GTA V PC first impressions

[hmblm1245]

I'll try before i'll buy. Loved the series in general. Remarkable how far they have come.

[alani123]

The game is pretty awesome! I started the campaign today and I'm in love already.

What platform?  PC?  Xbox?  PS4?  I am thinking of buying it but I am a PC gamer and I haven't heard good things...

PC of course. It's great if you're a fan of the series. It keeps the spirit and the graphics are better than ever. The campaign has a lot of funny moments and original characters and the feature that allows you to switch between the characters is quite fun too. I can't speak for online play yet but my friends seem to be having fun.

And if you're worried about paying too much, get it from the Brazilian steam store. It's 100 Brazilian Reals which is about 33 dollars.

[KonstantinosM]

The game is pretty awesome! I started the campaign today and I'm in love already.

What platform?  PC?  Xbox?  PS4?  I am thinking of buying it but I am a PC gamer and I haven't heard good things...

PC of course. It's great if you're a fan of the series. It keeps the spirit and the graphics are better than ever. The campaign has a lot of funny moments and original characters and the feature that allows you to switch between the characters is quite fun too. I can't speak for online play yet but my friends seem to be having fun.

And if you're worried about paying too much, get it from the Brazilian steam store. It's 100 Brazilian Reals which is about 33 dollars.

My criticisms still stand but now that I've played the game more I'm having a lot of fun with it.
The fact that vehicles are sluggish is okay after getting to modify the shit out of them.

[STT]

PC version is just out with higher res then previous versions.   I dont think theres anything much wrong with it but Im only going by what I seen on places like here:
http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Grand%20Theft%20Auto%20V

GTA is GTA, gets old after a while but I will buy this on the next sale probably and hopefully I'll have my graphics card back from rma by then though I heard it mostly requires a beefy CPU if anything, oh and 8 gigs of memory is good

[Mitchell]

A good CPU, GPU and a lot of RAM are indeed a must. My two year old laptop has a second generation i7, 6GB of RAM and a Nvidia GT 650m with 2GB dedicated RAM and I only get around 25 FPS with modified settings to reduce the workload. It's definitely playable and it still looks amazing so I ain't complaining, but it is something to keep in mind.

[alani123]

The optimization is not that perfect to be honest. It's a good port from all aspects, most of the time it doesn't even feel like a port to be honest. But I still run into lag spikes at random points and I have a decently powerful gaming computer. I saw many people reporting the same issue in the steam community.

My specs in case you care:
R9 290
8Gb Ram
Fx 8350

Thankfully the game has a good variety of graphic settings so many systems can handle it.

[LewiesMan]

I've been playing Gangstar Vegas on my iPad, thinking of trying out GTA V for a bit. Is it worth the money for a casual gamer?

[Mitchell]

I've been playing Gangstar Vegas on my iPad, thinking of trying out GTA V for a bit. Is it worth the money for a casual gamer?

Well, the single player mode is nice and playing online is quite a bit of fun, so it should be good for a casual gamer. Just make sure you PC can handle it before buying the game.

[jerol31]

I like this new GTA game. It's better than previous version.

[KonstantinosM]

I like this new GTA game. It's better than previous version.

Do you mean that you like this over a previous title or a previous version of itself.


In terms of whether it's better than previous GTA games I have to say that Vice City and San Andreas wipe the floor with GTA: V.

[KonstantinosM]

I think this thread has outlived its relevancy.

I'll lock when I come back to the computer.