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Is Rockstar Making The Wrong Game?

Will GTA V be any better than GTA IV and if it's just as bad should Rockstar be focusing their efforts on something better?

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MrBeatdown5415d ago

I'll take more GTA, but with RDR's improvements.

Then more RDR.

Fez5415d ago

RDR was ok, by the end of the game I was sick to death of riding a horse for 5 to 10 minutes at a time with absolutely nothing happening. Good missions and characters though.

A new GTA with less annoying physics i.e. not taking an eternity to get up, a better main character, a new location, and the ability to purchase businesses and safehouses like Vice City would be very welcome to me.

r1sh125415d ago

who ever wrote this article should go back to school...
"in the way GTA games where written then we would just"
The WHERE should be were.

GTA IV story was lacking and there wasnt as much to do as other GTA's in terms of side missions and random things, but dont forget this was the first multiplayer GTA which is why the story was lacking. At the time rockstar wanted to introduce multiplayer which was a great move. The multiplayer was solid, if you look at RDR they have learned to make better use of the discs. Cut scenes and ideas were cut out from GTA IV due to lack of space, but they will rectify that.

GTA IV still 1 of the top 10 played games on XBL.

tee_bag2425415d ago (Edited 5415d ago )

Sorry but GTA IV wasn't lacking in story as a result of multiplayer. That's not it.

ReservoirDog3165415d ago

Just about everything from R* is great. And I completely disagree with the article; I loved GTA IV.

R* took a more serious turn this gen. From GTA IV to RDR and LA Noire, they're not the same wacky R* from the PS2 days. I personally love this new direction. If you want crazy fun, it's called Saints Row. If you want serious and intelligent games, look to R* from now on.

I mean, you know they'll never go back to that style after they said all the characters they liked from the PS2 games were not coming back cause they were probably dead somewhere. The CJ and Tommy Vercetti days are behind them. The new games are attempts at making the wrong game.

Cal6645414d ago

I don't disagree that R* growing up is a good thing, in fact the opposite. But GTA IV trying to make the series more mature is no excuse for a poor story and it wasn't really any more mature if anything it was the most immature they have put out for this generation. A game doesn't have to be all about fun to be fun.

ReservoirDog3165414d ago

@ Cal

GTA IV had some of the best writing in any game, movie or book I've ever seen. Was about how a horrible past constantly bleeds over into your new attempt at a better life.

It was more about the characters than pure story but even then you can't say it was a poor story that wasn't mature. Just look at the last parts of the story.

Spoilers by the way.

Was either Roman or Kate who pay for your decisions in the game. Whether you learn to forgive the things others did to you or if you seek revenge, others pay for your choices. I mean, one of the most memorable scenes this gen is when Roman dies at his wedding and Niko snaps.

Admittedly, it is a slow burn for most people who are used to regenerating health and constant explosions but that doesn't make it not fun.

agentxk5415d ago

I liked GTA IV but I 100%ed it before trophies. Traded the game in when they launched

iMaccaPro5415d ago

GTA?? biggest joke ever! Bully definitely deserves a second game instead of the same old hijacking cars, gunning down a few cops, sleeping with whores and blowing the crap out of everything when you really can't be bothered with the game any more is just getting old. Bully ftw!

LOGICWINS5415d ago

COMPLETELY agree. I had a MUCH better experience with Bully than GTA4. I feel crazy for selling it.

silencedwriter5415d ago

Bully was pretty bad ass though.

metsgaming5415d ago

Rockstar needs to go back to how the old gta's were, where it was just pure crazy fun. Where you can have fun messing around not doing missions. Where the controls are good and it easy to pick up. Then they shrunk the map, removed planes, they removed all the fun out of gta and left a shell. Take a look at Saints Row 3 thats what i expect out of gta but its not like that anymore and they need to get back to do stuff like that.

thebudgetgamer5415d ago (Edited 5415d ago )

i think they made a step back in the right direction with tbogt.

also rampage missions would be nice.

Cpt_kitten5415d ago

yeah there working on GTA5 when they showed the can make as well as allow the publishing of really good games, they don't need scum of earth game to make money

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Rockstar launches official marketplace for mods

Rockstar has launched an official marketplace for "every server and every player" to buy mods: Cfx Marketplace.

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Christopher129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

I wonder how much of this isn't just taken work of others who have modded for free.

Edit: Also, great way for R* to take popular ideas and build them into GTAVI based on demand.

fr0sty127d ago

What I see happening here is, R* is going to ban mods in GTA6 UNLESS you buy them from the marketplace and R* then gets a cut of that sale.

ActualWhiteMan127d ago

Ah, perfect timing with them taking down the Bully online fan mod. Greedy a$$ company.

Christopher127d ago

It's okay as long as they get a cut of the money.

fr0sty127d ago

Expect R* to force it on you.

Snookies12127d ago

Yep, right there with you. I'll happily donate to a mod creator if it looks really cool, or if I enjoy it. But expecting payment up front? Nope, not touching it.

IanTH127d ago (Edited 127d ago )

I'm not entirely sure how to read this, as it doesn't seem exactly like an exact parallel to Bethesda's paid mods shenanigans.

Rather than single player stuff, this appears to be aimed solely on Cfx Servers. From what I've gleaned, apparently Rockstar bought the Cfx mod team several years ago, coming a few years after weird contentions led them to ban a few of their members. Ultimately, the question is if they plan to keep this contained to only online/servers.

I have to guess to a degree yes. It'd be pretty hard to "force" paid mods for single player when modding files locally on your own machine, but much easier for servers they'll control. So perhaps this is their soft launch ahead of GTA6 online and they'll clamp down more tightly on non-official servers going forward? Ever since they've become a 1 or 2 property studio, I haven't really cared much for Rockstar stuff, so I'm not entirely up on everything surrounding this. Sounds like it has the potential to be problematic further down the line, but right now fairly easy to ignore...I think lol.

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Discord Messages Reviewed By Rockstar Before Firing Union Members Have Reportedly Been Revealed

Discord messages Rockstar Games management reviewed before firing union members have reportedly been revealed.

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Shikoku179d ago (Edited 179d ago )

They were involved in protected Union activities and Rockstar will be in trouble with the NLRB.

DarXyde179d ago

You think this NLRB will lift a finger?

Ps5conehead179d ago

Watch the video this is in England

gerbintosh179d ago

Basically this is Rockstar vs the Union members word. These employees could be cherry picking or spoofing the chat logs.Rockstar could be lying. I will withhold judgment until Discord is subpoened and releases the chat group text from their servers.

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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser explains why open world spy game Agent never worked out

A rare interview from the former GTA and Red Dead Redemption writer and executive producer.

dveio202d ago

Interesting to know.

Among MGS4, Agent was the reason I wanted and bought a PS3. (Who knew we would get other gems like Killzone 2 and TLoU.)

I always assumed it got cancelled due to hardware restrictions even at that time.

Deeeeznuuuts202d ago

Such a shame, I remember first reading about it in official playstation magazine, Agent and The Getaway are the two cancelled games I wish I could play 😩

Christopher201d ago

Because it had to be open world, of course. Couldn't change that and make the Agent game work otherwise. Totally buying it.

Redgrave201d ago

I used to laugh whenever I'd see someone cite Agent as a game to look forward to, because it was never officially canceled (at least, as far as I've seen.)

"It's still real to me, dammit!"