Grand Theft Auto 5 gameplay tops 100 hours of the American dream
Houser says GTA5 is so massive because he wants to get intimate with the three main protagonists and allow players to explore ideas of classic Americana as perceived through the veil of spray-on tanner. There are no playable female characters in GTA5 because "the concept of being masculine was so key to this story," he says.
"LA is this embodiment of 20th century American desires: the houses, the gardens, the tans, all slightly fake," Houser says. "It's the end of the western world – the suns sets and then it's tomorrow. But the industry is movies or, equally phoney, real estate. It's people trying to escape their pasts and reinvent themselves. If GTA 4 was a classic New York story, this is the endpoint of the American dream."
Rockstar spent 100 days on "research trips" to LA: "Out and about, all night long with weird people, strange cops showing us around, a lot of first-hand research. We spoke to FBI agents that have been undercover, experts in the Mafia, street gangsters who know the slang – we even went to see a proper prison. These poor buggers in the middle of the salt flat desert, miles away. It was eye-openingly depressing."
Sounds like a great foundation for a fun-filled game – or even a movie. Rockstar has been approached multiple times to make a Grand Theft Auto film, but it's not worth the risk, Houser says. "We've been offered, many times, and it's never appealed. The money's never been close to be worth risking one's crown jewels."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/09/grand-theft-auto-5-gameplay-tops-100-hours-of-the-american-dream/
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DV8Posted:
100 HOURS! That is crazy, I think like level 1-10th perstige on MW2 was like a couple days so that is a long game time for a GTA game.
-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:
100 hours must be for the Single Player alone as the Online is an ever evolving world which I reckon I can get at least a few hundred hours out on at the very least. I am glad that they have not made a movie about the game, because their is a chance the film could be a flop and it would effect the game in some way. This has got to get GOTY the hype alone makes it deserve that and if it is anywhere near as good as it looks its leaps and bounds above the rest.
coDyDaTallGuyPosted:
codeleaker it said you can be a girl in gta 5 in online video and they say there arnt?
I think Dan was referring to the campaign characters.
RaciPosted:
OmittingCoder This game is so overhyped it's not even funny.
I agree it is .. But I also think it's going to be alot of fun
MushroomElmPosted:
Human I hope we never have a woman character, sorry
I think I'll get trolled for saying this..But women characters are awesome. Especially if you have so many options for cloths. Make her look all sexy and such xD
Kind of like in Saints Row 3, just not so 'fun' in the sense of the game being actually serious.
WLRPosted:
McNuggets_Jr-Ben-You're actually the only person I've ever met to say that. There's always a first I guess...Miss I think I might be the only one who doesn't like GTA. So repetitive.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion!
But I dont think I've ever seen someone who doesnt like GTA!
Its so much fun!
You Cod Lover Gta5 Going The Be The Best Game Ever
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