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Bloomberg - GTA VI set in Vice City. Latina protagonist. More politically sensitive.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 8:24 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 8:24 am
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With a new tone at the company and a change in creative direction, GTA VI will probably feel very different from its predecessor
Moves like these once seemed unthinkable for a company whose best-selling franchise is a satirical depiction of America that involves playing gangsters who kill civilians and where women are mostly depicted as sex objects.
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In the summer of 2020, after a police officer killed George Floyd, Rockstar Games quietly shelved a mode of play it had planned to release for its Grand Theft Auto Online game.
Called Cops 'n' Crooks, the mode was a twist on the children's game where players organize into teams of good guys and bad guys, but seemed especially tone-deaf during the global reckoning over police violence.
Senior executives at the company, concerned about how the narrative might be interpreted during a time of heightened skepticism and mistrust of American police, put it aside. They still haven't made plans to bring it back, according to people familiar with development.
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The game will feature a playable female protagonist for the first time, according to people familiar with the matter. The woman is Latina and will be one of a pair of leading characters in a story influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
Developers are also being cautious not to "punch down" by making jokes about marginalized groups, the people said, in contrast with previous Grand Theft Auto games.
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The new map is a fictionalized Miami but will update over time The game's new map is now focused on a fictional version of Miami and its surrounding areas.
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.
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This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 8:25 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 8:31 am to Cs
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Developers are also being cautious not to "punch down" by making jokes about marginalized groups
L o fricking L
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Called Cops 'n' Crooks, the mode was a twist on the children's game where players organize into teams of good guys and bad guys, but seemed especially tone-deaf during the global reckoning over police violence.
Would have been fun as frick.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:10 am to Cs
This dude is just making his predictions (albeit really shitty) of what he hopes will be in the game but don’t let me stop this board from falling for rage bait
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 9:12 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:17 am to Cs
quote:Progressives ruin everything.
Developers are also being cautious not to "punch down" by making jokes about marginalized groups, the people said, in contrast with previous Grand Theft Auto games.
quote:An example of a progressive who ruins everything.
dawgfan24348
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 9:19 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:19 am to Cs
I’ll wait until I see it, doubt it’s legit.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:20 am to Cs
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GTA VI set in Vice City
but what decade? '80s should be the only option.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:20 am to Cs
Yeah, Rockstar's best days are far behind them. I'm still pissed about their shitty remaster of the original trilogy and almost a decade of no story mode updates for GTA V.
The leadership at this company now is a joke. They deserve to crash and burn and it seems like they're doing their part to make it happen.
Female protagonist virtue signal failed. They have had female protagonists in games going back to the 90s.
The leadership at this company now is a joke. They deserve to crash and burn and it seems like they're doing their part to make it happen.
Female protagonist virtue signal failed. They have had female protagonists in games going back to the 90s.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:21 am to Scruffy
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Progressives ruin everything.
I’ve seen examples of right wing comedy and it’s pretty bad but sure whatever
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An example of a progressive who ruins everything.
By pointing out what’s likely just some dude’s shitty predictions

Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:26 am to dawgfan24348
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This dude is just making his predictions (albeit really shitty) of what he hopes will be in the game but don’t let me stop this board from falling for rage bait
This is from Jason Schreier, who is probably the most connected journalist in the games industry. If he's writing about it, it's true.
This isn't random speculation from 4chan.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:26 am to dawgfan24348
quote:Keep supporting the destruction of everything funny and fun, Eva Braun.
dawgfan24348
Posted on 7/27/22 at 9:28 am to Cs
quote:He knows that.
This is from Jason Schreier, who is probably the most connected journalist in the games industry. If he's writing about it, it's true.
He is just trying to deflect from the fact that progressives, like himself, ruin everything.
There is nothing that has become funnier or more fun once progressivism gets involved.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:10 am to Scruffy
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He knows that.
He is just trying to deflect from the fact that progressives, like himself, ruin everything.
There is nothing that has become funnier or more fun once progressivism gets involved
And you're being a reactionary over rumors for a video game that won't even be out for two years. It's cowardly and limp-dicked to just say "progressives ruin everything". There's no thought behind it. It's just incendiary.
Plus, being offensive, by itself isn't worth worshipping, comedy-wise. I've seen and performed with plenty of people who thought being "offensive" was enough to get laughs. It's not.
Also, every new release (forget the "remasters") from them has been pretty fricking amazing. I'm gonna go ahead and trust them on this.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:22 am to WaltTeevens
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There's no thought behind it. It's just facts.
Fify
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:25 am to WaltTeevens
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It's cowardly and limp-dicked to just say "progressives ruin everything". There's no thought behind it. It's just incendiary.

Name one thing that became more fun or funny as it became more “woke”.
Just one.
And since this is the Gaming Board, name one game that got better as it became more “woke”.
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 10:26 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:26 am to Scruffy
It's people like him who screamed at Rockstar to remove all the confederate flags from GTA5 when it was released on PS5 and XB Series.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:51 am to Cs
This is fricking stupid. When a game titled "Grand Theft" fricking Auto is cleansed to be more culturally sensitive, it's time to stop making it. frick Rockstar.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 10:59 am to Scruffy
So no more getting a hooker, banging her, then running her over with your car and taking her payment back? For shame!







This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 11:10 am
Posted on 7/27/22 at 11:01 am to Cs
Regardless of any of that, the Houser brothers aren’t at Rockstar anymore, and the game shouldn’t be given the benefit of the doubt just because there’s goodwill from the old games.
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 4:44 pm
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