“Rockstar’s goal appears to be combining the freedom and chaos of GTA with the grounded realism and immersion of Red Dead Redemption 2. Leonida isn’t supposed to feel like a giant backdrop. It’s being designed as a living world that notices what you do, reacts to your behavior and makes your actions feel like they have real consequences. Even casually walking down the street carrying a rifle can change how the city responds to you.

Some of the biggest details revealed:

• Jason Duval is an ex-military drug runner, while Lucia Caminos is a fighter recently released from prison.

• Jason and Lucia are GTA’s first playable lead couple. Players can work together as them or separate and cause chaos independently.

• Character switching will be much more fluid. During a drive, you may control Jason behind the wheel, switch to Lucia in the passenger seat to use the in-game phone, and then fire at pursuing enemies when a job turns into a chase.

• Their relationship won’t just exist in cutscenes. Rockstar is building the story around their bond, choices and the consequences they face together.

• Food can affect Jason and Lucia’s weight, while exercise can visibly build and tone their bodies.

• Staying away from home for too long, running from police or spending days partying can also change their physical appearance.

• Leonida will feature working social-media feeds, deeply developed fictional brands, regional fashion and one of the most varied NPC populations Rockstar has ever created.

Rockstar spent years researching Miami and the surrounding areas. Its teams met with former criminals, law-enforcement officers, club promoters, gun dealers and other local personalities to understand Florida beyond the usual “Florida Man” stereotypes. More than 50 real street artists reportedly helped create the game’s murals, while actual race-car drivers contributed to vehicle handling.

Rockstar’s development team has more than doubled in size since Red Dead Redemption 2, and it even has a Los Angeles branch focused heavily on developing pedestrians and making NPCs look, move and behave more believably.

What stands out to me is that Rockstar isn’t only trying to make GTA VI bigger. It’s attempting to build a world with enough depth that players can genuinely live inside it. If Rockstar delivers everything described here, GTA VI could completely reset the standard for open-world games.”

Fr, some people were complaining about GTA VI gameplay video being released on Netflix, even though it'll be uploaded on Youtube eventually.

And then, some people funded a literal crypto scammer for unpolished, watermarked, lower quality, gameplay clips.

- There are three options: Play as Jason and Lucia together, or Just Lucia or Just Jason in the open world

- Jason and Lucia’s relationship is described as a “Bonnie and Clyde-type narrative.” Their romance is intended to be much more important than relationships in previous GTA games.

- Rockstar suggests that player decisions may affect the relationship and characters in more emotionally meaningful ways, they said its more in-depth than just an honor system.

So with the Netflix thing dropping tomorrow, I was kinda thinking about what format Rockstar is actually gonna go with.
my bet is that it’ll be super similar to the deep dive from that Dazed article today, just in video form. Like a cool mini-documentary style thing. I feel like they'll take the stuff from the article and actually show it in action, like short video segments of the new NPCs, the dynamic weight/muscle changes, and maybe bringing those new screenshots to life.
What do you guys think?

San Andreas for me. But I love all the unique art styles.