I reckon rockstar should introduce some form of wildlife into the next installment. I dont think they should go overboard, say by having cockroaches on the sidewalks... but maybe having deer, wild cats, and maybe bears in the forests. In GTA:SA, there were sea creatures, but you couldnt interact with them. I tried many times to blow that friggin dolphin outta the water, but failed everytime.

Adding interactive wildlife would open up alot of doors for the game. Police dogs could be introduced, sniffer dogs could be used in various missions that may involve drug smuggling...as well as those vicious attack dogs that could chase you down the street when you have a wanted level.

Seeing eye dogs for blind peds would be interesting...so much fun, however cruel it may be, that you could have.

Cattle farms on the outskirts of town could also create problems for traffic if someone left the gate open...

This idea doesn't sound that bad. It would be cool to ride a horse or be hunted down by ped's dogs. Another feather to the already overfilled GTA hat.

I agree. Being able to interact with animals would not only make the game more realistic, but it would also add a lot more entertainment.

Maybe they will add Bigfoot? That would be cool. It would be nice to have a pet or have dogs in yards.

quote Ameer

This idea doesn't sound that bad. It would be cool to ride a horse or be hunted down by ped's dogs. Another feather to the already overfilled GTA hat.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Rockstar say that they will NEVER have any animals, other than birds, in a GTA game before San Andreas came out? Something to do with not wanting to Piss off the ASPCA.

Now that I think about it I think that was said around the time you mentioned. I think that animal cruelty is a good reason for not adding animals in the game. If horses were in the game maybe it could be made so you can only ride them and not be able to inflict pain on them.

That still lets Jack Thompson try to sue R*. "This teenager tried to shoot a horse with a Rocket Launcher, he was inspired by GTA4".

I don't really see any need to have animals added into the game except the birds and fishes that they already have in the series. Maybe mission wise there could be transporting the animals.

I'm pretty sure R* or someone associated with R* said they can't add animals or kids into the game because that would just make people more angry with R*. So i would say the only animals there will be in any GTA game are the birds.

Animals would add more atmosphere to the game. Maybe there could be a zoo, with Rhinos and Hippos. And they could back-heel you and run over you when you let them out

quote guticb

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Rockstar say that they will NEVER have any animals, other than birds, in a GTA game before San Andreas came out? Something to do with not wanting to Piss off the ASPCA.

That's true and you can even kill bears and horses etc. in Oblivion. So I can't see them getting into trouble without Bethesda getting the same stick.

I do like the sound of police dogs though. Imagine running through the woods being chased by 2 alsatians

I agree. It opens up a whole new world of possibilities. For example, you have to smuggle narcotics into a city, and the sniffer dogs do a search.

This topic always makes me laugh, because whenever I watch a movie there could be 100 people dying and I wouldn't care, but if a dog dies I get sad.

I don't really mind if they're in the game, I've never missed them.