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Not going to lie, this feels like a fake outrage campaign to drum up for marketing.
And since this article is here and I'm commenting on it, I guess its kind of working.
Feels?
I'm certain it is.
No spouse would go over the marketing of a game and get stuck on "in-depth relationship mechanics" enough to bar their partner from playing it.
The game isn't even out yet. How the fuck would they even know?
If it was some porn game sure, but it is GTA. Even parents didn't care there were strip clubs in it.
What about the profoundly mentally ill, who are projecting their own guilt from playing the Sims
Are they in the room with us?
IDK man I've met some cripplingly insecure people out there
Was about to make a similar comment. But i dont even see Rockstar behind it necessarily ( i have to google this word everytime, fml). Media outlets themselves have enough reason to drum up a bit of bullshit for the clicks. Sweet gamer outrage for some ad revenue.
I'm impartial towards GTA6 itself. Rockstar and Take2 suck. Fuck em. But GTA6 as a product is still kinda cool i guess(Price, DLCs, Netflix Trailer aside). But i know i'm going to be so sick of it when it releases. There will so much media coverage because its GTA. Like the queen died levels of media flooding.
I'm really curious though if we get a pre-release PC leak. lmao
I just find it hilarious... No-one said shit about the (admittedly rather lame) relationship mechanic in Cyberpunk2077, not sure why this is such a huge fucking deal...
Maybe it's not limited to the same 3 sex-acts every time? ;-) (Which makes it more like marriage than a relationship. ;-) )
I think it’s because it’s tied to GTA.
I swear someone should study the delusions people put themselves under when a new GTA game comes out.
The media loves these games because they can generate content about the “controversies.” Organizations and stupid politicians love to point to it as a problem.
And, possibly an unpopular opinion, a lot of people tend to convince themselves the games are better than they are in reality.
Maybe your marriage not mine though.
We do some seriously weird shit every night.
And that's as it should be. ;-)