• ms.lane@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I’d rather wait than buy a console for a single game that will barely hit 720p/30.

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          1 year ago

          I think they mean it will never be PC only, so it’d be an infinite wait. Or maybe some future release version will be console only.

          Also, “720p/30” lol

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      1 year ago

      I just don’t have the patience to wait even more. I have a PS5, so why wouldn’t I play it on release??

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          1 year ago

          Huh? For £70 I’m getting -

          • Huge open world
          • Very fun and emergent gameplay
          • Likely a world with multiple competing systems and subsystems to play with
          • Incredibly detailed world to get lost and immersed in
          • Given the RDR2 writing, likely a really well written story

          But you’ve decided to latch onto one aspect of the previous game (the Online mode) to try to be as contrarian as possible?

          I sure as heck will pay £70 for the above. And so will many millions of others. Sorry if that does a poo on your hate-train.

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    Judging by all the shark card crap they jammed into the last GTA, I fully expect them to shovel a bunch of crap in to make more money: $70 base games, deluxe editions, DLC, micro transactions, social club integration, required internet connections, all of it.

    I miss the old GTAs before they got greedy.

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      1 year ago

      Are you seriously questioning whether there is any hype for GTA?

      GTAV Online may have hindered Rockstar’s goodwill for fans of the single player mode, but the Online mode rakes in cash.

      RDR2 released in 2018 and is widely considered one of the best single player games with one of the best open worlds, strongly signalling to fans that Rockstar hasn’t lost its mojo.

      GTA VI is, unquestionably, the most anticipated game of the year. To suggest otherwise is to be insanely disingenuous on your part.

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        The main writers have since left Rockstar. Dan Houser left in 2020. I feel GTA will lose it’s charm with this next entry, I hope I am wrong, but something just feels off. Either way, won’t be buying it until it’s on a good sale, reviews dependent too.

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        No, I’m honestly surprised. I’ve barely heard anything about GTA VI. Seriously. I don’t care about it, none of my friends have talked about it despite being the kinda game that they’d be into, and I’ve only seen one or two articles on it.

        You sure it’s that highly anticipated? My observation is that people have gotten really sick and tired of AAA games, and this is a shift that’s occurred since RDR2 came out. Very few of the people I know still regularly play AAA games, and those who do almost never buy them on launch. I haven’t seen anywhere near the same amount of hype for GTA VI as I saw for GTA IV or GTA V.

        You’re accusing me of being disingenuous? Maybe you’re the one who’s buying into the hype and overestimating public interest. Or perhaps the true answer is somewhere in the middle. Who knows. I was not intentionally downplaying your favorite series though.

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    I’m not quite sure why they’re so concerned. I suspect they’re actually not and this is just things “analysts” say.

    I suspect that the release of GTA VI is going to be lukewarm compared to the release of GTA V, because everyone remembered what Rockstar did to GTA V. People are going to wait around and see how they handle GTA online because they need to do better than last time because last time was ridiculous.

    I’m certainly not all that interested in getting it day one and I know a lot of other people aren’t either.

    • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      because everyone remembered what Rockstar did to GTA V

      Released a fantastic game worth replaying multiple times?

      GTA Online =/= GTA V

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    Companies need to grow a spine. Good games sell regardless of what’s out. If your confidence in your own game is so low that you’d push it to a slow release date, it’s probably not worth playing anyway.

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      1 year ago

      Ask Titanfall 2 how well launching between Battlefield and CoD went for them

      Release dates of big games matter, people only have so much disposable income

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    1 year ago

    What’s with half the commenters acting like GTA V isn’t a great game?

    Y’all know GTA Online is a different game technically, yeah? The single player of GTA V is still there and even better now that Enhanced is on PC. Rockstar didn’t fuck Up RDR2s single-player Mode so why assume they would on this?