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The level of marketing and official communication surroundingGrand Theft Auto 6is finally being kicked up a notch, with Rockstar recently announcing a full reveal trailer for the title will release in early December. News of this announcement has spread like wildfire, further reinforcing just how anticipated the upcoming project is, with fans enjoying the prospect of finally getting answers to some longstanding burning questions.
As well as confirming things like the main city and protagonists ofGrand Theft Auto 6, this upcoming trailer will hopefully shed some light on the rumored secondary locations that the game may explore. This ties in well with the rumored links betweenRed Dead Redemption 2’s Guarma andGrand Theft Auto 6, and the game’s reveal trailer will settle a huge debate around the purpose of the location inRDR2.
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RDR2’s Guarma May Have Been a Test For Grand Theft Auto 6
RDR2’s Guarma May Be More Important Than Meets the Eye
In the run-up toGrand Theft Auto 6, many fans have been looking back at 2018’sRed Dead Redemption 2to remind themselves of what a modern Rockstar experience can look like. While many still expectGTA 6to be even more detailed and thorough thanRDR2, there are certain aspects of the gunslinging title that may have been designed purposefully as a test for what experiencesGTA 6will eventually foster.
This was the dominant rumor surroundingRed Dead Redemption 2’s infamous Guarma segment, which bizarrely took the game’s cast of characters to a remote Caribbean island for a single chapter. While Guarma offered an interesting break from the familiar world of New Austin, manyRed Deadfans have long thought that the Guarma chapter has a much deeper meaning away from what meets the eye.
The narrative events of the Guarma chapter are quite irrelevant to the important plot points ofRed Dead Redemption 2, and the extremely brief time that players spend on the island seems disproportionate to the amount of unique assets that were used to create Guarma. This has led to popular rumors thatGuarma acted as a kind of asset test forGrand Theft Auto 6, with it being plausible thatGTA 6’s early development overlapped with the tail-end ofRed Dead Redemption 2’s.
Beyond rumors, there has been no official indication from Rockstar that Caribbean islands will feature in Grand Theft Auto 6.
Grand Theft Auto 6 Could Feature Its Own Guarma
Reports indicate thatGTA 6’s story could see the player travel to a number of Caribbean islands away from itsrumored core setting of Vice City. These islands would act as self-contained open worlds, befit with their own range of characters and stories, and are set to be a huge boost to the overall content ofGTA 6if the rumors hold any weight. If this is true, then Caribbean locations could play a role in the upcoming trailer forGTA 6.
This kind of Caribbean tropical setting is quite unusual compared to what environments Rockstar usually explores, meaning the company may have wanted to test itself with similar locations inRed Dead Redemption 2. Interestingly, this matches up well with the confusion surrounding why Guarma exists at all inRDR2, with many fans believing the answers behind the location’s purpose lie with another project.
WithVice City being a fictional take on the city of Miami, which itself is close to the Caribbean, it is clear to see why fans are so receptive to the concept of tropical islands inGrand Theft Auto 6.GTA 6is already a game of immense expectations, and having these alternate locations for players to visit would be a good way to give a sense of scale that exceeds that of past entries to the franchise. Fans have long been searching for a deeper meaning behind Guarma inRed Dead Redemption 2, and the upcoming trailer forGTA 6may just confirm if there was a larger purpose to the infamous island.
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