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GTA MMO "very compelling," says Rockstar

Posted on March 10th, 2008 at 09:18 EDT

A Rockstar Games online title featuring one gigantic city rampant with endless shootouts, carjacks, and fist fights on every corner – in other words, an MMO variation of Grand Theft Auto, which Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games, perceives as “the Holy Grail.”

Speaking to EGM, Houser commented that a GTA MMO "is very, very doable and is a very, very compelling proposition".  Despite this, however, he also pointed out that a title of this scope would ultimately lack any relevance, other than to place thousands of players into one city with no purpose other than to just endlessly shoot each other.

So it would appear that no such project is being worked on at Rockstar; however, that does necessarily mean that the company may not seek out ideas and concepts which could allow a GTA MMO to be more persistent and relevant.

Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar’s latest project will feature online multiplayer, a first for the series. Details regarding this feature are largely unknown at this point, although more information is expected shortly.

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posted 9:24am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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I love this idea. You can always have Team Deathmatch, capture the flag, ...etc. Lots a potential for a massive GTA multiplayer game. I'M IN!

posted 9:53am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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yeah theres HEAPS u could do ina gta MMO! its obviouse!
posted 10:00am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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nice............ but kinda hardcore like a san andreases riot mode he he

posted 10:18am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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screw Team Deathmatch, or cature the flag... i want to creat my own gang/ mob and take over territory ala San Andreas. That would be cool, or even go on side missions with your partners or something sortof like WOW.
posted 11:44am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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great im going to set up a Gang guild
posted 11:58am EDT - March 10th, 2008
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I already read about this in the April EGM magazine. I have to agree that the game wouldn't really have any purpose if it was just hundreds of people shooting and blowing stuff up randomly.

It would be cool if you do missions in the storyline with friends while playing online, or it could be like Resistance 2 and have a separate campaign/story while played in co-op or online.

I really don't think that a game such as GTA needs online, it's almost kinda funny because nowadays developers are trying to figure out how to put online in almost any game. I really don't think that Online is necessary when it comes to games like GTA. But the idea of a MMO GTA would definantly be a cash cow.

posted 12:05pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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I think it would be sweet to have servers accross the county act somewhat a cities where you can build reputation as gang or mob lords and you have other npc and acutal players and your body gaurds and subordinates.  Other people could be given the assignment to assasinate other high rep players.

 

Another idea is that you can host your own little city with your friends with the same concept.

posted 12:16pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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sounds good but if all u do is run around randomly then it could get boring,hopefull they put like a gang thing in so it can become like the film worriors!:)

posted 12:17pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... if they could firgure out a way to do it similar to The Agency but in a GTA setting it would be awesome but until then it is only a gr8 dream

posted 12:53pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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Hope they go for using certain parts of the city as maps instead of saints row boxed arenas. This would allow for Snipers to relocate to loads of differant positions, a bit like GTA on PSP. Only without player name markers.
posted 2:23pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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@ NOSTOP they are putting online in this one.. Detail's I don't think have been released as to what you can do though...

posted 2:42pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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man u say theres no logic to hundreds of people running around killing each other etc, that would the most entertaining thing ever so if is pleases the customers which it will as its the holy grail then they should do it

posted 2:45pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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@ aclayPS3, what do you mostly do in GTA, have fun, blow stuff up, do whatever you please, and to do that with about 60 people in one huge city. Endless of hours of fun. Throw in upgradable weapons at certail levels, increase how fast you run, increased accuracy, how much you can carry, your strength, be able to rob stores and throw in acouple missions and you can have fun for years. GTA = Perfect MMO, in my opinion
posted 2:58pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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to me this would be a great idea, but i guess its probably not gonna happen

posted 5:28pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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Seems like a good idea, but if you think about it, how will they execute things well enough so it doesn't suck?

posted 7:29pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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How can you say the game wouldnt have any purpose !?!?!? HHHMMM ?.?.?.?.? Shooting each other, Blowing $H*t up, how much more purpose do you need ??? Just so Im clear on this, MMO stands for wot exactly ???
posted 8:56pm EDT - March 10th, 2008
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Without a system of checks and balances a GTAMMO would become somod and gamora in 5 seconds and be interesting for about a week. People would log in get shot and run over by 15 cars in an insane car chase the minute they step foot inside and it would be tired and boring because everything there is to do you would do in the first day.

 

Now the smart thing to do is make the things that you do in GTA harder to do. lock picking minigames to steal cars, Fighting game to carjack someone. Make money harder to come by in order to buy weapons. You have to do jobs for people to earn money to do the things you want to do. ALL MMORPGs require you to work inorder to gain abilities why should this one be any different? otherwise just put a freeroam online mode on GTA4 and let someone host a room of up to 50 people and call it a day.

posted 5:16am EDT - March 11th, 2008
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I wish they could make a online world that people can live, work ,travel and shoot obvsiously

posted 10:17am EDT - March 13th, 2008
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"A Rockstar Games online title featuring one gigantic city rampant with endless shootouts, carjacks, and fist fights on every corner"

Do you really need a story to work with this?! :(

Just do it!!

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