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Look into my eyes – FPS mode for GTA V revealed

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The biggest challenge that GTA V has right now, is that it may have been far too successful last year. It sold many millions, making for some very happy shareholders over at Take Two and Rockstar. Fast forward a year or so, and we have a shinier version on the way. But the problem is, is that just about everyone has played the game by now. So how do you sell it twice? By looking at GTA V through another perspective.

Or a first-person perspective to be exact. GTA V will rock that mode on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One, as it balances that view with third-person cover, driving and targeting. Here’s what it looks like in action:

“We’ve always been in interested in it, but it’s never really been an option for us,” animation director Rob Nelson told IGN. “I don’t think we could’ve put it in the [last-gen version] because we were too busy making the game. We were too busy working on our third-person controls and the missions.”

We were out of memory on the old consoles for animations. We were constantly fighting about what we could have and what we could still push in, and what other areas you could steal memory back from – audio, art, maps – for animation. So we could’ve added all the atoms to make a first-person mode to the level we wanted. We weren’t sure the world would have held up the way we would’ve wanted it to.

According to Rockstar, GTA V will hit the 1080 peas and 30fps mark, while the PC version will be rocking a 4K resolution. Other than that, the game is featuring a host of other upgrades, tweaks and tuning for when it rocks up later this month on console and January for PC. And at the rate that GTA V is expanding on bigger platforms, it has me seriously re-considering replaying the game, just so that I can see how different it really is.

Last Updated: November 5, 2014

63 Comments

  1. Shweet!! I saw this last night and it just looks epic! Totally changes the look and feel of the game. For me, this makes it worth re-investing in GTAV to get it on new-gen consoles. FPS even carries over into GTA Online – I mean, how cool is that!

    Yes, there’s a small risk of it becoming “just another FPS”… But come on, this is GTA we’re talking about. Seriously looking forward to trying this out.

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    • RinceThis

      November 5, 2014 at 08:01

      This way I can watch first person as I shotgun you to the face? Winner for me! *RUNS

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      • Rock789

        November 5, 2014 at 08:03

        Not if I experience running you over with my V8 in first person first… 😉 🙂 Oh wait, we’re still talking about GTAV? Awkward…

        **slowly leaves the room**

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        • Captain JJ the pout

          November 5, 2014 at 08:04

          I’ll sit on the back firing rounds into the sky.

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 5, 2014 at 08:24

            Like South American guerrillas in bad 80’s action movies or like the Asian guy from the Hangover movies?

          • Captain JJ the pout

            November 5, 2014 at 08:26

            Exactly!
            You’ve done this before, haven’t you?

        • RinceThis

          November 5, 2014 at 08:10

          Not if OvG hits you in his yellow SUV!

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          • Rock789

            November 5, 2014 at 08:11

            LOL! 😀

            I’d totally forgotten about that! Best GTAV story EVA!

  2. Captain JJ the pout

    November 5, 2014 at 07:45

    Excellent. I can can do with this.

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    • Admiral Chief 0

      November 5, 2014 at 07:50

      Same here.

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    • Lord Chaos

      November 5, 2014 at 07:50

      Eyeliner, pouting and now you’re doing the can can?

      *Walks away slowly.

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      • Captain JJ the pout

        November 5, 2014 at 07:52

        Working towards a bigger goal 😉

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      • RinceThis

        November 5, 2014 at 08:01

        Drop the mic first!

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        • Rock789

          November 5, 2014 at 08:06

          I think you’ll find it’s a hair curler… o_O

          😉

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          • Captain JJ the pout

            November 5, 2014 at 08:11

            I can neither confirm nor deny that. ;P

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          November 5, 2014 at 08:07

          No no, no loud noises or sudden movement.

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          • Thats_how_I_Troll

            November 5, 2014 at 09:07

            Look out, RinceThis is behind you!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 5, 2014 at 09:17

          • Thats_how_I_Troll

            November 5, 2014 at 09:19

            BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

          • Guest

            November 5, 2014 at 09:18

            Look out, RinceThis is behind you!

    • Skoobaz

      November 5, 2014 at 12:03

      Can Can? As in French.. Uhh ok… ( backs away sloooooowly )

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  3. Lord Chaos

    November 5, 2014 at 07:47

    This is actually a game I would buy more than once, and replay to death.

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  4. Ghost In The Rift

    November 5, 2014 at 07:48

    Some dudes hoping the FPS mode is gonna apply for the Prostitutes Scenes…..awkward:-P

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      November 5, 2014 at 07:59

      You mean it won’t support that? 🙁

      Er.. I mean… haha. :/

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      • Admiral Chief 0

        November 5, 2014 at 09:13

        LOOOOL

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      • Ghost In The Rift

        November 5, 2014 at 09:14

        Well on pc im sure there is gonna be mod for it:-P but really awkward considering my girlfriend watches me play games:-|

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    • Nikola

      November 5, 2014 at 13:12

      I actually never even thought of that LOL well let’s hope it does;)

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      • Ghost In The Rift

        November 5, 2014 at 14:13

        If they do,there is gonna be alot of locked doors and voice mail:-P

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  5. Alien Emperor Trevor

    November 5, 2014 at 07:58

    Does the game have RPG elements? Because then we’d have a GTAVMMOFPSRPG!

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    • Captain JJ the pout

      November 5, 2014 at 08:00

      I’m just glad they’re putting in something extra to at least try and justify a new price tag for a year old game. Well done Rockstar.

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      • Rock789

        November 5, 2014 at 08:01

        Was there ever any doubt…? I mean, it’s not like they’re EA… 😉

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        • Captain JJ the pout

          November 5, 2014 at 08:02

          True.
          Though they did deny the pc the game at first..

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          • Rock789

            November 5, 2014 at 08:09

            True dat… But they’ve always been a secretive bunch… Very Illuminati.

          • Rock789

            November 5, 2014 at 08:11

            That’s strange… A black SUV just pulled up outside with the symbol of an eye on the door… Now there’s some big guys in suits and sun glasses asking me to go with them… Maybe I won a prize, or something.

            **transmission cut**

          • Captain JJ the pout

            November 5, 2014 at 08:11

            Make sure you get two!

    • Mark Treloar

      November 5, 2014 at 09:31

      This is what I hoped Hardline would have been. Open world discover cases as they happen then open world approach to resolving them.

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    • Nikola

      November 5, 2014 at 13:12

      omfg!!

      Reply

  6. Hammersteyn

    November 5, 2014 at 07:59

    SOLD! Again, eventually

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      November 5, 2014 at 08:00

      Steam sale? 😀

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      • Captain JJ the pout

        November 5, 2014 at 08:00

        You said it.

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      • Hammersteyn

        November 5, 2014 at 08:05

        Bought it on PS3. Waiting for the version with all the DLC on PS4.

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        • Skoobaz

          November 5, 2014 at 12:05

          PC for me, eventually…. …… …… …… ….. …… …..

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          • Hammersteyn

            November 5, 2014 at 12:13

            January next year if I’m not mistaken

    • Ir0nseraph

      November 5, 2014 at 08:14

      This game wasn’t on my list , but now how does one resist ?
      Poor little wallet 🙂

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  7. Thami540

    November 5, 2014 at 08:03

    dammit, no other choice but to buy this. Gave me some Far Cry 3 flashbacks

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    • Skoobaz

      November 5, 2014 at 12:06

      Same here, It’s the animation getting into vehicles I think.

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  8. MakeItLegal

    November 5, 2014 at 08:07

    mmm , key board and mouse for gta V just got tasty

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  9. Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)

    November 5, 2014 at 08:08

    That looks incredible.

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  10. Lord Chaos

    November 5, 2014 at 08:17

    Always wanted to see the world through Trevor’s eyes. O_o

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    • Captain JJ the pout

      November 5, 2014 at 08:21

      I have not. None of the Trevors. ;P

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        November 5, 2014 at 08:22

        I never get tired of this.

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        • Captain JJ the pout

          November 5, 2014 at 08:25

          I do. Since I can’t watch YouTube. 😉
          (I’m assuming that’s what it is. It’s just blank to me)

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 5, 2014 at 08:48

            Pffft. It’s Meet the Pyro from Team Fortress 🙁

          • Captain JJ the pout

            November 5, 2014 at 09:04

            Ah. Excellent. Love that one.

  11. Martin du Toit

    November 5, 2014 at 08:30

    “The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.”

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    • Captain JJ the pout

      November 5, 2014 at 08:30

      November 5th
      Nice.

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    • Don Jeers

      November 5, 2014 at 08:32

      Man!

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    • Admiral Chief 0

      November 5, 2014 at 09:25

      Remember, remember…

      Reply

  12. OVG

    November 5, 2014 at 09:09

    As much as I hate FPS mode. This might actually work and fix the clunky 3rd person platforming sections.

    Now there is no reason for me to want to buy COD.

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  13. Hammersteyn

    November 5, 2014 at 09:46

    V in the first floor window LOL!

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  14. Mabenito

    November 5, 2014 at 12:01

    If GTAV can make a FP game with super graphics, with more that +30hrs single players campaign, what’s stopping COD and Battlefield from prolonging their campaigns instead of 8hrs less? Definitely want to play CODAW but 8hrs?

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  15. Nikola

    November 5, 2014 at 13:11

    Awesome!!! So glad I did not get this previous gen it has been a long wait but I know it will be totally worth it:)

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  16. McFancypants HD 3.0

    November 5, 2014 at 20:09

    Drives around Los Santos, picks up a hooker…goes into First Person Mode O_O

    http://media.giphy.com/media/FrajBDPikVqBG/giphy.gif

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