Just got GTA V for the PC.

[Peter1469]

Now I know what GTA means....

[Common]

Now I know what GTA means....

Say thank you common lol

[PolWatch]

thank you Common....the only video game I've ever played was Pac-Man so I don't even speak the language!

[Common]

Ive been playing pc games since the first one Pong. My commander called me in many years ago and said whats up with you. Suddenly youve been late and youve called off more than ever. I said Im going to fix that Capt.

I was addicted to the original Wolfenstein then Doom I mean Crazy addicted lol. I had to break it or get fired or have my wife leave me or both

[CreepyOldDude]

I have rented (and completed) Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4. It's not one of my favorite games, personally, but to each their own.

So far, it seems fun. Although I'm not personally enamored of Trevor. I've never really enjoyed playing someone deranged. Evil, yes, deranged, no.

[Safety]

So far, it seems fun. Although I'm not personally enamored of Trevor. I've never really enjoyed playing someone deranged. Evil, yes, deranged, no.

Trevor is f'kin awesome!

[The Xl]

I have rented (and completed) Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4. It's not one of my favorite games, personally, but to each their own.

Sexist.

















I kid

[Bob]

thank you Common....the only video game I've ever played was Pac-Man so I don't even speak the language!

I played Pac Man until i would run out of quarters. Got very good though had to play it at the nearest hamburger place.

[IMPress Polly]

CreepyOldDude wrote:
So far, it seems fun. Although I'm not personally enamored of Trevor. I've never really enjoyed playing someone deranged. Evil, yes, deranged, no.

I suppose my politically left wing orientation and outlook should, in theory, render me more amenable to a franchise like Grand Theft Auto that so obviously portrays itself that way, and especially in the case of this most recent installment, with its routine satirical jabs at businessmen and politicians corrupted by greed and power, at the corruption of government spy agencies and the (ostensible) ineffectiveness of waterboarding, at the Republican Party's principal voter demographic (the character Trevor), and with its radio commentaries on social alienation under capitalism accompanied by an overriding theme of cooperation and friendship. I suppose I should be able to appreciate this franchise, and this game in particular, more than I do.

What annoys me about Grand Theft Auto is the same thing that annoys me about Call of Duty: it rather trivializes a range of quite serious subjects. Call of Duty eliminates all the weight of war with its lighthearted approach to brutality and bloodshed and Grand Theft Auto, including this fifth installment, analogously trivializes a whole range of serious social issues by refusing to ever take them seriously. Take the waterboarding sequence for example. Obviously it's supposed to be a joke. The problem for me is we're laughing at the victim, which kinda eliminates the weight of the subsequent petty criticism the people at Rockstar threw in, which complains that torture is wrong not because it's immoral, but because (yeah right) it's ineffective. That kind of logic is indeed a pervasive theme since the franchise does not allow for authentic moral concerns, as I guess they're unmanly or something. Another great illustration of this is the whole character roster the game affords you. Obviously they were going for a kind of id, ego, and superego set-up with the trio. The problem for me is that they're all so damn one-sidedly self-absorbed and greed-driven that all three just come off as id to me. Or take the minigame where your goal is to fondle an erotic dancer as much as possible while the bouncer isn't looking. If you succeed, rather than giving you a well-deserved kick in the teeth, she'll instead give you free sex at your place as a reward. Yeah I get that it's supposed to be a joke, but it's kind of a personal and offensive one for me because, once more, we can tell at whose expense the joke is: not the exploiter, but the victim. That happened to me all the time and I definitely felt differently about it than the exaggerated brainless bimbos that dominate this franchise seem to. The franchise is just like that, IMO. It's simply too callous for me to generally find amusing, which is problematic considering that humor is like half the franchise's appeal. Maybe I'm just too sensitive, I dunno.

The XI wrote:
Sexist.

I kid

Fake gamer!

[CreepyOldDude]

Trevor is f'kin awesome!

I have to agree, he's grown on me. It's rather fun playing as someone who's delightfully deranged. Once he got into Los Santos, and started meeting people, he started getting some really funny lines.