Games Inbox: Setting GTA 6 in Vice City during the 80s, PS5 stock issues, and Breath Of The Wild defence
The Thursday letters page is unsurprised by the Knights Of The Old Republic remake problems, as one reader sticks up for Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
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Next generation GTA So we’ve had our first proper leak about GTA 6, from a decent source. Still not much information but glad to hear that a female protagonist is on the way, it’s crazy that we haven’t had one up till now. I found it odd that the setting was described as Miami rather than Vice City, but then I realised that the new game will be counted as the next generation of GTA.
There’s already the 2D and HD era and while few people realise they’re different universes, they are. I wonder then if this new one will ditch the fake cities and just have real ones instead. Which might imply they’re going for a more realistic approach, with less satire?
The other big question for me is whether the game is set in the 80s or not, like the previous game. Personally, I think Vice City was the least interesting city but because it was set in the 80s it seemed a lot more exciting and, naturally, it had the best soundtrack as a result.
80s nostalgia is still big, but will Rockstar be worried that they’re just repeating themselves? Hard to say, and, unless there’s another leak, I doubt we’ll find out anytime soon.Coolsbane
Told you so So now we have example 3,037 of every ordinary gamer thinking something is a bad idea but a publisher going ahead with it anyway… and then finding out it was a bad idea. Everyone said Aspyr remaking Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic was crazy and now they’ve been proven right.
I don’t know how things even got this far. It’s like if the people that work on Blu-ray movie restorations were
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