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I haven't dug through all the older topics, but I think we can come up with some new areas of discussion, I'd been wondering if part of the major GTA V delay is licensing hard to get tracks for the audio portion of the game? Could be a possibility Sam Houser mentioned with GTA IV that their interest in casting and setting within the USA stems from their foreign aspect themselves, they offer their out-siders perspective on America in biting satire, not all of it is off-base either, but it's a logical setting for many a game geographically. Playing GTA taking part anywhere else in the world would seem strange, at least to us Americans! hahaha

Well, like the screenshots, most people seem exasperated by the info drought, I'm STILL not excited myself, because I expected to be playing the game myself at this time, THIS year!! But, as we've seen, fans haven't been asleep at the wheel when it comes to art for GTA V either, but it just does little to shed any new light, and that's what I want most, what's new about this GTA versus all the past entries? Mere words can't even do the hype justice. Sorry to be a downer on this topic, but just HOW exclusive the GI article will be remains to be seen

Equal rights parody and satire for all races, creeds, religions....sexes ...let's start a movement, since it seems lacking. @MrLlamallama, I sent or posted a message on the Social Club to Rockstargames about religion in the game, morality in the game, you don't tread lightly in such areas.... I'm Christian, and I also have a moral compass that I follow, in the game despite how you control the characters, that moral issue in a more realistic game every time (each successive franchise generation I mean), it should be there, and they'll gain respect from mature reviewers and gamers I believe. There's always that option to play the game as you wish, but in the elements put in, it should have some respect, even for non-religious elements. My thinking is it imparts respect from the real world, if the game doesn't cater to the worst elements of the mirror it's reflecting back at us. It could seem to some to lack the enjoyment or fun factor, but I disagree, it elevates the story elements/integrity

Dual analog FTW, there's not even a question, but for portable Sony Playstation titles, you only have two choices, PSP and PSVita, it is what it is, which is not a bad thing. A recent article I came across was how to revive the PSVita, some grand plan to 'relaunch' it, well, here's the thing... it's SOFTWARE that drives the hardware, unlike actual new consoles, the public at large won't be going ga-ga over portable game platforms, only things like tablets and phones that serve non gaming purposes. BUT for gamers, these products will AWAYS be of interest, I've no doubt. The only re-launch there needs to be is a long software life-cycle! ALWAYS the case! More specific to Vice City as a stand out location and story, and TIME frame for GTA, many people think Vita or PS3/XB360 should host a Hi Def version of the game, but the studio heads had eschewed such notions. Until we saw Los Santos is GTA V, everyone really had no idea they might use locations over in the Hi-resolution sense, am I wrong? What I'd like to know from you guys is what reasons do you think any one GTA is the worst? Is it down to one or two key things? I felt GTA2 is the worst, in general there's some consensus backing that up

One of the challenges in a Patriot parked near the waterfront where you start (to the West/North) I forget the name specifically, but you're required to get checkpoints on a very steep hill without losing your vehicle or running out of time, as I recollect the last time I played, it seemed nearly impossible and I skip such missions, when I can....but how the hell did anyone do that, and how bout we bump a thread on flying the dodo? I got tips and STILL couldn't manage to get it off the runway substantially

I just wrote them an email, partly because I want to name drop our own forum! hahahaha But, I did want to express how much I like RDR's online approach, it's a good idea to expound on making Waiting Rooms an enjoyable experience, balancing the missions for online with people's comings and goings in and out of MP sessions, that's my biggest gripe, I dealt with people griefing as well, but hey, I was guilty of some of the same, but only marginally so

I bought and received an Intel DP45GS, the P45 Intel chipset, their own boards have been tauted as very 'rock solid, reliable', kinda like ASUStek's claims, but people using Intel chips don't encounter exasperating problems in droves, but looking up the issue I find, no POST, no heat generation.... This board is picky as far as BIOS, and most importantly, RAM, I have two different sets and they don't work... NADA, I tried everything, two processors and heat sink/fans and jumper adjustments, all the slots as well, just lights and fans.... It's going back to sender. Buyer beware, these have issues, I'm sad about this, but I did want SLi versus Crossfire/X, so I need a newer gen board where Intel forced nVidia's hand in allowing SLI on boards also optioning SLI.... As my research shows, SLI has been around longer then Crossfire, and ATI's Crossfire has always had issues in stepping up to the nVidia challenge, it's benefits of slightly different cards that work with it seem to fall short in what nVidia's SLI offers. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/256305-30-intel-dp45sg-help-working

One model offered the better Online hardware approach, I don't have the specs in my head, but I scout the PSVita at the pawn shops locally, they hover around $200, not bad, the PSP and Nintendo DS or 3DS are still about $75 to $100 USD (US denominations) The Kinect hardware for Xbox used to cover OVER $100 usd, but now it's around $50! What I want to pick up on a budget is the required Wifi Proprietary dongle for Xbox360... Still asking $50 for those!

I read in GAMEStm that they speculate there's a major re-write of RAGE just to accomodate the sheer size and audacity that will be GTA V, now I remember this rumor or report, but heard nothing about it since... I'd say it's interesting that this delay has sparked a number of ideas, even that they might scrap a THIS GENERATION build to accomodate new console technology! Hey, I'm serious! hahaha

Don't want to usurp the staff here, but I made a thread in the V section for any and all magazine updates one might report back on, if we keep the notices to one thread it will be easier to stay on top of what GTA reports are done OFF LINE, so to speak. I'm saying this as a heads up, but I'd say any major article they do have [GI] could attribute to this thread I read the similar GTAForums thread about this, and I would offer the caveat that some of these reports or Tweets or Facebook updates appear to be possible imposters and fakes, as Rockstar said in Asked and Answered, if it didn't come from them, it will ALWAYS be rumor and subject to non-factual status. That said, Game Informer is a real magazine, but they don't corner the market on Rockstar breaking news, so until it's in actual print hard-copy, I would not place bets on this or that that comes beforehand.

USA residents or those interested in our World Affairs, the upcoming Re-Election of Barack Obama?!? Well, the Joe Biden / Paul Ryan debate could have gone longer I thought, after sitting through virtually all of it, I was not keen on doing so, but their arguments would/could have gone on further if not under the given time constraint, I would like to see more of this type of debate in front of voters so we get a better idea of what goes on in Washington, and I found this Fact Checking news piece from CBS News web site, it doesn't tackle everything, but it's a good story to pick up for any of the debates I feel.... http://www.cbsnews.c...ain;contentBody

Just this week, a lot of Cee Lo Green on pay TV and it's got me thinking his UNCENSORED hit should be in GTA, it's a great tune, and it's got that Adult rating that fits the game to a T! hahaha F' You http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3Dpc0mxOXbWIU

Prize give-away to celebrate 10 years upcoming next month? The GTAP birthday smash!? To what Spaz is saying, it's the whole of the problem we've had, people don't want to commit to legions of forums, another sad truth of it, they see that GTAF just has constant posts, no matter what the state of the World, and it nearly boggles the mind, as such, it also is a natural By-product that there's trolls and spam there in an unavoidable amount. That's the main thing we're GLAD to be divorced of, believe me!!

Not trying to rub salt in your eyes, but I was a member of GTAForums for that long too! Anyway, is it a B-party or what?!?!?! Oops, I see this was last year, well, no matter, it will be an annual thing to celebrate again this year Congrats for having the wherewithall to hang in there, it's tough, we know!!!

Besides creating a new thread for any members to report on what they see in their local neck of the woods, I put forth that anyone who gets the magazine entitled PLAY, report on what cover story they have at the moment for GTA V, and let me know about Uncharted 4, I must know all details on that forthcoming game!! Don't bet on any release date, it's likely that they're pretty dead set on ironing things out before the release, unless you love being bothered by necessary patches later? The thing is putting the game to disc and in stores means everyone needing a patch has to go to the same trouble of being online with their system or downloading to a flash thumb drive, and update using that method I imagine

We don't really have a thread for 'all things considered', in the Gaming press (ie.) Publication department..... In other words, all articles or notable magazine features on GTA5 could be noted here in one thread so no one misses a beat. So far, the notable headlines on magazine covers elude to more then meets the eye.... In capturing the here and now... GAMES TM magazine features a GTA 5 article out on news-stands at this time that claims of some breaking news, yet, inside it's only real new to online game fans section is offering up the theory or rumor that the RAGE engine is being extensively re-written and that there's some technical foibles in the way with making GTA 5 run as expected. I noted earlier that the evolution with RAGE and Euphoria has already proven itself with Max Payne and Red Dead Redemption, However, the delays that included GTA IV were because of the engine, one could argue. It's also subject to debate over the RAGE engine being a contributing factor to no PC version of RDR ...just yet. Games TM's major article contribution is putting forth the first two screen shots for discussion, they must have gone to press before the additional shots we've seen already, however, they kinda hit the nail on the head about the ongoing LACK of info and fans like us feeling shut out. Trying to start a new GTA forum as we did (GTAC, in regard to me and PCguytech) After GTA IV, proves much harder with an actual drought on further GTA info. The PS magazine PLAY I was unable to report on due to it being sold in a sealed bag, but they claim breaking news about Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4 as well as Grand Theft Auto Five!! I'd love to see what that is, but I couldn't afford a 10 dollar magazine, but would probably splurge when two great games are featured, it's just unknown to what extent

I don't know a lot about this, I confess, but I feel it worth posting a link to and some discussion, in other words, make it open for forum conversation.... Their links to TwitchTV http://www.twitch.tv/rockstargames

I'm going to try an MXM capable HP / Compaq, those would fall under the "Workstation" category most often, MXM is the widest available PCIExpress card for laptops, but certainly not the only one. I mentioned before, XPS Dells might offer an Alienware substitute at a bargain, or similar motherboards among known manufacturers might give you the elements you need, Chipset, CPU, GPU are the most important, second would be ports for attaching devices, then on top of that, battery life. In a year or more, Ultrabooks might just be able to provide gaming with amazing attributes!

English please, if you must, include both, but English is the rule for most of these forums, UK or USA based

Part of the reason it's taking so long is the maps, interiors as well, I'm sure trying to populate a vast GTA open World to make THIS GTA stand out from the past games, it must be different in this regard, since as they've said, it's not the intent of Rockstar North to make the same old games HD Hi-Rez versions, as Aaron Garbut commented on record, it's soul-destroying. What inspires them as the architects is making each GTA encompass special elements that are entirely it's own... so each GTA has special attributes apart from the expected similarities. What I would agree with is that some elements of the old San An mirror this one, but it won't replicate the old map, as we've seen from the stills, there's certainly area similarities! City locales and mountainous regions are rather obvious

I'm going to add this review of a laptop I'm considering, My Acer 4710 has four Hard Disks formatted for use on it, and it's a bit much, but I kept two other SATA drives from an HP Compaq 6710B, sadly, not the same chipset as the HP reviewed here, but it's in line with my Acer Aspire at a slightly bumped up bus speed. Note the review of the tuner they tested... a USB version ATI.... http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3217

One has to cynically wonder if Rock* is just giving the nod to the Tweet, that they won't have a major article with insiders from Rockstar North/Studios? No Sam Houser interview for several pages? No one on one with Aaron Garbut? Etc? haha Well, I hope they will, anyway I got a small collection from my sister's husband, and my own as well for the Vice City, San An era, I stopped buying magazines due to storage concerns and the fact they NEVER get any cheaper, but I did buy some for GTA IV, depends on the value for the content versus cost. EDGE magazine, I felt they put together the best Nuts and Bolts of GTA IV article I can ever recall reading

That news bulletin came up after I went to their news wire and reported about Game Informer, pretty exciting, given that everyone's expecting and has been expecting some V news before the year's out! Even hoped the game might slip out before Christmas, but I firmly believe they can't plot a release date while working on the massive project, it's always something that's changing. Like films, they can mandate a release date from the studio, but the project itself is never fully finished / realized. As for this package, in the used gaming market, each title is now about $20 USD, so you save $20 USD off the complete package which could have sold for $80 I'd wager. But being dated as they are, even now, it's best at reduced cost for all of them. Do you guys feel the DLC for RDR could match up to GTA IV's DLC Episodes in value, or is this package the better way to go? If they'd opted to use just the DLC, which was a good deal from the beginning as a disc release

Chris basically summed up my thoughts and the way Rockstar will approach dissemination of news about any of their games. They had an instance where someone signed on to GTAF to help with PC tech issues, but not really anything more then that....or so the rumor went

Don't know if you guys using PC have dabbled into Tuner cards, they support TV, video inputs, outputs, FM radio broadcasts and DVR features, in other words, they do a host of multimedia processing that makes the computer's job a heckuva lot easier! I have dabbled myself, with ATI All in Wonder and some vintage PC to TV adapters from the earliest stages, as well as USB capture devices, in aid for photos and video as well as audio sources into digital PC files for easy manipulation online and off, even re-printing to a local printer is benefited by such hardware add ons What I'm finding out about my ATI Wonder Pro/Elite is worth addressing, since like many hardware cards, people often don't get them as new bundled items and use the Internet to find the needed software and support. This thread can be a future guide for anyone wishing to use their PC or laptop as a TIVO like DVR, Digital Video Recorder which have themselves included DVD burners and IDE/SATA drives for storage. So, not unlike a PC, TIVO has used much the same hardware but a streamlined approach that apparently is harder to replicate on a PC with various software and hardware, but still, as it seems in my search, lacking in old and new solutions that are good enough in any one area http://www.pcstats.c...eid=1827&page=3 For instance, ATI's AIW being a quintessential product for years now, they opted to fuse Cyberhome software with their card's drivers, or offer a unified approach with Catalyst versus their earlier all-in-one software. The reviews of which show that there's issues with that approach they adopted, and using Windows OS or Media Center Edition's own Media Center app with any add-on card presents the same challenges. This is just one search I did to see where the program for ATI's card might reside, with the above link being highlighted ^ ->http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff1-w3i&p=cyberhome%20powercinema%203%20ATI%20where%20to%20find&type=W3i_YT,192,2_1,Search,20110103,6823,0,16,0