quote Zero Tolerance

However if animals were introduced, there would probably be some sort of animal welfare group moaning at GTA as usual.

Yeah, I wouldn't see anything wrong with having dogs and horses in the game. Dogs were in Dead To Rights and horses are in Red Dead Revolver and Gun. And of course you could shoot them. You can shoot chickens, cows and even dogs in Resident Evil 4.

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.

quote Gunzy

quote Zero Tolerance

However if animals were introduced, there would probably be some sort of animal welfare group moaning at GTA as usual.

in the world we live in today, theres always someone who will kick up a stink about the smallest things. i have no doubt that organisations like the rspca would try and intervene if animals were introduced, however i think if rockstar did it in a tasteful way, it wouldnt be a problem. at the very least id like to see police dogs, that would take the police chases to a whole new level. i read mention of horses...why not have police on horseback? dogs and horses can access places like backyards better then a squad car. and the title is "Grand Theft Auto". why not highjack the horse? and before anyone says "but Auto is in the title too", throughout the series, vehicles have not been limited to cars...eg: bicycles, jetpacks, trains...

Now there's a game that I hated. Spending hours creeping through the woods, only for a deer to spot me and run away.

Still, I'm sure a R* spin on big game hunting might work...

The only animal I will endorse would be if they put Bigfoot in the game. Then you guys can all run around like madmen trying to catch him.

Other than that I see no reason for it. I don't need to have dogs getting run over or shot at. It's kinda pointless and just asking for the PETA people to go nuts. Honestly I think they have more pull than Jack Thompson. Damn, they have TONS of celebs behind them.... it would just be bad for R*.

BigFoot? Like a King Kong? No chance. Cats and dogs for me.

quote Steel Magnolia

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

quote Superfast Oz

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.

I think it would be OK to add maybe some police sniffer dogs. RTCW and Tomb Raider had dogs that you could shoot, but that never sparked any reaction from the animal welfare groups.

quote MonkeyChicken100

BigFoot? Like a King Kong? No chance. Cats and dogs for me.

its odd really, when i watch a film and hundreds of people are dying i feel nothing but if i see a dog/cat/animal in danger i feel so bad and want him to live, so if i saw animals in GTA i would actually do my best NOT to kill them...

GUN had lots of animals in it, including buffalo and horses. They also didn't die in a nice friendly way either (bodies disappearing and no blood, you know the deal) - they could be pretty much torn apart like the humans could.

Rockstar said they would never put animals or children in a GTA game though, so why are we even discussing this? I don't see much point in having animals in it, apart from the aforementioned police sniffer dogs.

I think that animals would be a good idea. Of course, the game would have some stupid *bleep* bitching about how it is 'morally wrong' to run around killing animals but since when when has killing people been right?

I wouldn't really like animals in the game. It would add to realism, but I don't see them serving much of a purpose other than that.

I'd say yes I would like to see some animals. Dogs most def.