WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.290 --> 00:00:06.169 Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 launches on August 25th on PS5, Xbox, Steam, 2 00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:10.160 and the Epic Games Store. On LV-558, your squads have 3 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:13.640 grown to up to four players, so enemies and encounters 4 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:15.699 have grown in scale. But don't worry, you and your 5 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.500 squad can use the elements to stop xenomorphs and synths. 6 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.920 burn or freeze xenomorphs in their tracks electricity may not 7 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:25.420 help but electricity can help with other baddies instead and 8 00:00:25.460 --> 00:00:28.039 it is even easier to get a team going because 9 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:31.420 the game is cross-platform at launch not only can you 10 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:35.280 expect an overhauled experience from the original game but you 11 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.549 and your team can engage with a story with heavy 12 00:00:38.689 --> 00:00:41.119 stakes but that's not it y'all because you and your 13 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:44.109 squad can partake in a new horde mode to take 14 00:00:44.170 --> 00:00:47.630 on waves and waves of xenomorphs since and who knows 15 00:00:47.689 --> 00:00:48.229 what else. 16 00:00:48.829 --> 00:00:59.869 See you on LV 558. Hey, everybody. 17 00:00:59.909 --> 00:01:02.200 Welcome to Game Mess Mornings with me, Jeff Grubb, your 18 00:01:02.259 --> 00:01:06.319 host from GiantBomb.com. Thank you for tuning in. In this episode, 19 00:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.000 we're going to be talking about physical and digital and 20 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:13.040 digital and physical and the biggest game reveal of all time. 21 00:01:14.099 --> 00:01:15.640 It's going to be a good one because we have 22 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.329 John Martin on the show. John, how are you doing? 23 00:01:19.150 --> 00:01:22.049 Doing great, Jeff. I'm very excited to be on the show. 24 00:01:22.069 --> 00:01:25.090 It's been a crazy time for video games. I feel 25 00:01:25.109 --> 00:01:27.769 like I'm like 30 steps behind with Gamescom just kind 26 00:01:27.810 --> 00:01:30.829 of exploding in front of my face. But yeah, no, 27 00:01:30.939 --> 00:01:33.519 I mean, obviously, you guys covering it makes it a 28 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:36.060 lot more digestible. But yeah, how are you doing? 29 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:39.760 Doing pretty good. Yeah, it's been one of those busy weeks. 30 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:43.359 We recorded a film in 40s last night that we'll 31 00:01:43.379 --> 00:01:44.609 have up eventually for everybody. 32 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:46.670 Hang in there if you're a premium member. We did 33 00:01:46.709 --> 00:01:48.269 watch Paul Blart. 34 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:52.780 Mall cop um so finally i i'm no longer a 35 00:01:52.819 --> 00:01:55.959 philistine i can appreciate the finer things in life and 36 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.120 uh now i can compare all of those finer things 37 00:01:58.170 --> 00:02:00.569 to the finest thing which is kevin james doing his 38 00:02:00.609 --> 00:02:03.030 thing uh that was fun we had abby sit in 39 00:02:03.109 --> 00:02:04.569 on that uh but it was like another one of 40 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:06.090 these things where it's like all right worked all day 41 00:02:06.129 --> 00:02:07.989 and now we got a thing in the evening so 42 00:02:08.110 --> 00:02:10.750 definitely been on my toes all all week but you're 43 00:02:10.770 --> 00:02:13.789 right it's uh been nice to kind of digest games 44 00:02:13.830 --> 00:02:15.830 come from over here and also rely on like getting 45 00:02:15.870 --> 00:02:18.629 like little tidbits and updates from, uh, Dan and will 46 00:02:19.189 --> 00:02:20.490 who are trying things through plant. 47 00:02:20.509 --> 00:02:22.120 They've been made a lot of appointments just to play 48 00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:23.360 some games, get some opinions. 49 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:26.400 Uh, reporting very good things about a lot of the 50 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:27.120 games they're playing. 51 00:02:27.139 --> 00:02:28.099 And it's like, Oh yeah, hell yeah. 52 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:29.979 I'm playing a lot of games that are about to 53 00:02:30.020 --> 00:02:31.780 come out and it doesn't sound like things are going 54 00:02:31.810 --> 00:02:34.810 to slow down. Uh, games just keep getting better despite 55 00:02:35.050 --> 00:02:39.159 the conversation around games often not being so, uh, But yeah, 56 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.310 I'm doing pretty good. I'm hanging in there. You playing 57 00:02:42.340 --> 00:02:44.750 anything right now? Is there anything that's taken up a 58 00:02:44.770 --> 00:02:45.289 lot of your time? 59 00:02:46.189 --> 00:02:48.689 Yeah, so I made the dumb decision to get into 60 00:02:48.770 --> 00:02:51.590 Final Fantasy XIV for the first time. That was dumb. 61 00:02:51.789 --> 00:02:53.389 I don't know why I did that. I have no 62 00:02:53.469 --> 00:02:56.500 free time anymore. It's all XIV. It's all that grind. 63 00:02:56.580 --> 00:03:00.319 But no, besides that, just playing a couple of multiplayer games. 64 00:03:01.259 --> 00:03:03.879 There's a new update to the Ninja Turtles Hades game 65 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.560 that I play with my friends sometimes. 66 00:03:05.620 --> 00:03:06.330 So that's been pretty fun. 67 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:06.759 Oh, cool. 68 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:10.680 Um, and then, yeah, just doing, um, I, I've been 69 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.370 trying to clear through some like co-op games. So I've 70 00:03:13.389 --> 00:03:15.469 been playing Pikmin three with my girlfriend. We're kind of 71 00:03:15.830 --> 00:03:18.270 gearing up for orbitals. So I'm getting, I'm getting excited 72 00:03:18.310 --> 00:03:18.729 about that. 73 00:03:18.909 --> 00:03:19.030 Yeah. 74 00:03:19.069 --> 00:03:20.919 It's another one where it's like, I am also, yeah. 75 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:23.620 Getting excited about playing orbitals one way or the other. 76 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.400 That may be when I'm like, come on kiddos play 77 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.020 that with me so I can actually have someone that will, uh, 78 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:29.439 see the, see through the whole thing with me. 79 00:03:29.979 --> 00:03:31.780 Um, I gotta get the hose out though. 80 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.210 You said you're getting into final fantasy 14 and the 81 00:03:34.250 --> 00:03:36.110 chat starts chanting one of us. 82 00:03:36.189 --> 00:03:39.050 I'm gonna have to spray them back. Cool off. You 83 00:03:39.069 --> 00:03:40.909 goddamn heathens. All right. 84 00:03:41.090 --> 00:03:41.330 Yeah. 85 00:03:41.370 --> 00:03:42.050 Settle down. 86 00:03:42.069 --> 00:03:44.590 This is part of the problem. Once you're a part 87 00:03:44.629 --> 00:03:47.389 of that, it's just like, they keep grabbing you. Like, 88 00:03:47.409 --> 00:03:49.849 like if I fell out of like a river and 89 00:03:49.889 --> 00:03:54.479 then like hands are pulling me under it's, uh, It's intoxicating, 90 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.409 and I'm just in the boring stuff, apparently. 91 00:03:56.659 --> 00:03:58.289 Right, the crabs in the pot are just like, they're 92 00:03:58.310 --> 00:03:59.389 not going to let you go. 93 00:03:59.430 --> 00:04:03.849 Yeah, absolutely. All right, well, let's explain ourselves. We're Giant Bomb. 94 00:04:03.870 --> 00:04:07.189 You can go to giantbomb.com slash join and become a 95 00:04:07.229 --> 00:04:10.469 premium member and support independent games media. 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I'm like, I'll react to 122 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:17.399 some clips here or there. We'll try to tiptoe around. 123 00:05:17.860 --> 00:05:19.959 Got the green light. From Rockstar themselves. 124 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:20.459 Oh, wow. 125 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:22.699 You're allowed to talk over this. You can't just replay 126 00:05:22.730 --> 00:05:27.730 the thing uninterrupted. So today, we'll find some way, as 127 00:05:27.750 --> 00:05:29.490 the thing is starting 3 p.m. on Netflix, we can 128 00:05:29.509 --> 00:05:30.350 do the Netflix version. 129 00:05:30.389 --> 00:05:33.449 It's crazy. 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At long last, Rockstar will 161 00:06:57.860 --> 00:07:01.680 lift the veil on GTA 6 today, August 27th, via 162 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:03.519 an extended look on Netflix. 163 00:07:03.610 --> 00:07:06.009 But how long will the broadcast be? Now we know 164 00:07:06.089 --> 00:07:06.589 for sure. 165 00:07:06.689 --> 00:07:09.009 According to an updated listing for the showcase on the 166 00:07:09.069 --> 00:07:13.310 Netflix app, the extended look event will run for 26 minutes. 167 00:07:13.389 --> 00:07:15.949 There was, like, earlier rumors it would be 70 minutes. 168 00:07:16.009 --> 00:07:19.509 Not that long, but still, 26 minutes is especially beefy. 169 00:07:20.230 --> 00:07:23.149 I didn't say hello, YouTube. Oh, no, people are going to, hello, YouTube. 170 00:07:23.529 --> 00:07:26.170 We'll cut that back in. We'll fix that in post. 171 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.110 According to an updated listing, yeah, the 26 minutes, this 172 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.120 suggests it's more than a trailer, but instead a proper 173 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:35.610 deep dive into the world of GTA 6. That's exciting 174 00:07:35.649 --> 00:07:38.610 news for fans, as Rockstar has only ever delivered two 175 00:07:38.649 --> 00:07:42.410 trailers for the game since 2023, and only sparing other 176 00:07:42.569 --> 00:07:47.589 details along the way. Additionally, Netflix's blog post announced that 177 00:07:47.610 --> 00:07:49.870 the extended look was updated with confirmation that the content 178 00:07:50.829 --> 00:07:53.750 in the broadcast was captured entirely from in-game footage on 179 00:07:54.329 --> 00:07:55.670 PlayStation 5. 180 00:07:55.670 --> 00:07:57.329 That's no surprise either as the May. 181 00:07:57.149 --> 00:08:00.579 2025 GTA 6 trailer was also captured on a PS5 182 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:05.300 and not specifically a PS5 Pro. So yeah, we'll be 183 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:06.459 able to get a pretty good idea of what this 184 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:10.129 thing is really going to run like for most people. 185 00:08:10.129 --> 00:08:13.310 26 minutes, it does sound like one of those standard 186 00:08:13.629 --> 00:08:17.589 rock star. Here is us explaining everything that's in here. 187 00:08:17.610 --> 00:08:21.709 I would imagine maybe there's some extra production values on top, 188 00:08:22.370 --> 00:08:25.600 maybe due to Netflix's involvement, but maybe not. This could 189 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:28.480 just be one of those extended trailers with a little 190 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:31.180 bit of a longer runtime. But yeah, we should get 191 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.220 a lot of details. And there are some details that 192 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:34.399 did come out today, and we'll get to those here 193 00:08:34.419 --> 00:08:35.740 in a second. But what do you think of all 194 00:08:35.779 --> 00:08:36.259 this so far? 195 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:39.860 Yeah, I mean, I think this is probably, as someone 196 00:08:39.899 --> 00:08:43.269 who is kind of tired of talking about gta6 i'm 197 00:08:43.309 --> 00:08:45.090 excited for it to come out and i think this 198 00:08:45.129 --> 00:08:48.350 is honestly the best way for me personally how i 199 00:08:48.389 --> 00:08:50.509 would want to see this like 26 minutes is like 200 00:08:51.049 --> 00:08:56.049 an extended length trailer or like gameplay exposition of most 201 00:08:56.110 --> 00:08:57.929 games that i like i feel like you get in 202 00:08:58.309 --> 00:09:01.730 you get out relatively quickly for the scope and size 203 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:04.149 of this game um i think that's really smart you 204 00:09:04.169 --> 00:09:07.120 don't want to give people too much information because even 205 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:10.759 that is already going to be analyzed all hell um Yeah, 206 00:09:10.940 --> 00:09:13.889 I think this is really smart. I'm very curious to 207 00:09:13.950 --> 00:09:17.830 see how it's going to perform on the PS5. That's 208 00:09:17.889 --> 00:09:20.470 probably the most interesting thing to me, because then just 209 00:09:20.950 --> 00:09:25.080 being able to visualize how to spec this up is 210 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:30.659 pretty cool. The only thing I'm curious about is, and granted, 211 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:33.539 this is a marketing deal with Sony. That's the reason 212 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.360 that they're doing it on there. I really do wonder 213 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.879 how the Series S version is going to do for this. 214 00:09:37.990 --> 00:09:41.960 I agree. It even fits on the hard drive. But yeah, 215 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:45.399 I think this is probably the safest and probably best 216 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:47.679 way that I can do it, especially after everything that's 217 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:50.899 been going on, everything that's been revealed and stuff. But 218 00:09:51.850 --> 00:09:54.169 I feel like it's going to be pretty heavily curated 219 00:09:54.230 --> 00:09:55.269 at this point to try to. 220 00:09:55.450 --> 00:09:55.710 Oh, yeah. 221 00:09:56.330 --> 00:09:58.870 Yeah. They got to show off the big, you know, 222 00:09:58.909 --> 00:09:59.929 the big marketing business. 223 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.759 The big things that they think matter to people um 224 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:05.539 yeah i i will you're right i'm most curious about 225 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:07.720 xbox series s because that will sort of say uh 226 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:10.580 i will use that as a barometer of whether or 227 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:13.179 not this game could ever happen or run on a 228 00:10:13.220 --> 00:10:16.399 switch to yeah which probably not it's probably never going 229 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:18.039 to come to switch to but it could if it 230 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:21.250 runs in decent way on Xbox series S. And then 231 00:10:21.370 --> 00:10:23.590 on top of that, Rockstar feels like, eh, that's a 232 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:25.889 place where we can make some extra money or, or, 233 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:29.070 you know, at the very least, I think, um, it, 234 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:31.539 once they get to the point where they're doing GTA online, 235 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.639 GTA online too, or again, whatever that ends up looking like, um. 236 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:37.409 They were like, hey, you know what? 237 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:40.820 Actually, people on Switch 2 might spend more money than 238 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.120 the people on PC, because PC people just like to 239 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:45.440 go in there and do their role-playing servers and find 240 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.639 other ways. Now, of course, they own all that stuff now, 241 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.139 but I still think PC people will try to create 242 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.000 their own environment outside of that, where they're not directly 243 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:55.399 giving Rockstar money. That won't be true for Switch 2, 244 00:10:55.379 --> 00:10:57.960 so maybe it'll get supported, but we're a long ways 245 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.220 off from any of that. Right now, it's hey, biggest 246 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.480 game reveal of all time, I guess, and I said 247 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.080 it on Blue Sky right beforehand because it is how 248 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.000 I'm feeling where this is a game where you can 249 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:12.580 have an opinion on it and it just has no 250 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:14.919 bearing on anything whatsoever because this game is just going 251 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:15.759 to do what it's. 252 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.179 Going to do. 253 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.350 It sort of exists unaffected by what anyone might say 254 00:11:21.409 --> 00:11:24.149 about it. The normal person will just go out and 255 00:11:24.169 --> 00:11:26.250 get this thing no matter what. And it does at 256 00:11:26.269 --> 00:11:30.509 a certain point feel almost Sisyphean where we're just, I 257 00:11:30.549 --> 00:11:32.919 talk about this thing every day on the show. And 258 00:11:32.970 --> 00:11:34.350 then the ball rolls back down the hill and I 259 00:11:34.350 --> 00:11:36.629 got to talk about it again the next day. It's newsworthy. 260 00:11:36.789 --> 00:11:38.429 I'm going to keep bringing it up, but it does. 261 00:11:38.570 --> 00:11:41.710 It's getting exhausting. I don't necessarily think, oh, now that 262 00:11:41.730 --> 00:11:43.710 we'll get past this, we'll be able to talk about 263 00:11:43.750 --> 00:11:46.700 it less. That's probably not going to happen, but maybe 264 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.259 I can move it lower in the order in the future. 265 00:11:49.580 --> 00:11:52.840 There are some details about the game that did come 266 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:56.100 out today or yesterday, I should say. GTA 6 gets 267 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:58.879 a ton of new official details before today's big gameplay reveal. 268 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.019 This is from Dave Aubrey at VGC. 269 00:12:02.149 --> 00:12:04.309 Let's see here in a new interview with dazed head 270 00:12:04.330 --> 00:12:06.919 of development and rock star North coast studio head, Rob 271 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:10.200 Nelson revealed dozens of facts about the game, big and small. 272 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:14.830 The new details were highlighted by Shinobi on Twitter. Shouts 273 00:12:14.850 --> 00:12:18.850 out to Shinobi. Player actions now have consequences in the world. 274 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:21.350 So walking down the street with a rifle, you can't 275 00:12:21.370 --> 00:12:24.029 just do that, which, yeah, that sounds very Red Dead Redemption. 276 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:27.639 Jason is ex-military and a drug runner. Lucia is a 277 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:30.320 fighter fresh out of prison. You can also play as 278 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.379 a couple or cause chaos independently. So I guess, I mean, 279 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.980 we've seen a lot of those clips from the leaked 280 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.840 build where the characters are kind of going off on 281 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:39.799 their own. And I imagine that means it's like, oh, 282 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:41.759 and then you could swap to the other character. and 283 00:12:41.779 --> 00:12:43.840 they're doing their own thing, but it's like play as 284 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.139 a couple. Can you just like have them walking side 285 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:48.379 by side and then swap between them in the same scene? 286 00:12:48.419 --> 00:12:50.600 I guess that's what this is suggesting. 287 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:53.620 Although, you know, it could be the sort of thing 288 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:56.750 where maybe it's not as robust as that, but I'm 289 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:58.850 expecting things to be pretty robust in this game. They 290 00:12:58.870 --> 00:13:01.370 are kind of positioning it to be like the most 291 00:13:01.490 --> 00:13:03.669 well fleshed out game of all time for those kinds 292 00:13:03.690 --> 00:13:06.250 of features. On the way to a job, you switch 293 00:13:06.289 --> 00:13:09.149 between driving or the other character in the passenger seat, 294 00:13:09.250 --> 00:13:10.870 scroll on your phone, et cetera. 295 00:13:11.909 --> 00:13:12.330 Let's see. 296 00:13:12.409 --> 00:13:15.269 Seamlessly swap between each during a mission. Story is very 297 00:13:15.309 --> 00:13:19.029 Bonnie and Clyde. Choices can have repercussions and cut much 298 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:23.009 deeper than Rockstar's previous titles or honor systems. Rockstar wants 299 00:13:23.049 --> 00:13:26.220 to enable as much self-expression as possible without losing the 300 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:31.759 essence of the characters. Exercising returns, working out visibly builds 301 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:34.879 and tones your muscles. Eating fast food will affect your weight. 302 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:39.190 So very San Andreas style. spending a long time without sleep, 303 00:13:39.309 --> 00:13:41.850 running from police or a multi-day bender will have an 304 00:13:41.909 --> 00:13:43.889 effect on Jason and Lucia. They make it like bags 305 00:13:43.950 --> 00:13:48.379 under their eyes or other characteristics might creep out filled 306 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:51.059 with things to discover. Rockstar spent years on the ground 307 00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:54.250 in Miami and surrounding areas for research. I'm sure they did. 308 00:13:54.809 --> 00:13:58.250 Rockstar met with ex-criminals, law enforcement, club promoters, gun dealers. 309 00:13:58.269 --> 00:13:58.850 I mean, this is the. 310 00:13:59.049 --> 00:14:01.549 Standard kind of like promotional shit you hear, where like 311 00:14:01.570 --> 00:14:03.570 we got embedded with the real people to find out 312 00:14:03.590 --> 00:14:06.289 what it's really like. And I'm always skeptical of that 313 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.039 having any real effect on the game. 314 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.299 But a couple more bullet points here. 315 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:14.799 They have exceptional NPC variety, or so they claim to, 316 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:18.820 from young to old, tall, short, tattooed, pierced, plastic surgery, 317 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:22.570 more varied body types and clothes, etc., Although that is, 318 00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:27.610 those are just different like visual, like, you know, distinguishing characteristics. 319 00:14:28.129 --> 00:14:30.230 Are they going to behave differently? That is also something 320 00:14:30.269 --> 00:14:31.889 they're trying to claim will happen, but I want to 321 00:14:31.929 --> 00:14:35.340 see more of that. Rockstar developed new tools and pipelines 322 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:37.840 that enabled them to build the most detailed and varied 323 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:41.820 character population we've ever created. Rockstar has more than doubled 324 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:44.639 in size since Red Dead Redemption 2. Over 50 real 325 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:47.200 street artists were brought in to design murals. 326 00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:47.320 In the game. 327 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.700 And the team that deals with vehicle handling is made 328 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:52.559 up of literal race car drivers. I will believe that 329 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:55.080 will be improved when I see it. All right, John, 330 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:56.059 those are the big bullet points. 331 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.320 What do you think? To me, this is pretty standard 332 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.500 video game promotional stuff. 333 00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:03.470 Yeah, I mean, obviously you want to be able to 334 00:15:03.529 --> 00:15:07.450 just point out the minor minutiae before people either notice 335 00:15:07.490 --> 00:15:09.830 it or don't notice it. So it's something you can 336 00:15:09.850 --> 00:15:11.610 call into question. You're like, oh my God, this game's, 337 00:15:11.669 --> 00:15:16.360 we're literally thinking about everything. I mean, it makes sense. 338 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:19.639 It's really cool. I wonder if we are going to 339 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.240 have And granted, this is kind of a crazy comparison 340 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:24.879 because the time difference between San Andreas and Vice City 341 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:28.480 was like a year or two versus like GTA 5 342 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.580 to 6. I honestly wonder if people are going to 343 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:35.850 complain about all these realistic or the elements of realism 344 00:15:36.389 --> 00:15:38.909 impacting their game in a way that like GTA 5 345 00:15:38.909 --> 00:15:42.070 kind of felt a little bit more arcadey. I know 346 00:15:42.190 --> 00:15:45.350 growing up, there was a lot of people who are 347 00:15:45.470 --> 00:15:49.509 either camp Vice City camp. san andreas um i don't 348 00:15:49.549 --> 00:15:52.549 know if this is going to be controversial or not 349 00:15:52.610 --> 00:15:55.669 i think every element is here to have people talking 350 00:15:55.710 --> 00:15:58.049 about the game because that's the way to get people 351 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:01.139 to buy the game but um yeah i mean it 352 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:03.259 looks cool it's going to be so in-depth it's going 353 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.899 to be awe-inspiring going to be the template games are 354 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:11.019 um you know compared to for years down the line 355 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:15.360 um I don't know. Do you think, and obviously neither 356 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.299 of us are like huge GTA heads, but like, do 357 00:16:18.370 --> 00:16:21.649 you think you will notice all this stuff? Do you 358 00:16:21.690 --> 00:16:25.210 think it is going to impact your enjoyment of the 359 00:16:25.230 --> 00:16:27.009 game or do you think you're going to want more 360 00:16:27.029 --> 00:16:29.110 of an arcadey sort of experience? 361 00:16:29.509 --> 00:16:32.000 So here, my prediction is, and this has been borne 362 00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:35.370 out through several rockstar games now. is that I will 363 00:16:35.389 --> 00:16:38.789 go in excited about these simulation aspects. These are the 364 00:16:38.830 --> 00:16:41.440 kinds of things that I find very cool. This morning 365 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:44.960 I was watching some video about how quarks work, and 366 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:46.879 I was in my head thinking about what would a 367 00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:49.399 game be like if it actually had quarks coming together 368 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.500 to create neutrons and protons and electrons, and then you 369 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.509 could use those to build atoms and stuff like that 370 00:16:55.529 --> 00:16:57.590 and just keep going up the stack until you have creatures. 371 00:16:57.629 --> 00:16:58.570 I'm like, I want it, and I want it to 372 00:16:58.610 --> 00:17:00.409 be physically real. It was just a dumb thing as 373 00:17:00.450 --> 00:17:03.759 I'm working out. And that's the shit that excites me. 374 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:06.460 The thing with Rockstar is, and this is my prediction 375 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.039 for this game as well, that it will present itself 376 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:12.200 as very simulated and it will be very surface level. 377 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:14.490 That's almost always how it goes. 378 00:17:14.589 --> 00:17:17.309 Where they, on the screen, you can look at a 379 00:17:17.309 --> 00:17:19.589 bunch of stuff and like, it's simulating this, it's simulating that. 380 00:17:19.710 --> 00:17:22.369 And then I say, okay, now what happens when I 381 00:17:22.470 --> 00:17:25.309 interact with this thing? Does it have a cascaded effect? 382 00:17:25.490 --> 00:17:28.190 Does it affect the world in a way That feels 383 00:17:28.210 --> 00:17:31.759 like my consequences really do have– or my actions have consequences. 384 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:34.450 And they're saying that, but they always say that. 385 00:17:35.089 --> 00:17:38.769 And my guess is it's half-assed because I think you're right. 386 00:17:38.789 --> 00:17:40.890 They want to serve both masters. And it's worked out 387 00:17:40.930 --> 00:17:42.839 well for them, so I don't expect them to change it. 388 00:17:43.210 --> 00:17:45.690 Where it's like, hey, yeah, all the simulated visual elements 389 00:17:45.910 --> 00:17:48.119 or things that kind of, yeah, eat too much food, 390 00:17:48.130 --> 00:17:52.039 your character gets fat, sure. But does that, like, change 391 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:54.819 that much else about people's reactions? And then does that 392 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.200 reaction really matter? Or is it just they have a 393 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:59.279 different line that they used when they saw you as 394 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:01.420 opposed to if you were ripped and buffed? 395 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:04.569 Yeah. And that's, you know, that's probably what this game 396 00:18:04.589 --> 00:18:06.490 is going to be. It's going to be very surface level. 397 00:18:06.589 --> 00:18:09.329 So I expect I will be disappointed and I will 398 00:18:09.349 --> 00:18:11.690 be very happy if I'm wrong because that is the 399 00:18:11.710 --> 00:18:15.460 game I. I'm curious about the one that can feel 400 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.339 like it's really alive, but we'll see. 401 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.799