So yeah, as the title says, ill gotten gains part 2 is going to be released later today. What do you GTA playas think of the updates so far? I definitely have enjoyed the new vehicles, but was a disappointed with the lack of content. It seems to be rockstar is coughing up dlcs every few months to try and keep the game alive. I would prefer for them to make a large DLC, say similar to size in heists, and spend time making it instead of just coming out with small dlcs.

Enough of me though, I wanna hear your thoughts on Rockstar and their DLC tactics!

To much money spent, not irl i don't spend money on micro transactions. I don't care for the game any more, moved on to other games.

Generally speaking I love DLC, provided it is actually post-launch DLC like Citadel or Lair of the Shadow Broker (and not content that is on-disc or deliberately held back).

I think Witcher 3 is a great example of how to do DLC right... they offer lots of smaller DLCs for free, but with substantial story/content-based DLC for sale.

As for GTAV I'm on the fence about whether or not to get it. I'm not a big fan of the 'crime' genre, but at the same time it sounds like one of the best next-gen PC ports out there, and I'm tempted to support it with my $$ for that reason alone.

I agree that they keep trying to get DLCs to keep the game alive but it just is not working. They need to have a bigger DLC with more content. From what i have seen in Ill Gotten Gains, its just different models of current vehicles. For example the Golden Swift and Golden Business Jet. We already have those things in game, except these are just gold. The other vehicles are just new sports, super or other high end cars. To me, the way i see it is that's just another car in its same category or type that I already have. A lot of people already have a high end car and these are just another high end car and in a sense, nothing new.

Ehh with this update I'm on the fence about, I was never the one for "Gucci" waer or fashion or anything too high end, I'm more of a plain color t-shirt and jeans kind of guy, but I do like the addition of more watches, the Marksman pistol seems boring to me, the only thing I can see useful is having everyone try to dress up as colonial as possible and do a 15v15 deathmatch with Muskets and Marksman pistols only asides from that, no actual use during missions.

Off to the DLC part, I don't mind free DLC pretty much what Tesvixen said in regards to DLC, expansion parks are great, but on disc dlc (cough cough Battlefield/Mass Effect cough cough) is a big negative. One thing I did particularly hate is the From Ashes DLC for ME3, because it was on disc and imo, a HUGE part of the story.

In regards to what you said FieldPyro about releasing small boring DLCs at a time while you'd want a huge update rather than these. I completely agree with you on on that, its like making food, more specifically BagelBites, the small Pizza-like mini dishes on mini bagels, imagine that youre hungry, but instead of waiting for the full tray of 120 BagelBites (You're really hungry), you make only 12 at a time for some reason because your oven can only cook 12 at a time. You eat your 12, but youre still hungry, so you eat the next small batch, but youre still hungry! Thats pretty much how I feel about it.

Also the same logic can be used for Early Access games on steam, thats pretty much why I've never bought an Early Access game, why I won't get Killing Floor 2 on Early Access. Because launching a game with little content is a quick way to get players bored, sure you can launch a new map 2 months later, but by then how much of your player base at time of launch may have already uninstalled the game and have forgotten about it? This model and what you described are almost parallel to each other.

Is this heist about stealing protein shakes for you to have godly gains.

A DLC that will probably get people to play GTA again is doing something like what they did for GTA IV. After a year GTA IV was out, they released GTA Episodes From Liberty City, which was pretty much 2 whole new characters and their story. If they did something like that for GTA V, maybe people will get back into the vibe of playing GTA V again. I know i would.

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We got a mclaren p1! Very happy with the p1 being in the game now, so I can say for now that I am satisfied with the ill gotten gains updates so far, and hope that more awesome stuff will be added in the future.

Stuff is way too expensive. They can't expect a person to either pay 140$ in shark cards for a gold jet or farm for weeks to get one. I really do see why there is such a huge influx of people cheating with money.

Update wise it's pretty lacking tbh, a weapon, 3 cars, an ugly boat & a few tacky clothing options. I'd like to see more clothing and more weapons. We already have tons of cars.

I'm kinda disappointed in it. All the new clothes are just variations of the ones from Ill Gotten Gains Part 1. And I already have an Osiris, so meh. Still waiting for a Testarossa in GTA V.

Dio Brando wrote:

I'm kinda disappointed in it. All the new clothes are just a variations of the ones from Ill Gotten Gains Part 1. And I already have an Osiris, so meh.

Im a huge mclaren fan, and car enthusiast, so im really loving the t20, a mclaren parody. I think the fact that they added that is awesome, and couldnt be happier. For some though, money is an issue, and the prices of the newer vehicles are very high. One thing I like about this is that they are real life prices, and not just in game prices. However, even with heists, the GTA economy does not well support the newer cars. If heists payed out more dollas, I think less people would be complaining about prices.

@FieldPyro
It's actually really good that Rockstar covers some of their audience's tastes with additional content. Not really saying that it's bad, of course it's not. It's just that I was expecting something that would suit me personally, like the already mentioned Testarossa or baseball jackets. Prices weren't a problem for me honestly: it took maybe 3-4 days to farm those 2 millions, so I could buy Osiris. But now I'm wondering about the dates of future releases.

Dio Brando wrote:

@FieldPyro
It's actually really good that Rockstar covers some of their audience's tastes with additional content. Not really saying that it's bad, of course it's not. It's just that I was expecting something that would suit me personally, like the already mentioned Testarossa or baseball jackets. Prices weren't a problem for me honestly: it took maybe 3-4 days to farm those 2 millions, so I could buy Osiris. But now I'm wondering about the dates of future releases.

Yeah money is not an issue for me, for I have a lottt. I think rockstar is just beginning with small DLC updates like Gains. Hopefully now they will start moving away from cars and start doing other unique things like you mentioned. Would be cool to see a diverse amount of new items in game. For me, I've always wanted a p1 in gta 5, it is my favorite supercar in every aspect. Now I would like to see stuff besides cars, such as the speculated mansions DLC, and the Casino opening, stuff like that.

@FieldPyro
Oh, I absolutely forgot: so the Casino heist isn't a thing yet? There were few gossips about it, all those youtubers with their weird theories, you know
I also think that it would be fun to have some "thematic" missions/heists, like the ones which are stylized like some old godfather italian mafia stuff or 80s-like missions with tons of neon lights and movie cliches/one-liners. Just a bunch of few missions which make it look not so serious as it does by default (considering what kind of cartoons and movies they show on GTA's TV - that wouldn't be much of a surprise XD). Or maybe a dream-mission were our character takes place in those TV-shows about the weird fanservice princess. That would be just so freaking Saints Row-level of weirdness XD

@Dio Brando

Nope not yet : /
Hopefully soon, cuz the giant casino building is kinda sitting in los santos bein useless right now lol

Love those brass (gold) knuckles. The P1 parody is a nice touch. Need the cash to pick it up... might sell the Osiris.

I've past that huge casino building before... I was hoping it would have purpose at one point or another. Would really like a casino based heist.

Yeah a casino based heist would be good. They should definitely open it up like a proper casino where you could go and gamble. Only problem with that though would be I wouldn't be able to load my game after I've lost too much on Roulette and Blackjack. lol

Unfortunately the Update was a bit of a let down because of all the speculation, not saying names... *cough *cough "domislive" *cough *cough

BillyJohn wrote:

Yeah a casino based heist would be good. They should definitely open it up like a proper casino where you could go and gamble. Only problem with that though would be I wouldn't be able to load my game after I've lost too much on Roulette and Blackjack. lol

Unfortunately the Update was a bit of a let down because of all the speculation, not saying names... *cough *cough "domislive" *cough *cough

Im a mclaren fanboy, so im still fangasming over the t20  ; oooo

I've changed my mind. But only a little bit.
That Vindicator bike is awesome! Might be the only expensive bike I'll buy in this game. And that Akira reference is priceless. Both my GTA and Saints Row characters are now riding Akira-like bikes XD