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Probably will not happen with a game like this, where a crack can have huge impact on the initial sales figures.
If there's one thing I can give props to R* for - it's the quality of their single player campaigns. I have little doubt that they will deliver on that front (after all the horse ball detail is a well known excuse of "tedious/unnecessary" detail). They take great pride in their indulgent open worlds. Can't say the same for the online component. Keep in mind a lot of key people have now left R* tho so I'm just curious how it will affect the direction and tone of their future titles.
(it'll prolly come in a couple years, i'd die laughing if it doesn't tho).
I personally feel that it will be fine. A few key people did leave but honestly the company is just massive now thanks to them that they can very well be replaced. Albeit I have no doubt that we will be stuck with this GTA for another 15 years. R* would have absolutely wired the shit out of the game's online section to be the de facto standard of Games as a service, and learnt from their mistakes in RDR2 Online. If people thought GTA online was bad then I can only imagine GTA6. However I trust in the singeplayer to be great like you said.
). I'm not too hung up on R*'s case, tho I am convinced the narrative tone of the story will take a significant departure from previous gta v. I'm sure it will be good either way.
I think crack culture is fading. There are no cracks for many games since their releases last year, take for eg: NFS.
True that.
In terms of mission design yes, it's very restrictive and annoying. But the living breathing worlds they create is top notch. I have no desire to replay any of the story missions from gta v or rdr2 yet I open up both games from time to time just to drive/ride around or even to take a stroll. The true achievement of R* is they're adept at making worlds I don't wanna leave. I just sit down, listen to their wonderful radio catalogue in a ps2 era 3d car model and just watch my character bob his head up and down with the beat, or a random stranger coming up and complimenting my ride. There has been not a single rpg that I've played that feels more lived in than GTA/RDR games. That is where the joy lies in the games for me, just picking a direction and going.
Denuvo has gotten stronger and not worth the manpower for most scenes. Still GTA 6 is as high of a profile a launch can be, but remember they prefer selling on console first because PC games become real cheap real fast - piracy being one of but not the only factor.
