GTA 6 Trailer 1: Everything We Learned About Lucia
06.12.2023 - 12:57
/ screenrant.com
/ Michael De-Santa
After many years of leaks and speculation, Rockstar Games has finally revealed its first look at the highly anticipated . The trailer offered a look at the game's new Florida-inspired location, Leonida, and while Rockstar has yet to confirm who is portraying them, it revealed the game's main protagonists, Lucia and Jason.
While allows players to fully customize their characters, Lucia will be both the first female protagonist in a campaign in the 3D era and the first of Latin-American descent, putting her at home in the state of Leonida. This information had been previously leaked, but the new trailer has provided a glimpse at Lucia's backstory and key relationships, particularly with her partner in crime, Jason.
The first game had the option to play as four women, Ulrika, Katie, Divine, and Mikki. However, outside of the avatars on the menu screen, the only difference between them and the four male characters was their pixelated pants and hair, and this had no impact on the missions or gameplay.
's trailer opens with Lucia already incarcerated in one of Leonida's prisons. When asked why she is there by a member of staff — likely a member of a parole board — she nonchalantly shrugs it off saying "", suggesting that she has a relaxed attitude to crime that's somewhat befitting of a protagonist. This sequence does indicate that 's campaign won't follow her first foray into crime and means that she can jump back into her criminal exploits with her connections and expertise already established.
If so, it's possible that could have a similar opening sequence to its predecessor,, showing a heist that went wrong years before the game's main story. While that game had Michael De Santa cutting a deal with the Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) and moving to Los Santos, things could go very differently for Lucia, leading to her arrest. Lucia also sports an ankle monitor in 's first promotional art, which suggests that her parole could have a major impact on her story and movements, potentially being the in-game reason she can't leave Leonida.
The TikTok-esque social media videos placed throughout the trailer could simply be a way to introduce the world of Leonida and the eccentric "" type of characters who inhabit it, or it could be a way for to satirize the popularity of true crime media. If it's the latter, this would be a novel way of covering Lucia and Jason's crime spree in the media, offering an insight into the public's opinions on the matter.
If so, it's possible that Lucia could already be famous through her previous criminal exploits, or her crime spree in could result in some kind of fame and notoriety in the media. Either way, this would be an interesting direction for the franchise to take, with