Rockstar’s GTA 6 Realism Experiment Started With Beer And Sandwiches

Compared to previous games in the series, Grand Theft Auto 6 is aiming to add new layers of realism to the franchise. As the criminal couple Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, players will explore a city where actions have consequences, and it's not easy to shake the long arm of the law when you cause chaos. It continues ideas that developer Rockstar Games began experimenting with in Red Dead Redemption 2, but the studio says it initially struggled to figure out how realistic it wanted GTA 6 to be while still offering a fun gameplay experience. As detailed by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Rockstar had a foundation to build on for GTA 6, as it would once again be a satirical open-world game in which you could commit all manner of crime. But the small details proved tricky, as Rockstar Games wanted players to feel immersed in the game's world. At one point, the developers debated whether players would need to fetch a case of beer from a liquor store fridge and take it to the counter before they could buy it, or visit a supermarket to buy ingredients to make a stat-boosting sandwich. "Making each of these decisions required a lot of guesswork because so much of the game wasn’t yet finished…