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Grand Theft Auto VI is easily one of the most anticipated games of all time—but is the hype getting out of control?

In this video, I explain why I'm staying cautious about GTA 6 despite all the excitement. I discuss how many of the writers behind iconic GTA V characters like Michael, Franklin, and Trevor are no longer at Rockstar, and why that could have a major impact on the game's story and characters. I also compare that to the writing seen in GTA V's later DLC content.

I also question why we still haven't seen a full gameplay trailer even though pre-orders are already available and the physical edition is expected to launch in December. Is Rockstar asking fans to buy into the game before they've really shown what it can do?

Finally, I talk about Lucia and whether she'll become an unforgettable protagonist—or if she'll struggle to live up to memorable female characters like Catalina from GTA III and GTA: San Andreas.

Do you think GTA 6 will live up to the hype, or are gamers setting themselves up for disappointment? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

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00:00So, few games in recent memory have generated as much anticipation as Grand Theft Auto 6.
00:06Set to launch in 2026, Rockstar Games' next entry in the iconic series is widely expected
00:12to be one of the biggest entertainment releases of the year, with excitement reaching far
00:16beyond the gaming community.
00:18The game takes players back to the legendary Vice City, which has been expanded into the
00:22larger fictional state of Leonida, offering what appears to be Rockstar's most ambitious
00:27open world to date.
00:29For the first time in the series' history, Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature a female protagonist,
00:34Lucia, who shares the spotlight with a second playable lead in a dual-character story.
00:39The new narrative approach, combined with their return to Vice City, has fueled enormous interest
00:44from long-time fans.
00:46With more than a decade separating Grand Theft Auto 6 from Grand Theft Auto 5, expectations
00:51are incredibly high.
00:53Based on everything Rockstar has revealed so far, the studio peers determined to deliver
00:57an experience that lives up to years of anticipation and establishes a new benchmark for open
01:03world games.
01:06How I wish that there was really nothing to worry about Grand Theft Auto 6-wise, which by the
01:16way, we still have not gotten a playable, a gameplay trailer.
01:21We got some mishmash of a trailer that was just, I don't even know if they were cutscenes, to be
01:28honest, and that was it.
01:31It could have been, before the title came up, it could have been Grand Theft Auto 6, it could have
01:35been Watch Dogs, it could have been anything.
01:42So, um, and keep in mind, the people at Rockstar that are making this game, they're, these people
01:50are the same people who are, they didn't make Grand Theft Auto 5, they didn't just, they didn't
01:55come up with the personality of Michael and Trevor and Franklin.
02:00These are the people who worked on a DLC of 2020 and 2021 where characters are cringe, where even returning
02:09characters that had already appeared in Grand Theft Auto came back and people, and players were like, what the
02:14hell happened to this guy? Why is he so cringe to even watch now when he was hilarious?
02:21Those are the people making Grand Theft Auto 6.
02:27So, that's, so, I mean, if you didn't think any of the characters in the DLC packs for Grand Theft
02:32Auto 5 were
02:33cringe, if you still thought they were funny, or you still enjoyed them, then this is probably not gonna, that's,
02:41then the
02:41creative, uh, direction is probably not gonna be something that turns you off.
02:46But, if the, but if you thought that these characters were cringe, the same people who,
02:53wrote, out these characters, um, are, are designing the new game.
03:00And honestly, um, do you really think Lucia's gonna even hold a candle to Catalina from Grand Theft Auto San
03:07Andreas
03:07and Grand Theft Auto 3?
03:09More importantly, San Andreas, cause in 3 she just turned her back on you and then you didn't meet her
03:15again
03:15till the end of the game.
03:17But, in San Andreas, when Catalina and CJ, uh, were robbing those 4 locations, you think Lucia's gonna hold a
03:25candle to that?
03:27I mean, when was San Andreas, San Andreas came out like 2004?
03:32I doubt any of the people that wrote Catalina's character in the, in the early 2000s to the mid-2000s
03:39is working on Grand Theft Auto 6.
03:44So, you know, it's, and like I said, the biggest, one, the biggest red flag is no trailer.
03:51No gameplay trailer.
03:53Still.
03:54Usually, by the time a game comes out, uh, comes out on pre-order, they have a, they have a
04:00gameplay trailer.
04:02The fact that we still have not even heard of one
04:05makes me just go,
04:07well, that's concerning.
04:08That's concerning.
04:10That's concerning.
04:13That's the way I look at it.
04:14That's why my interest in Grand Theft Auto 6 is,
04:19couldn't be lower.
04:22Um, maybe I'll, maybe I'll be wrong.
04:25Uh, I am gonna be completely interested in seeing what other, uh, what people who are
04:31still gonna get the game regardless.
04:32I'm still gonna be interested in seeing what they think when this game comes out.
04:37Um, and I did hear, uh, for people who, um,
04:43for people who do want to play Grand Theft Auto 6 on disc,
04:47I did hear, like, the disc are supposed to come out, like, in December.
04:51So, the physical release will, might be, just be a code in a box.
04:56But, the, uh, disc is supposed to be
04:58coming out in December.
05:00There is supposed to be a disc eventually.
05:03Well, um,
05:05you know, so,
05:08you know, it's gonna be like,
05:09like, do you want to have the game day one, months,
05:11a couple months before, um,
05:13people who wait,
05:13or do you want to wait for physical?
05:17Some people might just get both.
05:19Um,
05:21but, yeah, uh, just,
05:23I don't have any,
05:24I don't have any, um,
05:27confidence
05:27confidence
05:27in the creative direction
05:29of Grand Theft Auto 6.
05:31Uh, with what I've seen
05:33in the DLC packs.
05:36But,
05:37um,
05:39you know,
05:39we still got a few months
05:40before Grand Theft Auto 6
05:41does come out.
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