GTA Returning to San Andreas?
Chris Stevens
Casting call from Rockstar seems to suggest an LA setting. And whilst the
project has in no way been confirmed as the next GTA game, read these
character notes and I defy you to think that it could possibly be anything
else:
Mitch Hayes: 38 - Annoying, wise cracking, highly successful FBI agent. In
great shape. Does triathlons, drinks low cal beer, but still has a sense of
humor.
Miguel Gonzalez: 25 Young Mexican American FBI agent, caught between a few
mob bosses. Very clean cut
Clyde: 23 - Moronic, almost inbred and creepy white trash hillbilly. Very
naïve but in a creepy 'it's only incest sort of way'
Brother Adam: Welsh monk / cult leader / yoga teacher - 50, very lithe, very
into exploring your personal tension through gripping massage. Needs Welsh
accent.
Mrs Avery: Neurotic soccer mom, home maker, 48, anxious and addled on pain
killers. Very angry at neighbor MRS Bell.
Mrs Bell: Swinger, and mellow Californian divorcee. 45. Ugly but comfortable
with self.
Eddie: 47 - Weed evangelist, guy who started smoking at 30, and is now a
leading proponent of marijuana's fantastic properties. White, awkward.
Ira Bernstein: 56 - publicist for an actress known as America's newest
sweetheart who just so happens to love animals, orphans, drugs and sex. He's
always trying to hide her latest indiscretion.
Kevin De Silva: 18 - Albert's fat, FPS playing gamer son. Smokes a lot of
weed, has anxiety issues and a card for a bad back, very soft, very
opinionated. Into making racist comments while playing online.
Harut Vartanyan: 42-52 years old - Armenian car dealer, moneylender, would
be Fagin and would be bully. Heavily connected to the underworld, but
irritates people so much no one likes him.
Nervous Jerry: 48 - paranoiac living in the sticks, near Simon, completely
paranoid, and terrified of Simon.
Calvin North: 55 - clapped out FBI agent who now mostly works offering
advice on TV shows - whose only claim to fame turns out to be entirely
false - but a decent guy in other ways. Badly dressed. Divorced. Putting on
weight.
Jerry Cole: 53 - disabled IT expert and criminal information vendor.
Rich Roberts: English hardman actor, 35, who acts tough but who wants to do
serious work - the only problem is he can't quite read the words.
Alex: white 52 yr old loosie goosie hippy rich guy who has lost his money
and is getting desperate but trying not to.
Scarlet: 45-52 years old - unshaven female spiritualist and hippy with a
love of exploring the wilderness. Very into journeys.
Chad: 29 - pretty boy misogynist Beverly Hills party boy. Made money, but
not as cool as he thinks he is.
Tae Wong: 39 - somewhat incompetent Chinese mobster, loves doing ecstasy,
going to raves.
Taes Translator: 45 - VERY STRAIGHT LACED Chinese translator, terrified of
his boss's dad. Male, awkward. Needs to speak Chinese.
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Chris
GT: SomethingWitty
deKay
Or, you know, LA Noire? Which is set in LA?
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[ste parker]
wrote:
> http://www.gamezone.com/news/item/rockstar_casting_for_new_project_-_...
>
> Casting call from Rockstar seems to suggest an LA setting. And whilst the
> project has in no way been confirmed as the next GTA game, read these
> character notes and I defy you to think that it could possibly be anything
> else:
Whatever it turns out to be, from those character descriptions it
sounds horrendous.
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[ste]
Chris Stevens
>> Casting call from Rockstar seems to suggest an LA setting. And whilst
>> the
>> project has in no way been confirmed as the next GTA game, read these
>> character notes and I defy you to think that it could possibly be
>> anything
>> else:
>
The LA Noire that is set in the 1940s, and thus very unlikely to feature the
character stereotypes listed above? And which must already be pretty much
complete, as it is due for release in the next couple of months? And so
would be unlikely to be issuing a casting call now? That one?
:p
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Chris
GT: SomethingWitty
hurricanepilot
> "Chris Stevens" <n...@thestevensfamily.plus.com> wrote:
> >http://www.gamezone.com/news/item/rockstar_casting_for_new_project_-_...
>
> > the
> > project has in no way been confirmed as the next GTA game, read these
> > character notes and I defy you to think that it could possibly be
> > anything
> > else:
>
> > of
> > weed, has anxiety issues and a card for a bad back, very soft, very
> > opinionated. Into making racist comments while playing online.
>
>
>
in the 40s...
Chris Stevens
>> http://www.gamezone.com/news/item/rockstar_casting_for_new_project_-_...
>>
>> Casting call from Rockstar seems to suggest an LA setting. And
>> whilst the project has in no way been confirmed as the next GTA
>> game, read these character notes and I defy you to think that it
>> could possibly be anything else:
> <snip>
>
> Whatever it turns out to be, from those character descriptions it
> sounds horrendous.
The cast of GTA games are never the most synpathetic characters, and whilst
those listed there do seem to be rather full of cliches and stereotypes, I'm
more interested in the fact that it hints at a return to the San Andreas
setting. If they replicate the scale of the original with all of the
benefits a current-gen remake has to offer, I won't be paying much attention
to the characters anyway. :)
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Chris
GT: SomethingWitty
Gunther Gloop
For me San Andreas was the pinnacle of GTAness to date, mainly for the
setting, landscape variety and scale of it. I believe the scale
frustrated a lot of other people though -and I suspect this is because
they played it on PS2/ Xbox whereas I played it a year or two later in
glorious top-end PC-res. I can imagine slogging from one city through
woods, deserts and other cityscapes in a single mission is very
frustrating when you don't have that epic landscape to admire along the
way. It was always a joy for me. :)
Playing Bad Company 2 on a bright pinsharp 10ft image reminds me of
console constraints a little more often than I'd like. Although I'm
playing in 1080P it's almost certainly more like upscaled 720 or 540p
than actual 1900 x 1280 (or whatever true-hd is exactly in pixel terms).
Or if not, then there are other graphic concessions at play.
For all the loveliness of GTAIV it was always just one city and again
there obviously isn't quite the processing power in this gen consoles to
widen the scope just a little.. which makes me wonder if a "GTA V San
Andreas" (or wherever) could match/ come close to the graphic
capabilities of the some 5+year older brother.
...Which has just made me consider, perhaps for the first time:
GTA I & II were top-down games if I remember correctly
GTA III was the first '3D/third person' one
Then we had
Vice City and ...eh, I forget but I think there was another before..
San Andreas
Then
GTA IV !?
Now maybe we've been over this in the past, but why wasn't it called GTA
7 (6?)?? ...or something more original... or am I dreaming the different
versions here?
-Kevin.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Gunther Gloop <thund...@SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote:
<snip>
>GTA IV !?
>
>Now maybe we've been over this in the past, but why wasn't it called GTA
>7 (6?)?? ...or something more original... or am I dreaming the different
>versions here?
I think it's understood that Vice City, San Andreas and the two 'Stories'
PSP games were intended to be expansions of GTA III that used largely the
same engine. More importantly, their events tied into one another directly
or otherwise, each game forming one part of the same bloody canvas art.
Gay Tony and Lost/Damned are similarly expansions of GTA IV even though
they're also perfectly able to stand on their own.
Back to the original topic, I'm interested to know what time period GTA V
will end up being set in. Gay Tony cleverly made it clear that it was set
in modern times, and Vice City Stories was very compelling as a period
piece. Either way could lead to a winning story.
-KKC, who is disappointed in the lack of east Asian names in the cast.
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Gunther Gloop
> In article<4d7768d1$0$14112$c3e8da3$33a0...@news.astraweb.com>,
> Gunther Gloop<thund...@SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>> GTA IV !?
>>
>> Now maybe we've been over this in the past, but why wasn't it called GTA
>> 7 (6?)?? ...or something more original... or am I dreaming the different
>> versions here?
>
> I think it's understood that Vice City, San Andreas and the two 'Stories'
> PSP games were intended to be expansions of GTA III that used largely the
> same engine. More importantly, their events tied into one another directly
> or otherwise, each game forming one part of the same bloody canvas art.
> Gay Tony and Lost/Damned are similarly expansions of GTA IV even though
> they're also perfectly able to stand on their own.
>
Having played GTA III first on PC I can say with certainty that the PS2
Vice City was a serious downgrade in engine terms. Very claustrophobic,
which made it my least-favourite GTA game.
I suppose you're right in what you say, but Vice City and San Andreas
are _clearly_ massive games in their own right, whereas the other two
are clearly add-ons for GTA IV, using the same landscape.
> Back to the original topic, I'm interested to know what time period GTA V
> will end up being set in. Gay Tony cleverly made it clear that it was set
> in modern times, and Vice City Stories was very compelling as a period
> piece. Either way could lead to a winning story.
>
> -KKC, who is disappointed in the lack of east Asian names in the cast.
I doubt that's a full cast list.
-Kevin.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
Gunther Gloop <thund...@SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote:
>On 09/03/2011 11:54, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>
>> -KKC, who is disappointed in the lack of east Asian names in the cast.
>
>I doubt that's a full cast list.
I agree, but the one Asian name I see on the list isn't one I find
promising. "Tae Wong" is a Korean first name married to a Chinese surname,
which in Hollywood is usually an indicator that the character is intended
as a lone, token racial presence. I expect better from Rockstar,
especially after the powerfully diverse and largely accurate use of
Chinese-American culture in Chinatown Wars.
That issue may be important only to me, by way of disclaimer. :)
-KKC, still recovering from another fiction with a 'Ryu Tzu' in it.
deKay
Or its DLC set in the 90s?
Gunther Gloop
> In article<4d776be7$0$7699$c3e8da3$e3f2...@news.astraweb.com>,
> Gunther Gloop<thund...@SPAMNOkevinforde.com> wrote:
>> On 09/03/2011 11:54, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> <on the GTA V casting call>
>>>
>>> -KKC, who is disappointed in the lack of east Asian names in the cast.
>>
>> I doubt that's a full cast list.
>
> I agree, but the one Asian name I see on the list isn't one I find
> promising. "Tae Wong" is a Korean first name married to a Chinese surname,
> which in Hollywood is usually an indicator that the character is intended
> as a lone, token racial presence. I expect better from Rockstar,
> especially after the powerfully diverse and largely accurate use of
> Chinese-American culture in Chinatown Wars.
>
> That issue may be important only to me, by way of disclaimer. :)
>
> -KKC, still recovering from another fiction with a 'Ryu Tzu' in it.
As you say, Rockstar are usually fairly dead-on when it comes to accents
and origins. Maybe it _is_ a person of Korean/Chinese descent?
Or maybe the name is a kind of joke, as in "Tae" is wong in this
context. ? ...Like the kind of stage name a studio exec might assign an
upcoming Asian superstar.
-Kevin, who once came across an Onoshi Han.