Previews:
IGN:
ign.com/articles/gta-6-exclusive-preview
NYT:
nytimes.com/2026/08/27/arts/grand-theft-auto-vi-trailer-extended-look-rockstar.html
Summary
Leonida is much denser and more interactive than GTA V, with packed streets, more businesses, side activities, NPC conversations, and lots of reasons to explore off-mission.
Jason and Lucia can explore and commit crimes together, and how much time you spend nurturing their relationship can affect how their story plays out.
NPCs are far more reactive. They may argue, attack, flee, cower, or involve other nearby people depending on what you do.
Police track descriptions, including your clothing, vehicle, and whether Jason and Lucia were seen together, so changing clothes, cars, or splitting up can help you escape.
Car theft is much deeper. Some parked vehicles require special tools like key cloners, certain cars have GPS trackers, and not every vehicle is immediately stealable.
A new Criminal Profile system tracks your overall behavior, not just your current Wanted level. Whether you escalate violence unnecessarily or act more cautiously can affect how the world and narrative respond.
Safehouses are more like RDR2 camps, functioning as interactive homes where you can eat/drink, change your appearance, and spend downtime.
Wish it was more narrative about systems in the game
For being the most anticipated thing ever the trailer was hilariously poorly edited
imagined they'd go heavier on the romance angle
Bruh im gonna put Lucia in the riskiest outfits...
The entirety of 3 missions
Idc about spoilers but less was shown in Cyberleeks and yall whiteknighting for RockStar because they gave you permission to look
If your line is you don't wanna see story then they violated your line
Bruh f*** is you talmbout I’m team leek
S*** was fire from both angles
This footage raised more questions regarding the story than it answered
Square opposite of a spoiler
Exactly that dumb Jason undercover theory instantly got put to bed
how to get past paywall?
-Movement still like GTA 5
-Outfits literally glued to them fake af
-Same graphics like the leaks
-Those lil Wayne s*** locks on that guy look like s***
-physics didn't change
-goofy generic 2019 shooting mechanics
-scripted scenes like it's 2014
-Reusing GTA 5 Tv
-the city looked more populated on the cutscene and it's dead on gameplay. Literally GTA 5 traffic.
-more scripted fake CGI cutscenes
-the lighting is inconsistent on some scenes it looks great and others it looks basic like the leak.
-the scene of Lucia driving is fake their is a weird motion blur around the car and area you have more npcs and a scripted helicopter in the sky.
-shootout with the cops from the car pov is fake there is unrealistic smoke coming out and the same motion blur effect playing.
-models at times look like rdr2 models.
-fake frozen trees like on GTA 5
-they added effects to the Basketball scene trying to lure people off the leak
-skydiving scene wasn't real
30-40% is definitely what we will get in the final the rest is not what you are getting.
The leaks were pretty accurate to the final what a shame.