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SvennoJ on 28 June 2026
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BraLoD said:
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.

Well, I don't live in Japan and I love any kind of game about its culture, specially because it's so different from the one I live on.

GTA is more of a parody tho, it is exaggerated for the sake of being funny, you may not like that as well.

I heard it's like Yakuza games are for Japan, there is lots of exaggerated humor from what I've heard and some stuff I've seem on videos.

GTA IV for example tho, has a more serious story, sadly it's one of the games with less to do in the series, even as IMO it is the most impressive game from the series, that game was unreal for 2008, but it lacks more fun into the sandbox experience and some people don't like it for that.

Hmm GTA 4 came out 2008, I ditched my cell phone in 2009. Coincidence... lol Most I remember about GTA 4 is constantly being interrupted by that infernal cell phone, with text so small you had to get up to be able to read it. Just let me drive around in peace :)

GTA 6 on PC day one, maybe also on console, depends on what's going on at that time. My kid wants it day one on PC, I don't mind exploring the map on TV as long as you can skip the shoot outs again like in GTA 5.

The parody, caricatures and satire work in GTA for me since I grew up with American movies and TV shows. Yakuza I don't know what's parody or what it is trying to make fun of, too confusing.