I'm pretty sure that this will be a brand new character in a modern day San Andreas. They've never brought back the main character from a past GTA as the main character for another GTA. Yes, Claude was in San Andreas, but I'm talking about who you actually are. That's not to say this won't feature any characters from past GTAs, but the guy talking in the trailer, who I assume you are in the game, isn't an older Tommy Vercetti, even if IGN is speculating.

I would, given exactly what you said next. There being no new console kinda puts a damper on that, and they're probably not playing with the new tech, so....

Hasney is the worst mod ever. The Mackem wouldn't have stood for this outrage. He was a man of tradition. Way to ruin DS's return by obliterating the official GTA V thread.

I hope you all realize that you will be missing out on the incredible GTA V coverage that DS typically brought to these threads. :nono:

Which would go surprisingly well with this shot I found on 4chan

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5819/1320273026250.jpg

Yeah, If Hasney had read the thread and seen how mint it was he wouldn't have done this.

I think DS should just create a new one and get what we were originally going to have.

I just hope it strikes the same tone as San Andreas. Also I want the harrier and jetpack back.

Totally. Hoping Saints Row 3 got rid of that too.

Everyone boo Hasney!


BOOOOOOOOOOOO

That Postal Truck has 2405 on it as well!!!

That song name is Small Faces by the way and whats even cooler is that it was released on...

May 24th 1968.

May 24th release date? Idk. Will have to see if there are more than just a couple things that coincide.

I am putting in the time off request now for the 24th, 25th and 26th.

Yeah I'd checked that earlier, but then I'd remembered that some big games usually come out later in the week, usually Friday, and thought it was possible

GTA4 released on a Tuesday get the fuck out of here G.

Why wont they release it on a Thursday.

I figured you meant they wont release it except on a Friday or Saturday.

Because Tuesday is the normal date, with Friday being the "special occasion" day

I've heard it a few times it has to do more of when shipments arrive at stores as a way for stores to save money with shipments. Non-Tuesday games might have custom shipment dates like how Nintendo releases a few big titles on Sundays.

Hmm, well I gotta say that isn't a coincidence.

There's technically nothing stopping them from releasing on a Thursday, there's just no precedent for it

I think it will be.

Thats 6 months, 21 days, 1 hours and 36 mins then.

Watching an IGN breakdown of the trailer, they point out that a sign for I-5 is shown (the Las Puerta Fwy sign). Not being from California I didn't quite get the relevance, but apparently I-5 is a major highway that connects almost all of the major cities. Could just be "another road" but given the importance of it in real life and it getting an intentional close up in the trailer it could be a hint

Well, officially can't wait. Haven't read the last few pages, but fuck yeah.

Also, for size comparison, assuming this is anywhere near correct, holy fucking shit:

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4266/mapm.jpg

That's two SA maps in RDR's. It's going to be 2.5 times that? What the fuck?

Just stopping by to let everyone know that I don't give a fuck about DS or his thread.

Gamestop had a report that Rockstar was putting the finishing touches on the mini-games, so it seems like a large portion of the game is already done.

GTA 4 was a special case with the delay. The other GTAs came out six months after the trailer. It’s speculated they wanted to add in multiplayer after feeling some pressure, but I’ve never seen that confirmed.

Some people have noted the dates seen at the end of the Ballad of Gay Tony and in the trailer - they all say May 24th. The song in the trailer was released on a May 24th. These could be hints from Rockstar. I’m not one to jump the gun, but the coincidences are too strong to ignore. I really think we’ll see this game next May.

May 24th is Sam Houser's (president of Rockstar) birthday.

Tommy Vercetti doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps there could be a mission where you go and visit someone on Grove Street, and CJ pays them a visit, but I just don't see Rockstar going back to Tommy. It just seems like a better choice to start fresh to build a better backstory.

Holy shit

Haha fuck YOU DS!

Let the spazztastic speculation begin!