Grotti Vigilante 1,279 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Now according to christian conservatives, the Grand Theft Auto series has made us psychopathic carjackers and school shooters in the making who will unleash all our rage once we've joined the right crime syndicate, but I'd like to deal with the opinions that really matter here, which is your own. As a fan of the GTA series, how has it actually influenced you as an individual? For example, has it made you look at things in a certain way? Has it made you interested in things such as cars? Or has it, like with me, greatly influenced your taste in music? For me, the games have influenced what sort of music I like to listen to, most especially Vice City. It's given me an interest in many 80s songs and a few 90s ones too. Most of my favourite tunes have come from the GTA series, a majority of them being from Vice City. But what about you? How has the GTA series influenced you in some form or another? Let us know, because I'd be very interested in hearing your stories... 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeansowaty 6,064 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Lel, I'm a christian and playing GTA at young age had a reverse effect on me - I actually figured what is real and what is not and knew to completely abstain from what is portrayed there. Especially drugs. GTA3 is the reason why I never tried any, lmao. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
MyNameIsNotImportantBro 850 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I felt Grand Theft Auto Games keeps telling us " Never give up" but it's a criminal version. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
universetwisters 33,932 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It helped me learn to use landmarks to memorize street layouts and that sh*t is instrumental for my career as a pizza delivery guy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
MyNameIsNotImportantBro 850 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Also, I felt Grand Theft Theft Auto Vice City was part of my life, When I'm alone I play it just driving around, hearing music, rampaging, I played it so much when I was younger. Link to post Share on other sites
billiejoearmstrong8 5,223 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) It probably had quite a big influence on my taste in comedy, all that dark satirical humour. I wouldn't go so far as to say it influenced my taste in music, but it has caused me to discover and appreciate new songs/artists including from genres I wouldn't normally listen to. Also definitely helped improve my map reading skills! And already being a geography nerd GTA IV, V and San Andreas have specifically led me to learn more about the geography (and history and culture) of New York and Los Angeles. Edited March 14, 2020 by billiejoearmstrong8 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Evil empire 2,666 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 The GTA's made me realize even more how great the open world games are compared to the linear ones. They also made me discover some very good songs I oftenly listen to outside of playing 4 Link to post Share on other sites
DownInThePMs 2,363 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 It fostered my love for crime drama/thriller and black comedy. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Zello 19,093 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) Helped me understand military time. Introduced me to a lot of music, and I've watched a lot of movies and tv shows that GTA has taken inspiration from. Edited February 25, 2020 by Zello 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Nappy 1,369 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Made me think some people may be killed. Link to post Share on other sites
Evil empire 2,666 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) They made me learn modding, since GTA 3 is the game for which I created my first mods even if they aren't the games I modified the most. Edited March 4, 2020 by Evil empire Link to post Share on other sites
Lioshenka 1,025 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 I took interest in rock, country and rasta music purely because of SA. Never before had I any interest in those. It made me learn modding - not a very useful skill outside of this very particular area, but I spent a lot of time doing it, had fun doing it and met a lot of great people through that process. I fell in love with certain elements of American history and some cities only because of GTA - none of the tourism advertisements and youtube videos would have been able to do that. I can confidently say that the most important moment that literally changed my life was the Toreno's flight school. "You try and you fail, you try - and you fail again. But the real failure is when you stop trying." Made me look at any given task in a completely different light. It actually scares me to think what would my life have been if GTA wasn't a part of it. Would be interesting to know though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Nappy 1,369 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 San Andreas showed me how big the world is 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ThatBenGuy 2,837 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 GTA IV/EFLC influenced me in so many ways, I can't even BEGIN to list them all and don't know where to even start! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TheSantader25 7,153 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) I personally learned a lot about American culture and also the 3 notorious cities because of this series. I remember actually visiting LA for the first time and feeling like I've lived there before lol. Edited February 27, 2020 by TheSantader25 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Nappy 1,369 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 IV started me questioning other games’ stories. Before that i didn’t judge much but IV showed me it can be that big and great at the same time. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Rajaraja 161 Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 GTA helped me memorize the keyboard layout. The cheats aren't going to type themselves. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Copcaller 682 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Sparked my interest in other genres especially reggae and music from other eras. Also when gta 3 came out I started talking less cause I thought it was cool that Claude never said a word in game. Link to post Share on other sites
Gettin up 945 Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 2/21/2020 at 5:50 PM, Grotti Vigilante said: Now according to christian conservatives, the Grand Theft Auto series has made us psychopathic carjackers and school shooters in the making who will unleash all our rage once we've joined the right crime syndicate, but I'd like to deal with the opinions that really matter here, which is your own. As a fan of the GTA series, how has it actually influenced you as an individual? For example, has it made you look at things in a certain way? Has it made you interested in things such as cars? Or has it, like with me, greatly influenced your taste in music? For me, the games have influenced what sort of music I like to listen to, most especially Vice City. It's given me an interest in many 80s songs and a few 90s ones too. Most of my favourite tunes have come from the GTA series, a majority of them being from Vice City. But what about you? How has the GTA series influenced you in some form or another? Let us know, because I'd be very interested in hearing your stories... I don't know man. I started to play GTA as a kid when I got my GTA 2 copy in 1999 or 2000. After that I didn't play GTA games for a while. GTA 3 didn't gave me a good impression and it was boring imo. I heard GTA Vice City was very cool and I tried it but that wasn't so interesting. But then GTA San Andreas came out and I went to my friend to just watch him playing. It was awesome. I wanted that game. Then I got it but my PC was so sh*t it could barely run it back then. Then I got myself a PS2 and played it a lot. Then I bought my own PC, played GTA San Andreas so much and GTA IV came out to PC so I played that a lot as well. Then GTA V came to PC in 2015 and this is I believe my third most played game because of Online. I listen to music I hear in GTA games. I have used quotes I heard from GTA games when I travel abroad and need to speak english. Love this series. Best games ever made. Link to post Share on other sites
SinisterRaccoon 341 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I've learned loads about American culture and stuff from it as a foreigner. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
pianoir 255 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) GTA: Vice City made me learn modding. Edited March 27, 2020 by pianoir Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedmfroezspeed 277 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 It made me psychopathic and sadistic... Link to post Share on other sites
MyNameIsNotImportantBro 850 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 14 hours ago, Ahmedmfroezspeed said: It made me psychopathic and sadistic... do you kill people? Link to post Share on other sites
Algonquin Assassin 49,837 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Back in the late 90s I was right into the WWE (during the Attitude era) South Park, Jerry Springer etc. I could feel society becoming more edgy and once I played GTA 1 I was instantly hooked as it felt like that’s where my tastes were at the time as I was growing into a teen/young adult. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Ahmedmfroezspeed 277 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 it made me stay dafaq away from drugs after i seen what they did to Richardo Diaz and Big Smoke On 3/24/2020 at 4:03 PM, OmarMohammed said: do you kill people? in-game: i chainsaw them 100 times in real life: no, i kill insects instead 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jowday 70 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) GTA taught me how to run fast with cars without taking any speed ticket! 😝 Edited March 29, 2020 by Jowday Link to post Share on other sites
YellowJacket 83 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 It helped me appreciate the hard work of strippers dealing with criminals for some blood money. Link to post Share on other sites
Kaname Madoka 47 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Helped me get better with navigational stuff, made me understand more American culture, appreciate crime and drama novels, books, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
GrudgefromSanAndreas 756 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Well, after many years of playing, i'm still not as interested in video game stories as sooooo many of you are, i suck at writing stories, especially gta-styled. Yet gta did help me appreciate atmospheres, world building and humour a lot Link to post Share on other sites
GhettoJesus 1,931 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Learned some English words/expressions/slang through GTA. It also taught me some culture and introduced me to several great artists and genres. Edited September 15, 2020 by GhettoJesus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
