I am usually sceptical of trailer scrubbers—and there are a hell of lots 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 providing 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 likely to be truly telling would-be protagonist Lucia’s story in reverse. They promote it with an edit that by itself is convincing, however finally conjecture. There is a huge ‘however’ although.
You see, my pricey Watson(s): in GTA 6’s official cowl artwork, Lucia is carrying an digital tag within the type of an ankle bracelet. And, as additional identified by person Ravenbtw, she’s not carrying it when she goes on her heist together with her (literal) companion in crime. Examine the picture beneath 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 cope with 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 paintings. Or would it not? As a result of, then again, digital tagging gadgets are supremely tousled once you dwell in a rustic that privatises their use.
In accordance with a bit by ACLU Florida in 2022, monitoring gadgets just like the one Lucia’s carrying could be utilized to folks “awaiting trial, serving probation and parole, and going through immigration proceedings”. All this to say, Lucia may very well be carrying 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 stress because you’re typically charged for the digital monitoring machine 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 prices, which may vary from $100 to $200. The costly charges compound and may quantity to a whole lot of {dollars} per thirty 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 at the side of the New York Instances 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 non-public firm, Jap Missouri Various Sentencing Companies, or EMASS. Simply to get the monitor hooked up, he must report back to EMASS and pay $300 up entrance—sufficient to cowl the primary 25 days, plus a $50 set up price.”
After lacking the deadline as a result of 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 price, “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 attainable this “reverse trailer” idea is flawed, relying on how intensely Rockstar’s subsequent sport desires to look at these kinds 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 stress from it might’ve pushed her into committing additional crimes.
Regardless of this, the speculation’s nonetheless convincing. The way in which 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 machine to restrict Lucia’s actions on the map for a chapter or two, maybe whilst you’re determining how you can bust her companion out of jail with out certainly one of these godforsaken issues hooked up.