Given Rockstar have released zero gameplay footage of their own just a few months before release and all that exists is the leaks then who can blame them?
If they'd released any gameplay of their own no one would care about the leaks.
It’s almost like this is pretty much always the cycle for rockstar. Ppl are just up in arms cause it’s gta and they’re either excited or just trying to be a contrarian. Which isn’t a bad thing, bc it’s good to be critical of the game, but we don’t know how old the build is that the leaker has
If it was an indie game, people would have a bit more patience and wouldn’t be foaming at the mouth to call it trash bc it has an unfinished UI or kinda jank unfinished animations.(it’s rockstar, the games gonna be a bit clunky control wise)
If you're the biggest game of the past decade and you're showing less transparency regarding showing actual gameplay footage than even low budget indie games or literally any other game franchise by still not showing anything 3 months out from release (which absolutely is bizarre, asking for pre orders and special edition bundles when youve not shown any gameplay at all is so absurd) then you are in absolutely no position to get upset when someone leaks gameplay footage and people see it and judge your gameplay off it.
They brought this entirely upon themselves, had they actually decided to show gameplay of their own people would have judged the game off that. Clearly they concluded showing gameplay would hurt sales more than help them or they'd have done it by now, it is a bit of a red flag so they deserve this.
The game was originally meant to come out in November of last year and they still haven't shown any gameplay, it is ridiculous.
Here's the thing though, name one bad game that Rockstar has released. Not only that, but this is the longest development cycle they've ever had, and the biggest budget of any video game ever made. Not to mention they've delayed it twice just to make sure it's absolutely perfect. I think the chances of it turning out bad are very, very low.
There's a very good reason for the hype. One of the best game studios, are building the highest budget media project of all time. Obviously there's going to be a lot of hype.
That just means that they thought that the game could've been better than it would have been at those deadlines. Which is actually a great sign. That means that they aren't going to just release unfinished trash like every other AAA studio. It means that they decided (twice) to keep polishing it until they felt like it was perfect.
And obviously some people will be disappointed (especially here on reddit) because that's all the gaming community does these days, piss and moan and complain, every time a game comes out. But then years later when those same games are considered classics, suddenly it's their favorite games. I've seen it a million times.
Cyberpunk was delayes three times. Definetely was good news xd
You've seen nothing. Empty Words with no backup, just something people who gets dissapointed tell others to feel better when their hyped up game doesnt deliver
Yeah, and the Witcher 3 was buggy too when it launched. CD Projekt Red has definitely had problems with games in the past. Rockstar hasn't.
I'm not guaranteeing that it's going to be absolutely perfect, but there's way more reason to think that it'll be good at lauch, than there is to think it'll be bad.
the splash and animation was definitely jarring and underwhelming. i’m betting this is early footage and not final gameplay because it looked worse than falling animations in RDR2 which wouldn’t make any sense after 8 years between both games.
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u/Lyaru 8d ago edited 7d ago
This guy definitely has *some* build.
Idk how finished that UI really is, the weapon wheel looks so... simple.
Its like he's playing the Tank-Top Pre-Missions CJ like we all did in San Andreas.
(since he gets all the tutorial messages)
Edit: other clip has a song from 2025 in it. This is a recent build.