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

[Adash]

Personal thoughts on the series is that, as basic bitch of an answer as it is, I think V is objectively the best one. Best gunplay, best USP (heists and three playable characters instead of the dating mechanics from IV and the gang war stuff from SA) and unlike IV, which I felt was inconsistent in tone (alternating between serious, tragic Rockstar writing and silly, cartoony GTA writing), V felt appropriately written. I've never understood the "it's got bad writing" argument because to me it's written exactly as well as it needs to be, which is as a tongue in cheek action comedy/social satire. IV had some insanely good writing that felt out of place in a wacky sandbox like GTA, and VC is aesthetically the most interesting to me but has aged pretty poorly (as most of the 3D games have).

Agreed in everything but gunplay. IV's shooting is way more punchy, although that could be just the sound effects. Aiming in IV console is godawful however.

Let's speculate on why they delayed it to next year and announced it now.

I'm convinced something is going very, very wrong at Rockstar right now. Development hell, probably. It could be that a ton of important people who knew RAGE left the company, and now nobody knows how to develop on the engine.

They kave two builds one for ps5 and one for ps6 and the current one runs like absolute dogshit.

So it's gonna be GTA V again? PS5 version is like PS3, a year later a PS6 enhanced version is going to release, and a year after that a PC version releases?

I think VI is gonna go two ways. It somehow turns out good as promised (unlikely) and i guess it's good. It turns out bad... We've got a videogame crash 2. VI is riding on too much hype.

 

[Chapalapachapa]

15 years and two billions to make a fucking videogame is gross

 

[Jace on ice]

The culture war has shifted pretty severely in favor of the Chuds in the last couple years. I think Rockstar is getting worried that a tough Latina single mother protagonist isn't going to be a hit with people who actually play videogames. Nice write ups in progressive e mags aren't sales.

 

[Fox Girl Enjoyer]

Not surprised. They have been so quite about it that I figured it wasn't coming out this year. Whats crazy that this game is taking this long. GTA5 came out 13 years ago. This game had cost billions to develop. There is something seriously wrong with AAA development. No one can get a product out anymore when it used to take a few years to make a game with less bugs than today. This thing will still be a mess when it comes out in 2026 (assuming they don't delay it again lol)

 

[Chapalapachapa]

All those people are getting shitcanned left and roght lmao.

Nice write ups in progressives e mags aren't sales.

 

[W00K #17]

Suffah consoomahs

 

[Cod of War]

Let me be generous, even though they don't deserve it. Maybe they're planning on releasing all versions at the same time?

 

[The Last Stand]

I'm convinced something is going very, very wrong at Rockstar right now. Development hell, probably. It could be that a ton of important people who knew RAGE left the company, and now nobody knows how to develop on the engine.

Oh, that's another possibility too. I believe they outsourced some development to India. They must have some talent because of the frequent GTA Online maintenance and updates.

Whats crazy that this game is taking this long. GTA5 came out 13 years ago. This game had cost billions to develop. There is something seriously wrong with AAA development.

I'm sure they've been sitting on GTA VI for a while because of the massive success known as GTA Online. The leaks look like they came from a PS4 dev kit (in one of them, the PS4 dashboard was shown.) No doubt it'd be 80-100 dollars because they're expected to make that two billion back. Has a CONSOLE even made that money back? Actually, let me rephrase that, I think MWII made a billion dollars after launch.

 

[Xavier Renegade Angel]

Looks like my ps5 is gonna collect more dust. Yup I've been drinking again.

 

[3-2-1836]

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Reminder that these hyperborean Scottish BVLLS developed and released three GTAs in three years.

I'm pretty sure a street light in GTA 5 has a higher polycount than CJ did in SA

And remember Vice City was supposed to be just an expansion pack that's how it came out so fast.

 

[Hitman One]

I'm pretty sure a street light in GTA 5 has a higher polycount than CJ did in SA

And remember Vice City was supposed to be just an expansion pack that's how it came out so fast.

GTA V is soulless slop, San Andreas is the best game Rockstar have ever made. RDR2 is their swansong, the whole studio is now made up of pajeets, trannies and HR femoids, led by a kike. It's over.

 

[Irredemable Retardation]

The culture war has shifted pretty severely in favor of the Chuds in the last couple years. I think Rockstar is getting worried that a tough Latina single mother protagonist isn't going to be a hit with people who actually play videogames. Nice write ups in progressive e mags aren't sales.

Nah, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 proved that most gaymers do not care about progressivism if it's marketed properly no matter how insane. GTA itself already had "messages" but not in the obnoxious way known as "Woke"
I expect it to not do well, but more because of how Rockstar simply cannot keep up with the absurd hype and demands a GTA6 has instead of a Hispanic woman protagonist victimized by the white man.

 

[Chapalapachapa]

The culture war has shifted pretty severely in favor of the Chuds in the last couple years. I think Rockstar is getting worried that a tough Latina single mother protagonist isn't going to be a hit with people who actually play videogames. Nice write ups in progressive e mags aren't sales.

nah panic rewrites at this stage arent going to happen. my bet is on the game being broken

 

[Leaf Wage Slave Jr]

I’m putting my bet on game-breaking bugs that are making the last gen launch of Cyberpunk 2077 look like a perfectly stable game.

Though considering this game has been in some form of development hell for god only knows how long, and the fact they’ve spent the GDP of a small country on it? I don’t care how well it sells, this game isn’t breaking even, unless the Multiplayer and all it’s MTX are there from Day 1. I don’t think this console generation has the legs for that many sales, and I imagine sticker shock for the Next Gen PS6/whatever name Xbox uses will make that crowd even smaller for the inevitable Next-Gen port.

 

[Whirus]

I bet there's a part of Rockstar that wants to just scrap the single player altogether and sell it as an online game.

I feel like the more likely thing is they want to launch GTA 6 Online the same day as GTA 6.

Gotta get people to buy the shark cards.

 

[W00K #17]

Nah, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 proved that most gaymers do not care about progressivism if it's marketed properly no matter how insane. GTA itself already had "messages" but not in the obnoxious way known as "Woke"
I expect it to not do well, but more because of how Rockstar simply cannot keep up with the absurd hype and demands a GTA6 has instead of a Hispanic woman protagonist victimized by the white man.

I think it's going to make all the money it's supposed to, but it's going to be humorless slop that sucks. Most will know this deep down when they play it, but most won't be able to admit it, even to themselves.

The last newish game I truly loved was Elden Ring, and I still thought the DLC was kind of disappointing, even though it had zero woke BS at all.

 

[Xavier Renegade Angel]

Rockstar making square Enix look competent at releasing games. Hell I doubt the wait from kh2 to 3 was this long.

 

[Chapalapachapa]

this shit will get delayed until after the ps6. mark my words

 

[LordofCringe7206 Vol. 2]

It will never cease to amaze me just how much goodwill Rockstar burned. They had a historic opening day that the video game industry will never see again with the release of GTA V. They then turned around and spat in their fans face with how they handled GTA Online and the development of the new game.

At least point I will definitely not being play this game no matter how it turns out.

 

[Disdainer of the Plebs]

Agreed in everything but gunplay. IV's shooting is way more punchy, although that could be just the sound effects. Aiming in IV console is godawful however.

The cop chase mechanics were the best in 4. The way 5 spawned in new cops and how they would aimbot you in the head was obnoxious. This is probably due to the different ways 4 and 5 cull assets due to the difference in map size.