• CaptainBasculin
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    814 days ago

    Doesn’t tell much about its story and gameplay, but the graphics are indeed really impressive

    • @Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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      814 days ago

      It’s bonnie and clyde. it’s crime plus romance.

      Gameplay : it’s GTA. You can probably swap between the two characters.

        • @Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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          13 days ago

          My main complaint about GTA V is that

          it was formulaic and overstayed its welcome. I got up to “bury the hatchet” and just stopped.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            213 days ago

            Yeah, I bailed on it a couple times, but kept coming back because people said it was so good. I ended up forcing myself to finish it so I could stop feeling like I was missing something, and I haven’t touched it since.

            I much preferred GTA IV, which people seem to hate. Idk, I just felt like Niko was more interesting to play as vs any of the three characters from V. Franklin had promise, but his arc was ultimately disappointing.

            • @Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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              113 days ago

              I think it just got more generic as the series/time through the game went on. I am not a “heist” or “generic crime” guy, unless it’s presented as a farce, and it just started to be by the numbers and serious by that point.

              Like, if we look at GTA SA, the first third is a 90s gangsta thing. OK. The second two thirds are more in line with GTA’s colourful characters and irreverent style.

              4 was brown and stuff, but it was different to the series. Niko was genuine, dark and caught in a shitty , weird situation. I tried with the DLC packs, but they didn’t stick, probably because I tried to do them in order, and Lost and Damned was again, too heavy.

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                13 days ago

                And even for a heist game, it had relatively few heists. But yeah, it really could use more satire or at least likeable characters, the story and characters as presented weren’t very engaging IMO.

                • @Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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                  113 days ago

                  They dropped the ball with the characters completely, I have no idea why they just didn’t do “Tommy Vercetti, Claude, CJ”. Same thing with 6, why not just put Catalina in there?

                  • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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                    213 days ago

                    Tommy Vercetti, Claude

                    These two are in very different physical areas and would be very old by GTA Vs timeline. If CJ were there, it would devolve into a repeat of SA, no? He’d want to revitalize Grove Street, not rob banks.

                    I think their characters were fine, they just needed some work:

                    • Michael - super bland, so maybe just need more satire about suburban fantasies or something; perhaps could’ve been replaced with a retired Claude or Tommy, idk, I just thought he was bland.
                    • Franklin - early on, he said he wanted to run a car dealership, why did that dream die? I would’ve loved more car theft missions, and maybe a mini management sim (hire sales people, sell modded cars, etc)
                    • Trevor - more conflict with local drug groups, maybe a turf war like SA? Or maybe drug running minigames? Surely he has more ambition than making cash with Michael

                    Some of the issues I have were resolved by the online component, but I am not interested in an MMO, I want single player GTA.