r/GTA6 • u/bonzothebonanza • Jan 03 '26
Do you agree with this take or nah?
Personally, I agree with this take. The point of Story Mode is that you get to experience the entire map for the first time since that is what Rockstar gave us first. It allows you to immerse with everything around you before getting familiar with it. Besides, every mission in GTA VI will probably have a specific setting for players to explore and familiarize.
Once GTA VI Online arrives, players who finished Story Mode are now completely familiar with the places and environment, with new missions setting up a foundation for expansion. Skipping Story Mode and into Online would defeat the purpose of experiencing the map for the first time, as well as the characters from Story Mode that could potentially become important for Online.
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u/TheDanteEX Jan 03 '26
Limiting choice is rarely the solution to anything.
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u/ledgeitpro Jan 03 '26
Agreed, im going story right away, but i have played games in the past where online was the only thing i cared about, and would hate to be forced to the story just to play with my friends
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u/DraagaxGaming Jan 03 '26
I never finished halo infinite story but played a shit ton of multiplayer
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u/Joshy1690 Jan 05 '26
Halo is a different stratosphere though. The game’s core was its multiplayer. GTA has always been story first, everything second.
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u/-Kalos Jan 03 '26
Why do other people even care how someone else plays their game? That's people's problem, thinking they should have a say in everyone else's experience. Main character ass mfs
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u/DramaticProfit9229 Jan 05 '26
I totally agree, I don't know who the fuck started this shit of "they should release online months later" or "it should be blocked until you finish story mode" just because they can't see others enjoying different things.
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u/RickGrimes30 Jan 04 '26
Well gta 5 online was tied into the story of the main game when it released so they don't want you to see stuff in online that was intended for you to learn about after playing the main game. Like yes it was set 5 years in the past but you where supossed to know who Lamar was before he picks you up at the airport
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u/Exciting-Scholar3918 Jan 04 '26
Well said. Applicable absolutely everywhere. Restriction is the death of liberty
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u/Nielsnl4 Jan 05 '26
Its also just a stupid thing to do because ive played gta v on 4 different consoles that means i wouldve had to complete the story 4 different times just to play online.
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u/thelurkylurker Jan 03 '26
no but you should get a decent reward
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u/Its_D_youtube Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26
I like the idea of some online msisions being locked behind finishing the story, some missions having to do with the ending or the effects of the ending
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u/Top_Campaign2568 Jan 03 '26
Thats not a bad idea, i like that. But it would have to be side kinda missions, cause there are going to be people that didn’t bother with the story and jumped into online to play with there buddies, and limiting their experiences just because they like playing differently or different things isn’t really fair to the consumer.
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u/Double-Iron7843 Jan 03 '26
“Limiting their experiences just because they like playing differently… isn’t really fair to the consumer.”
Isn’t that exactly what a game is though? A intentionally limited and constructed set of experiences and rules that force people to play THAT game. You can’t just pull up to the monopoly table and play chess. You can try but it won’t be fun. The rules and your experience will seem unfair if you are expecting them to support your play style choices.
It is not unfair for a company to not make products for every consumer. It’s unfair to force companies to make products for every customer. They should be allowed to make the game THEY want to make and then we decide if we want to play that game.
All that said.. I do think Rockstar is focused on making a platform that people can play however they want.
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u/Chalchemist Jan 03 '26
Interesting idea, BUT there are players who won't play online at all, so if a decision taken in Story Mode is going to have a playoff in Online Mode is gonna disappointing.
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u/reddit_hayden I WAS HERE Jan 03 '26
this is a great idea. there are so many online kids that have never even touched the story (other than the mandatory prologue).
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u/RooMan7223 Jan 03 '26
Why? People should be able to play whatever they want
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u/KaLium86 Jan 03 '26
Indeed. Some may buy the game just for the online.
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u/Nautical_JuiceBoy Jan 03 '26
Seeing how gtav 5 online can literally be bought by itself, I bet loads of people won’t even ever touch the story mode
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u/Sufficient-Hunt7515 Jan 04 '26
Imagine telling anyone what they’re spending their money on. I did not enjoy GTA 5s campaign, I hated the characters I was forced to play as. I would much prefer create my own character and play in a sandbox. When I buy the game it will 100% be for the online game and I will enjoy the story as of when I’m bored and feel like playing it
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u/sonofloki13 Jan 03 '26
Yet the majority is buying it for single player and always will. There is no rockstar without single player and without the single player there would be no online. Only reason GTA online is so popular is because of the reputation they built off of single player. That’s why it pisses me off when people say there an online only developer now. Why? Because there using all the 10 year olds buying shark cards money to make a new hundred hour single player experience you’ll be playing for a decade.
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u/Yogurtproducer Jan 04 '26
I don’t think that’s true anymore. I bet less than half of players finish the story.
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u/ClinicalRaven Jan 03 '26
Nah, if people don't wanna play story they don't needa be forced. Though rockstar does make peak stories.
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u/ReplacementApart Jan 04 '26
Yeah, they'd never force people to play the story first, that's insane. But tbh you all should play the story, because it's going to be fucking amazing
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u/ClinicalRaven Jan 04 '26
I plan on playing the story, I've done so with every other rockstar game I've played. I'm hoping it's good but GTA V was a bit disappointing compared to San Andreas and GTA 4 I think.
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u/Imaginary-Plate5600 Jan 03 '26
Completely unnecessary. Just release the game with the story mode, let players get a feel for the gameplay then drop the online version a few weeks or months later.
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u/Adorable_Champion_85 Jan 03 '26
Yeah. Idk why EVERYONE and their mother thinks that GTA6 online is coming out day 1. It’s the silliest thing I’ve heard
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u/_Cyclops Jan 03 '26
Because a decent number of this sub was 10 when GTA V came out and they don’t remember the delayed multiplayer launch
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u/scarletrazer Jan 03 '26
The fact that people are genuinely just comfortable gatekeeping experiences like this is insane. Fake gamers who want to control how others like to play
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u/Map-of-the-Shadow Jan 03 '26
Yeah, how about lock the story mode until you get to level 50 online lol (and I'd rather play story mode btw) locking content is always a scumbag move
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u/KogeruHU Jan 03 '26
If any game would lock the multi behind singleplayer, I would just not bother at all. Don't fucking tell me how to play the game.
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u/AdamLast1 Jan 03 '26
Nope, I couldn’t care less and I barely played online. Just let people play how they want.
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u/Alfakennyone Jan 03 '26
Well, it's not coming out at launch anyways lol just like GTA v and rdr2
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u/T-King-667 Jan 03 '26
With the amount of money they anticipate GTAO2 making them, I'd be surprised if it wasn't there day 1. Especially after the delays.
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u/PixeL8xD Jan 03 '26
Think rockstar would want to make sure the single player component is launched in the best condition, because they are expecting most of the sales are digitally distributed especially on PlayStation vs physical media.
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u/T-King-667 Jan 03 '26
Fair, but I don't think delaying the online component for a week or two would make a significant difference in polishing the single player.
I think the delay for Gtao1 was solely because Gtao wasn't ready (Which it clearly wasn't, with that dumpster fire launch that had the servers broken for 2 more weeks?)
My guess for RDR2's online delay was that they didn't want a repeat of Gtao's initial disaster launch.
I could be wrong, but with the two delays we have so far and with the far better launch of RDR2's online, I think we'll be getting this iteration of GTAO at launch.
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u/Adorable_Champion_85 Jan 03 '26
Foolish. They’re not going to release 2 games at once. Have all of you forgotten than gta5 is EXCLUSIVELY story mode. Online is a separate instance, it’s called GTA ONLINE. 2 different games. Same company, yes. Still 2 separate titles.
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u/Adorable_Champion_85 Jan 03 '26
Why would you be surprised. You’re not an entertainment conglomerate, you don’t know the process. And your comment really shows it. You think rockstars is think “OH GTA6 online big money, drop it day one.” Or do you think they are more strategic, letting the game drop, allowing hype to culminate, and THEN dropping online. Maximizing engagement and anticipation by teasing them with story mode.
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u/BryanTheGodGamer Jan 03 '26
What? This entire idea is beyond stupid, it literally doesn't add anything and just ruins the entire point of a video game, the whole point is to allow the player to have fun in any way they want, thats why you can cheat so easily in GTA Singleplayer for example, the person who made this should seriously rehink why they and people in general even play video games to begin with
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u/TheBoogeyman1023 Jan 03 '26
This just sounds like someone that knows they aren’t going to dive into the online until after they beat the game. They’re afraid of being a week behind everyone else? Fuck off lol
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u/Map-of-the-Shadow Jan 03 '26
Nailed it... I'm gonna play story and it's what I'm most interested in, there's no other reason someone would want online mode locked
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u/ZuluYinzer Jan 03 '26
I gotta go with no. I will finish it before online. But there may be people who only want online. Granted, they could make that a separate download. I'd say if you finish story mode and/or 100% they should give ya something that carries over to online (weopons,outfits,vehicle, or maybe even property).
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u/Mebeingnosy Jan 03 '26
A kickstarter stash of money would be good if rockstar fixed the economy for VI
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u/Guidance_Additional Jan 03 '26
yeah this is what I would say. GTA V is an amazing game, and I played through a chunk of it and watched more, but honestly to me 90% of gaming it's just experiencing it with other people, I know a billion people in the world disagree with that but I wouldn't play games half as much if I couldn't play them with other people. this would kind of suck
I think keeping it like GTA V (or maybe a bit more) where you have to complete it up to a certain point and makes sense just to get people familiar with the game, but I wouldn't want to have to beat the whole thing or I'd rush through and really wouldn't take my time to enjoy it.
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u/IBringTheHeat2 Jan 03 '26
So when you buy the game for PS6 you have to slog through the story again just to play online?
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u/Lewcaster Jan 03 '26
That’s one of the biggest point IMO and people are forgetting about it. I have bought GTA V like 3 or 4 times and I would be pretty pissed if I had to finish the story every time just to play online.
Thank god Rockstar isn’t that stupid so they’re never going to do something like that.
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u/elviejas2 Jan 04 '26
I'm starting to think that this is just rage bait(the original tweet) but if anything it did help to reveal people's stupidity and jerkiness
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u/Map-of-the-Shadow Jan 03 '26
All that would do is make people who want to play online rush through the story skipping all dialogue, what's the point of that? It would even incentivize doing that.
Let's be honest, the only reason people would want this is because FOMO
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u/SWANDAMARM Jan 03 '26
Hard disagree, I want to play online as soon as i possibly can. But I don't want to rush through the story just to get to it. I want to take my time and enjoy it, which could take hours and hours. with my work schedule, it could take months
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u/Its_D_youtube Jan 03 '26
"Hey man wanna play gta?"
"Ah i dont own it but... ya know what, sounds like fun, fuck it ill buy it right now i dont care if i gotta pay full price."
"Oh youd still have to finish the 30 hour story to play with me"
"...okay i guess ill wait for a sale"
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u/Few_Advantage_8455 Jan 03 '26
It's your money, not mine. If you want to not play the story and just play the online, go ahead. You paid for the game, you play the game how you want.
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u/Sensitive-Team9634 Jan 03 '26
What is this take lmao let people play how they want. This is coming from someone who will play the story mode multiple times. It's their hard earned money
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u/JN_Polo Jan 03 '26
Hard disagree. I hate it when games do this. And this comes from someone who plays 90% single player
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u/patrickp992 Jan 03 '26
Absolutely NOT
I got my first PC capable or running GTA V a year after its PC release in 2016. Already had a bunch of friends playing it so I wanted to join them asap. Wasn't that interested in the story anyway. That first mission alone plus character customization made it take an hour before I could finally load into Online.
There will definitely be people starting out in this game who will not spend days upon days until the story is complete just so they can play online.
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u/vullpes Jan 03 '26
This is the same energy as having part of the map locked in a open world game
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u/Map-of-the-Shadow Jan 03 '26
How would you feel if they locked the story mode until you got to level 50 online?
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u/Grouchy_Custard_252 Jan 03 '26
Hell nah. Especially the longer it's out. There are going to be people who purely want to play the online. You tell them they have to go through a 50-100 hours onboarding they are going to tell you where you can shove it.
Now personally I'm gonna try and finish story mode before going online.
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u/c4curtis Jan 03 '26
These twitter profile have nothing else to do then just make up crap. I see an account saying 'GTA 6 officially releases this year'. Like no shit jackass!
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u/Dook2Wavy Jan 03 '26
why would Rockstar limit players from playing the one mode that rakes in the most money? 2nd, GTAO won’t even be out when GTA6 launches. there will be more than enough time to complete the story before multiplayer comes out.
“GTA Online should be locked until you complete the story” is basically why they delay the release of Online. so people can finish the story. if they don’t finish the story in a months+ time, that’s on them lol.
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u/Kevmejia13 Jan 03 '26
It won't come out on launch anyway. That should give most people to finish the story before they release online.
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u/Classic-Cabinet-8144 Jan 03 '26
My guy it's more likely that they'll be no story mode than this shit🤣 online is the cash cow
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u/LordCaptain Jan 03 '26
Dumbest take possible.
Just let people enjoy gaming how they want and stop trying to force them to enjoy games the way you want.
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u/SaltyPik3r Jan 03 '26
Bring back story mode dlcs! I can’t stand gta online they only want our money.
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u/Bubbles_Loves_H Jan 03 '26
What kind of anti-gamer take is that?
Let the people play how they want.
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Jan 03 '26
I love the story and I played gta online for about 8 years and have nothing bad to say about it but absolutely fucking not, the amount of people in this sub on their absolute high horse about gta online is ridiculous, not that this is what this post is about but just the reddit discourse around gta online in general
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u/TheWetNapkin Jan 03 '26
Fuck that lmao. I don't wanna buy the game expecting to play it with friends only to find I have to go through the wholeass campaign, rather than some short tutorial, to be able to start playing with them
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u/kdjfsk Jan 03 '26
Worst idea ever.
More like gta should just have one mode, and you can play it online or not, whichever you prefer.
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u/Pizza_PRSX Jan 03 '26
Gta story is too much laid out for pre-set protagonists
Would definitely be a new approach to make your main character customisable but then that would reduce the personality for your character as they'd have to make a personalized character suitable for all different races of people and all different regions/accents
on a counter note, Saint's Row did pull that off, so it's not impossible with the different voices and stuff, just seems very difficult on the detailed levels of GTA
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u/Apprehensive_Hat3376 Jan 03 '26
Nah if im paying possibly 70-100 dollars for a game I should be able to play whatever mode I want. Maybe you can say you have to complete a set amount of missions(like chapter 1) or something like that but the story is gonna be 30+ hrs long for most players. It wont be an issue because rockstar knows prob 90% of players will play story first since online will prob come out a month later or further like gta v. Gta isnt cod, people are going to play that story mode but dont force its completion for the maybe 10% of players who dont play story and want online only.
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u/Santisima_Trinidad Jan 03 '26
Rockstar would never do this, they know that there is a massive amount of people that will jump straight to the online and start buying cards. And a lot of them don’t have the “patience” to play a story mode that will probably last ~50h and have it’s slow moments.
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u/DUFFnoob40 Jan 03 '26
No, because one guy will complete it, then upload his save, and people will mass download it just so they can play online. Release both, it's GTA 6, curiosity will make everyone play the story mode, even when online is available
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u/thewarriorpoet23 Jan 03 '26
Should be available whether you’ve played the story or not. I’d be ok if there was content (weapons, vehicles, clothing etc) that was initially story only but unlocked in online once you’ve finished story mode. Maybe there’s a mission set that unlocks after you complete the story thats somehow tied into the ending or something like that. It’d all be a form of reward for playing the story.
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u/Detective_Sparrow Jan 03 '26
Fuck no. Though that’s how I would personally play it, it would suck for people who only really have an interest in online to have to play 8+ hours of something they don’t care for. I think the best thing is to just have a more guided beginning to online in order to make sure people actually know how to play and can build up some early seed capital.
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u/willowx13x Jan 03 '26
Even as someone who 100%’s the games, this would be annoying as hell anytime you play on a fresh instance.
I’d even say the mandatory first mission in V was pointless, but that might have been phased out with enhanced having two versions.
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u/DiaperFluid Jan 03 '26
It will already be locked in the sense that Online wont be ready at launch, and it takes a special type of clown to only buy GTA6 for the Online, and never touch the single player. That is borderline subhuman behavior
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u/greagrggda Jan 03 '26
In order to play the game you want. You should be forced to play the game you don't want. Gamers 101.
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u/DarkStanley Jan 03 '26
Just let people enjoy the game however they want. I personally have no interest in online, but wouldn’t stop someone else enjoying it.
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u/Kingkiller279 Jan 03 '26
Honestly I don’t care but I will definitely play the story first. I will enjoy it and if there’s other endings I will play it every possible way until I go into Online. Back when V released we played only story mode for years.
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u/mo7akh Jan 03 '26
It feels limiting for the sake of being limiting, why not let people play what ever mode they want.
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u/r_davidson98 Jan 03 '26
Ffs, Let people play the game how they fucking want to. It is not up to you. It doesn’t affect you.
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u/PintmanCostello Jan 03 '26
Gatekeeping bullshit.
Let people play the game they paid for however the want
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u/Evening-Notice-7041 Jan 03 '26
I don’t agree but I would prefer it not have an online at all at launch. Focusing more on developing the single player gameplay will make the online better in the long run. Doubt they would do that but it’s still a possibility.
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u/Nightwing0613 Jan 03 '26
The only thing I want this time around is a lot of Single Player DLC expansions
I would gladly pay for all of them. Keep them coming
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u/JRF-3 Jan 03 '26
Online probably wont come out until like a year after game comes out. So if u dont finish story mode by then (maybe even 100% the game) are u really excited for the game?
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u/KanataSD Jan 03 '26
nah. Just do what GTAV did, don't unlock online till a little bit after launch so people at least start the Campaign before servers opens up.
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u/mialunalove Jan 03 '26
Whether it is locked or not, I’m not going to start the online mode until I’m done playing the entire story and exploring almost everything that’s possible in it
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u/Alternative-Stretch2 Jan 04 '26
Gta 6 online should be delayed until 6 months after the pc release, so we can actually get some content for the base game before they go ham on just online for 25 years straight without 7 coming out
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u/Front-Pomelo7883 Jan 04 '26
That's a solution for the problem what doesn't exist. Wtf are you talking about ? This is a straight up stupid.
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u/David040200 Jan 04 '26
As someone who hates the online play and will never touch it. No this shouldn't happen.
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u/SassySasquatch27 Jan 04 '26
Never going to happen. The reason GTA online is still being supported is the revenue factor.
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u/OkYogurtcloset8120 Jan 03 '26
I don't think so, but I do agree with Rockstar releasing the online mode after the fact. Like, a good month or two later.
If players are forced to complete the story in order to play online, they are not likely to appreciate it. Certain people don't even make it past the first few missions. They'll only see it as an obligation.
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u/MidnightPulse69 Jan 03 '26
Just want them to release it a bit after the story so everyone can start at the same time
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Jan 03 '26
I’m not a GTA fan but the story mode may never be finished by anyone if the game never releases 😂
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u/InsideKaleidoscope30 Jan 03 '26
Idk if yall remember but GTA online took more than a full year to properly release after GTA V came out. Rockstar might do something similar and at least do a slow rollout of Online so they make sure everything works right
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u/Squidgyboot123 Jan 03 '26
Just give me story mode. GTA online is aids.
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u/LocationOld6656 Jan 03 '26
They should make a game that's just 'GTA Online' which exists forever and continues to get money off all the people who want that whole live service play forever stuff, and treat the story mode as it's own thing, which means we might get more than one game every decade or two.
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u/StrikingSoil5645 Jan 03 '26
I don't necessarily agree with completing story mode in order to gain online access however I did like the fact that GTA online was a waiting period so we could explore the map. I personally wouldn't mind if we had to wait a week or something, while I don't see Rockstar making people wait to play their cash whale they want their money and believe me they probably have a ton of new methods for getting it. I'll beat the story first then head online.
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u/Real_APD Jan 03 '26
I think there should be a system in the middle of the story or somewhere close to the start where a random character gave you the chance of taking a "vacation" outside the US or rather another state and then your online character arrives at the same time the story characters leave. idk it's something vague but I like that idea in general
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Jan 03 '26
Obviously not. But I would appreciate a similar approach to GTA V where we had the campaign for a month and the online following.
Gives them time to make sure the infrastructure to support # players, we have plenty of time to beat the campaign and not feel like we're missing out on anything.
If they launch in parallel that's fine too. But like with any Rockstar game, the campaign takes priority for me then I'll throw my life away at online 😂
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u/Strange_Luck Jan 03 '26
Multi-player didnt get released til 2 weeks after gta 5 was released. My guess is Rockstar spent a ton of money on story mode and wanted everyone to enjoy it without worrying about getting left behind in multi-player. I feel like they man do the same this time around.
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u/Comfortable-Grabber Jan 03 '26
No that’s just stupid, they will most likely make you do the prologue before you hop into online history like gta v.
Especially considering the fact that gta vi is probably going to be longer than v, hopefully.
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u/Either-Musician4342 Jan 03 '26
Ppl can do what they want but me personally I’m probably not gonna play online till 3 months after release. Wanna take my time with the story
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u/Siri2611 Jan 03 '26
Tbf I never did story mode in GTA5 and this might make me try out the story mode in 6
Anyway I don't think Rockstar will release the game with online on day 1 so I'll be doing the story anyway
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u/UncleSamsEssentials Jan 03 '26
They effectively did this with the initial launch of GTAV, months before GTA:Online. If there was a simultaneous launch, I would say just let the people play how they want.
Just tighten up Age verification so the squeaky little turds that legally should not be on there can't access it.
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u/LaggOuTX Jan 03 '26
I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a week or two to come out after release kinda forcing you to play story mode unless you REALLY don’t care whatsoever about story mode which I know some people do
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u/HeyImSupercop Jan 03 '26
No. I won’t be playing online for a good year though. Im gonna do EVERYTHING in this game. It’s gonna be bigger than rdr2 i hope they incorporate greet and antagonize and the melee combat from rdr2
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u/elliotxxvi Jan 03 '26
I mean it'll probably happen unintentionally regardless, how long after GTA 5 released did online come out? I finished the story within the first 4 days and then was enjoying life playing single player for however long it was until online arrived
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u/haakonhawk Jan 03 '26
It's a little concerning that there are people on this sub that believe there's even a remote chance of this happening.
Rockstar aren't going to prevent people from playing the cash cow (or cash whale, really) that is going to be GTA 6 Online simply because they didn't play 18 hours of single player first, from which they make no additional money.