• Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      Why is this type of comment so popular on Lemmy? We are supposed to hate absolutely anything here for some reason.

      • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        I don’t hate everything. I hate the fact that GTA V has been milked for 12 years. I like other stuff. I like Apex Legends. Smash brothers.

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        8 hours ago

        remember: people who have something to complain about will post much more frequently. since the fediverse is smaller, these types of comments are found more frequently

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      The multi-player maybe. But they’ve consistently delivered excellent single-player experiences with their flagship titles. GTA 3, VC, SA, IV, and V were all amazing. RDR1 was spectacular, and RDR2 may be the most impressive game I’ve ever played.

      At this point, I trust Tockstar to deliver a good single-player game. I don’t really expect much in the way of the quality DLC we got with GTAIV and RDR, but I think the base game will easily be enough for me to justify a purchase.

      I’m still gonna wait and see, of course. They’re not getting a pre-order out of me.

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        6 hours ago

        I’d agree with everything about the previous games. However, I think they made 10 billion dollars off of GTA online and wouldn’t be surprised if they focus more on that and leave the single player to the wayside.

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          GTA is a crime story video game. “Dishonest gambling” doesn’t mean “gambling I don’t like”. A science-based dragon MMO Kickstarter is a grift. GTA 6 is a video game.

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              Are you unaware that there’s a component of GTA 6 besides GTA online? Even in the online mode, they’re milking gamers for weak content using regular gambling. A grift would be like a carnival game that appears winnable but actually never is. For your gambling money, you do get “stuff” in GTA 6, even if you or I would consider it a poor value. I don’t know why a shitty online mode would make me want to play a good crime story single player mode less, but the mere existence of the single player mode easily makes it more than “just” that.

              • RonnieB@lemmy.world
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                9 hours ago

                Imagine witnessing the evolution of predatory practices in gaming for the past two decades and still arguing in favor of giant corporations.

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                  I just think that if you’re going to call something a grift, it should actually be one, because words have meaning. We can call it all sorts of other things. “Predatory” is a good one. I myself called it “shitty”. That’s not arguing in favor of a giant corporation. You can’t just pick your favorite negative descriptor when it doesn’t apply.

                  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world
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                    9 hours ago

                    You are being pedantic. You derailed the conversation from the game to definitions of words, because your argument was shallow to begin with.

                  • datavoid@lemmy.ml
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                    9 hours ago

                    I’m willing to bet GTA VI’s single player, offline campaign will be groundbreaking.