30 Things You NEED To Do When GTA 6 Releases — Transcript
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- 0:00November 19th, midnight. 13 years of
- 0:03waiting, and the play button finally
- 0:06lights up. You get through the intro
- 0:08mission, the map opens up in front of
- 0:10you, and then you freeze.
- 0:13Story or world, rob a store, or watch
- 0:16the sunrise, steal a car, or steal a
- 0:20helicopter.
- 0:22Most people are going to waste their
- 0:23first night. They'll lose their money in
- 0:25the first hour, wreck their criminal
- 0:27profile before they even know what it
- 0:29is, and drive straight past half the
- 0:31best stuff in the game. So, this is your
- 0:34day one game plan. 30 things from what
- 0:38to sort out before you press start to
- 0:40setting yourself up in the first hour to
- 0:43the Leonida bucket list for your first
- 0:45night, plus the five mistakes that are
- 0:48going to cost a lot of people. Let's go.
- 0:52Two quick ones before day one even
- 0:54starts. One, get the boring stuff done
- 0:58early. Buy the game before November 20th
- 1:01and you get [music] the vintage Vice
- 1:02City pack, including a 55 Vapid Stan and
- 1:07a weapon pattern based on Tommy
- 1:09Versetti's Palm Tree shirt. Clear way
- 1:12more storage than you think you need
- 1:14because Rockstar still hasn't said how
- 1:16big the game is. then preload the moment
- 1:19it opens at local midnight on November
- 1:2212th. Physical copies are just a code in
- 1:25a box, so you're downloading either way.
- 1:28And if your digital pre-order came with
- 1:30a free month of GTA Plus, set a reminder
- 1:33because it renews at full price.
- 1:36Two, GTA 6 unlocks at midnight in a
- 1:40rolling release that starts in New
- 1:41Zealand. So trust the countdown in your
- 1:44own console store, not a random one
- 1:46online. That also means New Zealand gets
- 1:49about 18 hours of play before the US
- 1:52East Coast does. So mute GTA 6, Jason
- 1:56and Lucia everywhere before the spoilers
- 1:59start. And to kill the last few hours,
- 2:02the Miami Heat play as Vice City on
- 2:05November 18th on a court built just for
- 2:08that night. The intro mission is done.
- 2:11Before you go anywhere, these six things
- 2:14will decide how the rest of your night
- 2:15goes. One, GTA 6 doesn't play like GTA
- 2:205, so spend 5 minutes here first. Aim
- 2:24assist is weaker by default, but Rob
- 2:27Nelson says it's tunable. You can set
- 2:29your default walking speed, so no more
- 2:32slow walking. The mini map can stay on,
- 2:35turn off, hide while you're on foot, or
- 2:38become a Red Dead style compass. Kill
- 2:41cams, crash cams, [music]
- 2:43and on-screen prompts can all be turned
- 2:45off. And if you stream, previewers say
- 2:48there's a toggle that cuts out the
- 2:49licensed music. Two, this is the big
- 2:53one. GTA 6 tracks what kind of criminal
- 2:56[music] you are. Professional,
- 2:59aggressive, violent, or psycho. Jason
- 3:02and Lucia each have their own. Killing
- 3:05in self-defense or during a mission
- 3:07doesn't count against you. going on a
- 3:09pointless rampage does. And previewers
- 3:12say that if you go far enough, the
- 3:14profile cracks and shatters and it stays
- 3:17that way for the rest of your
- 3:18playthrough. So decide now what kind of
- 3:21criminal you want to be. Three, your
- 3:24personal vehicle isn't just a car. It
- 3:27holds your full weapons loadout, and the
- 3:29Scooter Bros app will deliver it to you
- 3:31anywhere. But in the preview build,
- 3:34there were only three slots. One for
- 3:36Jason, one for Lucia, and one extra. So,
- 3:40don't register the first shiny thing you
- 3:42steal. Pick something fast, something
- 3:45with a big trunk, something you actually
- 3:47like. Garages for extra storage can be
- 3:50bought later. Four, you can carry two
- 3:54concealed handguns and two long guns,
- 3:56one on your back, one in your hands.
- 3:59Everything else lives in your personal
- 4:01vehicle's trunk or in a locker at
- 4:03ammunition. and people notice what
- 4:06you're carrying. Walk around holding a
- 4:08rifle and they'll back away and cops
- 4:10will warn you. For your first night, one
- 4:13long gun on your back is plenty. Five.
- 4:17Any cash in your pocket is gone if
- 4:19you're wasted or busted. Your bank
- 4:22balance is safe, but you can only
- 4:24deposit at an ATM, not from your phone.
- 4:28So, before you do anything stupid, and
- 4:30you will find an ATM.
- 4:32Six. This sounds like a joke. It isn't.
- 4:36Jason and Lucia's relationship is a real
- 4:38system, and just doing missions together
- 4:41might not be enough to keep them
- 4:42together. Ignore her texts, and it takes
- 4:45a hit. Reply, send the goodnight text,
- 4:49spend time together. Even going to the
- 4:52gym together counts as a date. Now, the
- 4:55fun part. Here's the Leonida bucket list
- 4:57for night one. one. Ask GTA fans what
- 5:02they're doing first, and a surprising
- 5:04number give the same answer. Pull over
- 5:07somewhere and watch the first sunrise.
- 5:09The game starts down in the Keys, so
- 5:12you'll probably see it over the water.
- 5:14Rockstar even built wind into the world.
- 5:17There are offshore breezes after sunset,
- 5:19and gusts send ripples across the water.
- 5:2313 years of trailers, and this is the
- 5:25first one you'll see live. Two, Rockstar
- 5:29told one previewer the beach crowds
- 5:32change with the time of day. So when
- 5:34they switched the game to the afternoon,
- 5:36the beach was packed just like the
- 5:38screenshots. Go in the afternoon and
- 5:41look down, the sand takes footprints.
- 5:44Three. One of my favorite preview
- 5:47stories. El Rubius wanted a helicopter,
- 5:50so he walked into a hotel lobby, took
- 5:53the elevator all the way to the top, and
- 5:55walked out onto a rooftop helipad with
- 5:58no loading screen at any point. There
- 6:01was a helicopter sitting there, so he
- 6:03took it. Try it on night one. Your first
- 6:06proper look at Vice City from the air is
- 6:08worth it. Four, for the first time in
- 6:12GTA, the radio follows you on foot.
- 6:15Jason and Lucia have earbuds connected
- 6:18to their phones, and there are ondemand
- 6:20podcasts, too. Flash FM is back. There's
- 6:24Dirty South Classics for Southern Hip
- 6:26Hop and Backcount Radio with a host who
- 6:30broadcast from an airboat. Go for a walk
- 6:32down Ocean Drive with your own
- 6:34soundtrack. Five. Burger Shot and
- 6:37Cluckenbell both have drive-thrus now,
- 6:40or you can go in and sit down. A
- 6:43convenience store hot dog will even top
- 6:45up your health. Just remember, what you
- 6:48eat changes your weight. And yes,
- 6:51somebody on Reddit has already said
- 6:53their first move is asking for a
- 6:55military discount as Jason. Six.
- 7:00Almost every [music] store can be
- 7:02robbed, and the small ones aren't even
- 7:04marked on the map. Do it properly. Mask
- 7:07on, gun hidden until you need it. Then
- 7:11decide. Grab the register and run or go
- 7:14for the safe. Look around before you
- 7:17start. In one preview, the safe code was
- 7:20written on an employees desk. And check
- 7:23the 3D map first. It can show you
- 7:26roughly what the job is worth and where
- 7:29the back door is. Seven. Leonid's
- 7:33criminals are busy without you. One
- 7:35previewer hit a traffic jam caused by a
- 7:38crashed getaway car [music] with the
- 7:40robbers's loot scattered across the road
- 7:42and took it for himself. Another found
- 7:45two robbers trapped inside a jewelry
- 7:47store asking for help and took over the
- 7:50job. One warning, stolen cash can be
- 7:54marked and that has to be laundered
- 7:56before you can spend it. Eight.
- 7:59At some point, a completely naked man
- 8:02may appear in the middle of a busy
- 8:04street asking you to take him home. Help
- 8:07him. It turns into a proper side event.
- 8:10There's a reward at the end, and the
- 8:12previewer who saw it said the cutscene
- 8:15was hilarious.
- 8:17That's all I'm saying. Nine. In IGN's
- 8:20demo, Lucia ran into a man living in a
- 8:23dumpster. You can give him pills or not.
- 8:27You can come back later and he'll give
- 8:29you legal advice. Or you can just climb
- 8:32in with him. Nobody knows why. Find him
- 8:35anyway. 10.
- 8:38Rockstar says Leonita's politics come at
- 8:41you sideways. You'll see election signs,
- 8:44hear political talk shows on the radio,
- 8:46and get a rooc call from a campaign on
- 8:48Jason's phone. Answer it at least once.
- 8:52Rockstar satire is at its best when it's
- 8:55this petty.
- 8:5611.
- 8:58Jason and Lucia can't post anything, but
- 9:00they can watch. And previewers say that
- 9:03if you watch an influencer's live
- 9:05stream, you can go and find them out in
- 9:07the world, wherever they're streaming
- 9:09from. Pick one and go and crash their
- 9:11stream. 12. Some shops have magazines
- 9:15you can actually pick up and read.
- 9:18Previewers say magazines and comic books
- 9:20are collectibles, and there's a scanner
- 9:22to help you find hidden items. If you're
- 9:25going for 100%, start your collection on
- 9:28night one. 13.
- 9:30You can't just walk up and pet every dog
- 9:32anymore. You ask the owner first, and
- 9:35the answer isn't always yes. Some dogs
- 9:38bark, and some owners get hostile. When
- 9:41it works, you can pet, scold, or study
- 9:44the dog. Even the leashes have physics.
- 9:48One previewer got tangled in one.
- 9:5114. There are more than 170 animal
- 9:55species in Leonida, including manatees,
- 9:58flamingos, pelicans, cane toads,
- 10:01iguanas, and reesus macac monkeys, which
- 10:05really do live wild in Florida. Some
- 10:08animals are classed as rare,
- 10:10discoverable, or legendary, and Rockstar
- 10:13is keeping those secret. Somebody is
- 10:15going to find the first legendary animal
- 10:17on day one. Why not you? 15. Grab scuba
- 10:22gear and get under the water. Rockstar
- 10:25says you'll find different shark
- 10:26species, whales, rays, turtles, and
- 10:30jellyfish down there. And previewers say
- 10:32there are shipwrecks and hidden treasure
- 10:34on the seabed. The ocean floor might be
- 10:37the least explored part of the map for
- 10:39weeks. 16. Remember Jason's awkward
- 10:43backflip into the water that went viral?
- 10:46Turns out you control that. When you
- 10:48jump into water, you choose your speed,
- 10:50whether you flip, and which way you
- 10:52rotate. Find the tallest thing next to
- 10:55the water, and practice until it doesn't
- 10:57look like that. 17. Make your first date
- 11:00a good one. Mini golf, a game of pool,
- 11:04kaying through the mangroves, or the
- 11:06rooftop bar from the extended look where
- 11:08there's a button to hold hands. It's not
- 11:11just cute. Previewers say the
- 11:13relationship can affect how well Jason
- 11:15and Lucia work together on robberies.
- 11:1818.
- 11:20Rockstar's own description of Northern
- 11:22Leonida reads like a party invitation.
- 11:25There are ATV trails, a drunken mudpark
- 11:29party, demolition derby races on
- 11:31floodlit oval tracks at night, mountain
- 11:34bike trails, and bass fishing in a
- 11:36cypress lake. Vice City gets the
- 11:39attention, but the north might have the
- 11:41best nights in the game.
- 11:4319. Leonida gets tropical storms and
- 11:47even hurricanes. The weather is local,
- 11:49so you can stand somewhere sunny and
- 11:51watch it pouring down across the water.
- 11:54After the rain, puddles stick around,
- 11:56and in the right light, you can spot a
- 11:59rainbow. Nobody knows how often the big
- 12:01storms come yet. If you see one rolling
- 12:04in on night one, drive toward it.
- 12:0720. This is still Vice City. Flash FM is
- 12:11on the radio. The Tisha Waka Flea Market
- 12:14is in Rockstar's own description of the
- 12:16city. And in the extended look, a
- 12:19bartender is wearing a Love Fist crop
- 12:21top merch from the fictional rock band
- 12:24in the 2002 game. Hunt them down, then
- 12:27go and show off your Tommy Versetti gun
- 12:29pattern. 21. You watched the Heat play
- 12:33as Vice City the night before. Now go
- 12:36and find Vice City's version of their
- 12:37arena, the Sahara Arena, downtown with
- 12:41search lights sweeping the sky at night
- 12:44and the Bayside Ferris wheel nearby.
- 12:47Real arena on Wednesday, fake one on
- 12:50Thursday.
- 12:5122.
- 12:53The last one, and the most important,
- 12:56your map starts covered in fog. And Rob
- 12:59Nelson told IGN, "There's a whole layer
- 13:02of content that isn't marked with blips
- 13:04or icons at all." His words, "If you
- 13:08take a bit of time and explore, you will
- 13:10be rewarded a lot. So, pick a direction
- 13:14with nothing on it and drive." And now,
- 13:17the five mistakes a lot of people are
- 13:20going to make.
- 13:22One, rampaging with your cash on you.
- 13:26It's gone the moment you're wasted or
- 13:28busted. ATM first, chaos second. Two,
- 13:34shattering your criminal profile on the
- 13:37first night. Once it breaks, previewers
- 13:40say it stays broken for the whole
- 13:42playthrough. If you want a psycho run,
- 13:45save it for your second playthrough.
- 13:48Three, stealing a supercar straight
- 13:50away. High-end cars carry trackers that
- 13:53report where you are if you slow down,
- 13:56and you need a mechanic to remove them.
- 13:58You can't even register the expensive
- 14:00ones early in the game. And don't escape
- 14:03in a cop car, either. Every police car
- 14:06has a tracker, too. Take the rifle from
- 14:08its trunk instead. Four, leaving your
- 14:12partner behind in a shootout. It makes
- 14:15them angry, and it can hurt how well you
- 14:17work together later. One previewer flew
- 14:20off in a helicopter and forgot Jason
- 14:23completely. A moment later, Jason
- 14:26texted, "Forgetting something?"
- 14:29Five. Abandoning your car in a chase.
- 14:32The police will impound it, and getting
- 14:35it back costs more the longer you leave
- 14:37it. Previewers say you can sneak back
- 14:40and grab it before the tow truck
- 14:42arrives. And one bonus tip, when the
- 14:45Scooter Bros guy delivers your car, say
- 14:48thank you. In one preview, Rob Nelson
- 14:51noticed Jason and Lucia didn't thank the
- 14:54driver and said that's something they
- 14:57should change. Before we finish, four
- 15:00things people keep getting wrong about
- 15:02day one. The whole map is open from the
- 15:05first minute. Not quite. Rob Nelson says
- 15:08the game starts in the Keys near Jason's
- 15:10house before the map opens up. After
- 15:13that, you can go anywhere, anytime.
- 15:16Flying has only been seen in leaks. No,
- 15:19previewers flew helicopters at Rockstar
- 15:21North, including that one from the hotel
- 15:23roof. The gym teaches you new fighting
- 15:25moves like San Andreas. Nothing shown so
- 15:28far says that. The gym builds your
- 15:30health, your stamina, and your focus,
- 15:33and your body shows the work. 60 to 80%
- 15:36of buildings are enterable. That's a
- 15:38rumor. Rockstar's word is hundreds of
- 15:41interiors, including full hotels, which
- 15:44is plenty. That's the plan. Two things
- 15:47before you press start. Six to set
- 15:49yourself up, 22 for your first night,
- 15:52and five mistakes to avoid. If you do
- 15:56even half of this, your first night in
- 15:58Leonida is going to be a lot better than
- 16:01most people's. Two for the comments.
- 16:04One, what's the very first thing you're
- 16:07doing when the intro mission ends? And
- 16:09two, story first or world first? [music]
- 16:13I read all of them. If this helped, drop
- 16:15a like and subscribe. My 77 things and
- 16:1922 things videos go deeper on everything
- 16:22you can and can't do in GTA 6. They're
- 16:26linked right here. Thanks for watching
- 16:29and I'll see you in Leonida.
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