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I wonder if the next one will take so long that the world it satirises is long gone. Facebook being parodied in GTA V no longer makes much sense, for example
This game is set in Florida. It's pretty evergreen. Especially given the political climate for the past 8 years
Disney world and Maralago?
Holy shit, I didn't think of mar-a-fatso. I seriously hope you can storm that place.
I hope they have at least two cities like Miami (beaches and organized crime) and Orlando (Disney and big business). Could be cool to have a three like SA to add in either Daytona (racing and rednecks) or Tampa (ghetto Miami).
That's not necessary. The top secret documents for the government heist are probably located in an unlocked toilet building next to the golf course.
After looking at the jokes featured in the leaks....it hasn't aged a day.
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Conspiracy theory maggots think Facebook is downloading your brain to China and the country Finland doesn't exist
Why doesn't Facebook make sense to parody anymore? It's still out there
The world's relationship with Facebook has changed a smidge since 2013.
It's still ripe for parody, but the elements of relevance aren't the same as they were.
[Sound of the whole gaming market start breathing again]
I guess this November is no longer a big red X on every publisher's release calendar
They have to wait for the playstation 6 release so yhey can sell it multiple times
With the PS6 rumored to be targeting 2027, the timing would work out perfectly for that.
Rumors are that they want to charge $100 and they're sitting back to see the financial climate with the price increases to see if consumers will bend over and take it without any pushback
Or...switch 2 version taking longer than Expected..
OR. they're seeing the writing on the wall for the console industry and they're going to release VI for all platforms (PC included) next year
I will wait till it's $50
I'll wait till it's $10
I’ll watch other people play it on YouTube for free
Without their narration and reaction
I'll wait till it's free on epic
I'll sail the high seas
PC version at $50
So now can we please get the other games that were supposed to launch in autumn?
Oh yeah. Everyone's off to the races now.
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.
I’m with you on this one.
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.
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.
Eh, each game had a very different feel. I didn't play GTA 1 or 2, so I'll start after that point:
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).
Hah. I would not compare yearly money graps to GTA. Every 3d GTA has been setting the new standard for the genre.
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.
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.
Won't be playing it until it's on PC anyways, so I'll for sure have found out by then.
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.
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.
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
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).
You are not alone. There are so many quality open world action games out there that I never understood the hype around GTA.
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.
I’ve always found the missions clunky, the worlds annoying, and the controls borderline unusable.
2027 for non casuals (scummy delayed pc release)
they saw what happened with the world over the last year and realized the satire theyve been making is all outdated
whats supposed to be comedic fiction of idiocracy already became basis of reality so the jokes need to be revisioned to double down once more
So to all those other publishers who have already pushed their games release date out to avoid GTA6, you got a new date to avoid.
At least they know what this one is so they can plan better.
I tend to prefer bigger games delay purely so they don't release as buggy messes (hello, Cyberpunk 2077).
Hoping they use that time to refine what they have and maybe even have it ported to PC for release.
Rockstar’s delay announcement may result in numerous other studios confirming 2025 releases for their own games. Earlier this year a Bloomberg report claimed that rival game publishers were waiting as long as possible to commit to their release dates for next Fall, because of GTA 6’s planned release.
Or they could, you know, make a game that rivals GTA VI. Come on Square Enix, make a Sleeping Dogs successor, I know you have it in you!
The developer that made Sleeping Dogs shut down, and Square Enix had so many misses that they sold off their western studios. You should keep an eye on MindsEye and Mafia: The Old Country though. I've been dying for a good crime story that isn't Yakuza.
I would love it if they sold some of those IPs so another studio can run with them. We really don't have a lot of Asian crime games, and those have a very different feel than western crime games.
Anyway, thanks for the recommendations! I've wishlisted them and will check them out when they launch. The mafia series is great, and MindsEye could be awesome if it's done well.
Man, development times are getting pretty crazy at this point. Hard to believe that we are starting to see decades between sequels to titles as a normal thing in the high end of the market.
It's no wonder more games are aiming for games-as-a-service style models.
GTA Online still brings a BILLION dollars every year.
The next GTA can’t be anything except 100% perfection and Rockstar isn’t in a hurry
GTA Online still brings in a billion dollars every year. The next GTA will try to capitalize and expand on that, and cannot, then, be perfect.
Ftfy