Dogs,birds and cats or a few more would be good but it wouldn't really bother me.

animals would be great, but think of all the animal rights protests. *shudder*

Yeah but as I mentioned before, you can kill animals in other games, so why should this one be any more controversial? As long as it is just an option and you are not made to slaughter 25 cows in 30 secs for a mission, I can't see it being too much of a problem.

I think rockstar once said that they were never going to put fluffy animals and children into the game.. so I dont think theyll put cats and dogs into the game.

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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.

Well even if it does piss off the RSPCA, so what? Gun had plenty of animals you could kill, horses, wolves, cows. I didn't hear a word of complaint from them then so to be consistent, they can't complain here. Unless it is blatant over the top animal torture.

Gunzy, you made some excellent points there, if animals were introduced to the game, it would open up so many possibilities for this game, like the ones you mentioned, attack dogs etc etc. However if animals were introduced, there would probably be some sort of animal welfare group moaning at GTA as usual.

quote Gunzy

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

Or when they are in a shop, replace their guide dog with a greyhound. Then throw a toy rabbit onto the motorway

Too evil...

I don't think it would create any controversy if Rockstar introduced animals into the game. Afterall, many games involve killing animals. One in particular, MGS3 (because I was playing it before, XD). You can kill snakes, frogs, birds, squirrels, rats, goats, vultures and more. Then you eat them. Obviously you won't be eating animals you kill (Unless they include some sort of hunting Mini-game ), so I'm sure it'll be fine.

quote Ameer

It would be cool to ride a horse or be hunted down by ped's dogs.

Would it add a bit of realism to the environment? Yes. Are people really going to care if they don't spend time on adding animals to this game? I doubt it. The only animal I wouldn't mind seeing would be attack dogs from the cops if you're in a chase on foot. It would make you think about your getaway more, as you would obviously would want to get somewhere the dogs couldn't like jumping fences or getting on high ground for example.

I'd like the idea of seeing bears and other animals around the world. It would be interesting to go into a forest and be mauled by a bear or visit the ocean and be eaten by a shark (that actually moves).. I would not want to be able to attack animals though..

Imagie the progressive skill system we had for cars and bikes in SanAn in the next GTA if animals are inroduced... having to learn how to ride a horse, at low skills he can buck and throw you and be startled by things like traffic or angry peds, but as you get higher you have more control over the animal and he can't be phased by stuff you do, like running headlong towards cars and leaping over them

That would be amazing....

They could add animals, but they don't need to go overboard to make it work. I think keeping it down to police dogs, and mabey some cattle on a ranch would work. Some wildlife like deer or wolves would be an added bonus, also.

I don't think horses would be a good idea, though.

I agree with you there Rudeboy. I'm all for animals but preferably just dogs and wildlife in the woods and sea. Horses wouldn't be worth the effort IMO. Unless the game is set in the wild west, I can't see the need for horses.