Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

Favorite GTA?

  • Grand Theft Auto

    Votes: 61 2.4%
  • Grand Theft Auto: London 1969

    Votes: 54 2.1%
  • Grand Theft Auto 2

    Votes: 106 4.1%
  • Grand Theft Auto III

    Votes: 203 7.9%
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

    Votes: 734 28.7%
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    Votes: 1,029 40.2%
  • Grand Theft Auto: Advanced

    Votes: 12 0.5%
  • Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

    Votes: 74 2.9%
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

    Votes: 73 2.9%
  • Grand Theft Auto IV

    Votes: 653 25.5%
  • Episodes From Liberty City (The Lost & Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony)

    Votes: 198 7.7%
  • Grand Theft Auto V

    Votes: 371 14.5%
  • Grand Theft Auto: Online

    Votes: 91 3.6%
  • My Mother's My Sister!

    Votes: 305 11.9%

  • Total voters
    2,558
As someone who found most of the heists in V’s story underwhelming I’m not really looking forward to more of the same, just with a Bonnie and Clyde angle this time around. I don’t have a problem playing as the Latina, but I’d rather have Rockstar lean into the Miami/Cocaine Cowboys setting and have her rise to the top by being ruthless like Griselda Blanco. Not sure how the white boy would fit into that story though.
 
I wonder what the final GTA Online update would be. I hope it brings back Michael.

How in the fuck is The Last Stand giving the most level-headed commentary on this trailer release? Dozens of pages ranting about "REEEEE NIGGERS IN MY CRIME GAME!!!" and here's TLS like: "I dunno I think it looks alright but I have my reservations about it."
A, I'm not interested in cultural war nonsense. B. I'm a fan of the GTA series, but am not blind towards the decline of the gaming industry. C. I enjoy legitimate discussion.
 
As someone who found most of the heists in V’s story underwhelming I’m not really looking forward to more of the same,
My personal favorite heist from GTA V has to be the Paleto Score Heist. Causing mass carnage in a small desert town against crooked cops and the ARMY as a juggernaut never gets old.


Of course, the best heist in GTA yet has to be the Bank of Liberty from GTA IV. Four guys against half the LCPD and SWAT while you circle half the island trying to escape amidst small firefights. People say that it's one of the harder missions in IV, I disagree. If you know how to shoot and take cover, it's a cake walk.

 
So normal GTA
GTA has always had niggers, SA being the most obvious with a nigger protag and a 90’s gangbanging setting. But this trailer shows the most niggery of niggerdom.. fat sheboons twerking on police cars, soundcloud looking rappers with dreads and full body tats etc.. this is modern day zoomer niggers.. the most obnoxious niggers that have ever nigged.

They even have what looks like a “Karen” character being recorded on a cellphone. Don’t get it twisted, this game is going to lick so much black ass it will have a permanent sheen of cocoa butter on it’s lips.
 
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How in the fuck is The Last Stand giving the most level-headed commentary on this trailer release? Dozens of pages ranting about "REEEEE NIGGERS IN MY CRIME GAME!!!" and here's TLS like: "I dunno I think it looks alright but I have my reservations about it."
Yeah, I'm not even going to bother disputing those claims anymore. I'm just repeating myself at this point.

I don’t have a problem playing as the Latina, but I’d rather have Rockstar lean into the Miami/Cocaine Cowboys setting and have her rise to the top by being ruthless like Griselda Blanco.
The female protagonist twist, I don't particularly care about that. I hope the world is dynamic enough to react to her differently than they would to Jason.
 

First GTA 5 trailer for comparison, people aren't just yelling about ''niggers in muh vidya'' it's blatant over representation. 5 has a good mix of everyone while the 6 trailer basically only shows whitey being crazy or working in service jobs and everyone else is a POC.

People defending this seems to have consumed a toxic level of goyslop already...
 
I'm a fan of the GTA series,
But why? GTA5 was painfully boring at best and a downgrade to GTA4 as well. I can play GTA VC, San Andreas, and 4 instead which does exactly what 5 does but better. The only thing GTA5 does better is graphics, which doesn't matter a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.

This isn't even mentioning how shitty Rockstar is. Predatory practices with GTA online, shutting down cool projects that involved their previous games, stupidly bad "remasters" of their previous games, among other things that have been mentioned in the thread. This is completely ignoring the "culture war" thing you said you hate, which is retarded considering that is exactly Rockstar is doing. People like you who give zero fucks and let them do whatever while throwing money at them is exactly how the industry has become so bad in the first place. It's why I like seeing some kick back, because video games are less about the passion and fun and more about sending a message and making money, at least for triple A games. This is why AA and indie games thrive so much these days.
 
After GTA VI, what's next? Where would it even take place?
San Fierro or Venturas.

Would it be rebooted again?
Not really. Every game in the IV-V era has kept to itself and it's boundaries, unlike the III era that interlinked stories and characters to the point R* said there was no story left to tell (bullshit, they just didn't want to pay Hollywood/TV actors anymore).
What's there to reboot anyway? It's not like GTA 9 taking place in then-contemporary NYC in 2056 is going to be affected by the events of GTA IV.

Is this all pre-rendered? Other GTA trailers were all in-engine, weren't they?
Not pre-rendered, but definitely scripted.
There is no way the actual release has that many NPCs at the beach and streets. Go look back at the III trailers where they used better engine/gunfire/crowd sound effects, or the V trailer where the NPCs do more things that just walk and stare awkwardly before doing a short animation and walking again.
Think of it like the V credits intro after Yankton: where it makes the city feel more alive and dynamic than it actually is.
I think most people's problem was that part of RE5 where you go to an african village and they literally wear grass skirts and throw spears.
Not inaccurate for an isolated African village.

Your issue is in thinking the delayed pc release is a bug and not a feature. They know damn well at least 20 million people will buy this on ps5 when it launches, only to buy it again on pc, when they would have just bought a pc version and be done with it if they launched simultaneously.
PC was always delayed. In the III era as part of a semi-exclusive clause of their contract with Sony, and in the HD era as you said, to boost sales.
In 3 years you'll get 3 different releases:
- The PS5/XBSX release
- The PC release
- The PS5 pro/SBSXUltraProMaxSuperTurbo release

and eventually the PS6/XBwhatever release. God I wish I could do a job then get paid 3x over for it.
 
How in the fuck is The Last Stand giving the most level-headed commentary on this trailer release? Dozens of pages ranting about "REEEEE NIGGERS IN MY CRIME GAME!!!" and here's TLS like: "I dunno I think it looks alright but I have my reservations about it."
I think he's being really optimistic tbqh since Rockstar can and will over-monetize this game and fuck up the actual mechanics of the game therein because they can't help themselves (like they did with GTA Online) and they almost certainly will get rid of the humor that's been a good part of the series since the PS2 games because CURRENT_YEAR+8 just be like it do, but at least he isn't sperging about black people being in a game set in Miami. I just don't think the game will be that good. Starfield was a turd that was hyped up for years now. I don't see how GTA 6 can be anything but seeing that there really is no room to make the series true to itself in 2023. It won't be Saint's Row reboot bad but it won't be good.
 
I think he's being really optimistic tbqh since Rockstar can and will over-monetize this game and fuck up the actual mechanics of the game therein because they can't help themselves (like they did with GTA Online) and they almost certainly will get rid of the humor that's been a good part of the series since the PS2 games because CURRENT_YEAR+8 just be like it do, but at least he isn't sperging about black people being in a game set in Miami. I just don't think the game will be that good. Starfield was a turd that was hyped up for years now. I don't see how GTA 6 can be anything but seeing that there really is no room to make the series true to itself in 2023. It won't be Saint's Row reboot bad but it won't be good.
I thought rdr2 was a great single player experience even tho the gameplay could be way to slow, I'll wait till reviews and gameplay to reserve judgement. I didn't even think gta 5 was that great but the leaks for gta 6 showed some decent robbing mechanics.
 
>complaining about black people in GTA
How in the FUCK can you out yourself as a tourist for one of the most normie games of all time?
- The South Side Hoods (and the Yardies for that matter) are as integral to GTA 3 as the Dodo. They're completely optional side-content and even then, are in out-of-the-way corners of the map most people never even visit outside of accidentally wandering into their turf as they avoid the police.
- Lance is half-hispanic & half-white.
- CJ is a black man, his brother is a nigger. There's levels to this. CJ realized that the 'street life' was bullshit and "his people" were only dragging him down. It was only until he left the hood that he became a success, GTA style. Out of Ganton, He & his sister Kendl (who is never shown to be a ratchet whore twerking or fucking anyone) build an empire that super coon Sweet disregards as "being a perpetrator; running from what's real". CJ is not the same as random NPCs acting in the most trashy way possible and being proud of their ignorance. The last arc of him reclaiming the hood for Grove Street is done out of love for his brother, the remorse of letting his youngest brother die, and his hatred towards Tenpenny. If not for Sweet's bitching, CJ would've never returned to Ganton and the Ballas would rule LS indefinitely.
- Lamar is comedy relief and a genuine satire of braindead nigger mentality, to the point Franklin heavily considers dropping their friendship & has to be reminded Lamar is his best friend who despite his retarded antics is unwaveringly loyal to him, and so he must be loyal in kind. I would bet my soul that ghetto trash culture is not going to be mocked this time around, but venerated. All one has to do is look at GTA Online. Reality has become parody.
 
The Demographics of Miami-Dade County if anyone is wondering, since the game will be set in a fiction version of it, with other bits of south Florida too I presume
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Ok but Miami is also one of the most popular vacation destinations in the U.S. and the most popular destination in Florida besides the keys. It’s typically not expensive to go and most black people are concentrated in the southern states, so it’s close and even within driving distance for a lot of people.

The game is actually pretty accurate as to what South Beach and downtown Miami look like during any given spring break/pre hurricane season summer. I genuinely don’t think they’re pandering or whatever, that’s just what Miami is actually like now during the “on” season.

Feel about that however you want, but it’s objectively true. There are examples all over social media lol. Miami is a pretty terrible destination in general and has been for 20 years. But the locals aren’t vacationing there or going to the beach there, they’re living and working and then leaving when it’s time for their vacation.

Miami is the Carnival Cruise Lines of domestic getaways. And Carnival is the EBT version of cruise lines…
 
Predatory practices with GTA online, shutting down cool projects that involved their previous games, stupidly bad "remasters" of their previous games, among other things that have been mentioned in the thread.
All of which I've talked about in detail on this thread before.

But why? GTA5 was painfully boring at best and a downgrade to GTA4 as well. I can play GTA VC, San Andreas, and 4 instead which does exactly what 5 does but better.
I enjoy the gameplay loop that the GTA genre brings to the table. You have the freedom to explore expertly crafted worlds in a sandbox environment. Walk, drive, fly, swim within the sandbox to cause mayhem, do side activities, or even just chill and observe your surroundings while the world around you goes about its business.

People like you who give zero fucks and let them do whatever while throwing money at them is exactly how the industry has become so bad in the first place.
From what I saw of this thread, almost nobody was talking about the potential monetization. The thread was flooded with repeat comments about the heavy concentration of Black people in a trailer for a game that hasn't even come out yet. That sort of discussion gets old, especially when talking about entertainment.

And FYI, I mainly buy my games on sale. Not that it's anything to boast about.
 
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