Yeah, Yeah, its been out for awhile and has its quirks. I think by now they should be fixed but it still is an awesome game. So here are my petty gripes and unrealistic stories:
Why is it necessary for the cops to have 99% accuracy? How are you hitting me from 1000 yards away with a pistol? And why would you run at someone with a pistol when they're lighting up everyone with a mini gun? How are you still running at me after taking 3 bullets and firing your pistol? As if one bullet wouldn't have dropped you dead in your tracks.
Psychic Spawn Helicopters. How? That's convenient. You just made it that much longer for the stars to go away because, "we are airborne and the suspect is in sight!" What? I'm in a jet. And the snipers have unreal accuracy. Im going full throttle in a decked out Turismo R and I'm getting hit through my armored car? How? What sniper school did you go to, Never Miss Academy?
Speaking of the Turismo R. My favorite car. I'm once again full throttle and my bumper is clearly south magnetized and the cop car is north magnetized. How did you speed up to ram me? I was just in a cop car and it was no where near as fast as the Turismo R.
I've seen pictures, but it has never happened to me; getting busted. They just do exactly what fat cops do nowadays, especially if you are Franklin. "Well, we can't catch him on foot, so I guess open fire, unload your clip, and then say you thought it was your taser."
The elusive Rebel Pick-Up truck. It is the best truck once modded though it has a problem. If you ever so slightly tap into something then the axle is immediately broken and the wheel is locked, yet I just launched it off a jump and it was fine.
Here's a story. Not sure what the point of Fort Zancudo is. You can't even sneak in? Who saw me? Anyways, it took me three tries to find the jet. I then realized that you have to deck out a Turismo R with bullet proof tires and armor, ram through the gate at full throttle, make it to the jet, get in, and take off in 15 seconds. I did it the fourth time and I was so excited. I even somehow landed it first try on my air strip. So I go to back it into the hanger and I nudge forward just a bit and the nose taps a tree and the jet spontaneously combusts? What plane just blows up when the nose is touched?
When in the mining dump truck....You can't run a car over or they ram into you and the truck explodes? What?
Once again in the Turismo R. Okay, I'm going full throttle through the city, but really, you take a left from the right hand lane and destroy my car?
I want a police boat. Has anyone commendeered one before? I get close and slaughtered with a mini gun.
I shot a hiker on top of a mountain with a silenced pistol with no one around. Who called the cops and how do they know exactly where I am.
Another great story. I died and was coming out of the hospital. I walked down the stairs and onto the parking lot. I heard sirens and then the next thing I know a Sheriff runs me over and bam, wasted, back in the hospital. Come on!
How does the Jet Ski climb waterfalls? And you can drive them all the way up the mountain until the water ends.
Yes. I wipe them all out with the 200 round machine gun. They are the only people you can fight and kill, and have no cops on you. Weird. Maybe a sniper bullet to the head feels better while naked?
It's in the northern mountains. If you know where the lumber yard is, just go up the mountain and you will come up to an old school fort. They are all nude for some random reason and the look outs seem to love sniper bullets to the head. Hit pause, and above the second river in north country there will be a road/path that is somehow not connected to anything. That is where they are. And they are ready to die naked.
Uhhhhhh.....The suspect is in a helicopter.....Uhhhhhhh.....Doing 90MPH. That chick dispatcher always gets me. How did they use radar on my Buzzard? Speaking of the Buzzard....Another true story.
I had three stars because apparently launching homing missiles at cars isn't kosher, so I started strafing back and fourth out in the ocean. This has happened several times but this particular time took the cake. The helicopter was brand new. Never hit by anything , yet the engine decides to blow. Anyways, I was Franklin and the Buzzard was going down. It was already a quarter into the water so I jumped out. For some reason, Franklin had a parachute on for a 5 foot jump. Apparently I didn't pull the chute in time because I died when I hit the water. At 5 feet? I'm not racist, but who taught Franklin how to swim?
Why is Franklin the only one who can open a car without smashing the window? Although half the time he does smash the window which makes no sense.
Since when does a cop car have an alarm system?
Once again, some a** hat cut me off by taking a left and I hit them head on which destroyed my car. Needless to say, they had to die. I pulled out the driver which was a male and hay makered him. He died in one punch. The chick on the other hand, punched me and it took me 5 punches and a curb stomp too get my wrecked cars value back.
I also found one of those cigarette boats that I wanted. Some guy was driving it. I wanted it and he looked like he needed a shot. So I hit him square in the head with the sniper rifle which killed him, yet the boat took off with him dead. I couldn't catch it and eventually lost it. I never knew people drove faster when they died. Good to know.
So a cop is chasing another vehicle. I am minding my own business and the cop car plows into me instead. They give up pursuit on the suspect and now I have two stars because the cop hit me? What do they have, State Farm Insurance?
This game is clearly racist. Once again I was Franklin. I was at the boardwalk taking pictures of the sunset with the camera when I hear in the background, "F*ck this! I'm calling the cops!" I was just taking pictures so I thought nothing of it until 1 star lit up. Caught being black again. Nothing is more frightening then a black man casually taking pictures.
I now know how to properly open a jet door. If I either punch or stomp it then it opens. At least I'll be a hero at the airport if they are having trouble with the planes door.
What happened to Gouranga? There was nothing more satisfying then running over 8 people like an elderly man trying to park at a flea market.
I love when I'm in a cop car with the lights on and the sirens blazing. The first couple of cars move out of the way, but the 3rd or 4th vehicle will turn directly in your way causing your cruiser to get destroyed. If I don't here the horn being laid on then I didn't hit them hard enough so I'll just have to gun you down instead.
Anyone else notice there are no black cops?
Two unrelated to GTA 5 experiences that I love so much:
When I first got my PS3 I was elated. I bought it just to play GT5 at the time. I was so ready to play the game. But alas! There are 4 updates for the PS3. Awesome! This is back when the PSN network was throttled at 200KB/s, so it took an hour and forty five minutes. Finally it rebooted and I was rip, roar, and ready to play. I got to the menu and clicked on the game and bam, 4 updates for the game. Another hour and forty five minutes. Nothing makes me more happy then waiting to play a game.
The other thing is the controllers. Seriously? What is the deal? I can throw my NES controller under my car tire, run it over, and there isn't a scratch on it and it still works like it was brand new. PS3 controller? Yeah, No! If you even smart eye it, the controller is broken and you need a new one. Nothing like a cool $60 for another controller.
i have a question will the game save i got on the xbox 360 work on the xbox one GTA 5 ?
Maybe online progress. But not single player. ...that is unless, there is a way to copy it over via flash drive. But that all depends on if the PS3 save file is recognized by the PS4.
i have a question will the game save i got on the xbox 360 work on the xbox one GTA 5 ?
Maybe online progress. But not single player. ...that is unless, there is a way to copy it over via flash drive. But that all depends on if the PS3 save file is recognized by the PS4.
Psychic Homing Sharks? Really? So the helicopter decides to blow the engine and I manage to get into the water. Great! Wait....What? Jaws is on me? I tried to stab that thing to death but to no avail. Why can't I use my gun in the water? An AK-47 can be used in just about any environment, including water. I guess I didn't graduate with a Master's Degree from: Never Miss Academy. They can shot me 100ft under water.
How does my truck with a snorkel stall in water that is not above the snorkel? Yet a boat or Jet Ski can hammer up a waterfall?
Why are Semi's and similar vehicles the only ones that don't move in or out of your way when in a lit up cop car?
Why is that newer LSPD cruiser just sitting in the median at the airport with the doors unlocked and no one around?
How did seaweed scrape my boat?
Yeah...Yeah....No one likes to watch movies with me either since I notice every little detail that is impossible and point it out loudly. When I went to the theaters, about, well, along time ago, there would be a line across the center of the screen and I would announce, "Hey, what is with the line across the middle of the screen!" You should have heard the people sighing because they didn't see it until I said something. I'm terrible.
I notice all the things you have too. And I know you like the game and you're not saying the game sucks because of the things you noticed. But I look at it like this,
- if it's too realistic, you wouldn't be able to do shit without being killed in the first 10 minutes. Lose the cops after mowing down 50 people on the sidewalk just for kicks? Yeah, it would never happen. Would the cops find out where you were right away in real life if that happened? No. But if that mimicked real life the game would be boring.
- It's meant to be unrealistic with certain things. It wouldn't be any fun if things where more realistic than what they are. There wouldn't be any challenge. And it would be boring as hell in a open world game if things didn't work the way the did.
- It's supposed to have that type of humor and attitude where the AI in the game doesn't really care about anything and the outcome is supposed to be funny.
There are somethings they could change in order for it to be a little more fair to the player...
- If you happen to be getting your ass kicked near a cop and you fight back, the cop will focus attention on you and forget about the guy who threw the first punch. It's like what?! That fucker started it! So then I kill every one, lay out some C4 and run like hell.
- If I'm dressed as a cop, I should be able to at least fool them for a little while and "help" them bring down a criminal. Or be able to approach them and stand near them without them telling me to fuck off. But it doesn't matter what your character is wearing.
There are some other things that are unfair to the player, but I haven't played the game in a while so I can't remember what they are.
Some random fun things to do are:
Have you ever tried hiding in the bushes when the cops are after you? You have to be hidden so that YOU can't see your character. It works, I didn't think it would.
Starting fights with rednecks, and thugs. The funny shit they say is entertaining.
Starting fights with random people to hear what they have to say. One that always sticks in my head is from GTA4. Punch a business man in the face and he says, "OOOH...I'm gonna kill you, then fuck you in the ass!"
Making people fight each other. Punch someone in the face, then run and try to put yourself between the puncher and a random person. If the puncher hits the random person they usually end up fighting. Then you can listen to those two talk some funny shit.
Online is supposed to be fun ...with friends. I wouldn't know since everyone I know has a 360. So...yeah.
I'll be getting the PS4 version next month. Aside from the graphical enhancements and such, from what I hear all the DLC from the PS3 version will be included (which I have none) and supposedly some new side missions and additional main story lines(?) I'm not sure about that last part, I could just be thinking I read that and actually didn't.
Agreed to the Pinto statement and your above post.
I do love the game, don't get me wrong. The only one gripe that I do have is the 99% accuracy with 1000 yard 9mm pistols. The snipers in the helicopters, fine. But the pistols. Other then that, I love the game. I just wanted to gripe about random things I notice or crazy things that happen to me whilst playing. I just find them comical and thought others might. I guess it is more of b*tching even though it really isn't.
And those moments are me, but somehow more insane. I should record the things that happen to me. Considerably more crazy than the videos you posted. I've been in the Buzzard out in Sandy Shores, flying across the lake and a plane crashed into my helicopter.
I've been at the airport and jacked that parked jet. On take off the front end was lifting up and I was about to take off and was pit maneuvered by a police car. The plane immediately tilted right and blew up.
This is the ultimate, which I really wish I had recorded. I jumped into a Buzzard because I had 3 stars and needed to get away. I got off the ground and full throttled it forward. Then a Psychic Spawn Helicopter hit me (pit maneuvered) my helicopter which caused me to lose control, crash and die.
Well if you have a next gen system (i think x1 can share vids?), you can record those fun times. I'll be getting it on PS4 cause it's a great game to relieve your stress and frustration.
Realistic? I wish. I wish the game was realistic in terms of what you could do in real life. Running late for work? Take the sidewalk and if pedestrians are in the way, run them over. It apparently is no different than running over a wild animal(s). Cops on you? Okay, just go get a respray of your car or hide for a bit. Love it. I still love the original. Or especially, GTA2. "Soul Makin', Sound Shakin', Earthquakin', Change." The intro song. Or "Your Brown Bread!"
Funny thing is, that all military and police forces are "trained" to disable the suspect and aim for the torso, yet all 3 of the 1000 bullets will be in the head somehow.
Unrelated, but cops in real life. Do people realize that if you work, then you pay taxes. Taxes are used to pay a cops salary. Therefore, cops are our employees and we are technically their employers. Yet they are above us. Somehow above the law and can get away with just about anything. I could never be a cop. Handing out a speeding ticket to a non violent individual that pays their taxes (aka pays the cops salary) and feel as though you are protecting the public because the individual was doing 9MPH over the speed limit. Come on! Yet that murderer got away? Yes, it is all about profits. Tickets = Alternative Taxation System. I know. Easy money. And most people will not contest a ticket and just pay the fine. Never! Always contest, even if you are in the wrong. There is a chance you can get off, and at the very least when you goto court you can get the fine lowered to the minimum.
I figured out why the engine spontaneously blows when you are out in the ocean. If you are flying farther away from land and happen to go off the map/radar for a certain amount of time, the engine will fail and there will be at least three sharks perfectly waiting when you jump out.
On a positive note. I was driving the newer LSPD Police Cruiser with the lights and sirens blaring when just like someone would do in real life, instead of move to the side, they just slammed on the brakes and didn't move. I had no time to react. Therefore, I rear ended them. I got out of the car as that as in executional offense. The game is riddled with steorotypes so I was 100% sure it was a female driver. They both got out of their car and sure enough it was a female driver and a male passenger. They both came running at me. The chick didn't listen so I upper cut her, which she died in one punch. The male was coming at me while I was stomping his whatever and he throw a punch to which I ducked, and pushed him away. I punched him once and (more stereotypes) heard a black man screaming. I ignored it and continued to beat the guy up until he feel to the ground. The yelling go louder and then all of a sudden, a black guy started stomping the sh*t out of the guy with me. We killed him and I hopped back in the cruiser and took off. When I looked back he was still stomping the guy.