc.
Evolve? It was unoptimised mess. Nothing to do with the hardware.
I had more than the minimum and it still ran crap. Don't blame the hardware. Blame the publishers or coders. You have to remember as well that these thing are written and compiled on a pc before it hits the console.
What I meant is eventually hardware got powerful enough to at least run it. It still ran like crap but was just about playable if you could bear the poor frame rates.
I wasn't blaming the hardware. It was woefully lacking any optimisation at all. Saying Rockstar always deliver is far from the truth.
The hardware in pc was already out stripping any console on the market and has always done. As they look at the pc market to chose what to use in the "next gen"
It is to do with the porting across and optimisation.
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Broto is right. It's still no excuse for the poor release whatever happened. Embarrassing!
Funny how a Gta thread turns out to a "bash ea" thread.
I am looking forward to this game. Allready played it on ps3. So I can continue my progress on pc :D
I really enjoyed playing GTA IV in fact they have all been decent games, as long as you ignore some of the more ridiculous mini games that have been included. I'm busy working through a few other games at the moment but I've read a few PC specific reviews and this is certainly on my to buy list.
I gave in and bought this last week as I've played all of the GTA's so far and loved them all. I just received the key and am downloading the setup tool as I type this! :D
Do we have an official Crew? We should prolly make something. Whats the official lettering?
UPDATE: Just about every reasonable combination of 'DMW' was taken. The Crew is called 'DMWDeadMenWalkingDMW' and the tag is 'DMWT'. Not great but it works.
I've put a logo in place, one of you guys can possibly do better.
There is no way to directly relinquish leadership, but once people get into the group, i'll leave and rejoin, that'll let the next in line take leadership.
I wasn't aware if there is another group, so if there is, no issue... i just need to know what its called so i can apply :D
dMw is our official way of doing it mate
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Given the amount of hours I hope to sink into this, £40 seems like a reasonable price to me.
QuoteFunny how a Gta thread turns out to a "bash ea" thread.
EA deserve all the abuse they get, for the mess they've made of a once great franchise & studio.[/COLOR]
Quote from: BrotherTobious;397492dMw is our official way of doing it mate
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I think I was optimistic when I though I'd get a chance to pick things. The number plate is all capitals and many combinations of the name were already taken. If someone wants to try and knock up another crew with a better version of the name, please do. Lol.
just pre ordered and downloading.......all 59gb:blink:
I'm having such a hard time downloading it. Done it three times via amazon and all had crc errors. Then did it via Rockstar. That's going to take a full 24 hrs. It better work!
Steam ftw
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Normally its go steam. I won't make that mistake again.
So what's the best site to procure this title from?
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There are some sites you can get a cheap key from. The extra money is not so important as I imagine cash will be pretty easy to come by once were on and running robberies together. See what you can get a stream key for. Possible that's your best bet.
For anyone who is considering getting it, i'll have the amazon version available for the LAN. Its a pretty steep download so I can totally sympathise. Took me a helluva long time to actually get a working copy too...
I stayed up last night and played the first hour or so of the story mode.
It's awesome.
That is all.
Quote from: Tutonic;397655I stayed up last night and played the first hour or so of the story mode.
It's awesome.
That is all.
I will trying it out late to night and tut has not steered me wrong on a game yet!
I have to say. I'm very impressed. It's both a very fun and we'll optimised game. Looking forward to robbing some banks with you guys! :)
After getting to 60GB on the download last night it just hung up. On restarting it went to 45GB of 55GB and has been downloading again most of today and still has 5GB to go. I might get to play it tomorrow!
Pro tip: make sure you have plenty of disk space spare AFTER downloading, so that Steam has room to decrypt the files...
Have you guys bought the stream version or direct from rockstar?
May help solve some issues?
http://www.pcgamer.com/if-you-cant-install-or-play-gta-5-right-now-this-might-be-why/
Quote from: ReddFour;397677Have you guys bought the stream version or direct from rockstar?
Steam for me :)
Steam for me and it's working fine, played about 40 mins so far, impressed tbh
Failed for me have to Redownload it but no biggy
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Be and Sithafricaan are on tonight online if people are on? Souks be on ts.
Purchased. Downloading.
I've read enough on the internet today to tell me that, apart from a few niggles, this is a far better optimised game than GTA IV was so I've caved in and bought it. I didn't get the Steam version though as I got the Rockstar download for £29.97 so a full £10 cheaper.
Downloading.....
Quote from: ReddFour;397686I've read enough on the internet today to tell me that, apart from a few niggles, this is a far better optimised game than GTA IV was so I've caved in and bought it. I didn't get the Steam version though as I got the Rockstar download for £29.97 so a full £10 cheaper.
Downloading.....
You got a link for that please.
Can peeps post up their in game name so we can add you as friends, only if you want to ofcourse
Mines: Sparko501
Sure. Galatoni as always.
ReddFour
Still downloading though
1.24Gb downloaded. Downloading at 166KB/s. Estimated completion 3d 6h 40m.
This wasn't worth saving a tenner :(
Edit: Over 4 days now.
In Game name
BrotherTobious
Quote from: ReddFour;3976911.24Gb downloaded. Downloading at 166KB/s. Estimated completion 3d 6h 40m.
This wasn't worth saving a tenner :(
Edit: Over 4 days now.
I feel your pain. My PC has been downloading it for the last 4 days with only a short pause for a WoW raid and it's still downloading! I wish I'd purchased the physical media.
Quote from: Penfold;397679May help solve some issues?
http://www.pcgamer.com/if-you-cant-install-or-play-gta-5-right-now-this-might-be-why/
And a list with more solutions ...
http://www.pcgamer.com/gta-5-pc-fix-list/
I'm affected by the mobile GPU issue :sideways:
I also found it a bit unstable when leaving jobs in the online mode. Sparko and I played together for a bit and it's not too clear whether we're in the same job or separate. For example, Sparko came to the police car pound to pick up my car with me and when he entered the pound with me he became wanted and got gunned down. It was pretty funny but I can see folks having one laugh at that joke and getting annoyed. Car racing is fun.
10gb downloaded overnight. Saying another 4 days.
I'm on 75mb fibre. It would normally take no time at all to download 60gb. I'd have been better off ordering a physical copy from amazon :)
Bad luck mate hope fully it will get faster now the the USA are sleep.
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Hey guys, its every bit as awesome as you can imagine, Galatoni and I been in together just figuring stuff out, it's a lot of fun, and though he might not fully agree, its WAY MORE stable on pc ONLINE than it ever was on PS4!
I'm obviously sithAfrikaan on the rockstar social network and dont forget to search out our DMW crew, we are DMWDeadMenWalkingDMW get signed up and we'll all get in together :-D
Awesome, I never realised you guys were playing last night, I saw you in TS in the Ad hoc Game 2 channel. Could we try and get Dead Men Walking as the Crew rather than what you put above?
Tried. Really hard. Feel free to try and make something that's a closer fit. (in fact please do.) if not I'll leave this group anyway once we decide who wants to be leader and rejoin.
I haven't been online yet, might give it a crack when I get home tonight.
Looking forward to knocking over convenience stores and robbing banks at the LAN!
(and in the game)
Quote from: Tutonic;397710I haven't been online yet, might give it a crack when I get home tonight.
Looking forward to knocking over convenience stores and robbing banks at the LAN!
(and in the game)
well my first store robbery didnt go to well, i held the cashier up, he emptied the cash register and handed me the money in a bag i turned around to leave and he shot me in the head with a shot gun lol next time ill just shoot him before i leave.....lesson learned
I thought you northerners were experts in the post office robbing trade?
I was standing just behind Sparko when he was taken down, I grabbed the loot and got shot as well! I think the moral of the story is before you rob a post office, get a decent gun and shot before the other guys does!
Quote from: Tutonic;397712I thought you northerners were experts in the post office robbing trade?
haha harsh, i'l give you that one :P
Well surprisingly it was finished downloading when I got home this evening. To be honest I'm not sure it's really my thing. Don't get me wrong, I can understand why people like it but I think I'm getting too old for that kind of stuff. I ended up putting on my pipe and slippers and watching Masterchef. Okay the pipe and slippers bit isn't true - I'm not that old.
Quote from: ReddFour;397754Well surprisingly it was finished downloading when I got home this evening. To be honest I'm not sure it's really my thing. Don't get me wrong, I can understand why people like it but I think I'm getting too old for that kind of stuff. I ended up putting on my pipe and slippers and watching Masterchef. Okay the pipe and slippers bit isn't true - I'm not that old.
I really would advise playing the story mode though, it's really gripping, it's like being in a movie sometimes.
Quote from: ReddFour;397754Well surprisingly it was finished downloading when I got home this evening. To be honest I'm not sure it's really my thing. Don't get me wrong, I can understand why people like it but I think I'm getting too old for that kind of stuff. I ended up putting on my pipe and slippers and watching Masterchef. Okay the pipe and slippers bit isn't true - I'm not that old.
If the prime directive is stomach appeasement, there's nothing wrong there.
Bring on the good food and wine.
I've been playing with Sithafricaan and we just switch off all the players and just play our own missions. The advantage of course that you can jump on ts and make a plan. Looking forward to heists for the same reason. Single player I've not even tried yet.
I'm intrigued, I've not played the franchise before and am wondering if I should.....but the pipe and slippers comment probably means I should go watch Masterchef too! :blush:
Quote from: TeaLeaf;397776I'm intruiged, I've not played the franchise before and am wondering if I should.....
It's the best of the series, no better time to try it out really.
You're welcome to give it a blast at the LAN :)
Quote from: Tutonic;397777It's the best of the series, no better time to try it out really.
You're welcome to give it a blast at the LAN :)
..and that might be the best plan, thank you!
Quote from: TeaLeaf;397776I'm intrigued, I've not played the franchise before and am wondering if I should.....but the pipe and slippers comment probably means I should go watch Masterchef too! :blush:
:withstupid:
It's funny, the story mode is like a dead pan "hood" trashy talking and just the dumbest of characters. They've done it so tongue in cheek taking the micy of about every gang or mafia movie ever made its worth it for the story mode.
I'm enjoying the story, the voice acting is rather good.
Have you met Trevor yet?
QuoteHave you met Trevor yet?
Hes my hero. I swap to him just to see what sort of mess hes in. :eyebrow:
I have just taken the plunge too!
Can't wait to get something setup with this regularly.
How does Fridays sound as we use to have bf4 and I think that's our only free unscheduled game night still?
Quote from: GhostMjr;397827I have just taken the plunge too!
Can't wait to get something setup with this regularly.
How does Fridays sound as we use to have bf4 and I think that's our only free unscheduled game night still?
Haha once you started, you will do it every day :P
At least in the beginning :)
Fridays doesn't sound too bad. Beauty of this is it doesn't need too much setting up. :)
What's everyone's usernames then? I am ghostmjr.
Do we need to get to level 12 before we have freedom to do what we want online?
fastsneakytiger
i think we need a ts channel for it.
Ninja_Freak1
Very fetching hat!
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You need to hit level 12 in order to start a 'Heist' mission (you can join at any level, but someone needs to start it) - these are the big, bank robbery style missions.
I just hit 10, so will be able to start them soon :)
Aye. In addition the 'organiser' of the heist has to be done in a high end apartment.
Rockstar Nick: Galatoni
I hit level 12 tonight, and can now create Heist missions :)
Played mate will get my rig up and playing
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My usernames DannagE1983. I've joined the crew too :D
Can we get a TS channel setup so we can chat in there instead of ingame?
Quote from: DannagE;397898My usernames DannagE1983. I've joined the crew too :D
Can we get a TS channel setup so we can chat in there instead of ingame?
I think this is in the works already. In the meantime we can use the adhoc gaming channel.
I'm quite into it now. It's not normally the type of game I would go for. I watched a friend play gta 4 (or at least attempt to) but never really played it myself. However it's the humour that makes it for me. Trevor in particular is hilarious.
Quote from: DannagE;397898... Can we get a TS channel setup so we can chat in there instead of ingame?
Channel created.
Thanks OB !
got it tonight
2 hrs down..10 mins to go
Name sulky_uk
just doing the story at the moment
Jumped onto the wagon and downloaded yesterday pretty quickly.
Game name: Gorttex
Quote from: Gortex;397927Jumped onto the wagon and downloaded yesterday pretty quickly.
Game name: Gorttex
Welcome aboard. Invites are down for all who have requested them.
downloading via steam,
1 day left...
it was at 4 days earlier, so I'm 'relatively pleased'
The 1st DLC will be out before I download at this rate
The way games are going it's maybe already in there
Finally got it working, ingame name is Jamoe79, I've added a lot of people already. Is there a formative list of game names?
My name is Whit3y but still playing through the story mode at the moment.
This post will be transferred to the main board once the GTA one goes live which should be in a few days. I'll work on creating a master list once I get chance.
For anyone interested what activities do people think would be fun to do as a group. Jamoe, I still like your idea of walking the streets and wiping out red players. Though I must admit, screaming like a girl while BrotherTobias drives was quite fun... in a hair-raising, terrifying kind of way.
We should have the ability to create our own Jobs to play, once we reach a certain level.
This sounds like the way forward, though I haven't done any research...
On absolutely. Was just think of golf tournaments and the like. As well as any creative ideas people can up with.
Vigilantes sounds fun, will have to see what sort of stuff you can do. Looks like there is some kind of editor but I've only briefly looked.
Just dug this out if anyone wants to try the challenge at some point: Taxi driver challenge (http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/04/24/gta-players-try-survive-worst-taxi-drivers-ever)
Finally got the game working!
It turned out to be a combination of identity cloaker and geforce experience issues.
If you get the error about having to complete the online tutorial before joining friends ensure you complete the following and visit the first job afterwards (you can exit before the job starts just make sure you launch the job).
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/gta-5/Tutorial_%28GTA_Online%29
Good to hear you got it sorted out now m8!
But why use identity cloaker? These midgets will never find you then....:devil:
Some nice tips for the eliminate missions to get some more money:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-5/Assassination_Investor
As Tut mentioned, there might be a bit of a spoiler alert in it.
FYI - spoilers in Duvel's link...
Quote from: DuVeL;398185Some nice tips for the eliminate missions to get some more money:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/gta-5/Assassination_Investor
As Tut mentioned, there might be a bit of a spoiler alert in it.
Too bad it's money you can only use in single player, would be nice if you could use it in multiplayer.
Purchased this game over the weekend, did a GTA crew get made in the end? My rockstar social club tag is: Jewellsy
I'll get you added. You can use the crew list to add friends then. Game board should be up soon. Welcome :)
No results on that tag. :s
Hmm, whats the crew called? I'll try add myself. I imported myself from the PS4 so I'm already Rank 51.
Edit: Can't access the social club at work :( Will check at home
OK. No issues at all buddy. We'll get you sorted ;) Just weird that I can't search for you. Not really positive, but it might be worth checking your privacy settings once you get round to it. Crew is DWMDeadMenWalkingDMW (don't ask! Been hard trying to get the crew name and tag!).
heh, turns out I'm j3w3llsy. I have requested to join
If anyone doesn't beat me to it I'll add you on a bit. Welcome!
Fantastic games last night even with the dirty racing (You know who you are). Defo deserves it's own forum section.
Agreed lots of laughs and lots of driving and flipping your mates the bird along with the formentioned dirty racing (YOU REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE)
I was only in the running once so it couldn't have been me ;) agreed. Loads of fun. Look forward to next time.