GTA 6 Should Ditch The Glorified Vision Of A Life Of Crime For A More Impactful Story

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Look, I know people like their fast cars and big guns as they stick up banks and narrowly escape the man. I enjoyed playing GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption when I was a teenager, so I get it. But after playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 four times and still cherishing the story it tells, it makes me hope for more from Rockstar's next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series.

While GTA started out with the sillier games, and the first Saints Row told a tamer story of gang life, the roles quickly switched. Saints Row 4 saw you take the role of the President of the United States as you fend off an alien invasion in a simulation using your superpowers. GTA 5, while still featuring some of that strangeness in its side missions, opted for a slower and more consequential story - though it’s not as gritty as GTA 4. Red Dead 2 has only solidified the significance of a darker story, so surely that means we'll see that tone cemented into the core of GTA 6, right? Not necessarily.

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We all know GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 are two of the most popular and brilliantly crafted open worlds in the past decade. However, if you ask fans what they love about GTA 5, the answer will hardly be the story. No, it'll be the sandbox, the guns and cars you get to play with, and most prominently - the online mode. Only a few will say they love it for the well-paced and serious story, and even then, let's be honest: the story is weak - it's good, but not great. These are characters that never feel quite real or connected, coupled with bland job after job, score after score.

But with Red Dead Redemption 2, most people will say that they love it for the story, the depth of the characters, and its world. Less