GTA Onlineās Casino update review: waking up in the toilets and saving the day VG247
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The million-dollar question. In a world brimming with money-making options, is the Diamond Casino and Resort a viable alternative to, say, running an…
Grand Theft Auto Onlineās Diamond Casino and Resort update is not Oceanās 11. You wonāt be busting open vault doors, or dodging lasers like a gymnast, or walking out the front door with a holdall brimming with 100-dollar bills, your brow slick with sweat as you smile vacantly at Vincent, the complexās head of security, who is nice but built like a brick s**t house. I mean, with that profile, youāre probably best not crossing him, but rest assured you wonāt get the chance to do so here.
As an avid GTA 5 roleplayer, the absence of heist-like Hollywood set-pieces pains me a wee bit, but Iām sure the single-player modding community will already be hard at work with this in mind, assuming Rockstar doesnāt have something official up its sleeve for down the line.
Like last yearās After-Hours nightclub update, GTA Onlineās latest complimentary venture is ambitious, but itās not a huge pivot away from what weāre used to. Donāt get me wrong, the fact that such a wholesome add-on comes free-of-charge is wonderful, as is the fact that Rockstar is still finding new ways to spruce up a game now more than half a decade old. But if youāre familiar with GTA Online and how it operates, youāll soon realise the Diamond Casino and Resort doesnāt revolutionise the existing formula.
Like After Hoursā nightclubs, the casinoās interior is weapons and combat-free, which, in GTA terms, means interaction with other players is limited. You might spot human players kicking around the foyer, chilling in the VIP lounge, or waxing their savings on the same Blackjack table youāre sat at, but donāt expect fisticuffs at the cashierās desk when cashing in your chips. So you know, one chip on the casino floor equates to one $GTA.
Moreover, unlike After Hoursā multiple nightclub locations, thereās only one casino resort location on the map, which rules out attacks on rival playersā spots. Similar to After Hours, however, itās the subtleties and attention to detail that the casino update does well. With that in mind, letās first look at the Penthouse.
Raise the roof
Scottish people the world over are known for being tight with money, adept in fist-fighting and getting blind drunk. The opening paragraph above clearly pays deference to the latter stereotype, so hitting the bottle was, naturally, one of the first things I sought to do in-game.
I suppose also pandering to the former, shall we say, culturally shrewd trope, I linked my Rockstar Social Club account with my Twitch Prime one beforehand in order to qualify for a āSilver Statusā membership from the off. With that, I bagged a free $GTA 1.25 million and a Master Penthouse, complete with the VIP Membership ā which grants you access to exclusive bar areas and high stakes tables on the casino floor ā thatās dished out to all penthouse owners.
The Master Penthouse, aka the āCrash Padā, will otherwise set you back $GTA 1.5 million. For reference, the āHigh Rollerā suite comes in at over $6.5 million, and is naturally kitted out with everything the update has to offer in the way of decorations. Moreover, the Diamond Programme as itās known, extends to Gold, Platinum and Diamond statuses, which are progressively unlocked via the updateās co-op and Work missions, which weāll get to later.
First up, letās get that party organised. As in real life (this lowly games journo would imagine), each penthouse is equipped with a Guest Services phone whereby the resortās reception bend to your every whim. Scanning the list, youāll see a Valet Service which grants you access to your own up-to-ten-car garage, a Cleaning Service, a Limo Service, the option to Buy Chips, an Aircraft Concierge (similar to booking planes from your Executive Office) and, voila, Penthouse Parties.
I sunk just over $GTA 1.8 million getting my pad prepped for the perfect soiree, which in turn filled my penthouse with banging techno music, nice dƩcor, and a modest number of human players and NPC guests from downstairs. The size of your party is hinged on the amount of chips you own.
Expectedly, take one of my revelries resulted in this:
As I say, you canāt beat coming-to in a cubicle. Donāt knock it till youāve tried it.
Take two reflected the other side of my party personality: being an antisocial introvert and playing video games on my tod. Invade and Persuade 2 is a new arcade cabinet, introduced in GTA Onlineās latest update. Simple as it is, itās good fun.
Struggling to shake off the cobwebs from my ill-fated solo vodka and whisky shot contest, I decided to nip up to my penthouseās Roof Terrace to cool off and wind down in the hot tub and infinity pool. Doing so is one of the updateās more superficial endeavours, but Iām a sucker for nice views and being reminded of the shite in-game tattoos I totally forgot Iād purchased years ago.
For what itās worth, Iād also definitely go swimming more often in real life if the process of changing involved less faffing about.
Get on the floor
And so onto the casino floor, which houses the updateās most endearing features. As mentioned earlier, the Diamond Casino and Resort update, like last yearās After-Hours update, excels in its attention to detail. As an aside, I learned last year that a group of techno enthusiasts within Rockstarās dev team worked on the gameās last significant add-on, and Iām convinced the same process applies to its latest.
I fell in love with After Hoursā minor details ā the muted base that pounded from below as you passed each spot’s box office, the rush of cheers and piano loops as you first invaded the dancefloor, the zipping neon lights and understated moves of the crowd, nodding their heads and pumping their fists in unison. The same subtleties shine here ā the foyerās glitz and superficial lighting, the Wheel of Fortune-esque machine holding court in the centre of the room, the prize supercar showcased on a rotating platform, the money, the wealth, the greed ā itās all there and it comes together brilliantly.
You can almost smell the ubiquitous cocktail of body odour, alcohol and perfume as the crowd of all cultures and creeds fritters away its collective savings for hours on end. Anyone whoās set foot in a real-world casino will know that these buildings are designed so youāre never far from a machine or a table or a bar, and it took me several loops of the floor to get a handle on its layout.
Near the entrance stands the Lucky Wheel, which can be spun free of charge once per in-game day. I managed to snag some RP on my first try, but, at level 130, Iād much rather have bagged one of the updateās newest supercars.
Six of a planned eight rides are available to buy at present, with a mouth-watering orange/red Truffade Thrax currently at the behest of Lady Luck and her Lucky Wheel. Other cars out now include the Annis S80RR, the Obey 8F Drafter, the Weeny Issi Sport, the Vapid Caracara 4x4, and the Enus Paragon R.
Further in, youāll find the resortās Table Games and Card Games, which include Roulette, Blackjack, Three Card Poker and Slot Machines. I donāt and will never understand poker well enough to win decent cash from it, but I did give the odd croupier a run for their money on Blackjack and Roulette. Go me.
Deeper still, youāll find Inside Track, which is a virtual horse racing simulator akin to the one found in 2004ās Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Like poker, Iām crap at this one as well.
On a mission
Away from the building, the Diamond Casino and Resort update offers six story-led missions and 16 āCasino Management missionsā, all of which are handed down by casino manager Agatha Baker. Story-wise, weāre told that Los Santos Triad party boy Tao Cheng has recently invested his mobster uncleās money in the Diamond resort having taken financing from a dodgy Texan oil and gas family, headed by Avery Duggan, along the way.
āItās up to you to help Tao, Agatha, Tom and the rest of the Casino staff to hold off the Texans long enough to get the shiny new entertainment complex back in the black,ā weāre told, all of which unfolds in a series of escort, search and retrieve, āblow this thing up and kill all of these baddiesā-type ventures. Like most GTA Online updates, much of what makes these online co-op missions fun is their unpredictability. With the right team and ample luck, you might breeze through each and every one of them, but itās the moments of circumstantial chaos that provide the most entertainment.
One mission, for example, has you defending the casino from Averyās henchmen in a Scarface final chapter-aping siege. Each mission can be undertaken by 2-4 players, but I took this one on with just one other body. We kicked ass for the first leg, cleared out the onslaught on both wings of the casino exterior and made our way upwards for a showdown on the roof. There, we failed and failed and failed, outnumbered by seemingly interminable waves of machine gun-toting cowboys.
I then had a lightbulb moment when I decided to pilot an idle chopper in a bid to distract our foes. I mean, I say lightbulb moment, but I essentially took flight, lost control, parachuted out, broke my fall on a sniper, inadvertently took out the biggest hitters in a ball of fire, and allowed my partner to pick off the remains of the enemy crew. Job done. It was all intentional, I swear.
So, are Diamonds forever?
The million-dollar question. In a world brimming with money-making options, is the Diamond Casino and Resort a viable alternative to, say, running an exclusive inner-city nightclub or operating a gun-running scheme or shipping illicit goods as a CEO of an executive office? In the here and now, the answer is: yes.
The Executive Office has always been my go-to set-up for quick cash-generation in San Andreas, because, as much as I love the DJs and soundtracks last yearās After Hours update introduced to the game, promoting your nightclub and maintaining its popularity is, for the most part, pretty tedious. The casinoās 16 Casino Management jobs arenāt revolutionary by any means, but thereās always the chance you could double or triple or quadruple that pay-out downstairs, should you be so inclined.
Moreover, less than 48 hours since launch, community intrigues such as players using their personal garages to host community car shows are beginning to surface, which speaks to the social elements the Diamond Resort brings and the legs these elements could have moving forward. With longevity in mind, Rockstar has also introduced 54 hidden playing cards to the world map, which offer RP and chip bonuses. Collecting them all will apparently unlock outfits and card sets, and will likewise unlock special crossover items in Red Dead Redemption Online in the months to come.
Granted, itās early days yet. And Iām under no illusions that, as someone well-invested in GTA Online, a huge chunk of the updateās appeal for me is its freshness and newness. But with new cars, new clothes, and new ways to make money, Iām sure the Diamond Casino and Resort update will keep Rockstarās enduring crime sim spinning for some time.
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