The game is just about shooting, driving and stealing shit. It is not this out this world experience haha. The amount of “GTA coming out some day” content that I get is way too much.
A lot of the hype it’s because it’s Rockstar. There aren’t many studios with their level of attention to detail and budget to make it come true.
The game is just about…
You could be this reductive about any game or, really, any other form of media.
Games are often about much more than their core gameplay elements, and that is especially true here. The GTA games are crime dramas with excellent storylines - especially IV and V, whose stories rivaled those of the TV shows. They’re packed full social and political commentary, satirizing American culture.
Each game is like a slice of American life in a time capsule.
People can enjoy things. Why gatekeep?
@Theprogressivist@lemmy.world - was the OP gatekeeping though? Or simply asking a question to understand the reason behind GTA’s popularity?
Was kinda loaded, but yeah, not really gatekeeping imo.
I could say the exact same about fighting, racing, or other arcade-y games.
People like what they like, why shit on them for it?
I played Vice City and San Andreas when they first came out and I was a teenager. At the time they appealed to me as just a big open world to explore and cause mayhem in. There wasn’t really much like it at the time. The story wasn’t all that interesting to me.
I got GTA5 for free from Epic games years after it came out, and played about 30 minutes before I got bored.
I’ve been spoiled by so many other open world game options that GTA just doesn’t do much for me anymore. I like to have a more interesting environment, or story.
I played Vice City and I enjoyed both the open world and the fantastic soundtrack. Most of my playing was just driving around while listening to the radio. So I guess what I really wanted was a super simplified driving simulator and Kate Bush mp3s.
@Soapbox@lemmy.zip - can you please recommend some games which have great stories? I am looking for some games to play. I am planning to start Plague Tale next weekend, but open to options. Thanks!
Maybe because we can live as criminals and do criminal stuff in it without real world consequences…
Reasonably good third person shooter? That’s quite rare.
Organized crime is our only view into dual power structures, typically. Unfortunately it’s a reactionary form - but I think this explains the appeal.
It’s a fun game series. I love to replay 3, Vice City and San Andreas.
It’s fun to play around in a fully open real (modern) world simulation. Where else can you do that?
They are fun games that you can get lost in, I can’t really say any more than that.
