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[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I would not call it an Easter egg, it's part of the world building.

The game series is known to make gross exaggerations of real world facts, topics, things and acting. Racism against particular groups of people has been and is part of the real world, and as such a videogame that wants to criticize by exaggeration would need to do it with this part too.

[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

If anything, the cops in GTA aren't racist enough.

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago

If GTA were consistent with this satire, then the cops would have accidentally kept their Klansmen and/or skinhead outfits on before going to a black neighborhood...

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Fans of racism will appreciate the shout out for sure!

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

Haha, what a cool and funny thing I can add to my game.

[-] germanatlas 2 points 2 years ago

Rockstar has copyright on racism

[-] zepheriths@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Also, studied and doesn't exist in the games code.

[-] xxxSexMan69xxx 5 points 2 years ago

In GTA V, some NPCs will call the cops on you just because you stand near them for too long. I am guessing it happened to people while playing as Franklin and made them think racism is actually coded in the game.

[-] zepheriths@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Interesting. I never experienced that. Infact come to think of it when I played the NPCs were very lenient. I could knock out someone in a crowd of people and nothing would happen. But a second person is the line in most "crimes".... except hitting a cop car.

[-] SternburgExport@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

So no racism in the other GTA games? 🤔

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