• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    I think it just got more generic as the series/time through the game went on. I am not a “heist” or “generic crime” guy, unless it’s presented as a farce, and it just started to be by the numbers and serious by that point.

    Like, if we look at GTA SA, the first third is a 90s gangsta thing. OK. The second two thirds are more in line with GTA’s colourful characters and irreverent style.

    4 was brown and stuff, but it was different to the series. Niko was genuine, dark and caught in a shitty , weird situation. I tried with the DLC packs, but they didn’t stick, probably because I tried to do them in order, and Lost and Damned was again, too heavy.

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      And even for a heist game, it had relatively few heists. But yeah, it really could use more satire or at least likeable characters, the story and characters as presented weren’t very engaging IMO.

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        They dropped the ball with the characters completely, I have no idea why they just didn’t do “Tommy Vercetti, Claude, CJ”. Same thing with 6, why not just put Catalina in there?

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          Tommy Vercetti, Claude

          These two are in very different physical areas and would be very old by GTA Vs timeline. If CJ were there, it would devolve into a repeat of SA, no? He’d want to revitalize Grove Street, not rob banks.

          I think their characters were fine, they just needed some work:

          • Michael - super bland, so maybe just need more satire about suburban fantasies or something; perhaps could’ve been replaced with a retired Claude or Tommy, idk, I just thought he was bland.
          • Franklin - early on, he said he wanted to run a car dealership, why did that dream die? I would’ve loved more car theft missions, and maybe a mini management sim (hire sales people, sell modded cars, etc)
          • Trevor - more conflict with local drug groups, maybe a turf war like SA? Or maybe drug running minigames? Surely he has more ambition than making cash with Michael

          Some of the issues I have were resolved by the online component, but I am not interested in an MMO, I want single player GTA.