Will You Be Purchasing GTA VI?

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curl-6 said:

One of the things that always turned me off a lot about GTA was that it feels very culturally specific to America in a way that I just don't find relatable as someone who doesn't live in the US.

The focus on gangster culture and generally unlikeable characters doing nasty things also makes me feels kinda icky.

That's a problem I didn't have with other GTA games but had a major role in why I didn't like V.

In San Andreas and GTV IV, you're someone that escaped the bad life but is dragged back into it by family or by the circumstances, and neither CJ nor Niko enjoy it, especially the second one. I can get that "you do what you have to do" position and play along.

In Vice City you're a mafia guy that has just been released from jail after keeping your word and not being a snitch. You're reward is a new position in Miami Vice City but what you find is that you've been betrayed by those you didn't rat about. It's a classic revenge plot where I can also get along.

But with V it's different. There's a psychopath that just likes hurting people, a rich "retired" bank robber that starts all this mostly because he's bored, and a gang guy that at first gets involved by accident but then just sticks around. I didn't found any way to connect with the characters or their motives.