It looks like our first details on what to expect from GTA 6 have arrived courtesy of a Bloomberg report, which reveals that the game could be out in 2024 (although developers are said to be "sceptical"), it'll feature a pair of leading characters including a female Latina protagonist for the first time, and it'll take place in a fictional version of Miami.
Sounds like Vice City, then!
In terms of what to expect from the single-player campaign, it's said that the story will be influenced by Bonnie and Clyde, with the aforementioned female protagonist being a playable character. Apparently there was a plan to set GTA 6 across "large portions of North and South America", but ultimately Rockstar had to be "reeled in" and focus instead on the fictionalised version of Miami, with plans to add new missions and cities to the game over time. It's also mentioned in the report that the team is trying to be more cautious compared to other GTA games when it comes to "making jokes about marginalised groups".
The release window definitely doesn't seem to be set in stone, as while developers reportedly told Bloomberg that it's set to release somewhere between April 2023 and March 2024, they still believe it's "at least two years away", and there's supposedly even some scepticism inside the company that it'll be able to live up to expectations.
"After a public controversy four years ago, Rockstar, the maker of Grand Theft Auto, is reinventing itself as a kinder, gentler company. But employees aren’t sure it can still produce the chart-topping caliber of game the studio has become known for."
Maybe don't count on that 2024 part, then... but at least we finally have some details on the game!
Happy with the Miami setting for GTA 6? Do you think we'll see it in two years? Can it live up to the hype? Tell us!
[source bloomberg.com]
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Latino and female….. I feel the go woke go broke crowd getting upset and I’m all for that…
Haha
Miami is an ace setting.
Then its confirmed... they are all out of ideas. We've done Miami. With a whole world of choices, to go back to a place we've already seen, especially when its as souless and uncharacterful as miami, simply says 'im all out of ideas'.
I dont expect this to have any of the bitting satire and deftness of writting that made the previous games so great, and expect it to simply be a vehicle to promote gta6 online, where im sure there will be a concentration of effort, particularly around the casino....
Hoping my cynicism is unjust, but I suspect the worst 😂
@Stocksy Why? Nobody had a problem playing as Franklin in GTA5. Or Nico in GTA4. And honestly it's about time they had a female character (though I personally think we should be able to create our own).
I just worry about how cringe it'll be. For some reason whenever a game (or hollywood for that matter) try to do a Latin person (in this case probably Cuban or Puerto Rican) they always lean on it a bit too heavily. We don't all live in the same house with our grandma and uncle. We don't all have papier mache jalapenos hanging up in the kitchen, and for god's sake, 99 percent of us don't mix english and spanish in a sentence. That **** is annoying as hell.
@XxEvilAshxX since posting I’ve been on two different sites and both first comments were along the lines “they’ve gone woke”….
Unfortunately some sad little people in society decide that anything that isn’t “white” and male is “woke”
Ridiculous but true. Imho GTA has always been about what those people would call woke. As in a story of an outsider. It’s just a strange time to be alive.
Also I’m fairly sure plenty of people unfortunately had issues with playing as Franklin.
Incoming 100 Million articles on gta 6, Should be fun. PureGTA
GTA is boring now anyway. It's basically been the same game since gta 3 but with better graphics and frame rate. The missions are all the same and the humour is dull. I'll be getting it day one..
@Titntin Meanwhile, we've had 4 games in Liberty City, 2 in Los Santos, and a ton of side releases that took place in those, with the only real reprieve being two in London and the one in Vice City.
I'd personally take another neon lit Vice City over a gray on black Liberty City or a brown on orange Los Santos any day.
@InterceptorAlpha I'm with you half way. But my concern is what made Vice City so special was the combination of Miami AND the 80s. Everything from the outfits, the colours, the cars, the music all synergised well between the two. Modern Miami/Vice City is far less enticing.
I would love to pay full price plus taxes for a digital version of that beta at day 1! I am a fan!
Rockstar hasn’t disappointed yet. I’ll reserve judgement until I see it. Also, a Bonnie and Clyde story sounds dope.
@InterceptorAlpha
I cant argue that they' havent over used locations in the past, as they clearly have.
But that doesnt mean we should accept them returning to a city they've already done again, simply because they are always befret of ideas. Even if you just stayed in the US, there are still cities with more culture charm and appeal than Miami. It only worked last time because of its 80s setting tying in nicely with miami vice etc...
One of the reasons I appreciated Sleeping Dogs so much was its setting in a proper interesting city. I would like gta6 to be great, and one of the things that would help that would be having an interesting setting...... Miami doesnt interest me in the slightest.
I am all for a return to Vice City. Vice City was my favorite setting for GTA. I was really hoping that GTA VI would be in Vice City, it just made sense with IV returning to Liberty City and V returning to San Andreas.
@themightyant Spot on…Miami and the 80’s was the perfect iconic combination to riff off.
I’m not sure when GTA6 is meant to be set? They’ll be no Michael Jackson that’s for sure.
Story sounded like it could have potential (a love story where, I assume you flip back and fourth between characters…exploiting the flaws and strengths within that relationship)…but then I read they’re making a conscious effort to censor themselves, which can only limit the writing and characters that fill out the world.
That’s a shame.
“It's also mentioned in the report that the team is trying to be more cautious compared to other GTA games when it comes to "making jokes about marginalised groups".”
This is pretty much a guarantee that the next game is going to self-censor, be woke and become the worst GTA.
@Titntin That's very valid. If it is a modern Miami, my eyes will immediately glaze over.
If it isn't vaporwave and outrun everywhere pro ably gonna be a pass from me.
Hell yeah, ready for some good writing and even better graphics. Anybody making this a political issue, as said in different words above, grow up lol. We don't need more toxicity, the 2020s have been pretty bad so far, let us enjoy our gaming entertainment.
@Stocksy pretty sure most people saying "that's woke" are some type of bot, couldn't agree more on the story approach for outsiders comment. Looking forward to what Rockstar has up their sleeves, always love their storylines & approach to their world building.
Having a female protagonist in GTA is a good change, but f*** Florida.
You can play as a female in Tomb Raider since the 90s. What a fuss about nothing every time….
The most marginalized group I can think of right now is single player games lovers
I'm worried that the success of GTA online will mean they'll move more focus from the story mode, and have it be an "intro" to the setting like how big FPSs have moved away from providing a robust single player to being deathmatch shooters with a couple side missions.
With RDR2 that had a good meaty main mode, and so I'm not extremely worried, but that game started development a long time ago now, and they know where the money is at now.
I am really sceptical when I read: "Rockstar, the maker of Grand Theft Auto, is reinventing itself as a kinder, gentler company."
I have no problems playing as a female character, and can't see why anyone would, as long the character is well made. And if there is a company I would trust to make a good character, it's Rockstar. But if your going to strip away the fundamentals that made the previous games so great, because your worried you might offend someone, I can't help but being real sceptical..
The original GTA 1 had four female protagonists, however they were left out of the PS1 version.
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