GTA V Heists finally coming 'early 2015' - with first video proof - Polidicks

[img]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--G2fDp0Y---/yyjtztkxrms4zaxqbfwm.gif[/img] video + source is on this page [url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/16/grand-theft-auto-5-online-heists-finally-revealed[/url] [quote=gtaV heists] IGN: The big question, of course, is why has it taken so long for Heists to come together? [B]IMRAN: To be honest, they just turned out to be a lot more difficult than we originally thought. Our initial idea was to build on the concept of Story Mode heists to make a new gameplay experience for GTA Online that was more focused on cooperation, where everyone could play to their individual strengths and feel like they had a stake in the outcome.[/B] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_034-720x405.jpg[/img] IGN: How does a heist work exactly? [B]IMRAN: Each heist requires 4 players all at rank 12 or above, with one player as the designated heist leader. Leading a heist requires owning a high-end apartment so that you have a room available to set up the planning board. From there you’ll be able to launch missions as the leader, starting with the prep work and building up to the score itself. Being a heist leader has advantages and disadvantages. On the upside, Lester contacts the leader directly when there’s news of a job and it’s up to the leader to invite players into the crew, assign positions, pick outfits and allocate each player’s cut. On the other hand, the heist leader will need to personally front the set-up costs in order to successfully pull off the heist[/B] Unlike the leader, other crew members get a cash payout for each prep mission, while the leader won’t receive their cash until the finale is complete. Switching between the roles of crew member and heist leader will give players a totally different experience, and we had to make sure there were real incentives to playing each position so that players would see every aspect of how a heist comes together and not just want to stick to the same role each time. Some missions have all players working as one unit, some require players to take on specific tasks like hacking or crowd control, while others require players to split into smaller teams to complete separate high value objectives. For example, one team may be stealing a getaway car from some gangsters while another team is attempting to sneak into a police station, all within the same prep mission. We really want to push the co-op aspect and make players feel like they need to communicate effectively and work together to pull off each element. [B]Each finale is a big set-piece mission with players taking on multiple roles. All through this, players will be gaining access to new vehicles, new weapons, new items and new clothing, as well as visiting some surprising locations and interacting with some familiar characters from the story.[/B] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_028-720x405.jpg[/img] IGN: Given the time between the original announcement of Heists and today, I'd suspect that they have changed a lot in that time. Is that the case? [B]IMRAN: Definitely. And they had to. It took several passes from scratch before we settled on the design we have now. Prep and set-up missions in Story Mode could be relatively low-key affairs, but with four players and an emphasis on replayability we felt like we needed to make these as diverse and as fun as possible. This required a totally new way of testing as we formed into teams and played and replayed a huge range of scenarios in order to make sure the balance and timing of each section felt right.[/B] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_017-720x405.jpg[/img] IGN: How many Heists will you launch with? [B]IMRAN: There are five unique strands involving over 20 total missions, which will add up to around 20 hours of gameplay. We hope players will then replay them multiple times to take on the other roles and to try different ways of tackling the missions. We’ve tried to add a lot of variety and there’s a mixture of open-ended gameplay, big set-pieces and a few surprises too. We have several rewards for players as well, such as for playing all five heists in order with the same set of players and another bonus for playing all of them in first-person [mode] on PS4, Xbox One, or PC, as well as Elite Bonus Challenges, which are essentially a big cash reward if you complete each part of a heist while meeting certain criteria, such as time to complete, damage taken, accuracy etc.[/B] [/quote] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_008-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_019-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_036-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_005-720x405.jpg[/img] I still remember loving the hell out of the first time I played the heist in GTA IV; now heists are finally coming for V and they actually look pretty fucking awesome Do you think it looks worth the wait? [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_033-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_016-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_026-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_018-720x405.jpg[/img]

"I cant wait!" - me ~1 year ago

Me want-y PC Version even more now, atleast 2014 is amost over. :dance:

looks like there's some overlap with payday.

Worth the wait? I dunno, but I'll still be re-buying it on PC because I'm a sap.

[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;46726332] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_018-720x405.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Fucking scrub, not even using a saw to open the deposit boxes

Awesome. Looks like they've done a great job. Also this pic is insanely badass: [IMG]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_019-720x405.jpg[/IMG]

They've been saying the same garbage for over a year now. Unless each member of dev team personally comes to my house and blows me every time I start a heist than it will still be the most overrated game mode in history.

[QUOTE=Occlusion;46726393]Awesome. Looks like they've done a great job. Also this pic is insanely badass: [IMG]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_019-720x405.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Why is Earless Batman robbing a bank

[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;46726411]They've been saying the same garbage for over a year now. Unless each member of dev team personally comes to my house and blows me every time I start a heist than it will still be the most overrated game mode in history.[/QUOTE] I got my money's worth out of it before the first DLC - hell, before I finished the game. I've no complaints.

[img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_018-720x405.jpg[/img] probably just fixing it for the 30th time that minute

few other random pics I didn't dump in OP [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_027-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_009-720x405.jpg[/img] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_029-720x405.jpg[/img] Another look at that breaking-your-buddy-out-of-jail-before-he-gets-there. [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_002-720x405.jpg[/img] [editline]16th December 2014[/editline] [img]http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2014/12/GTAV_PS4_Heists_037-720x405.jpg[/img]

Oh man, this looks like exactly what I wanted but what I never dared hope for

"coming early 2015" killed it for me. I was expecting it to come out next week

hold the phone is that a hind??? sweet damn

Video is on youtube now. [video=youtube;UDd3pTE8UsQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDd3pTE8UsQ[/video]

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;46726516]"coming early 2015" killed it for me. I was expecting it to come out next week[/QUOTE] Player-count wise it wouldn't be very smart to bring it out on Christmas week, people would check in for a while until Christmas Day rolls around and people get new games or generally just stop playing video games, therefore losing interest.

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;46726516]"coming early 2015" killed it for me. I was expecting it to come out next week[/QUOTE] That's the chrimbus update though

[QUOTE=massaki;46726612]Player-count wise it wouldn't be very smart to bring it out on Christmas week, people would check in for a while until Christmas Day rolls around and people get new games or generally just stop playing video games, therefore losing interest.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I never really thought of that

Was that a VTOL jet? Should have been in from launch.

Hopefully it comes out a week or two after the PC version.

Oh god I can't wait for this with the PC release

Wasn't it supposed to come at launch with the current-gen versions, I recall them saying that back during the bulk of the trailers for them. At this point we've got Rockstar Time now.

[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;46726760]Wasn't it supposed to come at launch with the current-gen versions, I recall them saying that back during the bulk of the trailers for them. At this point we've got Rockstar Time now.[/QUOTE] They said it'd be the first content update and that it'd be available for all of them, old and current gen, when it's out. The content update thing is still valid because we haven't had any before it yet.

Only Reason i'm waiting for pc is to try out the mods i created hopefully they'll work

They added my favorite helicopter, the Mi-24 Hind. Can't wait to not be able to use it because it'll cost a gorillion dollars

All the friends I convinced to get this game and do heists with me sold it or moved on. I understand they had difficulties but they shouldn't have falsely advertised the game the way they did. I bought the game with the complete expectation of doing heists in a GTA game. I am getting GTA V for next gen as soon as I have the money but I'm extremely disappointed that not a single buddy of mine will be around and I have to find friends in the online world to enjoy it now. [editline]16th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;46726516]"coming early 2015" killed it for me. I was expecting it to come out next week[/QUOTE] They've been saying coming soon since GTA V released.

[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;46726411]They've been saying the same garbage for over a year now. Unless each member of dev team personally comes to my house and blows me every time I start a heist than it will still be the most overrated game mode in history.[/QUOTE] Oh, so you know that based on what experience with the gamemode? Oh wait, you have 0.

God I hope the next thing they release is some kind of Heist creator with custom content creation option for PC users. Maybe the PS3/4 and Xbox users might not be able to create stuff but I guess that they could download the created Heists too?

Aw, kinda wish I hadn't sold GTA now