• AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Can you even call it GTA online if there aren’t a dozen 12 year olds running around screaming, “N***** and F*****”.

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    1 month ago

    With the reputation most companies have with leaking and breached data, who wouldn’t want to have their ssn and license on file with rock star games?!

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    Maybe I’m dating myself but this is the same company that released state of emergency for the PS2? That game you could literally mow down people in a mall with a mini gun?

    They were worried about “the children?” News to me.

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      If we’re going to government age verification everywhere just get rid of fucking ESRB and content ratings

      This is a game made in Scotland, ESRB is a voluntary US based system.

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        Yes, it’s voluntary and self-imposed by the game industry to avoid exactly this kind of nanny-state bullshit. Ergo, if governments proceed with the bullshit anyway, then there’s no longer a need for the ESRB or PEGI.

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    The thing with age verification is that I don’t think it’s a bad thing if done securely, but still it still makes me sad, because Internet will never be the same with it. In the end it will be only few big websites who can afford to care about Internet regulation.

    Well, after all maybe it’s time to switch to Gemini protocol, they are not going to regulate that!

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    Phew, ok good. A few months ago, when this first leaked, it made it seem like this was going to be used for every country and for the entire game. I have never played GTA online and never will.

    The internet is continuing to get worse and worse… also, those comments on the actual article were strangely to pro.

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    The same parents that allow their children to play these games now will allow them to play then.

    This will just make me not want to play these games.

  • Joelk111@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What about disabling the shitty anti-cheat or even just enabling it on Linux so I, as a 27yo, can play the damn game?