{"id":7519,"date":"2025-05-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7519"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:33","slug":"games-inbox-is-it-weird-to-not-like-gta-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/games-inbox-is-it-weird-to-not-like-gta-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is it weird to not like GTA games?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GTA 6 – not everyone’s a fan (Rockstar Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Tuesday letters page is surprised to learn that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been a hit, as one reader worries about the negative effects of GTA 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Minority opinion<\/strong>
With all this discussion of GTA 6<\/a> I really feel like the odd one out, because I\u2019ve never really liked any of them. I recognised GTA 3<\/a> as an important breakthrough for open world games, and I liked the soundtrack of Vice City, but I soon got bored of their repetitive missions and terrible controls and action.<\/p>\n

GTA 4 didn\u2019t seem to be much better and by the time of GTA 5<\/a> I was not only bored of the concept, but I\u2019d begun to find its smug worship of violence and cruelty to be really off-putting. Maybe that\u2019s just me being a parent now but I certainly won\u2019t want my kid playing the games.<\/p>\n

I realise I\u2019m in the minority on this, and I\u2019m definitely not telling anyone else not to enjoy it, but to me GTA celebrates the worse in humanity in general and America specifically, and that\u2019s not really the kind of kick I need right. Call me weird but I\u2019d rather play something a bit more optimistic.
Penfold<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are dozens of us<\/strong>
I have tried on many occasions to play and enjoy GTA over the decades but failed every time. The games get great reviews but just leave me cold. I just don\u2019t get it. I won\u2019t be getting GTA 6 even if it gets scored 11 out of 10 when reviewed.<\/p>\n

I suspect it continues to sell for years after initial release due to parents relenting when they feel their child is old enough to play it. However, I wonder if the game is played just superficially in most of these cases.
Ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Multiplayer from From<\/strong>
I can\u2019t tell you how disappointed I was to find out that The Duskbloods was a multiplayer game. I only found out a few days later, because they never said in the trailer, and it was such a downer. What worries me is that From\u2019s next game, Elden Ring Nightreign, is also a multiplayer game.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s just a coincidence, and I think Nightreign is a much smaller and cheaper game, but that is going to make the gap between Elden Ring and whatever\u2019s next even bigger. Elden Ring was over three years ago now and I am really beginning to miss a big chunky FromSoftware single-player game. But I don\u2019t know when that will happen or what it will be.
Cuit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The future is now<\/strong>
As bad as it is to hear about these Switch 2 Game-Key cards and Doom: The Dark Ages not having anything on the disc<\/a> I do think it\u2019s far too late to start complaining about these things now. If only 10% of people are buying physical now then the battle has already been lost, a long time ago.<\/p>\n

I realise a lot of people reading this are probably in that 10% but it\u2019s time for us to face facts and admit the war is lost. People want to buy digitally, even though that\u2019s worse in about a dozen different ways, and publishers are very glad to encourage it, because it means more profit for them and no second-hand market.<\/p>\n

This has been obvious for a long time, but it\u2019s happened slowly enough that I think physical fans haven\u2019t realised just how lopsided it\u2019s got. But unfortunately this new generation is going to be the first where physical sales are almost irrelevant. You can quote the \u00a375 price tag all you like but most people are going to be buying Mario Kart World for \u00a367 on digital, not paying extra for the cartridge.<\/p>\n

Personally, I think it\u2019s madness that people preferred not having to get up to change discs above owning their games and being able to sell them on, but here we are. The genie is out of the bottle now and there\u2019s no putting it back in.
Silvo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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