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There isn't much in terms of story in GTA Online but the classic GTA V (retroactively called Story Mode) is an elaborate satire on the contemporary American soc

by 4cao 6y ago

There isn't much in terms of story in GTA Online but the classic GTA V (retroactively called Story Mode) is an elaborate satire on the contemporary American society, including the technology industry itself. While some of the jokes might be low-brow, in general it's quite entertaining. There's even talk radio, TV channels and social media (where you "stalk" instead of "like"). It might be fun just to take a look how some of the real-world brand names were mangled to create their in-game equivalents: the most common beverage is called eCola (after the bacteria), a common beer brand is Pißwasser (Budweiser). There's a high-fashion brand called Perseus (named after a Greek mythological figure who killed Medusa, and Medusa is featured in Versace's real-life logo). Among the car brands, there's Schyster (Chrysler) and since there's Vapid (Ford, made obvious by the logo), you can also find an in-game clothes brand Tim Vapid (Tom Ford). Lacoste is Lézard (with an acute e) and watersports equipment is branded Speedophile. These are just a few examples I recall. One can appreciate the amount of imagination that went into coming up with it all, especially considering these are such minor details.

Seanambers 6y ago
It's my understanding that originally there was intention to flesh out the story mode aspect of the game with DLC / downloadable content quite significantly compared to what it is today. As someone with no previous experience with GTA series since the original top down view version i enjoyed the singleplayer story and experience of GTA V a lot and the world building was amazing. I've run around the map for hours and there's lot's of places that serve absolutely no purpose but gives the impression that it was intended to play a part of some story at some point in the game. In the end I guess the online part got 'too' successful and basically made Rockstar focus only on this portion of the game. The GTA V story mode world seems like the minimum version for getting story mode to work. And a certain fruit company sure gets mentioned a lot as well :)
- o-__-o 6y ago
  > In the end I guess the online part got 'too' successful and basically made Rockstar focus only on this portion of the game. Remember when TF2 found hats? Micro transactions killed Half Life 3

by 4cao 6y ago

Seanambers 6y ago

It's my understanding that originally there was intention to flesh out the story mode aspect of the game with DLC / downloadable content quite significantly compared to what it is today. As someone with no previous experience with GTA series since the original top down view version i enjoyed the singleplayer story and experience of GTA V a lot and the world building was amazing. I've run around the map for hours and there's lot's of places that serve absolutely no purpose but gives the impression that it was intended to play a part of some story at some point in the game. In the end I guess the online part got 'too' successful and basically made Rockstar focus only on this portion of the game. The GTA V story mode world seems like the minimum version for getting story mode to work. And a certain fruit company sure gets mentioned a lot as well :)

o-__-o 6y ago
> In the end I guess the online part got 'too' successful and basically made Rockstar focus only on this portion of the game. Remember when TF2 found hats? Micro transactions killed Half Life 3