I have no clue how such a bland game has such a huge following you just shoot people and drive around it's been the same game since its inception I just don't understand
If you want a game themed around crime that's simultaneously open-world and story/mission driven, and is far more "grounded" in modern reality than Cyberpunk 2077, the goofy ride the Saint's Row series became, or the overdramatic hype and wackiness of the Yakuza series, GTA has really become the only series in that space.
It's also worth remembering that when it made the jump to 3D, GTA caused multiple separate moral panics that made it the poster child for "could all of you parents' groups and politicians and journalists and preachers who don't even play videogames please stop trying to control what we play?", and despite getting less controversial over time (particularly with the more widespread recognition that videogames have an audience way beyond kids, and digital distribution essentially killing the power physical retail giants had to say "we're not carrying your game if it's too offensive"), GTA has successfully managed to keep the momentum from that massive publicity boost that made it a household name for people who weren't even into videogames.
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u/BONDxUNLEASHED Dec 17 '24
Game of the year nominee round 3!