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jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I get it’s a massive franchise, like Madden or Call of Duty… don’t buy those either.

whew, I’m trying to understand your comment, but this is kinda coming off pretty…holier-than-thou? Which, I do get that because I can find myself like that with movies/tv, but still…we gotta let people like what they like.

In this case though, I honestly think this is a pretty terrible comparison. Madden and CoD don’t have massive single player appeal that GTA or RDR have. They are total schlock in that regard (though, I hear CoD’s recent campaigns are actually good).

GTA and RDR on the other hand very skillfully mix elements of RPG, immersive sim, and adventure game. They’re huge sandboxes for the player to explore and discover new things, within which are nestled very well written stories that critique modern life and touch upon themes that, yes, you could find them in various indie games if you look a bit, but are somewhat unique in the blockbuster gamescape. It’s difficult to find other single player games with the scope of Rockstar games, though I think it is getting easier.

But comparing GTA to Madden or CoD is kinda whack unless you’re looking at GTA Online in isolation.

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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
All three are games that appeal to the Doritos and Mountain Dew set.

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- jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Wow, I gave you a lot of benefit of the doubt in my comments, but you’re really out here to just denigrate other people’s tastes, aren’t you? How refined, how cultured your game library must be. How sweet your shit must smell. How does it feel up there, where you’ll never touch a game frequented by us Dorito-eaters and us Mountain-Dew-drinkers? Feels good, huh? Feels better.
  
  What a fucking joke.
  
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  - jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Some people are capable of distinguishing good from bad. Others are 12.
    
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    jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Spoken like a true 12 year old. Lmao
    
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Still, there’s very little overlap in GTA Online and Madden/COD. GTA Online is still very much sandbox-y, caters somewhat well to playing alone, and has a team gameplay loop. People tend to play this periodically but probably don’t have it be their main/only game.

Madden and COD are both highly competitive games with pretty much no sandbox, and their appeal is pretty limited after a couple years when the next one comes out. People tend to stick to these franchises as their main game, playing very little else.

The main similarity is that they’re AAA games, but that’s really it.

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- jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think GTA online could be compared to Madden and CoD in that they all have aggressive(-ly lame) monetization tactics. But the way jordanlund frames it (sorry jordan, I don’t mean to rag on you – like I said, I can also be like this) sounds more to me like a “i only listen to artists with less than 1000 monthly listeners” type of statement
  
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  - jimjam5@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Jordanlund’s comment could be read/interpreted that way sure, but personally I read it more as “yes gta is a big/popular/genre-defining game, but not my cup of tea” kind of vibe.
    
    I have played and enjoyed previous gta titles, but I myself am partial to slower more thoughtful games like Baldur’s Gate (I suspect same could be said for jordanlund as well).
    
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    jwiggler@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    For sure for sure. I definitely read it that way, in part, because I have to consciously remind myself that my taste is my own and I should try not to dismiss people who like their art to be more…palatable, i guess? Because I have the capacity to be that guy, unfortunately. So I try to watch a blockbuster every once in a while, so to speak.
    
    I think it was probably the comparison between GTA and Madden and CoD that threw me, because they have almost no similarities besides being AAA.
    
    Their comment kinda reminded me of how the Kingdom Come: Deliverance fandom can be. I mean, I fucking love KCD and KCD2, they’re two of the best games I’ve ever played. They can slow AF though, and frustrating at times. But whenever someone mentions that, or that they didn’t like it, someone else invariably comes along and completely dismisses their opinion, like “You just don’t understand it,” or “Maybe you just don’t have the attention span to really immerse yourself.” It’s like dude, you don’t need to make someone feel bad for not liking a game.
    
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