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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 177 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

you mean good cops?

/s ←

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 146 points 2 years ago (7 children)

In the South Park game the "difficulty" setting is a slider that changes your skin tone.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

And Jew is a character class that starts rich, but everyone hates you.

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It's a fake slider. Cartman just say it will affect every aspect of your life, just not the game one. Still funny af.

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 87 points 2 years ago (3 children)

realistic american cops is woke now? get outta here

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago

Hmm, it fits to the literal meaning, at least. If you are awake, you see the reality.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

More like realistic US cops.

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Didn't they have those in gta3?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Racism is an Easter egg in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Grand Theft Auto V.

https://gta-myths.fandom.com/wiki/Racism

Sounds like this will be the first for racial profiling by police, well if the denial of it happening in V is true.

[–] DrCatface@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

racism is an easter egg. wow never thought I'd see those words together.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 15 points 2 years ago

Sometimes, the cops will say "I only listen to white rappers"

I think that's very funny and poignant satire. It's racism of the most stupid and least consequential order.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

And Vice City, and San Andreas.

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure this is nothing new for the series

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[–] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

evil cops is redundant.

They could have just said COPS.

[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Realistic cops.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 29 points 2 years ago (7 children)

They could have just left out the word “evil” there.

Anyway, never mind that - when are they doing a modern take on GTA London?

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[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (15 children)
[–] Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Like far too many people, OP appears to not understand the definition of woke.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Are people not aware that this is gaming circle jerk?

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[–] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Shit. I don't understand what it means.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Woke - Anything right wing politicians and media has decided to rile their base against. Defining "woke" any more specifically than that today will mean that the definition is wrong tomorrow because what is or is not "woke" changes almost daily.

[–] 520@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Woke simply means being conscious of diversity and discrimination issues happening in your society.

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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

But the "corrupt/evil cop" archetype is a staple in the GTA franchise. Remember Tenpenny? Is this just rage bait for right-wingers again?

[–] Leperhero@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

Who cares. Ill be doing so much crime, them pulling me over will be warranted.

They will have to catch me first.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago

This just in, GTA 6 will feature COPS.

[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Just like GTA IV and V have right? ( neither game has that programed dispite that people insist it's in those games)

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Have cops pulled over NPC citizens in GTA before? Or is this hinting at a similar multi-character storyline like GTA5?

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[–] JDtheGeek@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

GTA going woke?

It boggles my mind that so many people don't realise the entire GTA franchise is a satire of American culture, by the Scottish development studio. It's always been liberal.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The recognition that there are entrenched systematic inequalities based on bigotry in American society, and the belief that action should be taken to break them down.

Source : Ron DeSantis's lawyers (not joking)

[–] money_loo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

DeSantis' general counsel, Ryan Newman, responded that the term means "the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."

But, yeah.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To be "woke" is to be aware that things are not all butterflies and puppy dogs, and to acknowledge that fact.

In other words, to be anti-woke is to willingly chose to remain ignorant about all the awful things that are happing in the world, such as racial inequality, for example.

It's a good thing to stay woke.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

The real answer is just that it’s a blanket term used by conservatives to refer to liberal ideas. For example, saying that gay marriage should be legal makes you “woke”

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Smh, everyone knows cops famously love black people. We can't openly say the n word most of the time now, so we basically solved racism.

[–] 520@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

GTA worlds have always been about reflecting what goes on in the real world, either played straight or as a parody. Something like this is not off-brand for Rockstar North at all, and certainly isn't them going woke.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the remaster trilogy they removed a southern flag from some inbred redneck because they said it's no longer culturally sensitive. I seriously doubt they would do something like this with the next game.

[–] 520@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That was Grove Street Games who made the remaster trilogy. Rockstar North had nothing to do with that.

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[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You say that as if going woke is a bad thing.

[–] 520@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't think woke is a bad thing, I'm just saying this isn't even a change of course for Rockstar North. They have always done this kind of social commentary in GTA.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

GTAV already has this for Franklin

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