GTA 5 Mission Details, Character Switching, and Open-World Heists Revealed

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Dutch gaming website GameKings managed to get some face time with Rockstar Games' Dan Houser to talk about Grand Theft Auto V. They've posted up their findings on a video to describe all they learned about the game during their trip to the studio.

GTA fans have since translated the video feature into English, with some new details about the game and some clarifications about what the press saw at an event recently held by the studio.

According to the feature, Houser confirmed that the scene in which press members who witnessed a gameplay demo of GTA V can see Michael sitting by the pool isn't a cutscene, but a playable section of the game. Likewise, the mission showcased to the press was real gameplay, and not a scripted sequence. Neither of these scenes have been shown to the public as of yet, and should not be confused with the game's second trailer.

Each character approaches a mission through different means. For example, Michael and Trevor approach the mission by helicopter, while Franklin gets there on his motorbike.

The game's switching mechanism gives players an indicator for each and every protagonist on the zoomed out map, which you can switch between. It switches between the game's three protagonists, Michael, Franklin and Trevor. The system is unscripted, so you'll be able to switch to these characters throughout the game. This differs from Heavy Rain's linear narrative, which forces players into the roles of the different protagonists throughout the story.

In line with GTA V's free-form gameplay, players will be able to perform heists and hijackings by following armored vans (displayed as money symbols on the map) and take the money for themselves. It's not too different from Red Dead Redemption in that sense.

Both Michael and Trevor are former bankrobbers with criminal pasts, and the much younger Franklin sees them as anti-role models.

Rockstar is said to have done a lot of research on the LAPD, and San Quentin State Prison. Presumably, these real life places will have analogues within Los Santos.

You can watch the original video at GameKings if you can understand the language.

GTA 5 Mission Details, Character Switching, and Open-World Heists Revealed

 

[Bboystyle]

if they put a prison in this game thats accessible..

 

[Dr.HannibalLecter]

if they put a prison in this game thats accessible..

Would be if they had a prison guard that looks like Rick Ross


Rockstar like

 

[Rakim Allah]

"In line with GTA V's free-form gameplay, players will be able to perform heists and hijackings by following armored vans (displayed as money symbols on the map) and take the money for themselves. It's not too different from Red Dead Redemption in that sense."

You could hijack money trucks in Sleeping Dogs...I hope this feature is more detailed in GTA 5.

 

[Bathing Ape]

 

[Heretic]

This is gonna shyt on games for years to come...

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Would be if they had a prison guard that looks like Rick Ross


Rockstar like

if there was a mission to help a fat prison guard become a gangsta rapper...

"i know vercetti, the real vercetti!!"

 

[Silkk]

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

brehs are we really READY for this game?

 

[KevCo]

do we have a release date?

 

[THE 101]

if they put a prison in this game thats accessible..

It would be cool if one of the characters got locked up and there was a whole section of it in prison. It would be like Rockstar's Bully crossed with Oz

And it could work due to the multiple characters as you'd still have the freedom to explore the city by switching characters.

 

[Kings County]

Would be if they had a prison guard that looks like Rick Ross


Rockstar like

they can name him "the boss"

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

I doubt this will be better than Sleeping Dogs.

 

[kt773]

I doubt this will be better than Sleeping Dogs.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

brehs are we really READY for this game?

My body is ready.

I laid out zebra skins for this one.