Ned Luke, the actor behind Grand Theft Auto 5‘s Michael De Santa, stated individuals who assume Grand Theft Auto 6 seems an excessive amount of like GTA 5 are “out of their minds.”
Luke has remained an vital determine within the GTA group since he first appeared as considered one of three playable skilled criminals within the 2013 installment. Now that he and the remainder of the world have gotten a more in-depth take a look at what Rockstar Video games is cooking up with GTA 6, he is stepped in to defend it from the naysayers.
One of many many, many speaking factors to emerge within the wake of final week’s GTA 6: Prolonged Look was that enjoying as protagonists Jason and Lucia appeared slightly too much like the type of gameplay one may count on from GTA 5. Whereas most appear to consider Rockstar has correctly used the 13 years since that sport’s launch, it hasn’t stopped skepticism from creeping in.
Luke would not appear to be included within the new sport’s solid, however he nonetheless made positive to refute a few of the criticisms popping up on-line whereas collaborating with YouTube channels Partychat and Home of Highlights. When requested for his ideas about those that consider there are too many similarities between GTA 5 and GTA 6, he made his stance clear.
“This seems nothing like Grand Theft Auto 5,” he stated. “I feel they’re out of their minds.”
“I am going to let you know one factor: I by no means appeared that good,” he added, pointing to a picture of Jason on his display screen.”
Rockstar’s GTA 6 prolonged look formally revealed footage of a bunch of latest options, together with tons of latest facet actions, story missions, a reworked Needed system, and extra. For Luke, probably the greatest examples of how Rockstar has reimagined Grand Theft Auto may be seen in how its many characters transfer.
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“Watch the way in which the folks transfer,” he continued. “The walks are precise human walks. We nonetheless had slightly little bit of that mechanical factor going with our walks and the way in which we would stand. For me, I felt like my legs had been by no means absolutely straight. They at all times had this little bend in them.”
He continued: “The know-how has grown by leaps and bounds, you understand? What would make you assume it will be higher than these video games? It is no diss to these video games. It is like between [GTA 5] and GTA 4. Our graphics blew GTA 4 away. They weren’t even shut.”
Luke then known as consideration to the excessive degree of element within the planes, helicopters, and automotive explosions proven via the prolonged look. He even went so far as to deal with the feedback saying GTA 6 did not look a lot better than 2018’s Crimson Useless Redemption 2, saying, “Sorry, guys, you are unsuitable. The graphics right here beat Crimson Useless.”
The actor behind GTA’s Michael has stayed in contact with Rockstar followers within the years since his debut and has been recognized to talk his thoughts. In 2024, for instance, he praised Lucia’s introduction in GTA 6 as “big.”
“Lucia’s exhausting, man,” he stated on the time. “Within the trailer, she appeared good. You get loads of these clowns out right here going, ‘Rockstar’s going woke, they’re caving into the wokeness of the world,'” Luke stated. “Initially, there’s been different feminine protagonists up to now, however not in one thing as big as this.”
GTA 6 is scheduled to come back to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S November 19, 2026. Whereas its prolonged look on Netflix gave followers lots to chew on, Rockstar nonetheless has loads extra to point out between at times. Whereas we wait, you may try all of IGN’s unique protection, together with our preview and interview. There’s additionally our listing of 99 particulars we caught throughout the prolonged look and the 69 particulars we noticed at Rockstar HQ.
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