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[XANDER CAGE]

West coast wurr my update

 

[Gawge]

Made my (awful) character.

Tried to join 5 times - but it kept kicking me back to single player. Think I might just wait a few hours now (even though it will probably just get busier).

 

[Terrorblot]

still nothing on ps3 :/

7:03 AM no GTAO...WORST LAUNCH EVER.

 

[ViviOggi]

Anyone else getting the Message that you can't host a GTA Online session when trying to enter the game?

Yup, about 10 times in a row.

 

[duckroll]

Thought I would just log into the social club to change the BritGAF crew logo... Social Club be down bitches.

Selecting your crew emblem in character customisation just hung my game up. Anyone else with the same problem?

I managed to create a character and all I'm getting now is 'Failed to host a Grand Theft Auto Online session'.

First achievement popped then my Xbox crashed D:

Anyone else getting the Message that you can't host a GTA Online session when trying to enter the game?

Ok, now i'm getting The Rockstar cloud servers are unavailable right now.

"Failed to host GTA Online sessions" this is going to be a fun day.

IT BEGINS!

 

[ev0]

I'd let it go if you could but things have progressively been getting worse so you'll be kicked eventually.

Cool, thanks. Yeah I quit. Doesn't look like it wants to work right now.

 

[Certinty]

Apparently I set a world record. LOL

Thanks everyone for saying it was set before.

 

[Chance Hale]

Why is Sony Americas so awful about updates to PSN? Everyone in Euroland gets things on time or early :/

 

[Ardenyal]

Motherclucking cluck! Servers borked before everyone even gets off work... sucks.

 

[Simo]

Apparently I set a world record. LOL

Because you're the only one in the world able to play. lol

 

[NeoGiff]

I managed to create a character and all I'm getting now is 'Failed to host a Grand Theft Auto Online session'.

Oh well.

Yup, same here. R* did warn us though, so we can't really complain.

 

[sappyday]

How long you guys think R* will take in order to fix this?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

for those that have it working, how is the online? I'm completely unable to imagine how they set it up. Disregarding character creation, do you see/start with other players in the vicinity? Are there teams for anything or is it all on all type situation?

 

[Darko]

IT BEGINS!

I had zero problems with the xbox version so far

7:03 AM no GTAO...WORST LAUNCH EVER.

lol, its just annoying having to keep reloading the game to check.

 

[MormaPope]

IT BEGINS!

And for people in the US it's either the start of morning or even earlier. By noon most people will be playing GTA Offline again.

 

[Sigismundo]

Yup, same here. R* did warn us though, so we can't really complain.

Yeah, it's reasonable to expect teething problems.

 

[Terrorblot]

Yup, same here. R* did warn us though, so we can't really complain.

I'm not ready for fire and pitchforks or anything but a warning only helps oh so much, a bad launch is a bad launch.

 

[Lunzio]

Able to launch into Mall or Nothing race. We'll see how this goes!

 

[Hidden One]

I have no patch T_T

 

[elektrixx]

The unreleased game in beta runs better than one that's been out for two weeks. It's all backwards today.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

It's not a big deal but I was hoping to take advantage of no work tomorrow/today by getting up early but Sony USA bogartin' my online.

 

[FamousLastX]

Still no update US PSN. Still curious if I'll get signed out of PSN as soon as it hits? Playing single player still in the meantime, but it'd be nice to quickly know when it goes live.

 

[gossi]

I've been in GTA Online for about 2 hours. Impressions:

- Being forced to do a tutorial with real people... For me, it went fine as all the players understood what to do and nobody trolled. You experience may vary.

- There's lots of tutorials to get through.

- It's a lot of fun once you're free roaming, though.

Generally it seems to work okay and I had fun. I'd give it 8/10 so far. It's not a game changer, it's just a nice experimental update.

 

[ShiroAmakusa]

Apparently I set a world record. LOL

Thanks everyone for saying it was set before.

What region? I'm a world record holder as well.

Location: Germany

Happy to have gotten the world record award now. A few weeks later, breaking world records gonna be tough.

 

[SpasilliumX11]

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[Screaming Meat]

Free aim bros always get left out in the rain. Max Payne 3 free aim lobbies died much faster than the aim assist ones, the RDR free aim lobbies paled in comparison number wise to the aim assist ones. Using free aim in GTA IV was a deathwish, since the majority of people like taking the instant kill option.

Free aim only users have always been a dying breed, I loathe and detest playing with aim assist or lock on.

I whole heartedly agree. Half the skill of shooting is in the aiming

 

[Simo]

for those that have it working, how is the online? I'm completely unable to imagine how they set it up. Disregarding character creation, do you see/start with other players in the vicinity? Are there teams for anything or is it all on all type situation?

You have to do a street race first after Lemar picks you up from the airport. Once thats done he has you do a mission and then you're free to do what you want but Lemar calls and points out stuff you should do like rob a store, change your clothes etc.

Around that time you'll see other players who represented as a white dot on the map and friends or crew members are represented as blue dots.

 

[xJavonta]

Idk if I should blame Rockstar or Sony.

I'm gonna guess Sony since they've always been awful with updates

 

[Afro]

The deathmatch I just played (...with only 3 players!) was free-aim.

best news i've heard so far.

 

[CharmingCharlie]

Yup, same here. R* did warn us though, so we can't really complain.

Never understood this kind of thing. So a company says "hey our product probably won't work when we release it" means the consumer has to go "oh OK then, no problem we have only paid for this, but thanks for the heads up".

 

[Face it Tiger..]

Sony pls #BibleThump

 

[Twinduct]

oo nice if you random enough you get

Spoiler

John Marston

as you father. None Collectors/ LE here btw.

 

[waypoetic]

"Failed to host a GTA online session"

mmmhmmmmm

 

[xJavonta]

Never understood this kind of thing. So a company says "hey our product probably won't work when we release it" means the consumer has to go "oh OK then, no problem we have only paid for this, but thanks for the heads up".

Uhh yes? If they tell you prior to you buying it, it's your fault for buying unfinished software

 

[Simo]

oo nice if you random enough you get

Spoiler

John Marston

as you father. None Collectors/ LE here btw.

You could also hit Y or Triangle for "Special Dads".

 

[GrizzleBoy]

I just drove upto another player.....

I shot at his vehicle from inside my car.

He got out of his car, super calm.

And pointed a shotgun at my face. I drove away.

Then before he could get back to his car I backed up into him and tried to steal his car but tripped as I tried to jump over a wall and he but many slugs in my face.

That was pecking awesome.


Why the hell am I pre-ordering next gen consoles again?

 

[Terrorblot]

Never understood this kind of thing. So a company says "hey our product probably won't work when we release it" means the consumer has to go "oh OK then, no problem we have only paid for this, but thanks for the heads up".

I'm in the middle of the road with it. It's a nice gesture and a solution to people logging in day 1 and flipping out (Diablo 3 anyone?) but yeah, a bad launch reflects poorly on the developer.

 

[RiamuBME]

K

 

[Darko]

"saving failed - failed to connect to rockstar servers"

it begins.

 

[Twinduct]

You could also hit Y or Triangle for "Special Dads".

Ah! Thanks, yeah I just assumed the specific character was exclusive for CE/ LE.

 

[Eusis]

Yeah go from like a small team of testers to a concurrent of 1 million plus players. Yes, R* can certainly account for everything before release. Idiot.

Incidentally, part of why the Battlefield beta's likely way smoother is because its backbone was used for BF3 and likely pushed more than h ard enough there, nevermind that they're limiting it at first to pre-orders/BF3 Premium players THEN opening it up for everyone.

 

[Simo]

Ah! Thanks, yeah I just assumed the specific character was exclusive for CE/ LE.

No, he's a Social Club exclusive. Niko, Claude and Misty are the CE exclusive parents.

 

[Ataraxia]

To those of you complaining that the servers are too busy, you should check out the Obamacare thread in Off-Topic. Apparantly the servers are too busy there as well with people trying to figure out how their insurance is going to work. Considering one is healthcare and the other is just a freaking videogame when you put it into perspective having to wait a little bit for GTA Online isn't so bad.

 

[NeoGiff]

Never understood this kind of thing. So a company says "hey our product probably won't work when we release it" means the consumer has to go "oh OK then, no problem we have only paid for this, but thanks for the heads up".

What I mean is that we should have expected it, since R* said it would happen, yet many people are still acting surprised.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Wish it would stop kicking you out of MP right into SP if you fail to join a session. I'd rather it just keep retrying.

 

[Sigismundo]

I'm thinking I should watch some Korean Dota 2 instead of trying to get this to work.

I'm going on a trip until Saturday so who knows, it might work then.

 

[Animefreek]

Just got the update on PS3.

 

[Terrorblot]

PSN US, It's up.

 

[xJavonta]

Just got the update on PS3.

Location?

 

[U2NUMB]

Incidentally, part of why the Battlefield beta's likely way smoother is because its backbone was used for BF3 and likely pushed more than h ard enough there, nevermind that they're limiting it at first to pre-orders/BF3 Premium players THEN opening it up for everyone.

Well they also ya know.. had a beta. Maybe Rockstar should have called this a beta period for GTO.

Hope its not 100% busted in 10 hours when I get home from work.