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Many fans are hoping thatGrand Theft Auto 6will be bigger than its already legendary predecessors, but one former Rockstar developer thinks that the next entry’s map should be more scaled down instead.Grand Theft Autois one of the biggest franchises in gaming, and players have been eagerlyawaiting the announcement ofGrand Theft Auto 6for almost ten years. While Rockstar itself hasn’t made any official announcements yet, there have been plenty of leaks and rumors, including a massive data breach last September that contained earlyGrand Theft Auto 6video footage.
Since then, there has been plenty of speculation aboutGrand Theft Auto 6’s plot and setting. Unconfirmed reports suggest thatGTA 6could feature two playable protagonists inspired by real-life criminal duo Bonnie and Clyde, with one of them being theGrand Theft Autoseries’ first female player character. Meanwhile, it is believed thatGTA 6could return players to Vice City, the fictional Florida metropolis that served as the setting for the belovedGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityandGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Storiesspin-off games.
Large, urban open-world landscapes have been a staple ofGTAsince the PlayStation 2 era, and players suspect thatGrand Theft Auto 6will provide an even larger sandbox of crime than ever before. However, former Rockstar Games developer Tony Gowland has a different idea, tellingPCGamesNthat he hopesGrand Theft Auto 6will have a somewhat smaller and more focused game map than past entries. “I think a smaller but more densely packed location would maybe bring back some of that memorable navigation that I loved from the original [Grand Theft Autogames].”
While he currently works atDungeon Golfstudio Ant Workshop, Tony Gowland is more widely known for his tenure at Rockstar, where he helped developacclaimedGrand Theft AutotitleslikeLiberty City Stories,Vice City Stories, andChinatown Warsin addition to the firstRed Dead Redemption. He says he is excited at the idea ofGrand Theft Auto 6returning to the Miami-inspired Vice City, but he regrets that fans got their first look at the upcoming sequel through the infamous data leak from last year.
It will likely be a long time before Rockstar is ready to give eager gamers a more official look atGrand Theft Auto 6, despite recent claims that the game could launch as early as 2025. Expectations for the next installment in the legendary and at times controversialGrand Theft Autoseries are very high, and former Rockstar alumni Tony Gowland feels that a smaller, more intimate game map could be the way to go shouldGrand Theft Auto 6return to Vice City.
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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.
