Games Inbox: Was the GTA 6 Netflix show a disappointment?

The Friday letters page has a surprisingly mixed reaction to the GTA 6 extended look, as one reader laments the death of physical media.

You can’t please everyone
Good lord that extended preview of GTA 6 was dull as dishwater. I’m not sure how that was supposed to get anyone hyped for the game, though at this point they probably don’t need to try to sell the game.

It was so oddly paced, with weird cuts, a hodge podge of cut scenes, missions and slice of life activities. None of the needle drops landed for me, it didn’t seem stylish or funny or even fun.

The graphics were nice, with good lighting, but it all seemed like PlayStation 3 gameplay, nothing that enticed me or felt groundbreaking.

Someone should show Rockstar Nintendo’s 2017 trailer for Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, as an example on how to sell a same in a good sixth of the time.
Euclidian Boxes

Best. Graphics. Ever.
I’m just astonished about the graphics in GTA 6, really. I just don’t see how they could be any better, given how long it would take and how much it would cost to do even more detail. Not to mention how much the machine would cost to run it.

I wouldn’t be surprised if GTA 6 ends up having the best graphics for all time. Who else is going to spend $3 billion making a video game? I do think it was a bit odd there was no narration, because without it the skips to different scenes seemed a bit random but what was actually shown was incredible. The last bit where they’re acting like bodyguards could’ve been its own movie!

It also makes me realise just how pointless all the leaks have been. Was he purposefully trying to make the game look as bad as possible? I know people said that already, but when you see those clips next to the real video it barely even seems like the same game.
Hammeriron

Out in the cold
I mean… it was alright. The GTA 6 thing on Netflix… the graphics were good, nobody could deny that, but the whole thing just looked like it played exactly like GTA 5. Maybe the shooting is better, we can’t tell, but GC were right to point out the conversations in cars being lame. There must be a hundreds of ways to make that more interesting but they just did it exactly the same as before and I always hated those bits in GTA 5.

I guess there’s not really anything completely new you can do with a game that’s meant to be the same as real life, but I was hoping for something to make me surprised. I just don’t think there was anything. I mean, a Die Hard knock off in 2026? Is that really the best they could come up with in 13 years?

I’m not saying I won’t even get it, at some point, but I was hoping to be blown away. But while I can’t criticise anything about the graphics the rest of it left me pretty cold.
Gantz

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Sensible pricing
This is probably just anecdotal, but I’ve noticed that quite a few upcoming releases seem to be launching at quite reasonable price points. Star Wars Zero Company, Control Resonant, and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy all have RRPs under £50 and have had decent pre-order discounts on physical editions (I got Zero Company for £39.99 from Amazon).

I don’t know if these publishers have consciously ignored the first party premium prices that the console manufacturers are charging because they know their games won’t sell at £59.99 or £69.99, but it’s good to see these slightly more experimental titles stay at just about an impulse buy price point.

Enjoying the glut of interviews, previews, and reviews just now. Make sure you’re staying hydrated.
Magnumstache

GC: We noticed that too, at least in terms of Zero Company and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy – both of which are out on the same day and both the same, relatively, low price. More importantly, they’re both great games.

No backsies
RE: ‘I’m very happy with my pre-order,’ from Cranston’s letter on Thursday.

I don’t really get why people pre-order so early, on a digital game that won’t run out of stock and we don’t know how the day one build will be.

There’s no benefit to the customer pre-ordering months in advance and it encourages devs and publisher to push out unfinished games.

But at least Xbox and Steam offer a refund, if applied for in 14 days of purchase and with less than two hours playtime with Steam, and minimal playtime with Xbox.

I would avoid pre-ordering on PSN (not sure about the Nintendo eShop) though as Sony offer no such refund policy. Sony regards downloading with no actual playtime as cause not to refund if you change your mind.

The most understandable reason for digitally pre-ordering up to a week before release is to pre-download, especially if you have a slower connection and a big triple-A game takes a while to download.

With Sony you’ll do that before the game reviews are up and if it turns out to be a dud have no recourse to change your mind and get a refund.

Sony need to match Steam’s and Xbox’s refund policy now they are taking away a physical option where you can at least recoup most of your money on any regretful purchases.
Simundo

Understandable upset
Maybe I’m odd, but I don’t get the furore over the GTA leaks.

I’m sure Rockstar are mighty annoyed and I’m sure if they find the person they will come down on him like Nintendo on… well… anyone who messes with their IP.

But it’s just that it’s so easy to avoid. It’s not like the footage is plastered everywhere, the only way of seeing the leaked footage is to actually track it down.

I personally haven’t seen any leaked footage and it’s not like I don’t seek out gaming news. I just haven’t clicked on anything that may show me footage

So the answer is, if you don’t want to see the leaks don’t look for the leaks.

And let’s face it, the leaks will make zero difference to sales anyway.

Anyway, other than Rockstar I’m struggling to see why anyone else is getting worked up about them.

Whatever you’re playing, have fun gaming!
The Dude Abides

GC: We don’t think anyone is upset about it other than Rockstar, but the whole business is extremely peculiar. And getting stranger by the day.

Dying media
It’s a sad state we’re about to reach. Going from the ‘80s where we had VHS/Betamax, cassettes, and game cartridges. The 90s gave us floppies, CDs, and DVDs. Our sense of ownership is about to be removed, and we were too apathetic to care.

If a big company like Sony leaves gaming and they switch off the servers everything you’ve bought after 2027 goes bye bye. Gamers became the cliche that lazy sitcoms would push. We can’t go outside, we are too lazy to move from our chairs to a shelf and over to the console.

Perhaps we can get a few more years of gaming under our belts or however long they give us. I’m just going to try and enjoy the time we have left before the notion of traditional gaming goes away.

Oldish grump.
Bobwallett

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War memories
The games industry as a whole is heading into a nosedive. I cannot see it lasting 10 more years, to be honest, and I would not be surprised if a repeat of the grand old video games crash of 1983 happened again, albeit in different circumstances.

For starters, we have the 25th anniversary Xbox, which wouldn’t look out of place in a bathroom as an ornament, given its putrid green colour.

Then we have Sony thinking they will get away with becoming all-digital, they do not know yet that this will damage their brand in the long run.

And Grand Theft Auto 6, the almighty video game, which premiered on Netflix on Thursday, just feels like a trailer for a hotly anticipated Hollywood movie.

No video game ever has had a promotion such as this, so why now?

Project Helix and PlayStation 6, I dread to think what the future will hold for the overpriced next gen machines.

I wish I could go back to the golden age of the Sega and Nintendo wars, but alas it’ll remain as a fond memory.

The games industry had a much more positive vibe then, as compared to now.

It’s a shame to see how corporate and greedy it has become.
G4RBO

Inbox also-rans
Dear GameCentral, I keep hearing about these GTA 6 leeks. What, are they the most realistic vegetables ever seen in a video game?
Tim Keeling

GC: The leaker’s mascot is a cartoon leek.

I’m beginning to think the graphics in GTA 6 might be pretty good. Just the impression I get.
Kent

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