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[PauloRoberto]

After the first trailer and the huge success of GTA V and it's online part? No, it won't. This is just for the clicks.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

ffs get those things out of gaming for good.

 

[Kacho]

adamsapple we’re so fucking back, brah

 

[Loomy]

THEY.ARE.FARMING.YOUR.RAGE.FOR.CLICKS


For fucks sake, stop falling for and spreading this buillshit.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I don't mind too much if this isn't going to go out of their ways to offend every single thing. As long as they don't shove the insane nasty it they them shit lgbtqbbqzlaser garbage hard on us.

Overall should still be a very fun and good game with exploring Vice City and online mode. 95% of my time on V was online anyway messing with around. I do hope they'll increase the player count from 32 to 64.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

THEY.ARE.FARMING.YOUR.RAGE.FOR.CLICKS


For fucks sake, stop falling for and spreading this buillshit.

what BS?

 

[AzekZero]

Feel bad for the writers. GTA's a legendary franchise that shouldn't be shackled by censors.

 

[Rambone]

Meh, even if the game had pronouns, bros gargling each others balls and lady boy dongs in your face every other scene, it would still sell record numbers.

 

[Kotaro]

this is the battle chuds cannot win, we should stay quiet about it

 

[Danknugz]

isn't offensive content the whole reason gta is popular?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Oh no, what will we do without the same trans joke being told over and over again?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Oh dear Lord. Yes let’s get rid of the offensive and irreverent humor that helped drive the series to it’s success and popularity.

What’s next? Is South Park gonna start being nice?

 

[Glass Prison]

Among the information shared in the article, Jason Schreier reports that Rockstar Games has instructed scriptwriters to avoid content that offends transgender people and other minorities.

How is this being more inclusive? The writers should offend everyone! Why are transgender and other minorities being left out?

 

[Deerock71]

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Meh, even if the game had pronouns, bros gargling each others balls and lady boy dongs in your face every other scene, it would still sell record numbers.

Exactly, so why bend the knee in the first place?

 

[DanEON]

It's ok to run over and kill people on the streets, but dare you offend minorities!!!

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple we’re so fucking back, brah

yeaaaaah boiiiiii !!!

 

[Kacho]

XXL qnd Heisenberg007 GET ITT

 

[DAHGAMING]

I said it ages ago and il say it again, get ready for Trans Theft Auto. We will see how far they go with it, and to be fair its set in the modern day so half the people are some sort of woke soy brigade anyway.

The real problem will be if they do a RDR3 and you got some Ru Paul looking mother fucker kicking into a gallop trying to shoot you down.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Oh dear Lord. Yes let’s get rid of the offensive and irreverent humor that helped drive the series to it’s success and popularity.

What’s next? Is South Park gonna start being nice?

 

[XXL]

XXL qnd Heisenberg007 GET ITT

Why are you mentioning me?!

What did I do? Lol.

 

[Space Runaway]

Sucks to hear it going pussy though prob still easily tolerable as long as they don't decide to start preaching things.

 

[Aces High]

Not gonna buy then. Easy.

 

[iamvin22]

I have no doubt. It might escape the woke label, but it's probably going to be soft by GTA standards.

They really should have gone hard though. Now is the perfect time to release such a game.

 

[Kacho]

Why are you mentioning me?!

What did I do? Lol.

My bad homey. I thought you were in on this. Ignore the misfire. Won’t happen again.

 

[JPSLotus97T]

Was probably inevitable given the state of modern gaming, or whatever passes for it at the moment.

This actually was not on my to buy list for other reasons, namely the cash grab that V turned into since the PS3/360 launch.

I have plenty of other games in the collection to keep my occupied, so I don't feel I will be missing out on anything with VI.

But am looking forward to the rage VI is going to cause.

 

[adamsapple]

My bad homey. I thought you were in on this. Ignore the misfire. Won’t happen again.

Heisenberg007 still needs to answer tho

 

[Lokaum D+]

But hookers still refill health, right?

What hookers ? Is GTA for modern audiances.

As long they let me kill anyone i m fine

 

[tmlDan]

question is, what was offensive? who chooses what's offensive and what isn't?

 

[Three]

Depending on how far they go this can crush this game. I don't think any game is safe from gamer backlash.

No, it's safe just as games like BG3 are. Nobody wants to see a great game like GTA destroyed and it extends beyond the echochambers of the internet hate brigade.

 

[Loomy]

what BS?

Outlets putting Veilguard in their top ten games of the year, reports that Snape will be black, Polygon talking about how Veilguard was the biggest snub in The Game Awards nominations, or Bloomberg reporting - without even hinting at a source - that Rockstar gave its writers a "do not offend" mandate.

They're whipping you all up in a frenzy so you share the article or references to the article on forums and social media, driving more traffic to their site and generating more revenue for them.

And you fall for it every single time.

Also, Bloomberg "reported" on this two fucking years ago. There's no update on this. This is Jason Schrier writing a pointless "no shit" article that would otherwise have gotten no traction and adding this in there because he knew that you would all spread it to the ends of the earth with your rage fueling it.

 

[XXL]

My bad homey. I thought you were in on this. Ignore the misfire. Won’t happen again.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Meh, even if the game had pronouns, bros gargling each others balls and lady boy dongs in your face every other scene, it would still sell record numbers.

I'll want a hot ladyboy character to be one of the characters where you won't suspect is trans at first but later finds out she has a tree trunk down there. Way better and more interesting than the typical ugly blue hair freaks, demon looking drag, or, it's madm, or land whale.

isn't offensive content the whole reason gta is popular?

Definitely one of the reasons that made going through the story more interesting during the PS2 era. Same for a lot of other games too during that era like Ratchet and Clank and more since the world was more sane and better at the time.

In GTA's case having a amazing city sandbox experience with a bunch of different cars and people allowing you to mess around in different ways also adds to it.

 

[intbal]

The only driveable car in the game:

 

[Hugare]

Now, before freaking out, think for a second if anything of value will be lost with this decision

Cant remember of a single part from GTA IV or V where any joke about minorities were relevant to my enjoyment or to the story of both games

I'm sure people will use their heads before posting here, right? Right

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Sell outs. Fuck Rockstar if this is real. No integrity. No buy for me then.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

But...

Rockstar is really the last gaming company standing tall against the Woke avalanche

cherish them, because it seems its all we have left. Yes Rockstar is definitely a left leaning company, but i never got the feel that they are at the same level of insanity like modern day Bioware or Obsidian. GTA 6 features a female protag, but it doesn't feel forced, or woke by any stretch.

www.neogaf.com

Is that Punished Miku ???

 

[Sybrix]

Wow, what a headline.

I can imagine the number of clicks that article will get.

Will look forward to more "GTAVI gone woke" & "Rockstar Games focuses on diversity targets" headlines - Source: Rockstar North Janitor

 

[XXL]

Now, before freaking out, think for a second if anything of value will be lost with this decision

Cant remember of a single part from GTA IV or V where any joke about minorities were relevant to my enjoyment or to the story of both games

I'm sure people will use their heads before posting here, right? Right

GTA games have always made fun of everyone. They should continue on the path imo.

If they go a more serious route (ex RDR2) I'm good with that, but they better not do anything stupid.

We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Now, before freaking out, think for a second if anything of value will be lost with this decision

Cant remember of a single part from GTA IV or V where any joke about minorities were relevant to my enjoyment or to the story of both games

I'm sure people will use their heads before posting here, right? Right

Fuck off with your political correct comment.

 

[LectureMaster]

There you go folks, we have a template how it would be.

 

[Mayar]

I no longer understand this industry...
Why do they all hate making money so much.
That's why it's absolutely necessary to create problems for yourself out of thin air when you have a product that is guaranteed with a 200% probability to be the best-selling game of the next year...
All that's left is to hope that the impact will be minimal...Otherwise it will be the first GTA that I won't buy...

 

[InterMusketeer]

Now, before freaking out, think for a second if anything of value will be lost with this decision

Cant remember of a single part from GTA IV or V where any joke about minorities were relevant to my enjoyment or to the story of both games

I don't care for GTA, but generally speaking my enjoyment of games has never relied on offending transgenders.

However, this game series is satirical and makes fun of everyone. If a particular group is exempt from this ridicule, especially by executive order, it puts into question everything they do or do not decide to make fun of.

Also, not being able to joke about certain people... I'd call that censorship or even a dictatorship.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Has anyone here played Vice City Stories?

 

[Hypereides]

This is so anti OG Rockstar's spirit its aggravating. Nobody was off the table for them to caricaturize back in the day. Somebody really botched this company's culture.

 

[thekillergreece]

I literally didn't even know GTA5 had trans jokes until someone pointed it out, no one will care about this shit once the game releases.

Me neither.
Frankly, I was too busy enjoying gameplay rather than sticking around and finding jokes.
As such... This change will not affect me. I doubt most will notice the 'change' either.

 

[Kurotri]

Was obvious after RDR2.

And if it wasn't, even when contrasted with the first one, that same person would likely have no problem with GTA VI.

Could you please elaborate how it started with RDR2? Just curious tbh.

 

[Fake]

You should also remove the name 'Grand Theft Auto' from your game as well and boom nobody will be offended.


So, its official: GTAV will be the most sold game of the franchise.

 

[Vick]

Could you please elaborate how it started with RDR2? Just curious tbh.

Since it was discussed already not long ago, I'll just copy/paste.

"It's not just Sadie (which is a borderline protagonist) being a literal fucking cartoon, completely out of place in an otherwise somber game, and immune to any kind of consequence from her dumbass actions always putting the gang at risk just because "She's badass", that when put in constrast to female characters in that truly mature and colossal masterpiece of the first RDR (strong female characters, like Bonny or Luisa which are light years ahead as characters, other being actually believable and organic) is the embodiment of pure cringe..

It's also the amount of social commentary, all the random "he's the best of us all, we're lucky to have him" Lenny asslicking, and things of this nature scattered across camp dialogues and from random NPC you would never in a million years find in a product that's a result from creative vision ONLY, like the first one was.

You can feel the interference in RDR2 from miles away. And I've spent literal thousands of hours in it, I love the game, but I would have to turn completely blind in order to not perceive the colossal difference."

 

[username12]

Don't forget to hire a community manager who hates the game to insult your fans.