The GTA 6 Netflix Trailer Dropped; Here Are the Biggest Reveals

The wait is almost over for Grand Theft Auto 6 (which is on track to make billions with its launch despite some questionable choices), and the past couple of weeks have been busy for the game. With countless leaks released from an account calling itself Cyberleek to the Netflix trailer that just dropped, fans who have been waiting for years for the game have been inundated.

The Netflix release alone offered 27 minutes of new content for gamers. It consisted entirely of in-game footage and provided the longest look at the game that fans have gotten yet. On top of that, according to Polygon, Dazed magazine’s autumn issue gives gamers an exclusive deep dive into the game, including minute details like how the phones in the game have working social media feeds.

The Netflix trailer revealed a lot, though, with new info ranging from minor changes to all-new features.

The Netflix Trailer Revealed Numerous Exciting Aspects of the Game

Rockstar’s games are known for including an incredibly high level of detail, but GTA 6 seems to pay even closer attention to the little things. Outside of the normal details one would expect, such as how the lighting looks when a car is blown up, the game footage showed an even greater focus on minor details, like visible sweat showing on patrons dancing at a club or clothing that moved when the person wearing it did.

GTA’s character switching is back once again, too, but with a caveat. Some of the gameplay shown in the trailer followed Lucia and Jason as they wandered about the city, and at one point the game swapped between them just briefly. However, it also appeared that for most of the main story missions, players must play as either Jason or Lucia, without switching. Ultimately, it remains unclear whose story GTA 6 is.

Lucia and Jason also don’t know each other very well, as gameplay showed the two engaging in some friendly banter that indicated they were still getting to know one another. There’s a reason for this, though, as players can either work to have the two fall in love or keep them as strictly friends.

GTA 6 features a brand-new dialogue interface, as well. Instead of the typical dialogue wheel or on-screen signals indicating which NPCs players can talk to, the game pops up a contextual option when someone nearby is available to speak with. The dialogue options present themselves on the right-hand side of the screen near the bottom, making them far more unobtrusive.

The Smaller Details From the Release Added Extra Context

The gameplay shown also offered less important details that added extra context to the overall game.

For example, players can hug at least one dog, as the footage showed Jason hugging a guard dog. (Hopefully, the option to hug other animals exists.)

Additionally, while the gameplay didn’t show any sign of a traditional GTA base (which doesn’t mean they don’t exist), it did feature Jason and Lucia chilling at home where they could grab a snack or hang out and watch television.

Finally, several aspects of Red Dead Redemption show up in GTA 6. Fans were already aware that Red Dead 2’s fitness counter would be appearing in the game, but the Netflix footage showed a few other things from RDR, too. The most significant was the wanted system, where changing up a character’s appearance or covering their tracks will throw the authorities off their trail. It seemed that Dead Eye-style critical hits will be in GTA 6, as well.

For those who missed the footage due to a lack of Netflix, it’s now available on YouTube for all to watch.

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