In the development of GTA 5, the guys from Rockstar Games decided to take into account all the wishes of the gaming community and create a truly unique product that will leave an indelible mark on the history of the gaming industry.

The GTA 5 online mode is no exception either - the multiplayer has been completely redesigned and new features have been introduced, limiting the number of players who can simultaneously be in the game world.

Today GTA online is a unique opportunity not only to meet different players in the same world, but also to complete difficult missions with friends, which will certainly give you a lot of positive emotions. The new heist mode will allow friends to carefully plan the upcoming operation and complete the available missions on increased difficulty to get a gold medal as a reward.

Another notable feature of the multiplayer mode is a dynamically changing world that can take on one form or another, depending on the actions of the players. Rockstar Games plans to introduce updates that will allow you to build your buildings, build entire military bases, as well as use downloadable content from future DLCs in the online world of GTA 5.
So, what can you do in the online game mode of GTA 5? There are a lot of options. Firstly, this is a cooperative mode, thanks to which players will be able to unite in groups to complete the most difficult missions on increased difficulty. An interesting robbery mode is also available for cooperative passage.

The system of reputation and making money online is also interesting. It will not be possible to get rich quickly here - the developers made sure that it was very difficult to get the game currency. Depending on the speed of completing missions and robberies, your character's reputation grows, and with it, the reward for various types of tasks also increases. Naturally, other players will also strive to the top of the ratings, so it will not be easy to earn credibility.

The highlight of the GTA 5 project was the presence of a full-fledged multiplayer mode in GTA Online. A whole world is open to exploration with gemers from all over the world. Here you can jointly complete missions, create gangs and organize bloody showdowns in the style of John Woo, carry out daring store robberies.

In the online version, more than 500 different missions and jobs are available, which are actively replenished with the release of new updates, and the phone regularly receives calls from key players in the single-player mode with offers to get their hands dirty and at the same time make good money.

There is also a mission editor that will allow you to create an exciting quest for friends on your own.

The following modes are available for the game:

• Free
• Co-op
• Team fights
• Deathmatch
• Racing (land, air, water)
• capture
• Survival
• Duel

In total, up to 16 people can be on one server at the same time in order to keep the city authorities in fear of waiting for the next robberies - quite enough. To play GTA 5 Online, it is mandatory to have a licensed copy of the game.

The section contains a lot of useful tips on how to adapt to life in GTA Online, succeed and pump your character into a real terminator.

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We present to your attention a list of useful tips and tricks for the game GTA 5, we are sure that they will be useful to you when passing through this wonderful game! When you click on the right arrow D-pad, you will begin interacting with the game NPC.

Using the "point of interest" function on the map, you can mark many useful and interesting places.

If you are walking with Chop, use LT(X360/XONE) or L2(PS3/PS4) to tie the dog to you.

There is one trick - it is possible to carry your bike in the back of a truck.

In GTA 5, smaller missions (or mini-missions) are marked on the map with blue dots.

The orange skull icons on the map represent special crazy rampage missions for Trevor.

If you want to understand what missions are currently available to you for this character, take a look at the map. Missions for different characters have different colors: Michael's is blue, Franklin's is green, Trevor's is orange.

When switching between different characters, be aware that the number below them indicates the number of missions available for that character.

We want to give one piece of advice - try to rob a cash-in-transit car. To do this, you need to open the rear doors of this car (shoot them or blow them up). Following this, cases with money will fly out of the car. Encounter with a cash-in-transit vehicle is a random event that can be found near gas stations.

To rob almost any store in GTA 5, you must go into the room so that the door closes behind you. When you exit, stop right in the aisle so that your character begins to hold the door to the store open. You will be able to get your weapon and shoot the cash register. In this case, bags of money will fall to the floor. What is sad, not all stores have such a cash register.

To restore health, you should look for medicines in your homes or look for a liquor store or vending machines to buy food. The services of night butterflies also replenish the health bar. Same effect when switching between characters.

If you need to hide from the police, here's our advice - use the bushes. In this case, your character's arrow will turn gray, which means they no longer know where you are.

When you complete all tasks in the shooting range of the Ammu-Nation store for a gold medal, you will receive a 25% discount on all goods in this store, at the same time increase your shooting performance. This valuable tip will save you a lot of money.

By pressing the right arrow on the D-pad, you will be able to turn on or turn off the flashlight on your trunk.

To purchase the maximum amount of supplies for your weapons in the Ammu-Nation store, you can click on the button that is responsible for switching between buying the maximum amount and purchasing one store. They are X (X360/XONE) and square (PS3/PS4). On Xbox 360 it's an X, and on PS3 it's a square.

If you want to shoot and run at the same time, then you should hold the right trigger to do this. And in order to perform a somersault, you need to hold one of the triggers and press X / ☐.

While in the car, and pressing the left bumper, you can show the middle finger to others. But first you need to check if you have a weapon in your hands. You can switch by pressing X/☐.

To make a dive, you need to jump, and then press B / ○.

The next time you stand at a traffic light, try to roar the engine, there is a chance that the nearest car will take part in a drag race with you.

When exploring the far zones of the huge GTA 5 map, you can quickly return to the mission zone by changing the hero.

If you want to find a parachute, then you need to climb to the top of the highest mountain in the game. The coveted backpack is located near the exit of the funicular. Press A/x to open the parachute. After a single appearance in your inventory, it will automatically be used when jumping.

In GTA 5, there is a scuba gear that allows you to dive to great depths, although there is no wetsuit and fins when equipped. You will find it behind the shipyards on one of the piers.

To avoid getting a wanted level at the airport, you need to buy one hangar.

If you want to fly a cropduster in GTA 5, look for it on the runway of Trevor McKenzie Field. These planes often land here.

After purchasing the Mackenzie field hangar, a twin-engine aircraft will appear in it.

If there is a need to urgently land on a plane, but you can’t find a runway, we recommend using the autobahn or the beach.

In GTA 5, you have the opportunity to buy a helicopter or plane through the Internet browser on your phone at elitastravel.com. Order military equipment at warstock-cache-and-carry.com. After you have purchased the vehicle, it will be delivered to the hangar.

You can hook up and move various vehicles using The Cargobob helicopter which is a cargo helicopter.

If you want to avoid hesitation when using the helicopter, then take our advice - hold down the right and left triggers.

To get rid of searchlights on police helicopters in GTA 5, you need to shoot at them.

To save money, try buying various goods on the Internet - they are usually cheaper there.

To quickly close the browser on a mobile phone, press Y/∆

After killing a passerby who has just used the services of an ATM, you will receive much more money.

Using his special ability, Trevor is able to survive a hard hit to the ground (a fall from a great height).

For more accurate shooting from a car, you can use Franklin's special ability.

You can increase the duration of Michael's special ability with yoga.

To avoid the appearance of the chase, you can call in the tunnel.

If you want to dial a number on your phone, go to your contact list, press X/☐, enter the number, then press X/☐ again.

Another useful tip is that during cutscenes there is an opportunity to use a pause.

In order to get more money for robberies, you need to hire the best shooters, drivers, hackers.

You can make a call to one of the main characters and meet for a joint pastime.

When the missions are over and it is not known how to continue the storyline, try changing the main character.

You can reply to emails, which will increase the degree of immersion in the game world.

If you want to increase the "hardcore", you can turn off the radar and HUD, so you will lose the ability to see the police and people on the minimap.

In order to get small discounts in stores and new services, try to go to the local Lifeinvader social network and subscribe to the pages of various people and companies. So you can unlock a new hairstyle by subscribing to Herr Kurtz Barber.

In order to unlock the "Out Of Your Depth" achievement, you have to be eaten by a shark. Find a boat and sail far into the open ocean until the water around you becomes darker. Then wait for the shark to appear (it will be marked with a red dot on your map) and jump into the water. Soon you will become shark food and get the coveted achievement.

When playing GTA Online, you can visit the bank's website from your mobile phone and transfer your money to a bank account without an ATM.

A good multiplayer tip is to get a free shotgun in GTA Online, go to Ammu-Nation. When choosing a weapon, scroll to the right and after the rocket launcher you will find your free shotgun, though without ammo.

This section contains various interesting facts and small details regarding Grand Theft Auto V, which could elude even an attentive player. From time to time the article will be supplemented with new information.

How to find a parachute

You can get a parachute at the cable car station at the top of Mount Chiliad, as well as on the tower crane boom near the Mile High Club skyscraper under construction in the Pillbox Hill area. It will take a long time to climb, but the views are beautiful. In addition, parachutes of various colors can be purchased at Ammu-Nation stores or obtained using .

In addition to parachutes, Ammu-Nation sells special flares that are attached to the leg. Pay for checkers with smoke of the desired color in the store and hold down during the flight or . By the way, for the first time in the series in gta v when descending on a parachute, you can fire from light weapons. Previously, this was only available during jetpack flights in San Andreas. Californians know how to have fun!

Invulnerable Trevor

What to do if you jumped out of an aircraft and suddenly realized that you were not wearing a parachute? If you play Trevor, consider yourself lucky. It is enough to activate the special ability of Mr. Philips a few seconds before the collision with the ground, and falling from any height will not harm him. I got up, dusted myself off and ran to steal the nearest car :)

Attention! Apparently, this feature appears and disappears at different stages of the game. It is still difficult to say what is the reason for this.

Bicycle transportation

You can always find a bicycle near the cable car station for climbing Mount Chiliad. Ride it right into the cart and go to the top! From there, there are several trails that are suitable for downhill skiing. You can, of course, ignore all the rules and jump straight off a sheer cliff. Just make sure you bring your parachute with you.

Bicycles can also be transported on pickup trucks. To facilitate loading, climb into the body and lightly push the rear door - it will open. Then get on the bike, take the acceleration and jump into the cargo hold. While the car is moving, the bike is kept inside quite well, but it is advisable not to enter corners at top speed.

We shoot through the gas tank

Although filling cars with fuel (or charging batteries with electricity in the case of Coil Voltic) in gta v we are not forced, but the cars still have fuel tanks. And if in GTA: San Andreas cars exploded only from one hit on the gas tank cap, then in the fifth part everything is somewhat more realistic.

To pierce the gas tank of most cars, you need to aim at the arch of the left rear wheel and shoot 3-4 times. Fuel will begin to leak out onto the ground, leaving a path behind the car that can be set on fire like in the action movie Die Hard 2. Moreover, it can be ignited even with a shot, even with fire from the exhaust pipes of sports cars.

However, the real boon for the pyromaniac is the large fuel tanks that haulers often haul in the Paleto Bay area. Just don't overdo it: to start a fuel trail, one shot from a pistol is enough. Otherwise, the entire fuel truck will fly into the air. Unfortunately, the fire spreads very slowly along the stream of gasoline, it would be interesting to watch how it catches up with the departing truck.

Quiet time

Repainting the car gta v no longer takes several hours of playtime. However, you can quickly "move the arrows" forward in the hero's bed. In this case, it is not even necessary to save the game, it is enough just to exit the menu, refusing to select a slot for the save.

An interesting point is that each hero has his own sleep time. In particular, Trevor spends half a day in bed, Franklin sleeps 8 hours, and Michael only 6.

Multifaceted right button

Button / is responsible for many actions in the game. If you are driving a car, then with it you can turn the headlights on and off during daylight hours. At night, in addition, switching between low beam and high beam modes is available. And by holding the same magic button in the convertible for 1-2 seconds, you will be able to raise or lower the convertible roof, if this is provided for by the design. The classic Manana, for example, does not have such an option. But for cars of the Ubermacht Sentinel class and above - please. Just remember that for this mechanism to work, the car must stand still.

If you have a truck with a semi-trailer, then pressing / will allow you to disconnect it. And in GTA Online a helicopter passenger sitting in the front seat next to the pilot can trigger the surveillance camera. When aiming from a firearm with a flashlight installed, the "right" button can turn the backlight on and off. In addition, when using the button next to passers-by, the hero will release several remarks to them.

Color differentiation

As we noted in the description, each character has its own color: Michael has blue, Franklin has green, and Trevor has orange. These colors can be observed when switching between characters, they also color the icons of the purchased , all missions and additional tasks on the map.

By the way, the numbers that you see when changing heroes next to their portraits are the number of available tasks for each of them at the moment. If you suddenly get stuck during the passage and do not know how to move on, switch to another character, check and answer letters in his email box, complete a few additional missions.

Phones

Colors are not the only thing that distinguishes the characters in the game. Each of them has their own smartphone. Michael bought a device from Fruit, a parody of Apple. The interface, appearance of the device and the name iFruit certainly remind of the iOS operating system and iPhone 4/4s models.

Franklin uses the phone of the operator Badger, a telecommunications corporation, the prototype of which was T Mobile. By the way, Niko Bellic was also once their client. The interface of Franklin's mobile phone is based on the Android OS, and the model itself is based on the Samsung Galaxy S III. Finally, Trevor has a smartphone from Facade Corporation, a game parody of Microsoft. The prototype of his phone was the Nokia Lumia series, and the operating system was Windows Phone.

Unlike Grand Theft Auto IV, now our heroes using the phone can not only make calls, but also surf the sites in the gaming Internet and even make purchases through them. Rockstar Games listened to the criticism of the players and now friends do not distract with their endless calls and invitations. But the managers of the purchased do not hesitate to ask for help immediately after downloading the game.

As before, you can also make phone calls to random numbers. To do this, open the contacts menu and press / to bring up the numeric keypad. After entering the number, press the same button again. For example, if you dial 545-555-0122 from the "Lure" mission to GTA IV, some guy will pick up the phone and, with the accent of a typical Indian taxi driver, will demand not to play him anymore.

Playing cat and mouse with the police

Stars representing the wanted level of the police, in Grand Theft Auto V not six, as was the case in previous games, but one less. At the same time, the cops of San Andreas, perhaps parodying their real colleagues, do not like to make arrests at all, but shoot - immediately to kill. You can get into the jail only with one wanted star and without interfering with the guards of the law. An attack or an attempt to escape immediately adds another one and you can not hope for a bloodless detention. However, being killed by cops is not so bad: unlike police officers, doctors in the hospital will not take away all the ammunition for various types of weapons belonging to the character from you.

The system of avoiding the police in the game has been redesigned. Its essence lies in the fact that now you can not get into the field of view of the cops when they are nearby. As in GTA IV, try to avoid main roads and give preference to back streets. If you caught three stars or more, a helicopter will join the search, which sometimes interferes very much. There are several options to hide from him: leave at high speed, hide in an underground tunnel, or drive into a multi-storey parking lot.

Covered parking lots are very convenient for wanted people. Most often, you can easily change your wanted car there (you will notice that the arrow of your character on the map will turn gray instead of white). Then it will be more difficult for the police to find you, but they still won’t let you drive past the patrol in a stolen car insolently.

In extreme cases, you can even hide in some large bush. Only this should be done when the police do not know your exact location and are not combing the surrounding area. Again, it is better not to choose bushes near the road. If the arrow denoting the character turned gray, the place is suitable. Now we can only hope that some overly big-eyed patrol does not decide to run next to the thickets.

Discount at Ammu-Nation

Even if you followed ours and made a couple of billions, this does not mean that you can throw money away. In the Ammu-Nation network, of which you are undoubtedly a regular customer, you can save a lot on purchases if you complete all the challenges in the dash. There are only two such stores with a shooting range in the state, both are located in Los Santos and are marked on the map with the icon.

Entrance to the shooting range costs only $14. You need to pass three tests with each type of weapon. Earn at least "bronze" in all tasks - you will receive a 10% discount. "Silver" will give 15%, and "gold" will save 25% on the purchase of weapons and ammunition. The only drawback is that only the character who has completed the conditions of the tasks receives a discount, so you will need to go through them three times, each of the main characters.

But the developers have taken care to simplify purchases in Ammu-Nation in large volumes. AT gta v you have the opportunity to quickly buy a full ammunition load for any weapon. Select the point of sale of cartridges (or other ammunition) for the corresponding gun and click / . Although there are no volume discounts for this, you should not forget about saving time. Only throwing weapons - tear gas, grenades and sticky bombs - will have to be bought individually.

Flip off

Other road users in gta v have become a little smarter: they no longer try to bypass your car if you suddenly want to stop at a red light. On the other hand, they don't like turning on their turn signal when changing lanes on the highway, which sometimes leads to spectacular crashes.

You can express your dissatisfaction with other drivers in a new way. To get started with the scroll button / make sure you have empty hands and no weapons selected. Then press / and point the camera towards the addressee of the insulting gesture. It is most spectacular to do this while in an open-top convertible.

Diving

Underwater world in Grand Theft Auto V very well worked out, and his research is rewarded with weapons, cartridges for him and body armor. Previously, it was possible to find cases with money at the bottom of the ocean, but Rockstar removed them in one of the patches.

Unfortunately, the diver's fins and wetsuit were left only for the story mission, but the usual scuba gear with a mask can be obtained by climbing into an inflatable boat or bathyscaphe. The first can be found, and the bathyscaphe is near the abandoned Sonar Collections dock. More information about him is in our gta v.

Scuba gear will allow the character to stay underwater for an unlimited amount of time. Without it, you will need to periodically float to the surface for a breath of air. To equip your gear, simply sit at the helm of the boat (or climb into the submersible) and then jump overboard. The button is responsible for diving under water / .

Jaws

Having got acquainted with the underwater world, we will pay attention to its main predator - sharks. As you surf the waters of the ocean that surrounds San Andreas, from time to time you will notice a red dot on your radar. This is the shark. You can, of course, take it and shoot it from the side, so as not to interfere, but if you want to get one of the achievements, dive into the water.

Usually the shark is not in a hurry to attack right away, but only threateningly winds circles next to the character. But over time, an attack will follow. Then the hero will receive the posthumous “Dangerous Waters” (Out of Your Depth). But if he has a knife in his arsenal, you are no longer completely defenseless against a bloodthirsty killer. A few well-aimed blows - and the formidable sea giant will float up belly up.

Non-random meetings

Not everyone knows that if you put a purple marker on the map, the character will go to the specified point even if you switch to another hero. There is a chance to watch for him there, the situation in which the first character traveled by airship can be especially effective. It only takes a couple of shots...

However, you can't really kill another protagonist, no matter how hard you try. As a result, the phone will only receive an angry message from the victim demanding to pay hospital bills. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of this meeting and go with a friend to a golf club or some bar. Although it is easier to call and arrange joint leisure time in advance.

You can also get a character's response if you start spoiling his property. Try, for example, in the role of Franklin or Trevor to shell Michael's mansion with a grenade launcher or steal the car of his daughter or wife;)

dream liners

AT gta v you can fly on the largest aircraft with four engines, reminiscent of the shape of the fuselage of the Boeing 747. It is easy to meet them at Los Santos International Airport. If you have already bought a hangar for Michael or Franklin, then the police will not cause any problems for these characters, but Trevor will have to act very quickly.

To steal a passenger liner, you need to go to the front landing gear and press the usual button to get into the vehicle: / . The plane is very clumsy, however, with proper skill, it can be planted on the roof of a skyscraper or Mount Chiliad.

cargo helicopter

Cargobob returned to us from GTA: San Andreas. At the same time, he borrowed from his fellow Leviathan the ability to hook and lift other cars and cargo, and not only in the story mission.

You can buy it on the Warstock Cache & Carry website for $2,200,000. Don't forget that you can get a 10% discount on your first purchase if you start following the company's page on the fictitious social network Lifeinvader . Your PSN or Xbox LIVE account must be linked to your Social Club account to receive the in-game discount.

The load hook is ejected with the button / which we have already mentioned above. To pick up a car or some object, you don’t need to specifically press anything - you just need to hover exactly above the load and lower yourself to such a height at which the hook touches the roof.

As already mentioned, not only cars can be lifted with Cargobob, but also all sorts of objects, such as street toilets or a bathyscaphe, abandoned behind the airport hangar in Sandy Shores after the corresponding mission. By the way, this is a good opportunity to explore the bottom of the Alamo Sea, because it is not possible to deliver an underwater vessel there in any other way.

If you decide to take this step, then take a look - it is in this place that the remains of the crashed Merryweather cargo plane, destroyed in one of the story missions, rest.

In case of difficulties with hovering the helicopter in a certain place, try to stabilize the aircraft at the same time + or + . This should make the rotorcraft more obedient and rid it of turbulence.

Alt+F4

If you have spent a lot of time exploring Internet gaming sites, then click / when you want to exit the browser. This button will immediately close the program (and hide the smartphone if you accessed the network from a mobile device), and you will not need to go back through all the pages you have viewed.

Street racing from traffic lights

Stop at a red light next to a car. hold down / and start spinning the engine. Do this a couple of times, and your neighbor, spitting on all the rules of the road, will take off and rush forward. You can follow the scorcher: the cooler his car, the more interesting the game of catch-up.

satellite navigation

The territory of the state of San Andreas is very vast, it is not surprising to get lost here. If you find some interesting object or a beautiful place where you want to come back again later, take a photo on your smartphone! Subsequently, using the gallery in the game menu, you can see not only all the pictures, but also the places marked with the camera symbol where they were taken. You can even enter the coordinates of the selected frame into the navigator of your car with the button / and get there by the shortest path offered by the game.

There is safety in numbers

An easy way to earn "Three Man Army" is to call the other two main characters and make an appointment, then pick up both and go to Los Santos International Airport. It's best to act as Franklin, as his special skill can come in handy. And, of course, the car should take a course at Los Santos Customs: additional armor and bulletproof tires will help a lot.

After arriving at the airfield, blow up some airliner to attract the attention of the police. To get an achievement, you need to hold out for only three minutes with a minimum of three wanted stars. There is plenty of room for maneuvers here, try not to push with the cops' cars, but drive along the runway at maximum speed.

Free repair

If you've damaged your car's suspension and can't move forward at your usual speed, switch to another hero and immediately go back. Outside of missions, this action will fix your car, except that the windows will remain broken. It happens, however, that the car disappears when switching, but this is rather an exception.

Mother-of-pearl on matte paint and metal

When using salons in gta v an interesting bug was discovered that allows you to add a pearlescent shade to matte paint or a metal coating on a car body. Repeat exactly the following algorithm of actions to get the desired result:

• first choose a matte paint that will be the main color of your car;
• having paid for repainting in a matte shade, open the metallic section and immediately go back without repainting the car;
• go to the license plate section and buy one of them;
• return to the paint section, which now has a selection of pearlescent shades.

A similar procedure will help apply mother-of-pearl to a metal coating, if you select it in the first paragraph of the instruction. Probably, in one of the future patches, the developers will fix this error, but for now you can use it.

Did you find a curious moment missing in our description or do you know how to make this or that part of the game easier? Report it in the comments below.

With all its undeniable merits, there is one problem - after the final credits, when there is no longer a global goal on the horizon, it seriously slows down. And despite the fact that there are a lot of activities, not everyone was able to find themselves in an empty world without robberies. Fortunately, GTA Online, "game within the game", this flaw easily corrects - it is an excellent cure for boredom.

The launch of the project, however, cannot be called successful. Server crashes, disappearing characters, crashes, clouds of bugs - in the first few days, it was almost impossible to plunge into the underworld. Nevertheless, the developers skillfully got out, quickly fixed the problems in front of the victims.

Most of Rockstar's promises were faithfully fulfilled.

Welcome to Los Santos

Surprises GTA Online already on the move - an unusual character editor. Changing the color of the eyes or the width of the nostrils will not be allowed, lovers will have to get used to this. Heroes are born in a much more interesting way.

First we need to select the fathers, mothers, grandparents of the future criminal, and then set his lifestyle (how many hours he spends on sleep, entertainment, work, idleness, etc.). Depending on this, a unique avatar will be generated for us. Facial features, scars, clothes, skin color, skills - almost everything changes, you just need to drag the slider in the editor.

If you want to cross a white girl and a dark-skinned guy, and put "legal work" in the first place in the list of hobbies - you will get a nice mulatto in a business suit. Shift the focus to lawless deeds, and black eyes will immediately appear on his face, his jacket will be replaced by a shabby jacket, and his “Shooting” ability will increase by one division. There are many such combinations: it is really difficult to meet identical (as well as frankly unsuccessful) characters in the world.

IT IS IMPORTANT: the whole of Los Santos and its environs is divided between sixteen players, and whether you will face any of them is still a big question. If you play with friends or with members of your gang (namely, the game “throws” us mainly to them), then you will surely go in search of adventures in a pleasant company. With strangers, you feel a little calmer than when traveling around the world - you never know if a person will turn out to be adequate or will try to kill you. However, if communication in the city is sometimes not enough, then in the course of the matches themselves, close contacts are unlikely to be avoided. To go to work, it is enough to drive up to one of the marks scattered around the location (each symbolizes a certain mode), receive an SMS with an invitation to a mission, or join someone's game yourself by selecting the desired item in the cell phone menu.

Throw our "newborn" in the thick of things, familiar to every fan of GTA. There is almost everything that was in single player mode: the same mechanics, the same island, the same activities (tennis, golf, hairdressers, the Internet, movies, etc.). Only they look completely different - playing tennis, for example, is much more interesting with a friend than with AI, and almost all the components are revealed from a completely different side.

You can "pass" GTA Online almost alone, but it's not nearly as interesting as doing business with friends.

Clothes, hairstyles, apartments, tuning - it is now that these gadgets begin to benefit. There is someone to show off in front of, someone to invite to visit - online it is really necessary and distinguishes you from other players. True, here, unlike the main plot, all this is not given immediately and in abundance. Literally, each “bonus” has to be earned by one’s own labor: to open, and then also to save huge sums for it.

In this regard, GTA Online is reminiscent of the past parts of the series, when we came to the city completely “naked” and slowly but surely climbed the career ladder. True, this process here is even longer, and the fault is not even character development (although it is progressing hard), but the so-called reputation points. They are given out for murders, successfully completed tasks, victories, escapes from the police and a sea of ​​\u200b\u200bthings, but they are needed for literally everything. New clothes, weapons, tasks - almost everything has to be opened, and again, it will not work out quickly.

And money will not interfere, which no one will allow honest players to row with a shovel. It is very difficult to get them here, and, on the contrary, it is too easy to spend them. So it is simply necessary to complete tasks and take on a variety of jobs. There are enough ways to get hold of money: you can sell stolen cars, rob shops and engage in all sorts of small things. However, all this brings a penny, and the real success will have to be achieved by going "on business": participating in team and single deathmatch, winning races, completing assignments, and so on.

Most of all this goodness you will not be able to open even in ten hours of continuous play.

IT IS INTERESTING: one of the main items of expenditure is the services that characters and organizations can provide us. Lester, familiar in the story, for example, can help get rid of police stars or hide us on the map from other users, the mechanic will drive the right car to almost anywhere in the city, and the military company will provide fire support and provide ammunition right on the battlefield.

Regular shootouts are exciting, but not exciting, but races and tasks are a completely different matter. Races here for every taste: both water and air, with and without weapons. But first of all, rallies are remarkable, when one player (driving) is almost deprived of all landmarks and marks on the map, and the other (navigator) shows him the direction.

However, this is a trifle compared to what they offer to get up in missions. At first, however, we will be entrusted only with the boring role of an ordinary performer: stealing a car or disrupting drug deals. But with the growth of reputation, the complexity of assignments increases. And then you will have to steal documents from the roofs of skyscrapers, hijack cargo planes from crowds of well-armed mercenaries and stuff like that.

Particularly attractive are tasks in which several teams of players collide at once. For example, when four teams are assigned to drive the same rare cars. There are only five of them in the whole world, so you have to fight for cars: look for new ways to intercept targets before opponents, select less dangerous routes, eliminate enemies along the way and really work as a team.

City of great opportunities

At the same time, GTA Online has a lot of subtleties that the single player game lacked. For example, we can now be robbed, and to prevent this from happening, it is better to transfer everything acquired by overwork to a bank account (using ATMs or via the Internet). However, you can only pay the taxi driver in cash.

Another possibility, which for some reason did not find a place in the story campaign, is the purchase of apartments. It is one thing when you have to live in a house predetermined by the developers, and quite another when you are allowed to choose your own apartments and purchase them with your own hard-earned money. It is much nicer to have your own lair, where you can invite friends, where you can watch TV, have a kind of “parties” and just take a breath between things. So far, the house serves a purely aesthetic function, but Rockstar promises that it will soon become a real think tank for our future heists.

When robbing a store, you can yell into the microphone to tell the salesperson to hurry up, and, oddly enough, it works. A trifle, but nice!

Even more interesting is that you can keep your favorite car. It does not have to be put in the garage, it will not disappear for no reason, and if it is smashed into atoms, you can return it for a modest fee (or the fee will be removed from the player who blew up your car). All you need is to pay a few thousand dollars for insurance and put an inexpensive "beacon", after which your personal transport will always be with you.

This is also useful because driving a stolen vehicle in network mode for some time has ceased to be carefree - if the cops see you in a stolen car (and you haven’t had time to repaint it yet), they will immediately rush in pursuit. And we want to avoid situations like this.

IT IS IMPORTANT: the current version does not yet have two of the most interesting components: major robberies and a content editor. What will come of this, until you say, but in words everything is very tempting. For example, for raids on banks, as in single player mode, you will need to carefully prepare: think through a plan, arrange transport for withdrawal, and select a team. Well, the potential of the “designer” of tasks can only be assessed by trailers.

But the most important thing that distinguishes the online mode from the single mode for the better is, of course, people. Yes, there are a lot of children and simply inadequate personalities who can turn your existence into hell (sometimes neither the “passive” mode, nor even the fact that bastards are sent to servers for cheaters or a reward for their head can save you from this). But adequate players are able to give a lot of pleasant emotions.

In a single player game, cars kept disappearing from garages, but GTA Online allows you to collect a whole fleet of vehicles.

When after not the most successful raid you are pressed from all sides by cops, and a complete stranger comes to the rescue, the usual chase leaves completely different and much more vivid impressions. Yes, and with friends here you can work almost miracles: organize ambushes or robberies in a completely new way. While one holds the frightened salesman at gunpoint, and the other provides cover, the third will bring the escape vehicle in time, and as a result, the whole team will disappear before the police arrive at the crime scene. Of course, while the complexity of such operations is small, but just imagine what scope for improvisation will open up when we are allowed to rob banks!

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True, while GTA Online is just a big and far from complete experiment. And he has almost the same problems as the previous parts of the series. The game harnesses for a very long time and makes us do all sorts of small things, there is a lot of driving back and forth (you can call a taxi, but you can’t miss the trip - everything is in real time), and with interesting opponents and companions, luck is far from always.

Get ready to spend some of your time either waiting for a match (there are enough users, but it still takes several endless minutes to get ready, set up, etc.), or crossing almost the whole world on the way to the next goal.

But it's worth it. Especially if you have friends with you.

The plot of Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) has undergone major changes compared to the previous parts, as it is now divided into five to six large-scale robberies. This is the basis of the whole game. So instead of having a more or less linear story that allows you to progress towards an epic ending in a fairly consistent way, the game now has a lot of intermediate endings. It also means that the player will have to deal with a repetitive game action dynamic that picks up pace as each heist gets closer to completion, only to essentially return to the starting point and start spinning out a new crime. It takes a lot of hard work to do a robbery. Each robbery requires careful preparation and execution. If you can successfully pull off your plan, you will walk away with millions of dollars in your pocket, which you will then successfully "lower" on luxury cars, helipads, marinas, businesses and weapons.

Any serious business (and large robberies cannot be called frivolous cases) usually begins with a “brainstorming”. You will have to carefully prepare for the robbery, you need to plan and think through everything. First of all, you need to work out a single overall scheme for the raid. The player is given the opportunity to choose a robbery option from those generated by Michael, Trevor and Franklin. First of all, you need to decide how exactly to approach the robbery (do everything quietly or use brute force). This is a very important point, as your choice will affect the content of the mission. For example, you can enter a building stealthily using the roof, or you can break into the building with guns overhead through the front door, using the element of surprise. Different approaches to the heist completely change the dynamics of the game, and thanks to the ability to replay missions, you can try out different options if you want. Next, you will need to choose the right weapon, decide on transport, equipment, and solve many other related tasks.

The heists are the combined work of Michael, Trevor, Franklin and their hand-picked team of supporting characters. The more difficult the robbery, the more you will need outside help, that is, the more serious the question of the correct formation of the team becomes. To be successful, you need to have a good team. The secondary characters included in its composition are specialists in various fields, for example, a driver, a shooter, a technician, a hacker, etc. You will have a wide variety of specialists to choose from. But you must understand that the more highly qualified specialist becomes a member of your team, the larger share he will ask. You can hire less qualified guys with lower requirements, but they will lower your chances of success. For example, it could take a low-paid hacker longer to break into the vault's security servers, leaving you with only 25-30 seconds to take all the money you could, for example, collect a whole minute, be in your at the disposal of a specialist of a higher level (not only professional). Good specialists require a larger share than a less experienced one would receive. It should also be remembered that if you use the same specialists and they do not die during a robbery, then they will improve their skills and, accordingly, during subsequent actions, their skill will give you more and more satisfaction.

So, after you have chosen your own approach to the robbery and hired the right specialists, you will need to complete a number of additional missions. So far (until further information from the developers) the composition and scope of these additional missions is not clear. But it can be assumed that before starting a robbery, the player will have to secure the financial side of the case, steal the vehicles used during the robbery, find a place to hide them, buy costumes that accomplices will wear during the robbery, acquire the necessary weapons and equipment.

Grand Theft Auto V has developed (as far as it can be seen from the demo) almost all the finds and improvements in game action achieved in previous games in the Grand Theft Auto series. Most clearly these improvements are seen in the improvement of the movement of cars. Rockstar worked out the physics of the process in detail. Cars in the process of movement work out the relief of the underlying surface more clearly, we can say that they “hold the ground” better, and the mechanics of movement itself, even more closely matches the mechanics of racing games, compared to the rather heavy driving system in Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA 4), something like steering a ship.
The shooting process has been improved, both in terms of its realism and ease of development, and has become, relatively speaking, more comparable to the hand-to-hand combat technique in the game. You can switch between three aiming modes: free aim (free aiming), soft lock (average mode) or hard lock (manual aiming). The crosshair turns into a small "X" to indicate that the target has been hit. The sight can also change its color from white to red for target identification. While holding a weapon, you can change the view by changing the zoom level. There are new evasions and "shooting on the move", which allows you to move quickly with a weapon in your hands and helps you not to die when running. But all that concerns fire contact, of course, does not mean that hand-to-hand combat (simply speaking scuffle) in GTA 5 will be less exciting and exciting, and in some respects even more perfect, compared to the previous games in the series.

GTA 5 has a lot of unique features. One of the main ones is that while players control one of the three main characters in the game, the other two go on with their daily lives. You will probably be surprised to find a character doing something the moment you switch to it. It is especially important that the game action never stops when you change characters.
Another unique feature is character changing, done in the style of Google Earth. It was demonstrated during the Game Informer demo. You pressed the button, and a small character selection window appeared on the screen. When you select a character, the camera will zoom out, show you the entire game world, and then return to the new character. It will take a few seconds if they are far apart, and only a moment if they are together.
Changing characters has some limitations. For example, if the police are after you, then you cannot change the hero. Get rid of the chase first! Also, sometimes the game will automatically change characters.

There is always something to do in the game. Performing secondary tasks, you can do yoga, triathlon, tennis, full-length golf (there is a nine-hole golf course in the game, you can choose a golf club) or go scuba diving, drive a jet ski (jet skiing), jump from parachute (base-jumping), take part in off-road racing, go hunting, test yourself in flight competitions. And you can rob stores, pick up hitchhikers and steal armored vans, perform crazy stunts and ... much more is available to you in the vast game world of Los Santos.

The mobile phone has also returned to the game. But now it will only be used to communicate and call your friends and access the Internet. Flipping off is another new feature in GTA 5 that the player can take advantage of. (Rockstar recommended that you try this in various locations around Los Santos to see if the effect will be different. Depending on where the player does this, they will get different reactions from pedestrians).

There are twice as many types of pedestrians in GTA 5 than before. Rockstar has also made changes to pedestrian behavior. Some of the pedestrians you see at bus stops in South Los Santos will reappear in Rockford Hills, working on the lawns and gardens of wealthy residents. There are a lot of eye-catching pedestrians on the streets. There are doubles, there are just mummers. Depending on the situation, the peds may run away, film you on the phone, or call the police. There are other features of the behavior of pedestrians. For example, unlike the main characters, they can fish.

There are also some, at first glance, insignificant elements that improve the game action, and at the same time help to better navigate the environment, time of day and geography of Los Santos. For example, the operation of the sprinkler system, initialized in the morning hours in fashionable areas of the city, such as Rockford Hills. It has also been confirmed that this will be the first game in the Grand Theft Auto series to have a mature and complete ecosystem.