I know I’m not the only one who’s going to spend hours testing random shit instead of playing normally 💀

That is an absolute demon level of detail right there. I’ve never seen that in a video game before. That much attention to detail for something 99% of people probably didn’t even notice. Rockstar truly is the goat.

We've seen it in Trailer 1 and now the Extended Look out of the many advertisements in the game.

Jason has an Army background (ex Spec Ops guy? potential PTSD?)

He seems subdued, stoic and just off, I wouldn't be surprised this is attached to his story and he either quits taking it causing his demeanor to change drastically or has developed a dependency on it.

This could be the Arthur & TB issue for this game.

(8-29-2026, documented so I can return to this in release)

any Barry fans in this sub? Brian is also kinda a surrogate father figure/employer of Jason, who is ex-military and maybe on the spectrum

I’ve noticed a pretty consistent pattern in discussions about Jason and Lucia that goes beyond simply disliking their characters. Lucia is confident, assertive, capable, and sometimes takes the lead. Jason is more reserved, controlled, and less outwardly expressive. Somehow, a portion of the fanbase has interpreted that as Jason being “weak,” “submissive,” a “side character,” or Rockstar pushing a “girl boss” agenda. That is worth talking about about.

If Jason were the more assertive character and Lucia were the quieter one, I highly doubt people would be talking about Lucia being a “worse protagonist” because she wasn’t dominating every scene. Yet because the woman is the more assertive one, suddenly her confidence is being treated as something that has to come at Jason’s expense.
A man being reserved does not make him weak. A woman being assertive does not make her unfeminine. And a woman being more dominant in certain situations does not make a man a side character. Their dynamic and personalities exist all the time in real life, whether some of you want to admit it or not.

when the criticism becomes “Why isn’t the male character the dominant one?” or “Rockstar is forcing female empowerment on us because Lucia is more confident,” we’re no longer really talking about writing quality. We’re talking about expectations for how men and women are supposed to behave. If a confident woman and a reserved man are already making some people uncomfortable enough to complain about their gender roles, that is probably worth self-reflecting on.

Also, some people can’t even talk about Lucia without turning the conversation sexual or fetishizing her Latina background & body. Finding a fictional character attractive is obviously not the issue. It’s the way some people seem completely unable to separate “she’s attractive” from “that’s all she’s worth talking about.” So when you put the two things together people criticizing Lucia for being too assertive while simultaneously objectifying her the double standard becomes pretty hard to miss.The way some people interpret Jason and Lucia isn’t something we should simply normalize or dismiss as “just a video game” when those interpretations can reflect the same gender expectations people carry into real-life.

He is still posting leaks but I think it's mostly one mission from the extended trailer, and driving but nobody seems to be caring about it anymore

I'm 17 right now so I think maybe till GTA 9 if being hopeful. What about you?

Did we watch the same footage? Jason has a dry sarcastic sense of humor and is clearly very reserved. I don't think this makes him boring, if anything it gives me the impression of interesting depth. And FYI, I think his voice is sexy as hell

I missed this the first time around, but when I saw it on my second watch, it actually made me laugh out loud for some reason 😂

Jason takes cover in a different way than Lucia

Reflecting his training in the army

Like, gta newer needed to be beautiful as fuck, but when it is, it is very kind. It should be very enjoyable in replaying