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sethsez posted:The writing in Rockstar's games has been stagnant at best and going backwards at worst. The jokes in GTA still read like an edgy teenager's idea of satire that he desperately wants to make sure you get, and the drama has never managed to move beyond the most basic crime story cliches. I honestly don't know what Rockstar thinks people play their GTA games for considering how hypersensitive the police system was in GTA5 and how much of the game was (at least until I quit playing out of boredom from the story) focused on doing... normal things. Oh boy, yoga, tennis and towing cars. Just what I wanted from Real Life Sim 5. I'm looking forward to the Saints Row reboot because even if it's made by a completely different team, at least I know it's probably going to be dumb carnage. I'm half expecting GTAVI to involve filing taxes and taking cars in for an oil change.
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The story mentions that that plot of GTA6 will be a Bonnie and Clyde thing, which I think could be the right direction to go in. Imagine Rockstar centering a really sincere romance in the heart of their story, it would be a huge change in direction that would still resonate with people.
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AG3 posted:If they also worked on the soul-crushing, suicide-inducing crunch they are infamous for then I might actually start buying Rockstar games again. The article states that crunch is a big part of what they've worked on, although no one from Rockstar itself has commented. That's a shame, I would like to hear from them how they have changed their practices and if it's been working.
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RareAcumen posted:More obnoxiously large games but nonviolent please After The War posted:Give us a new Bully game with a female protag, you cowards It kind of exists and it's coming out relatively soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERJgyk5My5o Unfortunately, R* probably has a better studio culture now than the one making Season: A letter to the Future
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It's probably not going to have as many fun side activities as Bully but there's something similar in the works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL7cZpOvHSg Absolutely fails the female protagonist request though, sorry.
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This discussion could probably go in the chat thread, or the PS5 thread at this point as it's drifting away from industry news.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-game-paused-amid-studio-shakeup KOTOR remake on hold quote:Developers said a more realistic target now would be 2025.
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RareAcumen posted:It's probably not going to have as many fun side activities as Bully but there's something similar in the works. there's also a game in the works called detained that's similar to river city girls by The Vagrant dev
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muscles like this! posted:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-game-paused-amid-studio-shakeup How is that possible? That's literally an entire brand new game dev time, from start to finish. I read the article, and the whole thing stinks. The lead firings were apparently unexpected. The article mentions a few sources who seem to think maybe the demo they finished was too little and too expensive for what the suits wanted done, but the difference between Aspyr telling it's business partners 2022 and the actual devs saying "more like 2025" is a massive gulf. Really think that Aspry management was loving around and is close to finding out via taking a huge financial hit. pentyne fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Jul 29, 2022 |
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Jul 29, 2022 17:54
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pentyne posted:How is that possible? That's literally an entire brand new game dev time, from start to finish. Let me tell you about a little title called Metroid Prime 4.
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sethsez posted:The writing in Rockstar's games has been stagnant at best and going backwards at worst. The jokes in GTA still read like an edgy teenager's idea of satire that he desperately wants to make sure you get, and the drama has never managed to move beyond the most basic crime story cliches. the one time a gta game managed what id call decent writing was san andreas and even then it felt almost accidental considering how much it abandons the good parts of the story for long stretches. big smoke's great but he betrays you and then just isnt in the game until its time to gently caress him up.
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I thought GTA4's characters were written well but taken as a whole the game doesn't work because all the characters are unlikeable (not a bad thing in moderation) and the plot drags on for far longer than it should. Also it has some really weird transphobic jokes that were offputting even at the time of its release. I still really liked the moment-to-moment gameplay because it leaned heavily on cruising around and chilling with my buddies. Combat was a slog, like in all the series. I realize that's a minority opinion though.
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bloodysabbath posted:There’s supposedly going to be a female protagonist and that’s fine, Latina Trevor wouldn’t be anything to scoff at. That rules. Most of the writing and humour in GTA games should stay in the mid-2000s where it belongs. And it sounds like GTA6 will already be a GaaS based on what they've revealed so far (more cities will be added over time, growing world, that sort of poo poo). e: sorry, missed the latest page. stev fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Jul 29, 2022 |
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stev posted:Most of the writing and humour in GTA games should stay in the mid-2000s where it belongs. And it sounds like GTA6 will already be a GaaS based on what they've revealed so far (more cities will be added over time, growing world, that sort of poo poo). GTA 5 made them so much money scamming people with shark cards for GTA Online that the odds of GTA6 not being a GAAS with even more aggressive monetization were always close to zero.
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GTA satire has always been sophomoric lol politicians bad consumerism bad lol me am incisive commentary. Unless they've changed their writing staff GTA6's writing can't survive in a post-escalator world
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Calaveron posted:post-escalator world do what now?
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Achmed Jones posted:do what now? Donald Trump's presidential campaign famously kicked off with an elaborately staged escalator ride down into a cheering crowd at Trump Tower NYC.
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Calaveron posted:GTA satire has always been sophomoric lol politicians bad consumerism bad lol me am incisive commentary. Unless they've changed their writing staff GTA6's writing can't survive in a post-escalator world They have, indeed, changed their writing staff. At least at the top level.
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pentyne posted:How is that possible? That's literally an entire brand new game dev time, from start to finish. From what I’ve read, aren’t they mostly known for just making ports and graphically updated rereleases, not full-fledged remakes?
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Kanos posted:Donald Trump's presidential campaign famously kicked off with an elaborately staged escalator ride down into a cheering crowd at Trump Tower NYC. the stupidity of real life has long since surpassed the excessive satire of things like GTA and south park
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Regalingualius posted:From what I’ve read, aren’t they mostly known for just making ports and graphically updated rereleases, not full-fledged remakes? Yeah, the chances of the game releasing in a good state anytime soon was basically zero to begin with.
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Going by twitch it seems a lot of people like the life simulation aspect of GTA. I can see them try to monetize those player run RP servers
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Ardryn posted:Let me tell you about a little title called Metroid Prime 4. well are you gonna tell me about it or what?? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Endorph posted:the one time a gta game managed what id call decent writing was san andreas and even then it felt almost accidental considering how much it abandons the good parts of the story for long stretches. big smoke's great but he betrays you and then just isnt in the game until its time to gently caress him up. more like big broke, as in my heart 
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Fruits of the sea posted:I thought GTA4's characters were written well but taken as a whole the game doesn't work because all the characters are unlikeable (not a bad thing in moderation) and the plot drags on for far longer than it should. haha yeah for sure for sure
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Kanos posted:GTA 5 made them so much money scamming people with shark cards for GTA Online that the odds of GTA6 not being a GAAS with even more aggressive monetization were always close to zero. never tell me the odds :P
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Calaveron posted:GTA satire has always been sophomoric lol politicians bad consumerism bad lol me am incisive commentary. Unless they've changed their writing staff GTA6's writing can't survive in a post-escalator world neither can i, these knees aren't getting any younger!
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Achmed Jones posted:do what now? a world with no escalators.....shiver
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Kanos posted:Donald Trump's presidential campaign famously kicked off with an elaborately staged escalator ride down into a cheering crowd at Trump Tower NYC. the escalator was fake??
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Kith posted:the stupidity of real life has long since surpassed the excessive satire of things like GTA and south park but hey what if..... gta south park collab let's goooo
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stev posted:Yeah, the chances of the game releasing in a good state anytime soon was basically zero to begin with. i said never tell me the odds!!!!!!!!
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Kanos posted:GTA 5 made them so much money scamming people with shark cards for GTA Online What was this about? Shark cards?
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Potsticker posted:What was this about? Shark cards? That was the term for microtransaction currency cards for GTAO. I believe after a certain point they began bundling all digital copies of the game with those to prevent refunds, as well.
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secretly best girl posted:That was the term for microtransaction currency cards for GTAO. I believe after a certain point they began bundling all digital copies of the game with those to prevent refunds, as well. Ahaha. Wow, that is a scam. Thanks.
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Here we go again, folks: https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1555516719556337665 https://twitter.com/VGC_News/status/1555505860884963328
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