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[regawdless]

Have a trans main character, meaning a huge ass trained male dressed in female clothes. Then have mini games where you compete against females in sports. Having to press "x" exactly one time to always win.

Then have your main character saying "Guess those bitches have to train harder".

Enjoy watching the world burn.

 

[HAL-01]

They’ll take the piss out of everyone, though of course if you’re expecting them to make racial jokes or take jabs at the lgbt community you’ve probably spent a little too much time inside

 

[engstra]

Well as an outsider, the US feels like a hyper satirized version of itself anyways at the moment, so not sure if there's much fun in that. I think it'd be more fun to set the next game in the past or in another country. Would give more freedom.

 

[tassletine]

Houser leaving will seriously upset things, but if South Park can do it, they can. They easily have the muscle and history to support it.

 

[Perry Simm but in space]

That's why the game will take place in the 80s, to sidestep this whole issue.

 

[Dontuseducks]

They definately will. They made fun of hipsters, feminists, sjw's before. Why would one of the biggest video game company cool off on the provocation that makes them billions? Since its inception GTA was always scrutinized by groups for its violence, representation of women, making fun of gay people etc. Nothing stops this train.

And also lots of satire about GOP-voters.,

 

[God Enel]

This needs a poll honestly.

I think they absolutely should. It’s what “we need.”

will they do it? No I don’t think so.

 

[UnNamed]

Yes because GTA based its success on controversies. Also people who complain about stupid things and want to boycott the game will buy the game anyway.

 

[Philfrag]

Yes i think so. But it will be surface level like it's always been. I love GTA but its never been the great commentator on society that some people make it out to be.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

No chance. Too much money to be made and "woke" cunts buy video games too.

Only video games that pander to them.

 

[Tiamat2san]

I am sure we’ll see some blue hair SJW and some maga type people in the next game.
It’s too tempting.

 

[Hypereides]

The world has managed to become a GTA parody in itself. Its almost like reality has started to imitate fiction and embraced absurdity as some kind of social norm.

Dan Houser left Rockstar too. So, It doesn't spell well.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

According to the rumours they went with VC so we are back to 80s Miami

 

[DrAspirino]

If the rumors are true (GTA VI being placed in the 70s), they won't have to.

 

[Jokerevo]

I'm expecting mask cosmetics and a golden ferret style wig....

 

[MiguelItUp]

Considering what South Park still gets away with, it's always possible.

 

[22:22:22]

Probably they will, in a cherry picking nuanced way that is. Only if the world is set in *current* times.

The real question is if we want to spend 40+ hours in clown world, satirical or not. I for one do not.

 

[Gone]

I'll buy 3 copies if they did.

 

[makaveli60]

Key people gone and there were news about reeducation in their company, meaning spreading sjw retardness. Expect the worst.

 

[GetemMa]

I'm sure some satirical version of QAnon will feature and shitheads like the proudboys will be mocked. Some light ribbing of woke bullshit is probable.

I'm sure all involved will do what they always do which is prove they have no sense of humor and are borderline psychotic.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Doubt.

 

[Zok310]

R* ain’t getting punked, they gonna do what they want to do.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Not sure. Only one side can take a joke, while the other side would try to cancel everything and not allow threads about the game

 

[akaFullmetal]

I assume they will do whatever the want to do , they are Rockstar, they've dealt with hookers getting killed for money, Hot coffee issue and everything else head on. I don't see things changing due to that.

 

[Ps5ProFoSho]

Anyone who thinks Rockstar is gonna switch their image to pander to a few SJWs is outta their mind.

 

[EverydayBeast]

GTA is a definite pick up.

 

[Tg89]

I think they’ll satirize whatever makes sense. They don’t care.

The “right” is probably more low hanging fruit though. Anti mask/vax, QAnon, the whole 1/6 crap, muh liberties. Just a whole host of dumbasses that the vast majority can get on board with making fun of. Throw in some shots at SJWs/cancel culture and you’ve got an easy 40 hour narrative.

 

[Tg89]

I'll bet you ResetERA buys that Harry Potter game at crazy levels. They'll find a way to rationalize their purchase. They won't openly talk about their purchase. But they'll all buy the game.

Virtue signaling and actual virtue seem to be mutually exclusive. The woke aren't actually virtuous.

Yeah I think people overestimate the amount of people on ResetERA that truly care about that. You have a small and ultimately meaningless vocal minority that will truly boycott. Then you have a decent sized group that will pretend to boycott to save the image they’ve tried to create, and a majority that will easily justify it. The OT will be massive.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

How do you satirize a reality that's basically indistinguishable from satire?

 

[PPIMystaceus]

Not without the Houser bros. Even then...

 

[Twinguistics]

I'd love it if the next GTA was woke up to the eyeballs honestly. It would be fantastic and hilarious.

The venom some of you have for this sort of stuff is beyond my comprehension.

And anyway, videogame stories are trash so who cares.

 

[GymWolf]

Not sure. Only one side can take a joke, while the other side would try to cancel everything and not allow threads about the game

Nah, they allowed an OT for cyberpunk and gta is arguably a far bigger game.

Money beats principles.

 

[SupremeHoodie]

They’ll probably have a couple trump references.

 

[YCoCg]

They’ll probably have a couple trump references.

And it wouldn't be new, they already did their early take on Hilary Vs Trump in the form of Sue Murray Vs Jock Cranley.

 

[PSYGN]

They won't care and neither the people who buy their games. It's fucking GTA. If you work for the company and complain about it you only have yourself to blame for stepping on a rake.

 

[YCoCg]

 

[The_Mike]

GTA has always lampooned wokeness/liberals way more than meth smoking hillbillies. I don't see them changing that anytime soon, but time will tell.

 

[existensmaximum]

Huh, I thought all their games up until and including GTA V were full of this kind of satire, but RDR2 was kind of woke. Especially compared to RDR1, it's night and day. So I think the good old days are definitely over.

 

[kingpotato]

Sure, keep believing everything you see on Facebook. Stay asleep. Don't ask questions.

 

[BarringGaffner]

cancel culture is one of the least important topics of our current political climate. It just happens to be one of the things that republicans unite and get extremely worked up over.

 

[Old_and_Slow]

I don't expect R* to pull any punches after all these years. Roast everybody equally and do not apologize for having an awesome sense of humor. You know, like they always do in GTA games.

Anything that panders or shows fear of backlash from the writers of GTA6 will be disappointing to say the least.

 

[CartoonsNCereal]

Yeah, GTA games are larger than life. And by the time GTA VI is released (say in 2022 at the earliest) people will be truly fed up of the SJWs. It is showing right now. If they satire the left, I will buy the game on PC when its available by 2024.

You think with Trumps administration and the people who supported him, that were radical enough to storm the capitol wont also be a major focus of the satire? If not the majority of it?

Because that half hits the notes of american stereotypes/perception to a non american studio far more than the left does...dont be naive

The world sides with the "left" on more issues than the american right....

 

[CartoonsNCereal]

cancel culture is one of the least important topics of our current political climate. It just happens to be one of the things that republicans unite and get extremely worked up over.

Exactly...the "right" stormed tge damn capitol and elected someone that every other country thinks is a fool. They do
..sorry thats the reality. So if you think a non american studio is going to lean toward the right, i got some bad news for you.

You guys need to understand that the more time passes, the more left things become because of more diversity in population.

Hence why the majority of red areas are white and rural or spaced out and the more culturally diverse an area i ls the more "progressive" it is.

Do you honestly think with time those rural areas full of white people will be the norm? Lol nope. So have fun.

The people clueless about this are in for a rude awakening, and are the ones surprised that trump lost. Because they actually thought they were the majority

 

[Yoboman]

If they really want to trigger people they can just include a female character. Go with a trans character to really get the fires burning

They’ll get years worth of “NOT MAH GTA” content from snowflake Youtubers

 

[SSfox]

It won't be GTA if they won't.

 

[CitizenZ]

yea I'm sure they hated all that money and left for moral reasons / s

You telling me they have to fucking die at 1 studio or something? They have enough money to start their own big projects, not everyone leaving a studio is because of some massive "WOKE" issue, they have personal lives, they have their own projects they want to work on. Shit, I worked at Home Depot years ago, left to work in Real Estate (best decision of my fucking life) has NOTHING to do with Home Depot personally, I'd recommend anyone work for them, I don't care for the politics of the owner of the company, but that has NOTHING to do with why I left.


You'll find most really don't give a fuck about those things, folks simply exaggerate anything that goes on as if every who left was some morally just company man and woman lol I don't even think I've ever come across a person that left their job for um "moral reasons", its 99% of times for money, lack of it, wanting more of it else where, or they have enough to start a passion project etc.

Remember when the Drs left Bioware or that time when Chris Avellone left / fired from Obsidian, no impact what so ever.

 

[reksveks]

cancel culture is one of the least important topics of our current political climate. It just happens to be one of the things that republicans unite and get extremely worked up over.

They don't do policies, still waiting on a certain person's healthcare plan.

 

[vpance]

At this point it would be more interesting to do the opposite and be a super serious crime drama. The real world can't be satirized more than it already is on its own anyways.

 

[Reality Czar]

Exactly...the "right" stormed tge damn capitol and elected someone that every other country thinks is a fool. They do
..sorry thats the reality. So if you think a non american studio is going to lean toward the right, i got some bad news for you.

You guys need to understand that the more time passes, the more left things become because of more diversity in population.

Hence why the majority of red areas are white and rural or spaced out and the more culturally diverse an area i ls the more "progressive" it is.

Do you honestly think with time those rural areas full of white people will be the norm? Lol nope. So have fun.

The people clueless about this are in for a rude awakening, and are the ones surprised that trump lost. Because they actually thought they were the majority

Lol where did you get your talking points from The View?

Newsflash buddy over 55% of the black population of the US lives in the south. But don’t let facts interrupt your ignorant white rural hate session. You are talking about reality and everything you said here is false lol.

 

[Spoog]

Not sure. Only one side can take a joke, while the other side would try to cancel everything and not allow threads about the game

Come on, neither side can take a joke at this point