Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
09-16-13 | 09:27 AM
#754
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Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
It was written by a woman, what do you expect?
Exerpt from the review:
Exerpt from the review:
Originally Posted by Gamespot Chick
On a less positive note, it’s deeply frustrating that, while its central and supporting male characters are flawed and complex characters, with a few extremely minor exceptions (such as the aforementioned optional getaway driver), GTA V has little room for women except to portray them as strippers, prostitutes, long-suffering wives, humorless girlfriends and goofy, new-age feminists we’re meant to laugh at.
Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood with sleek sports cars while encouraging women to purchase a fragrance that will make them “smell like a bitch.” Yes, these are exaggerations of misogynistic undercurrents in our own society, but not satirical ones. With nothing in the narrative to underscore how insane and wrong this is, all the game does is reinforce and celebrate sexism. The beauty of cruising in the sun-kissed Los Santos hills while listening to “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood turns sour really quick when a voice comes on the radio that talks about using a woman as a urinal.
Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood with sleek sports cars while encouraging women to purchase a fragrance that will make them “smell like a bitch.” Yes, these are exaggerations of misogynistic undercurrents in our own society, but not satirical ones. With nothing in the narrative to underscore how insane and wrong this is, all the game does is reinforce and celebrate sexism. The beauty of cruising in the sun-kissed Los Santos hills while listening to “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood turns sour really quick when a voice comes on the radio that talks about using a woman as a urinal.
Last edited by TheKing; 09-16-13 at 09:37 AM.
09-16-13 | 09:35 AM
#755
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
Considering GTA IV got a 10, I don't put much into game scores. It's about the actual review.
09-16-13 | 09:56 AM
#759
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
I don't know how people do that, I get bored after 20 minutes.
09-16-13 | 10:00 AM
#761
DVD Talk Legend
09-16-13 | 10:08 AM
#762
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
There is no reason to show up at Gamestop at 10. They say that every time and I always just go right before midnight. Believe me you don't want to be standing around with the majority of the people who show up at 10 any longer than you have to.
09-16-13 | 10:12 AM
#763
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
Do you still need to go in the store before midnight if you already have it paid in full? The gamefaqs guys still say I need to get my receipt stamped or some kind of bullshit.
09-16-13 | 10:30 AM
#764
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
Great Review by Adam Sessler at Rev3
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09-16-13 | 10:37 AM
#765
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
"I can imagine, 200 years from now, like our reading of Dickens, the game will be regarded as a catalog of our contemporary travails, an accelerated reality bearing more truth than just gazing at our own reflection."
09-16-13 | 10:38 AM
#767
DVD Talk Legend
09-16-13 | 11:11 AM
#769
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
His one complaint is one I seem to have with all these games. When I'm driving I never get to enjoy the world because I'm too busy following my GPS. I wish they could integrate it better into the driving.
09-16-13 | 11:13 AM
#770
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
ugh. I knew it!
I swear, it's like two step forwards and one step back with these assholes.
I just wish it didn't take so long to lose the cops entirely -- having to engage in stealth for protracted periods of time, just because a cop saw you jack a car, can grow a little tiresome.
09-16-13 | 11:18 AM
#771
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Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
I dont see any reason you would need to. It may take you longer to get out of there if you show up at midnight because then you have to wait behind all the people who for some reason have been hanging out inside of Gamestop for 2 hours, but the way I look at it is it is a midnight opening, not a 10pm opening so I show up at midnight (or a little before).
09-16-13 | 11:29 AM
#773
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Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
Here is the link for the app https://itunes.apple.com/app/grand-t...it/id697056811
09-16-13 | 11:31 AM
#774
DVD Talk Legend
09-16-13 | 11:33 AM
#775
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Re: Grand Theft Auto 5 to a V
But I was always the type that liked to explore almost as much as I liked playing missions. So I got to know the cities very well...kinda like real life in that sense.
My advice, tour the city, get to know it. Then worry about the GPS.