SomTervo Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Hello y'all GTA Online Heists launch today. A 4.5GB download for GTAV on PS4. I don't have high hopes, but lets see how this pans out. A friend and I are going to jump on tonight after 9pm GMT, so that's 2 players out of 4 max. Another pair want to join us? Could all party up if more are online anyway. My PSN ID is the same as my username here. The guy says that there seem to be 5 heists with 5-6 missions each. First one is 2 player, the rest are 4. I have a feeling they're just going to be mediocre coop missions. Edited March 10, 2015 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I did the intro Heist last night. It's two player only. Pretty nice! It's like a good multiplayer mission consisting of three parts. - A scoping mission (which is a wash-out. Nothing happens and the non-lead gangster gets paid for it out of the lead's bank) - Gathering missions (in the first heist this is just one mission to get an armoured car. Surprisingly good mission, felt immersive putting the masks on and stuff as a group) - The heist (immersive and cool while taking place, but over quite quick and had a slightly cop-out getaway) The heist itself would have been better if my partner hadnt gone full-blown Trevor and shot a hostage (who I carefully had been intimidating up until he botched the getaway). This forced a heist restart (disappointing - I would definitely prefer it if you had to do some more set-up or something. I believe we did lose about 10-20k each for the restart). A lot of potential. Each Heist has a set of Jobs which the Lead can delegate to the members. I was the Driver this time. My partner was the Driller (drilling into the vault). Other Heists have upwards of 5-6 set-up missions and obviously 4 roles. You can all be the same role if you want – so it's up to the players how each one goes down. If you'll have two gunners, two drivers, two drillers/security guys, etc. etc. Potential indeed. Will probably do another one tonight, 4 player this time. Drop me a line on PSN if you want to join. PS Rockstar have been having mega server issues due to the load and we couldn't get going properly until about 10.30pm GMT last night. Was a bit of a late one. I reckon it'll be a lot more stable by tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I can't wait to jump into this. I'm waiting for the PC version though. I already beat the game on the PS3, but I got too much money and spent it too liberally from rockstar and I want to start a new character online, which I'm waiting until the PC version. Getting free money in a game that is all about working your way from the bottom to the top kind of pulled me out of it. I also really want to play this game First Person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah all sounds fun but... PC version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Had a 3 hour session trying to finish the Prison Break Heist. It's me, 2 of my buddies, and 1 random, who was actually really good. He stuck around for the whole heist. I split the last payout to be 45% to me (I was the leader), 15% to two of my buddies and 25% to the random, as he was really the best in the group. Unfortunately, we weren't able to complete the last mission, as it got too late, so he won't get the final payout. I felt bad, but eh, what are you gonna do. It took so long since we had to shake the cops on 2 missions. It was really hard to do, even on two stars, we were in the middle of nowhere, but somehow the cops would still see us. I don't know why it was so difficult to avoid them. Not sure if that was a bug or they just made it harder... You'd really have to commit to the missions, I guess. And with a pre-made team. Otherwise, it would really suck. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Me and a buddy finished the Prison Break last night with two skilled randoms. It was fucking great. Had a genuine life-long gaming memory moment: - me and my buddy swinging onto an airstrip in a battered, bullet-ridden armoured prison bus > followed by six police cars, coppers hanging off the sides; three police choppers keeping us in their sights and the wanted level up; a SWAT van > at the end of the runway, our getaway driver is idling in an almost-destroyed getaway plane (the engine on fire, windows shattered) > in the air above us, the 'demolitions' guy is flying an attack chopper, raining down bullets and rockets onto the cops who chase us and the helicopter > I zoom down the runway, swerving the huge prison bus to avoid explosives and bullets. There are constant explosions and choppers falling out of the sky, often landing in burning heaps to either side of the bus. Smoke and bullets are everywhere. > we pull up to the getaway plane and jump out of the bus. I am on the side with the door so I get to the door, spin around, and cover my teammate and the target as they climb in. Only one panda car has made it all the way to the end of the runway, with more flooding in in the distance, and I shoot down the cops as they climb out of this car. > we all heap into the plane, screaming at the driver to get moving. The driver hits the pedal and... the plane engine sputters. The front rotor spins a couple of times and stops. The plane moves about one foot. We all begin screaming. > Three police cars come roaring up the runway, spinning to avoid the prison bus and firing off shots at us. Helicopters have circled overhead. > The demolitions guy blows up a chopper which lands nearby to the plane's front left flank. We scream. > He blows up another chopper which lands on the plane's wing. The whole thing rocks and creaks. We scream louder. (It's worth noting at this point that I was partly watching this from inside the plane, in the cabin, in first person, and partly in third person looking back at the runway.) > Finally the plane engine kicks in and the rotor spins and we gradually pull away from the chaos. There are now four cop cars behind us, officers hiding behind them with shotguns and rifles and letting off shots. > In an effort to escape the dangerous ground, our pilot pulls up sooner than usual. The plane slowly – agonisingly slowly – lifts up and floats off. Bullets ping through our windows and off the tail and chassis. Then we're away. The demolitions guy holds off the hordes of cop helicopters, they lose sight of us as we gain altitude, and our sputtering, groaning plane makes it off the police alert grid. In first person I look at my co-criminal sitting opposite and he has a bullet hole in his forehead, but he's okay. I won't spoil the very thrilling end of the thing, but by god, that was a glorious experience. Think Imma post this in Whatcha Playin Currently 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 That's almost enough to make me want to get the game again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I'd say it's worth it, under the following prerequisites: You find it on the cheap (shouldn't be hard) You played the original version long enough ago that you've forgotten most of it (it's a joy to replay in this situation) There is a lot of jank, and my team were denied our celebratory shouting at the end because when a Heist cutscene is on, voice chat is turned off. So we got a slow load, a scene where we sat in my pal's apartment drinking and clinking glasses, then all of us got booted into our own lobbies, alone. Was kinda a weird conclusion. But yes, the experience was worth it. That was our fourth try of the airport getaway and every time was great. Some of the set-up missions might be a slight chore to go through, but the heist itself was very fun. Highly replayable for all the different job roles, but also for those perfect, quintessentially GTA moments when six ingredients come together. The dynamic of 'getaway driver, escaping criminals with cops on tail, backup firepower, five wanted stars' was bloody brilliant, and feels like what GTA should achieve a lot of the time. There were five intense, crazy action scenarios going on at once and being experienced from four perspectives. And this was only the second heist! It's a really good product, basically, and I look forward to playing the others. Just added countless hours to GTA Online's playtime. Edited March 16, 2015 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah, I originally played it at last-gen launch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 We're trying to finish it now but having no luck on randoms! Hopefully we get 2 good ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Add me on PSN man and we can join up on it when I'm back from Holiday (free from 31 March). Quite a lot of content in the 5 heists, so that's nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 FYI that includes me and one other, so we got 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Well I ended up just replaying The Fleeca Job over and over. At least it's just 2 people and it's so easy, I can be guaranteed good money in an hour. I think I'll wait for my real crew to show up and play the rest of the heists. It's really fun with a decent team, but really not with bad ones. EDIT: To anyone who's turned off because of the randoms, you can find decent team members here! Reddit Heist Teams. Edited March 20, 2015 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Doing a Heist now if anyone's up for it. Need two folk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I think we're the only ones playing this on the PS4. I'm actually thinking of getting the PC version if folks here get active doing heists. My friends are rarely on, I've just been playing and leveling up myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I play on the PS4 - haven't got any friends to play with at the minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Add me, both you fools! (I need to remember you're franc0pirate, Eleven.) Let's organise some play time! I'll be Bloodborne'ing tonight, somewhere between 6pm and 11pm GMT. (Possibly/probably all of that time.) Could easily do a Heist or two with y'all. I only have one consistent online friend for this, so that's perf. We'll have a 4 player group for the more complex heists. Next week isn't too good for me as my gf's working hours will finally synch with mine in the evening. I may get on for an 60 or 90 minutes after 9pm GMT next week. Edited April 17, 2015 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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