Zombipanda
My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
I figured this deserves a thread distinct from GTA V.
Anyway, the game went live this morning. I tried dicking around with it a bit this afternoon but R* is currently having server issues, which make it (as far as I can tell) impossible to play.
I did get through the character creation system and the introductory mission. Character creation is weird. You choose from a variety of preset grandparents to determine your appearance, and then toggle it by choosing how much you resemble either of your parents. Or you can choose James Marston as your daddy, for some reason. R* said they chose this option because the typical facial creation systems in other games didn't make much sense to them, but this strikes me as far more awkward and frustrating to utilize. I wouldn't be surprised to see the creation tools changing in later updates. I for one, was expecting the options to be dominated by established Rockstar universe characters and for those to have an effect on your stats but instead it's purely cosmetic and honestly pretty clunky.
After that, it dropped me in the city with an introductory cutscene involving Lamar and a street race to get me acclimated to the game. I'm impressed by the level of story they're trying to inject into a side project like this, but I didn't get much opportunity to explore. As soon as the race was over, the game froze up and my attempt to log back in was hindered by server overload.
Anyway, the game went live this morning. I tried dicking around with it a bit this afternoon but R* is currently having server issues, which make it (as far as I can tell) impossible to play.
I did get through the character creation system and the introductory mission. Character creation is weird. You choose from a variety of preset grandparents to determine your appearance, and then toggle it by choosing how much you resemble either of your parents. Or you can choose James Marston as your daddy, for some reason. R* said they chose this option because the typical facial creation systems in other games didn't make much sense to them, but this strikes me as far more awkward and frustrating to utilize. I wouldn't be surprised to see the creation tools changing in later updates. I for one, was expecting the options to be dominated by established Rockstar universe characters and for those to have an effect on your stats but instead it's purely cosmetic and honestly pretty clunky.
After that, it dropped me in the city with an introductory cutscene involving Lamar and a street race to get me acclimated to the game. I'm impressed by the level of story they're trying to inject into a side project like this, but I didn't get much opportunity to explore. As soon as the race was over, the game froze up and my attempt to log back in was hindered by server overload.