The expectations for GTA 6 are huge. But a former employee who has already worked on many GTA parts is now expressing criticism.
Who is this? Obbe Vermeij worked at Rockstar from 1995 to 2009 and worked on GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, and GTA 4. According to the GTA fandom, his position was Technical Director.
In a podcast, the former Rockstar employee was asked about his thoughts on the new part of the series. His answer, however, may surprise fans.
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GTA 6 will initially disappoint
What does he think about GTA 6? The developer does not believe that GTA 6 will make a big leap forward compared to GTA 5. He says: “It looks like they have [GTA 5] basically developed even further, right?” and probably means that GTA 6 only builds on the model of GTA 5 and further expands on what already works well.
But one scene seems to have stuck in his mind: “The scene that blows me away is the one on the beach, where everyone seems to be doing something different, as if each character has their own animation. I think it looks pretty great. But I don’t think it will be very different from GTA 5. I think maybe people will be a little disappointed on day one. But it will still be the best game out there.”
Even though the developer does not have any inside information about the game, as he makes clear, he still has a good understanding of the current state of development of GTA 6.
Why shouldn’t the difference between the parts be so big? According to Vermeij, this is due to the technological leaps, which are simply becoming smaller and smaller. While technical progress used to be much faster, this is no longer the case. This is particularly noticeable in the console generations for which GTA 6 is being developed.
GTA 6 is being developed for the current console generation. The PC version will probably come a little later, as always. The fact that GTA 6 will not blow fans away as much as they expected is not the only fear that players have. There is also a feature from GTA 5 that they definitely do not want to see in GTA 6: Fans fear that GTA 6 will get a feature that they already find stupid in GTA 5