This morning I remembered that it was 2nd of November and thus the GTA V trailer would be coming out. So I hopped over to Rockstar’s website only 5 minutes before the trailer went live. If you have scene it you can find it here: http://www.rockstargames.com/
So how about that trailer? My initial reaction was that it was a mix between San Andres and IV. I say that only because the location looks very SA while it retains the serious tone of IV – a good thing since it now has no hope of competing in the arcade style craziness that is dominated by Saints Row.
Let’s take a detailed look at the trailer and see what it’s all about.
It appears that we’re back in LA – a bit of a disappointment I admit. It had been rumored that this game would take place in LA, but I had hoped that those rumors would be proven wrong. After being in Los Santos in SA I was hoping for a change of scenery. I admit, it will be nice to be in a city that has a little more sun than Liberty City, but couldn’t we pick someplace new? I know it will be vastly different – simply compare III to IV and it’s easy to see how things can change. I’ll be interested to see if they pull anything from Midnight Club:LA, supposedly the most accurate representation of LA ever in a video game. Next time, how about we go to a different country or someplace like Seattle, Washington DC, St Louis, or Hawaii? Where would you set the next GTA?
Moving on, we see elements that have appeared in other games – people running on the boardwalk, jet skis, and mountains! The fact that there is mountains gives me the impression that we’ll a bigger more open map like in SA. The return of jets of all sorts also points to this. After the mountains we see what looks to be a BWM convertible putting the top down. I hope there are more cool details like this!
I have to wonder if the guys the cops are chasing at 1:06 is your character from SA.
Then we see a brief freeway seen where we pass a sign. It appears that this time they are calling LA, Los Puerta. Maybe I’m off base here as I’m a little surprised that they would change the name. We also see that there is a “Little Seoul” part of town. Who wants to bet we’ll be taking part in some gang violence this time around?
Cars. There looks to be a good combo of BMW, Audi, Jeep, Land Rover, and other knock offs – both new and old. My dream has always been for Rockstar to take the car customization they have in Midnight Club and chuck it into body shops in GTA. Think body shops from SA only more expansive.
Things I’m most excited for:
Jets, 18 Wheelers, and dogs – see opening scene. Lots of other stuff too, but these are things that differ from IV. I didn’t see any, but I really hope they bring back bicycles – it’s California after all.
