The much-anticipated, surprisingly controversial Grand Theft Auto 6 "extended look" just dropped on Netflix, and while I may not completely agree with the marketing philosophy, I did wind up logging on to the platform and watching it. Taking the 27 minutes of in-engine GTA 6 footage at face value, I have to say I'm quite impressed.
Something that especially blew me away, even though I expected nothing less, is Grand Theft Auto 6's incredible fidelity and attention to detail. It appears that Rockstar has very much picked up the gauntlet it threw down with the insanely realistic Red Dead Redemption 2. It's graphically stunning, but that's not what surprises me. What surprises me is just how true-to-life Vice City, Rockstar's analog to Miami, seems to be. As someone who holds the city very dear to his heart, and who lived there for several years, I'm struck by how authentic this virtual rendition looks and feels.
Rockstar has made a lot of controversial decisions with its GTA 6 marketing, and the Netflix showcase is one of its boldest yet.
Rockstar hasn't visited Vice City since 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , whose rudimentary sixth-generation graphics make it quaint by modern standards. Rockstar's more recent metropolitan area, Grand Theft Auto 5 's Los Santos , is a fairly accurate representation of Los Angeles, its own real-world counterpart, but I admit I was slightly worried about how the developer would handle Miami.
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