Cheddahz That’s why I unfortunately have very little interest in new Pokemon Snap….
I would only want to take pictures of pikachu, all the rest of the ugly new pokemon I would be throwing pester balls at. There should have been another pokemon snap several generations ago.
I am currently being held hostage by a friend who is forcing me to play GTAV Online. Since it’s release in 2013, I have only played/watched GTAV at various trap houses, while various levels of faded. I am trying to play single player and enjoy the characters, story, and setting, but my friend is very averse to that. He just…. Doesn’t play single player games at all and sees no point to it, lol. He is your typical gamer who values stuff like cross platform play, streamability, and how many friends he can get to play something over other stuff like historical significance or artful design.
What I am most interested in with GTAV is the cultural significance and satire. I have lived in LA since I was fifteen, on the streets, in warehouses, vehicles, park benches, 100% on the fringes of society and neck deep is subculture. I have lived in many different parts/ sides of the city. I have no idea what it’s like to play GTAV as someone who’s never been here. The replicas of places I’ve lived is frighteningly 1:1. Living here, especially living outside gives one a social/cultural education. GTAV does reflect the culture, as well as feed into it.
I’m not sure what has already been said about GTAV, but I’d bet there’s actually still a lot left to be said.
It’s popular among the lowest common denominator, aka the reason gaming sucks, but, it is a masterpiece of culture and worth looking at from an intellectual perspective.
Either way, can’t really enjoy it as long as I’m being forced to take part in grindy missions.
The last GTA I played was Liberty and Vice City stories, on the PSP. I was a kid trying to fit in with classmates, didn’t play the story, just messed around until I became bored of the game forever.
I’m just really interested in this Satire of 2009 Los Angeles. Those were truly wonderful and magical times in my life.
I’m also interested in GTAV because I’m certain they have lots of satirical content lined up for the next one. My prediction is the next GTA will have e-scooters and Tesla’s all over, tons of quarantine stuff, etc.
I’m interested in this normie view of LA from the lens of GTA. As a person, I’m the antithesis to this game, counter to the macroculture of LA while living in it. I drive 30 mph. I’m nonviolent in a community where most people do chose to fight in order to stand their ground against violent threats. So in my autistic way this is expanding my understanding of normal people’s perspective. It’s also very strange thinking of all the people who play this and have never been to LA and don’t get any of these very specific jokes in the game. In many ways, this is a highly accurate portrayal. When I meet travelers at the beach, they often mention GTA.
One major thing I can tell anybody is if this game paints a picture of LA that seems so crazy, it has to be exaggeration, anyone living in any major city in the US can tell you that in fact, in reality, much crazier and whackier things happen every day for real.
IDK, I could write about this forever probably. I want to enjoy story mode at my own pace first. I am very interested in the way the story introduces different areas of the world, and what events take place. It’s major spoilers starting in the online game, having friends fly me across the map in their delorean…. But it’s GTAV…. I put off playing it this long, so I guess I don’t get to keep from being spoiled. Besides, I should take advantage of this situation and enjoy some online gaming. I can always play single player when I’m back off the grid again.
