Being that it’s the 12th of November here in Australia, that means we’re officially one week away from the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI! Rockstar is also doing a local midnight release (the best way to do it), so on the 19th I can wake up early and start playing for the entire day.
The 13 year gap between this and GTA V means most people who played V and plan to get VI are probably in very different life stages now. I feel old saying this BUT, when GTA V came out I was still in Uni and the day it released I had a presentation to do so I picked the game up as soon as the store opened then played until the last minute before I had to head to Uni. Once I was done with that presentation (which I got a HD for from memory), I raced back home to continue to play.
In terms of GTA in general, Vice City is actually my favorite. As a kid I probably spent hundreds of hours playing GTA Vice City so finally getting to revisit the game is a dream for me. I’ve watched most major previews and from everything I read, GTA VI should be amazing with how alive the world is and the depth in terms of mechanics. I’m currently considering getting a capture card just so I can record gameplay but I’m not sure if it’s worth it due to the storage requirements for the actual footage. With GTA you always have those moments that happen naturally which would be fun to capture and share like the one described in this video preview below.
Another example that happened to me in GTA V is I was driving in the hills just outside Los Santos when there was a crash and a car caught on fire. The fire fighters showed up to put out the fire, but they blocked both lanes with the way they parked so NPC’s were honking them to move while they were putting the fire out. The firemen eventually got pissed off so ripped one of the drivers out of his car and started kicking the shit out of him. Because of this, more NPC’s got out of their cars and joined in so this massive brawl started all as a random thing to happen in the game without being triggered by a mission or random event.
It’s moments like the above that makes me want to give recording my gameplay a try, but I still got a week to decide. Otherwise let’s hope the next 7 days goes by quickly.