Gaming

[–] Elting@piefed.social 26 points 3 months ago

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.

parent

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

At this point it's branding. I have no problem with it.

parent

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 25 points 3 months ago

Yup, that's definitely a GTA cover.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 18 points 3 months ago

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.

Florida formalwear there on the left.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago*

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Will it be better than 5 or just have more hardware demands?

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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.

parent

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

I am going to push someone into those crocodiles

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

this game gonna be like 50 bucks right?

[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 10 points 3 months ago*

I’d be surprised if it isn’t triple digits.

parent

[+] etherphon@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

[deleted]

hideshow 13 child comments

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago (12 children)

At this point, no matter what they do, people are going to complain. A lot. Case in point being your comment.

hideshow 12 child comments

parent

[+] etherphon@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

[deleted]

hideshow 11 child comments

parent

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (10 children)

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?

hideshow 10 child comments

parent

[+] etherphon@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

[deleted]

hideshow 4 child comments

parent

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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.

parent

[+] etherphon@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

[deleted]

parent

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

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.

parent

[+] etherphon@piefed.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

[deleted]

parent

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's also the same general style of cover Rockstar has used for literally every GTA game they've ever made

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.

hideshow 4 child comments

parent

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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.

parent

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It's also the same general style of cover Rockstar has used for literally every GTA game they've ever made, so...

That's about 8-ish games that had this style of cover art. That's more than half.

So literally not all of them then?

5 without, 8 with.

I apologize my “half” statement was imprecise . . .

It's also the same general style of cover Rockstar has used for literally every GTA game they've ever made, so...

my point was that they LITERALLY have not always used this style, and that’s all.

parent

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

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.

parent

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Do us both a solid and go look up the box art, I am positive there will be fandom sites dedicated just to this.

It’s easy, you can count them. It’s 5. Advance had grey box art but included art like the GTA 3.

5 is more than 0 which is what it would take for literally all of them to be one way.

Sorry you believe the games that defined the series are irrelevant, that’s irrelevant to the impetus of my statement.

parent

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (11 children)

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.

hideshow 11 child comments

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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’.

parent

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

LOL, everybody knows you couldn't stop playing FPS games until you'd played Quake 2.

Duh.

parent

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Quake 3 arena would like a word

parent

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago

Different story, 10x better GPU.

parent

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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.

parent

[–] charokol@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The worlds are more and more impressive, but the core gameplay loop still has not changed much since III.

parent

[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

The game play loop is the same, but the tech between III and IV is radically different, Euphoria is something special.

parent

[–] Elting@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

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.