Sunday, November 6, 2011

GTA V Trailer - a Reaction

GTA V Trailer, check it out if you haven't yet!
I was blown away by the trailer when it was released about 4 days ago, (well, as blown away as you can be by a trailer). At first, I was unsure of what city they were going to be based in, but I had a good feeling they were going to draw from one of their past games' cities, it's gotten to be a habit of Rockstar's. When I saw the lifeguard's post on the beach, one of my first reactions was the assumption that GTA V was going to be about Vice City once more. When I saw the palm trees, I was especially sure GTA V would be about Vice City, and the golf course was also a sign pointing in the direction of Vice City. But when I saw the mountain hikers, that introduced doubt, and the windmills did too. The house seemed Los Angeles-esque the second time I saw the trailer, but at the first time I've seen it it looked Miami-ish enough to pass. Sure enough, the more scenes that passed, the more I was inclined to believe that GTA V would not be taking place in Vice City, noting in particular, the (presumably) migrant workers getting crop-dusted on in the fields. Then the criminal element was introduced, apparently the main character will be white, and what   I noticed with delight was the introduction of an AK-47 with a silencer, and also, a mask on the main character! I loved wearing masks in GTA IV, and to see a hint of more masks to come was a personal win for me. The foreclosed home featured as "For Sale" looked a lot like the homes seen in LA Noire (which I rented for a week and am not too upset over not keeping), which gave me the feeling of a great modernization of the San Andreas map. The cars look beautiful, and after having played GTA IV for the past 4 years, they seem to have really upgraded their graphics, which is of course to be expected, but just the looks of the cars were really motivating to get this game. The freeway system, graffiti markings reading "Los Santos", and the of course, the jet flying over the Vinewood sign, made the Los Santos presumption cemented in fact.
The oil drilling machines in the foreground with the skyline as a background was really notable, at least to me, as I love to see landscapes, such as those, I guess.
The chase segment, at something like 1:05, seemed ordinary until the camera was positioned near the helicopter, when you, the viewer, receive this daunting realistic roof and alley bonanza.
They've saved something great for the end though, you see this Lear jet flying over the Vinewood sign and into the sunset (skyline purposefully put in between), giving me hope that we can see the return of jets and planes in Grand Theft Auto!
I loved flying the planes in San Andreas, and was a bit disheartened to see them go in GTA IV. The GTA IV helicopters are fine, but were nothing like flying a plane at top speed.
So yeah, this was a great trailer and I found it fun to watch it a couple more times (specifically: 3 times).
Oh, and if anyone can relate, I first saw this trailer on memebase and was honestly surprised to see an advertisement that I would actually purchase from.

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