Grand Theft Auto 5. Who's playing?

[slayer9019 57]

So...I made the mistake of buying GTA:V, now I am hooked! Who else is playing? Also I made a "Crew" if anyone wants to join for when GTA: Online comes up on Oct 1st.

The crew is called "The Last Sparrows" if anyone wants to join

[tatB 904]

I haven't owned or regularly played any gaming system since 2007. But seeing all the GTA:V hype is bring back found memories of playing GTA: III and GTA: Miami Vice for hours a day in high school and college.

[slayer9019 57]

I haven't owned or regularly played any gaming system since 2007. But seeing all the GTA:V hype is bring back found memories of playing GTA: III and GTA: Miami Vice for hours a day in high school and college.

Yea I kinda did the same deal. I just so happened to be off of work on release day and wandered into a GameStop. Amazing game!

[tatB 904]

Yea I kinda did the same deal. I just so happened to be off of work on release day and wandered into a GameStop. Amazing game!

The GTA:V PS3 bundle on amazon is hard to resist right now...

[Graeme 2,588]

I was heading to work for 7am on release day and there were already ten people, all dressed up in office clothes, waiting outside of a games store for it to open. I snickered to myself at them, then finally had to admit they had a point and I picked up a copy after work. Really great game so far. I'm not really one for online gaming but I'll give some LST gaming a chance.

[slayer9019 57]

The GTA:V PS3 bundle on amazon is hard to resist right now...

I justified it by saying "well it will save me from spending money at the bar/etc"

[tatB 904]

I justified it by saying "well it will save me from spending money at the bar/etc"

but less money for tattoos

[slayer9019 57]

but less money for tattoos

yea luckily I'm on a not so planned 3 month break from getting tattoos. Frees up soo much money

[Mark Bee 532]

I picked up my copy the day it came out, but I didn't line up. I walked into the shop after work and bought it. No lines. No hassle. Are you folks on PS3?

[slayer9019 57]

I picked up my copy the day it came out, but I didn't line up. I walked into the shop after work and bought it. No lines. No hassle. Are you folks on PS3?

Yea it was weird for a launch of such a big game. I just kinda walked in, no lines or anything and saw the big poster and said "what the hell". Little did I know the game just launched, etc.

Yea I'm PS3 at least.

[Graeme 2,588]

XBox 360 here. Is there cross-platform online play? I would guess not?

[Mark Bee 532]

Feel free to add me on PSN. My handle is Ruttlemaki.

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XBox 360 here. Is there cross-platform online play? I would guess not?

Sadly, no. I wish they'd get together on that, but I suspect cross-platform gaming is never going to happen.

[rozone 144]

I'm totally down for some online PS3 LST jams.

This game verges on too good.

[tatB 904]

I'm only about 5% into completing the game but lots of fun so far. Still trying to improve my crappy driving skills...

[slayer9019 57]

I'm only about 5% into completing the game but lots of fun so far. Still trying to improve my crappy driving skills...

I think I hit 40%ish in a couple days, then realized I had to go outside for a bit. I'll pick up the controller again this weekend. Get into a couple of the missions and it gets addicting!

[tatB 904]

I think I hit 40%ish in a couple days, then realized I had to go outside for a bit. I'll pick up the controller again this weekend. Get into a couple of the missions and it gets addicting!

This is my first time playing a video game as an "adult" with a full-time career so I'm having difficulty finding time. I think I need to call out sick from work for a week or two so I can dedicate 100% of my time to exploring the streets of los santos.

[slayer9019 57]

This is my first time playing a video game as an "adult" with a full-time career so I'm having difficulty finding time. I think I need to call out sick from work for a week or two so I can dedicate 100% of my time to exploring the streets of los santos.

Yea being an adult sucks sometimes. Sometimes I get jealous of my kid neighbor as he explains to me how he just sits around playing video games and smoking pot all the time. He didn't understand that I can't just "play until like 4am every night". HAHA

[Mark Bee 532]

Tonight I'm focusing on heists. Pappa needs some dough!!!

[slayer9019 57]

Recommendation: Don't join GTA:Online until you complete your main storyline. You lose out of the stock market aka you go broke

[Mark Bee 532]

I'm still having trouble finding all the missions to get through the story line. I end up driving around smashing things instead of getting through the content. Still fun, though.

[Graeme 2,588]

I'm still having trouble finding all the missions to get through the story line. I end up driving around smashing things instead of getting through the content. Still fun, though.

I had a weird glitch where if I got close to the starting point for a mission for Michael it would disappear and then reappear once I went far enough away from it. I couldn't switch between characters either. I think what happened was that I quit my previous game too soon after completing a mission, because eventually Michael automatically made some phone calls that I assume he should have made not long after that previous mission, and once he'd done that everything was fine again.

@slayer9019 good tip on the online play. I couldn't get it to work anyway because of, I assume, volume on their servers but now I know to wait.

I bet the DLC expansions for this will be great too.

[Pleadco 182]

Want.... To...... Play.

I'm not usually a fan of the GTA story lines, but this one just looks to good to pass up.

[Mark Bee 532]

Agreed, @Pleadco . I have never been a huge fan of the franchise, but this one has really grabbed me. The missions are better, the mechanics are better, (although as @Graeme pointed out, the driving still needs some fine-tuning) and the overall gameplay is better. Its a good way to kick back and recover after a few hours of getting poked with sharp things.

Want.... To...... Play.

I'm not usually a fan of the GTA story lines, but this one just looks to good to pass up.

[slayer9019 57]

@Graeme I haven't been able to get online to work at all! Driving me mad. I'm going to wait it out till next weekend to get the bugs out. Thankfully I'm getting tattooed this weekend to help distract me from GTA not working.

[Mark Bee 532]

I finally got online. So far, so good.