Summary
From the momentGrand Theft Auto 5’s online servers went live, the multiplayer game became a phenomenon. While open-world multiplayer games had been around for a good few years, none delivered the same scale and scope asGrand Theft Auto 5’s online mode. That scale and scope have only grown more impressive with each passing year, with countless updates makingGTA Online’s world feel even more expansive. It’s going to be a tough act forGrand Theft Auto 6to follow.
While an online mode forGrand Theft Auto 6hasn’t been officially confirmed yet, it seems like an inevitability after the extreme success ofGTA 5’s multiplayer mode. But simply having a multiplayer mode won’t be enough to keep fans invested, which is somethingRed Dead Redemption 2learned the hard way. If Rockstar is going to makeGTA 6’s online mode nearly as successful as its predecessor, then it’ll need to have some major updates waiting in the wings, such as an update that gives players a significant change of scenery.
Grand Theft Auto 6’s Online Mode Should Take Players to New Settings
Grand Theft Auto 6 Could Offer a Nice Change of Pace Later Down the Line
While there’s been no official word on how largeGrand Theft Auto 6’s mapwill be, it seems safe to assume that it’ll be quite a bit bigger thanGTA 5’s, with Rockstar upping the ante with each of its subsequent open-world titles. This open-world will likely be packed to the brim with story quests, stranger missions, side activities, minigames, and storefronts, and while not all of these will translate over toGTA 6’s potential online mode, a few will make that leap, and the rest will be replaced by the multiplayer mode’s own unique activities.
There’s no doubt thatGrand Theft Auto 6’s online open-worldwill give players plenty to do, but even the biggest games have their limits. Die-hardGTAplayers are eventually going to see everything thatGTA 6online has to offer, and when that day ultimately comes, Rockstar could refresh the game by adding a new area. While this new area obviously couldn’t be as big asGTA 6’s base game map, it could still offer a sizable new patch of land for players to explore, with plenty of new activities dotted throughout, and plenty of visual variation to distinguish itself from Vice City.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Could Classic Settings Another Chance in the Spotlight
If Rockstar decided to add new areas toGrand Theft Auto 6’s online mode, it could pave the way for some classicGTAlocations to return. Vice City is already set to take center stage inGTA 6, and with Los Santos and Liberty City reappearing inGTA 5and4respectively, it seems unlikely these locations will be the focal point of an inevitableGrand Theft Auto 7. Instead, fans could be given the opportunity to revisit these iconic locations inGTA 6’s online mode, though they might be a bit too ambitious for a free update.
Instead, smaller locations fromGTA’s past would be a much better fit for any major post-launch updates.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' San Fierro and Las Venturaswould be two great picks, offering plenty of nostalgia and a large space to fill with new activities, but not being overly ambitious in terms of scale or scope.
Grand Theft Auto 6
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Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.
