Just fucking absurd that they can muster up so much vitriol to bitch when it comes to their games being impacted in no meaningful way whatsoever but they cant lift a finger to give a shit about anything that fucking matters. "It ruined the developers artistic vision"...game is fucking gta...

  • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "The game is supposed to be offensive! As an LBGT person, I think this is going too far."

    There. That's every comment in that cursed fucking thread.

      • frick [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        im sorry to in form u but all lgbt people are the same and have the same experiences sorry sweaty just facts not feelings

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      "LGBT person" in this case meaning "cis white gay man who works at Raytheon, has a pride flag with the thin blue line on it on his Tesla and 'no Asians, not fats, no fems' in his dating profile.

      • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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        2 years ago

        Also always took the opportunity to let his bigoted friends made fun of him, and constantly criticize other gay people to prove that he's on of the good ones.

    • ScotPilgrimVsTheLibs [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      "This game is supposed to be offensive!"

      They say as claiming that correcting yourself on trans people is too offensive.

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Game corporation does something extremely minor to their product to generate tons of free press as everybody argues over it.

    I don't for one second believe that anyone at Rockstar suddenly felt bad about playing into trans stereotypes or like they had to bow to pressure to change content in the rerelease of an old game. This is a marketing gimmick, pure and simple.

    Anyway GTAV objectively still looks great, what the fuck is the point of remastering it besides forcing all of the GTA Online whales to buy the game agai- I just answered my own question.

    • Juiceyb [any]
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      2 years ago

      cAPitaLiSm BrEedS InNoVaTIon just keep buying. :capitalist-woke:

  • HodgePodge [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    They really are a vociferous bunch aren’t they? I’m all for trans rights but I suspend all feelings when I play Grandtheft auto. As should most.

    I want to shoot this dude in the head until all that’s left is a bunch of blood and pulp.

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      "head empty consume slop! Must not engage with media critically!"

    • DJMSilver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      "Turn off your brain bro, just consume." These are the type of people GTA makes fun of.

      • ScotPilgrimVsTheLibs [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Ironically, these are the people that should be considered the easily offended ones. I remember back in the late 2000s when these type would be written off as "soccer moms" or "religious nutjobs trying to take away our games". Hell, the GOP routinely points to video games as a reason shootings happen, not nazi propaganda.

        Good media should provoke. It should make people think and challenge preconceptions or prejudices. They claim they want games to be edgier again but they just want the flavorless "wholesome American family values" pushed by Henry Ford of the 1950s back, just with more open condoning of Hitler.

        G*mers hate free speech. You're not even allowed to question yourself of any prejudices in their world.

    • FirstToServe [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      "Black characters can use the N word in a relatively innocuous way. So why can't there be open transphobia played as morally neutral?"

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        For real. They're all juvenile and shallow, but 5 was painfully, achingly, mind-numbingly unfunny and boring. It also felt about ten years out of date even when it came out, never mind now.

  • ScotPilgrimVsTheLibs [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    They're whining about Rockstar? Dude, they wouldn't last an hour playing through Bully: Scholarship Edition:

    • By far the worst clique are the "preps", which are inbred rich sociopaths.

    • It spoofs how no one really cares if a big guy is giving a little guy trouble, but if the little guy fights back everyone is shocked. Literally criticizes "anti-woke" people before the word "SJW" was even uttered.

    • This quote from Jimmy Hopkins: "This school rewards losers and bullies, I just stand up to them."

    • I don't want to spoil too much of the game, but I WILL say this. Gary Smith is pretty much your typical :le-pol-face: fash. Right down to the shallow motivation and everything.