GTA VI har ingen referencer til Trump eller COVID-19

Selvom Grand Theft Auto-serien er konstrueret omkring konceptet om en pastiche over amerikansk kultur, så kommer det kommende Grand Theft Auto VI ikke til at byde på referencer til to centrale aspekter, der ellers har fyldt meget i landet siden produktionen gik i gang.

I et interview med Trois Couleurs siger Rockstar Games' Rob Nelson, at spillet ikke har nogen referencer til den amerikanske præsident Donald Trump, eller til COVID-19. Dette sker for ikke at placere en specifik tidsramme omkring spillet, eftersom de regner med at folk vil spille det mange, mange år frem.

"We develop on very long cycles. The game's been in development since 2015, so the idea is gestating for a long time. The majority of the team really started rolling on to it after Red Dead Redemption 2 released in 2018. We have to be very careful about what ideas we choose to put in there, because it can take a long time to figure out what our angle is on this. Because by the time we write it and cast it and shoot it, and implement it, whatever it is - it could be gone, it could change, it could be dated. And so we're always trying to think about whether something will stand the test of time."

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