great another reason for a bunch of white teens to act black online!!!!!

freespeech

I'm interested on what they'd do for classes or jobs.

Cocaine

I wonder if it could stand up to WoW...

PsycheDiver

You've got it all wrong.

It should be total anarchy from the START. One gigantic neverending deathmatch.

The lag would be godawful though.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

it would be cool if there were specific gangs to be a part of... but, without that, i think you would have an average life-span of 10 seconds in a gta mmo.

joelface

More quotes here:
[www.megatonik.com]
Also, Houser says a Grand Theft Auto-type game, so it might not actually be a GTA game.

zizzy

Griefers Paradise.

Black-Dog-Howls

Would not pay for this. Just make GTAIV Return to Vice City and I'll buy your game. MMOs are just a way to screw gamers out of more money.

Spartan1308

I think the mass chaos could be tempered by more intelligent police AI and gangs who put hits out on players who cause the police to show up too often on their turf. If player persistence also included warrants and the contracts out on your life, you couldn't just log off to escape.
This, coupled with some increased penalty for death, and the fact that you can't use cheats, should keep people sneaky enough that it wouldn't be pandemonium. Maybe bounties placed on the characters causing the chaos? Cash in the bounty for killing the troublemaker?

ChaoticLimbs

As much I love GTA games I don't find idea of GTA MMO appealing, because world where every gamer is trying to be the baddest gangster there is, does not feel real anymore, just like WoW.

I think WoW was one of the greatest games I have played until I hit lvl 60, and then I realized that it was just a competition for finest dress in one of many giant amusement parks with false sense of purpose and power.

Approach that Eve-Online took is the only real way to go for MMO's.

Hansel

@Livid: DRIVE FAST... VERY VERY FAST!

patsfan07

gh

RobotsAlive

i dont really play MMOS but if i ever did id play GTA one. not sure if i would pay though.

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RobotsAlive

but it would be a media nightmare... a la: new video games train children in anarchy and gang violence

i assume the clans would be called gangs rather than clans... and that would be nothing but trouble for the image of gamers

but just imagine a bus full of people with uzi's doin a drive-bye GTA style..........ohhh the carnage!

it would be total CHAOS!

patsfan07

I'd HOPE SO!

Sailorcancer

Ive played all the console GTA's and I will buy GTA4 but I will never pay to play a MMO.

T3kNi9e

@Akmed:
12-24? id say 64-128 :D. Again probably based on different factions (or gangs..) but id also like to see a free style server. were people can do whatever the fuck they want. That be nice too :D

HAHAHA, Can you imagine? 1000 people in 1 city. Jesus, you'd be able to hear explosions from all over the place.

Pauro - Kun

Actually, isn't Sony Entertainment Online trying to create a similar type MMO, the game called... The Agency. If Rockstart were to try to make GTA an MMO, i can imagine it having a similar machanic. Such as having different factions in a city. A large city mind you...

Pauro - Kun

GTA MMO = EPIC GAME

better than ANY online game i have played (not MMORPGs, those are gay)

that's why WARHAWK is so awesome. 130 hours on that. and counting

GTA online would be, well i can only imagine how many WEEKS of life it would take away from me.

seriously though, i hope GTA IV has at LEAST 12-24 onine. somewhere in there.

Akmed

YEh. That would be great. Awesome. Really looking forward to this game (and the inevitable MMO). Brooklyn!!!

Highlander Wolf

I'm actually only interested in this if it DOES become anarchy/chaos.

supercrap

come to think of it there is a GTA like MMO in the works APB

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Gadgetron

"You know what's also very doable? YOUR MOM!"

And that's why I don't want a GTA MMO. Well part of me wants it, part of me knows just the sort of idiots that'll be all over the place, I mean I love GTA but I can't stand playing online except with people I know.

Also the idea of getting stuck with the GTA equivalent of a Camry because all the good cars have been snatched up? Well actually that's sort of funny.

Tocsin

How about different age limits. Anyone with a name that sounds like it belongs to a LOLCAT would be put into the younger world of utter chaos and older more mature people could go into an actual game. However there is something appealing about a world of utter chaos.

Garrison Dean

Do it.

tHieu!

I'm not a huge fan of multiplayer either - random multiplayer matches seldom provide the satisfying social aspect of gaming it aspires to be. And letting the ***holes that make online gaming so horrible loose in a GTA world would only makes things far, far worse.

seafisch

Well, if anyone didn't know, theres an online multi-player mod for GTA VC and GTA SA already available on the PC. It turns the game into an MMO, you connect to servers through some 3rd party program. Each server is usually very different, with different game types available. There are your RPG servers, and your DM servers and quite a couple more.

Your RPG servers are actually quite fun, because you get a job, specialty and you join gangs, sell drugs, guns.. do jobs.. and you can even be the FBI and the police. It's really an interesting concept that works pretty nice. Granted, the servers have GMs on at all times to deal with people that cheat and don't play by the rules.

Ejvid04

zzz

What I love about GTA is what I love about Final Fantasy - a solid, engrossing single-player storyline that I can cozy up to for hours and be totally antisocial.

wild_world_girl

Even if it was a bunch of people running around running around ganking each other that would still be better then WOW.

skaldicpoet9

What if you had players being parts of all aspects of GTA, playing as police and rescue crews, cab drivers, etc. You wouldn't "have" to do any of these jobs, but perhaps this was how you earned in-game currency.

SnakeCL

GAH! Those fucking Koreans are farming up all of the Cheetahs and Infernuses! :'(

DimensionWarped

I could see this happening. If they increase the police presence, less chaos would ensue...No more random shootings( well less) no more mowing down every 5 pedestrians you see (well, every 10 now), Less Let's jack an old ladies car to stop traffic. In the game, not in real life... They need to decrease police presence in real life, though.

ph15h

A persistent GTA where you could improve your characters' stats and collect and upgrade cars you found would work, but I really can't comprehend any way to keep it fun and interesting long term. I might play it a few months, but is worth going to MMO-type detail if people will finish the main storyline and just give it up soon after?

If they wanted to do an experience leveling system, it'd be pretty boring just driving around doing standard, cookie-cutter gang member assassinations and stuff like that. Sounds like CoH with less potential.

unmarkedone

That would be horrible. I play GTA for the story more than anything. The chaos that a GTA MMO would be.

jackal888

UMM ISNT a GTA mmo just like a Cod mmo? Everyone runs around shooting each other?

JackTretton

The 360 is quite happy with a USB keyboard.

I don't know how much of an issue kids would be on a game that requires a monthly fee. I don't play WoW, but does that have loads of kids wandering around talking rubbish?

Bursar

@Gadgetron:

(Im double posting)

Yes, the 360 does support USB keyboard input.
And theres nothing wrong with everyone in the Barrens having voIP, just have it so you cant hear them unless they are in your party, like it is now. Or gang in gtas case.

Komrade_Kayce

@Koztah:

USB Keyboards, yes. Mice... don't think so. At least, I havent seen a mouse one yet.

But besides the keyboard option, you could always get a 360 thumb pad. I prefer the keyboard myself.

Komrade_Kayce

@Koztah: I think the ps3 does, pretty sure the 360 does not.
@Dioxen: Aye the voice is a good method, but outside of being in a "party" you would not want to use voice chat...imagine if you will if everyone in the Barrens had VoIP!

Gadgetron

@Gadgetron: The 360 has a headset with a built in mic. If you can think of a better method of communication, feel free to share.

Dioxen

"Very very doable?"

Could R* really set it up so that you could have say, 1000 people in a city, all interacting in realtime, able to see and interact with anyone in line of sight? And do it bug-free?

Even more, could they put enough cities and area in the game that 10,000 people could coexist and not just be heaped together?

It's no small feat even when you're not dealing with an action game...

fuchikoma

@Gadgetron:

Don't both the XBox360 and PS3 accept input from USB Keyboards and mice? I know the PS3 does, it seems logical the 360 would as well.

Koztah

@Geckosan: as dumb as it may sound i think one of the things that holds a MMO back on the console it the lack of communication input.
If the 360 would support a keyboard and mouse that might help.
until there is a decent way to communicate with other players a console MMO will fail.

Gadgetron

Interesting idea, although some of the games dynamics would have to change substantially as how the game currently works would turn the world into a non stop warzone (although an extremely fun one!).

Houser is correct that a console based MMO is the holy grail of gaming (at least from a money making perspective), I'm surprised that no one has tried it since PSO.

Geckosan

GTA multiplayer on the PSP was damn awesome. Yeah, forget the MMO and just have a twenty-four player online mode. Nothing too player heavy...just enough for a few carloads of thugs, a crowded highway...and stacks of AK-47s.

Vice City Stories was awesome for multiplayer. Utter freeform chaos.

pylon_trooper

I can't help but feel they would need to make two server types: a "chaos" server where people can run around and do just whatever the ungodly fuck they feel like, then a more "realistic" server which... while not a "roleplaying" server, per se, shouldn't a cop in the face with a rocket launcher would result in you having some unfun times with the quickness.

Asper

@urbanbuddha: GTAIV is already confirmed for 16 player multiplayer, on 360/PS3, at least.

[en.wikipedia.org]

Fullforce

I honestly wouldn't mind a GTA MMO, but I think GTA4 should at least have some online multiplayer action.

I mean if GTA2 had it, why not have the feature for a "next-gen" game. For those who haven't played the multiplayer, Rockstar offers GTA2 for free. So get some friends to download it and play it mutliplayer.

So please Rockstar, make future releases of GTA have a online multiplayer option.

urbanbuddha

Oh my various gods... this would be horrible. A bunch of 12 year olds running around *encouraged* to scream obscenities and act like douchebags, since it's "in-character".

On the bright side, it'd give JT an aneurysm.

ShaggE

I don't think I'll ever play another MMO, unless the industry mindset changes about them. MMOs always seem to reward time spent playing over skill. I understand that companies want to keep their players for as long as possible (and paying the subscription fees, for as long as possible) but surely they can make content fun instead of repetitive?

WalkOnWater

It's the only way I can think of for Rockstar to take the series forward. Making continually bigger, prettier cities to run around in can only go so far...

inphanta

Could you imagine trying to drive somewhere and just getting carjacked every 5 minutes?

"Prawned, noob!"

Livid

No publicity there.

"Game drugs - Real Money Shock!"

etc

RobTheBuilder

@peAr_nectAr: Well think of the standard MMO having quests and items to collect and apply it to GTA. Resources such as drugs, ammo and cash. Also I like the idea pylon had with the bounties on particular gang/clan members who top a leader board of most wanted.

Ultimately it has the potential to be done very well

holytramp

I think part of the fun of GTA is being a one-man wrecking machine. What would an MMO be then? It definitely would dissolve into utter chaos. Maybe gang wars? I don't know. That doesn't seem like much fun.

peAr_nectAr

@kojirodensetsu:
But then you are (in theory) guaranteed updates and steady service. Also, it would knock piracy on the head. Look at WoW with it's subscription. Sure it makes them shitloads of money, but without it the servers wouldn't be nearly as good.
Also it weeds out the idiots who just play games to cause trouble.

will

I don't think anyone would want a high wanted level all the time in a world they can't reset. You'd never level up if you kept losing your weapons and cash by getting arrested. The trouble would be getting everyone to obey traffic laws.

boundless

I could see the chaos being kept to a minimum with powerful NPC gangs registering players who commit chaos on their turf, effectively making those who cause a heap of strife in their hood to become premium bounties.

I reckon it'd make for some serious fun with power-plays between factions.

pylon_trooper

Sounds cool. I can imagine it working well with quests/missions. But would be unbearable trying to do that if it was chaos, although chaos in itself can be fun.

Also the big kotaku logo at the top of the page doesn't take me back to the homepage anymore :(

holytramp

@will: Forget the 15 year olds, its those 9 year olds that really piss me off. MS needs to add "too young to play the game" button under the complaints.

GTA MMO would probably be the only MMO to which I would consider subscribing to.

2SBs

If it costs monthly to play I wouldn't buy it.

kojirodensetsu

*GASP* Jack must know of these evil plans immediately! To the batcave!

Ok but seriously, this would probably end up being pure crap. It is a good idea but just because something is good on paper doesn't mean it'll be just as good when implimented.

Sparx

@will: Amen, bruddah. GTA MMO spells disaster when it comes to the players. However, it does seem cool. But, isn't APB supposed to be a crime-based MMO?

Del Deadeyes

Awesome idea, but I already hate the 15 year old kids who are all better than me calling me a n00b when they shouldn't even be allowed on the game.

will

@HamThePharoah: Ashcraft*...

HamThePharoah

What I've learned these last five minutes? Brain Ashacraft needs to get some sleep.

HamThePharoah