Story never was a strong element of the franchise. Judging by the trailer... uninteresting protagonists who look like average joes from the groceries. I don't want to see the usual looking people in a game, I want to be stimulated. But nonetheless the masses gonna like it no matter what. Fantasizing for 13 years and then realizing it's a flop, well, won't happen. They gonna gulp it down no matter what. Plus lots of people just like to cruise around the game, not doing anything with the story at all.
GTA was always about urban organized crime hence its name, the beauty of the franchise is its sandbox game style and realistic premise. The only franchise I can compare it to is Mafia franchise; which has the theme of oldschool vintage organized crime and I find it more appealing than GTA's modern organized crime(I guess because I like history).
The marketing/virality has been too strong for too long, sadly. There will be complaints and backlash regarding quality, but I expect sales to go through the roof no matter what. If anything, the longer term image will be harmed. Does that matter when the next title is another 13 years away? Doubtful, especially since AI will probably have taken over the AAA gaming industry by then and won't feel like slop anymore, that's what I suspect at least. So GTA 6 might just be the last major GTA title anyway. The GTA online stats will be more interesting to watch. If people like 6, online will perform well and long. If they feel ripped off, online will suffer. I predict the latter.
Story never was a strong element of the franchise. Judging by the trailer... uninteresting protagonists who look like average joes from the groceries. I don't want to see the usual looking people in a game, I want to be stimulated. But nonetheless the masses gonna like it no matter what. Fantasizing for 13 years and then realizing it's a flop, well, won't happen. They gonna gulp it down no matter what. Plus lots of people just like to cruise around the game, not doing anything with the story at all.
GTA was always about urban organized crime hence its name, the beauty of the franchise is its sandbox game style and realistic premise. The only franchise I can compare it to is Mafia franchise; which has the theme of oldschool vintage organized crime and I find it more appealing than GTA's modern organized crime(I guess because I like history).
The marketing/virality has been too strong for too long, sadly. There will be complaints and backlash regarding quality, but I expect sales to go through the roof no matter what. If anything, the longer term image will be harmed. Does that matter when the next title is another 13 years away? Doubtful, especially since AI will probably have taken over the AAA gaming industry by then and won't feel like slop anymore, that's what I suspect at least. So GTA 6 might just be the last major GTA title anyway. The GTA online stats will be more interesting to watch. If people like 6, online will perform well and long. If they feel ripped off, online will suffer. I predict the latter.