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[–] 19 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

That's the thing I hate about the trailer. It feels more like saints row, but one actually based on reality.

What made GTA great was it's parody of Hollywood tropes of the eighties/nineties. A parody that was a hyper statement of normality.

This GTA is taking actual Florida men/women notheonion stories and aggrandizing them in fiction.

Saints row used to be the over the top 'Murica Fuck yeah', trashy culture glorifying spin off.

I hate how the parody is slipping and saints row and real life are more and more indistinguishable. That's not fun to me, it's deeply disconcerting and I will not partake.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I hate how the parody is slipping and saints row and real life are more and more indistinguishable.

    I think that's the fault of real life, more than the game.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm not assigning guilt here. I am personally more apt to indulge in a lovely corney 80's storyline with moustaches and such, rather than reality.

    But yeah i think parody ihas disappeared, reality is weirder.

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