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grifters like The Quartering already made videos talking about how GTA IS WOKE!!!!!!!! and twitter comments are full of retards mad because woman, don't act like these people don't exist
If I want to have strong female characters I'll just stick with jrpgs going forward at least the Japs can give us westerners plenty of best waifu material.Video games are basically over, aren't they? At least in the west.
No, I do NOT want to play as yet another generic "Strong Female Protagonist" number 9001, for a series like GTA, I want to play as a cool GUY.
I check out completely when it's one of these modern generic "strong female characters" ala Horizon Zero Dawn or whatever, they're fucking boring, those type of characters are just plain fucking BORING.
You can make a female character interesting, I love Haunting Ground, Rule of Rose, Clock Tower, Fatal Frame and Silent Hill 3, all of which use the vulnerability of their female protagonists to great effect to enhance the horror, because when playing a HORROR game you want to feel disempowered and vulnerable.
GTA on the other hand is a POWER FANTASY and specifically one about the world of CRIMINALS and naturally that's going to resonate more when playing as a guy, Saints Row aside where it only worked there because everything was already so cartoonish, GTA has a different tone, at least starting with 4.
My point being shoving generic "strong female characters" into everything regardless of context is some GRADE A BULLSHIT and I'm fucking sick to death of it.
Maybe Rockstar can make it work, time will tell, but I sincerely doubt it, everything Woke touches it turns into watered down and BORING bullshit, enough is fucking enough.
The peak has passed for Western games the only thing that we can do is just learn to accept playing as some chick in games now. It wasn't all that bad look at Tomb Raider. Guys like playing as chicks since they have full control over them just not in bed. Lol
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