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* [[Broken Base]]: Following ''IV'', the fanbase seemed to have split into two directions -- those who missed the more over-the-top style and player customization of the past games (particularly ''San Andreas''), and those who preferred the more realistic tone of ''IV''. A good deal of the former crowd has gravitated to the ''[[Saints Row]]'' games, which is why you don't hear them as much. There was also a brief split after it was announced that the protagonist of ''San Andreas'' would be a black [[Gang-Bangers]] from South Central (complete with claims that Rockstar was trying to pander to the tastes of [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|pasty suburban white boys]]), although that rift healed pretty quickly after ''San Andreas'' was released and the "ghetto" parts turned out to be some of the best parts of the game.

* [[Catharsis Factor]]: Running down pedestrians and [[Stuff Blowing Up|blowing stuff up]] can be very therapeutic.

* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]]: A perennial victim of this, thanks to the likes of Jack Thompson, who during a VGXPO debate stated that the whole point of the series was to kill as many cops as possible. The all-gamer crowd quickly told him how wrong he was, and he responded, "I thought this was going to be a friendly debate."

** And despite what you may have heard from the [[Moral Guardian|moral guardians]], there is no "rape" option in the games (nor do any of the player characters ever rape anyone), and there is no particular focus on "killing hookers" in any of the games.