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Two criminals. One complicated relationship. Join us as we break down everything we know about Grand Theft Auto VI's dual protagonists! From Jason Duval's troubled military past and life among the Leonida Keys drug runners, to Lucia Caminos' prison stint and fierce family-driven ambitions, these two are far more than just partners in crime. Which one are you most excited to play as?
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00:00It started going faster and faster, and it's getting harder to hold on, and I said, well, shit, that ain't
00:06good.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today, we're breaking down everything we know about our upcoming dual protagonists from Grand Theft Auto
00:146.
00:15Rockstar's newest icons aren't just partners in crime.
00:19They come with established histories, complicated ambitions, and a relationship that players will have considerably more influence over than we're
00:26used to seeing in GTA.
00:27Keep in mind, we're only going with established lore rather than speculation or whatever the leaks proclaim.
00:34Does this mean we're in his crew?
00:36Yeah.
00:37Jason Duvall.
00:38I got in some trouble in the army. Didn't leave on the best of terms. They don't give loans or
00:44anything to people like me.
00:46Jason Duvall doesn't seem interested in becoming the next kingpin of Vice City.
00:51If anything, Rockstar describes him as a man who desperately wants an easy life, which is unfortunate considering he's starring
00:58in a Grand Theft Auto game.
01:00Crime has surrounded Jason for most of his life.
01:03He grew up around what Rockstar calls grifters and crooks, and his teenage years were troubled enough that joining the
01:08army became his attempt at escaping that environment.
01:15Exactly what Jason did during his military service remains unknown, but it establishes something important about him.
01:22At some point, he genuinely tried to change direction.
01:26Unfortunately, it didn't stick.
01:31After leaving the army, Jason ended up in the Leonida Keys, where he fell back on what he already understood,
01:38working with local drug runners.
01:39Rather than entering the story as some inexperienced criminal learning the ropes, Jason already appears comfortable operating on the fringes
01:47of the law.
01:48He knows smugglers, understands the environment, and presumably has enough criminal competence to be useful without necessarily wanting to spend
01:55the rest of his life doing it.
01:57Rockstar even suggests that it might finally be time for him to try something new.
02:03Jason.
02:04You'll see ya.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Yeah.
02:07We gotta go.
02:07Unfortunately, his current living arrangements aren't exactly helping with the clean break.
02:13Jason resides rent-free in a property belonging to Brian Heater, an old-school smuggler who has spent decades moving
02:19drugs through the Keys.
02:21But, there's a catch, because of course there is.
02:24Just go get me my checks!
02:26See you, Brian.
02:28Love you, Jason.
02:29In exchange for the accommodation, Jason helps Brian perform local shakedowns and other dirty work.
02:34Brian is old enough and experienced enough to let younger men take the risks while he enjoys the benefits.
02:41Jason, therefore, begins GTA 6 already trapped in the sort of arrangement he supposedly wants to escape.
02:48You got a point?
02:48Yeah.
02:49Yeah.
02:51You gotta know when to get off, Jason.
02:54Jason also has an established friend in Cal Hampton, another Brian associate whose hobbies include drinking beer, monitoring Coast Guard
03:03communications, and believing almost everything on the internet.
03:07Bring the bells!
03:08Shots, baby!
03:09Cal is apparently quite content living at what Rockstar calls the low tide of America.
03:15Jason, however, wants more.
03:17Hey, if you got friends, can you hook me?
03:19Ah, please!
03:20And that's where Lucia enters the picture.
03:23I'm here for Lucia Camino's.
03:25She's supposed to be getting out.
03:27What's your name?
03:28Jason Duvall.
03:30I've seen you here before.
03:32You might have.
03:33Rockstar describes meeting her as potentially the best or worst thing that has ever happened to Jason.
03:39He clearly wants their relationship to work, but even the official character description admits that he doesn't know where things
03:45are heading.
03:46That makes Jason an interesting contrast to several previous GTA protagonists.
03:51Michael already had everything and hated it.
03:54I'm rich.
03:55I'm miserable.
03:56I'm pretty average for this town.
03:58Nico wanted to escape his past, but kept getting dragged back into violence.
04:02When the war came, I did bad things.
04:04And after the war, I thought nothing of doing bad things.
04:08I killed people, smuggled people, sold people.
04:12Jason appears closer to the latter archetype.
04:15Someone who understands criminal life has already tried escaping it once and now finds himself standing beside someone who could
04:21either be his saving grace or pull him so deep into the underbelly that a normal life would be forever
04:26out of reach.
04:28Knowing GTA, it's probably both.
04:30This is a free call from Lucia Caminos.
04:35Lucia Caminos.
04:36Lucia, you know why you're here.
04:39Bad luck, I guess.
04:40If Jason is someone who keeps drifting back into crime, Lucia sounds like someone who dives in headfirst regardless of
04:48the current.
04:51You and me, Luke.
04:52We got this.
04:53We got it.
04:54Rockstar's description of her begins almost from birth.
04:57Lucia's father taught her how to fight as soon as she could walk, suggesting she grew up in an environment
05:02where being capable of defending yourself wasn't optional.
05:05We still don't know much about her father, but that upbringing clearly stuck.
05:10Lucia is presented as confident, physically capable, and far more willing than Jason to actively shape her circumstances rather than
05:18simply react to them.
05:19That instinct to fight also appears to be what eventually sent her to prison.
05:23Hands above your head!
05:24Rockstar states that fighting for her family landed Lucia in the Leonida Penitentiary.
05:30Precisely, what happened has deliberately been kept secret, meaning we don't yet know who she defended, who she hurt, or
05:37exactly what crime put her behind bars.
05:40But importantly, Rockstar frames the incident around loyalty rather than simple greed.
05:45Hey.
05:46Hey.
05:47Getting back out wasn't necessarily part of some flawless criminal master plan either.
05:52According to Lucia's official biography, sheer luck got her out.
05:56Whatever circumstances resulted in her release, Lucia apparently understands that she received an opportunity she might not get twice.
06:04Her takeaway from prison is simple.
06:06From now on, only smart moves.
06:09The only thing that matters is who you know and what you got.
06:14If you're gonna do this, you're doing it right.
06:16Whether robbing businesses across Leonida qualifies as a smart move remains to be determined.
06:22What motivates Lucia seems strongly connected to her family history.
06:26Rockstar reveals that her mother had dreamed of living a better life since their days in Liberty City,
06:31giving Lucia one of the most intriguing connections to an established GTA location.
06:36That doesn't necessarily mean we're heading back there,
06:39but it confirms that Lucia's family lived in the series' version of New York before eventually ending up in Leonida.
06:45More importantly, Lucia appears to have inherited her mother's dream while rejecting the idea of simply waiting for it to
06:52happen.
06:52She wants the good life, money, security, and freedom,
06:56but Rockstar specifically contrasts Lucia with people content to fantasize about escaping poverty.
07:02She intends to change her circumstances herself.
07:05Fresh out of prison, she's described as being ready to shift the odds in her favor,
07:09and once Lucia commits to a plan, Rockstar says she's willing to pursue it no matter what it takes.
07:15Trust me, this place is just the start for us.
07:18That wording makes her sound potentially more ambitious than Jason.
07:22He wants life to become easier.
07:24Lucia seems determined to make life better.
07:27It's a subtle distinction, but it could become one of the most important pieces of their relationship.
07:32Jason has already tried running away from a criminal upbringing and ended up right back where he started.
07:38Lucia has just survived prison and appears convinced she can beat the system if she plays intelligently enough.
07:44Neither philosophy exactly screams, this will end peacefully.
07:49Seriously, what reason do we have to trust this guy?
07:51Alright, so how do you want to play it?
07:53Slow play. Just say, hi, nice to meet you, here's your car, where's our payment?
08:00Please let us know about any further criminal opportunities.
08:03And yet, Lucia clearly believes Jason could be part of the future she's chasing.
08:08Rockstar openly states that a life with Jason could be her way out.
08:13Whether out means escaping poverty, leaving crime behind, or simply building something stable together remains unclear.
08:19What we do know is that Lucia isn't simply being positioned as Jason's girlfriend.
08:25She has her own family history, her own criminal record, her own ambitions, and perhaps most importantly, her own idea
08:32of what their future should look like.
08:34Ready.
08:35Damn, worth the wait.
08:37Jason may want paradise, but Lucia appears ready to steal it.
08:42You want me to take the wheel?
08:43What?
08:44No.
08:45Look, you think everything always goes as planned, huh?
08:48No, mommy, no.
08:50There will always be some kind of bullshit.
08:52Our professional adapts.
08:53Are you a professional, Lucia?
08:55Huh?
08:55Of course.
08:56Jason and Lucia.
08:58The only way we're gonna get through this is by sticking together.
09:04Being a team.
09:06Of course, neither character really makes sense without the other.
09:10Jason and Lucia begin GTA 6 already deeply connected, but Rockstar has increasingly revealed that their relationship is more complicated
09:18than simply saying,
09:20here are this game's Bonnie and Clyde.
09:22The new beginnings.
09:23You look the new, isn't it?
09:26Lucia sees life with Jason as a possible escape route.
09:29Jason, meanwhile, sees meeting Lucia as something capable of changing his entire life for better or worse.
09:35Both want something beyond their current circumstances, but neither seems particularly well-equipped to reach it legally.
09:42Then comes the job that changes everything.
09:45I don't know what this is.
09:47Look, I was just sightseeing with my girl.
09:50Rockstar's official story synopsis reveals that an apparently easy score goes wrong,
09:55plunging Jason and Lucia into a criminal conspiracy that stretches across the entire state of Leonida.
10:01Suddenly, their relatively local criminal lives become part of something much larger,
10:06and Rockstar says they'll have to depend on one another more than ever if they hope to survive.
10:11Are we gonna be okay?
10:13We've stuck together through everything.
10:15Just gotta get through it.
10:16That dependency extends directly into gameplay.
10:20Both Jason and Lucia are playable protagonists,
10:23returning to the multiple character structure introduced in GTA 5,
10:27but with a considerably tighter emotional focus.
10:30Rather than following three men whose stories repeatedly intersect,
10:34GTA 6 centers its narrative around one pair whose lives are already intertwined.
10:40And perhaps the biggest difference is that the romantic part of that relationship isn't completely predetermined.
10:46Rockstar North's Rob Nelson has confirmed that Jason and Lucia must remain collaborators
10:51because the story continually puts them in situations requiring them to work together.
10:55So Val, I know it's a party, but we are working.
10:58Whether they remain deeply romantic, however, depends partly on the player.
11:03Spending time together and nurturing the relationship can strengthen it,
11:06while players uninterested in the romance can largely ignore that side of their dynamic
11:11without preventing the story from progressing.
11:14They'll remain partners in crime either way.
11:16That means the mundane moments could matter almost as much as the robberies.
11:21Extended gameplay has shown Jason and Lucia spending time together outside traditional missions,
11:26and GTA 6 contains an unusually broad assortment of recreational activities.
11:31Footage has demonstrated things like basketball, gym workouts, racing, kayaking, scuba diving,
11:36watercraft, and parachuting, alongside the usual nightlife and general Vice City chaos.
11:41Some activities can even be experienced as outings involving both protagonists.
11:47That emphasis feels deliberate.
11:49This could be the start of something good.
11:53Keep your phones on.
11:54Previous GTA protagonists had friends, girlfriends, and social activities,
11:59but those relationships generally existed around the edges of the main crime story.
12:04With Jason and Lucia, Rockstar appears to be attempting something much more integrated.
12:08Two people who rob together, run from police together, argue together, relax together,
12:13and potentially build or neglect their romantic relationship during ordinary free-roam gameplay.
12:19I don't mind.
12:20I mean, I...
12:20I think if you wanted to.
12:22Rob Nelson has also stated the pair will always have one another's backs when things turn violent.
12:27During demonstrated gameplay, the character not directly controlled by the player
12:31can actively participate alongside their partner,
12:34reinforcing the idea that Jason and Lucia aren't simply two avatars being swapped in and out of existence.
12:40And that may ultimately be what separates GTA 6 from its predecessors.
12:45The spectacular crimes are obviously still there.
12:49So are car chases, shootouts, robberies,
12:51and enough questionable decisions to keep Leonidas' police department extremely busy.
12:56But Rockstar seems equally interested in asking whether two criminals can actually maintain something
13:02resembling a functioning relationship while everything around them collapses.
13:06Jason wants an easy life.
13:08Lucia wants a better one.
13:10Unfortunately, they've apparently decided the fastest route to both involves armed robbery.
13:15Trust.
13:17Trust.
13:18And that's everything we currently know about Jason and Lucia in Grand Theft Auto 6.
13:23Which protagonist are you most interested in playing as?
13:27Let us know in the comments below and be sure to subscribe to WatchMojo for more great videos every day.
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