If it aint fix, dont broke it. I am kinda hoping this one flops and kills AAA games. Gamers are depraved though, and they will probably just lower their standards.
People really gonna trash on a unique style that dates back to 2Fucking000 and the PAL version of GTA2? We really got nothing to do so we complain about game covers? Come on now.
GTA doesn't really glorify that lifestyle though? At least in 5 it's made clear that none of the protagonists are particularly happy with their lives even though they're career criminals. In fact they even get blackmailed by a government agency into doing more illegal shit just so they don't get disappeared to a black site and never heard from again.
Haven't played since GTA:SA...but, it continues to be the exact same game every time, but with added cinematic realism elements and graphics, right? A few more vehicle models to drive? A few more weapons to shoot? Different interaction options and new dialogue? Sexier sex stuff. Seems like a good, if stagnant, business model that retains its play appeal pretty well as long as it adds just a little bit more than the last version had.
The Rage 9 game engine is a giant leap forward in many underlying video game systems.
Rage 8, which powers Red Dead Redemption 2 was basically just a prototype test bed for GTA VI.
Obviously we'll have to wait and see what all actually works and got integrated in VI, but consistently the numbered releases of GTA since III have redefined what is possible in gaming and game engines.
Is that the engine which allows you to simulate a space program in IV? Used to be pretty fun to drive into that swing set just to see where you would end up.
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capuccino@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 67d
They are the freaking same.
Elting@piefed.social · 25 pts · 66d
If it aint fix, dont broke it. I am kinda hoping this one flops and kills AAA games. Gamers are depraved though, and they will probably just lower their standards.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 66d
At this point it's branding. I have no problem with it.
Chozo@fedia.io · 25 pts · 67d
Yup, that's definitely a GTA cover.
JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social · 18 pts · 66d
People really gonna trash on a unique style that dates back to 2Fucking000 and the PAL version of GTA2? We really got nothing to do so we complain about game covers? Come on now.
wjrii@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 67d
Florida formalwear there on the left.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 66d
Will it be better than 5 or just have more hardware demands?
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d
I'm just hoping it won't be one of those "you must be connected to the internet even if you're playing solo" deals.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 66d
I am going to push someone into those crocodiles
flandish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 66d
this game gonna be like 50 bucks right?
Link@rentadrunk.org · 10 pts · 66d
I’d be surprised if it isn’t triple digits.
etherphon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 67d
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 67d
At this point, no matter what they do, people are going to complain. A lot. Case in point being your comment.
etherphon@piefed.social · 5 pts · 67d
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 66d
It's also the same general style of cover Rockstar has used for literally every GTA game they've ever made, so...
Why would it change now?
etherphon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 66d
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 66d
I mean it hasn't really been a gangster simulator since San Andreas. And even then, CJ was never part of a gang during the time you played as him.
etherphon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 66d
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d
GTA doesn't really glorify that lifestyle though? At least in 5 it's made clear that none of the protagonists are particularly happy with their lives even though they're career criminals. In fact they even get blackmailed by a government agency into doing more illegal shit just so they don't get disappeared to a black site and never heard from again.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 0 pts · 66d
Well, except GTA 1, both GTA Londons and GTA2
So, except for half the games.
Either way this is the current style. I thought GTA2 was a neat cover.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 66d
It's been the style of cover since GTA3
So for 3, VC, SA, LCS, VCS, 4, Episodes, and 5.
That's about 8-ish games that had this style of cover art. That's more than half.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 0 pts · 66d
So literally not all of them then?
5 without, 8 with.
I apologize my “half” statement was imprecise . . .
my point was that they LITERALLY have not always used this style, and that’s all.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d
I'd also argue that any GTA made before 3 hasn't been relevant in probably 30 years or so.
Also, it's only 4 games before GTA3 and the art style change. Not sure hey you said 5.
Edit: I also forgot about Advance and Chinatown Wars, which both had the same modern cover.
My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 67d
Haven't played since GTA:SA...but, it continues to be the exact same game every time, but with added cinematic realism elements and graphics, right? A few more vehicle models to drive? A few more weapons to shoot? Different interaction options and new dialogue? Sexier sex stuff. Seems like a good, if stagnant, business model that retains its play appeal pretty well as long as it adds just a little bit more than the last version had.
MurrayL@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 66d
Same energy as my dad, who says he doesn’t like modern FPS games because he played Duke Nukem 3D back in 1996 and ‘they’re all the same’.
wjrii@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d
LOL, everybody knows you couldn't stop playing FPS games until you'd played Quake 2.
Duh.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 66d
Quake 3 arena would like a word
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 66d
Different story, 10x better GPU.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 67d
A little bit more is a giant understatement.
The Rage 9 game engine is a giant leap forward in many underlying video game systems.
Rage 8, which powers Red Dead Redemption 2 was basically just a prototype test bed for GTA VI.
Obviously we'll have to wait and see what all actually works and got integrated in VI, but consistently the numbered releases of GTA since III have redefined what is possible in gaming and game engines.
charokol@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 67d
The worlds are more and more impressive, but the core gameplay loop still has not changed much since III.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 66d
The game play loop is the same, but the tech between III and IV is radically different, Euphoria is something special.
Elting@piefed.social · 3 pts · 66d
Is that the engine which allows you to simulate a space program in IV? Used to be pretty fun to drive into that swing set just to see where you would end up.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 66d
GTA is GTA? No way!
plutopos@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 66d
Please do not abbreviate San Andreas
Sawy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 66d
Why tho