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Captain Obvious: GTA V being developed photo

In a recent interview with The Times of Lodon Dan Houser, one of the big wigs at Rockstar, has been caught talking about GTA V, which we all knew was coming out, but it's always good to know where they are in development on it. Houser says they're hard at work on Rockstar's upcoming Red Dead Revolver game and are also putting together the pieces for GTA V.

"We'll think of a city first, then the characters,” said Houser. He also explains that the script he will end up co-writing will run to around 1,000 pages, nearly ten times as much as a feature film. Feature films are mentioned because most of the article is actually about the unfair treatment Rockstar and the gaming industry in general gets when it comes to violence in games.

Houser actually has some great quotes and opinions on the subject so I'm hoping that this bit of non-news promoted by Captain Obvious actually prompts you to head over there and check out the entire article or maybe Jim's post on the story already did that.


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lvclix's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:31
lvclix
Sounds like more of the same from the GTA series. Gonna pass this time around.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:32
Monodi
Now we will wait 7 years for the release
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:32
Diverse
GTA V confirmed for London.
AfroWalrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:35
AfroWalrus
London? We'll have to drive on the left!
feliponz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:38
feliponz
They should move the setting to a place outside USA. I propose Berlin, so the heads of those German politicians finally explode in a massive fit of rage.
Perhaps London would be cool, too, since Rockstar has a studio there.
Zeta Crossfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:38
Zeta Crossfire
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Don't suck as bad as GTA4. Please fix the driving, please fix the gun play, please fix the cover system, PLEASE fix the walking.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:41
Arttemis
I'm indescribably hyped for Red Dead Redemption... especially since it covers more square mileage than even GTA:SA (which was still bigger than GTA4).

If they're able to reinvigorate the GTA series to a faster paced style of gameplay, then I'll be interested in GTA5. GTA4 had a satisfying layer of depth to its story, but it wasn't exactly the best format for an interactive media.

Keep the moral choices (add twice as many), top-notch production values, and humor, but please return to us the easy-to-jump-into, fast-paced world from the GTA3 games, with at least all the side missions from GTA:SA!
Modern Robot's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 23:59
Modern Robot
I'd love to see Los Santos again. Do some sort of Noir storyline, but in the GTA style. At least before LA Noire comes out.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 00:11
Xzyliac
Couldn't come sooner. GTA IV made me a believer in sandbox titles.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 00:36
HEL105
Two words. Vice City. At least bring back the style and fun of that game, if not the location. Buying properties and building a coke empire made that my favorite game of the series, and I've played (and relatively liked) them all.
CrudeDarkness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 00:44
CrudeDarkness
Am I the only guy who doesn't think much about the GTA series? I usually buy them thinking that I'm missing something but I always end up disapointed. If I would rate GTA4, I would rate it 8.9/10.
AfroWalrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 01:09
AfroWalrus
@CrudeDarkness
I've never really been into them, but the games generate CONTROVERSY which is a rock-hard currency in the gaming community. So they must be good.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 01:12
HEL105
@CrudeDarkness
I wouldn't put any of them in my top 25 games, but they're fun from time to time. An 8.9 for GTAIV is pretty readsonable, IMO.
John Johnson's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 01:20
John Johnson
@ HEL105

You, sir, are a discerning video game player, and I concur with you completely in your belief that Vice City was the best of the series.
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 01:58
Jon B
I don't care if it's not set in Vice City, even though that is the best of the series.

Just give me more of the Vice City soundtrack.
Goddamnit I LOVE the VC soundtrack.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 02:05
HEL105
@John Johnson
Clearly, gamers with the very best taste are posting about this story. I feel like we should all be wearing wearing top hats and sipping champagne.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 02:06
StingingVelvet
I loved GTA4... the hate baffles me. I thought we were all in agreement San Andreas was bogged down by stupid shit and endless minigames, but then GTA4 comes out and everyone seems to want San Andreas again.

Anyway, I am jazzed about a GTA5... if it is a new number though, it better be new tech and some impressive new scale. I want it to come to "next-gen" consoles too so that the PC port will be advanced and much improved so it doesn't feel like an expansion pack like soooooo many sequels do now-a-days.
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 02:53
KingSigy
Next we'll hear stories of a new Zelda being developed and another installment of Gears of War. You gotta love how developers act like their ideas for sequels are something completely innovative and original.
Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 03:17
Springsteen
@StingingVelvet: Gameplay-wise it was infinitely better and more focused. The whole character customization was going a little too overboard to the point of heavily affecting gameplay. While I wouldn't mind it returning, GTA4 made gameplay more cohese. However, I do miss the walking around in stupid clothing. Then again, that's pretty much all that Saint's Row has going for it.

The retro feel is also something I miss. Vice City still stands as my favorite game in the series for the looks alone. I always felt in a Miami Vice episode.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 03:18
Xzyliac
@CrudeDarkness
I was with you until I played GTAIV this summer and I was converted.

Every GTA title before it was absolute bullocks however.

Also a 8.9 is nothing to be ashamed of at all so if you find that disappointing...damn. I mean it's not even like GTA titles develop the hype they once did either so I dunno what you're expecting that an 8.9 title is a disappointment.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 03:59
StingingVelvet
@ Springsteen

I loved Vice City... before IV it was my favorite, now I am not sure. I grew up in Florida and still live there too, so it was nice to see all that in a game. Also, as a child of the 80s, of course I loved the 80s vibe.

I still play Vice City at times... with max graphic settings and some forced tweaks and mods it still looks fine and runs amazingly well of course.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 05:21
Sexualchocolate
Red Dead Redemption > GTA4
Vice City > GTA 4
San Andreas > GTA4
San Andreas (slightly) > Vice City

Take it backwards rockstar, fix the engine, fix the driving, take it somewhere that we WANT to explore and hopefully take it out of the USA.

Driving on the right had side is for faggots. I drove on the left in GTA4, but it sucked how dark it was once your headlights were smashed. Was almost like GTA4 wasn't made for HD TV's. Black is black now you know.

RDR is gonna rock the shit though. Tell you what, fuck GTA off, stick to RDR and Bully. Far better games.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 05:47
StingingVelvet
@ Sexualchocolate

I can't believe so long after the game came out people are still saying "fix the driving." It's called physics, and it is AWESOME. They better not go back to floaty cars, I will be outright digusted.
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 07:12
CRAZYAPE69
PENIS
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 07:58
Black Nexus
Please fix the driving in this one, and give us a main character who's likable, and doesn't have a cousin.

And scrap most of the character relationship matinence too, that just felt like grinding, theres gotta be a better way of doing it.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 08:45
Holyetheline
Jim's post has me covered. ;) I'm definitely glad that GTA V is being worked on... hope it's not too many years before we get to see it.
Trebz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 09:25
Trebz
Sounds like they're going for the more story-driven game. Fine by me, I liked GTAIV's characters.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 10:05
ChaosTeaCup
The only thing with GTA that I would change are the clay wheels (seriously wheelspinning is fun for so long...), and the snap-to-centre camera, which was pretty frustrating. Apart from that I would like to join the few on here who can't understand the GTA4 backlash.

Sexchocs - the reason it didn't look good on your HDTV was because you got the PS3 version which was upscaled from 720. But it did have a nice filter on it that made it look better than the 360 versions in some instances.
deaddays's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 10:20
deaddays
Please, please, PLEASE don't go back to the silly GTA of old! I loved it at the time, but playing through Saints Row 2 just made me realize how much I LOVE the cool, more realistic and gritty take of GTA IV (and the DLC). More of that please. But with more to do! Can't wait!

In the mean time: Red Dead Revolver and BULLY 2!!
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 10:38
-PL-
PS3 version is 640p upscaled to 720p. 360 version is 720p.
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 11:12
JynxShot
Looking forward to it, reading the article, etc.,
but FINISH RDR FIRST!
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2009 11:51
Vanilla Gorilla
For the love of God and all that is holy, STEP AWAY FROM YOUR "REALISTIC" DRIVING!

Actually, just turn the nob a click or two away from "Real" and go back to the "Over the top" the franchise was built on.

Seriously, I didn't even finish GTA4 because it's not nearly as fun as III/Vice City/San Andreas was. And it all stems from trying to be more real and gritty.
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