#gta five

[tapeworrmart]

Why am I losing 🦂

[pey0te]

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

[nllick]

Was gonna edit him to an ICP song but I also wanted to use this audio☠️

[balardinarthur]

Grand Theft Auto V

[weirdoonskateboard]

More than anything from GTA VI, I want it to make me cry. I want it to be emotional, to be warm and humane even under all the cynical humor and innuendos and snide jabs about our culture. Rockstar has said in interviews that they don't want to punch down with their satire. They even removed a transphobic random encounter in the current gen versions of GTA 5. Also imagine his gta could work in representation in the game.

Imagine if we got a drag bar with IRL Florida drag queens. They gave Non-Binary pop artist Arca a radio station for gta online called Motomami(With Latin pop star Rosalia,great music set by the way, IT FUCKING SLAPS, I'LL REBLOG IT). Imagine maybe giving Lucia and Jason the opportunity to be more openly romantic. Remember Bully let you kiss boys, Jimmy Hopkins is canonically bisexual. I know people who were introduced to being bi through this game. And while GTA 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony evidently a bunch of straight guys idea of what queer culture is. It's still nice to sorta be seen by the series. And the characters that are openly homophobic are the antagonists you have to work with to deal with the club's debt.

Plus I have seen queer characters in these games being positively seen. Two character Bernie Crane in GTA 4, Reni Wassulmier in Liberty City and Vice City Stories are iffy depictions of queer people. Reni Claims to be "A little bit of everything, I'm universal" who is canonically gender fluid. I know people who resonate with these characters. There are a lot of good fan artists on tumblr who love Bernie. Also there's a shit ton of Luis Lopez X "Gay Tony" Prince.

There are spouts of Transphobia in the games, admittedly. There's a really bad radio as in San Andreas IYKYK. GTA is to many generations, their Mad Magazine. The edgy rebellious piece of art you know your parents didn't want you playing. They could be juvenile, clunky, gross, or just too edgy for its own good. But it introduced a lot of people to good music, films, shows, and subcultures)

I believe Rockstar has it in them to do better. To mature. To keep being the center of attention, to keep fighting the tainted ads and broken promises of the American Dream. To be heartfelt and show that even amidst the pain and suffering of living in America. That people find ways to keep fighting in the bizarre state of America right now. Maybe I'm too forgiving too these games due to nostalgia but I do believe that there is an art to these games.

PS, The Criminal Historian, the person who made the trans rep video has recently come out and is getting a lot of transphobic hate. If you could all counter that it would be greaaat.

[yourdadismycardio]

"Hypocrisy, Civilization's Greatest Virtue." - Michael De Santa (GTAV)

[dutchgoldphilosophy]

1. I was a highway man...

2. I was a sailor...

3. I was a dam builder...

4. I FLY A STARSHIP

[spnmoosejerk]

[ericajohnsondoll]

I don't know if I should end this?

(yes, I decided to remember the good old days and GTA 5 (bring back my 2020...))

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’m almost done with the GTA V story mode (I know, I’m late on this). My overall thoughts so far are that this is one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played, but the story feels lacking. It’s like Rockstar put all their focus on creating the world, and then just slapped together a story that meets the bare minimum.

Some aspects of the story are good. I think Michael’s arc was the best of the three and I like Franklin the most of the protagonists. I also don’t think the story is horribly bad, it has its moments. It’s just that there’s a lot of plot points that feel underwritten.

Just to list some examples, the Triads and Stretch don’t feel that significant even though they are Trevor and Franklin’s respective main enemies. I barely remember who the leader of the Triads is and Franklin had to explain Stretch’s schemes to Lamar and the player (breaking the “show, don’t tell” rule). Michael’s family feels two-dimensional. Last but not least, since there’s like 8 different plot threads happening all at once, the story feels jumbled. Because the story is all over the place, there isn’t really any rising tension, so the end result is a game that feels like it’s going somewhere with all the gunfights and explosions, but doesn’t really feel significant. The story feels weightless.

I mean, I literally just got to the point where I had to choose between killing Michael, Trevor, or saving them both. I feel like this decision should’ve had more emotional weight, but because the story was so weightless, I didn’t really feel any dilemma choosing deathwish. I also don’t feel any tension going into this finale since I’m pretty sure it’s just going to be more gunfights and explosions.

Let me just say, it feels weird going from “Detroit Become Human”, a game with one of the best narratives I’ve ever played, to “GTA V”, where the narrative feels like an afterthought. Good thing that the gameplay/world exploration makes up for the story.

[tapeworrmart]

What a state to be in 🦂💫

[pey0te]

Kinda a reference for anyone wondering about their height difference.

[nllick]

Trevor???

[balardinarthur]

Grand Theft Auto V

[deadpuppetboi]

Bully but there's a mission where you have to deal with the Epsilon Program and either help/ruin spreading their cause.