Wdym GTA is overrated?

[Denmdm]

Einstein once said, there are two infinite things in this world; my love for GTA, and the amount of people that say its overrated.

But nah fr, I've seen a lot of people commenting on this forum that the whole franchise is overrated, and I love debate so whoever thinks this is the case COME OUT

 

[Cardboardtubeknight]

 

[Iguana-0]

A lot of the stuff you can do in GTA is a lot of stuff you can basically do in real life. So i don't get why people love the games so much.

 

[Denmdm]

A lot of the stuff you can do in GTA is a lot of stuff you can basically do in real life. So i don't get why people love the games so much.

Soooooo you see lotsa people drool on NFS games even though you can race in real life too, so why's that? Because they are (or were) a good exponent of their genre, just like GTA is what almost everyone thinks about when the term open-world is mentioned. You have enormous maps, a lot of side-missions, a good story, lotsa vehicles, lotsa weapons, lotsa things to kill time with... I think the point is clear here right?

 

[Iguana-0]

Soooooo you see lotsa people drool on NFS games even though you can race in real life too, so why's that? Because they are (or were) a good exponent of their genre, just like GTA is what almost everyone thinks about when the term open-world is mentioned. You have enormous maps, a lot of side-missions, a good story, lotsa vehicles, lotsa weapons, lotsa things to kill time with... I think the point is clear here right?

Yeah but i'd rather have the genuine experience if you know what i mean... I won't say what though cause i don't wanna get banned.

 

[fake-kun]

If GTA fans want to kill sex workers, why don't they just do it in real life? It's not like they will get arrested. /j

 

[Donte]

 

[Denmdm]

Yeah but i'd rather have the genuine experience if you know what i mean... I won't say what though cause i don't wanna get banned.

Don't worry mane, I feel ya... I would also want to fly a helicopter

 

[Super Funky Piece]

I personally don't like open-world/sandbox games unless I find the traversal between missions to be fun if not the biggest appeal of the gameplay. GTA never struck that for me in my multiple attempts.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight]

A lot of the stuff you can do in GTA is a lot of stuff you can basically do in real life. So i don't get why people love the games so much.

I always find that to be a fair but weird assessment. At no point, or at least I hope at no point we'll see where this Chrono Trigger news goes, am I going to [redact] people with a chainsaw, rob a bank, and get chased down by 10 cops and a helicopter. I think that's where the game part comes in.

 

[fake-kun]

I always find that to be a fair but weird assessment. At no point, or at least I hope at no point we'll see where this Chrono Trigger news goes, am I going to [redact] people with a chainsaw, rob a bank, and get chased down by 10 cops and a helicopter. I think that's where the game part comes in.

Never say never.

 

[Denmdm]

I personally don't like open-world/sandbox games unless I find the traversal between missions to be fun if not the biggest appeal of the gameplay. GTA never struck that for me in my multiple attempts.

Every GTA map (except prolly for Advance) is carefully arranged to be good for exploring! Hence why they added collectibles so you can just go around the map finding weird stuff while not doing main missions. Tho I get that some people may prefer fantasy worlds instead of real-life states based ones

 

[JimBobJamesIII]

I loved them but on a replay of some of the older titles I found them kind of tedious a lot of point A to point B.

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I loved them but on a replay of some of the older titles I found them kind of tedious a lot of point A to point B.

Or hey drive this person while they talk about the world they live in.

 

[Denmdm]

I loved them but on a replay of some of the older titles I found them kind of tedious a lot of point A to point B.

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Or hey drive this person while they talk about the world they live in.

As for me I find the older titles very fun if you go for 100% completion, there's lotsa stuff to do. Already got VCS and SA done 100% and now I'm going for 3 and Advance. 2 is also too damn overlooked, it may be top-view and pretty different from all the games but its a PS1 gem

 

[valosagutas]

I have a twist to bring to this thread lol: GTA 4 and GTA 5 are very overrated. But the previous GTA games are masterpieces. *dun dun dun* lol

From the first GTA to GTA San Andreas, Rockstar reality improved the series in every game with great amazement. After GTA San Andreas the series moved backwards without any significant improvement I cared about. Let's agree to disagree. I don't judge people who think the newer GTA games I dislike are masterpieces. I'm glad they enjoy them but it's not for me.

I didn't care about GTA 4 being stuck taking care of my virtual cousin simulator. The game was humorous but so nonsense it made me just "ugh" and delete it halfway there. It's really "ha ha ha" funny when you have to survive against all the criminals and the whole police force trying to kill you equally by ignoring each other's existence and while you're trying to survive by genociding whole India and China population of people in every 1 minute your cousin calls you to play bowling. This is really comedy gold here. However this cringe also made me cancer despite I'm already cancer because I was born in July lol.

Then they released side stories for GTA 4 because base game was so trivial. Have you ever went to a fancy restaurant that sell ordinary salad with avocado for very expensive price? GTA 4 is that ordinary salad and its side stories trying to be avocado that desperately trying to make GTA 4 seem like a good game that deserve its price lol. While it was fun in its own context it didn't particularly made me appreciate them as a GTA game. I'm no cow so don't give me salad and I'm not a mindless gamer so don't give me newer GTA games.

Then they released GTA 5. There are lots of aspects I admire about GTA 5 that would take too long to even mention but technically it bothered me that GTA 5 is a downgraded version of GTA 4. Again I mean technically. It didn't make any technically improvement mostly over GTA 4. I honestly dislike GTA 5's story, missions and characters. It didn't even feel like a Rockstar game let alone a GTA game.

GTA 5 made even basic gameplay boring to me. You just walk very close to a person and they call cops on you. It's ha ha funny but so boring enough to delete that game which I actually did. And then because of it my homies wrestled with me. After many hours of good old American wrestling fight just to make them stop crying I gave another chance to GTA 5. Then I deleted it again because the game switched to one of the playable character randomly and it turned out he was in middle of nowhere I had to walk a lot so I deleted it again. Then I deleted because I was really bored with this heist BS. I don't particularly care about robbing banks. I prefer to steal on the spot like pickpocketing or putting live grenade into the pocket of people in Fallout games and steal their digital lives in funny way. GTA 5 was really boring yo.

Oh there is also GTA Online. It was kinda fun to play with homies but we all were bored after a month.

Still to this day from time to time I play GTA SA on my PS2 that's like 20 years old and enjoy random sandbox fun. For example the last time I played the game I roleplayed a serial killer who only killed specific type of people in several cities. In my mind several cities in one game offers me the best roleplay and thus sandbox scenarios instead of being stuck in the same city.

Now comparing newer GTA games, Saints Row 4 feels like the true GTA 4 we all deserved but never got. But in the end this is a situation of "whatever floats your boat". You may enjoy GTA 4 and GTA 5. That's okay. And then I enjoy playing Saints Row 4 as a real GTA game I deserved instead of GTA 4 or GTA 5.

Because of this I have zero positive expectation for GTA 6. GTA 6's existence cannot make any change in my life other than I know some of my homies will disappear into their men's cave for a long time. GTA 6's release date cannot change anything about which video game I play or want to buy unlike what so called experts keep saying "dude don't release your game even in the same year GTA 6 will release, don't even get marry or make baby that year!!!!". From the start the game taking place in a city that I was bored in the previous game is not appealing to me. GTA games were good when they introduced new cities in every game and GTA San Andreas did something so amazing. They offered you 3 big cities, lots of villages and even a desert. This is very important to me despite each one of them is so small. Diversity is good for me. The same things over and over again are not.

 

[Skeleben]

I like driving fast cars, I like making things go boom.

I like GTA :)

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Ah thank you so much for the opportunity!

Got GTA5 for free on Epic and it was great fun in VR with the realVR mod, but Rockstar is too stupid and greedy to allow the mod to exist. So you need to downgrade the version to make the mod work nowadays.

All in all, it is overrated, and the big studio isn't worth spending a cent on anymore. I cant wait for the over-hyped sequel to ultimately disappoint and Rockstar going the Bethesda route, maybe ending up being some Microsoft trophy wife down the road, to deliver gamepass slop from sweatshop studios while still pretending to make games.

The lesson is : dont fuck around with modders when they're the lifeblood of your otherwise very mid old sandbox game.

 

[Denmdm]

To all of you who shit on GTA 5, I agree with all of ya!

 

[Yousef]

It’s my favorite franchise.

 

[ThePeon]

I can confrim GTA made me relaise im beyond stupid im so dumb it´s a wonder im alive.

35 years of gaming played over 600 games beaten nearly 400 games. And I can´t still understand how GTA series is the most beloved of all time the first 3 games where basic fun at best. The rest of the game just same shit over and over with better graphics new playable charter and slightly different story. It´s like Pokemon and COD. You played one you played them all.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

I think , GTA 5 is only overrated and maybe San Andreas too ( but i still like it ) .

Vice City /stories was awesome , GTA 3 revolutionized gaming and GTA 4 was very immersive with its more realistic physics and its slavic mafia-story .

 

[Clippy]

We got a thread about GTA being overrated before GTA 6.

 

[Denmdm]

I think , GTA 5 is only overrated and maybe San Andreas too ( but i still like it ) .

Vice City /stories was awesome , GTA 3 revolutionized gaming and GTA 4 was very immersive with its more realistic physics and its slavic mafia-story .

I don't think SA is overrated, it's arguably the biggest thing to ever come out on the PS2, and it was such a huge step-up from the previous two games that it's simply unforgettable.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Every GTA that doesn’t have Joyride in it SUCKS /j

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

I don't think SA is overrated, it's arguably the biggest thing to ever come out on the PS2, and it was such a huge step-up from the previous two games that it's simply unforgettable.

Touche . It was definitly a much better game objectively with more possibilities and amd activities you could do . Especially with its really impressive stat-system that makes it almost and RPG somehow .

But im not into the style of 90s Street-Gangster genre akin to Tupac and such movies . Still , it was an awesome game and i even had sooo much fun with it because of its cool improvements ... okay it wasnt overrated.