[aaronimpact]

QUOTE (Gregers08 @ Saturday, Sep 8 2012, 02:56)

Where is Niko sitting in this artwork? The main character doesn't always have to be the driver, that being said I'm growing more and more confident both of them will be playable at some points of the game, it might be a situation where Ned Luke's character dies/retires and red car guy becomes the new leader of the crew.

That's artwork not a screenshot or a trailer

[Adriaan]

QUOTE (aaronimpact @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 15:45)

That's artwork not a screenshot or a trailer

Oh look we have ourselves a Melvin. Does it matter? There are missions where Niko doesn't drive the cars himself... so does it matter that it was illustrated in an artwork when we know it happened in the game?

[MosquitoSmasher]

QUOTE (tony-resta @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 12:25)

QUOTE (darkplague @ Friday, Sep 7 2012, 20:09) maybe they take an EFLC and GTA:IV approach, but instead of having seperate games, you simply choose a protagonist, and then play intersecting storylines based on which character you chose, with the other character(s)? just a guess... That's genius actually, never thought of it like that. Having a "Storyline" menu at the beginning where you can choose the storyline to follow would be way better than characters just switching in-game.

I definitely see Rockstar going for this approach too, not character switching ingame, that's going to take you out of the experience. It however depends on how many multiple protagonists there are in the game, if there are multiple, but it sure seems that way.

[Johacamigames]

That might be a hint towards the Hispanic looking guy but it's still not yet 100% confirmed. It can go either way

[wwinterj]

QUOTE (MosquitoSmasher @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 15:10)

QUOTE (tony-resta @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 12:25) QUOTE (darkplague @ Friday, Sep 7 2012, 20:09) maybe they take an EFLC and GTA:IV approach, but instead of having seperate games, you simply choose a protagonist, and then play intersecting storylines based on which character you chose, with the other character(s)? just a guess... That's genius actually, never thought of it like that. Having a "Storyline" menu at the beginning where you can choose the storyline to follow would be way better than characters just switching in-game. I definitely see Rockstar going for this approach too, not character switching ingame, that's going to take you out of the experience. It however depends on how many multiple protagonists there are in the game, if there are multiple, but it sure seems that way.

I'll go with this at the moment with at the most three protagonists. Some of there missions will intertwine much like EFLC with the three leaf clover mission.
I'd love to be able to play from a cops prospective in one of these stories. Maybe EFLC was testing grounds for this to work? I'd also like each story to have a good amount of missions that way everyone is happy. I don't want to be forced to switch characters as in my opinion in brakes immersion, character progression takes a hit and you may end up playing as someone you don't care about. It's very much possible multiple protagonists will happen either way.

[MosquitoSmasher]

QUOTE (wwinterj @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 14:21)

QUOTE (MosquitoSmasher @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 15:10) QUOTE (tony-resta @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 12:25) QUOTE (darkplague @ Friday, Sep 7 2012, 20:09) maybe they take an EFLC and GTA:IV approach, but instead of having seperate games, you simply choose a protagonist, and then play intersecting storylines based on which character you chose, with the other character(s)? just a guess... That's genius actually, never thought of it like that. Having a "Storyline" menu at the beginning where you can choose the storyline to follow would be way better than characters just switching in-game. I definitely see Rockstar going for this approach too, not character switching ingame, that's going to take you out of the experience. It however depends on how many multiple protagonists there are in the game, if there are multiple, but it sure seems that way. I'll go with this at the moment with at the most three protagonists. Some of there missions will intertwine much like EFLC with the three leaf clover mission. I'd love to be able to play from a cops prospective in one of these stories. Maybe EFLC was testing grounds for this to work? I'd also like each story to have a good amount of missions that way everyone is happy. I don't want to be forced to switch characters as in my opinion in brakes immersion, character progression takes a hit and you may end up playing as someone you don't care about. It's very much possible multiple protagonists will happen either way.

Let's say there are indeed three protagonists. And they can manage to give all three protagonists their own storyline, a full campaign. So three full length campaigns. That would make it the very best GTA V ever (unless they screw up some features, won;t happen though). You'd have 10000% your money's worth. Would explain why they won't be going for big scale DLC neither anymore. I truly hope this is the case though, multiple protagonists sounds very interesting and if they all get their own campaigns with a reasonable length, doesn't nessecarily have to be GTA IV length..i'm good with that.

A perspective from a cop would be really interesting yeah, but i don't know if you can consider it GTA then. In GTA we've always been a criminal. Unless this is a cop who gets corrupt and dirty very quickly

[wwinterj]

QUOTE (MosquitoSmasher @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 15:30)

A perspective from a cop would be really interesting yeah, but i don't know if you can consider it GTA then. In GTA we've always been a criminal. Unless this is a cop who gets corrupt and dirty very quickly

Yeah I was thinking more like Officer Tenpenny in San Andreas. Not a good guy cop as that's never fun!

[DeafMetal]

Multiple protagonists seems pretty likely at this point, but I can't help but have a creeping feeling that Rockstar might be trolling us akin to Kojima in MGS2.

[yoshiandluigi3]

Hey guys, remember the GTA San Andreas mission: Reuniting The Families? Who's driving in the final part of the mission when the police are chasing them? Not Carl, the main protagonist.

They don't have to be driving to be the protagonist. Plus, was it ever even confirmed it was ned luke who was the protagonist anyway? Nope! So we can all put this to rest.

[jamieleng]

Multiple protagonists seem to be all the R.A.G.E. these days, what with Resi 6.

[MosquitoSmasher]

QUOTE (DeafMetal @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 16:56)

Multiple protagonists seems pretty likely at this point, but I can't help but have a creeping feeling that Rockstar might be trolling us akin to Kojima in MGS2.

You mean Kojima with Raiden? But in what way would Rockstar do it?

[wwinterj]

QUOTE (jamieleng @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 18:54)

Multiple protagonists seem to be all the R.A.G.E. these days, what with Resi 6.

f*ck that noise. Crappy forced co-op A.I is what has killed the Resident Evil series to me. With that said I will at least try 6 because of the nostalgia even though it seems like 5 to me. If it is like 5 then I'm done. Crapcom are killing all the things I love/loved.

[Nun0567]

I imagine Ned Luke as character like Tony from TBoGT. The one one who gives you most of the missions.

[DeafMetal]

QUOTE (MosquitoSmasher @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 20:37)

QUOTE (DeafMetal @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 16:56) Multiple protagonists seems pretty likely at this point, but I can't help but have a creeping feeling that Rockstar might be trolling us akin to Kojima in MGS2. You mean Kojima with Raiden? But in what way would Rockstar do it?

Yep. Well, they literately have the whole game on their hands lol they could have nabbed a random story NPC and used them for the character model on the screens. Not likely, I suppose, but not something that would surprise me.

[S.A.R.A.S.A.F]

Imo I think ned is a crooked dea agent who you have to deal with throughout the story, I think the small planes are used for smuggling drugs across Tijuana/San Diego border.

[man dragon]

QUOTE (DeafMetal @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 16:56)

Multiple protagonists seems pretty likely at this point, but I can't help but have a creeping feeling that Rockstar might be trolling us akin to Kojima in MGS2.

I don't really understand the point. The MGS franchise has a figurehead in Solid Snake, so making him appear to be the playable character was a valuable form of marketing at the time. GTA doesn't have an equivalent of Snake; there's no one character that you can claim is the "main-character" of the series. There's no reason for them to advertise that Albert is the protagonist when he actually isn't.

[jamieleng]

QUOTE (wwinterj @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 20:53)

QUOTE (jamieleng @ Sunday, Sep 9 2012, 18:54) Multiple protagonists seem to be all the R.A.G.E. these days, what with Resi 6. f*ck that noise. Crappy forced co-op A.I is what has killed the Resident Evil series to me. With that said I will at least try 6 because of the nostalgia even though it seems like 5 to me. If it is like 5 then I'm done. Crapcom are killing all the things I love/loved.

I think it's more a case of, throw enough crap at the wall & some of it will stick. With R*, most of it sticks.

[MosquitoSmasher]

I just watched this video and it probably already has been shown on this forum several times, but hey....anything gets shown these days, several times, lol.

Even though we don't have official confirmation of this. Check this video at 1:43

That's the only word we have on it, and how legit is this really? Seems pretty real to me..but if it is. Why couldn't Rockstar just give their official confirmation? Without even going into any 'multiple protagonists' territory? How legit is that tweet?



Lead voice and profile...sounds like main protagonist. How much can we trust this?

[stevechilds]

I am not convinced.

[MosquitoSmasher]

Of what? The voice sounds pretty similar to me man.