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Based on the dev video leaks, the maggat shitting will be intact.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 5 points 7 hours ago

Good gravy the first few seconds looked like live action. Hope Matt Berry is in this one

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Watched without sound.

It looks... Alright, I guess. Very photo real. Not super colorful. Kind've looks like a modern crime drama, which gives me a bad taste and feels like it's gonna be shitty. That one scene walking out of the convince store with the beer, though, was super trashy and I could get behind that.

A thought I had while watching: gta:vc came out in 2002. It takes place in 1986. That means THAT level of nostalgia and romanticization of the period was only looking back 16 years.

16 years before 2026 would be 2010. They easily could have done another period piece with gta6 for vice City in the 90s, 00s, or 2010s. But I guess now that I think about it, things are more fucked up and insane now than they've been in a long time, so why not satirize what's going on in the world today? It's prime juicy bullshit, kind've like what gta3 did in 2001. So it's fine I guess.

Maybe they'll have good music and really good social commentary? I think then we're entering a new era of GTA - where instead of satirizing and sensationalizing a vibe like a movie would, it's just going to straight up do it to real life. GTA then has a lot of opportunity to reinvent itself, basically, as The Onion - The Game, based in Miami.

Will they? Likely no. It would take balls to make a game essentially shitting all over magas. Rockstar is going to have to pull off a hattrick in their writing and tone to pull this off, despite an open and for the taking goldmine that is reality, and they don't have the cajones anymore.

I'll see how the release does on pc and likely play it as long as they don't monetize it past game price, and maybe future expansions. If there are periodical passes, this might be the first mainline title of theirs I'll skip. The shark cards in gta5online, how grindy that was, the loading times, and hedging tone and neutured jokes in the single player, has them already at a very low karma standing for me. It also better release on steam.

This game will absolutely break records, regardless. This is just me from this trailer, without sound.

[–] StonerCowboy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

Dumbest take of all time besides when Trump speaks.

Imagine judging a a trailer with no sound and saying "it looks all right" like if it truly doesn't look insane.

"Not super colorful" mfer you color blind??? They nailed the anesthetics of Miami. Guess you can't see all the neon lights, and the beautiful dresses and the colors of the cars nor the weather. Yea super not colorful 🤡

And you bet your ass Rockstar is gonna lean on all these fools you think Rockstar backs down from making fun of world events? Lmao

[–] PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I think it's interesting how much nostalgia there was for the 80s 20 years ago, compared to 00s nostalgia today. It feels like the cultural/aesthetic differences between the 80s and 00s are so much stronger than the 00s and today.

All that to say I kinda disagree on making GTA 6 a 2000s period piece

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

if it doesn't have VR mode supported then I can't play it because I've transcended

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Transcended the rectum, right into the colon.

I love how it starts with Jason saying "Just fixing a few leaks". I see what you did there.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

75 million views on one day is insane

This is what people like. Nice

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

October 3. The one after the sun implodes.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 125 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (35 children)

No PC no buy. Fuck your console exclusive bullshit I ain't double dipping this time

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[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can't wait to pick this up for $30 on PC 3 years after it's released. Fuck $80 games and fuck double-dip releases that don't release same-day on PC.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

There's literally no reason in this day and age to not release on pc on day 1. Xb and ps market share is absolutely losing ground to pc at record time, there's no reason anymore.

If they don't pc release day 1, then I guess gta6 actually just comes out 2027.

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe I’m just old, but I feel like all the people complaining about no PC port at launch, or how this trailer doesn’t show gameplay must be ‘new’ to the series (which to be fair, could mean as much as a decade).

This is how Rockstar have pretty much always done it, going all the way back to GTA3 on the PlayStation 2; PC ports have always been 6+ months after.

Trailer 1 tends to be about the setting, Trailer 2 about the primary characters, then Trailer 3/4 about the supporting characters. ‘Gameplay Trailers’ usually don’t come out around/after launch as that’s usually what’s being still being worked on by the devs.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Rockstar was a PC gaming company before they went into consoles. GTA 1 and 2 were made for PC before being ported to console.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We will always complain about the lack of a PC port at launch... especially in this era.

We're not going away

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Wasted breath.

I'd be surprised if they did release on console and PC at the time. Literally hasn't been done by Rockstar yet, so why would they start now?

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Feel free to complain, no one is trying to stop you. Just understand though that you are screaming into the void, and nothing will come of it bar heightened cortisol.

Grand Theft Auto is the arguably the most profitable gaming franchise ever, and it got there doing this exact release cadence. Rockstar Games & Take-Two Interactive will continue to do so for as long as it continues to maximise profits.

Does it stuck for us gamers? Absolutely, but that’s just Capitalism. Given how quickly this hobby has been enshittified over the post decade, we should probably be counting our lucky stars that it looks like Rockstar is still investing heavily into the next entry, and not just pumping out shallow annual releases like Call of Duty!

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if it comes on PC, it will come with the stupid Rockstar launcher.

I have now decided to stop playing games that require anything else than just pure Steam or GOG Galaxy.

This way I could pass to Linux and don't have to install crappy bloatware on my machine.

[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Just FYI: I've had a really good experience with Heroic launcher. Use for playing those Epic freebies I've accumilated over the years, and has been pretty solid, almost Steam-like experience.

[–] dink@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just a warning to those interested like me:

  • they don’t explicitly mention Rockstar Launcher compatibility (unless I missed it somewhere)
  • they mention possibility of a ban when trying to use online features through their launcher.

So hypothetically, if GTA VI comes to PC, this may not be a workaround for Rockstar Launcher, and even if it is, online might be a sketchy.

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[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s wild we got a gta 6 trailer before gta 6

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