GTA V [DEAD] :(

[MagicManICT]

well, i play open-source games or indie games, because i dont like much the industry (linux 4evurr)

The indie scene, on average, isn't any better than the AAA market. You just don't drop $60 a game to find out it's mediocre or crap. You also don't get stunning 3D graphics, but good graphics don't make a good game.

I liked the first two GTAs. It was the top down scroller with high action that was interesting to me. It feels more like Oblivion and such to me now. Fun, but not worth the price they're asking.

[AnnaC]

well, i play open-source games or indie games, because i dont like much the industry (linux 4evurr)

The indie scene, on average, isn't any better than the AAA market. You just don't drop $60 a game to find out it's mediocre or crap.

Yeah, but you usually don't have to deal with metric tons of third party "security" layers since the big industry plays the victim card and treats its entire customer base like potential criminals instead of accepting minor loss (or realizing the loss is more that their products are increasingly crap). Not that the "indie scene" isn't full of bs ripoffs too ("yay I get to pay full price to be an alpha tester!").

I liked the early 3D GTA games. There is a reason it started a large swath of "GTA Ripoffs": they had a great combination of gameplay elements that made for an entertaining game. I feel with GTA IV they lost a lot of that, as the game seemed much more focused on the narrative and storyline, and while the city was large, beautiful, and the small random pedestrians were much more fleshed out than in previous games, the city and gameworld felt empty, and there was much less you could do in it overall.

All the 3d versions of GTA look, feal, play the same. Ever sense the first 3D one came out they have basically been exactly the same. Slight modification on the graphics and a new storyline and you have yourself a new GTA. Dono why everyone gets excited about them anymore.

Actually, the games have changed quite a bit. GTA IV isn't really similar to the GTA III at all (except for the 3d third-person camera). GTA III was a much more open arcadish game, GTA IV is heavily a narrative-driven game. The Saint's Row games are more like GTA III than GTA IV is, in a way. But yeah I agree with your sentiment, why people get excited about them anymore (really for me main franchises I stopped caring about altogether as I have no faith in the big media companies anymore).

[MagicManICT]

The indie scene, on average, isn't any better than the AAA market. You just don't drop $60 a game to find out it's mediocre or crap.

Yeah, but you usually don't have to deal with metric tons of third party "security" layers since the big industry plays the victim card and treats its entire customer base like potential criminals instead of accepting minor loss (or realizing the loss is more that their products are increasingly crap). Not that the "indie scene" isn't full of bs ripoffs too ("yay I get to pay full price to be an alpha tester!").

True dat!!

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Screw dat!! If it ain't open source, I'm not going to bother with it (or at least shareware at a minimum with some real content). Love the concept of Kickstarter et al, but seriously...