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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry, but gta FIVE was bland as fuck. Gta3 was groundbreaking for the time because it was 3d, gtavc was actually incredible, but now looks like hot dogshit (sounds great though, and that va cast was insanely talented and well cast and written, chefs kiss), and gtasa while a great game and expansion on basically everything, was the beginning of it getting bland and formulaic.

And gta5 was like... The right direction after gta4, but felt really half assed.

That being said, I love this franchise and want it to do better. I just know that they likely won't.

So don't hate it, just criticize it for what's really wrong with it. As a person who's played since gta2, it's immensely frustrating to see it degrade. Your complaints are valid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's my point like... It's an ok game, the story has always been very bland to me, very predictable and simple, I'd at least forgive that if the gameplay was always fun an exciting, but people do everything in their power to ignore it's flaws and just say it's perfect and overhype it like there's nothing to improve.

Rockstar knew how to make game mechanics that made cars feel amazing to drive in Midnight club 3 and LA, and the ones in GTAV are crap, they all feel like driving on ice, they knew how to make good gunplay like Max Payne 3,and in GTAV is bland as fuck. That's what I mean. They clearly know how to do good stuff but in the last 13 years they really haven't innovated at ALL, and why would they? People are STILL wasting money on GTA Online 13 years later, and the same people will still buy GTA6 3-4 times in the next 10 years