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Grand Theft Auto V - review thread [Embargo 3pm BST/7am PST]
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Xander, it seems you've played it (I think?). What did you think of it overall?
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Really? How annoying.
I am so fucking done.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
I understand your case but no one points that out and gets thoroughly disrespected because of their opinion and that's my issue. If a woman brings up a case about how women are portrayed in video games, they are ALWAYS bashed for it and it get pointed out in disgusting ways.
I remember when Bioshock Infinite had some controversy about the male lead and though it was a topic of discussion, no male journalist or reviewer was disgraced because of his opinion. I completely agree that the stereotypes in games, especially GTA, are just as unfunny as they are in real life but no one has a problem with that. No one is making that case in any review because it's about 'Men'. The black stereotype isn't even a topic of debate and that's a huge issue.
But women.. Always women in games, if they are to be discussed, it turns out to be a full on bash because she doesn't know what she's talking about or either she shouldn't have an opinion and she shouldn't point out things because it somehow isn't relevant to the entire purpose of the game. No, the game being misogynistic should not not be pointed out and should not be addressed. It's apart of the game and if you don't understand it then Gtfo. That attitude is ridiculous.
WhiskeyKnight
Member
Sessler, you're taking your job too seriously.
I can't decide if this is the best thing I've seen all day, or the worst.
It's certainly something, that's for sure.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Wow - I would love to piledrive the weiner that organized this. Utterly pathetic.
SolidChamp
Banned
This bullshit is fucking disgusting.
Unreal. Makes me feel ashamed to be part of the gaming community.
Unreal. Makes me feel ashamed to be part of the gaming community.
TouchMyBox
Member
Escapist reviewer should be playing something more like this:
Really?
I suppose it's better than making a petition to get the reviewer fired.
Man I had ZERO hype for this because I honestly haven't liked a GTA past my first 5-10 hours with it yet. In fact RDR is my only rockstar game I've beat(twice in fact).
With that said I'm pretty much sold but I really want to wait for either the PC or ps4 version. I just hope it doesn't take too long.
With that said I'm pretty much sold but I really want to wait for either the PC or ps4 version. I just hope it doesn't take too long.
NeoGeoOwner
Banned
WhiskeyKnight
Member
He thinks he's the Lester Bangs of games journalism.
Spieler Eins
Member
Escapist reviewer should be playing something more like this:
It's funny how this site and that dumb ,,comedic'' reviewer (whose shtick is to talk fast) are always brought up as if their pseudo intellectual narratives are better than the rest BUT DONT YOU FUCKING DARE SCORING MY ANTICIPATED GAME LOW
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
So people still get upset about game reviews. How strange.
SpookyFries
Member
Came here for the reviews, left for the shit throwing sexist arguments
XANDER CAGE
Member
Yes. I think it's an excellent game. I agree that the writing isn't always as clever as it thinks it is in regards to sexism and politics. Some of the satire is kind of hit or miss. I hmm'd and ha'd through some cutscenes.
Some of it is dynamite funny though. Like I said, I found it hit or miss. Doesn't stop the game itself from being great either.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Gotta love him. He's not for everyone but he's extremely enthusiastic about things that he enjoys and, although prone to hyperbole, you can't argue that he isn't articulate.
Turin Turambar
Member
I think it's a bit of missing the forest for the trees.
In a game of psychopaths, sociopaths, killers, violent criminals, drug lords, mafiosos, etc the part that bothers someone is the not ideal treatment of women?
That's like judging Adolf Hitler, and focus weirdly in some petty flaw of his personality instead of the whole exterminating jews thing.
Even if we give it as a valid complaint, a bit of mysoginist behavior is "expected" in the setting of gang members, crime veterans, sociopaths and the like, for realism sake.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Is there any reason to still take gaming journalism from some of these sites seriously? I'll answer that for you....NO.
DJSharpeCheddar
Banned
Man the payola train must be pretty powerful if a transgendered woman (understandably) sensitive to misogyny still has to give it a 9.
Disappointed she didn't give it lower. GTA games deserve to be called out for their regressive bullshit, misogynistic and otherwise. The Housers come off as more disturbed and unbalanced with each new game, seriously.
Disappointed she didn't give it lower. GTA games deserve to be called out for their regressive bullshit, misogynistic and otherwise. The Housers come off as more disturbed and unbalanced with each new game, seriously.
So, you're going to dismiss a very valid stance on the excessive sex and violence in a video game? That's a rather immature stance to take. Maybe you should be watching Barney & Friends. It's a show that teaches positive values and reinforces social connections.Escapist reviewer should be playing something more like this:
Unbelievable.
Gamespot youtube review, top comment.
lol A7X in the name, perfect
No words.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
However I understand GTA is all about being funny and what not so I don't point out the things that do offend me. However I'm not going to get mad if someone else does. These are all opinion anyways.
That petition is a joke. My point exactly.
That petition is a joke. My point exactly.
Deified Data
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You'd be hard-pressed to attribute to misogyny what can more easily be explained by poorly-conceived satire at worst. It's Rockstar's bread and butter. But I get it, we need some controversy to discuss in a review thread for a near-flawless game.
Mt Heart Attack
Member
That's fair criticism, but it's not my point, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're offended by the way humain beings are portrayed, not men in particular, while some critics and users seem to be only put off by the way women are portrayed in the game world, ignoring that men, places (Statue of Happiness in IV, for instance) and the society as a whole are depicted in a similarly (perhaps grossly) sterotypical, satirical way.
Is it more tolerable than GTAIV? Some of the social commentary/satire in that one made me want to stab myself in the head.
Though it did some of the funny well.
Hellsing321
Member
Sessler wat r u doin?
Sessler stahp!
Honestly, the place I live in, the demand currently for GTA in the market place is stupidly high, so my opinion on the game will have to wait till it drops down to Earth. In the mean time, I've always found GTA games to be formulaic in their mission structure, and a bit too satirical to be taken seriously as a narrative.
Grand Theft Auto IV was the culmination of everything wrong and right about GTA. I hope GTA V doesn't fall into the same pitfalls. I am taking whatever reviewers are saying about this game with the smallest pinch of salt one can get.
Grand Theft Auto IV was the culmination of everything wrong and right about GTA. I hope GTA V doesn't fall into the same pitfalls. I am taking whatever reviewers are saying about this game with the smallest pinch of salt one can get.
XANDER CAGE
Member
And the satire is poorly conceived because it comes off as misogynistic. Ding!
whenever reviewers lay on hard the hyperbolic cross media comparisons, in this case with dickens, it always feels like it comes from a place of insecurity. like you have to shout about how each major game with a story is a transcendant, socially concious piece of contemporary art to justify devoting your profession or at least a significant amount of your time to videogames.
PsychoSoldier
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Stuff like Sessler's review makes me actually pause even more than other things because it feels like a repeat of what happened around GTAIV.
It's like the more bombastic and aggrandizing the review the more it feels like it's cover for flaws that the reviewer either refuses or fails to see.
It's like the more bombastic and aggrandizing the review the more it feels like it's cover for flaws that the reviewer either refuses or fails to see.
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