I'll refrain from the most common first and third party answers people always give (and have already given) in these threads, and choose games like L.A. Noire, and the Dead Space series.

The hate campaign L.A. Noire got was unjust. It was one of the best examples of Rockstar's unmatched ability to create immersive periodic atmospheres (dear god I hate that I just typed all that pretentious shit out). On top of its top notch writing, and cast of actors, great graphics, and facial animations, I was invested in the story and the mechanics. I cared about getting each case right, and if I failed, I exited the game and reloaded my save each time until I solved the case properly. One of my favorite games of last generation. The only real negative thing about it (which can and was also explained away by the drama between Rockstar and Team Bondi) was the lack of stuff to do. L.A. Noire had the biggest and most detailed map of any Rockstar game (GTAV's was "bigger" on paper, but the vast majority of that was desert, plainlands, and mountains, while L.A. Noire's entire map was a To-Scale street-accurate representation of Los Angeles). This was by far R*'s biggest, most detailed, and ambitious map in all of their games, there just wasnt anything to do in them. No "real" side missions. but to make matters worse, you get the ability to fast travel to every mission area VERY early on in the game meaning you have even less reason to actually ever SEE any of the city.

And while I just wrote that essay about L.A. Noire, and am thus too tired to do the same for my next game, I hate seeing the DEAD SPACE franchise constantly left out of Top 20/Top 10 lists.

Love all the "MS only cares about the end of the year" replies ITT.

Sony has absolutely jack shit lined up between right now, and Uncharted 4 (and *maybe* The Last Guardian if you're willing to take them at face value on that release date).

MS's E3 lineup alone was sufficient in spanking Sony through the middle of next year, for a very healthy rest of 2015 and 2016. That's before factoring in theres still 3 of MS's high profile exclusives they havent even shown yet. And that Sony isnt showing anything at Gamescom.

And even further than that, all of Sony's only studios worth a shit are all working on things we know about. Sony Santa Monica scrapped their "new ip" they were rumored to have spent 4 years and $100 million developing, and is right the **** back working on moar God of War (just what everyone was asking for, eyeroll).

I still maintain that Microsoft bought Kojima Productions (with Kojima), as well as the Fox Engine, and the P.T. game, and that thats the real reason behind all of this, and we're going to hear about it very soon (Gamescom?)

Prepared to get owned. I regret nothing.

Man that name makes me so mad every time I see it lol.

How do you go from quite possibly the coolest sounding studio name, and coolest logo/branding ever, to some generic shit like "The Coalition"?

This is correct. Although, I should have been more clear, as to exclude subscription based games like WoW.

And to be further clear, I was also talking about the entire GTA franchise, not just GTAV. And although GTAV alone DID have the largest LAUNCH in history, for any entertainment product, I was mistaken in the entire GTA franchise being the highest selling franchise of all time.

It is the FOURTH. However, FWIW it is still the highest selling THIRD PARTY franchise of all time, as the three games ahead of it are all Nintendo franchises: Mario, Pokemon, and the "Wii" series.

I mistakenly conflated that with previous knowlege of GTA5's launch being the biggest entertainment launch ever, and the GTA franchise being the highest selling third party franchise of all time, and combined those two facts together.

You do understand that this game isnt coming out until 5 years from now in 2020, likely hasnt even STARTED production yet, that Rockstar North (and all of the satalite subs who also contribute to every game) can work on multiple projects at once (especially within that massive timespan), and that Red Dead 3 is likely already closed to being finished anyways?

IIRC, am I the only one who remembers Rockstar confirming that the Read Dead franchise would be getting an update in 2016, at an investor call just a few months ago? I just looked all over google, and couldnt find anything.

If thats the case (and it probably is, its been rumored for years) then its likely pretty far in development. The game is probably almost finished. As far as GTA6 goes, 2020 is a LONG ways away.

That depents on if console games are still using Blu Ray in 2020, and havent moved onto something else.

Thats a hell of an understatement, for describing the most profitable entertainment property IN HUMAN HISTORY.

http://tech4gamers.com/rockstar-planning-whole-united-states-as-map-for-gta-6/

As per new reports and rumors, Rockstar is currently focusing on next addition to the famous Action-Adventure, Grand Theft Auto 6. The game was announced by Rockstar last year and it will be next title after the successful Grand Theft Auto V.

The chief of Rockstar Games, Leslie Benzies recently spoke about the GTA 6 that the Rockstar team for GTA 6 will be working on map, then story line and missions.

As per few reports, the game is shifted for release in 2020 and map in the game will include whole United States and the big cities and towns like New York, Los Angeles, Miami etc.

These reports are currently based on rumors as there is no official backing of proves of such claims. But it seems that the map in the game having whole U.S is also possible as two famous game had almost whole United States in its map, i.e, Need For Speed: The Run and The Crew. But the map in the game was made smaller and limited to only few cities.

The Crew was an open-world racing game set on tracks of almost whole U.S but Ubisoft developers made map such short and limited as it took less than two hours to drive throughout the country. But thats not an difficult job for Rockstar Games as they have years of experience of making open-world action-adventure games.

Regarding the map of GTA 6, one report stated,

“Loading the entirety of the USA would have its issues. I mean, driving from one city to another could be a real chore, especially if it’s just filled with country side and nothing much to do in between“

One report also claimed that they interviewed one of the insider and according to him, the next GTA will take around five years for completion and size of the game will be “twice” as that of GTA V.

The mapping reports are confusing as well as exciting. If we believe the reports that means that the game will have some fast travel options for players during missions. There are many different rumors on the internet regarding the GTA 6 which are not yet confirmed so it is difficult to conclude something. Stay tuned for further updates!

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