maxxing

3y

Masculine aura

This is why I have few bros anymore, y’all be insane

PushaToThe

3y

I hope one of the most wanted features in the grand theft auto series is making a comeback

bowling

maxxing

3y

Masculine aura

This is why I have few bros anymore, y’all be insane

Fella

3y

I hate to sound like a “gamer chud” but Grand Theft Auto is supposed to be controversial. All the creative heads that made them that way consistently no longer work for the company. They shouldn’t make another entry in this series if they refuse to push boundaries. Wanting them to retain what they’ve always been doesn’t make you some reactionary a******. They’re games about committing crimes and most of all biting satires of all of American culture across the board. The potential watering down isn’t the company “maturing” as some people will try to say, it’s just sanitizing it to give their corporation a cleaner image.

kenni nixon

3y

I'll bite and give this a nuanced response instead of being outright critical.

I would argue the idea that GTA is supposed to be "controversial" is a projection people have, from you in this topic, to the media portraying it as a murder simulator or similar accusations. For me, and I would argue many others, it wasn't because the game was "controversial" in nature is what made it good, but the revolutionary mechanics and attention to detail in the world building is what makes GTA a good GTA. Besides GTA IV, the stories haven't been THAT great in retrospect, respectable yea but I honestly wouldn't worry too much about them "toning" it down since it is a new team, they need to get their creative juices going going into a project like this, and I would personally rather them scale back on the humor until they get the mechanics just right as opposed to going all out on untested humor, which can go horribly wrong either way but eh.

I agree on the satire being important, though at the same time there's only so much you can do before it's forced, which in today's society yea it really is hard to do so

kenni nixon

3y

I'll bite and give this a nuanced response instead of being outright critical.

I would argue the idea that GTA is supposed to be "controversial" is a projection people have, from you in this topic, to the media portraying it as a murder simulator or similar accusations. For me, and I would argue many others, it wasn't because the game was "controversial" in nature is what made it good, but the revolutionary mechanics and attention to detail in the world building is what makes GTA a good GTA. Besides GTA IV, the stories haven't been THAT great in retrospect, respectable yea but I honestly wouldn't worry too much about them "toning" it down since it is a new team, they need to get their creative juices going going into a project like this, and I would personally rather them scale back on the humor until they get the mechanics just right as opposed to going all out on untested humor, which can go horribly wrong either way but eh.

I agree on the satire being important, though at the same time there's only so much you can do before it's forced, which in today's society yea it really is hard to do so

kenni nixon

3y

I'll bite and give this a nuanced response instead of being outright critical.

I would argue the idea that GTA is supposed to be "controversial" is a projection people have, from you in this topic, to the media portraying it as a murder simulator or similar accusations. For me, and I would argue many others, it wasn't because the game was "controversial" in nature is what made it good, but the revolutionary mechanics and attention to detail in the world building is what makes GTA a good GTA. Besides GTA IV, the stories haven't been THAT great in retrospect, respectable yea but I honestly wouldn't worry too much about them "toning" it down since it is a new team, they need to get their creative juices going going into a project like this, and I would personally rather them scale back on the humor until they get the mechanics just right as opposed to going all out on untested humor, which can go horribly wrong either way but eh.

I agree on the satire being important, though at the same time there's only so much you can do before it's forced, which in today's society yea it really is hard to do so

Sonyomom

3y

The female in question:

SEGA GOON

3y

My GTA Online character is female

Unforgivable

3y

You roleplay as a female on GTA Online?

Sonyomom

3y

The female in question:

kenni nixon

3y

I'll bite and give this a nuanced response instead of being outright critical.

I would argue the idea that GTA is supposed to be "controversial" is a projection people have, from you in this topic, to the media portraying it as a murder simulator or similar accusations. For me, and I would argue many others, it wasn't because the game was "controversial" in nature is what made it good, but the revolutionary mechanics and attention to detail in the world building is what makes GTA a good GTA. Besides GTA IV, the stories haven't been THAT great in retrospect, respectable yea but I honestly wouldn't worry too much about them "toning" it down since it is a new team, they need to get their creative juices going going into a project like this, and I would personally rather them scale back on the humor until they get the mechanics just right as opposed to going all out on untested humor, which can go horribly wrong either way but eh.

I agree on the satire being important, though at the same time there's only so much you can do before it's forced, which in today's society yea it really is hard to do so

iluvmusic123

3y

satirical commentary on 'current/contemporary' events plays a major role in the story telling in the series as well as the world itself - the radio station and billboard advertisements, name of shops, etc- Toning that down would take away from the essence of the game for alotta ppl including those that arent necessarily looking for controversy

Fella

3y

I hate to sound like a “gamer chud” but Grand Theft Auto is supposed to be controversial. All the creative heads that made them that way consistently no longer work for the company. They shouldn’t make another entry in this series if they refuse to push boundaries. Wanting them to retain what they’ve always been doesn’t make you some reactionary a******. They’re games about committing crimes and most of all biting satires of all of American culture across the board. The potential watering down isn’t the company “maturing” as some people will try to say, it’s just sanitizing it to give their corporation a cleaner image.