Back in 2013, the hype around Grand Theft Auto V was palpable. It had been a solid five years since GTA IV burst onto the scene, and even the impending release of the Xbox One wasn't doing much to squash the GTA 5 hype. Now, as we enter a brand-new week of September in 2023, can you believe that's it's officially more than a decade since the last proper GTA release?
Yep, despite multiple ports and remaster efforts over the last 10 years, GTA 5 first launched on September 17th, 2013 for Xbox 360 - making it a whole decade void of anything new from the series. One of the biggest gaming IPs on the planet has been largely MIA for more than an entire console generation, which is crazy to think about!
Of course, thanks to some huge leaks (and easy guesswork, admittedly) we now know that GTA 6 is well into development at this stage. Publisher projections even hint at a release within the next year or two, and given that Red Dead Redemption 2 is now five years old, that sounds about right to us. The GTA drought may soon be over.
And so, how are you feeling about GTA 6 at the moment? The project is shrouded in such mystery that we don't really know how to feel about it at this stage. We know that it will be an absolutely momentous occasion when it does eventually launch, but we just can't get too excited about it at the moment when we've heard nothing official outside of leaked information.
At the time of its release, GTA 5 was such a phenomenon that it'd be hard to pull off that kind of feat again, but we'd be here for it if Rockstar managed it! Given that GTA 5 is still being played by thousands and thousands of people in 2023 across multiple platforms, they've got a tall task on their hands in trying to repeat such astronomical success.
Do you have any lasting GTA 5 memories? Are you starting to get excited about 6 yet? Leave all of your thoughts on the series down below.
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It used to be my favourite game series. I honestly can't ant see it being GTA because of the way society can't handle anything being remotely controversial. I hope I'm wrong and I hope it's the most revolting, grotesquely controversial game ever made. Like an open world Manhunt with cars and Clucking Bells.
GTA 5 was a solid single-player experience. Even though it is not my favourite game among GTA series, it still had tense and fun moments.
Online mode was fun... at the very beginning. At least to spend some time there with a bunch of friends . But when I decided to dive into it once again (after years) it was full of cheaters, scammers and no-lifers.
At this moment I think that too popular online elements had too much impact on both developers and gamers and Rockstar will focus on those things in GTA 6 foremost. Even if it means worse single-player campaign. Moreover I doubt that Rockstar will dare to make such sarcastic and insane games like they used to. But I would like to be wrong, of course.
I used to love the franchise. GTA 3, vice city, and San Andres are some of my favorite games but I'm not hyped at all for the next one.
I enjoyed 4 and 5 but not anywhere close to the others.
Right now I have zero excitement for GTA 6 due to the lack of info about the whole game in general like characters, what new things to expect over GTA V and not having a release date. Also you just know Rockstar are going to put a heavy emphasis on GTA Online 2.0 or whatever it’ll be called. I just hope the story isn’t going to suffer but I fear it won’t be at the quality we come to expect from the series, I really hope I’m proven wrong though.
At this point, I will believe it when it's on store shelves.
Zero hype for the next installment of the most overrated gaming franchise ever.
The 6th gen games were revolutionary, sure, but I've never seen a franchise coasting on past success as much as GTA does.
Having recently replayed V and the Trilogy, well, these games never had good gameplay, and even the writing is seriously overrated.
The satire was always overplayed by fans, and the stories and character leave a lot to be desired.
I get why the old games had the success they had, but after refusing to evolve for so long, I don't understand why GTA is still relevant.
GTA VI will certainly not be an exception: I predict it will be a very pretty game with a lot of graphical detail and that's it; the gameplay will still suck like it always has, and the open world will be just as non-interactive as usual.
Eh, I dunno. Rockstar has changed a lot as a company recently, but RDR2 was their last game and it’s flawless. I wouldn’t say I’ve got hype at the moment, but I wouldn’t say that I’m at zero either.
Wow 10 years ago
I pre-ordered that game followed every single news article for months
Lined up at midnight outside my local game shop just to get it and play it
I even
have a grand theft auto t.shirt
And a los Santos hoodie which I bought just because of this game
I absolutely loved this game and was so looking forward to dlc when I completed the story mode
I can't believe it was only 10 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised if sometime in the coming days rockstar announced something but that's just wishful thinking
GTA 5 is the game Ive played the most, both single player and online. And I couldnt care less for another installment in the series. Too many other great games to play and coming up.
Always tried the GTA games the main one GTA V.
Overall good game but overhyped and over rated in my opinion.
Never managed to do anything great for me, but sort of good at a variety of things instead.
I never was a gta fan, so I don't have any hype for VI, but gotta admit I'm a bit curious about it
They've been busy milking the existing player base of every dime they have. I'm betting the new one will have a short campaign and just merge with the existing online service.
I've got no hype for the game. I enjoyed Grand Theft Auto V for a good few years then got so repetitive and boring. However I feel like GTA IV (4) was a better one, I loved the physics and mechanics - I feel Rockstar mixed Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V to create Red Dead Redemption 2 as that has the physics/attention to detail of GTA IV and the movement of GTA V.
I don't care about it atm. When it's out or close to release, then I'll get excited and maybe buy it.
@Judas I agree, society has become quite weak and it's disgusting.
Rockstar has become irrelevant to me after their total commitment to the online component and lack of support for the single player campaign. Just like Ubisoft, I just can't give my money to them anymore.
Non-existent
As a Red Dead fanatic, i watched them make in my opinion one of the best single player story games ever made. Again my opinion as i know many will have another game they think is better. But GTA barely ever excited me. GTA5 was well made but the online did nothing for me, which is strange as i love online gaming, be it co-op, multiplayer anything online normally get’s my attention GTA online did not, RDR online was even worse. Seeing as there is 0% chance GTA doesn’t have online play, i am concerned for the game as i feel Rockstar online is fun nor interesting to me. Will the single player take a huge leap in a woke era? I am not sure about that. So where does that leave this game? Rockstar has plenty to show to answer some of these questions. In the meantime can us RDR fans please and i do mean please get a Series X/S and PS5 update to RDR2. 60 fps at least.
I don't like Rockstar to be honest. I think the only game I liked from them was Bully.
I am not hyped for GTA6 to be honest, simply because today's Rockstar isn't the Rockstar I knew and loved. I have seen this happen to many times by now, beloved developers growing and growing, key members leaving, and them just not being what they used to be.
@ZYDIO Yeah that's another thing really, I have a hard time seeing today's Rockstar having the same edge they had. Heck even GTAV and IV felt notably toned down from the 3-SA games, and they came out when people were far less sensitive to everything.
Hype is at 0.
The Rockstar of 2001-2013 is long gone. Dan Houser and several other key figures of that time period are gone now.
@JayJ They shouldn't even call it Grand Theft Auto anymore, I'm going to start calling it: Gonna Take Alot........to keep me interested. I'm almost scared to see what scaled down, neutered concoction they're going to come up with and try to disguise an open world game with good graphics as something great when in reality it's probably empty and unsatisfying and full of politically correct everything everywhere. I want the opposite of that, I want to be walking down the city streets and look to my left and see some hooker giving a blowjob and a handjob at the same time to two dudes that just made some bank at the casino and the pimp comes up behind them and knocks their asses out and takes all their money and leaves them in the alley unconscious and broke with their dicks hanging out. That's the Grand Theft Auto I want. At least I still have all of my hard copies of all of the games.
@ZYDIO Sounds like GTA3, VC, and SA lol, those games really didn't hold back when it came to the dirty gritty depiction of big cities. They also didn't hold back when it came to political incorrectness, they seemed to take pride in their ability to push boundaries and offend the up-tight and overly sensitive.
Now a days it's like I totally relate to your fear, because I have seen so many once great names watered down and turned into politically correct garbage. I mean just look at how the latest Saints Row turned out, I downloaded it on PS+ and I could only get through the into before I deleted it, the whole thing was just so awful, toned down, and playing so hard to appeal to political correctness in a game where that sort of direction seems to be completely at odds with what it wants you to be doing.
Honestly, this is why I have been rapidly losing interest in keeping up with the gaming industry these days. There is just enough out there to still keep me interested, but it feels like I have been clinging on for a while now and ready to move on with my life. So many new games just aren't what gaming used to be, the whole hobby feels like the Fisher Price version of the scene I used to know. It's pretty much impossible for me to get hyped up for or interested in any new entries in franchises that I used to love. Sort of the same way I feel about a lot of new movies as well, entertainment just isn't what it used to be.
GTA and Rockstar were a huge part of my gaming from the PS2 days through 360/PS3 with multiple GTA games and other titles but they're basically irrelevant to my gaming now and have been for a decade. I enjoyed GTAV but its not my favourite entry, never hitting the highs of Vice City and San Andreas and even being a bit of a backwards step from IV. Since then the likes of Cyberpunk have filled that open world gameplay gap and if GTA6 launched tomorrow I'd be playing Phantom Liberty instead
@JayJ That's why I have been investing my money and getting physical copies of original Xbox games, Xbox 360 games, gathering up multiple consoles of each and refurbishing them. I've been buying up the good Xbox One and One X games and I buy a Series X game every once in a while if it's awesome and I can get a good deal on it. I have accelerated my hunting for the older games and get them pretty cheap actually and I'm only buying complete in box copies. A lot of these new games have pretty graphics and are huge and have lots of stuff to do, but the lots of stuff to do seems mostly meaningless, repetitive and boring. All anyone has to do is fire up pretty much any good Xbox 360 game and the first 5 minutes will blow your mind. Nowadays I'm 30 hours in wondering when the fun is going to start. That's okay though because I'd much rather buy 5 to 15 original Xbox and Xbox 360 games than spend money on 1 or 2 newer games. I think a lot of what's going on as well is how much money it's costing to make these newer games and it's at a weird spot right now where the developers and trying to save money, but also put something out they can make money on.
@ZYDIO Yeah that's a good approach IMO. Luckily I was really into collecting video games for a while back when you could buy tons of 90's era stuff for relatively cheap. It's crazy how much of that stuff has skyrocketed in price since I bought it. Similar deal with PS2/GC/Xbox era games, I remember buying up a bunch of original Xbox games where I only paid a few dollars for each game, where I could get them bundled in a bulk shipping delivery making everything dirt cheap. Now a days those games are probably a lot more expensive. Gamecube games have really skyrocketed in price, and even a lot of the collector stuff I got on PS2 has become somewhat rare and expensive.
Thing is, it's just great having a collection of classic physical games. Like no matter what is going on with the gaming industry or online services, I will always be able to enjoy those games. I guess the only thing is I might want to start collecting some extra consoles for backup, at least the more common disc based consoles that are known to get problematic over time with use.
But yeah, what you said about modern games is true. Games have become massive in scale, but it feels like all of the developers are constantly trying to play it as safe as possible, which makes everything as boring as possible. It's true how you can just boot up some old 360 or PS2 title, and be amazed by how much better they are by comparison. Yeah, the graphics and physics might not be as good, but you realize how much that doesn't matter when you see how much better everything else can be. It's almost like comparing some classic movies to modern day movies. Sure, the picture quality and special effects might not be nearly as good, but that really doesn't matter when you see how much better some of those classic movies were.
I'm the same way when it comes to buying modern games as well. I hardly ever buy anything at full price anymore, and I no longer really care about buying new games when they release as they are rarely in a finished state anymore anyways. So I just stick to sales.
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