I care about GTA but the online element of it is of zero interest to me, and it seems that's what it's become.
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Probably a good thing…
But is it just me, or am I the only one who really couldn’t give two shits about GTA?
I get it’s a massive franchise, like Madden or Call of Duty… don’t buy those either.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
dvlsg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So far we’ve gotten good single player games along with those online modes, including RDR2 after GTA5, so it’s at least plausible that GTA6 will have good single player still.
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I get it’s a massive franchise, like Madden or Call of Duty… don’t buy those either.
whew, I’m trying to understand your comment, but this is kinda coming off pretty…holier-than-thou? Which, I do get that because I can find myself like that with movies/tv, but still…we gotta let people like what they like.
In this case though, I honestly think this is a pretty terrible comparison. Madden and CoD don’t have massive single player appeal that GTA or RDR have. They are total schlock in that regard (though, I hear CoD’s recent campaigns are actually good).
GTA and RDR on the other hand very skillfully mix elements of RPG, immersive sim, and adventure game. They’re huge sandboxes for the player to explore and discover new things, within which are nestled very well written stories that critique modern life and touch upon themes that, yes, you could find them in various indie games if you look a bit, but are somewhat unique in the blockbuster gamescape. It’s difficult to find other single player games with the scope of Rockstar games, though I think it is getting easier.
But comparing GTA to Madden or CoD is kinda whack unless you’re looking at GTA Online in isolation.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Still, there’s very little overlap in GTA Online and Madden/COD. GTA Online is still very much sandbox-y, caters somewhat well to playing alone, and has a team gameplay loop. People tend to play this periodically but probably don’t have it be their main/only game.
Madden and COD are both highly competitive games with pretty much no sandbox, and their appeal is pretty limited after a couple years when the next one comes out. People tend to stick to these franchises as their main game, playing very little else.
The main similarity is that they’re AAA games, but that’s really it.
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I think GTA online could be compared to Madden and CoD in that they all have aggressive(-ly lame) monetization tactics. But the way jordanlund frames it (sorry jordan, I don’t mean to rag on you – like I said, I can also be like this) sounds more to me like a “i only listen to artists with less than 1000 monthly listeners” type of statement
jimjam5@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Jordanlund’s comment could be read/interpreted that way sure, but personally I read it more as “yes gta is a big/popular/genre-defining game, but not my cup of tea” kind of vibe.
I have played and enjoyed previous gta titles, but I myself am partial to slower more thoughtful games like Baldur’s Gate (I suspect same could be said for jordanlund as well).
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All three are games that appeal to the Doritos and Mountain Dew set.
jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Wow, I gave you a lot of benefit of the doubt in my comments, but you’re really out here to just denigrate other people’s tastes, aren’t you? How refined, how cultured your game library must be. How sweet your shit must smell. How does it feel up there, where you’ll never touch a game frequented by us Dorito-eaters and us Mountain-Dew-drinkers? Feels good, huh? Feels better.
What a fucking joke.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Some people are capable of distinguishing good from bad. Others are 12.
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You are not alone. There are so many quality open world action games out there that I never understood the hype around GTA.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Back in the day, before gta4, it was a fun funny romp through the criminal life of culture, making fun of as much as it could.
Now it’s just a very expensive franchise.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Eh, each game had a very different feel. I didn’t play GTA 1 or 2, so I’ll start after that point:
- GTA III - caricatures the mafia, but otherwise I’d somewhat light on satire
- GTA VC - lots of satire about the 70s and mafia in Miami
- GTA SA - lots of satire about a wide range of topics, from 90s gang culture to the burgeoning tech scene in San Francisco
- GTA IV - lots of statements about the immigrant experience, with satire along the way
- GTA V - satire about middle class life in LA, the excitement of tech getting stale and turning bad, etc
Each has a fair amount of satire and something to say about the world, I just found GTA V a lot less interesting than previous titles. GTA IV is my favorite for a playthrough, GTA SA is a close second (I love exploring SA).
P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How can you say that when they haven’t made a game in a decade? Its like saying the beetles are culturally irrelevant. GTA continues to influence other games and is relevant to society even if they never made another game. I think fortnite is a dumb capitalist nothing game but I can’t deny it’s relevance.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I can say anything i want about a series that has three games between 3 and 4, and theybwere all different.
boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve always found the missions clunky, the worlds annoying, and the controls borderline unusable.
caut_R@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I enjoy it, I don‘t (allegedly) 100 bucks enjoy it though. I‘ll wait for a few years and grab it on sale. And ngl, I‘ve grown pretty tired of triple digit playtime games anyway.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’m with you on this one.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’ll still want it, I’ll feel a strong sense of FOMO if I don’t, but I don’t really care any more. After seeing how much money GTAO was making I strongly suspect they’ll put a lot more focus on that. In my opinion gta online sucked a lot of ass. It was fun as a playground to hang around with friends in, but as an actual game I’d rather we’d have agreed on any other game to play. I would never load it up to play by myself.
I hope I’m wrong and the story mode slaps, but at the super-premium price it’s going to end up costing i won’t justify it.
Sequence5666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You’re right! But the hype exists. It will reach peak for the four months post the launch, creating fomo. Peer pressure with such launches are a human problem
MrFinnbean@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hah. I would not compare yearly money graps to GTA. Every 3d GTA has been setting the new standard for the genre.