GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year
GTA 6 might be released before the end of the next fiscal year
GTA 6 is possibly the most anticipated game of all time. Rockstar Games continues to work on it quietly and we don't know when will be released to the game
Take-two Interactive hints that long-anticipated GTA 6 could release in 2024.
GTA 6 is going to be a shitshow. Everything from Rockstar/Take-Two over the last couple years is screaming this.
I think the singleplayer, aka the important bit, is going to be good. Leaks looked pretty promising. Probably not going to be as revolutionary as people expect after 10+ years of hype and speculation, but still probably a top tier video game surpassing their previous titles in many aspects. Online is probably going to be biggest shitshow of all time, though. Microtransactions, FOMO, subscriptions, battle passes, the works. Every bad thing about games as a service packed into one, with the additional bonus being that Rockstar can't program a multiplayer to save their lives, so it's going to be peer 2 peer, with the shitties netcode and matchmaking possible and absolutely zero protection from hackers. You know, like their last two multiplayers.
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Is anyone else finding themselves less excited for a GTA now that the Housers have both left Rockstar? I really worry the over the top satire of American culture by Scottish writers may be lost.
I keep saying that there's not really anything left for this series to say or do... Unless they go to a whole new country or time period (RDR is this)
Well, aside from the old 2D London expansion they've never gone prior to the 80s, a 70s game could be fun.
Then again, it's not like the US hasn't had plenty to satarise since V came out in 2013, but as others have pointed out a lot of the groups wouldn't take it in good humour any more. It would either be described as a woke commie simulator or fash adjacent
Dan Houser and Lazlow (the guy responsible for all of the amazing radio ads and talk shows) both only left very recently (relatively speaking) and likely did a big share of writing for the game before that. And Sam Houser is still there, isn't he?
Fair dos, don't know where I got the impression they both left from.
Also: The world has become super toxic regarding basically everything mocked in GTA. I highly doubt GTA 6 will be even a bit like previous versions. It will end up as toned-down unironically "woke" cashgrab. To me, GTA ended with GTA V.
Yeah, the fact that so many element of society have no sense of humour about themselves or the capability for self-deprecation anymore won't help.
I don't imagine it will even be "woke", I imagine it will be bland and safe to avoid putting off any of the audience as it will have to recoup a huge development cost.
GTA 6 will inevitably be labelled woke, but I don't think that'll be the issue. I just don't think GTA's humour works nowadays and needs to evolve. Even ignoring the childish poop and sex jokes, writing poignant satire in 2023 simply is a lot harder. I think ultimately Take-Two is just gonna play it safe, take no risks and the end product will be bland as a result. Just like the new Saints Row.
GTA 6 is really set up for failure. There's so many expectations from gamers after all these years with no new installment. Nevertheless, I hope to be wrong about this. GTA games are always a fun sandbox to me, and hopefully GTA 6 manages to get that part right once again.
It will be the most expensive game in history, with a reputed development budget of around $2 billion. Anyone can do the math and realize that it would have to sell in ridiculous numbers to make that up. If it doesn't capture the magic of past GTA releases, it will be a massive money loser.
I’m expecting they will introduce some online service like GTA Online along with a slew of micro transactions to make up the budget. I can’t really say why but I’m getting the feeling this will be a always-online game
That's lifetime budget, so including all marketing and development after release as well
I think everyone will be fine with a slightly improved GTA V set in Florida / Miama. One of the protagonists is also a thirst trap latina and the gameplay mechanics in the leak seemed nice. Like with read dead but improved.
Imagine the satire you could put in a new GTA game set in Florida these days.
Plus, where does this franchise really have left to go?
I mean, personally I don't care about the story or anything. If I can just mess around in a big fancy sandbox like all the other GTA games then it'd good for me. But GTA 6 has big expectations to contend with, so they're gonna aim high. There's the chance that they mess that up, either with scummy monetization or DRM, or by releasing a trainwreck of a game. Or they fck it up by releasing a soulless game like Saints Row did
It doesn't even really have to go anywhere except having new characters in a new city. There aren't a ton of crime story settings in video games these days, let alone GTA's brand of it.
Unrelated but: I fucking hate the sentence: "before the end of the next year." Just say: "next year"!
Fiscal year goes up to march 2025. It's easier to write "before the end of the next fiscal year" than "next year after March or in the first three months of the year after next"
I think I read over the word: fiscal. Good for pointing it out!
As long as they can continue milking GTA Online there won't be a GTA 6, and if there will be a GTA 6 it most likely will be online-first.
This comment is a little silly imo. There already is a GTA6. It's been leaked in a playable form and we already know some of the storyline. The marketing machine has already started ramping up.
And 6 is obviously gonna have its own Online. And as somebody who was very active in the GTA Online space until a few months ago, they're hitting the limit on what they can cram into this decade old game without it just crumbling under its own weight. Like, genuinely, the engine is struggling.