THE SIZE OF GTA V... AND WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IN THE GAME.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS THAT YOU CAN FIT THE MAP OF RDR (RED DEAD REDEMPTION), GTA SAN ANDREAS, AND GTA 4 INSIDE THE MAP OF GTA 5. I'VE ALSO READ THAT IT'S 5 TIMES THE SIZE OF RDR MAP COMBINED OR 4-5 TIMES THE SIZE OF GTA 4 MAP COMBINED.

SO, I DECIDED TO VISUALLY MAP OUT HOW ENORMOUS THE MAP OF GTA 5 WILL BE.

 FIRST, I DECIDED TO TRY RDR, CHOPPILY CUTTING IT OUT AND GETTING THE MAP AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS I COULD GET. (I PASTED IT WITHOUT OPENING SOME KIND OF SOFTWARE AND TAKING HOURS TO PUZZLE PIECE THEM.) I ALSO DID THIS WITH THE MAP OF GTA 4.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS:

PICTURE THIS: DO YOU REMEMBER HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET FROM ONE ISLAND TO TO THE NEIGHBORING ISLAND IN GTA 4 ONLY DRIVING FROM ONE TIP TO THE NEXT? IF YOU DID DO THIS YOU'LL REMEMBER IT TOOK A MIGHTY LONG TIME. IMAGE THAT TIMES 4.
I REALLY HOPE THAT R* [ROCKSTAR]  ADDED PLENTY OF OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES FLYING, BIKING, AND DRIVING.

I'LL IMAGINE THERE IS NO WAY ANY GAME PLAYER COULD SET OFF ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE ON ONE END OF THE MAP AND EXPECT TO MAKE IT AROUND THE WHOLE MAP IN ONE GAME DAY IN GTA 5. I FIGURE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL GAME DAYS IF THE MAP IS AS BIG AS THEY SAY IT IS.

 I ALSO REMEMBER IN RDR THAT I WOULD RIDE FROM THE LEFT MOST EDGE OF MEXICO AT THE CRACK OF DAWN ONLY TO ARRIVE BACK THERE AT NIGHT THE SAME DAY. [THIS IS POSSIBLE IF YOU SPRINT FULL OUT WITHOUT STOP FOLLOWING THE TRAIN ROUTE.]


TO GAMER'S, A BIGGER MAP MEANS A LONGER GAME LIFE FOR THE GAME BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE LOTS TO EXPLORE. ON THE OTHER HAND WITHOUT THE RETURN OF MANY PLANES THAT WERE EXCLUDED FROM GTA 4, GTA 5 WILL BECOME TEDIOUS.

I KNOW THAT THEY SAID THERE WILL BE MANY WAYS TO GET BACK AND FORTH. ONE WAY IS TO SWITCH CHARACTERS. THIS IS GOOD! BUT I FORESEE ONE DRAW BACK AND THAT IS WHEN YOU AREN'T ON A CHARACTER THEY MOVE ABOUT THERE LIVES. IE, THEY START FROM WHENCE THEY CAME. MEANING, THAT IF YOU WANT, LETS SAY FRANKLIN, TO DIRT BIKE, FRANKLIN COULD POSSIBLY BE A VERY BIG DISTANCE FROM WERE THAT VENUE IS AND THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO DRIVE THERE (IF A VEHICLE ISN'T PROVIDED FOR YOU) DRIVING FROM POINT A TO DISTANT POINT B WILL MAKE DIRT BIKING OR OTHER HOBBIES A CHORE.

 IT WOULD BE NEAT IF YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CARS DELIVERED TO A POINT INDICATED ON A MAP, USE WHATEVER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE YOURSELF AND UPON ARRIVAL YOUR TRANSPORT VEHICLE WILL BE THERE WAITING FOR YOU.

ANYWAY A BIGGER MAP COULD BE LONGER FUN ONLY IF THE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ARE FAST AND EASY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF THE MAP IS A BIG AS THEY SAY IT IS, WHAT HOBBIES/GAMES ARE AVAILABLE, ANIMALS IN THE WILD, NPC SIDE MISSIONS, HOW THEY FIXED THE DRIVING MECHANISM (IT WAS KINDA BOAT LIKE, LIABLE TO TIP OVER), IF THE CHARACTER RUNNING IS MORE UPRIGHT INSTEAD OF TILTY (GTA 4 MADE ME DIZZY BECAUSE NICO TURNED AT 60 DEGREE ANGLES, MOVED LIKE OIL, AND NAVIGATED LIKE A STRAW FLOATING IN WATER. I COULD ONLY PLAY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF A DAY),  AND WHAT KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE.

PS: HERE IS THE SECOND TRAILER OF GTA 5: