Line #30 VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoVI


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15	!! Spoilers for the HD Universe continuity of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series preceding this one [[note]]including ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV GTA IV]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned Episodes from]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Liberty City]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoChinatownWars GTA Chinatown Wars]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline GTA Online]]''[[/note]] may be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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17	[[caption-width-right:350:''"The only way we're gonna get through this is by sticking together. Being a team."'']]
18	->''"Well, look who’s back."''
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20	''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return to Vice City for the first time in nearly two decades - now expanded to the greater region of [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.
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22	The game is set to release sometime in 2025 for the Platform/PlayStation5 and Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS.
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24	Previews: [[https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?feature=shared Trailer 1]]
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28	!!This game contains examples of the following tropes:
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30	* BreakingOldTrends: Downplayed, probably. In a possible sign of the game bucking some trends within the franchise, Lucia is the first canonical protagonist in the 3D ''Grand Theft Auto'' games to be female. But make no mistake, the game trailer seems to suggest that the ''GTA'' series will continue to satirize the sociopolitical climate as it always has.
31	* CoveredInMud: The trailer shows a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_bogging mudding]] event held by a "Thrillbilly Mud Club", with a mud-soaked girl in a FlagBikini taunting the camera while trucks power through a mud pit behind her and her friends.
32	* CrapsaccharineWorld: The state of Leonida seems like a vibrant and fun place, with nightlife, clubs, and beautiful beaches in Vice City (itself also played straight in [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity previous]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories iterations]]), [[SceneryPorn beautiful natural vistas]] in the countryside, and wild parties everywhere. But make no mistake, as one can already witness in the trailer, Vice City's glamour exists alongside slums, poverty, street gangs, crime, and alligators.
33	* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend Jason when it comes to causing crime.
34	* DeepSouth: Vice City may be a world unto itself, but the trailer demonstrates that the rest of Leonida is still a Southern state, with dusty rural towns, crazed and nationalistic rednecks, lifted trucks, airboats running through the swamp, and a party held in a mud pit.
35	* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer shows that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida, as seen on the license plates and some of the news reports and social media videos.
36	* FictionalSocialNetwork: Multiple shots in the second half of the trailer are styled as clips on an Instagram-like video platform.
37	* FunWithAcronyms: A profile pic briefly glimpsed in one of the trailer's in-universe social media videos reveals that [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Leonida's wildlife agency]] bears the name P.O.A.C.H. ('''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals & '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting).
38	* HeistEpisode: In classic ''GTA'' tradition, the trailer includes scenes of a low-stakes version of this where Jason and Lucia stick up a convenience store.
39	* HistoricalInJoke: Per the reveal trailer, the fictionalized GTA-verse version of Florida is instead known as [[FictionalProvince Leonida]], after UsefulNotes/JuanPonceDeLeon, the leader of the first European expedition to the peninsula.
40	* HookersAndBlow: It's ''Grand Theft Auto'', so yeah. The first trailer shows a Vice City that is just plain overflowing with sleazy, lustful, drugged-up behavior, from people stripping and dancing sexily on top of moving cars to people happily getting wasted in broad daylight.
41	* HotterAndSexier: Thanks to improvements in graphic and character design, there are a lot more physically attractive male and female characters than in previous games.
42	* LighterAndSofter: [[Creator/RockstarGames Rockstar]] has certainly continued in the same colorful, satirical, and fun-filled direction that characterizes [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City since it was first explored]]. In complete contrast to [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV the first installment of the HD era]], ''GTA VI'' provides a bright atmosphere and a vibrant, lively, and fun-filled nightlife. One might expect it to be ''even LighterAndSofter'' than ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'', considering that here [[YoungerAndHipper you play as a duo of young protagonists]], in contrast to the [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] bank robber in the midst of a midlife crisis (Michael) and the complete [[AxCrazy nutcase]] living in the desert (Trevor).
43	* LOL69: Wouldn't be a ''Grand Theft Auto'' game without it. In the trailer, the plane pulling a banner over the beach is advertising a business called [=Nine1Nine=], with the slogan "why sixtynine when you can nine 1 nine".
44	* MythologyGag: One shot in the trailer showing Vice Beach has a yellow-and-white classic '50s sedan parked in front of an "Ocean View Hotel", a reference to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' where Tommy's first safehouse was that hotel with that car (called the Oceanic in that game) parked in front.
45	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: One scene in the trailer is of a naked fat guy running from the police in front of a gas station.
46	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The trailer has multiple scenes of alligator antics, one a video on a FictionalSocialNetwork of an animal control officer pulling a gator out of a pool and another a security camera video of a very large gator entering a convenience store.
47	* TheNew20s: The game trailer does a very good job of showcasing the most striking and prominent aspects of 2020s culture, ''especially'' the youth's obsession with social media.
48	* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Man -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to a man who got sucked into a waterspout and is now demanding the city buy him a new suit to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]]. Most of these scenes are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtGWI1k0qhs based on real "Florida Man" videos and news stories.]]
49	* OnlyInMiami: At the same time, the trailer also shows off the photogenic glamour of its Miami-inspired setting.
50	* OutlawCouple: As seen in the trailer, the protagonists Jason and Lucia are a pair of lovers and criminals.
51	-->'''Lucia:''' The only way we're gonna get through this is by sticking together. Being a team. Trust?\
52	'''Jason:''' Trust.
53	* PimpedOutCar: The trailer shows off a bunch of heavily-customized classic cars, including lowriders and donks.
54	* {{Retcon}}: The state of Florida was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' as the location of a theme park run by the Angels of Death, but the trailer reveals this game is set in the fictional state of Leonida instead.
55	* SceneryPorn: The trailer features many loving shots of not only Vice City's most glamorous locales (and its [[WretchedHive not-so-glamorous]]), but also the game's versions of the Florida Keys and the Everglades.
56	* SelfieFiend: One shot in the trailer has a woman in a bikini self-consciously posing for a picture on a rooftop balcony. Tellingly, this is where the trailer segues into showing clips from an unnamed FictionalSocialNetwork.
57	* ShoutOut: Many shots in the trailer are [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/18b9630/irl_references_people_found_so_far_from_the/ references]] to real-life "Florida Man" news stories.
58	%%No citation** The main premise of the game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde.]]
59	* SpicyLatina: Lucia is practically the epitome of this trope, as one would expect from an incredibly [[ActionGirl badass]] but also very attractive Latina.
60	* ViceCity: The return of the TropeNamer itself after more than a decade, now updated to TheNew20s, complete with the trailer showing a nonstop spree of debauchery by the city's residents in between Jason and Lucia's crime spree.
61	* YoungerAndHipper: Unlike other ''GTA'' games, this one seems to be the first to distance itself somewhat from the typical organized crime stories and shift towards a much more youthful atmosphere. The trailer does a very good job of portraying a lot of fun, social media, and two young protagonists who are most likely in their 20s.
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63	->''[[Music/TomPetty ♫ Lo~ove… is a long, long road… ♫]]''

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