Poll of the Day > GTA Rumored to Return to Vice City, with a 2024/2025 Release Date...

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https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-release-date-2024-2025-grand-theft-auto

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EDIT: Topic Title Should Say 'GTA6'

Still waiting on a V PC release, but sure; why not.

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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Still waiting on a V PC release, but sure; why not.

GTAV has been on PC for over 6 years

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I wonder if the testicle size of your car will change with the weather

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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Still waiting on a V PC release, but sure; why not.

Get a hold of NMB, hes tracking the development issues.

I wonder if they're gonna put the focus on the online portion again

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Metalsonic66 posted...

I wonder if they're gonna put the focus on the online portion again

They made a billion in 2020 alone from GTA online, so odds are good.

It's not a bad choice, but I wish they'd make a new setting other than Liberty/Vice City and San Andreas.

Maybe go back to London..

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Vice City is my favorite GTA game. Let's hope the new game does it justice

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I hope it's not another modern one. I'd love to see one set in the 60s or 70s

CaptainStrong posted...

I hope it's not another modern one. I'd love to see one set in the 60s or 70s

But the guns aren't as interesting...and the cars suck...and there are no computers!

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This rumor is older than dirt

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bet it will just be gta:o dlc
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

bet it will just be gta:o dlc

Eventually all of the "Worlds" of GTA Online will be connected and it will become an MMO

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I loved Vice City so sure.

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Solid Sonic posted...

But the guns aren't as interesting...and the cars suck...and there are no computers!

The soundtrack would be way better, though.

I don't know how anything can be better than Radio X.

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Solid Sonic posted...

I don't know how anything can be better than Radio X.

gta3 chatterbox still the best
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It doesnt really matter since its just a name anyways.

papercup posted...

GTAV has been on PC for over 6 years

it's a joke that isn't funny

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NightMareBunny posted...

it's a joke that isn't funny

Oh it's still amusing.

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how is it amusing? nobody's laughing

he just said something that has no punchline


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Mead posted...

This rumor is older than dirt

This.

Also, there's the rumor going around that they're going to do the multiple protagonist thing again, but this time make one of them a woman. Which I still think sucks, because I'd much rather go the GTA:O or Saints Row route and make my own protagonist entirely.



keyblader1985 posted...

It's not a bad choice, but I wish they'd make a new setting other than Liberty/Vice City and San Andreas.

Maybe go back to London.

Most people disliked GTA London. And the British developers in Rockstar can't make fun of Americans unless they set their parody game in American cities.

It also doesn't help that they want iconic locations, and that limits what cities they can use (NYC and LA are obvious, Chicago and San Francisco are potential secondary alternatives, Detroit might work for urban decay settings... but most other US cities really aren't "worthwhile" enough to parody).

Like it or not, we're probably doomed to rotate between Liberty City, San Andreas, and Vice City pretty much forever. Or like other rumors have suggested in the past, we might eventually get all three as separate but interrelated MMO settings (so, for instance, if you're playing a character in Los Santos, you could potentially go to the airport, get on a plane, and fly to either Liberty City or Vice City).



rjsilverthorn posted...

They made a billion in 2020 alone from GTA online, so odds are good.

Worse than that, something like 50% of the company's income at this point comes entirely from GTA micro(macro)transactions.

It's almost inconceivable that they're ever going to see the single-player as being more important than the multi-player ever again. From this point on, the more likely scenario is that they're just going to see the core game as a distribution platform to sell the new online presence.

And they're going to LOVE the idea of switching to an online setting in an entirely different city, because it will give them an excuse to reset everyone's progress back to zero and encourage an entirely new round of escalating spending and endless cash transactions.
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CaptainStrong posted...

I hope it's not another modern one. I'd love to see one set in the 60s or 70s

Extremely doubtful, if only because most people tend to prefer modern games. And because it allows them to include more stuff without getting too anachronistic.

Personally, I'd half love to see them go full-on Saints Row and jump to the future and go really sci-fi, but I don't see that happening either.



CaptainStrong posted...

The soundtrack would be way better, though.

Debatable as fuck.

Though it's not as if you can't include 60s and 70s music in the soundtrack for a modern setting game. Just have multiple "oldies" stations catering to specific decades/genres. If anything, a modern setting is better for that because modern settings can have older music, but older settings can't have modern music.

Also, with a modern setting, you can include the even more realistic option of having every car include an MP3 player, so players can pick and choose their own music (similar to how Saints Row had the option for "mix tapes"), so you can listen to whatever you want and not have to change the station to look for something you like if your usual station plays something you don't.

The bigger problem for future GTA games is going to be music licensing rights, though. Now that we live in a world where constant online patches are possible, we're seeing a scenario where song rights expire over time and the developer needs to patch those songs out of the game. So unless every station they include is either entirely public domain or in-house content, some stations may get spottier over time as songs get excised out.
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NightMareBunny posted...

how is it amusing? nobody's laughing

he just said something that has no punchline

The punchline is you, broseph.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Though it's not as if you can't include 60s and 70s music in the soundtrack for a modern setting game. Just have multiple "oldies" stations catering to specific decades/genres. If anything, a modern setting is better for that because modern settings can have older music, but older settings can't have modern music.

They did in GTA V and it still had a pretty mediocre soundtrack other than the classic rock station. I don't like that much modern music, so I think not being able to have modern music would make the soundtracks better. Vice City, San Andreas, and Vice City Stories all have amazing soundtracks and they're limited to music from and before 1986, 1992, and 1984.

Also, with a modern setting, you can include the even more realistic option of having every car include an MP3 player, so players can pick and choose their own music (similar to how Saints Row had the option for "mix tapes"), so you can listen to whatever you want and not have to change the station to look for something you like if your usual station plays something you don't.

The PC versions all have that, and so does the Xbox versions of III-SA. I don't know why the newer ones don't have that feature. If an Xbox from 2001 can do that, the newer consoles certainly can. I think you can play custom music on the Xbox 360 versions, but it'll still play if you leave a car, which makes it too much of a pain in the ass to be worth it.

The bigger problem for future GTA games is going to be music licensing rights, though. Now that we live in a world where constant online patches are possible, we're seeing a scenario where song rights expire over time and the developer needs to patch those songs out of the game. So unless every station they include is either entirely public domain or in-house content, some stations may get spottier over time as songs get excised out.

They've done that for Vice City, San Andreas, and IV. Newer releases of those games don't include a big chunk of their soundtracks. At least with Vice City on Steam, if you had the game before they removed the songs, you keep them. With San Andreas and IV, they released patches that removed songs. You can mod them back in on the PC versions, but you're fucked with IV on consoles unless you keep it offline and don't update it.

I don't update the trilogy on ps4 because of it.
just pause and delete
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Sure would like a new city and not the same 3 locals.

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Best idea is to release a new SP campaign, then add it on to the Online Version as another City you can travel to

pionear posted...

Best idea is to release a new SP campaign, then add it on to the Online Version as another City you can travel to

best would be to get rid of mp stuff
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

best would be to get rid of mp stuff

if they hate $$$ maybe

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

best would be to get rid of mp stuff

lol why

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Metalsonic66 posted...

lol why

it's just a money sink that cost 5 any sp dlc
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

cost 5 any sp dlc

In English?

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