‘GTA VI’ Netflix extended look: 3 things we want to see

A ton of Grand Theft Auto VI footage has leaked in August. Rockstar has, in a second of uncommon transparency, acknowledged the leaks and confirmed their authenticity. However there’s nonetheless the matter of the massive “Extended Look” that’s set to air on Netflix on Thursday.

With so many gameplay movies swirling across the web already, it is simple to neglect that Rockstar’s first official glimpse at GTA VI gameplay is occurring this week. You may want a Netflix account if you wish to see it at 3 p.m. ET, but it surely’ll go up on YouTube at 9 p.m. ET, too. We nonetheless do not know precisely how lengthy the footage might be or what it would entail, however presumably, it would present, in some element, how the sport really performs.

Listed below are three main issues I need to see from this prolonged look on Netflix.

The sport’s different protagonist

Early advertising for GTA VI has all however confirmed that the sport has two protagonists, a pair named Jason and Lucia. It very a lot looks like the sport goes for a type of modern-day Bonnie and Clyde factor, which is a novel hook for GTA. Sadly, for no matter purpose, Lucia has been nearly solely absent from the leaked supplies as far as of publication.

We have seen temporary glimpses of her in cutscenes, however whoever is leaking all that footage is seemingly completely tired of taking part in as her. I suppose there’s an opportunity she’s not really playable, however man, that might be an enormous disappointment, as GTA hasn’t had a playable feminine protagonist in its important story because the collection blew up on the PlayStation 2.

Contemplating GTA V had three protagonists, it is seemingly that VI has two. I might like a solution to the query of Lucia’s playability greater than nearly anything within the prolonged look on Netflix.

Actually something that wasn’t already in GTA V

One other bummer of the leaks to this point is that they have been nearly solely centered on issues you could possibly already do in different GTA video games.

I frankly did not want a leaker to inform me I might beat up civilians, steal automobiles, and go to strip golf equipment. I have been capable of do all of these issues in GTA video games for practically 30 years. One leak featured a playable basketball mini-game, which is okay, however you could possibly additionally play tennis and golf in GTA V. Different leaks have briefly showcased mechanics similar to automobiles needing gasoline and cops having the ability to acknowledge the participant character’s present look. These are neat concepts, however once more, the leaks do not do a fantastic job of showcasing how they really operate throughout the sport’s design.

This sport is popping out 13 years after the earlier entry within the collection. I must know what has taken that lengthy moreover making seashore towels look tremendous detailed. Will this sport construct on the depth of NPC interactions that have been attainable in Purple Useless Redemption II? Will it deliver any authentic concepts to the desk? I might like to know that by the tip of the Netflix presentation.

A glimmer of hope that the writing is sweet this time

By far an important (and actually perhaps least seemingly) change I might like to see in GTA VI has to do with the writing. I used to benefit from the humorousness in GTA video games, after which I turned 16. By the point GTA V got here out, I used to be all the best way achieved with Rockstar’s grating, juvenile, and typically outright hateful satire of American tradition. To be clear, satirizing America is okay and obligatory, however not the best way the previous GTA video games do it.

What I need to see greater than anything within the Netflix footage is an indication — only one — that issues have modified. I do know higher than to anticipate a completely woke GTA sport, so I might accept one thing that is a little bit extra self-serious, heartfelt, and centered on its characters. Purple Useless Redemption II wasn’t excellent, but it surely confirmed a approach ahead for writing in Rockstar video games. I hope GTA VI follows that path.