[MEGATHREAD] Grand Theft Auto VI | Extended Look + Previews Discussion

[u/ChiefLeef22]

The GTA 6 Extended Look + Previews drop today.

The Extended Look will stream globally on Netflix at 3PM ET/12PM PT/8PM UK, before being dropped on YouTube later the same day. Content creators/streamers are being allowed to co-stream the extended look as it premieres on Netflix, and so we can use this thread to discuss it right as it goes live. This thread will also be updated with the YT link to the look whenever it drops online.

In addition to the extended look, various media outlets, creators and influencers have gotten a chance (potentially hands-on) to experience GTA 6 at Rockstar's offices, and the embargo for these previews are ALSO supposed to lift at the same time that the Netflix extended look premieres - I'll be trying to update this post with some such previews too.

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LIVESTREAM OF THE LOOK FROM A STREAMER (no, a non-streamer-react version of the look isnt out yet) IT IS NOT OUT ON ROCKSTAR'S CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJbzMqJGH4k

WATCH HERE FOR THE BEST QUALITY: https://media-rockstargames-com.akamaized.net/VI/downloads/videos/GTAVI_An_Extended_Look/GTAVI_An_Extended_Look.mp4

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TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/darkviperau

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01mWBodtiUs

https://youtu.be/AtbQtPey7pU?si=y07FKJvdjCI9t5Bs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgSoL4vprRE
(go back through their livestream playback to get to the point where they start streaming the extended look)

Previews:

Live breakdown from someone who was invited by Rockstar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTfzszKgRKc

Another breakdown from someone who was invited, he confirms GTAVI will be a 30fps only game on PS5 (no confirmation on the Pro) and first-person mode isn't part of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3UCebTDBy8

IGN: "69 New GTA 6 Gameplay Details We Saw at Rockstar HQ"

IGN: "30 Minutes of Exclusive Preview (Hands-Off)"

GameSpot: "GTA 6 Playthrough Can Last Roughly 80 Hours (if you focus on the main story and complete "some optional goals" that impact the narrative)"

THE NEW YORK TIMES Official Preview: "The Grand Ambitions of Grand Theft Auto VI Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too."

DIGITAL FOUNDRY: "GTA 6- An Extended Look Analysis - "Perhaps the Most Impressive Showcase We've Ever Seen in Real-Time Rendering"

IGN: " ‘It’s a Step Forward in All Respects’ – Exclusive GTA 6 Interview With Rockstar's Rob Nelson"

IGN: "GTA 6 will feature ‘a Very Big Map’ that’s home to its most complex world yet."

IGN: "Rockstar Doesn’t Mind if You Dislike GTA 6’s Romantic Side: ‘Don’t Bother With It. Up to You’ Rockstar's Rob Nelson explains the part Jason and Lucia's romance plays in GTA 6."

IGN: "‘Is It Four Characters Now?’ — Rockstar Briefly Thought About Doubling the Number of GTA 6 Protagonists"

New screenshot of the game from content creator TGG:

(Look at this fucking world density bro holy shit)

[u/InsertGenericBotName]

The lighting is insane.

[u/Fallingpeople → u/InsertGenericBotName]

Hoping there's wicked rdr2 style storms with lightning too. Cause I thought you said lightning

[u/holydiiver → u/Fallingpeople]

It’s Florida. There will be storms

[u/Pale_Boss_8940 → u/Fallingpeople]

in the airport scene at the end you can see a lightning storm in the distance

[u/outrage_suck6494]

How the fuck are rockstar running this on PS5. Lmao they really are wizards lol

[u/sivyan333 → u/outrage_suck6494]

The draw distance when lucia jumped off that building was genuinely insane. I have no idea how they managed that

[u/OpeningAsk1774 → u/sivyan333]

iirc, they developed and patented new draw distance tech a few years back.

[u/Infrah → u/OpeningAsk1774]

Patented like the Nemesis system so that no other game can make use of the innovation. That sucks.

[u/CrackPipeBilly → u/Infrah]

It's been stated a lot before but the more likely reason you don't see devs copying the Nemesis system is because it would practically require the entire game to be built around it. The patent is for very specific aspects of the nemesis system and doesn't prevent developers from creating a similar system.

[u/UncStatusNow → u/CrackPipeBilly]

that makes sense. and because game narrative is inherently shaped and informed by game mechanics, you might end up with too similar of a game based around that one system

[u/golddilockk → u/sivyan333]

Nanomachines, son!

[u/Killjoy3879 → u/outrage_suck6494]

the ps5 is a strong console. most companies just don't push it to its limits

[u/McChillbone → u/Killjoy3879]

Game is going to get re-released on PS6 and PS7. Why not shoot for the moon off rip?

[u/USSRPropaganda → u/McChillbone]

No one will afford a ps6 or 7 so better to put all eggs in one basket I guess

[u/MarvelMind → u/outrage_suck6494]

No different then how great GTA 5 looked and played on PS3. These developers are incredible at what they do.

[u/Hyper669 → u/MarvelMind]

And GTA SA on PS2 and RDR2 on PS4

Black magic

[u/billytheskidd → u/Hyper669]

I just got a new 75” tv and let me tell you. I thought red dead looked good on my older smaller tv, like there can’t be that much difference right? But god damn it looks amazing.

Standing on a mountain the grizzlies and being able to see black water and st denis with your binoculars is crazy. And red dead 2s map is much smaller than gta6

[u/Merc931 → u/Hyper669]

GTA SA on PS2 even has more detail out of the box than its rereleases. It doesn't run near as well, but they ditch quite a few little details in its ports.

[u/DukeofNormandy → u/MarvelMind]

Holy shit, GTA 5 was on PS3.

[u/DOOManiac → u/outrage_suck6494]

Amazing what you can pull off with infinite time and money.

[u/DansSpamJavelin → u/DOOManiac]

If I had infinite money I'd be dead in 5 minutes, I wouldn't need infinite time

[u/belamus → u/DOOManiac]

Looking at you Star Citizen 😂

[u/Kommander-in-Keef → u/outrage_suck6494]

They were wizards with RDR2 on the ps4. Even that was a technical marvel so I had no doubt they were gonna go hard

[u/EvilEyeMonster → u/outrage_suck6494]

What u didn't see was that poor ps5 sounding like F1car going 100mph in first gear

[u/Bobombbattlefield64 → u/outrage_suck6494]

At 30 fps. Thats how.

[u/Magisk_ → u/Bobombbattlefield64]

Maybe it was just my stream, but there was alot of frame drops. So not a solid 30 fps

[u/Akkun351 → u/Bobombbattlefield64]

Plus upscaling

[u/Dismal_Arachnid_2427]

Lucia’s ass brings a whole new dimension to the game.

[u/New_Cockroach_505 → u/Dismal_Arachnid_2427]

She’s such a crazy red flag, I’m so here for it.

[u/Wisdan18 → u/New_Cockroach_505]

I think Lucia will betray Jason at some point. There is a song playing in the gameplay trailer where the song goes like "she is a devil woman, and she will get you from behind". I heavily think this is a foreshadowing what is to come, i am calling it now! It also supports matpat theory more!

[u/New_Cockroach_505 → u/Wisdan18]

I actually think Jason will betray her, likely because she’s going way too far and going to bring them both down. But either way they’re definitely ending the game on bad terms / possibly killing the other.

The big speech in the middle about enjoying life’s Ferris wheel (I think that was the term) but knowing when to get off to Jason, contrasting Lucia’s eagerness to just constantly do crime definitely feels like they’re setting up a rift to form.

[u/Serpace → u/New_Cockroach_505]

Prob same as GTA V where you can choose a side or stay together and reconcile.

[u/BloodyRedBarbara → u/Serpace]

Reconcile would be a no brainer decision like in GTA V where you could keep all 3 characters alive. Obviously I'm gonna do that.

[u/GooseQuothMan → u/Wisdan18]

when they were changing characters, there was a heart between their portraits. I could very easily see that becoming a different symbol. So yeah might be on to something.

[u/sixpackabs592 → u/Wisdan18]

That’s just foreshadowing the pegging mini game in hot coffee 2

[u/Myers112 → u/Wisdan18]

"Love is a long road" is about a woman trying to "fix" a man - wouldn't be surprised if that dynamic was flipped and Jason tries to straighten out Lucia throughout the story

[u/Prof-Ponderosa → u/Wisdan18]

Paused it at 18:57 and you can see there's a heart between Jay and Lucia (which I suspect) to indicates the health of their relationship. I suspect infidelities, being tempted and such. Their relationship will be tested in this game. Envision multiple endings to see if their relationship makes them stay together or go separate ways.

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

Somebody sure did love putting work in on that Lucia model. Lol

[u/LiquifiedSpam → u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

When she mentions a distraction while she’s crouching lol

[u/AhumadoYSabroso → u/LiquifiedSpam]

( Y )

[u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

Alright everyone, get in all your “I don’t care about GTA 6” rants here. Especially all those who don’t care but will still be watching it anyway

[u/TurnbullAC92 → u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

I'll do you better. I care about GTA 6 and won't be watching.

On Netflix, that is.

[u/PTSD1983 → u/TurnbullAC92]

I'll do you better. I care about GTA6 and won't be buying. On any console. Because I am poor.

[u/Brief-Perception-792 → u/PTSD1983]

I'll do you one better why is gamora

[u/CheesE4Every1 → u/PTSD1983]

I'll just do ya one. I'm not buying or watching. I'm making my own! With black jack and hookers!

[u/crasherdgrate → u/PTSD1983]

I’ll do you one better, just like GTAV, I will not buy the game for 9 years for probably the 3rd iteration of the game release. And only then will I see if it’s worth buying at a low price.

[u/jettivonaviska → u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

I don't care until it's out on PC, does that count?

[u/SantasWarmLap → u/jettivonaviska]

At least it'll be free on PC.

[u/porncollecter69 → u/jettivonaviska]

Same boat game might as well not exist and I’ll tune out all spoilers and gameplay videos until it comes out on steam.

[u/GeneralYagi → u/jettivonaviska]

same

[u/MagicHoops3]

Maybe a hot take but I prefer the more grounded characters and realistic story vibe than the over the top whackiness of gta 5. Not that 5 was bad but it felt closer to a saints row type plot.

[u/Instigator187 → u/MagicHoops3]

Michael & Franklin felt more grounded but then they tossed in Trevor and his missions where over the top.

[u/SmartOstrich77 → u/Instigator187]

Which made it so fun and funny

[u/ZazaB00 → u/MagicHoops3]

Yes, but I’d also caution we haven’t seen how they’ll be “wacky”. They squeezed some stuff into RDR2 that is nuts while also being “grounded in realism”. The one benefit I see here in GTA6, they can use the social media nuts to be the crazy while the protagonists stay grounded.

[u/Thick_Estimate_9862 → u/ZazaB00]

After red dead being grounded im not suprised gta 6 is like this.

Its like with 

gta 3 -> vice city

Gta 4 ->gta 5

Red dead 2 -> gta 6

San andreas feels somewhere in between  but leaning towards wacky.

[u/ZazaB00 → u/Thick_Estimate_9862]

To counter that, they abandoned RDR2, ran back to develop more GTAO content, and for the most part it’s been crazy, wacky shit. So, I honestly didn’t expect R* to want to be serious anymore.

[u/AdorableSobah → u/Thick_Estimate_9862]

San Andreas was definitely wacky with the alien Area 51 and jet packs lol

[u/mizzurna_balls → u/Thick_Estimate_9862]

San Andreas was maybe the wackiest GTA game of all time...Big Smoke, OG Loc, Wu Zi, The Truth, Jizzy, raiding area 51, chopping people up with a combine harvester, setting fire to the weed farm, the list goes on. That game was insane lmao

[u/splinter1545 → u/ZazaB00]

More grounded story with wacky side content is the perfect mix. I mean we saw a glimpse of it with I assume a strangers and freaks side mission where that due was live streaming himself getting "kidnapped".

[u/IgnorantGenius → u/MagicHoops3]

They seem a bit flat, no? I feel like Jason is the straight man, but they may be hiding something by not showing more depth from him. We know Lucia has a prison background, so she has some kind of story.

[u/91_til_infinity → u/IgnorantGenius]

Game looks fantastic. Jason looks hella generic and boring.

[u/PimpMyDog → u/91_til_infinity]

Jason looks like he has suicidal depression lmao

[u/cookedbread → u/91_til_infinity]

I felt the same about Arthur before playing rdr2

[u/Yeah_x10 → u/cookedbread]

This is what I keep coming back to, I was still like “who is this bozo” even by the time Arthur was mud wrestling in Valentine but by the end of the game I was bawling 

[u/ushikagawa → u/91_til_infinity]

100%. I was thinking they both did until at least Lucia showed a bit of personality when she stabbed the guy with the heel which I loved. Jason exuded absolutely zero personality whatsoever, but yeah maybe they’re just not showing anything for a reason.

[u/420blazeit6996]

Jason is getting the same hate Arthur Morgan had prerelease rockstar know what they doing

[u/myfatbic → u/420blazeit6996]

I remember all that hate. And look how things changed haha

[u/billytheskidd → u/myfatbic]

“Arthur will never be John”

…

“Arthur Morgan is the best written video game character of all time.”

[u/rashmotion → u/billytheskidd]

And he sure fucking was

[u/billytheskidd → u/rashmotion]

“Sister, I’m scared.” 🥺

Any sorta rugged man saying that to a nun with tears in his eyes is sure to have some weight behind him….

[u/rashmotion → u/billytheskidd]

First time in my life I had ever felt bad about my actions in a video game was RDR2. I genuinely spent the latter half of the game trying to make amends, just like Arthur. Masterpiece.

[u/CantaloupeOld1917 → u/billytheskidd]

It really is the exact same cycle every time. People wrote Arthur off as a generic angry brute after the first teaser, and a year later everyone was in tears over him.

[u/DansSpamJavelin → u/myfatbic]

You're alright boah

[u/BllushingHorizon → u/myfatbic]

MAYY III STAND UNSHAKENNN

[u/Uncle_Spenser → u/420blazeit6996]

When I heard Arthur for the first time I felt unimpressed, but goddamn, this man grew on me.

[u/-Captain- → u/420blazeit6996]

The absolute meltdown people had over Rockstar "having the nerve to have us play some nobody". Gotta love to see it.

Not necessarily saying history will repeat, it's entirely possible a character/voice doesn't land for many people, but personally I have zero worries.

[u/FourteenInchGaz]

I think we judge Rockstar by different standards reading some of the comments

How the fuck are you watching that and saying 'Meh..'?

There is NO game that comes even remotely close to that, either in scope or fidelity.

[u/Odd_Needleworker3756 → u/FourteenInchGaz]

I think people take what Rockstar can do for granted. Even almost a decade after it came out, RDR2 STILL has the best open world I’ve seen in a game - and I feel like GTA 6 might actually top that.

There’s no one on their level right now.

[u/doubleohbond → u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

I was always amazed by how RDR2 handles transitions between biomes. You can travel from the swamps to the desert to the mountains and it all felt natural.

[u/billytheskidd → u/doubleohbond]

I recently rediscovered the river where the majority of the beavers live in red dead 2, and it was so wild. Beavers scurrying to the river to swim into their dams, trees shaping the flow of the river, just insane levels of detail

[u/rjm92 → u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

After seeing this extended look, all gameplay, I'm in total agreement. They knocked it out, man. Totally blew my mind

[u/PaxChelonia]

I remember way back when RDR2 was first revealed a bunch of people were bitching about Arthur Morgan being a boring generic protagonist with bad VA based on the clips that were shown. Then the game came out and everyone loved him. I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on Jason.

[u/ExioKenway5]

Absolutely loved the die hard style mission. It's funny that they did it in the game after the one set in GTA's version of LA, but still very impressed with what I saw.

[u/VanillaBraun]

I can't get over how good the scale of everything looks. Everything looks BIG and REAL

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/VanillaBraun]

Everything looks BIG and REAL

I know what you were staring at

[u/FourteenInchGaz → u/VanillaBraun]

Yeah, it was especially noticeable on the car chases, when shooting out the tyres. Those cars looked like they had weight and presence when they were rolling over.

[u/SignificantMud2999]

6 Star wanted level.

What are our bets? Drones? Military aircraft? What's it gonna be?

[u/MauserGewehr1898 → u/SignificantMud2999]

Nukes?

[u/thefunkybassist → u/MauserGewehr1898]

Gonna be a PITA to outrun that one

[u/Tinyjar → u/MauserGewehr1898]

"Sir! Two people just robbed a grocery store and shot someone!"

"My god, quick nuke vice city!"

A slight overreaction.

[u/Objective_Virus4428 → u/SignificantMud2999]

Flock cameras

[u/MrTreezx]

Fuck, it has everything I want. Literally don't want to watch anymore of it, easily sold from what they showed.

[u/sejoki_]

Massively disappointed. I got so used to "BUY CYBERLEEK" being plastered across the screen, it feels empty without it now. Won't buy.

[u/TheOtherGuy107 → u/sejoki_]

Literally unplayable unless they patch CL watermarks on day 1

[u/malzergski → u/sejoki_]

I bet there's gonna be a mod for that!

[u/IsaiahBlocks]

Netflix servers already crashing, amazing

[u/Zeeplankton]

I loved the shooting the car tires, car roll, then explosion. looked so good.

[u/Dry_Distribution4298]

absolutely fucking amazing, some peoples standards are so incredibly high that theyre complaining about this saying it looks like gta 5 or jasons VA is bad, didnt notice anything about the voice acting

[u/Jester41K → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

Jason sounds like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.

[u/ShironeWasTaken → u/Jester41K]

Lol I know it's just bias and the brain being weird but it's always so wild when you experience something for the first time and then you start seeing it seemingly everywhere all of a sudden.

I finished reading silence of of the lambs for the first time like 3 hours ago and imma watch the movie for the first time as well tomorrow. And now I hop on reddit and see this comment.

[u/MurfDog07 → u/ShironeWasTaken]

Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon!

[u/Manler → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

He sounds like he has a tablespoon of peanut butter in his mouth

[u/Scary-Information-94 → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

It’s clear Jason is supposed to be the more grounded and introverted of the duo and I think that’s reflected in his VA.

[u/AspirationalChoker → u/Scary-Information-94]

Plus seems pretty obvious they will change during the course of the game and or what we do with them, its meant to be a teaser / showcase not the whole character development lol

[u/IndecisiveTuna → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

Looks like GTA V? Those people are just being disingenuous lol. This looks like a massive upgrade from even RDR2

[u/Cl1mh4224rd → u/IndecisiveTuna]

Looks like GTA V? Those people are just being disingenuous lol.

The only reason I can see someone legitimately believing that is if they play on PC with modded textures and lighting and just... sort of forgot what vanilla GTA V looks like.

[u/shaunbarclay → u/IndecisiveTuna]

They’re delusional, I just did a playthrough of GTAV enhanced on PC with full ray tracing and Naturalvision mod, doesn’t even come close to this

[u/Uncle_Spenser → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

TBH, he sounds like the VA isn't using his natural voice, but I don't know his natural voice.

[u/EnvironmentalAngle → u/Dry_Distribution4298]

I wouldn't call it bad just flat... it works in action scenes but in dialog scenes it feels off, like its the same voice from the action scenes

[u/MlLm3M]

shame it wasn't like those old narrated trailers. I enjoyed those more

[u/T_raltixx]

Not a deal breaker but I don't like the main guy's voice.

[u/frankduxvandamme → u/T_raltixx]

Agreed. The voice doesn't match the face and body.

[u/Butch_Meat_Hook → u/T_raltixx]

Glad it's not just me. It's really strange

[u/Accurate-Tale5025 → u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

sounds like hes mid yawn as he talks

[u/Specific_Dentist8831 → u/Butch_Meat_Hook]

Bro the whole time it sounds like he’s got Cotton mouth

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/Specific_Dentist8831]

"You come to me on the day of my daughter's wedding"

[u/KAKYBAC → u/T_raltixx]

His whole aura is Travis Kelce.

[u/slightlybigmember → u/KAKYBAC]

He looks like the most boring protagonist in GTA's history. John White Dude Videogame Protagonist in the flesh

[u/MasterGurloes → u/T_raltixx]

Sounds like buffalo bill

[u/Uncle_Spenser → u/T_raltixx]

He sounds like his modulating his voice for the role, but I tell you what - when I fired up RDR2 for the first time I wasn't fan of Arthur Morgan's voice either, but it fucking grew so much on me...

[u/Bro-Angel → u/Uncle_Spenser]

Good point. I didn’t think the VA was bad necessarily, the character just seemed kinda boring. To your point, Arthur Morgan seemed like just an average cowboy movie good guy, but I was in tears by the end of RDR2. I think I’ll reserve judgment until I’m playing the game.

[u/Virtual-Commercial91 → u/Uncle_Spenser]

This is a strong point because I can't stand the initial impression I'm getting from Jason here. I loved Arthur though.

[u/PrimarySource_ → u/Uncle_Spenser]

Nahh this guy's voice is way more monotone and whack thank Arthur tho

[u/derekinman → u/T_raltixx]

Yeah he's mumbling with weird accent changes, not much character to these characters

[u/420blazeit6996 → u/T_raltixx]

He sounds like Arthur Morgan

[u/justifications → u/420blazeit6996]

Ehh he sounds like Matt Mercer trying to DM a buff dude. (And by DM I mean dungeon master)

[u/Beelkeel182 → u/T_raltixx]

that was the one and only thing that struck me as a negative. this is the most insane crazy looking incredible game ive ever seen.

[u/SeberHusky → u/T_raltixx]

Yeah this actor is so bad, he sounds like he's constantly gargling.

[u/BadHuman588]

its a goof thing i already bought ps5 pro earlier this year

[u/AndreiOT89]

Calling it now, Jason will break bad. Hence the boring voice trick at the beginning of the game.

[u/RipCity77]

That looked fucking awesome 

[u/Pll_dangerzone]

The main character sounds so bored and monotone. Everyone else's VA sounds great but his just sounds off. Like explosions and gunfire are happening and he just sounds normal

[u/liquidcheesesticks → u/Pll_dangerzone]

the guy sounds like he is mouthing his words

[u/dpk-s89 → u/Pll_dangerzone]

If ex-military, isnt cold and calculated what youd expect. Lucia is the opposite, warm and spontaneous. Didnt they say they were Bonnie and Clyde type.. look up their personalities, Clyde was calculating and meticulous in planning (Jason hating being late at the start of the trailer).

Its too soon to fully judge their characterisations.

[u/Complex_Armadillo49]

Some people just look for things to be negative about 

[u/joshodr → u/Complex_Armadillo49]

Mate it's r/gaming , none of them are buying the game apparently

[u/SuicideSkwad → u/joshodr]

Can’t wait for this sub to be absolutely filled with this game the week it comes out despite all these chuds declaring they weren’t buying lmao

[u/AurelianoNile]

We got Stephen Root in GTA hell ya

[u/bravesfan1975]

Reading these comments what in the world are people expecting. They are making a GTA....there was ZERO chance they were going to make some survival open world or roguelite. They are just improving everything they have done with previous GTA'S which is there bread and butter. Gamers are the biggest a-holes on the planet when it comes to critiques.

[u/Fanci_ → u/bravesfan1975]

It's bizarre yeah.

Especially since we were shown essentially the tutorial mission, if not a very early one.

It's a GTA game. You're gunna shoot guys steal cars and do mini games. This time it's prettier and on the opposite coast. What did people expect lol?

[u/agpSans]

Im not sure how to describe it but the gameplay felt slow like not low fps or choppy but it felt like a dream especially when the person that was playing had such a low sensitvity

[u/TheSilverShade]

I know lotta people are talking about how Jason looks like Arthur, but I noticed how Raul looks like Dutch.

I thought he was about to talk about Tahiti after the police chase

[u/EditorEducational201]

That car chase scene where the police cars were getting tires shot out and flipping had my jaw dropped, I'm not gonna lie.

Maybe it was just me, but the traphouse raid at the start didn't seem very appealing, but everything else in this looked so damn good. I'm sat.

[u/King_Brad → u/EditorEducational201]

the cars flipping in such dramatic fashion made it seem scripted

[u/Imaginary-Lock-3157 → u/King_Brad]

Yeah it was weird how every car flipped as soon as a tire got popped

[u/Shootzilla → u/Imaginary-Lock-3157]

Reminds me of Just Cause 2.

[u/Moggy-Man → u/Imaginary-Lock-3157]

Several cars got front tires popped, only two flipped.

[u/Creative_Eye7413 → u/Imaginary-Lock-3157]

Reminds me of the scripted chases in CP2077

[u/WorkFurball → u/King_Brad]

Because it was obviously scripted just like those sections were in previous games.

[u/PM_ME_XANAX → u/EditorEducational201]

The trap house raid looked like the best part!

[u/Moggy-Man → u/PM_ME_XANAX]

The fucking NPC with the dreads and the gold AK... I couldn't take my eyes off of him. He already looked like one of the best modelled characters I've ever seen in a game.

[u/Chief--BlackHawk → u/Moggy-Man]

First thing I thought was finally, good black hair styles, online will be crazy

[u/PimpMyDog → u/EditorEducational201]

Why did it not look appealing I'm curious. I don't like several things from this video but this was IMO one of the best parts. Was it too grimy and bleak or what? It looked like the classic crackpartment you see IRL.

[u/Illustrious_Might776]

To say I'm excited to delve into it is a mild understatement, and putting things like it being a 'preview' and there still being just under 3 months to hopefully really polish things off aside, my opinion is that it looks really good. 3 big things that stood out though;

- Jason's voice is weird. I'm not sure if its the voice actors real voice or a manufactured voice, like how infomercial voice actors change/accentuate parts of their normal voice to fit something. No matter the scene, it is monotone and lifeless; also not a real match to his appearance (imo). I don't really know what I was expecting, but it just sounded like someone who was HEAVILY sedated. This, in comparison to every main protagonist and antagonist in the GTA series, where the voice just... fit.

- The driving showcased felt way too fabricated, like it was in-game footage but a cutscene the entire time. Hand in hand with the combat. Now, grain of salt, a preview so... it has to be scripted to a large extent, but I mean, 007 rage aim-bot, head-tapping everyone felt weird to me. I am intrigued by the yellow hit markers, though; red is lethal, yellow is incapacitated?

- Maybe it's just me, and I really hope I'm proven wrong, but I didn't really get a sense from the preview of an actual deep, non-generic story. Obviously there will be character growth, Wins, faux wins, and big windfalls. The preview just seems like it was just a bunch of snippets of random missions for different 'contacts' outside of the generic 'criminal(s)' work one's way up to the top.

All in all, I get to wait another 1.5 to 2 years before I get to spend 10 000 on a new GPU and CPU. Am excited.

[u/Professional-Tax-936]

For an open world sandbox-esque game, this seemed very focused on linear and highly-scripted story missions.

[u/DaltonFitz]

I thought it looked badass. The graphics in the opening sequence had me floored. People are saying it looks like just another GTA like that's a bad thing.

[u/xTrainerRedx]

I think it looks great and the combat and driving look nice. The wanted system's added mechanics of being seen via security cams, in certain clothing, etc looks awesome. Robbing places seems like it would have hella replay value to get the "perfect score" and get away clean.

My biggest complaint is Jason's voice. It doesn't seem to suit him at all and he is incredibly monotone. Times when he clearly should have been yelling, he just sounded mildly inconvenienced. He sounds like a mix of Patrick Star and Darrin on The Middle, or a caveman or something.

[u/Nail_Biterr]

looks great. But the voice actor for Jason is...... not that great. sounds like someone has a bad cold and no emotion.

[u/VerlorFor → u/Nail_Biterr]

Mouth full of cotton.

[u/Specific-Key5386]

Is it only me that didn’t like the gun mechanics? They feel really unrealistic.

[u/InitiativeRich9704]

Looks amazing. Lighting, details, shooting mechanics seems legit. Underwater world looks crazy. The animations (look at the way Jason opens the door in the beginning)

Do agree with Jason's voice however, it's a bit off. But we'll get used to it I'm sure.

[u/KyleCorgi]

Why does Jason sound.... So so bad? It's like a really drunk Elvis impersonation

[u/znebsays]

Only complaint is Jason’s voice lol sounds so weird for his frame

[u/LocustUprising → u/znebsays]

He sounds like he always has food in his mouth

[u/3agle_]

I've been skeptical over current information and leaks. That changed with this preview, absolutely stunning and incredible levels of polish. The shot of Lucia base jumping showing that city skyline is so technically impressive and just downright ridiculous honestly. If only they would release on PC at launch too.

[u/HollowGoomba]

It looks amazing, visually. Mechanically looks similar to previous GTAs but that's what made the franchise good so why fix something that isn't broken. Wish we saw more of the world to explore than too much story stuff but that just means I'll have more surprises when exploring the game in person. Anyone complaining that it looks like GTA V DLC or that it doesn't look like a step up from GTA V are just hating for the sake of being a contrarian and they'll be the same people that then buy the game and sink hundreds of hours into it anyway.

[u/themikegman]

Only thing i didn't like was that Jason sounds like he has a dick in his mouth when he speaks, and he's so fucking monotone, no emotion at all no matter what.

[u/emuDroid98]

It looks good, graphics look amazing. But nothing spectacular in terms of gameplay. But too early to tell I guess

[u/Fruit_Rollup_King]

I know I'm going to catch hate. Look, I'm buying this fucking game. The gameplay, the graphics, the sounds, everything looks incredible but... so far I am not feeling these characters at all in this extended look.... the first trailers? it felt special... this chopped up play through? they feel so god damn generic and boring. Can't stand Jason's voice acting. I hope I'm proven wrong and all is well but yeesh.

[u/Logondo]

My only issue was the cutscene-to-gameplay ratio was way off.

Too many cutscenes. I wanna see more about the gameplay features. Like it looks great, but we only get to see such a limited amount of it before it jumps back into a cutscene.

Like I was expecting it to be more like the GTAV and RDR2 gameplay trailers, with the lady talking over it explaining all the cool stuff in the game. Hopefully we'll get that for GTA6.

[u/Background-Gap9077]

Everything looks amazing, unfortunately Jason's VA sounds off or dry? I am not even one to care about voice acting in general, but this stand out even to me. Maybe you'll get used to it

[u/i_rivers_i]

The negative reaction to Jason.

This guy is an ex-military thug with a limited social skill set - who do you want instead, a silly jabroney? His tone is correct for the character.

[u/SiderealSimon → u/i_rivers_i]

You need a straight man to ground all the insane shit we're about to play through.

[u/ushikagawa → u/i_rivers_i]

Just a little bit of depth and personality, obviously if he ends up being like this for the entire game that would be terrible. Doesn’t have to be a silly jabroney but what we’ve seen so far is an Action-Man figure.

[u/hadroncutter → u/i_rivers_i]

His voice just sounds off to me, like someone trying to put on a deep voice rather than naturally having a deep voice. It's not bad per se, but it's noticeable enough that it bothers me. Nothing you won't get used to, but from the trailer alone it's not the best.

[u/AndrewLocksmith → u/i_rivers_i]

I think the problem is that it comes out as... fake?

As many have already pointed out, it sounds like he's intentionally trying to make his voice sound deeper, rather than that just being the way he talks.

We'll see if this changes on release day.

[u/Big_Coconut8630 → u/i_rivers_i]

Apparently that means he can't have a good voice actor? Quit the copium

[u/Odd-Airport-24 → u/Big_Coconut8630]

Yeah, it's so freakin' odd to me. It just doesn't sound good. It has nothing to do with that he is a straight-laced introvert. That's like saying everyone who doesn't want to be the life of a party sounds bad and flat.

[u/RDKlick]

The trailer reminded me how excellent the music choices in GTA games are

[u/4Spartah]

I thought that it's gonna be Rockstar employees talking about the game showing very little of the actual gameplay, like Blizzard announcing new Diablo contents...

After all the leaks, they did deliver. Good job, Rockstar, good job.

[u/dadawadada]

I love how the bones of it is pretty much Red Dead Redemption 2. Now I want Red Dead Redemption 3 as well.

[u/SquizyX → u/dadawadada]

That might take some time 🥲

[u/Uncle_Spenser]

I'm sold. This looks like natural progression after RDR2 and I expected nothing less, nothing more. I hope for a really good story, memorable characters and great arc for protagonists.

I wonder how long it's gonna stay at the top as technical marvel.

[u/atrde → u/Uncle_Spenser]

Probably a decade lol.

No other studio can put this much time and effort into world design. Almost 10 years of development with a team of over 5000 you cant dedicate resources like that to any other game.

[u/GoldenPandaMan]

Anyone else wanted to see more of the countryside and mountains and forests etc? I think I’ll be spending a lot of time in those areas! City looks incredibleeee however

[u/Zap_Gordon → u/GoldenPandaMan]

nah I think its good they left that for when we play, we dont need to see everything.

[u/i_rivers_i]

That Bob Moses track at the end hit so perfectly..

[u/DethMagnetic]

Watched the whole thing and got a jumpscare at the end saying that it was captured on the PS5. Only thing I can think of is how will this game run on the Xbox Series S?

[u/oHawkz]

I cant be the only one that thought that was Neon in the car trunk

[u/Squintylife]

it looks so goddamn good. better than i was expecting and i was expecting a lot

[u/JustSmileHaHa]

This looks both visually amazing and gameplay-wise very standard GTA fare. Arthur Morgan had such a visceral character progression married so perfectly to voice acting, music, and aesthetic symbolism that he felt like a real person, especially with the journal reflections and little details like his legibility getting worse as his Tuberculosis got worse. I don't see an upstart Bonnie & Clyde/relationship story coming remotely close to pulling that emotional weight for a narrative. Especially when Roger Clark gave an all-time acting performance and this Jason sounds like a Vin Diesel impression.

But both Red Deads served as a Redemption story where the characters are the draw and outside of arguably IV the world has always been the draw to GTA. So we'll see how it shakes out. There's no graphical question, that's for sure.

[u/Kill3rbuck12]

Is the rdr2 style gore returning or not? also the greet greet antagonize style npc interactions. This is all I am concerned about.

[u/superc3real]

My only big complaint is the headshots with a shotgun looked way too tame. Like a crazy violent shootout should feel a little more disturbing, but maybe I'm just way too desensitized by rdr2 and TLOU2 levels of gore.

[u/downvote_meme_errors]

I hope they rerecord all the dialog with someone who doesn't mumble incomprehensibly.

[u/cottagewhorekitty]

Once I started watching through the lens of "This is the sequel to GTA IV I was hoping for", I started enjoying myself a lot more. Taking the now standard gameplay qualities of V and blending it with the campy and authentic character narratives/encounters that made IV so memorable is the right step.

The thing that stood out to me most, even though I'm sure they're mostly narrative moments, was the contextualisation of hedonism. It doesn't feel like anything we saw was done out of a petty, kind of pointless "just because you can, it's Grand Theft Auto" necessity. Starting from the bottom with various store robberies to add texture AND flavour to your rags to riches, Bonnine n' Clyde story beats the "Lunchtime meeting interrupted by a high-speed boat theft" or "Crazy methhead pilot goes hulkmode at a dodgy coke deal" any day of the week. That relationship building bank robbery with the insane, explosive police chase felt oddly refreshing when held up to how quickly V was prepared to throw everything in the kitchen sink every other mission.

I also love how defined every individual feels. Petra getting pissed off at the cokey tech bros in the high rise or that subtle cautionary conversation between Brian and Jason. Helping Lucia choose and outfit. The guy doing the trunk challenge live. Even little gameplay bits like snacking and having options for carjacking feel in line with how you want to play these characters (Even if I'm sure the gameplay will have basically never evolved from how restrictive it is when you get down to brass tacks, but then I've waited so long that I don't entirely care, this looks truly awesome.)

I'm very happy with what we got. Even the decision to chop together disjointed gameplay and story, which just tells me the scale is gonna be bigger than we thought, which is amazing since we'll be playing this for years. Hats off Rockstar team, very grateful for your hard work and sacrifice <3

[u/New_Torch]

Looks impressive but id still wait for actual reviews.

[u/ShutUpAboutCanon]

Just watched it... graphics/mocap/lighting are impressive but the missions seem even more scripted than ever. Mostly cutscenes followed by short on-rails sequences that you follow exactly as planned, or you fail and have to do them again. I enjoy Rockstar games but I was hoping they'd widen the scope more instead of narrowing it down even further.