Gaming Grand Theft Auto VI

Well if they manage to make it absolutely nothing like Florida in 2023 then you'd have a point but given they historically do make it like the era and location they want to then you know pretty much what you're getting don't you?

If you hate everything about Florida in 2023 then it's not gonna look great is it?

Sounds more like you personally need a break from the news cycle than anything else.
 
Such a good song choice, hit that out of the park for me. It already feels like it’s going to be special.
 
As long as they won't bring too much Saints Row absurdity slop like mechs, jetpacks, superpowers etc. it has potential to be a decent GTA game.
 
As long as they won't bring too much Saints Row absurdity slop like mechs, jetpacks, superpowers etc. it has potential to be a decent GTA game.
Don't think GTA would go for stuff that isn't at least rooted in reality, just not their style. Having said that, there was a jetpack in San Andreas.
 
I'm not sure where you'd go to top Miami + the Keys + whatever city to the north for a GTA game given they just recently did New Orleans (albeit in a different era) and did LA and NYC before that.

Seattle + Vancouver is viable I guess, as is Chicago. The only slam dunk is San Fran/Oakland + Reno or Vegas with mountains & desert in between.
 
Definitely not disappointed about it going back to Vice City, the world looks great and, ultimately, it's going to be a totally different beast to the PS2 Vice City (was going to say OG Vice City, but that would be the top down one!)

I'm wondering what they can do with the world (other then missions obviously) to make it interactive/worth your time though? Just thinking about the previous Vice City where the beach was a big part of the map, but ultimately absolutely pointless.

Maybe it all just has to be mission-centric/focused - like I can't imagine why you'd go to a nightclub in the game otherwise? Either that or there's just an insane amount of mini-games/random events etc.

people play the game all kinds of ways. There will be socially anxious people who haven’t ever gone to a nightclub but going there in the game lets them do that. There’s also thousands of videos on YouTube of people who have effectively created their own missions/storyline.
 
I'm not sure where you'd go to top Miami + the Keys + whatever city to the north for a GTA game given they just recently did New Orleans (albeit in a different era) and did LA and NYC before that.

Seattle + Vancouver is viable I guess, as is Chicago. The only slam dunk is San Fran/Oakland + Reno or Vegas with mountains & desert in between.
Oh man I’d love one set in Seattle during the early 90’s grudge era. That’s my wet dream - going for a Nirvana concern in between missions.
 
Side note: I’ve always thought it was worth Rockstar making a sequel or something to Bully. I only played it once they re released it on the PS4 so obviously some years after the initial release but it was still quite popular.
 
Really disappointed by the trailer.

The game world and density will surely be incredible and set new standards in gaming, as Rockstar's main releases usually do, but this was the most generic, bland, soulless, goofy trailer I've ever seen from them. I didn't feel the Rockstar touch at all, it felt like a generic Ubisoft title to me...half the trailer just Instagram reels and showing crazy Florida man stereotypes, women twerking and crocodiles.

I also hope Jason will be a fleshed out character with his own story and thoughts, and not just a yes man for Lucia. :D The next trailers will probably properly introduce both protagonists.

I'm still optimistic that it's just this trailer that doesn't do it for me and the game will be amazing...but I didn't wait 10 years for this. I also wanted NYC, or Chicago, or some other midwest location after a decade of Los Santos.

I still trust Rockstar, though, as all the main installments since III are all-timer games and childhood favorites of mine, as well as RDR2.
 
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Don't think GTA would go for stuff that isn't at least rooted in reality, just not their style. Having said that, there was a jetpack in San Andreas.
Starting to wonder what the new gimmick will be this time. San Andreas had 3 cities, GTA IV came with a sick car crash physics, GTA V had 3 switchable characters in real time, and now after 10 years of waiting can't really tell what it's going to be.

Perhaps minor details like gas tank mechanic, skateboarding, speed tickets could be immersive, but think could be something on a way bigger scale.
 
Not at all. There are plenty of amazing games with incredible atmosphere.

I just don't like the current period we're living in and this is aping it.

Don't like Florida in the slightest. Miami is a shithole. Don't like the music that comes from there or the celebrity types that go there, don't aspire to be an influencer, fed up of rednecks after 8 years of American politics. It basically looks like Instagram/Florida man meme 2023 for me.

Tired of GTA after V being redone over and over and milked until it's dead.

I'm sure it'll be well made and I'm sure there'll be more to it but I feel like loads in here have just gone 'OMG GTA <3' without really considering it. Think back to why Vice City was so special, it wasn't because of the actual city. If you remove what made Vice City so special, what are you left with?

No it isn't.
 
Really disappointed by the trailer.

The game world and density will surely be incredible and set new standards in gaming, as Rockstar's main releases usually do, but this was the most generic, bland, soulless, goofy trailer I've ever seen from them. I didn't feel the Rockstar touch at all, it felt like a generic Ubisoft title to me...half the trailer just Instagram reels and showing crazy Florida man stereotypes, women twerking and crocodiles.

I also hope Jason will be a fleshed out character with his own story and thoughts, and not just a yes man for Lucia. :D The next trailers will probably properly introduce both protagonists.

I'm still optimistic that it's just this trailer that doesn't do it for me and the game will be amazing...but I didn't wait 10 years for this. I also wanted NYC, or Chicago, or some other midwest location after a decade of Los Santos.

I still trust Rockstar, though, as all the main installments since III are all-timer games and childhood favorites of mine, as well as RDR2.

I know what you mean by that, it comes across as a bit GTA by numbers with some deliberately over the top characters and stereotypes. It looks beautiful but didn't really hit for me.

I'm still confident in Rockstar though and the world is obviously very well built so I think the game could still be top class.
 
This Redditor has a very interesting take on the plot from the trailer shown. Well worth a look!

He posits that the male character is possibly working undercover for the police and that somewhere along the journey his feelings become real for the female character, who of course, is the criminal element in question. That leads to potential where the Bonnie and Clyde thing plays out.



I like the theory of a Bonnie and Clyde sort of story, but not a fan of what'll doubtless be endless character switching mid mission.

The fact Franklin, Michael and Trevor all had their own arcs and stories and supporting casts was a good part of GTA5. Thats not going to be the same with 2 characters who are together.
Not much actually revealed in that trailer. I'd agree it looks like a Bonnie and Clyde type story, but hopefully its more of the case you select one at the start and largely play as them. I'm never a fan of random switches between character inside missions. I've always preferred to have one consistent character that I view as me in games
 
Really disappointed by the trailer.

The game world and density will surely be incredible and set new standards in gaming, as Rockstar's main releases usually do, but this was the most generic, bland, soulless, goofy trailer I've ever seen from them. I didn't feel the Rockstar touch at all, it felt like a generic Ubisoft title to me...half the trailer just Instagram reels and showing crazy Florida man stereotypes, women twerking and crocodiles.

I also hope Jason will be a fleshed out character with his own story and thoughts, and not just a yes man for Lucia. :D The next trailers will probably properly introduce both protagonists.

I'm still optimistic that it's just this trailer that doesn't do it for me and the game will be amazing...but I didn't wait 10 years for this. I also wanted NYC, or Chicago, or some other midwest location after a decade of Los Santos.

I still trust Rockstar, though, as all the main installments since III are all-timer games and childhood favorites of mine, as well as RDR2.
They're not going to give too much away – both in order to build excitement over multiple trailers, and also so that other developers don't get a head's start on what to copy!
 
Some of that sounds very plausible.

Not an undercover cop sent to catch her in particular, that wouldn't make sense. Possibly investigating some major criminal element she's involved with.

And like with GTA5 there will be split endings probably based around whether he betrays her at the end or not. Or whether he confesses and she kills him.
It does sound plausible – and of course every single detail in the trailer will have been put there for a reason – R* know that people will go over these with a fine tooth comb!
 
I know what you mean by that, it comes across as a bit GTA by numbers with some deliberately over the top characters and stereotypes. It looks beautiful but didn't really hit for me.

I'm still confident in Rockstar though and the world is obviously very well built so I think the game could still be top class.

I agree, and don't get me wrong: I've always loved Rockstar's humor and how they make fun of America and their society, it's just that I hope it won't be the main theme of this game.
 
@teambrianGB (no longer on here apparently) had the idea of a GTA set in Hong Kong/Shenzhen, where you get 6 stars for littering on one side of the border, and it's no laws on the other side. I thought it was a great idea.
 
Since Elon said he can't play GTA because he can't get himself to commit virtual crimes I had an epiphany and can no longer play this either. From here on out I will be free of negative actions and thought like Lord Musk.
 
Damn that looks great. The shot of the Keys was just :drool:

If the density of those crowds is legit and not just for cinematic purposes then it's gonna be a cracking game.

I think most of the shots are probably snippets from cutscenes for quests etc.

The shot from 12 seconds where it pans up over the ocean to the beach looks to me like an opening cutscene or even an opening to the actual game when you first start. Far too staged and perfect, it looks like a Sim City game. I say that as a compliment.

In fact the one shot that I thought looked a bit underwhelming was the Tokyo drift slide late on, that certainly looks in game and looks actually pretty blood empty, granted its clearly a remote location but no moving cars or people. Doesn't have the same gloss as the rest of the trailer.
 
did they show what happens when you boof prossies in your car? the motion used to get me started but moving the camera around to the front of the car, and seeing them just sitting there motionless, really knocked me out of my stride.
 
Also, can I point out the sheer fecking scale of this map. That opening shot, pause it. Left is the city centre, but right in the distance on the right you have some huge buildings, some type of factory and the distance looks huge. In the centre of the screen is where the Prison is, you can see the Prison towers.

Feel like this map is going to be fecking massive. Like gigantic.
 
Since Elon said he can't play GTA because he can't get himself to commit virtual crimes I had an epiphany and can no longer play this either. From here on out I will be free of negative actions and thought like Lord Musk.

Just when I thought my opinion of him couldn't get any lower.
 
did they show what happens when you boof prossies in your car? the motion used to get me started but moving the camera around to the front of the car, and seeing them just sitting there motionless, really knocked me out of my stride.
Zoomed in, full penetration. And when I say "full" I mean everything goes in - even the giblets. All recreated in 8k definition. Even if your TV doesn't handle 8k, it will for the prossie boofing scenes. Because this game was made in a place mere yards away from an underground museum for dinosaurs, and mere feet away from the building where the SNP waste all of my money on fecking ferries that dont work. Video game magic.
 
3 major cities: possibly Miami/Tampa/Orlando?

Not much landscape diversity compared to San Andreas, all you have is beaches, swamps and urban sprawl

South Florida is a major international hub for both legal and illegal activity, so I'm sure the agencies and gangs/groups involved will feature heavily in the storyline

Adding LIV/King of Diamonds with real bottle sparklers and fake posteriors is a nice touch :D

I'll probably get the PS5 just for this release.
 
The subreddit is decent for some extra stuff.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/s/iQ46Iixx8q
Comparison video with the GTAV trailer.

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Accuracy between game and real life.

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Look at the size of that skyline.

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Look at the size of those artificial... City views.
 
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3 major cities: possibly Miami/Tampa/Orlando?

Not much landscape diversity compared to San Andreas, all you have is beaches, swamps and urban sprawl

South Florida is a major international hub for both legal and illegal activity, so I'm sure the agencies and gangs/groups involved will feature heavily in the storyline

Adding LIV/King of Diamonds with real bottle sparklers and fake posteriors is a nice touch :D

I'll probably get the PS5 just for this release.
I bet one of the cities is a Caribbean city ala Havana, San Juan or Kingston probably accessed by commercial flights.

I'd hope so anyway.
 
Yeah, I'm discussing this with a mate @Mr Pigeon . You can see the sheer scale of the City in a few of the shots, it's a little deceptive given the design of Vice City with the water in the bay but this is clearly substantially larger than GTAV. You can see the scale references in a few of the shots.

The two Miami beach shots tells you how long the city itself is. You can see the same building in both shots.
 
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3 major cities: possibly Miami/Tampa/Orlando?

Not much landscape diversity compared to San Andreas, all you have is beaches, swamps and urban sprawl

South Florida is a major international hub for both legal and illegal activity, so I'm sure the agencies and gangs/groups involved will feature heavily in the storyline

Adding LIV/King of Diamonds with real bottle sparklers and fake posteriors is a nice touch :D

I'll probably get the PS5 just for this release.
So far three different police forces have been spotted in the trailer. Miami-Dade, Florida Highway Patrol and Broward County Sheriffs. I have absolutely no idea what that means but hopefully someone else does, and maybe it relates to your thoughts.

Edit: Tampa might indeed be in it - https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/s/TDavVaIGSQ

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