Should GTAV Reviews Be Docked After This?

[daze23]

The online shyt should have no bearing on the rating, it's a solo player game. Online is just a bonus.

that seems like a slippery slope though. some popular MP games like COD used to be SP games. how would an objective person know what's the 'main game' and what's 'just a bonus'?

 

[Ayo]

Only PS3 stans are because they are not used to this type of stuff. Xbots aren't really complaining because it is what it is and it's happened before on the MASSIVELY popular XBox Live Network and studios own servers.

nikkas have never really experienced week 1 server issues because there's never enough people on PSN to have this shyt happen.

XBots are used to this kind of stuff now. The wrinkles will be worked out by week 2. As a network consultant I know that there's really now way to prepare for something like this. You can do all of the calculations, simulations, and double up on everything that you need...and you'll still be blindsided.

THATS WHY XBOX CLOUD AKA AZURE IS A GOD SEND!

 

[up in here]

that seems like a slippery slope though. some popular MP games like COD used to be SP games. how would an objective person know what's the 'main game' and what's 'just a bonus'?

if its not included in the release its not the main game, it's a bonus

 

[bogey_j]

if its not included in the release its not the main game, it's a bonus

don't give me that fukking bullshyt. that online trailer was the impetus for many people buying the game

dont give me that bonus shyt

 

[dallastexas]

I knew someone would say this.

It's fine that in 2013 we don't hold companies to standards and we are extremely tolerant of being charged high prices for subpar services. Its fine that athletes and musicians make tons of money in four hours and can go outside and slap a fan with no repercussions. It is what it is huh bro?

Me personally, I may have waited to buy the game when it was worth less if I knew my experience with it wasn't going to be worth the price. I could give a fukk about the single player.

man stfukup already,,, over 10 million ppl tried to jump on at the same time to do the same damn thing.... fukk ups happen...even the fukin govt obamacare enrollment website had the same issues yesterday as everybody tried to signup,,, wipe your p*ssy and stop acting like a little bytch

 

[daze23]

if its not included in the release its not the main game, it's a bonus

I agree that GTA V is a unique situation. even still, their online stuff was announced long before the game was released. it's not like it's an expansion pack that came out months later

if I put my tinfoil hat on, I'm sure they wanted to launch the whole game at once, but at some point it became obvious online wasn't ready. couldn't delay too much, because of next gen consoles and BF/COD. they set a date for online hoping the deadline would pressure them into getting it done. and online is still incomplete IMO since it's my understand that the Content Creator is still to come

 

[Kodie]

its pussies like you who accept shyt like this why companies continue to put out unfinished games with the attitude 'we'll just fix it later'

That's cute. I got a complete game. I paid $60 for GTAV because I was buying GTA for the same reason I may have ever gotten a GTA game - for the single player campaign. I get that Online was an attraction for some people but if that's the only reason they bought the game or that was the only thing that made the game $60, they should have waited to see how it actually turned out. Not doing their due diligence is their own fault. If you're emotional about this whole thing then it sounds like you should adjust your buying pattern, not me. I got more than what I asked for.

I respect the analogy but there's also a learning curve. Your not going to buy a game on day one and know what your doing. That's why many people bought it on day one. These multi player marches are competitive and running around getting clapped and not knowing what your doing is..... Aggravating at times. So Imean a day oone cop is almost standard procedure.

That's a good argument and I hear you. Me personally - I can't go that route. If I'm not sure how an online is going to turn out or if I expect there to be server issues (which I absolutely would for a game of this scope and popularity) then I wait. I'm not worried about sucking because I feel I'll catch up. For example, I bought the game a week after it came out after hearing from posters (not just reviews) how good it was and how it was much better than GTA4 and I made it to the top of the COLI leaderboards on PSN for the gun range challenges I've done so far. But yeah, if people are worried about getting left behind, I can see your point.

if someone has a great idea for an online-only game, should they not attempt it because there might be issues? should they be forced into creating an offline mode? (those questions are separate from those particular games, and whether or not Sim City/D3 would work offline)

Rockstar should have just called this a "beta". it wouldn't change anything, except people's expectations

You make great points. D3 and SimCity didn't need to be always online, so my point stands with them as you said. But yeah, if someone has a great idea for online-only they should go for it even if there might be issues. I have no issue with that. And yeah, R* probably should have called this a beta. It probably would have went better.

Breh I'm also not going to call you a pussie Lmfao like that other dude. I'm just discussing and explaining.

Haha, dude is emotional

 

[GulfCoastGhost]

Nope. They reviewed the game as though GTA Online didn't exist... Because at the time it didn't. But this stuff happens every time - why do people still get mad about it

Because people act like entitled little c*nts

"what a waste of $60"

Its like wtf? The single player.... The main reason people bought the game.... Is amazing.

 

[iamstr8fire]

XBots are used to this kind of stuff now. The wrinkles will be worked out by week 2. As a network consultant I know that there's really now way to prepare for something like this. You can do all of the calculations, simulations, and double up on everything that you need...and you'll still be blindsided.

I wish more people could grasp this concept.

 

[Bboystyle]

Also... Idk what should happen to Rockstar. Maybe some sort of price cut.? It's called standards and services. If I get a 12 inch ham and cheese sandwich and all I get on my sandwich is ham and it's 11.45 inches, I should be fine with that I guess huh?

 

[Fatboi1]

there's a lot cry babies in here like wtf life isn't cut and dry.

 

[rapbeats]

if yall really thought and i voted it would be 100% perfect in that other thread as a joke. but if yall really thought that online would work on the first day after they broke records for games sold. you guys are idiots and you dont use your brain.

yes you can complain about the garage glitch in single player.

but as far as crying about online on the first couple of days, shoot first week when you have millions upon millions upon millions online. is crazy. guess what other servers crashed the other day. the government servers crashed cause so many people were logging on trying to find out what was up with that affordable care act (obamacare). so if the govvy has billions to blow on servers and their servers crash due to, a zillion people hitting up the site all at once more then they have ever imagined. why would you think rockstar would do any better? its common sense.

 

[mozichrome]

all folks complaining, yall dont have other games to play till this gets sorted out?
dudes acting like GTA the only game they got & they gotta play 24/7

 

[beanz]

im willing to shave some points for just 2 reasons.

• no gang warfare like in san andreas
• no lowrider suspension (unless i just havent found the right car)

after that its an amazing game even tho they need to work out the online bugs. im sure in a week it wont be an issue tho.

 

[Mass]

man stfukup already,,, over 10 million ppl tried to jump on at the same time to do the same damn thing.... fukk ups happen...even the fukin govt obamacare enrollment website had the same issues yesterday as everybody tried to signup,,, wipe your p*ssy and stop acting like a little bytch

Aight doggy