GeneralHaven't played

the more i think about the report before wanted level thing the bigger it gets

been chewing on this for a week. in every gta before this the cops are basically a physics system, you do a crime the number goes up

here theres a person in between. someone has to see you and decide to call it in. which means there are places where nobody will and places where everyone will, and that turns the entire map into a risk map

robbing a gas station in the middle of nowhere is now a genuinely different proposition to robbing one downtown and thats not a mechanic thats a whole design philosophy

sixstarsplz2d ago

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sixstarsplz1d agoHaven't played

thats only true if the payoff is the same everywhere and it wont be. thats how these systems are always balanced

lucia_did_nothing1d agoHaven't played

counterpoint, in practice this means every optimal play is committing crimes where nobody is, which is the least interesting place to be

vicebeachcam2d agoHaven't played

Turning the map into a risk map is the correct way to describe it and it is the most consequential thing in the whole showing.

mapnerd_leonida2d agoHaven't played

A dead strip mall in Port Gellhorn at 3am is now mechanically different from a dead strip mall in a game where the cops just know. That is the whole pitch for the boring regions.

preloadwatch2d agoHaven't played

It also means the Keys and the park become genuinely different places to commit crimes, rather than the same crime with a different backdrop. That is what regional identity is supposed to do.

holdmybeerpc1d agoHaven't played

Risk map is a good phrase and I am stealing it for the next argument I get into lol

quietcal1d agoHaven't played

Cameras and facial recognition mean the city is the highest risk area, which inverts twenty years of GTA where the city was the safe place to disappear.

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