Preview Information M. Biarinec | translated by: Akai & Alix | 10.07.2013
Main characters’ info is in Main characters article
Here is some information from published previews.
- Franklin is a skilled driver and sniper.
- Trevor is a very good helicopter pilot.
- Michael is talented at everything.
- An elaborate underwater world with caves.
- Diving equipment is confirmed.
- As well as in Rockstar’s LA Noire, there will be dynamic music during missions.
- In one of the missions, Radar love was on.
- Sometimes you’ll have to have a certain amount of money to access a mission.
- The whole map will be accessible from the beginning, except for some closed areas.
- Storyline missions will take about 25 hours.
- There will be different endings, which will change with your in-game choices.
- Switching roles in missions is partly scripted.
- There will be a radial menu for switching roles.
- Multiplayer is confirmed. There will be a lot of things to do.
- Game economy is still being improved, but money will be a strong motivator in the game.
- There will be a lot of different missions, including explosions, robberies, stealth missions…
- Trevor is inspired by the typical GTA player – just wandering around, bringing chaos and destruction.
- Franklin will find his mentor in Michael.
- Sub-missions like the taxi, ambulance, and vigilante are back, but changed.
Gameinformer preview - first preview
- There will be 3 main characters – Michael, Trevor, and Franklin.
- We’ll be able to switch among them – it will look like Google Earth.
- Imagine: you are robbing a safe, then you switch to a different person who is guarding the entrance, and then to the third one who is shooting the police outside.
- When you’re playing as one person, the other two will live their lives and do whatever they want.
- Will one of them be a badass? Yeah, probably.
- Ammu-nation is confirmed. But there will be neither barber nor gyms.
- Completely remade physics and car attributes.
- Cars will finally hold on to road better.
- You won’t be able to adjust characters, just dress them up. Just as in GTA IV.
- Niko, CJ or Tommy will not appear in GTA V.
- Los Santos is the biggest map Rockstar Games has ever created. It will be bigger than Red Dead Redemption, San Andreas, and GTA IV combined.
- Confirmed diving along with a fully developed underwater world.
- You will find complete golf links in the game.
- Also BMX bikes, mountain bikes, and a lot of different vehicles.
- Some triathlons, yoga, water scooters and so on.
- Dynamic pedestrian actions.
- In the game, there will be a desert, villages, and a military base.
- Dogs mentioned.
- No girlfriends.
- Flying from beginning – Trevor has a pilot’s licence.
- Parachute jumping course confirmed.
- Better TV programmes.
- Lamar – Franklin’s crazy friend.
- Ron – Trevor’s paranoid neighbour.
- Random missions, like in RDR, will appear.
- Mobile phone now has an internet connection.
- A lot of missions like Three Leaf Cover.
- Buildings now have more details. So do shops, like 24/7 shops, where you can buy a lot of goods, like cigarettes and magazines…
- Rockstar Games took about 250,000 photos of Los Angeles when exploring locations.
- Each protagonist has different abilities.
