Decline Grand Theft Auto VI - PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S (Fall 2025)

[Ezekiel]

Have long thought GTA should have a more detached, quiet protagonist whose morality is harder to define. Only says as much as needed, barely smiles.

 

[Modron]

I wouldnt be surprised if we have an obvious DeSantis stand in, like Family Guy did with Trump:

Asscreed Odyssey had orange man bad and make athens great again in it.

 

[Alienman]

If we ignore the sandbox murdering, isn't Nico just killing as a defense? I mean, his cousin got attacked by crazed Albanians, and then Russians or something.

It's been many years since I played the game, but yes if I remember correctly it starts out with Niko defending Roman and therefore his first killings are quite justified, but the game quickly devolves into Niko killing people left and right for whatever reasons the developers put in to have something for the player to do. By trying to make GTA main character more human, sympathetic and relatable it actually works counter to that and backfires for me. Now if you want to make a game about criminal amending their ways, that's well and good but it would need different gameplay than GTA, maybe an adventure game for example.

I agree with that, but honestly, that goes for most action-themed games. You murder thousands usually I usually accept that there will be a certain disconnect in games.

 

[frajaq]

What's the message Rockstar is trying to convey here?

 

[911 Jumper]

Senior programmer at Rockstar...


Rockstar devs react to Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer leak: 'This f***ing sucks'

 

[9ted6]

Surprised they used Tom Petty for the music. Was expecting some shitty 2020s rap or pop rock. Seems like they're trying to cash in on Vice City nostalgia though, I doubt 80s dadrock is going to be at all tonally relevant. There will be lots of awkward VC callbacks.

Demographics aren't woke. Miami's been majority hispanic for going on 40 years and there are almost double the number of blacks than whites, but hispanics beat blacks and whites combined. It's just the way it is. But it's going to be woke as shit, don't get me wrong. This is the first Rockstar game post-riots and covid, it's going to be even more woke than BG3 thanks to the inclusion of real political messaging.

My prediction is that there won't be any RL politician standins though. They're going to do this so they can make a blogpost later about how X politician isn't even in as a parody because that's how much they hate bigots or something. This will get them reddit points and journos praising them for their bravery.

Whatever satire there is will be entirely one sided, just like GTA 5 and RDR 2. I think they're going for a slightly more serious tone though, but not as serious as 4. Almost definitely gonna be a very predictable story ending in a forced tragedy.

Gameplay will be sped-up RDR 2 with even easier gunplay. Barren open world like GTA 5. It'll look pretty though.

The game will come out, get rave reviews from the usual websites, sell a shitload to normies then become an MP-only microtransaction machine.

 

[dsndo]

Senior programmer at Rockstar...


Rockstar devs react to Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer leak: 'This f***ing sucks'

Oh we know how big an impact they have.

 

[9ted6]

Senior programmer at Rockstar...


Rockstar devs react to Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer leak: 'This f***ing sucks'

Oh we know how big an impact they have.

You know it's 2023 gaming when the article starts off with irrelevant virtue signalling over US politics.

And PC Gamer's out here saying how much they hope the male protag dies in the beginning while giving the girl gender neutral pronouns.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

What's the message Rockstar is trying to convey here?

 

[jaekl]

OH PERFECT!! Romance!! My favorite crime!! Wow... to think profound romance is what GTA was sorely missing all this time. Thank god we will finally have a game coming out with romance in it because those are just so tough to find nowadays.

 

[911 Jumper]

OH PERFECT!! Romance!! My favorite crime!! Wow... to think profound romance is what GTA was sorely missing all this time. Thank god we will finally have a game coming out with romance in it because those are just so tough to find nowadays.

It could be like the romance in the 2003 romantic comedy Gigli

 

[lycanwarrior]

The so-called "conservative" Black Youtuber...

 

[Jürgen]

Surprised they used Tom Petty for the music. Was expecting some shitty 2020s rap or pop rock. Seems like they're trying to cash in on Vice City nostalgia though, I doubt 80s dadrock is going to be at all tonally relevant. There will be lots of awkward VC callbacks.

Demographics aren't woke. Miami's been majority hispanic for going on 40 years and there are almost double the number of blacks than whites, but hispanics beat blacks and whites combined. It's just the way it is. But it's going to be woke as shit, don't get me wrong. This is the first Rockstar game post-riots and covid, it's going to be even more woke than BG3 thanks to the inclusion of real political messaging.

My prediction is that there won't be any RL politician standins though. They're going to do this so they can make a blogpost later about how X politician isn't even in as a parody because that's how much they hate bigots or something. This will get them reddit points and journos praising them for their bravery.

Whatever satire there is will be entirely one sided, just like GTA 5 and RDR 2. I think they're going for a slightly more serious tone though, but not as serious as 4. Almost definitely gonna be a very predictable story ending in a forced tragedy.

Gameplay will be sped-up RDR 2 with even easier gunplay. Barren open world like GTA 5. It'll look pretty though.

The game will come out, get rave reviews from the usual websites, sell a shitload to normies then become an MP-only microtransaction machine.

The strong female character seems to be the woke bit as the male protagonist takes a backseat and a follower role. Whites will undoubtedly be portrayed as idiots and whatnot as usual.

Possibly boyfriend betrays his lady friend which allows her to start a lesbian relationship with an androgynous asexual identifying a horse or something. This is not made fun of which will be the real tragedy.

 

[OSK]

Why would racists be upset about black people in a video game about committing crimes?

 

[Elttharion]

Why would racists be upset about black people in a video game about committing crimes?

 

[Jrpgfan]

This mission is gonna be interesting:

 

[Latro]

Surprised they used Tom Petty for the music. Was expecting some shitty 2020s rap or pop rock. Seems like they're trying to cash in on Vice City nostalgia though, I doubt 80s dadrock is going to be at all tonally relevant. There will be lots of awkward VC callbacks.

Demographics aren't woke. Miami's been majority hispanic for going on 40 years and there are almost double the number of blacks than whites, but hispanics beat blacks and whites combined. It's just the way it is. But it's going to be woke as shit, don't get me wrong. This is the first Rockstar game post-riots and covid, it's going to be even more woke than BG3 thanks to the inclusion of real political messaging.

My prediction is that there won't be any RL politician standins though. They're going to do this so they can make a blogpost later about how X politician isn't even in as a parody because that's how much they hate bigots or something. This will get them reddit points and journos praising them for their bravery.

Whatever satire there is will be entirely one sided, just like GTA 5 and RDR 2. I think they're going for a slightly more serious tone though, but not as serious as 4. Almost definitely gonna be a very predictable story ending in a forced tragedy.

Gameplay will be sped-up RDR 2 with even easier gunplay. Barren open world like GTA 5. It'll look pretty though.

The game will come out, get rave reviews from the usual websites, sell a shitload to normies then become an MP-only microtransaction machine.

The strong female character seems to be the woke bit as the male protagonist takes a backseat and a follower role. Whites will undoubtedly be portrayed as idiots and whatnot as usual.

Possibly boyfriend betrays his lady friend which allows her to start a lesbian relationship with an androgynous asexual identifying a horse or something. This is not made fun of which will be the real tragedy.

Gonna be:

True love ending: they stick by each other’s side and are guaranteed to die this way cuz muh Bonnie and clyde

One lives by betraying the other, player picks which character. Predictable endings as soon as the romance thing was confirmed

 

[RobotSquirrel]

The new saints row looks like absolute shit.
Hey wait a second!

 

[Tehdagah]

This mission is gonna be interesting:

Did they nerf her ass? In the first leaks she was thicc

 

[911 Jumper]

99 Details From the GTA 6 Trailer (19 minutes)

 

[Jürgen]

Gonna be:

True love ending: they stick by each other’s side and are guaranteed to die this way cuz muh Bonnie and clyde

One lives by betraying the other, player picks which character. Predictable endings as soon as the romance thing was confirmed

Yeah, this makes sense for sure.

I miss Claude and the ending they did in GTA III. Now that was something we we'd never see these days.

 

[Caim]

No gameplay = no relevancy.

 

[Vic]

I expect good gameplay, an improvement over GTA5, but in this degenerate zoomer setting which basically makes it unplayable anyways

I think they saw how ADHD Cyberpunk was and decided that this is the way going forward, makes sense if you consider current internet culture.

This is the future of video gayms

 

[Vic]

Oh I get it, the V is her Vagina and the I is his dick, clever

 

[Cyberarmy]

I expect good gameplay, an improvement over GTA5, but in this degenerate zoomer setting which basically makes it unplayable anyways

dunno about that but RDR2 s gameplay was a clear downgrade for me, over RDR1 and GTAV. It felt way too cumbersome.

Also there is no way current consoles could handle those beach sections. I'm forseeing huge downgrades in this games future.