>I [understand] those people who talk about those nostalgic games having heart and soul. That is true because, back in the old days, five or six guys would make a game. Because of that, each person's personality was reflected in the end product. And perhaps that is what people are feeling. Even a shit game had its own flavor and taste. Now, the bigger projects need 300-person teams to create a game, and when you have that many people, one person's idea is not going to come through. For that reason, unless a game is made by someone like me or Peter Molyneux, people like us who are very stubborn, someone with a strong personality - so much so that people are scared of us - [it won't have personality]. [You need] authority, money, and respect. Only then are you able to make games with personality. Most other games are just made very commercially, so to speak. For instance, I don't know how many people can name the guys who created Grand Theft Auto. I think there are very few who can.
>>12692324>someone with a strong personality - so much so that people are scared of us
>>12692324Truthnuke Exactly the reason pokemon went to shit went they kicked out Masuda from the director's chair for being "too bossy and forcing only his ideas into the games"
I miss him bros
>>12692324I just learned that all of the radio station dialogue and commercials were written by Dan Hauser and Lazlow who just sat in a room together working them out. Neither of them are at Rockstar anymore but that's exactly the kind of soul he was talking about.
>>12692324Why did you post a cookie as your pic related?
>>12692324I agree but GTA is a bad example. For being the biggest AAA blockbuster normiecattle game they do have alot of of personality and soul.
>>12692398Too bad none of the people responsible for it are there anymore.
This was made by 300 persons????
>>12692398>For being the biggest AAA blockbuster normiecattle game they do have alot of of personality and soul.It's not 2002 anymore, man.GTA IV and V were soulless as fuck. VI is literally just "Normalfaggot Simulator", and most people waiting for it are waiting for the new GTA Online mode so they can play their Second Life game and obsess over money, cars and clothes.
>>12692324san andreas is full of soul, even npc designs are memorable and they all have a shitload of voice lines recorded
>>12692324Soul is a term used by nostalgic fags mostly, because even back then you had some kusoge that were made just to profit using whatever cheap trick to get people but that applies to even modern titles as well.For example mortal kombat games those are soulless games only made for profit but quite shit, body harvest n64 by rockstar other soulless piece of shit, conker another piece of soulless shit only praised by nostalgic faggs but mostly because of themes yet the games are shit.
>>12693002San andreas is generic at most and what design? You can't even recognize the characters differences unless you played a highly modded stuff made by one modder at that point yes i agree it has "soul" because characters are unique, girls are sexy and attractive even the prostithots and the cars are awesome along realistic handling and other stuff but that one is a passion project.
>>12692969IV was soulful as fuck. I agree with the rest though.
>>12692372those two dudes are massive pieces of shit btw
>>12693092Everyone interesting is, so what.
>>12693092What >>12693094 said and I'll add: You don't achieve anything great without first fucking up and hurting people. That's just a fact. Every single great person you've ever heard about or known has hurt people. It is what it is.
>>12693182>>12693094This kind of shit is completely unfalsifiable and treating it like some law is just giving yourself an excuse to be an asshole. Not even worth thinking about.
>>12693092Why?
>>12693092See>>12693206
>>12693206Wait until you've achieved great things. Trust me.
>>12693085Nah IV was when GTA abandoned any pretension of having soul.
>>12693085This is the new Zoomer cope? IV fucking sucked>character controls like he weighs a ton>Vehicles spin out in the slightest of turns>Every mission comes down to kill the target>Radio stations with a bunch of real people as DJs, gone is the satire, plus a bunch of hipster millennial music>Unlikeable and unmemorable characters>Running from the cops is a chore, not even fun anymore>Everybody fucking talks for 10 minutes on missions, even if it takes you 2 minutes to drive there>Niko my cousin lets go bowling!!!
>>12693630Good post. IV was so shitty and unfun to play that even V was a slight improvement.
>>12693630>Vehicles spin outThat's a skill issue, but it is undeniable that GTA4's car physics are odd. Like a boat, as has been said a million times.>No real variety in missionsThat's true.>gone is the satireYou have not listened to GTA4's radio stations.>Unlikable, unmemorable charactersPackie, Packie's older brother who's trying to raise his family's standing, Niko, Jacob, maybe one more.>cops is a choreThat was one of my favorite aspects of GTA4.>Everybody fucking talksYou either like it or you don't. I find GTA4's dialogue incredibly pleasing, but I find it rather limiting that dialogue only happens in cars. >bowlingI hope you're not actually complaining about that jesus dude it was always a joke. Nobody was ever actually mad at it.
>>12693703Also yes GTA4 is really heavy. It's odd, but eh plowing through pedestrians in a vehicle is fun what with the physics.
>>12693092You sound like one of those emo girls upset that the frontman for a band you like fucked a 17 year old girl
>>12693206it's not even that. you will have to be an asshole sooner than later in order to defend not only your vision, but should you be successful enough to be rewarded materially, THEN you will have to become an asshole in order to defend what you've earned from the leeches that think you shouldn't be rewarded for your sacrifice.
>GTA WAS NEVER GOODwhat kind of person keeps pushing this shitty meme on this board?
>>12693092So?
>>12693208Lazlow partied with Epstein
>>12693630Honestly most of your points are pretty valid except the driving and calling Little Jacob and Badman unmemorable, they are probably the best characters in the entire franchise except maybe El Burro and Claude.Also as much as people bitched about the friends mechanics they weren't that bad, you either ignore them completely or you use them as excuse to play the random mini games, plus it was pretty funny during the bomb truck mission.I really do dislike 4 as a whole though, it feels lacking in so many ways, it does arguably have the best gunfights of the whole series but as you said over half the missions just boil down to "have a shoot out at this location and maybe a chase"
>>12693732Fucking got em.
>>12694008This kind of shit is completely unfalsifiable and treating it like some law is just giving yourself an excuse to be an asshole. Not even worth thinking about.
He never said that
>>12695112It's a direct quote from an interview albeit.
