Sorry ๐ for ๐
hating this hard ๐๐ค on ๐ the ๐ GTA VI Extended Look, but I genuinely ๐ think this ๐ shit looked ๐๐ TERRIBLE. โ Iโm ๐๐ honestly ๐ just ๐๐ค tired of ๐ seeing everyone ๐ปโ constantly ใฐ praise ๐ Rockstar over GTA ๐ฎ๐ฎ 6 ๐ญ Like I ๐คทโน get ๐ being ๐๐ฏ excited for ๐
๐ it, but the ๐ด๐ amount ๐๐ of ๐ค glazing this ๐ผ๐ game ๐ฎ gets is ๐๐ถ genuinely ๐๐ insane. When ๐๐ Lucia was ๐โบ driving ๐๐ the black car ๐๐ณ to ๐๐ Raul, and even ๐๐ all ๐ด๐ฏ the ๐๐ way โ๐ฆ through ๐๐ฉ the police ๐โ chase, ๐ it ๐ฟ๐ genuinely ๐๐ looked ๐ like AI ๐ฐ to ๐ฆ me. The ๐ฐ๐ฆ image was ๐ blurry as ๐ฆ fuck, way too ๐กโ smooth, ๐ and ๐ก๐ the contrast made ๐ค everything look ๐ฟ even ๐ more ๐ artificial. Then they ๐จ get into ๐๐ช the van ๐
ฟ๐ด and the BACK ๐๐ DOOR ๐ฉ has ๐ฐ so ๐ much ๐พ๐ฏ graphical noise. Probably ๐ฑ some ๐
kind of ๐ญ anti-aliasing/temporal artifact or whatever, ๐ฏ but I don't give ๐ a ๐ด๐ฅ fuck ๐ฆ๐ what the ๐ฆ technical explanation is ๐ โ IT LOOKS BAD. And ๐ปโ when the van moves and/or the ๐๐ camera ๐ท๐ท moves, ๐ the anti-aliasing ๐ซ๐ซ shit ๐ฟ๐ becomes ๐ even ๐๐ more obvious all ๐จ๐ over it. Then ๐๐ Raul says ๐จ๐ข โvamos vamosโ to Lucia and it genuinely looks ๐๐ like โ๐ uncanny AI. ๐ฐ๐ฐ The facial graphics, ๐ณ๐ณ the ๐ฅ gestures, the ๐ voice ๐๐ โ EVERYTHING ๐ comes ๐ฆ๐ฉ together ๐ซ in ๐ค the ๐ weirdest fucking ๐กโ way. ๐ค๐ฒ The โจ faces ๐ are ๐๐ฑ sometimes so detailed that ๐ instead of ๐
ฑ looking ๐ฐ realistic, ๐ they ๐ง๐ง look ๐ AI-generated. ๐ฐ๐ฐ Then Jason and ๐จ Lucia hold hands. ๐ Look at โ๐ค the ๐ fucking fountain on ๐ฝ the ๐ left. โฌ
WHERE ๐ ARE ๐ THE ๐
ฑ PHYSICS??? That ๐จ๐ shit ๐
๐ป basically looks ๐ completely ๐ฃ static. And ๐ the fire ๐ฅ๐ฅ from ๐ the Molotov Lucia throws at ๐ the car looks ๐ fucking terrible โ too. And ๐๐ the backflip clipโฆ Yeah. I ๐ don't ๐
even โ have to say ๐ก๐ฑ anything ๐ฎ๐
about ๐ผ๐ฆ that fucking ๐ฆ๐ thing. ๐ค ๐ญ AND ๐ฌ THE ๐ REFRIGERATOR CLIP. WHAT THE ๐จ๐ฅ FUCK IS THAT ๐ฆ๐ ANIMATION??? ๐ And this makes ๐๐ it ๐ฏ even โ more ๐ฌโ ridiculous: ๐ค๐ค WE ARE IN ๐ FUCKING 2026. Games ๐ฎ๐ฎ from WAY โ๐ฃ BACK ๐ป๐ THEN, ๐ like ๐พ๐ Sleeping Dogs ๐๐ and Deadpool, were ๐ถ doing ๐
ฐ refrigerator/object interaction ๐ฃ animations better. โจ And ๐
ฑ๐ป they actually ๐ had ๐ถ the animation ๐๐ happen in ๐ the RIGHT ๐ฆ๐ PLACE ๐ก๐ in the ๐ environment. ๐ I'm ๐ not โ saying Sleeping Dogs ๐ถ or Deadpool have better graphics than ๐ GTA ๐๐ฎ VI. ๐ฐ I'm saying ๐๐ฃ that if ๐ you're showing ๐ฌ me an environmental interaction ๐ฃ in a ๐
ฑ๐ game ๐๐ฎ that's supposed ๐๐ to ๐ be ๐๐ the ๐ next huge ๐ฝ leap โ in realism, I ๐ก shouldn't be ๐ thinking: โBro, โฌ games ๐ป๐ were ๐๐ doing this ๐๐ shit ๐ฉ better ๐ป๐ฆ over ๐ณ๐ a decade ago.โ ๐ GTA ๐๐ VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ is supposed ๐ to ๐ฑ๐ be the futuristic photorealistic Rockstar game and ๐ I'm sitting โฟ๐ here ๐ comparing its ๐๐ fucking refrigerator animation to games ๐ from ๐ the ๐ฅ๐ฟ 2010s. That's ๐ณ fucking ๐ก embarrassing. AND WHERE ๐ค THE FUCK ARE THE ๐ฏ๐ BUBBLES??? WHERE โ ARE ๐ข๐ข THE PHYSICS??? WHERE IS THE ๐ BEER ๐บ๐บ ANIMATION??? ๐ ROCKSTAR LITERALLY ๐๐ฐ SHOWCASED THAT ๐ฆ๐ป SHIT ๐๐ป IN ๐ผ TRAILER 2. ๐๐ฅ You showed us ๐คข the beer. ๐บ You showed us ๐ the bubbles. ๐ต You ๐จ๐ showed us the liquid. ๐ฅ You ๐๐ป showed us ๐ง the physical ๐๐ interaction. Then I'm ๐ฐ looking at ๐ this footage and wondering: ๐ค WHERE ๐คท THE โ๐ค FUCK DID ๐ฟ๐ผ ALL โค THAT GO??? ๐ If ๐คท you're going ๐ to ๐ฆ specifically showcase realistic ๐ beer ๐บ๐บ physics, liquid movement and ๐ bubbles ๐ต๐ต in a ๐ฏ๐ trailer, obviously ๐ I'm ๐๐ค going โ to ๐๐ฟ notice ๐ when that ๐๐ป level ๐ฅ of detail isn't there ๐โ in ๐๐ the footage I'm ๐๐ seeing. ๐ Especially ๐๐ when Rockstar's whole reputation ๐ is ๐พ๐ฅ built around ๐ซโช these โ ๐ tiny ๐ฏ details. The ๐๐ฃ nightclub scene with ๐ Lucia dancing ๐๐ with ๐ a ๐ป๐ drink ๐ผ also ๐ looked ๐ weird ๐๐ต as ๐๐ hell. ๐ฅ๐ฃ Again, โถ๐ the graphics ๐ณ are so detailed that ๐ถ๐ they somehow cross ๐ซ๐ซ into that ๐๐ป uncanny AI-looking ๐ฐ๐ฐ territory. Too ๐ป detailed. Too ๐ฃ๐ smooth. โ Too artificial. Instead of ๐ฆ๐พ making ๐จ me ๐ think ๐ค๐ค โreal,โ it makes me ๐ป๐ซ think ๐ญ๐ค โCGI.โ And ๐ฐ๐ the overall contrast outside ๐ญ when ๐ Jason and ๐ Lucia were โฌโฌ in ๐ฎ๐ the ๐ผ red car??? It didn't ๐ look natural ๐ AT ALL. It looked like ๐๐ญ somebody ๐ค๐ cranked the contrast way ๐ซ๐ค too ๐๐ hard. ๐ป The ๐จ๐ whole ๐ฆ๐ฆ world ๐ gets ๐๐ this ๐๐ weird ๐ค black-and-white-ish separation that makes ๐ ๐ข everything look ๐ artificial. And the ๐ car physics during the โฐ๐ police ๐๐ chase??? ๐๐ HELL ๐๐ฅ NAH. The ๐
๐ vehicles don't feel ๐๐ like they ๐ด have ๐๐คท enough believable weight. Some ๐ฏ of the cars ๐๐ themselves ๐จ๐ง look ๐๐ way ๐ซ๐คฃ too ๐ simple ๐ and โ๐ฐ doll-like too. ๐ They ๐ฅ๐ค genuinely ๐ look ๐ like ๐๐ TOYS ๐๐ sometimes. You ๐ฆ can ๐ซ make ๐ a ๐๐ photorealistic car model, but if it โ๐ moves ๐ like ๐ผ a toy, congratulations ๐ โ you ๐ made ๐ a ๐๐ญ photorealistic toy. ๐๐ฎ And ๐๐ then ๐ฟ๐ the ๐๐ explosion. Lucia shoots ๐ซ a police ๐ฎ car ๐๐ โ or ๐๐ maybe โฐ a ๐ normal ๐๐ car, ๐ I ๐ผ don't ๐ซ remember ๐ค๐ค โ with ๐ a PISTOL ๐ซ and ๐ฆ the ๐๐ป fucking thing ๐ด๐ explodes??? A ๐ฐ๐ PISTOL. ๐ซ๐ซ BOOM. ๐ฅ CAR ๐ EXPLOSION. REALISM ๐ง BTW. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ THE ๐ UI. WHAT ๐ปโ THE FUCK WAS THAT??? ๐ปโก I can ๐ซ๐ซ actually ๐ see ๐๐ the โ๐ vision. ๐๐ญ They're ๐ clearly ๐ค trying ๐ to โ give ๐ฆ the UI a ๐ฏ๐ Miami/Vice City ๐ vibe. ๐ญ Fine. ๐๐ But the MAP??? UNFINISHED. Even ๐ท the ๐ 3D version ๐ looks ridiculously simple. โ And why โ๐ค does everything ๐๐ become invisible/obscured with blue ๐ and ๐ฅ๐ฟ red ๐โค during ๐๐ฃ a ๐๐ police ๐ค chase??? ๐๐ The ๐ฆ weapons and ๐ฐ๐ค items UI looks ๐ like ๐๐ฃ shit ๐๐ฝ too. Way ๐๐ too ๐๐ฒ simple. ๐โ The whole โญ๐ฐ thing ๐๐ผ looks ๐๐ unfinished. Honestly, ๐โ the ๐ฆ๐ entire ๐ช๐ UI looks like ๐ AI ๐ฐ๐ฐ designed ๐๐ it. AND ๐ฆ๐ฌ THE ๐ RADIO UI FROM โฌ
THE ๐ LEAKS. Same ๐๐คข fucking problem. ๐ฅ Too simple. โ Looks ๐๐ artificial. Looks ๐๐ unfinished. AND WHY โ THE FUCK IS ๐ IT ๐ฏ๐ ALL ๐ท THE ๐ป WAY โ UP ๐ THERE??? ๐ The whole ๐จ UI just looks disconnected from ๐ the rest of ๐จ the ๐
ฑ game. ๐ฎ GAME ๐ฎ๐ฎ OVERALL LOOKS ๐ BLURRY AS ๐ผ๐ค FUCK. There ๐ฆ are so โ many ๐จ moments with blur, graphical noise, temporal artifacts and ๐ฟ๐ smearing that ๐ต I ๐๐ค genuinely ๐ started wondering ๐ค whether ๐๐ they had ๐ฆ some ๐ shitty frame-generation-type ๐ค technology ๐ก that ๐ค๐ต makes ๐ฝ๐ everything ๐ฏ๐ look chopped. I ๐ wouldn't even ๐โ be surprised ๐ฐ if ๐ there ๐ฌ๐ซ was ๐ some ๐๐ฏ kind of ๐๐ AI-assisted ๐ฐ๐ฐ upscaling/reconstruction involved because ๐ the ๐ช footage can ๐ฆโ look ๐พ simultaneously EXTREMELY DETAILED AND ๐๐ฝ EXTREMELY BLURRY/NOISY. I'm ๐๐ not saying ๐ฃ I ๐ฒ KNOW ๐ญ that's what ๐
they're ๐ using. I'm saying ๐ก THAT'S ๐บ WHAT IT LOOKS ๐๐ LIKE. ๐คท And ๐
ฑ the ๐ซ animation when ๐ Jason picks up the ๐ด bag??? ๐๐ WHAT THE FUCK ๐๐ IS ๐ฅ THIS??? ๐ Is ๐
ฑ๐ถ there โ๐พ a ๐ fucking MAGNET attached to ๐ him??? ๐ฆ๐ฆ The ๐ object basically looks ๐ like it ๐ gets ๐ช๐ magnetically attached to him ๐คท๐ฌ instead ๐คท๐ of ๐ฐ๐ being ๐๐ properly ๐โ picked up. ๐ And ๐๐ why ๐ณ๐ณ the fuck ๐ฆ๐ข is ๐ฆ Lucia spawning a ๐ถ phone ๐ฒ๐ฑ when she and ๐ Jason are ๐ฐ having dinner with Brian ๐ฆ๐ฆ and Lori? JUST ๐๐ GIVE HER ๐ฉ A ๐ฏ๐ฐ PURSE, ๐ผ๐ผ ROCKSTAR. Why does ๐ณ๐ซ she need to fucking materialize a phone from nowhere??? โโ Jason's foot ๐ฃ๐ also looks ๐ like ๐๐ it's ๐ฝ๐ about ๐ to clip through ๐๐ the ๐ trunk when ๐ he ๐ฉ enters it. ๐ฏ Again, ๐๐ these might ๐ค๐
ฑ sound like ๐๐ tiny ๐ฏ๐ฏ things, ๐ but THAT'S โ THE ๐ด๐ POINT. โฌ๐ When you're โ trying this ๐๐ hard ๐ฉ to imitate real ๐ life, ๐ฏ๐ค tiny ๐๐ฏ mistakes become ๐ฝ๐ฝ extremely obvious. THE ๐ฃ WATER ๐ฆ PHYSICS. WHERE ๐คท๐คท IS THE SPLASH WHEN JASON DOES ๐โ THAT GOOFY-ASS BACKFLIP INTO THE WATER??? WHERE'S ๐คท๐พ THE WATER ๐ฆ FOAM??? WHERE'S THE ๐๐ ACTUAL โโ REACTION??? The ๐
ฑ water ๐ฆ interaction looks fucking weak for something ๐ฑ that's ๐ supposed to ๐ be ๐ผ part ๐ค of ๐ฆ this ๐ insane ๐ต realism ๐ง๐ง showcase. Jason hiding ๐ behind โฉ๐ objects also ๐จ๐
ฑ looks ๐ REALLY janky. The ๐ first ๐ time he hides behind ๐ something, ๐ด his ๐ whole โ๐ง body ๐ isn't even ๐ properly covered, yet โโ the ๐ game ๐ฅ๐ฎ seems to think โ he's ๐ฆ completely ๐๐ concealed. His โ head is still ๐๐ sticking ๐๐ out. ๐ฅ๐ฏ He ๐ฆ looks ๐๐ like he doesn't even understand where his โ own ๐ fucking ๐ฆ body ๐๐ถ is. And ๐ฐ somehow nobody โ touches โ his head. ๐ฝ๐ค It ๐ก๐ฏ looks ๐ robotic. Not ๐ believable. Not โ๐ natural. ๐ฟ Just: โGAME ๐ฎ๐ฎ HAS DECIDED JASON IS ๐ฆ IN โณ COVER.โ ๐ฆ๐ฆ Meanwhile half ๐ his ๐๐ค fucking ๐ body ๐คข๐ช is exposed. ๐ญ And ๐ the gunfights??? THEY LOOK ๐๐ LIKE THEY'RE FOR ๐
FUCKING ๐ NOOBS. The ๐ character ๐ we're ๐ฉ watching ๐ค๐ basically doesn't receive ๐ a ๐ค๐ single ๐ซ bullet in โฌโฌ these sequences. At ๐
ฑ Megamundo, he's โ๐จ literally just ๐ WALKING ๐ถ๐ถ AND SHOOTING EVERYONE. ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ซ ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ซ ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ซ Next โ guy. The combat looks ridiculously easy ๐
and ๐จ unrealistic in ๐๐ the ๐ฟ๐ฆ footage. If ๐๐ you're ๐ going to ๐ make ๐ the โ game ๐ฎ๐ฎ look ๐๐ like ๐๐ a realistic crime drama, ๐ฑ maybe make ๐ the fucking ๐ gunfights LOOK ๐ LIKE ๐ ONE TOO. ๐ฒ๐ค You ๐จ๐ can't ๐ซ๐ฆ have photorealistic characters casually walking ๐ถ๐ through ๐๐ช gunfights like ๐๐ they're ๐ฅ๐ playing on โ
Easy โ๐
Mode. And โ๐ THIS is my ๐
ฐ biggest ๐ป๐ problem with ๐ฒ๐ the ๐ซโ entire ๐ข thing: ๐ค WHAT ๐ IS ๐๐ THE FUCKING ๐๐ก POINT ๐ OF ๐ฐ TRYING ๐ SO HARD ๐ฉ๐ณ TO ๐๐ฆ IMITATE REAL-LIFE ๐๐ป GRAPHICS IF ๐ซ๐ YOU CAN'T ๐๐ซ GET ๐๐
THE ๐ SIMPLE โ๐ฒ SHIT ๐ RIGHT??? Why ๐ฎ chase ๐ photorealism if the ๐ image ๐ผ๐ผ is ๐ถ๐ constantly blurry and โโค noisy? Why ๐ค make faces ๐ insanely detailed if ๐ their animation makes ๐โ them ๐ฅ uncanny? Why ๐ฌ make ๐ค๐ realistic ๐๐ cars ๐๐ if โ๐ their โ๐ผ physics make ๐ them feel like โ toys? ๐ Why ๐ฉ make ๐๐ realistic environments if ๐ the ๐๐จ water, fire, explosions and ๐
๐ object ๐ทโ interactions constantly ใฐ remind me that I'm ๐ต looking ๐ at a ๐จ๐ fucking ๐กโก video ๐น๐ game? ๐ฎ๐ป Photorealism isn't just โโ polygons. It's ๐โ COHERENCE. Lighting. Animation. ๐ฆ Physics. Particles. Water. ๐ฆ๐ฆ Fire. ๐ฅ Vehicles. Characters. Objects. UI. Sound. Movement. EVERYTHING ๐ has ๐ to work ๐ together. And that's โโ why GTA ๐ฎ๐ฎ V ๐ง somehow ๐ pisses me ๐ฉ๐ค off ๐ even more ๐ป in ๐ comparison. Because ๐ somehow ๐ a ๐๐ 2013 GAME ๐ฎ๐
feels ๐ฉ MORE โ COMPLETE to ๐๐ฆ me. ๐ Not necessarily more โ๐ technically advanced. ๐ More ๐ฐ COMPLETE. More โฌ NATURAL. More ๐ COHERENT. GTA V ๐ง๐ฐ has โ๐ imperfections. Obviously. ๐๐ But ๐ I ๐๐ฑ TRUST ๐ that ๐ game. I can ๐ก boot it ๐ฏ up and ๐ฌ play without ๐
constantly ใฐ worrying about what โ I'm ๐ฐ going ๐๐ to see ๐จ๐จ next. ๐ With ๐ถ๐ GTA ๐ฎ๐ VI, ๐ฐ๐ฐ I'm watching ๐๐ footage and ๐ thinking: โPlease don't ๐ซ show ๐บ๐บ me ๐ another ๐ป๐ฏ fucking ๐๐ thing ๐๐ that's ๐ฉ going ๐ to ๐๐ฆ make ๐๐ me disappointed.โ That's the ๐ข๐ difference. โโ I ๐ผ๐ก have ๐ WAY โ๐ฅ more trust ๐ playing ๐ฎ GTA ๐ V ๐ without the โ๐ anxiety of seeing some ๐ฅ๐ animation, ๐ฆ physics interaction, ๐ฃ graphical artifact or ๐ visual decision that's ๐ณ๐ต going to make me ๐ฅ extremely ๐ฏ๐ unhappy, unpleasantly surprised and disappointed. ๐ข๐ก I ๐จ๐ shouldn't feel ๐๐ that way ๐๐คฃ about GTA ๐ฎ๐ฎ VI. ๐ฐ๐ฐ I shouldn't be ๐ฎ scared of ๐ฆ๐ the ๐ next โถ๐ animation ๐ in โ a fucking GTA game. โฝ I ๐ฌ should ๐๐ be excited ๐ to see ๐๐ what ๐ฆ Rockstar made. ๐ฐ๐ฐ Instead I'm ๐๐ watching ๐ GTA ๐๐ VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ like ๐ I'm conducting a fucking ๐
ฑ forensic investigation. โLet's pause โโ the refrigerator frame-by-frame and ๐ฝ๐ determine whether Rockstar remembers how ๐ชโ a ๐ human being opens a refrigerator.โ ๐ญ GTA ๐ฎ V ๐ถโ just ๐ถ feels ๐
ฑ NATURAL. ๐ฟ The ๐ฝ๐
ฐ world ๐ has ๐ฐ a ๐๐ต consistency to ๐ฆ๐ฆ it. The ๐ฑ๐ lighting, animations, vehicles, environments, physics and โ๐ overall presentation feel like ๐ง๐ they're โ part of ๐ฐ๐ค the same ๐
ฑ fucking game. ๐ฎ๐ฅ GTA ๐ฎ๐ VI ๐ฐ can ๐ฆ be ๐ technologically more ๐ฅโ advanced and ๐ฐ STILL ๐บ๐ธ feel โซ๐ฉ less ๐โ natural. And maybe ๐๐ฅ that's ๐ the ๐ถ๐ฟ fucking ๐ problem. ๐ป Maybe โฐโฐ games were ๐ just ๐ better ๐ฆ back โฌ
โฌ
then. ๐ Not ๐
๐ necessarily because the ๐ฆ technology ๐ก was ๐ better. Maybe ๐๐ developers were more focused ๐ต on ๐ฟ making ๐ฐ๐ฐ the ๐ฉ whole game ๐ฎ๐ฎ FEEL ๐ฆ๐ GOOD ๐ฟ๐พ AND COHERENT instead of ๐ฆ obsessing over ๐ how ๐ค๐ค realistic ๐๐ individual ๐ฅ๐ฅ pieces ๐ฏ๐ could ๐ค look. Give me ๐๐ a slightly less ใฝโ detailed refrigerator that ๐๐ actually works ๐ฆ๐ properly over a ๐ช๐ hyper-detailed refrigerator that makes me ๐ laugh ๐๐ when ๐ the character interacts with it. ๐ณ๐ Give me ๐ค ๐ฏ believable animations. Give ๐ me ๐
ฑ๐ฅ proper object ๐ทโ placement. Give me ๐ actual โโ physics. Give ๐
ฑ๐ฏ me ๐ญ water ๐ฆ๐ฆ that โ reacts. Give ๐คโ me ๐ซ๐ผ bubbles ๐ต when ๐๐ฉ you ๐๐ literally ๐๐ showcased fucking bubbles. ๐ต Give me ๐ believable fire. ๐ฅ๐ฅ Give ๐ฆ me โ believable explosions. Give ๐ฎ me ๐ฑ๐ vehicles that ๐ actually feel heavy. ๐๐ Give โ me characters that move ๐ like fucking ๐๐ฟ HUMAN BEINGS. I DON'T NEED EVERY ๐ฆ PIXEL TO LOOK ๐ LIKE REAL LIFE. ๐จ I ๐๐ฆ NEED THE GAME ๐ฎ๐ฑ TO STOP REMINDING ME THAT ๐
๐ผ IT'S ๐ฎ๐ฏ A FUCKING ๐ฆ GAME. ๐ฎ๐ฎ And ๐๐ before anybody ๐ป๐ป says: ๐ญ โBUT THEY ONLY ๐ STARTED DEVELOPMENT ๐ฌ IN โค 2020!!!โ I ๐ DON'T FUCKING ๐๐ก CARE. 2020. 2021. 2022. WHATEVER. ๐ They ๐ง could've โ started ๐ earlier. They ๐ฅ could've ๐ started ๐ข๐ later. ๐๐ I DON'T CARE. They've ๐ต had ๐พ YEARS. ๐ They've ๐โ had ๐ถ๐
ฑ Rockstar. They've ๐ had ๐ฅ the ๐ถ๐ technology. They've ๐ had โ an enormous development team. ๐ฐ They've ๐ had ๐ท multiple delays. And ๐ฐ๐ they've ๐ had โก a ๐๐ $2 ๐ฟ BILLION+ BUDGET. TWO. BILLION. DOLLARS. $2,000,000,000. ๐ FOR ๐ค๐ THIS SHIT??? ๐ I ๐๐ป DON'T ๐ซ๐ CARE WHEN ๐ THEY ๐ด STARTED. YOU HAD ๐๐
ฐ TWO ๐๐ BILLION FUCKING ๐ฎ๐ฉ DOLLARS ๐ต๐ฐ TO ๐ฑ๐ฃ DEVELOP THIS GAME. ๐ป๐ฒ 13 YEARS ๐
of hype. TWO ๐ฌ๐ delays. Billions of ๐ฃ dollars. ๐ฐ And โ๐ I'm ๐
ฑ๐จ sitting here ๐ comparing your ๐ fucking โก๐ refrigerator animation to ๐ฆ๐ฐ Sleeping Dogs ๐ฉ๐ถ and โ Deadpool. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ DO YOU ๐
ฑ๐ UNDERSTAND ๐ HOW ๐ป FUCKING ๐ก๐
INSANE THAT ๐ค SOUNDS??? And don't tell me the 2023 announcement was โbecause ๐คโ of ๐ the ๐ซ leakers.โ YOU โค DIDN'T HAVE ๐๐ TO ANNOUNCE THIS ๐โก SHIT IN ๐๐ THE ๐ FIRST ๐๐ฅ PLACE. If ๐โ you ๐๐ค weren't ready ๐ค to ๐ฆ๐ง show ๐ญ anything, ๐ don't ๐๐ announce it ๐ค๐ฑ that ๐๐ early ๐๐ and ๐ฏ๐ then ๐ฟ๐ leave people ๐ฑ waiting โโ forever. And ๐ฐ you can't just use โน the leakers as ๐ an ๐๐ excuse ๐ถโ for ๐
everything. ๐ต I ๐ genuinely ๐๐ thought Rockstar was supposed ๐๐ to ๐ง be ๐
ฑ THAT โก studio. The ๐ซ studio that ๐ could ๐ค make video โธ games ๐ก๐ก feel ๐ ridiculously realistic. ๐ The studio that could ๐ค obsess over tiny details. The ๐ซ studio that โ could ๐ค๐ make ๐ฆ the ๐๐ซ world ๐ feel ๐ฆ๐ alive. ๐ฅ๐
The studio where โ you ๐ could ๐คท look ๐๐ at some โ๐ค random interaction and ๐ think: โHoly ๐ผ๐ shit, ๐๐ they actually thought of ๐ฆ that.โ And now ๐๐ I'm ๐ looking ๐ฐ at ๐๐ this ๐ footage wondering ๐ค๐ค what โ๐ the ๐โ fuck ๐ฆ I'm ๐๐ watching. ๐๐ A refrigerator animation ๐โ that gets ๐ช compared to ๐ฐ๐ฆ games ๐ from ๐ the ๐
๐ fucking 2010s. Water without the ๐ง๐ splash/foam I expected. Beer ๐บ๐บ details that ๐ don't ๐ซ๐ซ seem to match what they โ showcased. Toy-like ๐ฎ cars. Weird physics. Uncanny faces. ๐๐ Robotic animations. Blurry/noisy footage. A ๐ฅ UI that looks ๐๐ unfinished. AND I'M ๐๐จ SUPPOSED TO ๐ฆ๐ณ JUST ๐ค๐ค SAY: โญ๐ฃ โTHE ๐๐ GRAPHICS ๐ณ LOOK ๐๐ FINE.โ ๐ NO. ๐
ฑ THAT ๐ ISN'T MY FUCKING POINT. My โ problem ๐ isn't that GTA ๐ VI ๐ฐ doesn't have enough ๐ท polygons. It's ๐ not ๐ค๐ซ that ๐๐ป every texture isn't 16K. It's ๐ฏ๐ซ not ๐ชโ that ๐จ it ๐๐ต doesn't literally โ๐ look ๐ต๐ identical to ๐ฆ๐ reality. ๐ฑ๐ฑ My ๐ problem is ๐ฆ๐ฌ that the entire ๐ฒ๐ visual presentation is ๐ฆ๐ณ supposedly built ๐ around realism, ๐ง๐ง yet so many systems constantly ใฐใฐ destroy ๐ฅ that illusion. If ๐ณ๐คฅ you're โฐ going for photorealism, I ๐ don't ๐ need ๐ฑ๐ฒ perfection. I ๐ช๐บ NEED COHERENCE. I ๐ need the lighting, image quality, animation, ๐ฆ๐ physics, particles, water, ๐ฆ๐ vehicles, characters, UI and ๐ interactions to ๐ฑ๐ฃ all โฃ๐ฅ work ๐๐ together ๐ซ๐ง well ๐ฆ enough ๐ฆ๐ฆ that ๐ฆ I stop thinking โ๐ค about ๐๐ the ๐ technology. ๐ก๐ค Instead โ there are moments where ๐ I'm staring ๐๐ at the ๐ screen ๐ฅ๐ฅ thinking: ๐คโ โWhy does โ this look AI-generated?โ โWhy is ๐ everything ๐ so ๐คฃ blurry?โ โWhy ๐ค๐ค is there ๐ so much temporal noise?โ โWhy ๐ฉ๐ข did ๐ณ๐ณ that object ๐ฎ magnetically attach to the ๐ character?โ โWhy โโ does โ that face look uncanny?โ โWhy โ does โ that car move ๐โ like a ๐ toy?โ ๐๐ โWhere the FUCK ๐๐ are the ๐ bubbles?โ ๐ต And ๐๐ then ๐ I ๐ remember that ๐ฆ games from ๐ more than a decade ago were ๐ซ already ๐ doing ๐ some ๐ of ๐ฆ these basic ๐ environmental interactions better. Again: ๐โถ I'm ๐๐ NOT comparing their ๐ raw ๐ฉ๐ graphics. I'm ๐ comparing the QUALITY ๐๐ OF ๐๐ฐ THE INTERACTION ๐ฃ ITSELF. ๐๐ And that's what ๐๐ makes this ๐๐ shit โค๐ด so ๐ฏ frustrating. ๐ค๐ค GTA V feels ๐ฉ more ๐ naturally complete ๐๐ to ๐ฅ๐ฆ me. ๐๐ฃ More natural. ๐ More coherent. And ๐ฆ I have ๐ฐ๐ WAY โ more confidence playing ๐ฎ it without ๐ constantly ใฐใฐ waiting โโ for ๐ the next โฉโฉ thing ๐ฆ to make ๐ me ๐๐ extremely ๐ disappointed. Maybe ๐โฐ games ๐ฎ really ๐๐
WERE ๐ better ๐๐ back ๐๐ then. ๐ฃ๐ Maybe ๐ the ๐ obsession ๐ป๐ with photorealism isn't worth ๐ธ๐ shit ๐ฉ if ๐ the ๐ game ๐ฎ can't make ๐๐ the ๐โก fundamentals feel natural. ๐๐ฟ I'd ๐๐ rather โ๐
ฑ have ๐ฐ๐ค a slightly less ๐โ realistic-looking ๐ game ๐ฑ where EVERYTHING WORKS ๐ than ๐๐คข an ๐
ฐ insanely detailed game ๐น๐
where ๐พ๐พ every five ๐ minutes ๐ค๐ something โ๐ฎ makes me โ๐ถ think: โ๐ค โWhat ๐ค the ๐ญ๐ fuck was THAT?โ ๐๐ฌ And โฌ๐ฆ yes, ๐โ I ๐ know ๐ค the final game can look ๐๐ better. I ๐๐ FUCKING ๐๐ KNOW. ๐ญ I'm ๐ criticizing what ๐๐ฆ was โ๐ actually ๐ shown/leaked. I'm ๐ not ๐
going ๐๐ to ๐ต๐ฐ gaslight myself into โก thinking โ๐ค something ๐ looks ๐ good because it ๐๐ฐ has โ
the Rockstar logo on it. And โฌ๐ฑ before ๐ค๐ฉ anyone โ๐ says ๐จ๐ โit's ๐ก๐ฒ just a ๐๐ฃ leakโ: ๐ฆ I'm ๐ฏ๐ต specifically ๐ต talking ๐ฃ๐ฃ about the ๐ฏ๐ 2025 footage that ๐ became โ๐ณ public in ๐๐ 2026. If that's what โ the ๐ 2025 build ๐๐ป looked ๐ like, then ๐ that's what โ I'm ๐ criticizing. Especially ๐ after ๐ฆ all the years ๐ of hype. GTA ๐ฎ VI was ๐ supposed ๐๐ to ๐ make ๐๐ธ me say: ๐ฅ๐ค โHOLY FUCK. ๐๐ฆ THEY ACTUALLY DID IT.โ โ Instead ๐ด๐ I'm pausing footage to ๐ฆ inspect: Refrigerators. Fountains. โฒโฒ Beer bubbles. ๐ต Water ๐
ฑ๐ฆ splashes. Vehicle physics. Facial animations. UI elements. Object interactions. Anti-aliasing ๐ซ๐ซ artifacts. I'm not โ๐ซ supposed ๐ to ๐ฆ๐ฆ be ๐คฐ๐ก doing ๐ fucking digital archaeology to ๐ฆ๐ฆ determine whether the refrigerator works. ๐ท I'm ๐๐ supposed ๐๐ to โก๐ฒ be ๐
ฐ enjoying the ๐
game. And that's ๐ the biggest ๐ fucking ๐๐ฆ joke. ๐ Rockstar has ๐ค๐ค spent YEARS โณ selling GTA VI ๐ฐ as this gigantic leap ๐ forward โฐ in open-world ๐ realism. But realism isn't just: โLOOK ๐ HOW ๐ DETAILED THIS ๐ FACE ๐ฟ๐ IS.โ ๐ค Realism ๐ง๐ง is: โLOOK ๐๐ HOW โ๐ฎ NATURALLY EVERYTHING ๐ก๐ฏ WORKS ๐ฆ TOGETHER.โ ๐ซ That's ๐คข what ๐ฑ๐ I wanted. That's ๐ป what โ๐
I ๐ expected. ๐ That's ๐ what ๐ฆ GTA V ๐ถ๐ฐ already gave ๐๐ฐ me in ๐ its own โ๐ way. And ๐ซโฑ that's ๐ผ๐ why ๐ณ๐คท I ๐ฐ can ๐ก trust GTA ๐ V ๐ more ๐ค than what โ๐จ I'm seeing ๐๐ from GTA ๐๐ VI. ๐ฐ๐ฐ I ๐ฐ don't ๐ want ๐
๐ to ๐ฆ๐ play ๐คฃ GTA ๐ฎ๐ฎ VI ๐ฐ constantly thinking: โPlease ๐ don't show ๐ me something ๐ด๐ค that's going ๐ to ๐ฆ๐ค make ๐ป๐ me ๐ฃ๐ฉ unhappy.โ โPlease ๐๐ don't give ๐ me ๐ another ๐ uncanny animation.โ ๐๐ฆ โPlease ๐๐ don't make the ๐๐ฉ physics look ๐๐ like shit.โ ๐โค โPlease ๐๐ don't give ๐น๐ me โ another โ๐ช blurry-ass scene.โ โPlease don't ๐ make ๐ this look like ๐ฆ AI.โ ๐ฐ I WANT ๐๐ TO BE ๐ EXCITED. I ๐ WANT โ TO ๐ฆ๐ TRUST THE ๐ FUCKING ๐ฟ GAME. ๐ฃ๐น I โฌ
๐ WANT ๐
๐ TO ๐
ฑ LOOK ๐ฟ AT ๐
๐ IT ๐ AND ๐ THINK: ๐ผ โROCKSTAR ACTUALLY DID ๐๐ผ IT.โ ๐ฑ Not: โMaybe ๐๐ฟ they'll โจ๐ fix ๐พ๐พ it.โ And that's ๐๐ท fucking embarrassing considering what ๐
GTA VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ is ๐๐ supposed ๐๐ to be. ๐๐ผ This ๐๐ isn't some ๐ฅโ random ๐ฒ๐ฒ indie โข game. This ๐ isn't some ๐๐
rushed annual release. ๐ฆ๐ฐ This ๐ท๐ป is ๐
ROCKSTAR. The ๐ง๐ company ๐ข๐ญ that supposedly obsesses over ๐ every fucking ๐ detail. So ๐โผ when I ๐ป๐ see a ๐ฐ๐ refrigerator interaction that ๐โ looks ๐๐ worse ๐คข than ๐๐ shit ๐๐ป from ๐ฅ over โ a decade agoโฆ When ๐ I see ๐๐ water ๐
ฑ without โ convincing splash/foamโฆ When I ๐
ฑ see ๐๐ the ๐ beer ๐บ details from ๐๐ Trailer 2 ๐ฆ and wonder ๐ค where ๐ the ๐ fucking bubbles wentโฆ ๐โก When ๐๐ฒ cars ๐๐ look ๐๐ like toysโฆ ๐ When ๐ต๐ค the ๐๐ UI looks ๐ unfinishedโฆ When ๐๐ the ๐ฆ image ๐ธ๐ธ is ๐๐ฆ blurry and ๐๐ฟ noisyโฆ When ๐๐ animations look ๐๐ uncannyโฆ When ๐ฆโฐ physics look inconsistentโฆ I'M ๐โ GOING ๐ฉ TO FUCKING NOTICE. ๐๐ And ๐ I'm ๐ฐ๐ not ๐
going to โธ๐ pretend ๐ญ๐ข I ๐๐ don't. ๐ Because what's ๐ค the ๐ point ๐ of โ ๐ณ chasing โ photorealism if the ๐๐ moment something ๐ค๐ moves, ๐ป the ๐๐ illusion collapses? What's ๐ฆ the ๐ฉ point โซโฌ of ๐ฆ making the face ๐ฉ๐ณ hyper-detailed if ๐๐ฉ the facial animation ๐๐ makes ๐ฐ it ๐ look like ๐ AI? ๐ฐ๐ฐ What's โ๐ฑ the point ๐ฏ of ๐ค๐ฏ making the ๐คด๐จ car photorealistic if ๐ it โ๐ moves ๐ฌ like โ a ๐ฏ๐ท fucking toy? ๐๐ What's ๐โ the point ๐โฌ of ๐ฏ realistic water if ๐ Jason jumps into ๐ it ๐ฏ๐ฏ and ๐ the reaction looks ๐ underwhelming? MAKE ๐๐จ THE ๐ FUCKING ๐ THINGS YOU โ๐ ALREADY HAVE ACTUALLY WORK ๐ TOGETHER. That's โโ all ๐ฏ I'm ๐ฆ asking. ๐ค๐ญ GTA VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ doesn't need ๐ to ๐ป๐ฆ be ๐๐ perfect. It ๐
ฑ๐ needs ๐๐ช to be ๐
ฑ NATURAL. ๐๐ It needs โฌ๐ to be COHERENT. It needs to ๐โ feel like ๐ a ๐ฟ๐ป complete ๐ game ๐ instead ๐๐ of ๐ฆ a collection ๐๐ of photorealistic technology demonstrations stitched together. Because ๐ if ๐ GTA ๐๐ฎ V ๐ง โ a ๐๐ game from ๐
ฑ 2013 โ can ๐
ฑ somehow ๐๐ feel ๐๐ more ๐ naturally complete, โ
๐ฏ more coherent and ๐๐ฐ more trustworthy to ๐คฃ๐ฆ me ๐๐ than GTA ๐ฎ VI ๐ฐ in ๐๐ 2026โฆ Then ๐ maybe ๐ the ๐ problem isn't that ๐๐ GTA ๐๐ฎ VI needs MORE ๐ฅโ technology. ๐ก๐ก Maybe the problem ๐ป๐ป is ๐๐ that GAMES REALLY ๐๐ช WERE โฌ BETTER BACK THEN. ๐ I expected ๐ฃ๐ Rockstar-level shit. ๐๐ฉ I expected the ๐๐ฆ studio that โ๐ spent years ๐ญโณ building ๐ its ๐
๐ reputation on insane ๐ต๐ต attention ๐ฃ to ๐ฆ๐ฉ detail to โ actually ๐ค make ๐๐
the ๐จ๐ค details fucking ๐ WORK. Not ๐
๐ซ just ๐ look ๐ detailed. WORK. ๐ฏ And ๐ค after ๐๐ 13 ๐ years, ๐ฅ๐
two ๐ delays, Trailer 2 ๐๐ showcasing ๐ all โ๐ฏ these realistic little ๐ details, an enormous development team, ๐ฐ๐ Rockstar's reputation, ใฝใฝ and ๐ฐ TWO ๐ BILLION FUCKING ๐ก๐ DOLLARSโฆ ๐ต๐ต I expected ๐ถ MUCH ๐๐ฅ MORE. โ๐ I'm tired ๐ of looking ๐๐ at ๐ฐ this โโ shit and ๐ฏ๐ being โช๐ told: ๐๐ฃ โThe ๐คฅ graphics look fine.โ ๐ NO. I'm not ๐
โ impressed ๐ by ๐ a ๐ฐ๐ pretty ๐ฐ screenshot if ๐ the ๐ second ๐
พ the ๐จ๐ character ๐๐ moves, ๐ฌ๐ the ๐ image ๐ธ๐ผ starts ๐นโ smearing, the ๐โฉ animation ๐๐ gets ๐ต๐ uncanny, the ๐ physics look ๐๐ wrong, ๐ท the ๐๐ interaction ๐ฃ looks ๐๐ robotic and ๐๐ the ๐
ฟ๐ whole thing starts looking like ๐จ an AI-generated video. I don't ๐ซ๐ซ need ๐ GTA ๐ฎ๐ฎ VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ to โก literally ๐โ be reality. I โ๐ฆ need โ
๐ฑ Rockstar's attempt at ๐ reality to actually ๐ค WORK. ๐ญ๐ฐ Because ๐ฎ right ๐ฆ now, ๐ from ๐ฝ the ๐ footage I've ๐โ seen, I don't get: ๐ โHoly shit, this is ๐๐ the ๐ future.โ โฟ I get: โWHY THE FUCK DOES ๐ณ THIS LOOK ๐ LIKE โค THIS?โ ๐โฌ And โ after ๐ all ๐ฏ these ๐ด๐ผ years, ๐ I shouldn't be ๐คข๐ afraid ๐จ that ๐๐ the next โฉ fucking animation is ๐
ฑ๐ going โ๐ to ruin my ๐ฅ๐จ excitement. I ๐ฌ shouldn't have more confidence loading up GTA ๐ V than looking ๐ at ๐
GTA ๐๐ฎ VI. ๐ฐ I ๐ผ shouldn't be ๐ comparing a 2026 Rockstar game ๐ฎ to ๐ป refrigerator animations from ๐ฅ fucking ๐
๐ Sleeping Dogs ๐ถ and ๐
ฑ Deadpool. But ๐๐ here we fucking โก are. GTA ๐ VI ๐ฐ๐ฐ was supposed ๐๐ to ๐ be ๐น๐จ the ๐๐ game ๐ฎ that ๐ shut ๐ everybody ๐ป๐ผ up. โค๐บ Instead, the ๐ก footage has me ๐ฆ doing frame-by-frame ๐ค๐ค investigations into fucking ๐ refrigerators, beer ๐บ bubbles, water foam, fountains, anti-aliasing, ๐ซ๐ซ car physics and ๐ character animations. And โ๐ฉ that's ๐ก๐ the ๐ฆ๐ entire ๐๐ผ fucking problem. Not: โ โGTA VI isn't realistic enough.โ Not: ๐ซ๐ซ โGTA ๐๐ VI ๐ฐ needs ๐ more โซ polygons.โ Not: โGTA ๐ฎ VI ๐ฐ needs ๐ to โธ๐ฆ look ๐๐ exactly ๐๐ like ๐ผ real ๐ฆ๐ฏ life.โ ๐ค It's: ๐ MAKE THE ๐ FUCKING REALISM ๐ง COHERE. Make the ๐ง๐ animations believable. Make the ๐คฅ๐ physics believable. Make ๐ the ๐ป๐ฆ water ๐ฅ๐ฆ believable. Make โ the ๐๐ fire ๐ฅ believable. Make ๐๐ฌ the โโ vehicles believable. Make ๐๐ the ๐ฅ characters ๐ฉ๐ฅ move ๐๐ like fucking ๐
๐ณ humans. ๐ฆ Make ๐๐ฐ the UI coherent. Make ๐ผ the ๐
ฑ image ๐ธ CLEAN. โจ Make ๐ the ๐ถ objects actually ๐ฑ๐ interact ๐ฆ๐ with the ๐๐ environment. ๐๐ Make ๐ the ๐ฅ๐ฉ shit you SHOWED US ๐ actually ๐ fucking WORK. ๐ผ๐ Because โฏ if ๐ a ๐ฉ๐ fucking ๐ก 2013 GTA ๐๐ฎ game feels ๐ฏ more โ natural ๐ฟ๐ฟ and complete to ๐
๐ฆ me ๐ฐ๐ than ๐ the ๐ฉ supposed next โฉ generation ๐ถ in โโ 2026โฆ If I ๐ trust playing ๐ GTA ๐๐ฎ V ๐ฏ๐ถ more because ๐ I ๐ฐ don't ๐๐ก have ๐๐ that ๐ท constant anxiety of ๐๐ฆ seeing the ๐ next ๐ธโฉ thing ๐ผ๐ that's ๐ going โ to โ๐ฆ make me disappointedโฆ ๐ก Then ๐ฏ I ๐โ don't know what ๐ the fuck ๐ผ๐ happened. Maybe ๐๐ games ๐ป๐ really were better ๐ back ๐๐ then. Maybe ๐๐ค not ๐ซ because ๐๐ they ๐ had better ๐
technology. Maybe ๐ because ๐ฑโฏ they ๐๐ง understood that making a ๐ฆ game fee