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Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's bonnie and clyde. it's crime plus romance.

Gameplay : it's GTA. You can probably swap between the two characters.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

My main complaint about GTA V is I hated the characters, but these two look a lot more likeable.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

My main complaint about GTA V is that

it was formulaic and overstayed its welcome. I got up to "bury the hatchet" and just stopped.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I bailed on it a couple times, but kept coming back because people said it was so good. I ended up forcing myself to finish it so I could stop feeling like I was missing something, and I haven't touched it since.

I much preferred GTA IV, which people seem to hate. Idk, I just felt like Niko was more interesting to play as vs any of the three characters from V. Franklin had promise, but his arc was ultimately disappointing.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think it just got more generic as the series/time through the game went on. I am not a "heist" or "generic crime" guy, unless it's presented as a farce, and it just started to be by the numbers and serious by that point.

Like, if we look at GTA SA, the first third is a 90s gangsta thing. OK. The second two thirds are more in line with GTA's colourful characters and irreverent style.

4 was brown and stuff, but it was different to the series. Niko was genuine, dark and caught in a shitty , weird situation. I tried with the DLC packs, but they didn't stick, probably because I tried to do them in order, and Lost and Damned was again, too heavy.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

And even for a heist game, it had relatively few heists. But yeah, it really could use more satire or at least likeable characters, the story and characters as presented weren't very engaging IMO.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They dropped the ball with the characters completely, I have no idea why they just didn't do "Tommy Vercetti, Claude, CJ". Same thing with 6, why not just put Catalina in there?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 minutes ago

Tommy Vercetti, Claude

These two are in very different physical areas and would be very old by GTA Vs timeline. If CJ were there, it would devolve into a repeat of SA, no? He'd want to revitalize Grove Street, not rob banks.

I think their characters were fine, they just needed some work:

  • Michael - super bland, so maybe just need more satire about suburban fantasies or something; perhaps could've been replaced with a retired Claude or Tommy, idk, I just thought he was bland.
  • Franklin - early on, he said he wanted to run a car dealership, why did that dream die? I would've loved more car theft missions, and maybe a mini management sim (hire sales people, sell modded cars, etc)
  • Trevor - more conflict with local drug groups, maybe a turf war like SA? Or maybe drug running minigames? Surely he has more ambition than making cash with Michael

Some of the issues I have were resolved by the online component, but I am not interested in an MMO, I want single player GTA.