Grand Theft Auto Grieving Thread - Yep, I've been drinkin' again...

[Foltest]

GTA IV has still the best story of the whole series.
I love the grimness of it.

 

[Lady Adjani]

If nothing else I hope they improve on the radio stations, V had some of the worst stations in the entire series.

 

[Serbian Peacekeepers]

less than 20 minutes ago, Rockstar announced GTA 6 is delayed to May 26th, 2026.

(image Rockstar posted on twitter)
Newswire post

 

[Tuxedo_Zemus]

This game is deep in a development crisis and they know it. I don't think anyone left at Rockstar knows how to run a project, to say nothing of their army of jeet coders fucking everything up constantly.

 

[PB & Banana Sandwich]

I bet there's a part of Rockstar that wants to just scrap the single player altogether and sell it as an online game.

 

[The Last Stand]

less than 20 minutes ago, Rockstar announced GTA 6 is delayed to May 26th, 2026.
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I'm sure a lot of developers sighed a breath of relief upon finally hearing a release date.

Let's speculate on why they delayed it to next year and announced it now. The Trump tariffs? Wanting to rewrite the story? More time to milk GTA Online now that it's on Game Pass?

Remember that Nintendo and Xbox set the standard now for increasing game prices from $70 to $80. Take Two was the first to hike game prices to $70 with NBA 2K21. It's been a year since any official news about GTA VI and now we have to wait longer.

 

[genericwhitemale]

I found the tongue in cheek writing from IV to be consistent with Niko's cynicism with America. Almost like you are viewing America from HIS perspective. I will say that Niko's cynicism is too on the nose, which I talked about it. Think about it, the cheeky satire comes more from Liberty City and its brands than the main characters itself. Maybe the overarching deconstruction of the American Dream, but that's a stretch.

Yeah I've heard that counter-argument before and that makes sense. I guess I just would've preferred it to be a little bit more subdued if that's the case.

 

[The Count of Monte Cristo]

GTA 6 is delayed to May 26th, 2026.

Anyone that honestly thought it would release this year, on time, is a Neanderthal.

 

[The Last Stand]

Another theory is that they don't want to cannibalize their own release pipeline from 2024. T2 has Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country and the next NBA 2K coming out months within each other. Correct me if I'm wrong but many AAA games don't release in the spring/summer months.

I think GTA IV came out in April of 2008. Perhaps it's a little of column A, column B. If there's no PC launch then either, they'll have to wait until 2027.

 

[El Chacal De La Trompeta]

Gta 6 will be a fucking mess and it will launch in the middle of a recession. They bet the house on it and the world isnt the same as when gta 5 launched. I think it will rival cp77 deay counter with 3 and that shit released legit broken

 

[The Last Stand]

Why release marketing when people will just market it FOR YOU?

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

less than 20 minutes ago, Rockstar announced GTA 6 is delayed to May 26th, 2026.
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They're making room for the GOTY


It doesn't matter anyway since the PC release wont be for another 4 years.

 

[Hitman One]

Reminder that these hyperborean Scottish BVLLS developed and released three GTAs in three years.

 

[El Chacal De La Trompeta]

My take is that they are the same spot that cdpr. They kave two huilds one for ps5 and one for ps6 and the current one runs like absolute dogshit.
And yeah Clair is a fucking Masterpiece. Two billion dollars don't Buy You good writing.
I think i'll skip gta 6. I usted every single character in 5 except the daughter

 

[genericwhitemale]

Another theory is that they don't want to cannibalize their own release pipeline from 2024. T2 has Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country and the next NBA 2K coming out months within each other. Correct me if I'm wrong but many AAA games don't release in the spring/summer months.

I think GTA IV came out in April of 2008. Perhaps it's a little of column A, column B. If there's no PC launch then either, they'll have to wait until 2027.

Most big games aim for either March (right before the end of the fiscal year) or November (the "holiday season" but still early enough to be considered for end of year awards). Rockstar buck the trend because they have no competition. They could be competing with a new Call of Duty game and they'll still be guaranteed to be a bestseller. Historically, they would release spring/summer (Max Payne 3 in May 2012, LA Noire in May 2011, Red Dead Redemption in May 2010, GTA IV in April 2008 ) but that's well over a decade now. Really, I think they just have the mindset of "when it's done."

 

[Lady Adjani]

My take is that they are the same spot that cdpr. They kave two huilds one for ps5 and one for ps6 and the current one runs like absolute dogshit.
And yeah Clair is a fucking Masterpiece. Two billion dollars don't Buy You good writing.
I think i'll skip gta 6. I usted every single character in 5 except the daughter

I doubt they care, 5 ran like absolute dogshit on the 360/PS3 and it just gave them more of an excuse to re-release the game when the next console generation dropped, twice.

 

[Disdainer of the Plebs]

Let's speculate on why they delayed it to next year and announced it now. The Trump tariffs? Wanting to rewrite the story? More time to milk GTA Online now that it's on Game Pass?

Most likely they’ve done a CdProjekt and the game has been in development hell for 12 years, which means it’s a total shit show. I think R* c-suite people know they’re turbo fucked and are trying to buy time to weasel out.

I think the final product will probably hold up against gta San Andreas about as well as the saints row reboot holds up against saints row 2, and everyone who isn’t a complete shill knows it.

 

[The Last Stand]

Really, I think they just have the mindset of "when it's done."

A stupid theory I heard was that they wanted to wait for the next generation of consoles. That would be financial suicide, even R* knows that.

Perhaps they'll even release the online 1 to 1 with the single player from the delay. Well, then they wouldn't double dip.

 

[Adash]

Personal thoughts on the series is that, as basic bitch of an answer as it is, I think V is objectively the best one. Best gunplay, best USP (heists and three playable characters instead of the dating mechanics from IV and the gang war stuff from SA) and unlike IV, which I felt was inconsistent in tone (alternating between serious, tragic Rockstar writing and silly, cartoony GTA writing), V felt appropriately written. I've never understood the "it's got bad writing" argument because to me it's written exactly as well as it needs to be, which is as a tongue in cheek action comedy/social satire. IV had some insanely good writing that felt out of place in a wacky sandbox like GTA, and VC is aesthetically the most interesting to me but has aged pretty poorly (as most of the 3D games have).

Agreed in everything but gunplay. IV's shooting is way more punchy, although that could be just the sound effects. Aiming in IV console is godawful however.

Let's speculate on why they delayed it to next year and announced it now.

I'm convinced something is going very, very wrong at Rockstar right now. Development hell, probably. It could be that a ton of important people who knew RAGE left the company, and now nobody knows how to develop on the engine.

They kave two builds one for ps5 and one for ps6 and the current one runs like absolute dogshit.

So it's gonna be GTA V again? PS5 version is like PS3, a year later a PS6 enhanced version is going to release, and a year after that a PC version releases?

I think VI is gonna go two ways. It somehow turns out good as promised (unlikely) and i guess it's good. It turns out bad... We've got a videogame crash 2. VI is riding on too much hype.

 

[El Chacal De La Trompeta]

15 years and two billions to make a fucking videogame is gross