GTA Online: The Previews

Posted by OptimumPx August 15, 2013 : 28 Comments : 17,954 Views

Now that Rockstar has released the GTA Online Gameplay Video it's time for us to turn our attention to the promised preview articles!

Various different websites, such as CVG, Gamespot, Gamestar (German), and JeuxActu (French), have come out with their previews...but what do they have to say?

Well it seems that the video merely scratched the surface:

Won't be launched until after October 1st via a patch to the main game
The events of the multiplayer take place before the main story of GTA V
From launch until it's release there will be a countdown timer in the main game
You enter GTA Online by selecting your multiplayer avatar from the character wheel
When you switch over you'll automatically be added to game shared with 16 other players
There's a matchmaking system to add you with players who have the appropriate skill level or with friends
Missions can be launched on the fly, i.e. run into another player and challenge them to a race you created yourself
When you rob a bank or convenience store, whoever has the loot has to divide it up or flee with all the profits
If your buddy does run off with the loot you can chase him down and take it for yourself
Whenever you're killed whatever money you have will be taken by the other player so make sure to deposit your money in the bank as often as possible
Whenever you take a mission its up to you and the other players how you want to go about achieving the goal.
There is no right or wrong way to go about it
You can still change the difficulty level and time of day
Switching from free roam to missions is seamless with almost no time spent in menus
You can buy apartments to live in and garages to store your cars (which are permanent and won't disappear)
You can buy insurance for your cars so you can have it back even if it's been blasted to smithereens
If another player is being chased by the cops you can tune into your apartment's TV and watch the chase in real-time on the News
When you complete missions you build up Reputation Points (or RP for short). The more RP you have the more people you can meet and call in favors from
Favors range from hiding your radar blip from other players to calling in an airstrike on a target. These can be called at any time no matter what you're doing

Also check out the 12 new screenshots that accompanied the preview articles:

GTA Online: The Previews

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