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Spring-Loaded · Nov 17, 2014

There were a lot of posts in the "GTAV enhanced" stream thread that mentioned being more disturbed by performing this action in the first-person perspective compared to doing in in third-person.

Does this make a different for you? Do you enjoy the violence more?

giancarlo123x · Nov 17, 2014

No. It's a game.

maneil99 · Nov 17, 2014

The news is going to love this game, again

The Artisan · Nov 17, 2014

why will it be any different than the others, in terms of graphics

InsaneTiger · Nov 17, 2014

Not any worse than most games, more tame than most games.

Byronic Hero · Nov 17, 2014

No more than any other FPS.

RoKKeR · Nov 17, 2014

Yeah... that is pretty graphic.

Personally I think the 1st person mode looks janky and weird so I won't be using it much anyways.

I'm sure Fox News will have a field day with this.

Hip Hop · Nov 17, 2014

I mean, it does make it a little more different for me. A bit more personal. But that's it. Not too different.

Doolz · Nov 17, 2014

Nope. I stated why in the other thread:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=138758509&postcount=813

Valnen · Nov 17, 2014

Doesn't bother me any more than doing the same exact thing in third person.

The Llama · Nov 17, 2014

Eh, it definitely affects me more than the third person view does, but not enough to really bother me.

family_guy · Nov 17, 2014

I suppose FPS don't exist anymore.

SocksAndShoes · Nov 17, 2014

It's the same as any other FPS.

Toparaman · Nov 17, 2014

I found the violence in GTA V more disturbing than in previous games even in 3rd person.

The graphics are kind of at that point where it's no longer cartoonish and blackly comical.

Dennis · Nov 17, 2014

Hip Hop said:
I mean, it does make it a little more different for me. A bit more personal. But that's it. Not too different.

That is pretty messed up.

Serial killer sim here we come.

deeptech · Nov 17, 2014

I kinda love violence

in games

, so not really.

Clintizzle · Nov 17, 2014

First Person Mode is a gimmick.

Amagon · Nov 17, 2014

Hip Hop said:
I mean, it does make it a little more different for me. A bit more personal. But that's it. Not too different.

I have the sudden urge to stab somebody now. Thanks Rockstar!

7DollarHagane · Nov 17, 2014

I don't tend to do this stuff anyway.

I did have fun shooting tires out near the freeway. And rocket launching at cars. But always explosions and physics fun not just torturing people.

LurkerPrime · Nov 17, 2014

No.

If it affects you, I'm curious to hear whether you can play any other first-person shooter. 'Cuz, near as I can tell, the gore & violence level seems similar to most FPSes.

Edit: I forgot to mention, if this bothers you avoid Sleeping Dogs at all costs. It's third-person, but... man.

Infernal Monkey · Nov 17, 2014

I'm still trying to get over the intense, realistic violence in DOOM and Mortal Kombat from 1993.

Valnen · Nov 17, 2014

Clintizzle said:
First Person Mode is a gimmick.

Lol what? It honestly looks like it makes the game into a better first person game than Far Cry to me. If anything they should have offered this from the beginning, it looks amazing for immersion.

Zaptruder · Nov 17, 2014

Wait till we get this into VR!

robotrock · Nov 17, 2014

"No Russian" was over 5 years ago. Feel old yet?

gundamkyoukai · Nov 17, 2014

nope , in fact i think it makes the violence look even funnier.

shuri · Nov 17, 2014

Hip Hop said:
I mean, it does make it a little more different for me. A bit more personal. But that's it. Not too different.

Why is the player only stabbing women?

Speevy · Nov 17, 2014

You've been doing this in GTA for almost 15 years now. If you're just now bothered by it because of a perspective change, get a grip.

Haunted · Nov 17, 2014

Hip Hop said:
I mean, it does make it a little more different for me. A bit more personal. But that's it. Not too different.

I was going to say no since it's simply a change in perspective, it shouldn't change anything.

But seeing this .gif - that's pretty fucked up, yo.

newsguy · Nov 17, 2014

Finally the Menace to Society simulator I've been waiting for for 20 years.

SolidSnakex · Nov 17, 2014

Clintizzle said:
First Person Mode is a gimmick.

The FP mode seems more fully realized that the majority of FP games as you actually have a full body and aren't just a floating set of arms.

dreamfall · Nov 17, 2014

Can't wait!

Jack Thompson media reception incoming!

Leafhopper · Nov 17, 2014

shuri said:
Why is the player only stabbing women?

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Objectively Bad Opinion · Nov 17, 2014

I personally don't have it in me to go on rampages in GTA games. I never do.

Usually I just lose control of my car and that's the only way civilians die.

Amagon · Nov 17, 2014

newsguy said:
Finally the Menace to Society simulator I've been waiting for for 20 years.

Because Postal never happened.

Jashobeam · Nov 17, 2014

I don't have a problem with it but it freaks me out that little kids will be playing it.

Haunted · Nov 17, 2014

Speevy said:
You've been doing this in GTA for almost 15 years now. If you're just now bothered by it because of a perspective change, get a grip.

On the other hand, it's not surprising to see that greatly increased visual fidelity and the removal of a layer of abstraction have had an effect on some people's perception of this.

theWB27 · Nov 17, 2014

Not at all.

Aarglefarg · Nov 17, 2014

That's not much in terms of graphic violence. The context of it being an innocent person showing emotion is what gives this impact. It being first-person could also matter, but not as much for this particular gif.

Vice City headshots were more impactful than this.

vesvci · Nov 17, 2014

This already goes on with BF4 and the mega-hit Call of Duty. Simulated blood is simulated blood.

Politicians just likely make a big deal because they didn't get a cut of the cash cow, it's never about society. Or they're likely being sponsored by a competing company.

Currygan · Nov 17, 2014

that is goddamn hilarious. comon man, we seen much more ridiculously violent shit in this medium

TimeEffect · Nov 17, 2014

I was shocked at how big of a difference it made. Everything feels more personal. The car crashes/swerving traffic were particularly nauseating, in a good way.

And yes, that gif feels more disturbing, but it's a game, and FPS definitely looks like a cool addition, provided the controls work fine.

I hope GTA continues this, like FO/Elder Scrolls.

Kilau · Nov 17, 2014

I don't play GTA like that so it won't bother me.

If it controls well i'll probably play most of the game in first person and it will feel like any other game where I shoot the "bad" guys.

Diablos · Nov 17, 2014

Jashobeam said:
I don't have a problem with it but it freaks me out that little kids will be playing it.

Yeah, this. Kids should not be playing this game.

There's also a profound difference between something like DOOM which is not realistic whatsoever and GTAV which you can turn into a murder sim.
The blowhards in the Government who freaked out about games in the 90s spent too much time and energy fighting harmless stuff.
I can really understand however why you'd want your kids to stay away from a game like GTAV.

Leafhopper · Nov 17, 2014

Diablos said:
Yeah, this. Kids should not be playing this game.

Or any GTA game really.

wanderingprostheyltite · Nov 17, 2014

That stabby gif is kind of disturbing imo, getting flashbacks to I Saw The Devil right there. After having played Postal 2 (first person) like ten years ago though I'm not sure how disturbed I can be by a game anymore. Setting people on fire and then putting them out with your urine. Yeah...

Afrodium · Nov 17, 2014

LurkerPrime said:
No.

If it affects you, I'm curious to hear whether you can play any other first-person shooter. 'Cuz, near as I can tell, the gore & violence level seems similar to most FPSes.

Edit: I forgot to mention, if this bothers you avoid Sleeping Dogs at all costs. It's third-person, but... man.

It's a tonal difference. Someone might feel fine virtually shooting aliens or an enemy army in first person, but feel uncomfortable shooting innocent people in a setting that matches their reality. Virtually shooting an enemy soldier who's also shooting you should trigger a different emotional response than virtually shooting an innocent man who's holding up his hands and begging for his life.

That said, I'm probably gonna go on first-person rampages in this game, but I absolutely get why people would be disturbed by this and have no problem playing CoD.

Acorn · Nov 17, 2014

Considering the most gore filled games of all time are more often than not in first person, no.

Diablos · Nov 17, 2014

Speevy said:
You've been doing this in GTA for almost 15 years now. If you're just now bothered by it because of a perspective change, get a grip.

It isn't that really. The level of realism in GTAV compared to previous titles is profound. First person in and of itself doesn't mean much, but combined with the realism of the game world makes for a pretty compelling argument as to why young kids should not go anywhere near this game.

KarmaCow · Nov 17, 2014

Aarglefarg said:
That's not much in terms of graphic violence. The context of it being an innocent person showing emotion is what gives this impact. It being first-person could also matter, but not as much for this particular gif.

Yea I gotta agree, the perspective just makes it easier to not focus on anything else.

Liabe Brave · Nov 17, 2014

shuri said:
Why is the player only stabbing women?

They happen to be closest. Just before this, he was killing guys with a crowbar.

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