If you are, instead, starting over just for the heck of it or are diving into GTA Online for the first time ever, you’ll be glad to know that Rockstar has done a commendable job of making the complicated affair of onboarding into the world of GTA Online much easier than in past console generations. With that in mind, it’s probably best to migrate your account to the next-gen platform where all your favourite GTAO-playing friends are. In other words, any profiles imported to GTA Online are erased from their previous source and can no longer be played on those older platforms. Also, it’s important to know that account migration to GTA Online is one-way and permanent. Due to a pre-existing arrangement between Rockstar and PlayStation however, PS+ subscribers can claim the game sans-story mode at no additional cost during the sale period, while Series X owners can buy it outright for only $12.50 CAD on sale.īoth migrations were surprisingly quick and painless to complete, though it should be noted that things will go much faster if you have already linked your Xbox and/or PlayStation accounts to Rockstar Games Social Club and have previously uploaded your GTA Online profile to Rockstar’s servers. Instead, the complete package (Story Mode and Online) is being sold as a new standalone product that will cost those interested between $24.99 CAD and $49.99 CAD depending on which current-gen platform it’s purchased on and when it’s purchased (the game is currently on a 50% discount until June 15th). “The ability to finally be able to play both Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online at a vivid, blistering 1440p60 alone is the dream realized.” Despite the combined last-gen console install base of Grand Theft Auto V on PS4 and Xbox One hovering well over 25 million copies as of this writing, this new remaster is not being offered as a free or paid upgrade patch for those versions. ![]() Driving or flying is, of course, a lot tougher with the more limited view, but still lots of fun, and the ability to switch at will makes it a luxury.Heath Ledger’s Joker once said, “If you’re good at something, never do it for free,” and that philosophy continues to guide the decisions of Rockstar and its parent company, Take 2 Interactive, when it comes to this remaster. The different perspective made things feel more like they were happening to me, rather than a character I was controlling, which makes GTA a surprisingly different experience. An impressive amount of control configuration options let you tailor it to your liking, and you can even set it to automatically switch from first to third person when you enter cover or get into a car. Rockstar has gone out of its way to make sure everything looks great when viewing it through your characters’ eyes instead of over their shoulders, and the controls work pretty much the way you expect them to in a first-person shooter. ![]() It’s a whole new way of experiencing Grand Theft Auto like we never have before. The big new feature for the new-generation consoles is the optional first-person mode. Other than that, the only appreciable differences I spotted were that the Xbox One’s rumble triggers give driving a more tactile feel, and the DualShock 4 plays cell phone conversations and beeps through the controller’s speakers, and the light on the controller flashes red and blue when the police are after you. While the PlayStation 4 version has a slight graphical edge over the Xbox One, featuring noticeably more grass and plants in some areas, both generally do a good job of maintaining 30 frames per second, with only occasional minor slowdowns that mostly kick in when approaching busy intersections at high speed. With this revamp, GTA 5 has reestablished itself as the high bar for what an open-world game can be in terms of scale, graphical quality, and density of things to do. A greatly increased draw distance makes the vistas of the San Andreas region extremely impressive, and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an in-game rainstorm as convincing as these. ![]() Everything looks strikingly better running at full 1080p resolution, with dramatically enhanced textures, lighting effects, and detail in general. The key difference between GTA 5 on new-gen consoles and last year's version is that developer Rockstar has done an outstanding job of updating this still-amazing game so that it feels right at home on these platforms. Just a smattering of minor new side quests, different types of wildlife (from cats to dolphins), and collectibles top off its already enormous pile of content. This is the same 30-plus hours of action-heavy story missions with the same three satirical protagonists, and nearly limitless potential for driving, flying, boating, or biking around. Virtually everything in that review stands true of the 2014 version on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
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