Rockstar has released an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix, offering the clearest official preview yet of what playing the highly anticipated game will be like. The nearly 30-minute gameplay video was captured on PlayStation 5 and revealed several details that did not appear in the previously leaked Cyberleek footage.
Here are the biggest new details from the official GTA VI gameplay presentation.
Players can pet dogs and interact with NPCs
Some of the leaked videos offered brief glimpses of this feature, but Rockstar’s official footage confirms that GTA VI appears to be adopting the contextual NPC interaction system seen in Red Dead Redemption II.
Players can seemingly lock onto people and other characters in the world to perform contextual actions. The available interactions appear to vary considerably depending on the situation.
The most immediately popular feature may be the ability to pet a dog.
A possible morality or honor system
During the video, a small demon-head icon appears in the corner of the screen after protagonist Jason takes an action. A similar detail was visible in some Cyberleek footage, but the official presentation provides stronger evidence that GTA VI includes some form of morality or honor system.
It is not yet clear how the system works or what benefits and consequences come with honorable or dishonorable behavior. However, the gameplay footage strongly suggests that the feature is part of the game.
Social media plays a major role
Social media has become a far bigger part of everyday life since GTA V launched in 2013, and Rockstar appears to be reflecting that change in GTA VI.
In one sequence, Lucia encounters a man taking part in “the trunk challenge” inside the trunk of a car she has stolen. The footage then shows Lucia driving dangerously while the man hangs out of the trunk, accompanied by an Instagram Live-style chat feed on the right side of the screen.
This feature could be limited to specific missions, or it could become a broader part of the game’s systems. Either way, the footage indicates that Rockstar is incorporating modern internet culture into the game world.
New details about the missions and story
As far as the available footage shows, Cyberleek has not released clips featuring actual missions. Near the end of Rockstar’s extended presentation, however, Jason and Lucia work as security for a wealthy client before fighting armed kidnappers.
Lucia is a fully playable protagonist
The leaked videos largely overlooked Lucia, Jason’s partner in the game’s Bonnie and Clyde-esque story. Rockstar’s official presentation corrects that imbalance with extensive Lucia gameplay and confirms that she is a major playable protagonist.
The footage also highlights how Jason and Lucia may operate together throughout the story. Several sequences show them traveling and carrying out activities as a pair, including gas station robberies and story missions.
That represents a notable change from GTA V. Although that game featured three protagonists, they rarely interacted directly and did not routinely spend time together in the open world.
Jason and Lucia will not always remain together, however. At one point, the player zooms out to the map and switches from Lucia to Jason, who is located elsewhere and engaged in another activity. The footage suggests that the two characters can split up when necessary.
Other gameplay details shown
The extended video also included several additional features and moments:
- Driving airboats through a fictional Everglades-style environment
- Underwater scuba diving
- Opening a refrigerator and drinking beer
- Interactive cigar smoking
- A voice actor who sounded remarkably similar to Stephen Root
- A slow-motion aiming mode in which enemy weak points glow red
- Lucia base-jumping from a skyscraper
Rockstar’s extended GTA VI gameplay video contains a great deal of information, but these were the details that appeared most notably absent from the Cyberleek leaks.
Source: mashable.com
