GTA V’s First-Person Mode is Pointless

Offering four games in one box on what has to several discs, Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1 has been announced for the cost of $59.99 – the orthodox price point for one game. Bundled into the package is L.A. Noire (2010); Red Dead Redemption (2009); Midnight Club: Los Angeles – Complete Edition (the tricked-out version of 2008’s MC:LA ); and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City ( GTA IV’s DLC compilation of The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Ton

As sterling as the contents of the collection may be, however (we’re already anxious to see Edition 2 ), there’s no confusing Rockstar’s real focus for the rest of 2012 and into 2013: Grand Theft Auto V . As one retailer listed the Rockstar Collection, another, GameStop , saw fit to list its release date as March 1, 2

The moments of awe that the first-person mode demonstrate (like the flying segments) are constantly overshadowed by an obstructive and pointless statement. As the fanmade mods have shown us, first-person GTA is a novelty, a fleeting distraction that you’ll use for five minutes, then realize that it was just better the old way. Re-releasing GTA V barely a year after release is already a questionable move, but using something so disposable and out of place as a selling point is the real issue at hand. And yes, it’s optional. I understand that, but why treat this as a game-changer? GTA V on PS4 and Xbox One will sell, likely very well, but not because of the first-person mode. GTA V’s first-person mode is a pointless addition that does more to shamelessly lure in FPS fans than deliver any substantial inclusions to what Grand Theft Auto is about.

Game Modifications are a wonderful thing. They help expand the longevity of games, and give gamers some original content to toy around with. However, sometimes these modifications go horribly awry – not like they meant to, but some of them end up being downright horrifying. In the spirit of Halloween, we thought it might be a good idea to compile some of these accidental Frankensteins for you, because we don’t want you to sleep at night for some reason (you should play Five Night’s At Freddy’s after this article, it’s really relaxi

Previously known as the Spike Video Game Awards (VGAs), the show has had a lick of paint over the last year being re-branded as VGX . While it put bigger focus on reveals such as a new generation remaster of Tomb Raider and Telltale Games taking on both Game of Thrones and Borderland s episodic series, the entire affair was still framed by awa

Speaking to Chicago’s WGN radio station this week, iconic GTA presenter, publisher and all-round personality Lucien ‘Lazlow’ Jones, explained to listeners the extreme lengths the studio had gone to in order to secure authentic vocal talents. Recording in people’s homes, on the streets and in-studio – alongside a plethora of real life gang members – Jones cites authenticity as being his number one g

Minecraft is no stranger to user-made modifications, and plenty of horror-based modifications already exist for the recently-acquired property . However, one game modification which wasn’t intended to be scary in any way ended up outdoing them all, and we’re not ashamed to say we may have fallen out of a chair when we first heard this mod. When one man set out on a quest to make the Minecraft creepers sound like the character Lemon Grab from Adventure Time , he unknowingly created a noise that would make even Herobrine think twice about ever stepping foot outside in the dark ag

It was an incredibly strong showing for games this year with three major ‘Game of the Year’ contenders in Grand Theft Auto V , The Last of Us and BioShock Infinite all hogging the nominations. In fact, the program featured close categories throughout with Game of the Year, Studio of the Year, Best Independent Game and acting categories being especially tight ca

This is it. When bad people die, they go into this game modification and are forced to live it out forever. The second Skyrim modification on our list takes a classic and nostalgic childhood symbol, the lovable Thomas The Tank Engine, and Gta5Play.Com makes the toot-tooting educational symbol a horrifying, fire-breathing murderer. It’s not this blatant attack on our childhood memories that makes it horrifying, it’s the steadfast unblinking eyes and unwavering smile that make Thomas The Tank Engine one of the most horrifying things we’ve ever seen. As he toot-toots his way into your nightmares, gamers can be sure Thomas has no remorse. There are no tears. There are only tra

A year on from the game’s initial release on PS3 and Xbox 360, GTA V has yet to get its first piece of single player story DLC. However Shawn Fonteno (the voice actor for main character Franklin) has now confirmed that more GTA V DLC is in the wo

Shifting the game’s hype train into high gear, developer Rockstar has been hard at work filling in our news feeds as of late, touting everything from radio station teases , to brand-new trailers and even a recreation of the GTA III Banshee sportscar . Now, the studio behind the mammoth sandbox franchise is sitting down to discuss the game’s unusually sourced voice w

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