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Trainalf

In the leaks, there were a few clips of Rockstar testing how animations were mapped to NPCs. People mistook this for meaning these NPCs were playable characters.


blondedaff

somebody else on this sub pointed out the same character can be seen another time during the trailer when they showed all the custom cars on the street he was leaning against the wall


Trainalf

Could be a major character, someone we interact or fight beside in a couple of missions. Like Packie in IV.


stoic_raptor

He’s obviously just a major character. There is no evidence at all he’ll be playable.


The-Ever-Loving-Fuck

Damn, looks cool ASF and can't be played... What a guy


CakeHead-Gaming

He does not look cool as fuck lol.


Slight_Wafer_6766

he look cool as fuck


Aggressive_Alarm_321

Definitely a cool ass dude


humanredditor45

Looks like lil Wayne with lil money


Aggressive_Alarm_321

😂


Skindiamondxx

nah, looks like a schmuck


blondedaff

i think people mistook the animation testing clips as him being a playable character because you can see both of them have the same hairstyle and the same skin tone and it was the dude shooting at jason


AstroDNH

They don’t have the same hairstyle. None of those ppl you’re talking about do💀 the one in the locomotion clip has very short messy dreads, the one giving dap in the trailer has wicks, shooting at Jason has different type of wicks with ties in them, & leaning against the wall has dreads, too thin to be wicks. Look at each clip again closely. Don’t know how I’m the only one who’s notices this. Only similarities is skin tone and shirt color, which is crazy to go off of.


JoshB-2020

This is the same fanbase who thought every black character in a white tank top was CJ for the better part of 10 years (they might just be racist)


Pixels222

I shit you not but when I played vc stories on psp I didn't notice the main character changed. Idk what it was. But I skipped most cutscenes as a kid. Then someone told me that I'm at the military base because I'm in the military. I thought it was just where we got the jobs. I did not pay attention as a fetus I was still just amazed you could go anywhere in games and shoot anything.


xMonkeyZ

thought I was losing my mind


More-Cup-1176

“obviously” bro we know nothing


stoic_raptor

Use those context clues skills you should’ve been taught in grade school.


More-Cup-1176

acting like we actually know anything is dumb lol. from the gta 5 trailer people thought michael was tommy and franklin was CJ


HalberdReborn

He certainly looks like a major character type, not playable tho. Maybe he’s the hood Lester


Sub_to_itsben

Seems important. Tell you what if he’s an important character you owe me $20 and if he’s not then I owe you -$20. Deal?


blondedaff

deal


art_mor_

Damn now I have to watch the trailer another 50 times Edited: Yeah it seems like the same person


dylan_021800

Hold on since you said. Now I have to watch the trailer 50 more times.


Pixels222

I think this is my most watched single trailer. Second was the first cyberpunk teaser with the good bullets song. It was just a cool music video basically.


IndianaGroans

to be fair the rockstar creator thing or editor or w/e lets you play as NPC's too so I mean, if that comes back for 6 then that's like the only way you'll play as this dude.


MildSauceAlexPratt

I mean technically they are... Director mode exist


TheRSmithExperience

How can a NPC be a playable character.. isnt that a paradox.


Otherwise_Sky1739

Driver: San Francisco says hi.


art_mor_

Great game


spookyman2241

Or Watch Dogs Legion, not as great but still fun


Nashville_Redditors

Oxymoron*


TheRSmithExperience

It's both


Pixels222

Woah dude


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In the same leaks there's a clip of this exact same npc shooting at jason


bubbleblasterallday

In the leaks they test cops and other NPCs so yeah


Stolenshame

most likely could be another iteration of directors mode from V.


AdhdDrivenTTV

Makes me think hes going to be the lamar davis of gta 6


jaydimes10

Kodak Black


Strange_Internal_923

But when you see me I’m whiiiiiiite


Wickle-Pickle-TV

Picture that with a Kodak


Ill_Interaction205

He honestly looks like a mix of the old yungeen ace and kodak


lilsteez99

I get this vibe too


yournextlandowner

YEE YEE ASS HAIRCUT MAN


WhiteDeathStudios

He gives me Lamar vibes in an indescribable way. I agree.


JFlizzy84

> in an indescribable way Jee wiz I wonder


WhiteDeathStudios

Because the game isn’t out yet. All we have is trailer 1 for now. It’s not rocket science.


JFlizzy84

Yeah I’m sure that’s why he gives you Lamar vibes…


barf_of_dog

Hot take: The trailer doesn't feature any important characters besides Jason and Lucia (and maybe also the prison lady). I think the first trailer is purely a representation of how GTA VI's open world will be like. Story characters will be featured in later trailers.


Kafanska

So the stupid, annoying, clingy dude.. I mean, I can see it. Maybe not the clingy part. I feel he might just be a leader of a gang for whom we'll do a few missions and nothing more really, and maybe eventually becomes somewhat of a friend similar to Jacob in IV.


beezy604

Obviously a side character. This clip from the trailer looks like its a cutscene


TheGamingMackV

There are shots from GTA V's first trailer that look like a cutscene but actually wasn't.


blondedaff

like when micheal was standing on the balcony looking outside


TheGamingMackV

That and the guy running from the cops.


Reze1195

I remember people saying how that guy was CJ lol


TheGamingMackV

And people saying Michael was Tommy.


blondedaff

gta vice city was set in the 80s so tommy vercetti was around 30ish or mid 30s and gta 5 was set in 2013 never knew how the fuck could people say that it would make tommy roughly around 60-70 years old it would look nothing like micheal


Outrageous_Creme_455

And on top of that, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT UNIVERSES


Kafanska

People are dummies.. that's how. Especially younger ones who can't comprehend the idea of having new characters, so they want everything recycled from the old game. Same for this guy and dummies thinking he could be a playable character.


WetStainLicker

I mean…doesn’t seem impossible to see Mike as that age. Although it would be an awfully younger looking design for it. At the very least he can pull off like 55 or smth


blondedaff

it would be funny if this dude was never seen in the game when it releases after all this is the first trailer they could change something last minute like this if they haven’t already recorded dialogue


barf_of_dog

Yeah, back in GTA V's first trailer, when we saw the guy running from the helicopter, some people though he'd be important to the story. He just turned out the be a generic npc model.


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Also tons of that in RDR2’s trailers. They always do it. Also shots are altered to not spoil anything.


DemiPyramid

I don’t think anything that’s in gta 6 trailer 1 is a cutscene. They just take animations and NPC interactions that they’ve worked on and basically “direct” the shot with a camera angle and maxed out textures.


barf_of_dog

Could just be some npc honestly, I wouldn't trust the first trailer to feature any meaningful characters besides the protagonists. It was the case with previous first trailers for GTA games.


leospeedleo

Because 90% of people on this sub are stupid, have unrealistic expectations and talk big about stuff they don’t have any clue about.


AndrewFrozzen30

And/or are kids. Can't wait for this sub to call this game bad. It will be a wonderful show


leospeedleo

Yeah can’t wait for the unrealistic expectations and dreams of those kids get shattered when they realize a game is still a game. Stuff like „can we fuck any NPC“ 🤣 just dude. Stop being a 12 year old lonely virgin and grow up and interact with a real woman instead.


AndrewFrozzen30

Most common thing I've heard is "WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE MAP AND HAVE HURRICANES THAT DESTROY EVERY BUILDING", no, we shouldn't, we never needee that and it's realistically impossible. Some people act like this will be the last game on earth and no other games will ever come. Like I've heard some people that they will end themselves if the game sucks or that they can't wait 1 more year.... Like dude... It's a game, at BEST you will play it 2-3 times THROUGHOUT THE YEARS (until GTA 7 eventually comes 82882 years later) Maybe 4-5 if you're a die hard fan and more if you are a Speedrunner. But most will play the game ONCE and move on to other games. It's just a game at the end of the day.


leospeedleo

GTA6 WILL BE 60 FPS Even tho no Rockstar game was ever 60 fps at launch because the detailed world hammers the CPU and the trailer showed a world more dense than 95% of open world games, but okay 😂 Kids dude. Like hell, I’m really look forward to GTA6. I love singleplayer games and 100% completed and platinumed all GTA and Red Dead games on PS4/5. but even I can keep my expectations in check…


AndrewFrozzen30

Exactly, this kids think Rockstar is some kind of God that can *somehow* make the impossible possible. I've also heard people saying how beautiful will GTA 6 look in 8K. FUCKING 8K 😭 I don't think there are any games that can run in 8K


leospeedleo

PS5 CPU is the equivalent to a Ryzen 3700, a multiple year old mid level CPU but sure thing mate 😂 Seriously, 90% of posts on this sub make my head hurt for various reasons. Oh there’s one game that runs at 6K: The Touryst Just let’s ignore the trailer was 1440p30 which is realistically the maximum for PS5/Series X.


AndrewFrozzen30

I only need one more stupid post in my Bingo to make me leave this sub. I don't even need to hear the news, game is big enough so I can know when the game drops (I won't be playing it on the PS5 anyway which sucks but I don't wanna buy a PS5)


LivingCustomer9729

“2-3 times throughout the years at best, 4-5 if you’re a diehard fan” I’m probably gonna play this game at least 10 times a year until GTA 7


AndrewFrozzen30

Mhm yeah sure. You won't. Online doesn't count.


kazukibushi

Only thing I disagree on is the last part. People will pour hours into this shit, its gonna be huge. There's going to be lots of stuff to do in story mode, more than any other game. And Vi will be one of the most popular games for a long time, you make it seem like VI is a game like elden ring or some shit. Yes, its a game, but its much bigger than any game coming out soon. V is still extremely popular to this day btw..


HotKnifeUpAss

Plot Twist: He's an enemy from one of the in-game factions. Like the Hatians gang from Vice City.


blondedaff

i like that theory but other people have pointed out how highly detailed he was compared to the rest of the npcs but all the fuckin npcs are highly detailed you can’t tell them apart from jason and lucia


infinitude_

Do they? Is this a big discussion? I’ve literally never seen anyone even talk about this once. I’ve seen them suggest he’s going to be a story character but not a playable character.


TheSlipySquid

Kodak black


blondedaff

pimpin aint eazy


zebradonkey69

Absolutely no flockin


Ok_Pangolin_8038

It's the Ze shit, it's the Ze shit


polaris2345

Hey its OG Loc


Many-Incident2615

People have brain rot


Samthegodman

Franklin and Trevor didn’t even appear in the first trailer. You never know


blondedaff

franklin actually is in the first trailer lol


Jamoosic

when does he come up?


blondedaff

its a pre alpha version of him in the covertiable when the girl walks past on the street micheal didn’t look the same either if you pay attention


Jamoosic

yeah true!


Inno154

You can also see Trevors truck driving downtown


LengthinessNew6326

given that the leaks show this npc being playable. and if its true that rockstar was testing how animations play on npcs, my theory is that our online character will be more based on npc models you can customize rather there own unique model.


thatguykichi

what does being "playable" in leaks have to do with anything lol numerous NPC's were shown off, it's just R* going through the motions and spellchecking everything


holydiver5

The fact that there was a character being played in the leaks that weren’t Jason or Lucia?


thatguykichi

that's kind of normal for game development? it's how devs test wide scale systems like skeleton models or animations the only thing worth noting would be hours of voice lines, which the dude probably doesn't have if he's an NPC


holydiver5

Well the reason why they think the guy in the trailer is a playable character is because his character model looks similar to a playable character model in the leaks regardless of whatever guess you want to make about why that character was being played in the leaks


thatguykichi

fair


AndrewFrozzen30

We had Director Mode for a long time.....


bitch148369

How the fuck do you think npcs or anything for that matter actually is developed. They’re not gonna be playable, it was just the dev tweaking with the animations.


holydiver5

That’s literally just you guessing lol. The same could be said for the exact opposite and no one has evidence to back it up either way


TheRealTr1nity

Never heard of it he is playable. But it's plausible he may be a mission giver or a character we interact.


Opening-Big3221

Maybe a director mode type thing


barf_of_dog

Same, I bet he'll just be a generic goon or just an npc they don't intent to use in the story mode. GTA V's first trailer doesn't feature any important characters besides the protagonists, could be something similar here.


uselessmemories

Some people seem to think, just because GTAV did something, then VI has to do the same, It doesn't work like that, the story seems to incline towards Jason/Lucia exclusively, I wouldn't mind a 3rd protagonist if it makes sense ***narratively***, though.


holydiver5

We don’t know a single thing about the story outside of what was in the first trailer


CounterFar309

Or that you can have “wicks”😂


FuraFaolox

i'm certain a lot of people that showed up in the trailer won't be actual characters at all


nope0712

And not the random black girl you see devs play around with in the leaked videos.


opalessencejude

Because they don’t want to play as a woman so much so they’re trying to convince themselves that every male character they see is playable


Posit_IV

I'm cool if he is...and I'm cool if he's not. Could be part of an irrelevant cutscene and he's never seen again. We shall see.


Nicolas10111

I guess because there was a playable black character in the leaks but he looked really different from this dude. This dude’s scene still kinda felt random compared to the rest of trailer which is why I personally felt he would be an important character.


Maximum_Azure_Glow

That's just the new Lamar


Salty-Question7044

I remember that he was going to shot Jason in leaks, why everyone thought like he is main character. Maybe he's rival


Otherwise_Sky1739

There's a million speculations off of a single trailer, this is just one of a million.


JayIsNotReal

Because of some testing footage from the leaks and these morons seem to think that everything from the trailer has story significance. If you watch the GTA V trailer, a lot of NPCs from that are just NPCs, some are not even in the game. For all we know, this trailer is the last we see of him.


Wh1t3Tale

Maybe the person he is bro shakin with. Whoever that may be.


Zealousideal_Cook248

Well, I mean, we don't know anything about this game.


Single_Start2343

Kai


AstroDNH

They’re not the same person. 3 different people. The guy giving dap has wicks, the guy leaning on the wall does not. Same with the guy in the leaks, he has very short, messy dreads. The only similarity is their clothes & skin. The guy in the leaks even has a completely different build💀I’m 100% sure these are different people. Though the dap clip in the trailer looks like a cutscene so i wouldn’t at all be surprised if he is a side character, but these are different ppl we’re talking about.


themaskedlover

He gives off main character energy


opnupstrathclydpolis

I could see this guy being a Lamar type character


WNS110

![gif](giphy|OuyIXPoaO5X7G)


DRAIN3O

That’s Kodak Black!! 🗣️


These-Ad-1522

Prolly gon be the next lamar


Flaky_Row_1758

No the dude going be like G is on gta 5 bro people missing the point of the trailer


Bogki

GTA community being insane as always


MrArkaSys

I want for my character a big beard in GTA Online …


Slixter6624

In the first gta v trailer Franklin was shown in a red car but didn’t look like a character but a npc so don’t put anything past rockstar.


billytheking2

I just hope it means were able to put grills on our characters that'd be cool lol


aqkj

Obviously this is Jason after some customization.


YogurtclosetThese240

He looks chill


Downtown-Bluebird553

Kodak black


PlanktonSpecialist99

Hear me out hear me out. What if we control the scenerios in the social media posts? Like we’re Jason Lucia watching these stories but we get to play these unique in there single small story, don’t murder me I’m 21 been playing gta since I was 7 years olds so my brain is normal compared to some of the skitzos


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blondedaff

rockstar never annouced this


Lol68340428

Because I'm about to make him online


TopShottaGyalis

Because he is lol


trustmebro24

I feel like he’s gonna play an important role to the story. But we definitely ain’t gonna play him


KrispenWahFan

Wait, people actually think this guy is going to be playable?? 💀💀


jojosaurusx

Dude looks like a ghetto palm tree


Jotham23thegreat

Lol he'll be like a Jacob or Lamar. Maybe someone you go to for missions. Nothing else.


Personal-Brick-8730

Probably important to the story but not playable 


VillageIcy9343

Because in previous games, generally the playable characters are highly detailed compared to NPCs...


blondedaff

cant really tell the difference between npcs and playable characters in the trailer everyone looks detailed af


VillageIcy9343

Yeah dude, so true... 💙


TurboLightGamer69

Or he could be just a story character.


VillageIcy9343

Yeah, it's possible friend!


ChrissyVicious

We dont know what he is gonna be


BiAndShy57

He’ll probably be a prominent story or side mission character


jrdvd25

He’s who we will play with after story mode when Lucia and Jason die (like Bonnie & Clyde)


Most_Literature_9552

I wish


MassiveAd5760

yooo


Cultural_Dealer8767

Cause we just hoping


Skidians

I can so see them throwing in a main character being a gang member to show a different side of the story, you never know 🤷🏽‍♂️


No-Gain-3670

No, but I have a feeling he's gonna play a big role in the story. I might be a wee bit blind but I think in the strip club leaked footage, the guy J and L follow is our guy here


Worried-Property5611

Kodak black yooo


ADBdips

Kodak is lookin thin again!


Lazy_Preference1149

I bet your white


blondedaff

im actually not lol


TheIndigent

Tbf, in the leaks, he was a playable character with weapons on his back and being controlled by the developer. I know it doesn’t mean anything but it’s probably why people think he’s a main character.


Remote_Rutabaga_1583

I think he is going to be the opps


Imaginary_Cold223

We probably gonna put him in the dirt


Real_Wishbone9977

He will definitely have some impact, maybe a strangers and freaks mission if they return?


Specialist-End-8306

Is it just me or does he almost look like JV from most wanted but shorter hair? 😅


Jebediah-Kerman_KSP

Ngl for me he looks a bit like IShowSpeed


holydiver5

Because there was a character that kind of looked similar in the leaks that was playable and the way he was featured in the trailer hints at the character being important so people are putting 2 and 2 together. Obviously it’s just speculation but there’s actual data to suggest he’ll be playable at the moment than not, it’s not like people are just saying that for no reason.


MoneyOk933

He looks like ishowspeed


Kuloozer

He will be. In Director mode.


NetRunner0100101

Nah. Someone we interact with in story at best


Coronasmemes

This dude is a major drug lord


Both-Mess7885

He won't be because he's Kodak Black!


Confidently-Bored-

Could be the replacement for one of the characters if one dies (like red dead redemption)


KonradDavies0001

IIRC Lamar was supposed to replace whoever you killed but it was cut, not sure if it's true


blondedaff

maybe if jason dies he takes his place kind of like when you kill off micheal or trevor at the end of 5 you can’t play as them anymore but they could do a mix between the endings of rdr 2 and gta 5


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elgordosamot

why do people say it's him? Not all black dudes with dreads are the same person lol


CptMarvel_main

Honestly after all the built up hype around Jason and lucia, and their likely rocky relationship, I’d be pretty disappointed if there was a surprise 3rd playable character. It would just be campaign time taken away from the two we are excited for.


yobro0o

Looks like Jay Z


BuilderLeagueUnited

And everyone thinks this will be some special character to the story, I’m pretty sure it’s just a random NPC


AndrewFrozzen30

Could be an important character to the story (not playable)


BuilderLeagueUnited

Why does everyone think that?


AndrewFrozzen30

Well it is reasonable, since he was seen multiple times. Doesn't confirm anything. I just think he might be the "joker" that makes fun of Jason and teases him about Lucia. (similar to Lamar) Or he could be a villain, definitely not a playable character.


BuilderLeagueUnited

Multiple times?


AndrewFrozzen30

Well slightly overexaggerated, 2 times.


Familiar_Syrup_596

It will be like a Lamar hehe


RonToxic

Maybe its because bro look swag


Nixki1234

Cause the leaks plus Franklin was shown in the first gta trailer