Grand Theft Auto 6′s second trailer is full of loads of motion, crime, and vehicular mayhem. That is the sort of stuff you count on to see in a GTA recreation. However what it additionally comprises is one thing we’ve by no means actually seen earlier than in a Grand Theft Auto sequel: a pair cuddling and having an actual relationship. And that’s the a part of GTA 6 that shocked me probably the most.
Launched on Might 6 with no warning, Grand Theft Auto 6‘s second trailer arrived over a yr after its first and featured much more of Jason and Lucia, the 2 essential characters on this upcoming Rockstar open-world sequel set in Vice Metropolis and its surrounding state of Leonida. We already knew that this new sequel would function the couple in a giant approach, however that trailer appears to counsel that Rockstar is aiming to make them a plausible, relatable, and dare I say, cute couple.
One second that basically caught out to me within the trailer as one thing we’ve by no means actually seen in a GTA recreation earlier than occurs on the very finish. Jason is laying on the sofa half asleep and watching TV. Lucia enters the lounge, tosses her keys on the desk and collapses onto Jason to cuddle with him. It’s the sort of second that most individuals in loving relationships have skilled. Your vital different will get again from a giant journey, a tough day at work, or another grueling expertise and lands immediately subsequent to or on high of you for some consolation and love. It’s a cute and real second. And it’s in the midst of a GTA trailer! Unusual.
This can be a franchise that has principally handled relationships as jokes. Assume again to how CJ and Catalina are portrayed in GTA San Andreas. She’s a lunatic and incessantly referred to as horrible names. Equally, in GTA V Michael’s relationship together with his spouse is proven to be a principally poisonous and hostile expertise that solely will get higher on the finish resulting from violence. There’s additionally the bit in GTA V the place Trevor kidnaps an previous girl they usually fall in love. And the sooner GTA video games, like Vice Metropolis, principally handled relationships as foolish punchlines about how girls are annoying and controlling. In GTA 3, after saving the lady he apparently “loves,” Claude shoots her offscreen for speaking an excessive amount of! Yikes. The closest GTA has ever gotten to an actual relationship is Nico and Kate in GTA IV. However that’s barely a part of the sport, and in the event you select the incorrect possibility she will get gunned down by the top.
Nevertheless, within the trailer for GTA 6, we see Jason and Lucia being an actual couple. They appear genuinely enthralled with one another. The second the place Jason picks Lucia up out of jail they usually smile warmly for a second is so in contrast to something in GTA earlier than. And all through the trailer we see them snuggling, getting intimate, holding one another, kissing, dancing collectively, and even at one level holding fingers. In a collection that has featured a lot violence and intercourse, it’s surreal to see two individuals in love and holding fingers.
Now the actual query is: will Rockstar have the ability to pull off a full 30-70 hour recreation that includes a relatable and caring relationship? I don’t know. We’re really in uncharted waters for this franchise proper now. However I hope they nail it. I feel if Jason and Lucia’s relationship is the core of GTA 6‘s story, it may assist it not solely stand out from previous GTA video games, but it surely may sign that Rockstar has grown up a bit.
Certain, it should nonetheless put in foolish joke merchandise and background indicators that make me roll my eyes. But when, on the entrance and middle of this large AAA online game, there’s a practical and well-done tackle an actual relationship between two individuals, that will be a wild accomplishment that I didn’t count on from a franchise well-known for letting you kill intercourse staff to get your a refund.
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