Grand Theft Auto VI Official News and Blether

[VCPR]

[evelpod666]

Dec 4, 2023 14:05:47 GMT VCPR said:

It's Live

[itscoming2020]

Dec 4, 2023 23:18:18 GMT evelpod666 said:

Dec 4, 2023 14:05:47 GMT VCPR said:

It's Live

It looks amazing but the Vibe is completly missing, im a bit underwhelmed. Music choice is bad.

time to sleep see you guys tomororw

[Luigi]

I got a touch of uncanny valley, it gave me dodgy kick starter vibes the first few times I watched it.

The more I watch the more I can see some of the breathtaking advancements. Overall 2025 seems fair based on what I just watched.

i.imgur.com/O6LLQgM.png

[evelpod666]

Dec 4, 2023 23:21:30 GMT itscoming2020 said:

Dec 4, 2023 23:18:18 GMT evelpod666 said:

It's Live

Music choice is bad.

I am from America and  a GeN-xer(so I might be really out of touch) and have been to many Tom Petty( and I am very bias, Tom Petty is one my favorite musicians) concerts and Tom Petty is from the Florida  and i think the music is great.

[Luigi]

imgur.com/a/mVwFle9

grabbed a couple of my favorite frames so far, frame by framing. its 12:30 already!
ah we got a long road ahead of us... by the time we play the supper will be 5 years old.

[single1sland]

Dec 5, 2023 0:37:45 GMT Luigi said:

imgur.com/a/mVwFle9

grabbed a couple of my favorite frames so far, frame by framing. its 12:30 already!
ah we got a long road ahead of us... by the time we play the supper will be 5 years old.

This game looks sooo good.The wait was so long. but it's just so disappointing and frustrating knowing that it's not coming to pc on release.

[single1sland]

www.take2games.com/ir/news/rockstar-games-announces-grand-theft-auto-vi-coming-2025

[Kris194]

Dec 4, 2023 23:21:30 GMT itscoming2020 said:

Dec 4, 2023 23:18:18 GMT evelpod666 said:

It's Live

It looks amazing but the Vibe is completly missing, im a bit underwhelmed. Music choice is bad.

time to sleep see you guys tomororw

Gotta agree, this is another poor trailer from Rockstar. It started in a interesting way and then just went downhill. Not to even mention, that music doesn't correspond with huge part of the video. This is what I knew will happen, whole thing is so similar to GTA V, that it feels like a DLC or if you prefer GTA V E&E&E. Just compare this trailer to GTA V #1 Trailer or GTA IV #1 Trailer

[VCPR]

I feel your concerns; on other hand, I expected something like SaintsRowReboot (but with loads of bullshit politicking); maybe R* will pull it off after all...

[ooi]

My problem with the trailer are for the reasons I explain below.
I'll quote some of posts from the other forum.

Too up-close, too many cuts, too fast... I prefer a trailer with a slower introduction and faster pace towards the middle or the end.

It was probably made to be viewed on smartphones. It didn't feel comfortable to see it on a larger screen. I understand I'm not the target audience for this trailer. 😜

The game will be a different business ofc, since I can play it at my own pace. 😉

dourvas did a better job explaining the reasons for the up-close cameras and the social commentary.

gtaforums.com/topic/994191-gta-vi-trailer-reveal-hype-thread/page/85/#comment-1072296983

As social commentary I understand what's going on, I was just hoping for a trailer that was more in line with older ones. So, moving on with my view of the trailer:

There are many cuts that don't have a consecutive cut that follow the same action. When you have at least two consecutive cuts it is easier to understand what's happening.

A lot of the shots are up-close or try to mimic tiktok like it was filmed from a phone (that's why I think this was made to watch on a smartphone - also I don't watch tik tok that much, so that has an influence on me).

It's too fast between cuts and has too many things happening that you can't focus. You need to pause the video to understand what's going on, eg:

The scene with people on the beach, the flying shot from the sea to city, the aerial shot from the Keys... there's so much going on that you could make more cuts to show the events happening in those shots individually. Maybe they didn't want to make a longer trailer with more cuts/shots so decided to cram as much as they could in them.

Some of them are hard to watch because they are blurry/noisy and because of the effects used (eg: prision fence), or because of the way they were taken (eg: the flying shot from the sea to the city: it starts with the camera looking down and it rotates up. I was trying to follow that move but my neck and eyes felt constrained. Again too much going on on that scene, and it feels stuttery. That shot didn't feel comfortable to watch).

I still like GTA 5's trailer alot because, again, you have better sense of continuity between cuts.

Here's a quick comparison of GTA 5 and GTA 6 trailers cuts - and why it made me feel confused. It feels better when there are more cuts following the action (same place, different camera angle) from the previous cut (like in GTA 5) or when you have more lenghty cuts:

So GTA 5 trailer has 41 (main) cuts:

Cuts that follow the same action from the previous cut and that feel more seamless:

4-5 > golf
8-9 > car/girl stoplight
14-15 > hustler
18-19 > plane crop duster
20-22 > robbery
23-24 > blue car
26-27 > street people/under bridge
37-38 > "CJ" chase
40-41 > plane over the hill, flying towards city

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In comparison in GTA 6's trailer there are 46 cuts, and below are the ones that feel less jarring to me:

3-5 > lucia prison
* 8-9 > swamps
36-37 > jason/lucia car
40-41 > bikes
* 44-46 > jason/lucia

* These cuts either don't follow the same action from previous scenes or aren't from a different angle from the same action/place in focus, but still feel ok.

I like GTA 4's "Things will be different" trailer, there's a sense of unity throughout the trailer. The tones, monologue, music and the transitions feel right.

Even when it speeds up during the time lapse, there is a sense of continuity between cuts because the way the sun/light moves creates a continuity between cuts (Your eyes follow the light) and it matches the climax of the music.

[Luigi]

any thoughts on GTA VI o Clock here? I was still in primary school when they use to do v o clock.

they point out some interesting things in their trailer analysis from last week

[VCPR]

[Luigi]

iwgb.org.uk/en/post/rockstar-games-mandatory-office/

Rockstar Games announced on 28th February 2024, that workers will have to be in the office 5 days a week from 15th April 2024 as remote working provisions are withdrawn for the majority of staff.

The news comes one year after 170 Rockstar Games workers in the UK signed a petition opposing mandatory 3-day office work, in one of the UK games industry’s biggest ever trade union actions.

Workers belonging to the IWGB Game Workers Union accuse Rockstar of “broken promises”, and share concerns around health, caring responsibilities, living arrangements, and a heightened risk of overwork.

An anonymous Rockstar worker says, “Working from home has been a lifeline for many of us at Rockstar, allowing us to balance care responsibilities, manage disabilities, and relocate as we need. Now, Rockstar is snatching away that lifeline without a second thought for the workers who’ll be impacted most. After so many broken promises we now fear management may even be paving the way for a return to toxic ‘crunch’ practices. Senior leadership need to rethink their reckless decision making and engage with their staff to find an arrangement that works for everyone.”

Another shares, “As usual, there has been zero consultation with us: the people who these policy changes most affect. Just one of my concerns is being forced to work late hours in the office to maintain contact with global teams when before we could log on from home to attend late meetings. This will mean missing out on spending time with our families. I am also aware of colleagues who have health issues preventing full time office work who are now left in limbo.”

Speaking on behalf of their colleagues, one worker says, “We the staff care greatly about the games we make and our passion, skill, and talent should never be taken for granted by studio management. It is together, through collaboration and a healthy work life balance and workplace culture that we continue making some of the most beloved and spectacular games in our industry.”

[itscoming2020]

Feb 29, 2024 16:25:41 GMT Luigi said:

iwgb.org.uk/en/post/rockstar-games-mandatory-office/

Rockstar Games announced on 28th February 2024, that workers will have to be in the office 5 days a week from 15th April 2024 as remote working provisions are withdrawn for the majority of staff.

The news comes one year after 170 Rockstar Games workers in the UK signed a petition opposing mandatory 3-day office work, in one of the UK games industry’s biggest ever trade union actions.

Workers belonging to the IWGB Game Workers Union accuse Rockstar of “broken promises”, and share concerns around health, caring responsibilities, living arrangements, and a heightened risk of overwork.

An anonymous Rockstar worker says, “Working from home has been a lifeline for many of us at Rockstar, allowing us to balance care responsibilities, manage disabilities, and relocate as we need. Now, Rockstar is snatching away that lifeline without a second thought for the workers who’ll be impacted most. After so many broken promises we now fear management may even be paving the way for a return to toxic ‘crunch’ practices. Senior leadership need to rethink their reckless decision making and engage with their staff to find an arrangement that works for everyone.”

Another shares, “As usual, there has been zero consultation with us: the people who these policy changes most affect. Just one of my concerns is being forced to work late hours in the office to maintain contact with global teams when before we could log on from home to attend late meetings. This will mean missing out on spending time with our families. I am also aware of colleagues who have health issues preventing full time office work who are now left in limbo.”

Speaking on behalf of their colleagues, one worker says, “We the staff care greatly about the games we make and our passion, skill, and talent should never be taken for granted by studio management. It is together, through collaboration and a healthy work life balance and workplace culture that we continue making some of the most beloved and spectacular games in our industry.”

I miss the time when employees voluntarily stayed late because they wanted to push the game they were developing to the limit.sometimes even spent nights and weekends just to get the code running.
Now the workers even get paid for overtime or can use the hours for other days.

R* employees (or the world in general) are becoming more and more woke p*ssys, they cry because they cant work from home anymore.... lol welcome to the business life.

In every category of work there are people who have to work overtime, sometimes even 6-7 days a week. (myself included)

If you don't like it, quit and don't cry.

lets hope they have enough passion to bring it to the end