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Last year we were lucky enough to receive the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, the first installment in the series since the original release of GTA IV in 2013, and probably one of the most anticipated games of the entire decade. And, while it is obvious that the official release of this sequel will still take some time to arrive (Rockstar has accustomed us to quite long production periods, a consequence of its high quality standards), it is still interesting to speculate on what the future of the series will bring, for better or worse.
I personally feel like I've appreciated every iteration of Grand Theft Auto that's come out since the seventh generation of consoles (generally referred to as the HD generation), GTA IV, The Liberty City Episodes, GTA V, and V are all gaming gems that have earned a well-deserved place in the industry's Olympus, and that demonstrate the true narrative potential that the medium has without having to give up gameplay value, but I must admit that I'm not a huge fan of the direction things took with V, and more specifically, GTA Online.
That's why I'm a little uncomfortable seeing the entire pitch for this sequel (which by the way promises to bring us back to an updated version of Vice City) revolve around technological innovations and the possibilities of a hypothetical new Online mode, forgoing the more intimate and focused nature that worked so well in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Bottom line: Sometimes less is more, and I'd appreciate if GTA VI would re-scale its own experience in order to take better care of the details and create something much more atmospheric than what we saw in GTA V.
Rather than worrying about innovative but superfluous concepts like the ability to enter every building on the map or how big the city will be, I'm looking forward to finding out who the new protagonists will be, or what tools the player will have to complete each objective in their own way. The musical ambiance, the vehicles, and the new minigames will help increase the sense of immersion in this revamped version of Vice City.
More than a decade has passed since the last Grand Theft Auto, but I honestly don't have any kind of eagerness for its sequel, especially considering that in the end, each GTA installment ends up revolutionizing the entire industry to a greater or lesser extent.
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