How do you make a scumbag likable? It's all about fantasy. Wolf of Wall Street does a great job of it, and it's in theaters now. Quentin Tarantino movies (especially Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction). Fortunately, there are plenty of examples of success. Making these characters likable is really hard. Writing a story centered around criminals and killers is hard. The main reason I'm howling into the void like this is because I want Grand Theft Auto VI (or the next game to sell the same thing, Saints Row-style) to be better.Ī Brief Note About Stories About Scumbags Grand Theft Auto V tries to sell this badass thug life fantasy, but it undercuts itself at every turn. It's that it doesn't do a good job of doing what it tries to do. My problem with Grand Theft Auto V is not what it tries to do. Ways it could have, with minimal effort, made the flat parts much more interesting. This is the second part of my big, scattershot critique of Grand Theft Auto V.
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