Although Rockstar Games has not released further progress of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA6), according to the latest overseas news, the 6th generation will usher in the series as the first female protagonist.
According to Bloomberg (Bloomber) Senior game reporter Jason Schreier reported that Rockstar’s primary focus at the moment is to improve the internal development culture, and it is pointed out in the text that a reliable source has revealed that “GTA6” will include a female protagonist for the first time, and claims that the female protagonist is Latino.
The source further revealed that the background setting of the heroine is one of a pair of double protagonists influenced by the famous American outlaw robbers “Bonnie and Clyde” in the 1930s. (The most recent film adaptation of Bonnie and Clyde is “The Road to Madness”)
It is reported that “GTA6” has been in development since the project was established in 2014, and the original stage setting of the game was planned to include most of North and South America, but Rockstar has reduced the map size to “a Miami city and a the size of the surrounding area”.
At the same time, Schreier also pointed out that the operation mode of “GTA6” may be listed in the form of “Destiny” real-time online service, that is, additional content will be updated over time, and new tasks and cities will be added regularly. It is said that Rockstar management He believes that this approach can effectively relieve the pressure of developing content when the game is released, and emphasizes that even with this “simplified” approach, “GTA6” will have more content to explore than previous series.
Since the “Grand Theft Auto” series has been criticized for not having a heroine in the past, it is not surprising to add a heroine to “GTA6”, but it is worth paying attention to the report that “GTA6” may move to an online service game. form, and whether it will affect Rockstar’s ongoing content quality is a matter of concern.