Games Inbox: Was GTA 6 Trailer 2 a disappointment?

Metro

07-05-2025

The Wednesday letters page is very impressed by the graphics in GTA 6 Trailer 2, as one reader approves of Devolver Digital's counterprogramming for May 2026.
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Minor information
If that trailer was for anything other than GTA 6 I'd have some serious concerns right now, because after a year and a half I don't think I learnt anything new about the game. It looked amazing, obviously, but even if you call it a story trailer, we have no idea what the story was, other than Jason and Lucia are out being bank robbers.
You don't need to know the plot to be interested in GTA, but I do feel that GTA 4 had a much clearer premise and GTA 5, while also basically 'people do heists', had an unusual set-up with the three characters. The whole Bonnie and Clyde thing isn't off-putting, but it is kind of basic and something that's been done a lot before, even if not in games.
I wouldn't say Trailer 2 was a disappointment exactly but I can't say it really left much impression on me, because now I'm right back to wishing I knew more about the game.
I think everyone's been mostly positive about it, that I can see, but this feels like a bit of a minor update, compared to the nuclear bomb that will be the next trailer, or whenever they open up about the gameplay. I can only imagine the range of things you'll be able to do. But thinking back to GTA 5 trailers I'm not sure they ever did a 'this is what you can do' type trailer. Maybe Rockstar feel they don't need it. They're probably right.
Tolly
Worth the wait
Just watched GTA 6 Trailer 2 and you gotta be honest, the graphics look out this world and in a way I'm glad they have delayed it. I want GTA 6 to be perfect and if they need another year to do that, I'm fine with that.
When GTA 5 came out and the online came out it was a nightmare. Half the time you couldn't get on. If you did, within 20 minutes it would kick you out; it wouldn't save your progress, took them months to sort it. So I think if they need 12 months from now I'm more than willing to wait.
David
Cheap at half the price
Phenomenally electrifying. Marvellously astounding and terrifyingly delicious. Those are the words I will use to describe that second trailer. For Grand Theft Auto 6. It looks absolutely perfect. From the sun-soaked beaches, to the outlook of Vice City. To even the numerous characters.
I wager that this is why a delay was announced. Rockstar are maestros at perfection and if this is the quality we can expect, 2026 will be a magical year for us gamers. I've also been pondering if I'll break my two secret rules. So, I basically in silence promised myself, two things and so far I've stuck to my word. The first was that I would never pay £70 for a title. So far, I've kept to that, but this will be a special experience for me. So I'll pay double that. Because I'm snagging the Collector's Edition.
The second was that I'd wait for the right game to spend over £150 for a special edition, laden with extra content. It's arrived at last. I'd also like to ask GC, if Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, is worth it's price. I'm considering purchasing it on PC, via CDKeys. Is it worth £25?
Shahzaib Sadiq
GC: It's worth much more than that.
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4D chess
Like many, I haven't had an Xbox since the 360 era and have not felt the loss of those once exclusive games and franchises on Microsoft's subsequent machines.
Could that therefore be the purpose of their current multiplatform approach: to give non-Xbox gamers a taste of what they've been missing? There's certainly a lot more buzz and interest in their games and franchises recently than if they had stayed single format.
Perhaps it's a clever long-term strategy to get people interested in buying an Xbox next gen when the plan is that those games and franchises which are currently multiplatform become exclusive again.
I'm probably bestowing undeserved credit where it isn't due, as a coherent strategy of any kind from Xbox would be out of character based on their actions for many years now.
ameisa (PSN ID)
GC: We think you've answered your own question with that last paragraph.
Till all are one
Years ago, when my son was young, we used to spend hours upon hours on Minecraft, but as he grew up he moved on to Fortnite and then other games and sadly we neglected Minecraft.
I just saw this Transformers world and am tempted to splash out on some minecoins to download it. Sorry if it's old news but it was a surprise to me.
Mark Matthews
GC: It says it's seven months old, but we've never seen it before either.
The first variant
So, the Switch 2 release date is creeping closer but let's look a little further ahead. What does everyone think will be the first new model? We all know there'll be one. Nintendo always does them, there were three for the Switch and something like 100 for the DS.
The obvious guess is an OLED model but that is going to end up being very expensive, around £500 or more I would imagine, and that is a lot of money. I'm pretty sure that would be the most expensive Nintendo console ever, even accounting for inflation.
The other obvious guess is a Switch 2 Lite, which I do think is a bit more likely. As far as I know the original Switch Lite sold well, so I don't see why you wouldn't want to do that as soon as possible.
Something tells me Nintendo won't be that obvious though, so I wonder what else they could do? One that isn't portable, saving money but doing away with the Joy-Cons? That was always one of the rumours for the original, but it never happened. I hope it's something I can't guess at though, that'd be cool.
Pakyard
Force yourself
I would just like to agree with your comments on Star Wars Outlaws. I'm not even that big a Star Wars fan but I really enjoyed it and you're right that it does some different things for a Ubisoft open world game. I've played Assassin's Creed Shadows too and I feel Outlaws makes more of an attempt to move things forward.
It's true that most of the characters are a bit wet, and they probably should've put the whole heist thing more front and centre, but I overall thought it was a good game. Good graphics, decent action, lots of variety in worlds and missions, and the space combat was pretty good. I felt the Force was with it.
Leibniz
No competition
I'm not sure I understand why publishers are panicking quite so much about GTA 6 and its release date. Obviously, it's going to be huge, the biggest thing ever. But not everyone likes GTA. I can take it or leave it and while I'd pick it up if it was cheap-ish there's no way in the world I'm paying £80+ for it. So there's a missing sale there.
That's not exactly an unusual perspective, I wouldn't have thought. There's nothing in the world that absolutely everyone enjoys, not even chocolate. The question is what kind of game would make good counterprogramming, as I believe they call it.
Obviously, you wouldn't dream of anything set in the real world or anything open world, because that's going to set up comparisons you couldn't possibly win. Even if you focused on action, and were better than GTA 6 (which isn't hard, knowing the series), I don't think that's a good idea. You don't want anything that's going to make someone just say, 'I might as well just get GTA 6 instead.'
A role-playing game, particularly a turn-based Japanese one, would be about as far as you could get from GTA but even that's a risk, since it's probably quite long and a major time investment – just like GTA 6.
Devolver Digital is an indie developer, so my suggestion would be something short, or that can be played in short bursts, like a puzzle or strategy game. Something like Into The Breach, for example. A game like that, that's really good, could even be bought by people that are playing GTA 6, as something to play in-between, especially if it's on Switch.
That's my advice anyway. Knowing Devolver, it'll just turn out to be some dumb joke and they won't release anything, but they probably should.
Klinger
Inbox also-rans
Those Switch 2 side panels look so dangerous, and you can guarantee Nintendo will never fix them if they find you've used them. I recommend nobody tries to fit them.
Whistler
I'm not sure what a remaster of a Mega Drive game really means? If they're going to redraw the graphics or use one of those ugly smoothing filters, I really don't see the point. Would be interested in a new game though.
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