Netflix Chief Says GTA 6 is ‘Like Ready Player One, Without a Headset’
GTA 6 is unlike anything else, Geoff Keighley says, while a Netflix exec compared the title to Ready Player One.
All eyes are cast towards the imminent release of Grand Theft Auto 6, a monumental occasion for the gaming industry that’s expected to break records, and a Netflix executive has likened the game to a Hollywood movie.
Rockstar Games’ title releases on November 19, when it’s touted that large parts of the world could come to a standstill, and the hype for the game continues to rise day by day.
Netflix has played its part in GTA 6’s push, having exclusively aired an in-depth preview of the title, and the depth of the game has now been compared to Hollywood hit Ready Player One by the company’s president of nonfiction series, Brandon Riegg.
“Even if you don’t play games, chances are you’ve heard it. Just like maybe you’ve heard of a famous athlete or you’ve heard a famous song. So I think they had that in their favor,” he told Variety.
“It’s Ready Player One, maybe without the headset. There is a narrative to the game and objectives, but you can also just live in that world. You don’t have to do that stuff.
“I can have a relationship with somebody, I can text them, I can do crimes. It’s this immersive alternate universe that you can actually participate in in whatever way that you choose.”
Geoff Keighley, host and creator of The Game Awards, went even further, declaring that the title will be unlike anything the industry has ever seen before.
“GTA games have been unique in their ambition, and certainly this one. The scale of what they built over a decade is incredible,” he said.
“So I think that’s why players respond to these games, because there’s just so much possibility inside the world of how you play it. This is not a game that you play in 20 hours and finish. You can exist in this world and explore it.
“And obviously, GTA Online, that’s been a big thing that continued to go on for a decade. So the GTA experience is unlike anything else in gaming, much less entertainment.
“That’s what is so unique about the GTA games, is that they really are peerless across all of entertainment because of the scale.”
