I preordered my copy of GTAV last year so... I've been ready for this since they said Coming Spring 2013 & then pushed this game back. I'm so excited!
So, I found out that (of course) the mall I did my preorder at participated in the midnight release of the game. I was soooooo fucking excited. But then I remembered my mom's friend went out of town, so she had to go pick her up & give the lady her car back & blah blah blah... so I offered to drive my mom's car while she drove her friend's car, then just take her to the release with me. No, no no. My mom goes, "Oh no - I have plans". I started to panic. Of course I could just get the game on the next day, but how exciting is that?
IT'S NOT.
Turns out, because of my mom's friend having a late train - she ruined her plans for the night. So even though it was a little late, I wound up actually still going, just getting there at 1am. I bullshit you not, maybe my state sucks or something but NO ONE WAS THERE... or maybe everybody went early? Who cares?! It was swift & easy (other than trying to find which door in the mall was open...).
About the game
(this is all my gameplay with Franklin btw)
Installation: Everybody was basically saying install it on a flash drive because installing it on your hard drive is probably gonna make the game all choppy & laggy - I haven't run into that problem yet. Actually my only problem isn't even with the game: I have a small ass TV & I can't read the words on the menus or the pop up hints lol
Map Size: Anywho, I've actually only done 2 of the Story Mode missions; I've been exploring the city & the sea - this map is fucking huge & I'm not just saying that because they did. When you buy a physical copy, you get a poster, like always, but this one is different. Remember how it would be a cool game poster on one side & a map on the other? Well BOTH SIDES of this poster is 2 different maps. HOLY. SHIT. I can even give you my own testimony: I was walking around interacting with NPCs, some guy started bashing me, so I shit talked him, he pulled out a knife and stabbed me so I grabbed a car & drove off.. when I got out a cop started shit talking me so I punched him! When I ran away... I ran into a sewer off of the highway. I GOT FRICKIN LOST IN THE SEWERS! I could not find my fucking way out at all, everywhere I turned was different arcitecture & detail - no running around in circles. I just killed myself to get out lol.
Detail: Which brings me to another cool part of the game; it's attention to even the smallest of details. When I got lost in that sewer - I saw rats. I know you're like, so the fuck what? How many games have sewer rats? But I could lock on and shoot these rats one by one, each had a different little sound when they died & even had blood puddles liek when you kill NPCs. That shit blew me away. Or when people attack you - no more pulling weapons out of thin air, you can visibly see them taking a gun out by pushing their jacket back, reaching into their pants where you can see the handle sticking out & pulling it in front of them. How about the strippers? Yes, they're back but they have better costumes with elaborate details in the corsets or even just the bikini like outfits. They're show real boob in this game with realistic nipples, areolas, & even veins and stretch marks under the boob. Last but not least, you can smoke a blunt & get high but it's better than that San Andreas PC mod (you know the one, that gave you weed in Ryder's backyard?) It makes the world look so fluffy & luminescent, it's actually rather pretty.
NPCs: Pay close attention to these guys. Their conversations, whether it's with each other or on the cellphone, are longer than ever. They say things that you wouldn't even expect. I walked up to a girl & said 'How you doing, pretty lady?' Do you know what she said back? "Well, I'm pretty shitty - my boss is a bitch, I'm on my lunch break & I have to get done an entire script in an hour so I'm doing pretty FUCKIN bad!" At first I was like, well excuse me, but then I realized... she was just speaking so random jargon... how she responded was actually relevant to what I asked her. I looooooove this about the game. No random talking but real conversations.
Wanted Level: I'm still getting used to this. It's weird. I shit-talked a cop & got 3 stars. I thought that was kinda excessive lol, I didn't even hit him. Also, you know this if you played Bully (Another Rockstar title), the way the cops work is attraction through visibility. For example, you have a wanted level and they cover the who'll radar basically saying the cops are after you. If you lay low, the radar is no longer covered but you see red dots (specific cops) with cones out in front of them that can vary in size (this is the radius of their vision depending on how'wanted' you are). Yea, it eventually goes away but it's hard as hell. You can see the stars about to flash off then one cop will drive by & it'll be a full on chase all over again. No bueno pero it's fun.
Well, that's all I really have for now. Just thought I'd share my first look. I actually only played this from 1a,m to about 4:30 - I'm on my way to actually play some REAL missions now instead of just exploring the map lol. Maybe I'll post some of that up later?
Thanks for reading!
