I am sometimes sceptical of trailer scrubbers—and there are a hell of a variety of them with Grand Theft Auto 6. Cannot blame them, clearly, it has been 10 complete years since we final bought a GTA sport.
However they’ve actually been ravenous this time—drawing circles round moles, driving up Spotify numbers, and having some would-be gamers questioning their mortality. A sport trailer should not be supplying you with an existential disaster, however as you are about to seek out out, it bought me fairly shut.
The trailer tells Lucia’s story in reverse! from r/GTA6
As identified by Hudrenn on the sport’s subreddit, the trailer is perhaps truly telling would-be protagonist Lucia’s story in reverse. They promote it with an edit that by itself is convincing, however in the end conjecture. There is a massive ‘however’ although.
You see, my pricey Watson(s): in GTA 6’s official cowl artwork, Lucia is sporting an digital tag within the type of an ankle bracelet. And, as additional identified by consumer Ravenbtw, she’s not sporting it when she goes on her heist along with her (literal) accomplice in crime. Evaluate the picture under to the one Ravenbtw posted, and yep: no anklet.
No ankle bracelet. Maybe the “reverse trailer” idea is not loopy? from r/GTA6
It might be bizarre for Lucia to get out of jail, doubtlessly take care of an anklet, go on one other heist, then return to jail in time for her to get a second anklet for the character design rendered within the official art work. Or wouldn’t it? As a result of, then again, digital tagging gadgets are supremely tousled whenever you dwell in a rustic that privatises their use.
In response to a chunk by ACLU Florida in 2022, monitoring gadgets just like the one Lucia’s sporting will be utilized to individuals “awaiting trial, serving probation and parole, and going through immigration proceedings”. All this to say, Lucia may very well be sporting the anklet whereas she’s awaiting trial or whereas she’s on probation. In different phrases, earlier than or after she’s out of jail.
Secondly, the article mentions that these gadgets can apply monetary strain because you’re typically charged for the digital monitoring gadget the state mandates you put on.
“Relying on the jurisdiction, charges to put on these displays vary from $3-$35 a day, typically along with preliminary setup costs, which may vary from $100 to $200. The costly charges compound and might quantity to tons of of {dollars} per 30 days, overburdening households already coping with the return of family members from incarceration.”
This is not simply restricted to jurisdictions in Florida, by the way in which. A ProRepublica article written along with the New York Occasions tells the story of Daehaun White, aged 19, who wanted to pay related charges in 2018. “he can be required to pay $10 a day to a personal firm, Japanese Missouri Different Sentencing Companies, or EMASS. Simply to get the monitor connected, he must report back to EMASS and pay $300 up entrance—sufficient to cowl the primary 25 days, plus a $50 set up payment.”
After lacking the deadline attributable to a forgotten letter, his mom later stated that she “felt that the courtroom was forcing her to decide on between getting White out of jail” by paying the payment, “and supporting the remainder of her household.”
I did need to preserve issues mild, seeing as this was meant to be a fast piece on a GTA 6 trailer idea, however Rockstar put an anklet in there, so—hey, we’re speaking about it now. All this to say: it is doable this “reverse trailer” idea is incorrect, relying on how intensely Rockstar’s subsequent sport needs to look at these types of themes. Not solely might Lucia have been given an anklet earlier than we see her in jail however—as I not too long ago discovered—the monetary strain from it might’ve pushed her into committing additional crimes.
Regardless of this, the idea’s nonetheless convincing. The best way the story is offered in reverse—going from Lucia and her boyfriend discussing “belief”, to a heist, to driving, to being pursued by the cops, to touchdown in jail—makes much more sense. From a sport design perspective, it’d even be a helpful framing gadget to restrict Lucia’s actions on the map for a chapter or two, maybe whilst you’re determining tips on how to bust her accomplice out of jail with out considered one of these godforsaken issues connected.
