why did rockstar make multiplayer such a hassle

[savagebasher]

"disconnected from server"

so you return to single player

"connection lose"

so you return to single player

"the other users have kicked you from the room" (because I'm rank 4 you know, so I mustn't know how to play hangman's noose :chair)

...you return to single player


I dont see how hard it would have been to just make it a section in itself instead of going through the phone everytime their server drops me. and why does it have to load the intro cutscene EVERY time I do hangman's noose? that wastes a good 20-30 seconds and then people are bitching that I'm not readying

sigh.


just got 2:03:94 on noose tho :D

[Flik Nightshade]

I have no clue. I've only tried to play one ranked game.. sat there in the lobby for about ten minutes before saying "forget this" and quitting. lol

[III Curtis III]

happens to me all the time but i also have a problem 2: my nat settings are moderate so im lucky i can get into some games and when i do get into them they either lag or are only on for 10 mins on the whole 3 islands and you cannot get much money because of it

[Spud 923]

this happens to me all the time, to be honest the single player is miles better than mutiplayer

[KolaNut]

It is so frustrating the amount of time it takes to get from being disconnected back to the lobby!

[Krymson Fury]

yeah i just have the game rented through gamefly and im really tempted to return it just because multiplayer is such a pain to find a match

[Lunacy182]

I really like multiplayer. Especially GTA race. I haven't had a problem with disconnecting either.

Going into single player then using the phone to get into multiplayer is a pain though.

[DCS 23]

to be honest i dont think they made it like that on perpose they dont just decide oh today guys lets make the online really shit so nobody will like it..

[Rickenslacker]

I agree, multiplayer is fucking useless unless you're screwing around, and whoever at Rockstar is responsible for the multiplayer achievements can die in a fire.

[JMills109]

Make sure you guys are checking the leaderboards for your wins. I've now had 3 separate wins not register on the leaderboards, and the cash disappearing from my account........

Hard enough to actually win races...

[N1L APOCALYPSE]

Make sure you guys are checking the leaderboards for your wins. I've now had 3 separate wins not register on the leaderboards, and the cash disappearing from my account........

Hard enough to actually win races...

yo same thing happend to me and i lose like $3000

[lordponcho]

The multiplayer was ripped off pretty much from the "San Andreas: Multi-Player" patch some guys made for the PC version of SA. Same kind of interface. It runs a little more smoothly, and the missions work, but I was expecting something a lot better than SA:MP, and this isn't as vastly improoved as I would have hoped.

Still, SA:MP was a laugh (my housemate and I played on our desktops with walkie talkies to tell each other where we were if we died!) and the multiplayer is good here if you end up getting lucky with the other players.

[Badge Man]

It's stupid that to access multiplayer you have to be in the campaign. I was expecting a nice menu like Halo 3's. At least we have a nice stats page.

[sleepynow]

I can't even get into a ranked game-same problem as above. Never been kicked, though...probably will the first time I actually get into a game. Haven't had any trouble on player matches with friends though. Frustrating that I can't even get started on those online achievements.

[Mvrck945]

The interface isn't that bad once you get used to it. The major problem is having 16 people in a lobby, this is far to many for p2p gaming!

Also would of liked to of seen more co-op missions and maybe even a co-op campaign

[DashingDavid]

Yup, whenever I try to get in I see a loading screen, and I can hear the chat, but I get thrown out to single player after a few seconds, but seeing as how the chat I hear is some ignorant wiggers trying to act gangsta, I think to myself well maybe it's a good thing I didn't join that game...

Out of about 50 times I've tried to get in MP, it's worked about 5 times, and either the lobby closes, I am kicked for no reason, or I am made host but nobody ever comes, and when someone does come, they leave because there's nobody else...

Massive Phail. :uzi:

[Wavescope]

Yea it's annoying having to go through your phone all the time, and I agree 16 people is too much especially for the races, there are too many people who can crash into you and ruin your lead or noobs who suck so decide to go round the track backwards