It is fashionable to launch new games without the campaign, multiplayer or anything else that elements “dopilivaya” missing along the way, so that activation of the GTA Online, multiplayer GTA V , but on October 1, apart from the release of the game itself looks quite in the spirit. One would hope that the pause will allow Rockstar to evaluate the audience and prepare for an influx of online thieves – too many games Pogorelov recently on the run because of the banal lack of servers and access problems.

But the start will still get worse than you would expect. The first couple of days it was possible to drive safely put off to the side – cloud server Rockstar did not survive, the characters have been created, online does not work. Then we went to the patches, patches and patches. Echoes of the problems start to hear the players even now, when the loading screen tips GTA Online flaunt “it does not lose its character” and “Do not press this button.” But the connection is stable, and we can now say for sure that GTA Online started.

In the trailer and the official website we were promised a “dynamic and constant open world for 16 players, which begins with the content and GTA V continues user generated content.” This is only half true.

Greets us with a rather original character generator. No eyebrows or length bust size – things no one can edit. But you can choose the look of their parents and grandparents to great-grandmothers, that will affect the complexion of the hero. In addition, it indicates the daily routine – six hours of sleep, three – sport activities, a couple of hours of legal work, and everything else – idleness. This affects the initial parameters of the character and for some reason changed his clothes, which could be before that is already specified player. Why was it so complicated – it is not clear, but beat the Saints Row in this regard Rockstar has clearly failed – persons ancestors virtually indistinguishable at this resolution, and the influence of the characteristics is minimal.

With the opening of a permanent peace came a hitch. Each time the player enters the GTA Online, he gets into a session for 16 people. Preference is given to “server”, which is a friend or a member of the gang. In fact, it’s a sandbox, which is a kind of hallway – here the player can ride, visit the gambling establishments, buy real estate and cars. But as soon as he chooses to take someone’s job, or an invitation to the mission, all the participants will get a “dungeon” (a separate, enclosed location, generated for a group of players), where the host will be invited. No other players on the mission will not be – only the NPC and members. 

Mechanics of this “instance” means that after the successful completion of the job group does not fall apart, and continue the game, so in the end there is a beautiful array of six new jobs, where each makes his choice – to continue to have fun together, or go back to idle mode. The trouble is that all these jobs to choose from – the usual racing, skydiving and other standard mission. A group usually gather to perform the original story assignments that are handed out characters from the single-player portion of GTA V.

In my opinion, the most unfortunate decision in this system – the constant change of the server. Upon completion of quests the player does not fall into that session, from which he retired. So if you went to play with his friends, and one of you decided to go on a mission alone, then back to you he will not fall, and will have to be collected again, use the button “Join the other.” But the fact that the seats in the new session will be enough for everyone.

This system has an impact on the general attitude to the published server. Imagine that you are constantly being moved from one train car to another – everything seems to be going in the same direction, but to dating, friendship or quarrel is not reached. Therefore, in a general session predictable chaos reigns, where it’s easy to get shot by a passing bespredelschik inadequate or become a target player who decides to blow up at any price your car. In Rockstar promise to monitor the behavior of players, displacing distinguished themselves in a reservation for the “bad.” But while the work of the system is not particularly noticeable.

Another thing that affects the gameplay are the points which are marked all the players on the map. There’s nowhere to hide, sit too well hidden “arrow” between the two groups immediately turn into a mass slaughter, where nothing can be disassembled. Offended are repeatedly bounty offenders, and the server begins the hunt. The greater the reward – the more willing to destroy the target. Moreover, the reward can expose and NPC, which you drove the car. It does not help either out of the game or a game of hide and seek – the goal is visible to all and always, so death is inevitable, the only question of time. Another thing that cheat the system and cash in on this easy – just call a friend, who will shoot you, and then production can be divided into two. This approach is justified only when a large reward for his head, as if each death he loses about $ 2,000 in-game currency. 

Story missions do not shine diversity. For each completed task accrues not only a cash bonus, but the reputation score. There is a growing level of player – opening up new types of weapons available hairstyles, clothing and other virtual “joy.” But the level before the 20th story missions handed out familiar characters look too pale. Steal a car for Simon to steal coke for Gerard repeated to exhaustion. Changing places, but the scheme remains the same – to get to the place and kill everyone, pick up a package and take him to a point. The emergence of new, but still familiar from the single player game characters is very slow. There are constant “distribution” from other players in the mission that you have already seen or are like two peas similar to the one that you just ran. The promised content is user-generated, so far in the project and will be introduced later, as the editor, with which the mission and will be created.

Outlet are independent  in free mode. Fortunately, you can hunt for expensive cars, which are valued in Los Santos Customs, or rob another roadside shop.

But the ownership of real estate in the GTA Online is perfectly implemented. Buy luxury apartment in the heart of the city with large windows, and then invite your friends – priceless. Thought out every detail, down to the ring at the door, and the need to open a guest. However, may be declared and uninvited guests, as well as bullies who calls and runs away. To do this, the TV in the living room of the channels – the camera monitoring the entrance. Special entertainment in the home, however, is not, therefore, limited to meeting the drinking of alcohol (from beer to wine and whiskey and green juice – depending on the value of the apartment), staring into a telescope neighborhoods and walk around the garage. 

Has expanded the functionality of the gaming smartphone. Now it can be used to cause personal mechanic (if you have a garage) that will fit the selected car, use the services of an insurance company, or call on the help of experts from the private military company Merriuezer. In addition, you can call and heroes of the story line that transcends online. 

So far, in the company of friends GTA Online looks good, and the time for the session flies by quickly. However, it later turns out that most of it you were fooling around, changed clothes, fighting with other players or trying to make a collective picture in the apartment of a friend. Much of the planned in the GTA Online yet – Editor, custom missions, sane clan wars, bank robberies. Yet done enough for it to entertain a huge army of fans, but Rockstar should hurry up with the introduction of promised features as virtual residents of Los Santos is not played enough. 

PS In the design of this article draws user photos Rockstargramm, loaded with virtual smartphones GTA V.

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Nowadays, buying almost every game – a kind of roulette. Well, when there are lots of reviews and the all clear, but sometimes you want to take a new product immediately after the release, and here there is a certain risk. Any developer and publisher can unpleasantly surprise, releasing crude or uninteresting game with gameplay. But in this ocean of instability is an island of consistency. Each of the games of this company – a small masterpiece in the world of virtual entertainment. They are to be believed, their games can buy with your eyes closed. Because it is a Rockstar.

It is not clear for what reason Grand Theft Auto series was considered a pastime for children of school age. This game has always been “adult” jokes, violence and exaggerated display of the real world. And the rating actually indicates that the audience GTA – people who have reached the age of majority. Yes, in the first parts of the gameplay rarely went beyond the “kill 40 people from a grenade launcher for 1 minute.” Apparently, this is what formed the stable error, which can prevent a great familiarity with the show.

And it is a serious innovation at first you do not see. Main – the possibility and necessity of the game for three characters. Initially, the system raises many questions, but now we can say that it worked perfectly. We have before us three characters, which seemed to me to have been chosen by chance. The first – a retired burglar Michael, who had a family and a decent small house in Los Santos, but is not able to deter aggression and to live in a calm state incapable. He’s one of the heroes of the “new wave”, wears a suit and drives a decent car. The second – a black Franklin, as if descended from the screen, for which we were playing GTA: San Andreas. At first it seems a typical homie, but then his character takes on the contours and appears sympathy, because Franklin was smart and sensible. Third – Trevor takes us back into the past with all those “kill 30 redneck …” – deranged lunatic from the category of those who do not want to meet on the street. Three of the world and three different approaches are summarized in a single plot, and the heroes must somehow put up with each other in order to survive in modern-day Los Santos. 

Commotion started after Michael makes a mistake that could cost him his life. Or a lot of money, which he does not. The only way to get a large amount in a short time – back to the old way. All attempts to start a new life are dust, contact with the therapist terminated, and each new character in the family it looks like the enemy. And the kids are growing like something is wrong, and the wife tries to spin another affair with a tennis coach.

At Franklin never seen any prospects in life. He lives with his aunt, is not working and is friends with thugs, intelligence level is significantly below it. The best “sidekick” Lamar claims for a role in the new film in the series “Dumb and Dumber”, the rest indulge dope and constantly require assistance, which he does not deny. Meeting with Michael for Franklin – an important point in life, that you had to catch. 

Trevor after a failed robbery 10 years ago has become a typical Redneck, living in the north of Los Santos. Motorcyclists of The Lost, redneck, Chinese, Mexicans and sellers of drugs – all for him are enemies. It is engaged in manufacturing drugs and does not tolerate not only competition, but also people in general. A chance meeting can turn into a bloodbath, the reason Trevor, in most cases, is not necessary. The only thing that interests him – turned out to be a live one, which he believed killed in the same ill-fated case 10 years ago. 

Switching between characters depending on the situation. In some story missions it can be prevented or, on the contrary, it is imperative for the rest – total freedom. And even in this uncomplicated process Rockstar have managed to do more than you need to – we do not simply switch and see the character standing. Michael can sit and watch TV, catch Franklin coming out of the taxi, and Trevor wakes up on the shore covered in blood with a bunch of dead bodies nearby. Little thing that adds atmospherics, and this – the most important part of the GTA.

The characters appeared pumpable capacity – an interesting but controversial innovation. The pilot-clumsy constantly wagging the plane, and a good driver does a better job with the car. The same goes for running, diving and shooting. Ways to improve a little bit – you have to drive, shoot and dive. But beyond that, there are spetsvozmozhnosti unique to each character. Michael decimated by Max Payne, and can slow down time in the shootout, giving him the ability to quickly solve the problem with a few dangerous opponents. Franklin does the same thing when driving a car – Flash plug or turn cease to be a problem when you’re in the jelly to squeeze between the cars in the stream. Trevor, as befits a psychotic killer, is able to slow down during the time to improve their resistance to damage, and deal critical damage to an enemy when hit by firearms.

In the course of the story will be added special major missions – the robbery of a new type for the GTA. They are complex and require the preparation of transport, effects and equipment. At the beginning of the brain of a criminal group Leicester offers a choice of two approaches to the robbery, of which the player chooses the most suitable. Further actions will depend on the plan chosen, and for the performance of a team of mercenaries recruited more having their abilities and skills. A good driver is certainly better than a bad, but its share will be larger, so have to choose carefully. For example, if you are planning a “quiet” operation, then the arrow can be saved, and vice versa. 

The city itself – a virtual imprint of our world with its current problems and fashion trends. Once all this is turned inside out and colored with different colors. Politicians, entertainers and TV stars necessarily drug addicts or mobsters. Drop tolerance – here for the fun of it, or an adverse impact. In the square you can find an agitator for the legalization of marijuana, which each hero manages to cram a terrible mix, causing horrific hallucinations (hello, Saints Row), a mayoral candidate in the advertisement on the radio says that it is better to choose an open wretch like him than those who hides his true self. There is even a social network LifeInvader with overt allusions to Facebook. Be sure to listen to the voice of the owner and visit the office – the realm of hipsters, slackers who complain about deadlines, but play games, rest on padded stools and watching porn on company computers.

On the streets became more lively and pleasant, pedestrians take an active part in the events, getting smart phones and photographing the accident or gunfight. Hitting a car with a Mexican in his area, be prepared for the fact that he cheerfully jump out and start shooting at the car was leaving, and if you dare to join him in a fistfight – catch up with friends of the victim. The police are constantly pursuing someone and you can get away from the cases and follow them – in the end is sure to be an interesting exchange of fire, where there is possible and very fotobloggerom work. From the police itself, by the way, it is much easier to go – now a large number of stars does not require painting a car – in any case you can hide in any court, and wait it out. 

By the way, the camera has disappeared from the props characters that can also be considered an interesting feature. In missions where you need to work at first paparazzi frantically push buttons, trying to find among the masses of pistols and submachine reflex, and then remember that you have a smartphone with a camera. In his spare time to do the photography for the soul – a service Social Club allows you to save the game right out of the small copies of pictures by your own, it is a real page. The creators of the service should be a monument – a very convenient and functional, you can look at photos of friends or just keep track of popular or recently added photos. Persists even geotags, which is easy to identify the place where he was shot or that shot. Awesome.

A separate group is working on filling a virtual internet. Running the browser on the same smartphone, you can long gap for the story by reading through tears descriptions in online stores or news. A special moment – the exchange. Innovation are the fifth of the shares of companies that are present in the game. Stock market speculation armed person can earn a lot of money, especially as he prepares to kill the head of a company and knows the name of the competitor. But Rockstar went ahead and implemented the two exchanges – one works in the framework of the plot, and the oscillations of the shares to another is dependent on the actions of all players online. In theory, the agreement by a group of people can influence the course, taking advantage of their change for their own enrichment.

Some interesting things have been taken from the last hit Rockstar – Red Dead Redemption. Random events occur on the road all the time – someone stole the bike or pull the purse, somewhere a woman asks for help, and here around the corner smoking a security van guards. You can intrude on or drive on, but do not forget that Rockstar did not happen just like that.

GTA series has always been famous for the fact that in addition to the story and side missions there was always something to do. Alas, bowling from the fourth part disappeared, but there was tennis, weird yoga classes and a variety of extreme sports. Skydiving, mountain bikes and racing motorcycles acquired a special flavor because of the mountainous terrain. Some unimaginable efforts Rockstar managed to squeeze out of the current generation of consoles last juice to showcase beautiful sunsets and views of the city at night. Walking down the mountain on a motorcycle looks so natural, that quickens the heartbeat. Stop periodically to capture scenery and post it here in the Social Club. Bravo, Rockstar.

Closing of the plot and the passage of side missions – not the end of the game. From October 1 start GTA Online – a multiplayer mode, which is produced by all owners of the game for free. Given that I myself until recently, actively playing on one of the servers rolepleynogo GTA: San Andreas, which was released (just think!) Almost 10 years ago, the life cycle of GTA V can be just as long.

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On the eve of launching GTA Online company Rockstar Games has decided to share with users in some detail about the possibilities of the online mode. Recall that the output additions will take place on October 1, and buyers licensed copy of GTA 5 will be able to download it for free.

In the developer’s official blog said that the success of the multiplayer mode is completely dependent on the players. That is why one of the priorities will be to ensure the user feedback on the mark.

According to Rockstar Games, it is important to everyone’s opinion. To collect and analyze all kinds of information and suggestions from users will be used by the two new channels: e-mail ([email protected]), which will be launched on October 1, and the forum GTA Online Forums. In a short time the official forum section will be updated and relevant topics for the new game.

The company notes that the maximum number of real players in multiplayer, can not exceed 16. Members will receive a maximum of possibilities and full freedom of action. The developer plans to introduce different kinds of missions, designed as a single player, as well as a group. The main driving force in the game will be money and reputation, which in multiplayer mode, you can be more easily obtained than in singles.

The developer has confirmed recent rumors about micro-transactions, but stressed that the game is designed so that any problems with them should not occur.

Rockstar Games has also announced a set of updates that are waiting for users from the very first days of launching the multiplayer mode. For example, the ability to create your own quests and missions, the addition of Beach Bum Pack (4 new beach car, two new weapons and more than 300 articles of clothing), the mode of “Capture the Flag” and the like.

More details can be obtained from the reports in the official blog.

Recall that in the first day of sales GTA 5 has earned $ 800 million.

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Action / adventure GTA V, which was released on September 17, surpassed the most optimistic forecasts and set a new sales record in the first 24 hours – $ 800 million

Before the start of the game, analysts have predicted that before the end of September, GTA V will earn $ 1 billion , while sales of the first day will be at $ 400 million In fact, the project is Rockstar Games twice blocked the projected figure.

In 2008, GTA IV has brought $ 500 million in sales this week, and the first record of the day in 2012 put the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – $ 500 million in 24 hours.

September 17 GTA V for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 went on sale all over the world except Brazil and Japan, the release of these countries is later. In the U.S., the game sold in 8,300 stores starting at midnight.

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Today, September 17, on sale all over the world comes one of the most anticipated and most expensive games in history – GTA V. Analysts predict the draft Rockstar Games a huge financial success – sales of GTA V should rise from the previous part of the game.

Predecessor, GTA IV, released in April 2008 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and in December 2008 on a PC, for five years, has sold 25 million copies and earned $ 1.56 billion, while putting a few records. So, for the first day it was sold 3.6 million copies of the game, and this week – 6 million, bringing the publisher about $ 500 million in revenue.

According to analysts of Sterne Agee, GTA V is the most expensive game in history – the cost of its development is estimated at $ 265 million, which is comparable to the budgets of films like “Avatar”, “The Avengers” and the sixth part of “Harry Potter.” Representatives of Rockstar Games did not confirm nor deny this figure. Thus the project is almost paid for before release – it was pre-ordered 2.5 million copies of the game that, given the special and collectible editions was to bring more than $ 200 million

The specialists of the same Sterne Agee predicted that GTA V will set a record first-day sales of 6.5 million copies and $ 400 million analysts Robert W. Baird & Co talking about 12 million cases by the end of September and revenue of $ 1 for the first month of sales. In Sterne Agee called even more optimistic figures – 13.5 million copies by the end of September.

Overall, by the end of the financial year in March 2014, the publisher of the game, the company Take Two, will boast 18-20 million sold boxes. In view of the likely future additions and porting of games for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, GTA V is easy to bypass its predecessor with 25 million copies in five years.

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