Topic: Has GTA become Saint's Row?

[MetalMario2]

Okay, bear in mind that I've never kept up with the GTA series. The only installment I've played to any real extent is Chinatown Wars for DS (which is hella fun, by the way). So, I'm not exactly up to date on how ludicrous the franchise may have become over the past several years. But now the Internet is full of GTA V jokes and comic strips about the main character hijacking a jetliner and crashing it into Atlantis or some such bullcrap. I haven't played the game, but the hype makes it sound as though the series is just one game away from going full Saint's Row and giving you a dildo-shaped car that fires dildo-shaped rockets that explode into smaller dildo-shaped rockets.

I liked Sleeping Dogs. There weren't any hijacked jetliners or dildo-shaped rockets in that.

[ShyGuy]

GTA IV was the only "serious" diversion. GTA back in the day was all about killing hookers. So it's nothing new.

[Mozendo]

The first two GTA games weren't serious and actually suggested the player to act violent whenever. 
Although this went away once the game went for a more cinematic feel.

[MetalMario2]

I understand that GTA as always been about indulging one's most basic, wanton emotions, but not to a cartoonish degree of absurdity. Yes, by all means, kill every hooker you come across, but I'm seeing ads about a "nuclear blimp"? My question is, has GTA gone from being a felony simulator to being an eclectic fever dream of impossible scenarios where you can play as a super-powered President of the United States trapped in the Matrix? With dildos.

[Oblivion]

Play both games and get back to us.

[MetalMario2]

Y'know those Wii U only gamers you sometimes hear about? Well, I'm one of them. If third parties weren't such miserable pricks, I'd be able to play them on my Wii U, but third parties are miserable pricks, so...

I am probably going to get a PS3 sometime soon, but it won't be until after the next price drop, which I'm sure will be coming up soon, what with Christmas and the PS4 launch and whatnot.

[ShyGuy]

It may go that way, it needs to grow as a series gameplay wise.

[BranDonk Kong]

Clearly by it's lackluster sales it must change.

[Oblivion]

It's Nintendo that's the prick for being so stupid. Don't blamd third parties. I wouldn't develop for Wii U either.

[Wah]

both games are good!

[MetalMario2]

Regardless of whether or not Nintendo is being a prick, most third parties are still pricks. I thought that was fairly common knowledge. Capcom, EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Square-Enix, they're all pricks.

[Oblivion]

They aren't pricks. They're multi-million dollar companies that don't need to worry about a system that will probably die out in the next two to three years.

[pokepal148]

They aren't pricks. They're multi-million dollar companies that don't need to worry about a system that will probably die out in the next two to three years.

um, yeah they are...

[Oblivion]

How about instead of saying "YEAH-HUH" you actually say something back of some sort of worth?

[MetalMario2]

Gawrsh, Oblivion, everyone has their own opinion, herpa derpa derp!

[Oblivion]

Gawrsh, Oblivion, everyone has their own opinion, herpa derpa derp!

I know this. You and I were debating our own points of view, and then he comes in with nothing added to the conversation besides "um, yeah".

[Phil]

GTA IV was the only "serious" diversion. GTA back in the day was all about killing hookers. So it's nothing new.

Yeah, GTA IV ended up being a total disappointment for me because of its more serious and realistic aim. Coming off my first and favorite GTA game, GTA: San Andreas, GTA IV was just a kick in the nuts.

[pokepal148]

Gawrsh, Oblivion, everyone has their own opinion, herpa derpa derp!

I know this. You and I were debating our own points of view, and then he comes in with nothing added to the conversation besides "um, yeah".

I'm just giving my own two cents, nothing wrong with that...
and honestly you really have to be a prick to win this

but really... don't mind me... i'm just gonna sit back, enjoy the popcorn, and watch the show