I can 100% see GTA VI: Revenge of the prostitutes, as if it was malicious, patriarchal oppression that made people kill them to get their game resources back rather than calculated assessment/manipulation of game mechanics.
GTA as a series was dead the moment GTA Online started making billions. The best we could hope for after that was a lore-consistent expansion, but more likely this exact kind of cash-wringing skinsuit instead.
You are right but GTA was edgy and was pretty equal opportunity offensive. I loved the game Bully but I’m sure they wouldn’t have the guts to make that today.
It will most likely have an option to have either male or female but they will use the female as the default for advertising and stuff. Similar with how they did in ME Legendary edition but 80% played the male Sheperd anyway
I remember with Assassins Creed Odyssey the company was mad that most players chose the male. Didn’t surprise me since that is a game that would probably appeal to more guys. I guess the devs didn’t understand that
Nah you convinced me. I have upvoted you for what it’s worth. We can’t be distracted. And boy did I get distracted. The first game with a female protagonist I played was Kings Quest 4. Me being a kid I typed in dirty stuff but eventually played it seriously and beat it.
That’s just what I’ve heard. Yes I have heard that rationale and I understand it. That’s part of the charm of GTA is it’s edginess but I can see why ppl would roll their eyes at this announcement. But a female protagonist wouldn’t be a problem if it didn’t coincide with caving to the usual crowd.
Like others have said, the very first GTA had a female protagonist. So that part is really just the smoke screen to label y'all misogynists and sexists and dismiss any criticism of the actual news : They're toning down the game.
And you're all falling for it, hook line and sinker. Ignore the female thing, it's a complete red herring.
As far as I know about 20-25% of PCs were female in WoW, this was way back, AC Valhalla and ME Legendary statistics do imply something around 20% of guys play as male. About 1 in 5 guys maybe 1 in 4 guys like to play a female character although there is a huge overlap with people playing both male and female characters in the same game on different runs so hard to tell exact numbers but male characters are more popular then female characters.
Personally in WoW I had both male and female chars but in single player I play male characters when ever possible.
lol, yeah they were outraged that a game series about people climbing into a machine and reading the DNA of their ancestors had the temerity to suggest the ancestors may have had children (which...you know, is how you pass on DNA) because what about Muh LGBT or whatever...
Same people I trolled by pointing out the arks in mass effect andromeda should only allow straight people if the goal is to colonise another galaxy.
Yea I remember being very confused about that controversy. In regards to space colonies that makes the most sense. What did they respond when you pointed that out?
Also, there’s an (actual) immersion breaking, logic fail that goes off in my head any time game devs expect me to believe Spartan mercenaries and hardened war-lusting Vikings could get their asses handed to them by 90lbs teenage girls.
I want to play as a Spartan/Viking/Spaceman/Cowboy, not as the avatar of some deranged lefty dev’s digitised wet dreams.
Nobody wants a female main character. It does not fit the series at all. That's why when GTA 5 did 3 different MCs, all of them were male.
The game will feature a playable female protagonist for the first time,
That statement doesn't mean that there will only be 1 MC and it's a female. It could just be 1 female in an ensemble, which wouldn't be as bad as long as she was a minor character.
Rockstar's plan is to continually update the game over time, adding new missions and cities on a regular basis, which leadership hopes will lead to less crunch during the game's final months.
For fuck's sake, it's going to be a "live service" fucking subscription fee game. A half assed MMO.
This wouldn't be the first time the GTA series had a female protagonist, GTA 1 had some female protagonists to choose from (even if all the protagonists just looked like the same tiny undetailed person during top-down 2D gameplay). But of course Woke Left writing will absolutely prevent a good female protagonist, along with good female characters period. Don't be shocked if they get rid of the prostitutes.
A female protagonist would have been a non-issue, but the regressive left ruined everything so that this often becomes a warning sign of extremist themes and propaganda unless the developer openly hates regressive leftists.
GTA loves to repeat certain cities. GTA 1 had Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas as stand-ins for New York City, Miami and Los Angeles respectively.
GTA 2 had Anywhere USA an unknown city set in a corporate dystopian future.
GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1963 are the only times that GTA had a city outside of the main 3 that was also real life based, and in this case, the only city that was real life named.
Nobody wants a female main character. It does not fit the series at all.
That's like saying Male protagonist wouldn't fit well in Tomb Raider, but then they made Uncharted and it was pretty good.
Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty much GTA. Female protagonist worked as well as male in it.
I think you guys are really overblowing the whole female thing. That's not the story here, that's the bait so you ignore the actual problem : toning down the non-PC elements.
Yeah, but not because of the female protagonist. It's because they fired all the good staff in 2018, the "frat boy culture" dudes, and replaced them with blue haired diversity land whales. And now they'll make the game PC instead of offensive.
I think it's important for people to push back when our community slides down the wrong path.
I can 100% see GTA VI: Revenge of the prostitutes, as if it was malicious, patriarchal oppression that made people kill them to get their game resources back rather than calculated assessment/manipulation of game mechanics.
GTA is now woke.
How much do you wanna bet that the devs put obvious jabs at Trump and DeSantis since both of them are in Florida?
GTA as a series was dead the moment GTA Online started making billions. The best we could hope for after that was a lore-consistent expansion, but more likely this exact kind of cash-wringing skinsuit instead.
You are right but GTA was edgy and was pretty equal opportunity offensive. I loved the game Bully but I’m sure they wouldn’t have the guts to make that today.
weren't even allowed to call it bully here, had to rename it "Canis Canem Edit"
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Really? Why is that? But yes Canis Canem Edit
it was releaseed during a UK wide "anti-bullying campaign" run by the government so rockstar cucked and changed it's name
Ohhh. I never knew that. Thanks!
I vaguely remember the furore about it but was probably meh about it
To be fair the last GTA game I played hardcore was San Andreas. So I dont know how the last games have been
Well that's like saying South Park guys have always leaned left.
Yeah, they have, but they've (almost) never been afraid to mock anyone and take potshots.
Impotent rage, liberal superhero
It will most likely have an option to have either male or female but they will use the female as the default for advertising and stuff. Similar with how they did in ME Legendary edition but 80% played the male Sheperd anyway
I remember with Assassins Creed Odyssey the company was mad that most players chose the male. Didn’t surprise me since that is a game that would probably appeal to more guys. I guess the devs didn’t understand that
I'm kinda surprised by that since most guys who play WoW play as female.
Chris Gore said the same thing. I can understand that.
Careful, you'll get mass downvoted in these GTA threads!
Nah you convinced me. I have upvoted you for what it’s worth. We can’t be distracted. And boy did I get distracted. The first game with a female protagonist I played was Kings Quest 4. Me being a kid I typed in dirty stuff but eventually played it seriously and beat it.
Nicer ?
The guys do it because the argument is staring at female ass in the 3rd person is more fun than staring at male ass.
Like I said, the real story is how Rockstar wants to tone down the humour and remove "punching down". A female protagonist is a non-issue.
That’s just what I’ve heard. Yes I have heard that rationale and I understand it. That’s part of the charm of GTA is it’s edginess but I can see why ppl would roll their eyes at this announcement. But a female protagonist wouldn’t be a problem if it didn’t coincide with caving to the usual crowd.
Like others have said, the very first GTA had a female protagonist. So that part is really just the smoke screen to label y'all misogynists and sexists and dismiss any criticism of the actual news : They're toning down the game.
And you're all falling for it, hook line and sinker. Ignore the female thing, it's a complete red herring.
Thanks for clarifying. My first GTA was part 3. So didn’t know about the first game. But yea. That is the part to be criticized (toning down)
As far as I know about 20-25% of PCs were female in WoW, this was way back, AC Valhalla and ME Legendary statistics do imply something around 20% of guys play as male. About 1 in 5 guys maybe 1 in 4 guys like to play a female character although there is a huge overlap with people playing both male and female characters in the same game on different runs so hard to tell exact numbers but male characters are more popular then female characters.
Personally in WoW I had both male and female chars but in single player I play male characters when ever possible.
The saddest part is that is going away. Soon they'll be Body Type A or Body Type B.
Yea I enjoyed the game. I just remember that and then the dlc angered some people because the female protagonist got pregnant or something
lol, yeah they were outraged that a game series about people climbing into a machine and reading the DNA of their ancestors had the temerity to suggest the ancestors may have had children (which...you know, is how you pass on DNA) because what about Muh LGBT or whatever...
Same people I trolled by pointing out the arks in mass effect andromeda should only allow straight people if the goal is to colonise another galaxy.
Yea I remember being very confused about that controversy. In regards to space colonies that makes the most sense. What did they respond when you pointed that out?
Eh, mostly just vocalised retardation until my comment was deleted by the predditor mods. Good times.
Absolutely the better story!
Also, there’s an (actual) immersion breaking, logic fail that goes off in my head any time game devs expect me to believe Spartan mercenaries and hardened war-lusting Vikings could get their asses handed to them by 90lbs teenage girls.
I want to play as a Spartan/Viking/Spaceman/Cowboy, not as the avatar of some deranged lefty dev’s digitised wet dreams.
Same with Valhalla
GTA Vice City already did Miami.
Nobody wants a female main character. It does not fit the series at all. That's why when GTA 5 did 3 different MCs, all of them were male.
That statement doesn't mean that there will only be 1 MC and it's a female. It could just be 1 female in an ensemble, which wouldn't be as bad as long as she was a minor character.
For fuck's sake, it's going to be a "live service" fucking subscription fee game. A half assed MMO.
This wouldn't be the first time the GTA series had a female protagonist, GTA 1 had some female protagonists to choose from (even if all the protagonists just looked like the same tiny undetailed person during top-down 2D gameplay). But of course Woke Left writing will absolutely prevent a good female protagonist, along with good female characters period. Don't be shocked if they get rid of the prostitutes.
^THIS^
A female protagonist would have been a non-issue, but the regressive left ruined everything so that this often becomes a warning sign of extremist themes and propaganda unless the developer openly hates regressive leftists.
GTA loves to repeat certain cities. GTA 1 had Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas as stand-ins for New York City, Miami and Los Angeles respectively.
GTA 2 had Anywhere USA an unknown city set in a corporate dystopian future.
GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1963 are the only times that GTA had a city outside of the main 3 that was also real life based, and in this case, the only city that was real life named.
That's like saying Male protagonist wouldn't fit well in Tomb Raider, but then they made Uncharted and it was pretty good.
Cyberpunk 2077 is pretty much GTA. Female protagonist worked as well as male in it.
I think you guys are really overblowing the whole female thing. That's not the story here, that's the bait so you ignore the actual problem : toning down the non-PC elements.
Yeah, but not because of the female protagonist. It's because they fired all the good staff in 2018, the "frat boy culture" dudes, and replaced them with blue haired diversity land whales. And now they'll make the game PC instead of offensive.
I think it's important for people to push back when our community slides down the wrong path.
Well, good luck with that. The first main-char in GTA that cannot have any agency whatsoever.
Who do they think they are pandering to? I haven’t played GTA in a good while but when I did it was definitely in the “guy game” category
lmao.
Imagine having multi-billion dollar franchise and doing this to it.
Ha ha, lol, rofl, kek!
I've got some bad news.
Hahaha holy shit that looks bad!
It's like the Saints Row creators took their inspiration from Marvel's New Warriors.