Regardless that we’ve got loads of upcoming and thrilling video games like Hellblade 2 and Star Wars Outlaws, 2025 is firmly on the radar of GTA 6 followers who’ve been patiently ready for Rockstar to unearth its sixteenth entry into the wild world of Grand Theft Auto.
When a shock trailer dropped in December final 12 months, the overwhelming help for the much-anticipated title was at a fever pitch, and now, some followers consider that its fundamental protagonist, Lucia, might be the franchise’s “biggest character ever”. Whereas we all know little or no about this badass lady and her accomplice in love and crime, Jason, I’ve a couple of reservations given the sequence’ lack of variety through the years, but in addition hope that issues will utterly change with the introduction of Rockstar’s first totally realized feminine protagonist.
Rockstar Wants To Keep Away From Stereotypes When It Comes To Lucia
Over on Twitter/X, Grand Theft Auto fanatic GameRoll shared their opinion about how Lucia might probably “be the very best ever GTA protagonist, but in addition the best character that Rockstar Video games has ever written”. That is actually a refreshing stance to witness given the quantity of discourse surrounding the character over the previous couple of months.
“Extra I see of this sport it makes the ready time quite a bit tougher” replied consumer @ISnak3I. Echoing this sentiment is @yamumslipper, replying “First lady GTA protagonist might be actually particular, give us the story by a lens that we’ve not seen earlier than.”, with @violetdrifter including, “charismatic and real lady as a playable GTA character is a dream come true”.
Sadly, although the overwhelming majority of feedback within the thread have been optimistic about Lucia changing into GTA 6’s fundamental character, GameRoll did need to embody a later message highlighting the quantity of people that “didn’t learn/misunderstood the tweet, and raging sexists who refuse to consider that she’s going to be nice as a result of she’s a girl.”
Though Lucia is not technically Grand Theft Auto’s first feminine character, she is the studio’s first playable feminine protagonist who is totally fleshed out with the main focus being virtually totally on her slightly than her counterpart, Jason, which is actually one thing model new in GTA’s world. As with so many video games the place a girl character has taken the highlight by the throat, some male players are likely to lose their minds in droves, virtually spurring one another on about how fallacious this idea might be to permit a girl a pinnacle spot in “their” video video games, of all locations. It is gross habits and one thing that many gaming studios at the moment are attempting to fight by inserting sturdy girls on the forefront of their titles, even among the many offended incel chatter.
Once I first watched the GTA 6 trailer, I bear in mind feeling actually enthusiastic about Lucia’s daring and kickass position as she took middle stage however, sadly, that lasted about 5 seconds till I remembered that Rockstar has a previous of not doing variety nicely. Most of the girls seen all through its franchise are both portrayed as intercourse employees, a ache within the arse and a nag to males, or only a secondary thought, as Rockstar hammed up the everyday stereotypes. Nevertheless, it wasn’t simply girls who received the blunt finish of the stick all through GTA’s historical past, which incorporates the franchise’s horrible report on outdated LGBTQ+ illustration.
That is what makes Lucia’s journey all of the extra essential in GTA 6 and, if Rockstar can craft her story in the correct method with out falling into their earlier tropes that reveals that she can also tackle the power-hungry world of crime and be as violent and tactical as the boys earlier than her, Lucia might very nicely be among the best protagonists to grace our screens, not solely in Grand Theft Auto however probably within the historical past of gaming – as a result of why not?
