Alright, we've finally seen some real, official, brand new GTA 6 gameplay. Regardless of any more leaks springing, there's something concrete out there for us to pull apart. I was expecting some disembodied commentary voiceover but it was actually just pure cutscenes and gameplay for 26 minutes. The timeline jumped around a whole lot so Jason and Lucia's story still isn't super clear, but we can still make sense of a bunch of combat and crime features that were included.
It does initially look like a prettier, bigger GTA 5, but there are places where Rockstar has borrowed from Red Dead Redemption 2 to good effect too. Here's all the biggest bits you'll want to know about GTA 6 from the reveal (and yes, some do overlap with stuff we saw from those leaks).
Where to watch it yourself
Major features in the GTA 6 gameplay reveal
Criminal Profile
Similar to Red Dead Redemption 2's Honor System, GTA 6 tracks how Jason and Lucia act and there are little angel and devil popups to let you know when you've done wrong or right. Pet a dog? Good. Escalate to violence when you didn't need to? Naughty.
More tactical shooting
GTA 6 has a reticle when aiming a gun, not just a dot. Sometimes you can see and target specific body parts while aiming to take an enemy out from the legs instead of going lethal.
Wanted level breakdown
When you're wanted by the police they may get a description of you, your car, clothes, and whether you're solo or together. Changing any of those factors helps evade them.
Hot swapping characters
You can swap between Jason and Lucia during combat without a loading screen.
Swapping disguises
Like swapping weapons, you can swap masks, glasses, hats, and other effects on the fly.
Tons of Vice City side activities
Fan boats
Basketball
Scuba diving
Weight lifting
Kayaking
BASE jumping/skydiving
Dirt biking
Strip clubs
What we didn't see in the reveal
No official map reveal
Aside from what's turned up in the leaks from the past weeks, we haven't seen an official GTA 6 map still.
No mention of GTA Online
No mention of any GTA Online version of GTA 6 or an upgrade to the current GTAO still.
More details we spotted in the reveal
Those are all the biggest takeaways that we learned from the gameplay reveal, but here are a bunch more smaller bits that we spotted:
- Pet dogs (of course) for good karma
- Some destructible walls in the drug deal combat scene
- Slow-mo kill cam
- Breaking into a car with a "slim jim" crowbar required a tiny quicktime interaction
- Fridges have a drink selection menu, some with gameplay effects
- Driving navigation has a modern 3D style map view for certain buildings, like Lucia's apartment
- Lots of disguises and wigs for Lucia
- Obligatory car chase plus shooting out the window
- Six total stars for your "wanted" level
- Driving course races and motocross too
- Shooting gallery courses
- Swapping gear and outfits on the fly
- Some melee combat has quicktime events also
- Influencer gags "Chat what do I do?!"
- Wow, that hair tech, seriously
- Body part targeting on enemies
