Sacred Symbols+, Episode 355 | Grand Theft Auto: A Deeper Analysis
Added 2023-12-13 17:00:11 +0000 UTCPlease welcome Ian of 616Entertainment back to Sacred+, his fourth appearance. You may recall that I (Colin) last had Ian on the show to discuss Grand Theft Auto III, which I had freshly replayed for the first time in two decades and was thus eager to discuss it. That chat planted a seed in my mind that there was more to say on the matter, though, and indeed there is: Grand Theft Auto VI's serendipitous reveal has only exacerbated by orders-of-magnitude interest in the future of a franchise whose last entry is nearing 200 million copies sold. And then there's a recent series of now-deleted blog posts from a Rockstar North OG detailing intricate and interesting tidbits about the development of the top-down GTAs, PS2's GTA trilogy, GTA IV, and even Manhunt and cancelled forays like Project Z. In other words, there's too much to talk about on Sacred Symbols itself, but all of this chatter is prime territory for a little Sacred Symbols+. Join us, won't you?
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as long as I have the option to play with a MALE character, its all good, Lucia is indeed beautiful, but I pass to play as her, you can make a woman do all the crazy shit but physically can’t do as much as a male, on the same training level, I think that says it all….
Marco Maluf
2024-01-10 00:08:46 +0000 UTCBig fan of Ian, really enjoy your conversations with him and the back and forth you have
SIR_K_Daddy
2024-01-08 15:34:34 +0000 UTCLove this guest
Luke Trewarne
2023-12-19 08:31:16 +0000 UTCThat social media thing will for sure be called Clik Cok
Luke Trewarne
2023-12-19 08:16:10 +0000 UTCRDR2 SPOILERS In the epilogue, I thought that’s who they were getting you up to be. Would’ve been cooler IMO. Instead we get John again and I’m like oh ok.
NeO JD
2023-12-15 04:39:45 +0000 UTC1 of the best parts of the reactions to the trailer has been seeing how many people don’t know that that’s just how Miami is in general. Rockstar didn’t really make anything up. 😄
NeO JD
2023-12-15 04:37:30 +0000 UTCDoesn't GTA 4 run at 60 fps on Xbox Series X? I think I remember that being a thing, fans of it being excited about how it ran when XSeX came out.
Matthew Cooper
2023-12-14 22:30:01 +0000 UTCLoved the episode…Ian was great like the past times
Shortsoptional
2023-12-14 13:34:16 +0000 UTCIn RDR2, although you don't play as Sadie, you do help her get her revenge. About GTA4 instead of basic re-release upscale, I think the whole package deserves a full remake on the scale of Shadow of the Colossus tier. Keep the game the same just make it prettier. I predict GTAVII will be in the UK although I would love Japan.
Mysterious (xo) Narrator
2023-12-14 11:35:37 +0000 UTCGta 4 is my favorite story, gta SA is my favorite game, gta 5 def is my least favorite and I really can't believe how much legs gta online has had, it's truly one of the most repetitive, boring and mediocre videogame experience, also super toxic, I really hope gta 6 online is better.
Eric J
2023-12-14 10:59:53 +0000 UTCGta 5 controls def are clunky at times but calling them unplayable is laughable
Eric J
2023-12-14 10:20:19 +0000 UTCGreat talk guys, well done. 616E is a great addition to the show, would love to see him featured on the show more granted he updates his streaming microphone to match the rest of the LSM quality. Conversation flowed nicely, looking forward to your talks on future GTA games!
CitrusBrittleCrisp
2023-12-14 02:20:28 +0000 UTCUnfortunately GTA 4 actually does have animations locked to 30fps because of the physics in the game. If you unlock the framerate then things like the pool mini game don’t work at all. I think the community has made patches on PC so it shouldn’t be an excuse for Take Two, but looking at recent remasters I’m not holding out hope
Reon Williams
2023-12-14 01:17:27 +0000 UTCAs a Miami resident, can absolutely confirm having seen people twerking on top of moving cars
Jacob R.
2023-12-14 00:34:15 +0000 UTCMy only hope for GTA VI is they fix the controls and handling. Went to play V a few months ago, and it’s horrendous. Slow, tanky, clunky. Unplayable coming from modern games
Jeff in NOLA
2023-12-13 20:32:10 +0000 UTCHey Colin I really recommend watching Rockstar co founder Jamie king interview with Killaz on YouTube . He talks about how they got the music for vice city and making friends with the illegal street racing scene in New York to shoot video for midnight club. https://youtu.be/JiGBjwnJvvA?si=lAvETipcsKCaD4cR
Jack Doheny
2023-12-13 19:13:40 +0000 UTCI guess I'm in the minority but I have no interest in GTA 6. If there's going to be a Red Dead Redemption 3 in the future though, I'm there day one. Regardless very excited to listen to this episode
Yiorgos
2023-12-13 17:41:28 +0000 UTCwhat are you talking about? :)
Dustin Furman
2023-12-13 17:25:24 +0000 UTCUh ooh
Jordan Dedo
2023-12-13 17:22:13 +0000 UTCDustin, missing the "+" and its 355.
Michael Welter
2023-12-13 17:17:12 +0000 UTCDustin is going to really get it this week 👀😂
OnkiDonkGinkGonk
2023-12-13 17:13:19 +0000 UTCI’m confused…lol
SnipaMasta
2023-12-13 17:12:14 +0000 UTC
