It’s funny but with GTA V right around the corner for PS4 & XOne, I thought I would ask everyone a quick question?
Why? Why in the world do people love Trevor in GTA V so much? Please do tell, no seriously go to the comments and speak your mind, tell me why do you think people love Trevor in GTA V.
You might be surprised at some of the answers, but I found it to be really interesting.
One day I was reading an article where they were talking about who is your favorite GTA V game character and I right away picked Michael. But at the time when I did this Trevor was winning by a huge amount. But go check it for yourself right now -( http://bit.ly/1x6sFFV )
Today almost a year later Michael has since overtaken Trevor, but Trevor is still a close second. And what’s funny is I think that’s just because people tend to relate more to Michael, but they love being Trevor.
And that speaks volume about us and video games as a whole. Why? Well it exposes something we may have never really understood properly. Video Games don’t cause violence. Let me say that again, Video Games really do not cause violence in any way. It really doesn’t, it’s more like a reflection of your own inner behavior then it is of being the reason why someone is violent -(but more on that later, or in another blog post, this is about Trevor)
So I decided to look into this, and it turns out, you are not sick, or psycho, or Crazy, but Trevor is, or at least that’s how it seems from the perception of the player.
Trevor goes 0 to a 100 real quick.. And in almost all situations in the game’s story, he fails to apply any brakes to any of his ventures to obtain his own version of capitalism. In fact everytime in the game when you think this can’t get any worst, and everything is already tense, here comes Trevor to pour gasoline on everything and take something that was already crazy, and turn it up a few levels to pure insanity.
Read on, it gets better. Not only does Trevor have an explosive view on everything, he turns out to be really funny at the same time. Now this is where and why the game really shines. And probably most likely why Trevor is so beloved.
Trevor is comedy in a world where things don’t seem to be funny at all. He makes light of every event and he also keeps the player from taken things too serious. That balance is very tricky, but very needed, and it’s done so well that you just associate it as part of just how Trevor is. He’s Crazy, he’s a complete psycho, and he’s also everything you want to say or do but can’t. Trevors real appeal is he allows us the player to do stuff you would never do in your real life. Sure that is what GTA is already all about, but trevor is like a dream within a dream.
He’s so far from your wildest fantasy that he is actually ten times more appealing. So in essence Trevor’s appeal is because he is everything you want to do and say, but you just don’t know you want to do and say that, until you actually play as him. Then and only then when you are playing as him in GTA V does your inner fantasy of becoming or being a complete crazy lunatic, does it come out.
To put it another way, you may hate your boss at work, but you're never going to go punch him in the face, you might want to, in a dream world, but you can’t do it in real life. That’s just not a real option, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t fantasized about doing it. And that’s healthy, it’s how we tend to deal with frustration, and this makes games like this really appealing, and it makes Trevor a wild ride that is seriously enjoyed by the masses.
Now I could go on and on, but what I really want to know is how did you fell about Trevor?
Was he a favorite character of yours in the game? Did the article get it wrong, is Trevor not the most favorite character?
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Now, will gamers take all this fervor and aim it at the likes of EA, Ubisoft, Take2, and others who have way more invasive and problem-causing apps for Steam games?
Sony is like a whipping boy for the industry and it's just lame at this point. This is like my Activision account I use for Call of Duty. I'm not a 'fan'' of Activision but it's free and it comes in handy. The PSN account would come handy if they decide to do cross saves and I'm sure some other stuff too. I have an account for practically everything, including this site. I need a Microsoft account to play some PS5 games. No one has been able to explain what the big problem with a PSN account was.
They dont want one because they cant trust them with all the times Sony got hacked which makes no sense cause steam got hacked so does everythinv else in this world. Been with playstation and i never had a problem security wise. PlayStation doesnt hold SSN and you dont have to put you credit card on it either. Pc users just wanna cry, its a PlayStation game they should be happy Sony putting games on pc to begin with. Also funny they dont trust Sony but yet would play there games when on pc.
Yes, people have explained the problem with a PSN account...there has been 15 million articles on it and surely you read a few and saw some comments...it is because PSN is not supported in a lot of countries meaning people in those countries can't create a PSN account and therefore would be unable to play the game at all.
On PS5 even crossplay doesn’t work with all PC accounts. I have plenty of PC friends where the invites never go through and theirs aren’t received. Crossplay without a unified account system is always a nightmare, none of us should be punching in friend codes in 2024.
They shouldn’t have tried to change this post launch but they should have had it in on day 1.
@redknight80. If the main complaint is that people in over 150 countries cannot create PSN accounts then Sony needs to get its programming/logistics/legal team to make it available. If that happens, the next time Sony releases a multiplayer game on Steam with a PSN account requirement would this stop a repeat of this backlash?
Did they sell you CoD initially without needing an Activision account, and then locked you out of it because you could not get an Activision account where you lived?
smfh
Christopher with all I do respect, your bias is showing heavily, be positive, congratulate people and ask for them to do more, no need for this passive aggressive bitterness
He has literally failed articles based on whether or not it will upset Sony fanboys lol. We know where he stands and it's not neutral.
You are the one showing bias. Christopher is 100% right here, all this HDII and PSN linking is a gigantic hypocrisy.
Much need for it, because I know no one is going to turn any of this attention anywhere and it will just die out until the next Internet band wagon pops up. Gamers are proven to have power, they will then squander it rather than utilize it where it matters.
H9,
Hahaha, His bias shows in every one of his post, anyone with half a brain can see his awful attempts to not come off like a Sony superfan.
It so cringy at times, like his above comment, Instead of saying good,Sony should learn from this, and not lock out players who already paid for their product and helped to make it a successful game, he points the finger at other companies who has nothing to do with Sony's terrible decision to screw customers over.
I’d argue there’s a better softer approach they could do, just make it optional with bonus for people who did it like some free cosmetics and make it required only for cross-play and cross-save purposes. That way the people who can do it have bonus incentives and people in countries without psn can still play without problems.
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The difference is EA, Ubisoft, Take2, etc didn't release their games and then down the line implement forced account linkage under the guise of "security". Gamers know from when they buy EA and Ubisoft games that you'll need an account with those companies. Also when was the last time a company delisted an extremely popular game from over 100 countries?
It was listed on the game as a requirement and it was a decision by arrowhead so that people could get into the game. In future companies won't be able to make such decisions and you will simply be left unable to play the game.
Actually, all of them did this by adding their apps to existing games once they released their apps. So, no, they're not any different.
No, no, it's not about it having to be linked to PSN. The problem was that they initially sold it to customers, without the need for PSN(supposedly due to technical problems at launch), then added the PSN requirement for people they sold it to, that could not get PSN, essentially locking people out of somethin they already bought. Sony even delisted the game in a lot of places, what kind of fuckey is that?
And you response to them rolling back some BS, is to point the finger at other companies. That's the problem, it's always a finger pointing baby ass mentality with some people, oh, they did it so you should look at someone else, grow up. HD2 is huge right now, and many many people are playing it, and we are talking about SONY right now, not UBI, EA or anyone else, but Sony. The players of this wildly successful game is complaining, even the dev was clearly against what Sony was doing, so the uproar is from HD2 fans, not assasins creed or GTA fans.
Nonsense this is just another extension of the console war bs now with the rage mob from the pc community. No you have playstation apologizing for putting their games on pc on their terms, lol. Sony made a fool of themselves by backing off this minor requirement.
They already do, its the reason why the Epic Games store is still losing money, why Origin failed, etc
This whole idea that PC gamers havent been fighting against separate launchers, mandatory accounts, etc up until now just because its Sony is just dumb
Thank you! I have a PS account, but bought this on PC. I just hate having to do stupid stuff like this just to get into the game I bought.
You should try getting a resident evil MP working not as bad as making a sony account but its right up there i tried with a fake dump email holy spam batman. I never finished the account creation
Yet this "power" hasn't changed any of the actually greedy stuff these greedy companies do...
Now if only it would show up more often, unfortunately the majority do not make a fuss often enough, hence why the industry is where it is now.
because he's le funny randumb xDDDDD
Warning: minor spoilers of the GTA V narrative.
I actually don't much care for Trevor. He's my least played character of the three; I prefer Franklin, then Michael and even my mute GTAO character before Trevor. I have to admit though, some of Trevor's dialogue and moments were pretty great, especially his one-liners and lackadaisical, nonchalant apathy toward most things. I think my dislike for Trevor was automatic once he killed Johnny and I grew to tolerate him. I actually thought I was going to like Trevor the most back when the Michael/Franklin/Trevor trailer was unveiled pre-launch, but in reality, Trevor just makes me feel uncomfortable.
There are moments where I like him for a little while and appreciate his contribution to the game and the narrative, but he certainly is not a favourite. I actually prefer Steve Haines and Devin Weston, really. Trevor remains my least played character outside of the missions as well.
One thing I never really noticed until a couple of months ago is that his face...well, he looks like a human piranha.
Simply because he is such a dynamic character. I like Franklin, but Micheal doesn't change at all. He doesn't make any real breakthroughs with his therapist or his family, nor does he find his way back to being the man Trevor was friends with.
Trevor, like you said, goes from 0 to psychotic in 0.5 seconds. And that is what is so entertaining about him. He is a walking train wreck. You can't help but look away. Half the time I play him he is running around in tighty whiteys.
I didn't like Trevor at all. Maybe I would have when I was a teenager, but I found him disturbing. I much preferred playing as Franklin or Michael.
I think the reason why people like Trevor is because he is the embodiment of what a video game character should be. What I mean is, he is as crazy and psychotic as the actions you can perform in the game.
Take Red Dead Redemption. The actions you can perform have a disconnect with the personality and narrative of John Marston. But with Trevor, the gameplay matches the narrative.