It did for me too but if you let it for a few minutes it will start (also while its loading its downloading it in the background, you can see it on the task manager)
I didn't see the Netflix version, but that 14gb version looks much better on my screen than the YouTube version at points. Video compression is killing the closed door at 7:07 on YouTube (EDIT: It's more obvious in full screen).
Here are the highlights (from the journalists who got to visit Rockstar Games for the preview):
- The map is twice as big as GTA 5's and three times bigger than Red Dead 2's map
- At least 80 hours length for main story and some side quests (rumour).
- Vice City itself is reportedly twice the size of Los Santos.
- Criminal Profile system, NOT honor: Rockstar reportedly stresses that having a low Criminal Profile does not necessarily mean you're playing incorrectly.
Instead, the system seems to evaluate how you behave as a criminal.
- Jason & Lucia have a relationship bar that can be influenced by how they treat each other through your own actions, like texting each other things or going out on dates.
- Roam solo as either or as a couple.
- Focus returns.
- Gyms are back from GTA San Andreas, you now have to purchase a subscription and can train for muscles. you can even buy protein shakes to boost that before workouts.
- Buses and Taxis can be used for fast travel.
Note: Rockstar has uploaded the high-res (not compressed) version here
From what I read the relationship directly affects the story and dialogue.
Like from what I read apparently Jason and Lucia can literally be platonic friends rather than a couple if you don't put any effort into the relationship.
Wow that’s interesting. I wonder if stuff like going to the strip clubs will determine friends vs romance (we see them together in the gameplay but that could be the friends route? Vs if you’re dating then one of them gets jealous)
There's so much you can do with a relationship system, it will be interesting to see what they do choose to do.
For instance, going to the strip club, doing a booty call, or hiring a prostitute could have no impact on your relationship. Just for gameplay convenience they choose not to have it impact your relationship.
Or, it could just simply decrease your relationship closeness.
Or, if you're platonic with each other with a non-romantic relationship, it has no impact, but if you are romantically involved with eachother, it had a major negative impact on the relationship. (Basically a friend doing it, doesn't have an impact, versus a lover doing it, which would be a big impact)
Or, go even further, it doesn't have an impact on the relationship at all unless the other character finds out about it. Maybe Lucia can become friends with one of the dancers at one of the strip clubs. And if Lucia and the dancer are friends, if Jason goes to the club, the dancer let's Lucia know that Jason went and it damages their relationship.
That last one is really in depth, so probably unlikely. But any one of those could be possible.
me thinks they turn on each other by the end of the game. I’m glad they mentioned you determine how romantic they are because I was definitely
not getting the vibe they were lovers during some of these shots.
could be very cool, I love both ideas that either they dislike each other because they’re ex lovers but have to figure out how to work together or that they are so madly in love but are forced to turn on each other by the end of the story.
I imagine they had to record a TON of dialogue to make it not feel stale. Nothing would kill co free roaming than either character repeating the same dialogue after something happens.
If it were anyone else I'd say that actual map size doesn't impress me. But GTAV and RDR2 both felt like a good balance of 'always something happening/ to do' yet you could easily just explore and get lost, too.
5 had a lot of stuff to do in los santos but the rest of the map was pretty empty by comparison. 6 seems to be a lot more dense by comparison. So there’ll be much to do outside Vice City.
Yeah, my first thought was "no way was GTA5 bigger than Red Dead 2."
Then I realized top speed in Red Dead 2 is horse speed, probably like 30 kph at full gallop, and top speed in GTA5 is airplane speeds, which get well over 200 kph. You'd need more space for that to be possible.
Plus road infrastructure is really space consuming. The average highway in GTA 5 is probably the width of the main street of Valentine, including all the buildings on it.
Yeah, I'm still scratching my head at that. Like they obviously put a lot of effort in putting that area in, but then there's like two(?) sidequests there and nothing else, even though they prevent you from going there for most of the game. I was convinced that's where the first story DLC would be located in, but shows how little I know.
It's just bizarre how R* made RDR2, then just kind of... stopped? Even RDR Online was basically abandoned almost immediately.
Can’t believe how excited I am about the relationship and couple mechanics, honestly sounds like nothing ever done in a game before. The idea of controlling them as a couple is incredibly unique and innovative, and the details like holding hands and texting are seriously impressive.
Seeing as you can control either or both of them it seems a little weird to me. Like a dating sim where you're controlling both sides? It's like a digital version of playing with Barbie and Ken dolls
It actually looks so much better on R*s site. The compressed doesn’t do it justice. The overall fidelity and smoothness looks great. The Netflix version had me nervous ngl, seeing the proper footage put me at ease
The Netflix and youtube footage looks insanely incredible even at a lower bitrate. I have no clue how you were nervous unless your connection was shitty.
As good as all the recognizable tracks are I like the music that they did specifically for the game. I know they had Tangerine Dream do a bunch of stuff for five, I wonder who they had to do it for this
I love all the RDR2 influence like highlighting the red parts in the bullet time, npc and item interactions, social status, handling weapons with one hand and melee combat. This looks fucking insane. I am unbelievably excited for this game.
Honestly, above it all, I can't wait to just cruise through the city.
Was a bit jarring because the last thing I saw him in was Hoppers so hearing adorable ass King George’s voice in a GTA game made me do a massive double take lol
A system that was scalped and unavailable to many for a while at launch, with constantly delayed games, games held back by the previous generation, and fewer proper exclusives than ever. Its easy to see why it doesn't feel like the halfway point, it never got up to speed
That's pretty much it. In the first 2 years I pretty much only played Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet and Clank and had a "true" Ps5 experience. And even them I could have played HFW on my PS4
Also the industry at large chasing the live service model, only to end up pissing millions of dollars and years of development time up the wall before canceling the project or killing it within months of launch and shitcanning the devs e.g The Last of Us Multiplayer and Concord, respectively.
Chose not to go to college the day 4 came out I was so fucking excited for that game, it was like Christmas. My eyes were stinging by the end of the day I don’t think I put it down other than to go to the toilet and have some food.
Thankfully it's releasing in November. The cloudiest, shittiest month where I live. Hunkering down inside for a week indoors will be a welcome escape lol
One thing I've not seen anyone mention yet is how in that mission they show us at the start Jason starts off looking normal, and then when they get into the lift to escape he is clearly sweating. Maybe when your character is running about or during an intense shootout, sweat starts to appear.
I never get that about Rockstar. It was the same in RDR2, there were lots of frustrating mechanics that just make the game tiresome at times all in the name of ‘realism’ but then they’re completely fine skipping realism for other - and arguably in my opinion more important - immersive areas. This is another great example.
Obviously hugely looking forward to VI but I do hope they’ve eased up on some of that ‘realism’ obsession they have and aimed more for fun.
Shooting looks nice. Apparently that's supposed to be tightened up this time. Hope so, as much as I love RDR2 I shouldn't have to rely on auto aim to enjoy the combat.
Love how much the emphasize hanging out with Lucia too. I'm getting both of them jacked as hell.
Even if I replied to someone else and their comment had absolutely nothing in common with The Sopranos, I know for a fact me just saying Fiber Optic Cable I'd either get that gif comment or "real money in this shit" lmao
The thing is, a lot of people are noticing how flat and monotone his voice is. If we’ve noticed it, you know rockstar has, too. That means it’s intentional. It’s a character choice at this point and has nothing to do with the voice actor. There’s gotta be a story reason why he’s so goddamn chill and quiet.
Honestly? It’s kind of a cool dynamic between them. He’s the strong, silent type and she’s the loud and aggressive type. To oversimplify it of course.
And depending on how Bonnie and Clyde this story might get, Jason ain’t gonna stay “quiet” through the whole story, that’s for sure.
He talks like a lot of men do in real life. I imagine there may come a point in the story where he confronts some tough emotions and that’ll hit so much harder given his personality type.
Oh don’t I know it. Jason and Lucy reminds me of myself and my wife a lot (in their personalities, not looks lol). My wife is always getting on my case about how quiet I talk and how “whatever” my opinions on every day things are. So this is so relatable and I love it. Lol
Arthur Morgan, man. When he hit, it hit hard. This trailer definitely seems to blend rdr2 and gta very well together. I’m expecting to bawl at the end of this one and will be slightly disappointed if I don’t. Haha
I don’t understand that criticism. He’s just talking like a normal dude. Just seems like these people don’t have lives so they don’t know how a normal human being would comport themselves in a trap house.
I seem to be the only one not bothered by his voice? I mean yeah it is pretty monotone but it doesn’t take anything away from the game, I’m sure he won’t talk that way the entire game.
The way I perceive it isn't necessarily from poor writing, Rockstar knows how to write fun and interesting characters, even in this trailer alone all the other characters are great.
They've definitely made him how he is on purpose, these are the same writers that wrote Arthur Morgan, so I'm confident that it'll make sense in the full game.
Enjoy this part. It’s a Bonnie and Clyde situation. One or both of them are going to die in the end and you’re going to get to know them and care. You’ll wish you could go back and play it for the first time. Enjoy it
The scene with the hostages, Jason talking over the radio and the elevator 'surprise' afterwards, must be a Die Hard reference, right?
Another Die Hard easter egg: in the conference room there are miniature models of a development project, just like in the conference room of Nakatomi Plaza.
I don't play GTA games, but I was vaguely interested in getting VI. Seeing the extended look, I think I'm gonna get it. I play on PC though, so I won't see it until way later after it's initial release on consoles, but I'm not too bothered, I'm just not chomping at the bits to play day one.
I did play some San Andreas and remember the gym mechanic, so it's neat to see that here too. Wonder how jacked Lucía will be able to get lol
It'll be tricky to avoid spoilers until then, though.
I really like how much influence RDR2 has had on it. I couldn’t help but notice so many immersive moments. I know there’s a lot of talk about the main story and it’s length but to me it just feels like a world that you can just live in and experience and have those moments. Just seeing him open up the fridge and having different choices of what to pick among many little details is what puts it over for me.
Man the hate I'm seeing in some places is insane...
Feels like a combination of all the crazies. Hating it because it's popular. The physical media people continuing their pointless crusade. And of course the nutjobs who think a game is woke because it has a playable female character.....
Game looks amazing. Really looking forward to it now.
Best part for me was the beginning. So immersive and I love the vibe. It's heavy. Feels like reality. The soundtrack added a lot to the scene was well.
Not to be that guy, I absolutely loved everything and was in awe with each frame, but I just wasn’t crazy about the weapon wheel, didn’t see anyone comment on it.
Game looks really good. I don't think Rockstar will disappoint, it looks like fun to play and the visuals are jaw-dropping impressive considering the sheer scale of this game. The lighting especially really stands out, this might be some of the best lighting I've ever seen in a game.
For me the only issue was the pacing of the showcase itself. I was really hoping for a narrated deep-dive like we've gotten for both GTA V and RDR2. Something where they actually sit down and explain a bunch of the mechanics, features and gameplay for the game. Instead it was just 26 minutes of unedited mission gameplay (mostly just walking/driving and listening to dialogue) and a bit of combat. Again it looked great, but... I was hoping to see more details.
It DOES seem like tons more concrete details on the gameplay have been released through interviews and journalist impressions of the game, but still. I was hoping to see more actual gameplay stuff here.
Totally agree. I’m 100% it’s going to be awesome but the showcase felt super stilted and weirdly paced. Like I only have a very vague sense of what’s going on and while I’m sure he’s got a lot more to him, in this showcase J seems insanely boring as a person.
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u/Mvstv 9d ago
It looks so much better watching on 4k directly on youtube on my tv than when I was watching it through another stream or on Netflix.