The GTA 6 trailer reactions run the gamut of human expression – excitement, joy, sadness, and of course, a little bit of outrage. Most fans were thrilled at seeing just 90 seconds of Rockstar’s new action game after waiting over a decade since GTA 5 launched. Some praised the graphics, which – assuming they’re from actual in-game footage – look like the first proper fulfillment of next-gen hardware’s promises.
The latest GTA game even impressed LeBron James.
GTA6 looks INSANE!!!! SHEESH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— LeBron James (@KingJames) December 5, 2023
Some of his followers thought James had one specific moment of the trailer in mind.
I know exactly what you were looking at bro 😭pic.twitter.com/qB2F2xT8Tt
— SWB 💫 (@ykkswb) December 5, 2023
Enhanced jiggle physics aside, GTA 6 is an impressive-looking video game on all fronts.
“I’m extremely impressed with the whole game,” Rockstar enthusiast Ben, who goes by VideoTechUK on Twitter, said. “Initial expectations were high, but not like this. The trailer represents a new era of gaming we haven’t seen in the industry. This is going to be a very big, big game and very likely come above on par with RDR2 in every way.”
Even tiny things like glass bottles have so much attention to detail. pic.twitter.com/Sn4I6g3YI2
— Ben (@videotechuk_) December 5, 2023
The fact that every NPC has unique clothes and appearances also stood out to fans on the GTA Reddit, along with how many buildings and people show up in any given scene – particularly impressive after Starfield‘s recycled character models and lack of built-up areas.
This is GTA, though, so to some fans, it just meant more people to run over in your stolen cars.
Others were excited over actually seeing a woman in the lead role. Sure, you could play as a woman in the original GTA, but it was hardly a story-driven, character-focused game like GTA 6 promises to be.
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A handful of people naturally had a problem with Lucia, a Latina woman, taking center stage.
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Female protagonist in GTA 6.
W or L? pic.twitter.com/v2PkhnzKwC
— GermanStrands (@GermanStrands) December 4, 2023
But engagement bait aside, the most common negative reactions were from people finding out GTA 6 won’t launch on PC and realizing they had to wait until 2025 to play on console
Why not just release the GTA 6 trailer in 2024 if it’s not coming out till 2025?
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2024 needs to keep it stepping seriously
— MAH (@matissearmani) December 5, 2023
2024 is gonna be the longest year of our lives 💀
— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) December 5, 2023
PC RELEASE WHEN?! pic.twitter.com/a6pAsfRVBD
— Voicemod (@voicemod) December 5, 2023
The lack of a PC release is hardly surprising. Rockstar’s PC ports always come later, usually as the team has to work on anti-cheat measures for the accompanying online components.
There was even a surprising number of touching posts where people paid respect to series fans who waited years for this moment, but died before it happened.
Salute to all the Gamers who didn’t make it to this day 🫡 pic.twitter.com/buqRfPIBkw
— DomTheBomb (@DomTheBombYT) December 5, 2023
R.I.P to the fallen ones that never made it for this trailer 🙏🏽🫡 pic.twitter.com/ADWbEBtWmD
— Remy Ryy (@Remy_Ryy) December 5, 2023
GTA 6 launches for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S sometime in 2025, assuming there aren’t any more delays or changes in direction.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
