Rockstar: GTA IV MMO very doable

[Zeus]

Rockstar founder Sam Houser has said that a GTA MMO "is very, very doable and is a very, very compelling proposition." He called the idea of a mainstream subscription-based MMO on a console as "the Holy Grail." However Houser believes that there would have to be alot of thought into combining the game play in GTA with a virtual world as it "might amount to little more than a city of a couple thousand players all shooting at each other with rocket launchers."

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The problem, as Houser sees it, is in combining the GTA gameplay with the idea of a persistent world. Without the right constraints, the game might amount to little more than a city of a couple thousand players all shooting at each other with rocket launchers, instead of an interesting, compelling MMO experience. From the tenor of his comments, it doesn't seem like Houser and Rockstar currently have any specific plans for an MMO just yet, but we imagine they're going to be paying very close attention to Realtime Worlds' All Points Bulletin when it comes out later this year, as its 'cobs and robbers' gameplay is the closest to GTA we've seen yet.


News Source: <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/03/07/rockstar-founder-calls-gta-mmo-the-holy-grail/" target=_blank">massively.com</a>

[Taft]

I would rather see co-op mode or something like Crackdown. Would be sweet.

[Wesyeed]

this is the next step for gta, no doubt. Who cares if it's nothing more than people going crazy and crap. That's the fun of gta, the freedom to do that stuff or play it cool. Well in any case there's definite potential here for clans and stuff like that, car races etc... just like mta and the other one. And more modding and customization wouldn't hurt.

[setoromero]

Same here, co op mode co op online play ( 4 players) That'll be so cool!

[Cue]

MMO would be good. cops civilians and criminals. you would have to no let people play for a fortnight or so if they die or get arrested to prevent/lower the craziness. that way you would have to make your way up in doing smart drug deals etc and cops would make their way up by following, sting operations etc.

Also WHY IS THIS UNDER XBOX360. sort it out, other people may miss news like this, the more GTA news I see under 360 the more i think you are gettng paid.

[JJXB]

if you want to see something close to an MMO GTA but for free, try SA:MP or VC:MP. plays well if you can get past some of the minor bugs that can happen.

[pangbulle]

lol... no. Gta is not the right setting for an mmo, and what gear would you have? +11 demonslaying leather gang jacket? +12 dragonslaying tattooo enchant?


get real

[Evolution]

There is one coming.

Its called APB and its by the man who originally thought up the whole GTA thing. Dave Jones. He also did Crackdown btw.

[Cyclone57]

This sounds like a great idea! :D

[Cue]

There is one coming.

Its called APB and its by the man who originally thought up the whole GTA thing. Dave Jones. He also did Crackdown btw.

Yeah I read about that and the Decal/character creation sounds amazing but it seems to lack depth ( or very little information given) about it being an MMO. Sounded more like a "get in and play" online game like CoD which was probably why he gave a definition of MMO.