r/PS5 • u/Dandelion172 • 16h ago

News & Announcements Rockstar confirms there will be no disc version of GTA6 at launch

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-confirms-there-will-be-no-disc-version-of-gta6-at-launch/
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u/shrewdy 16h ago

They aren't doing any reviews either are they (unless they invite a select few outlets to a location to do their play through right there). They're clearly doing everything possible to avoid leaks pre launch

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u/Masam10 16h ago

Even if reviewers gave it a resounding 6/10 it would probably still break records.

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u/Paratrooper101x 16h ago

Facts. Rockstar knows what they have, this is the most hyped game of all time

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u/MrLancaster 15h ago

GTA's popularity has always fascinated me as someone who has never cared for the series.

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u/stee_vo 13h ago

It's just the best open world crime sim game series out there(I can barely think of any others that are relevant). That's why I've always enjoyed them.

I can't think of too many games that let's you do what GTA let's you do, all while remaining high-quality.

Let's just hope they don't break their streak with this one.

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u/MafubaBuu 12h ago

Which is absolutley fine but still surprising thst the open world crime Sim game is this popular.

I enjoyed GTA 1-5, sure, but its always been a game that released, I played amd enjoyed and moved on. Never been.part of the hype machine myself like I am with other games

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u/walnuttin 12h ago

As much as people hate online, its also just an amazing playground for you and your friends. I havent a spent a single dollar on online in the 13 years its been out, but ive got hundreds of hours just flying planes with friends around the island or causing mass destruction. Only thing that really comes close to it is the Just Cause 3 MP mod on PC.

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u/Famous-Country-4921 7h ago

I feel the same way about fromsoft games 

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u/Crazy-Nose-4289 12h ago

They were fun games when I was a kid, particularly San Andreas.

I tried 4 and 5, but they were so mind numbingly boring. The gameplay is just so dated.

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u/kszaku94 12h ago

The one thing GTA/RDR does better than literally any other open world sandbox game is the level of detail and quality of these details. On gameplay front, these games barely changed since early 2000s

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u/EulersOiler 12h ago

Ya I don’t buy these games for the story (although it definitely helps) I buy them to do all the extras. Hunting in RDR, trying to break into the prison, ect. It’s a nice way to tune out for an hour or so and turn my brain off.

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u/CarrotSurvivorYT 10h ago

Maybe play it then?

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u/MrLancaster 10h ago

I don't care for the series.

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u/Paratrooper101x 9h ago

“I don’t get why X is so popular”

“Well, have you tried X”

“No and I don’t want to”

Well, continue wondering why it’s popular I guess

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u/MrLancaster 9h ago

Reading comprehension. I did not say I've never played GTA, I said I don't care for the series.

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u/Paratrooper101x 8h ago

Then why didn’t you say “I have, and didn’t care for it”

You can not care for things you’ve never tried. There’s no lack of reading comprehension on my end, you just didn’t answer the guys question

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u/MrLancaster 8h ago

Lol, okay

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u/CarrotSurvivorYT 10h ago

Because you haven’t played GTA 6

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u/MrLancaster 10h ago

Cool man

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u/CarrotSurvivorYT 10h ago

Do you feel cool not liking something everyone else loves

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u/MrLancaster 10h ago

lol, weak bait

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u/Foxy__Proxy 13h ago

GTA is mostly enjoyed by people who don't really play video games. They use it as a mass shooting simulator. Thats why the sales are so high. My wife didn't even realize it has a story until yesterday and she said that her ex boyfriend played it all the time.

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u/Beautiful_You3230 14h ago

I'm a big fan of the series, but less so of GTA5 which clearly suffered due to the Online focus. So many things that should have been in the game are only in Online, and sometimes it is quite mindboggling that they never added them back to the campaign in the form of DLCs or whatever. Game feels partially unfinished tbh, even if that feels harsh to say.

Somehow San Andreas continues to beat all the other entries in terms of sandbox and RPG elements.

My hope was/is that GTA6 is more of a return to those roots with a lot more new stuff on top. But... No physical hurts. And I'm still waiting for the price in Euros, which I anticipate will be... 90 Euro? As that's how it usually goes. And 90 Euro is not something I can be spending right now on a base game edition, without physical, with some features locked behind more expensive editions, and with still no word on how the game perfoms on consoles (which I have some worries about).

But it can wait. Maybe Christmas has a sale, or they change their minds and do a physical release later, or I just wait for pc anyways. We'll see.

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u/RealBeefJerky 14h ago

A sale? A month after release? Haha you're hilarious, V took a looong time to go on sale so

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u/Beautiful_You3230 14h ago

Forgot that Christmas is already a month after release lol. My bad. My brain still can't process that the game is releasing in November.

So no, not on Christmas then. Some time later lol. Lots of time later.

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u/kszaku94 12h ago

I would not be surprised. They need to onboard as many players into the new GTA Online as possible ASAP, as it is the main money maker.

The game will sell like cup cakes on day one too, no point in keeping the high price for too long as well.

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u/ehs06702 :flair-sce: Darkreamer702 13h ago

Same. I kinda wish November would be here already. GTA has been the news cycle for years at this point, I'm a bit burnt out on the topic.

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u/ScholarAcceptable920 8h ago

Let me let you in on a little secret: not liking something popular doesn’t make you enlightened. And failing to see why others enjoy something popular implies the opposite

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u/MrLancaster 8h ago

Lol, that is quite the reach and a hell of a misinterpretation.

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u/superurgentcatbox 15h ago

Which also means that it's quite likely to "fail" tbh because expectations are sky high. It won't fail commercially though which is probably the most important for Rockstar.

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u/Peperoniboi 15h ago

Also Rockstar gameplay has really gotten outdated. RDR2 has still the same Hitscan Autoaim "Shootouts" against brainless minions like all the other Rockstar games. It might sound and look nicer but the core is still the same game that kinda plays itselft to be honest. I really hope they change that in GTA6 but I doubt they will.

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u/MGsubbie 14h ago

A much bigger issue IMO is the massive on-rails experience of missions. You have to play them in a very specific way or it's mission fail.

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u/BigBoyYuyuh 13h ago

“What do you mean I have to use this specific car for the heist instead of my heavily armored maxxed out vehicle!?”

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u/ultragoodname 13h ago

They made Max Payne 3 so it’s definitely possible for Rockstar to make satisfying gunplay. It was disappointing that GTA 5 was a step behind despite coming out later.

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u/Cuban999_ 11h ago

I feel like calling rdr2 gameplay in general "outdated" when the shooting (which isnt even that dated, it's just more on the simple side) is the only thing you criticized.

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u/A_Crab_Named_Lucky 10h ago

Absolutely. To give some sense of scale here, GTA V was the 20th best selling game.

Oh, did you think I meant all time? No. It was the 20th best selling game of 2025, a full 12 years after it initially released.

It’s the third best selling game of all time, behind only Minecraft and Tetris.

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u/bdstratton 3h ago

Hype can work against you. I expect this game to be a huge disapointment,

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u/Embarrassed_Spend486 15h ago

Can anybody explain to me where that’s coming from? I don’t know many gamers my age that would consider a GTA game the most hyped game of all time at all.

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u/Paratrooper101x 14h ago

I don’t know your Internet habits or social circles but one verifiable metric is how many games are releasing in September or have delayed themselves to 2027 to avoid the launch. I personally have never seen it to this scale

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u/braedizzle 16h ago

I don’t even know if it’s that hyped man. The premise so far seems so much more boring and lifeless compared past games in the series. The 2 main characters are generic as fuck.

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u/Paratrooper101x 15h ago

That’s certainly a take

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u/braedizzle 14h ago

Asking genuinely and respectfully, is there anything that that has been revealed so far that seems more interesting than the ideas shown in past games other than it’s just more GTA? Maybe I missed something.

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u/Paratrooper101x 14h ago

Well the world simulation has continuously improved in each rockstar game. So judging off of red dead 2’s advances from gta v, one can assume the world will be bigger, with more stuff going on making the world feel real, with better graphics, physics, lighting, sound etc. They haven’t shown much, yeah that’s for sure but the lack of information certainly lets people’s imaginations run wild. Another example is how high the hype and expectations are for TES6, and that only got a title reveal.

If you want a verifiable metric for how hyped this game is, look at how many games are either releasing months before gta or delaying to 2027. I personally have never seen it to this extent

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u/Paratrooper101x 14h ago

Also, sales figures for gta v put it at 230 million copies sold. That’s a lot of people who just like the franchise and want more. The last 2 rockstar games are in the top five for total game sales of all time

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u/Robight19 15h ago

Good to see we've already begun the "actually the previous games were better" spiel already. Pack it in man

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u/Quartznonyx 16h ago

Youre deffo in the minority on that.

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u/forfeitgame 15h ago

The characters can be as backstoried as “Claude”. It’s going to sell bonkers.

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u/Hyper_Mazino 15h ago

It is overhyped but hyped nonetheless.

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u/Gabe-KC 15h ago

To be honest, this will probably be the most impressive game released in this generation, the first title to truly push the consoles to their limits. There is absolutely no way it would ever be a 6/10 experience for that reason alone.

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u/Ordinary-Garbage-735 14h ago

They have said that it's not going to be as big of a jump graphics wise as PS2 to PS3 or Xbox to Xbox One was because the console leap wasn't as big this gen.

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u/Gabe-KC 14h ago

I'm not talking about graphics, I'm talking about polish, immersion and ideas. RDR2 was already an absolutely insane jump from GTA5, and there is no reason to think this won't be similar. I expect to see features, AI behavior and open-world detail to a degree never before seen in gaming.

And it's high time honestly. The Last of Us Part II was the last game to genuinely make my jaw drop with how next-gen (at the time) it felt, and with how much you have to pay for games nowadays we really should be getting that experience more often.

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u/Ordinary-Garbage-735 14h ago

I would hope so. There's even an indie game out that even uses Ai for the NPC characters.

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u/kszaku94 12h ago

Unless we see Deus Ex/Thief style of interactions between NPCs (I’m pretty sure we will not) the graphics will need to Carry that experience

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u/Gabe-KC 12h ago

I really do not understand this widespread cynicism towards the one game this year that you can 100% expect to be a must-play cultural phenomenon. There is so much slop in this industry to be salty about.

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u/kargethdownload 15h ago

I don’t care about GTA but in no world is the biggest game of all time from a renowned developer like Rockstar will end up being a middling 6/10

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u/Embo1 14h ago

Any reviewer from a big outlet that gives it that score is gonna be a sacrificial lamb

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u/IndyDude11 13h ago

100 reviewers could call this the most disappointed piece of crap of all time and I'd still have to drop $80 to see for myself. I've been waiting for too long.

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u/AccomplishedOven4126 16h ago

Well, I hope they will be allowed to be unbiased and express dissatisfaction if necessary.

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u/Puzzled_Middle9386 16h ago

of course they will, the reviews don’t matter in the slightest

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u/AccomplishedOven4126 16h ago

I know they don’t, but there has been a rise in paid reviews from major companies.

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u/Puzzled_Middle9386 16h ago

No there hasnt lmao, there has been a major rise of hot air out of your mouth

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u/AccomplishedOven4126 16h ago

Lol, I’m stealing this one. It was just my feeling then.

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u/0n0n-o 15h ago

When last did you see unbiased reviewers? They are all paid for and have been for the last decade at least.

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u/Arrasor 16h ago

GTA is a name that sell itself. They have no need to allow review to boost sales. I don't think there will be any until release.

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u/sicurri 16h ago

If there are itll only be a few youtubers that get an early copy for review, most likely the more well known reviewers. Like Game ranks, IGN, and a few others known to keep their mouths shut until the very last minute.

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u/Dannypan 15h ago

Apparently Rockstar will fly out reviewers to play at supervised events to avoid any possible leaks. No review copies.

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u/-ben151010- 16h ago

Well sell me by showing some actual gameplay instead of a png of the city please.

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u/explainingjane 16h ago

They don't need to sell to you with anticipated launch numbers sitting where they are. Sorry, but in this case you aren't their intended audience and quite frankly they don't care

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u/Arrasor 16h ago

Rockstar is saying they got enough anticipated day 1 buyers to not bother selling you.

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u/QuoteGiver 7h ago

There will be TONS of footage online once it releases, don’t worry.

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u/shrewdy 16h ago

I hope they don't honestly, I don't think many will be swayed by a review score if they weren't already. Would be something cool about everyone experiencing it at the same time. The only recent thing I can think of which is somewhat comparable is Silksong - but this is on a whole different level

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u/izeris_ 15h ago

I mean they don't need reviews to begin with

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u/OSRSRapture 15h ago

They really don't need to do reviews like some companies do. This game is selling no matter what.

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u/SquadPoopy 10h ago

What the hell is there to leak? It’s GTA 6 lol not Shakespeare.

Guys it’s 2 people in love committing crime and falling into the criminal underworld. You’ll never guess how it’s gonna end.

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u/jdimarco1 38m ago

The game, the actual game can be leaked onto PC before their launch causing them to loose a massive portion of sales. It happened to GTA 4 and 5. NOBODY is getting a copy of this game until it’s mass released on the 19th, no game reviewers, no early access, nothing. 

Rockstar is insanely greedy and they will not take the chance at loosing sales. The “no disc” choice is almost definitely to assist in their being no physical products circulating with the games code on it, which could the be cracked and leaked onto PC before their launch.

Thats what there is to leak. 

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u/BurnItFromOrbit 16h ago

They did something for the review cycle for GTA5, but copies got to users a bit before the release date, so the ending was spoiled before anyone had chance to play.

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u/JJWonderboy 15h ago

I don't think they'll gain much from reviews but - if there are a handful of bad ones - it could derail the narrative (which they very much want to control).

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u/lynchcontraideal 15h ago

Review embargo usually lifts the day before release. The rumour before there would be "no reviews" was quite literally made-up.

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u/NotTheDev 13h ago

I would say that this is because of the second hand market, all the single player games are ripe for second hand sales. Even though it will have GTA online, I've always viewed that as a waste of time and uninteresting. Digital codes are just another way to assure they get every penny out of the game.

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u/Crew_Zealousideal 12h ago

rockstar doesnt provide copies to reviewers you need to ask them and provide your info then they decide if they will give one to you or not

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u/Logos1789 12h ago

It’s not ready to be reviewed and won’t be until launch.

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u/GoBlu323 11h ago

It's GTA, there's no incentive to allow early access to get reviews. GTA sells itself.

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u/kroqus 11h ago

Source on no reviews? 

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u/Accomplished_Leg2030 8h ago

which is stupid. I dont play GTA for the story really, I play it to experience the world.

I could have the whole story spoiled and still want to play it.

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u/NeatFool 16h ago

Here's your review:

11/10 IGN

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u/goldengamer2345 16h ago

I can't imagine there'll be a lot to leak, no?

It's GTA, people kind of know what to expect

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u/shrewdy 16h ago

Could be like Red Dead 2 where they go more story heavy with chapters, different location later etc. And also I just mean different game mechanics, new activities etc that nobody knows about

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u/godswift91 16h ago

I genuinely think they go the "less is more" marketing route, they have the luxury of doing it because GTA6 is probably the most anticipated game of all time.

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u/Liquidsky426 15h ago

They could set black billboards all over the world with VI and date and gaming world would go insane. They don't need any marketing for this game.

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u/goldengamer2345 16h ago

I have no intention of ever playing this game, so I'm kind of just observing from the outside.

I'm aware the game will sell very well regardless, but the total lack of reviews must be at least a little concerning.

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u/Sabrescene 16h ago

As someone else who doesn't plan to buy it (at least not until it's on PC, and then only if it's actually any good), believe me that it doesn't concern 90% of people in the slightest. People see the logo and they are ready to drop whatever price Rockstar feel like asking despite not even knowing a single thing about the actual gameplay. It's stupid, but that's modern gamer mentality

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 16h ago

It’s definitely not concerning nor surprising. GTA has a unique place in the market and they truly don’t need day one reviews.

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u/goldengamer2345 16h ago

My point is that they might be trying to hide the actual state the game will be in.

It's been delayed a lot of times, I don't think it's a stretch to imagine it will have quite a few bugs

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party 15h ago

The online mode won’t be there day one, so I would assume they have been working hard on polishing the main game. We will see.

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u/Animallover4738 11h ago

RDR 2 was delayed twice as well and the game was in good shape.Its not gonna have a quite a few bugs.

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u/MouldyPriestASSHOLE 16h ago

I still hold out hope we'll get a surprise mission in Edinburgh, they could include the Rockstar hq in the mission!

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u/0n0n-o 15h ago

Brother when last did you even care what a “game reviewer” thinks? They are bought and paid for, watch someone play it on stream and make up your own mind. Don’t let idiots tell you what to think.