I understand the appeal of the game, but I can also see why the glazing on rockstar’s titles can get annoying. News outlets are making titles for basic RPG features because the more casual gamer is eating those up as if they are mesmerizing new features… which I guess they are, to the franchise, but definitely not to gaming as a whole.
In the end, this will probably be RDR2 in an urban setting. It’ll have a blockbuster type of story which will try to appeal to the wider audience, usually equaling to watered down tones and generic plot twists. Or maybe I’m wrong and it’ll surprise us all, who knows! From the few minutes of gameplay we’ve seen there’s just the usual lots of talking while in the car, ducking and crouching to shoot.
What I’m most curious about is how they’ll treat the online compartment, however. It is rumored that Rockstar never expanded GTA5 with DLCs because they were cashing out on online features. Yet they made it clear they understood people’s attraction to roleplay by sponsoring NoPixel’s new beta version (which is really just a glorified streamer server for now).
We’ll see. I personally doubt this will be “the game of the decade” in the sense of bringing new things to the table. Similarly to how RDR2 was more of a technical feat in terms of acting and movie-like immersion more than anything else.
“Crime is a fundamental part of GTA - at least up until now, it has been,” Nelson told The Guardian
I’m sure the well-adjusted fanbase will receive this statement with enthusiasm and optimism.
I don’t really consider myself part of the fanbase, don’t think I’ll even have the bandwidth to play a game of this size anymore - but I can empathize.
Because I was already disappointed with GTA 3. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a really good game, but it’s simply not the top down chaos machine that GTA meant until then.
It was kinda the time where everybody thought 3D must be better than 2D. OK, only option is to accept that they’re not making the type of game GTA meant until then anymore; now it just means that in the story, you’re a criminal.
And now that’s also gone? Well, what is there left of an identity then - it’s a videogame, I guess?
Man thinking about it, I should see if I can get 1, 2 or GTA London somewhere, give that another go and relive some memories lol
I guess they pretty much mean that they’ll have a system like the Honour System in RDR2. You were still a criminal in that game and killing wasn’t something that was scarce or rarely done but in some scenarios it was discouraged and just running around and blatantly killing civilians meant losing honour. Bounty hunters coming after you or atleast in one instance killing a “civilian” who had lost everything either had no impact on honour or even gave you honour with the latter one because it turned out the was a slave catcher.
Grand Theft Redemption? Lol
But no for real, thank you for the insight, that makes more sense. Sounds like the thing where open world games seem to all converge on the same point, but makes more sense.
That is the most lemmy G*mer ahh comment imaginable.
I am honestly impressed.
you know you’re allowed to say ass, right?
It’s not a censored ass anymore, it’s not a direct replacement
Lemmy ahh comment
‘GTA goes woke’
“Grand Theft Auto now provides ways to legally acquire a vehicle instead of just stealing them.”
You can now purchase cars with you hard earned cash just like in real life!
GTA V already let you buy cars instead of stealing them.
Stealing someones horse in RDR2 caused you to lose honour, buying a horse didn’t.
Right. But that game wasn’t called Grand Theft Horse.
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