Rockstar could elevate its original GTA 5 concept by making the campaign co-op. 'GTA Online' gives gamers the option to play through co-op heists, but the 'GTA 6' story needs the same treatment Rockstar GamesĪll of the heists from GTA 5's campaign included teamwork between its three protagonists that one player had complete on their own. Imagine one player needs to pose as a business partner for a rival drug kingpin to set up a meeting, while the other player waits in a sniper's perch to kill the competing drug lord. Players will supposedly be put in the shoes of an up-and-coming drug lord and second character that will seemingly help the protagonist built their narcotics empire.Ī duo like that could allow Rockstar to design co-op missions where players need to synchronize their actions to pull off heists and assassinations. This unconfirmed laundry list of alleged GTA 6 details claims the game will take place between the 1970s and 1980s during the height of the war on drugs. The unverified, but widely circulated ' Project Americas' rumors suggest that there could be two main characters, which would beg for the game to include a split-screen mode. It's unclear if the next installment will come with multiple protagonists like GTA 5. Since Rockstar hasn't officially revealed GTA 6, discussions around the game are still extremely speculative.

It's time for GTA 6 to innovate by giving the people what they want: a retro way to play this game.Īll of 'GTA 5's heists involved all three protagonists, it was practically begging to be co-op. So the story in Rockstar's 2013 release was ripe for couch co-op where gamers could use a retro-style split-screen interface to have two people playing the same mission as different characters at the same time. The GTA 5 story mode even included heists were all three protagonists - Michael, Franklin, and Trevor - were involved but a single player had to switch between the trio mid-heist. Rockstar Games' multiplayer game mode lets fans of the open-world crime adventure join forces online and complete missions and wreak general havoc together.īut now that GTA 6is reportedly in early development and an early version of its map has allegedly leaked, it's high time Rockstar thinks past exclusively online multiplayer and adds a couch co-op, split-screen mode to GTA 6's campaign.Ĭurrently, GTA Online players can team up to complete co-op heists over the internet with up to four players. Grand Theft Auto Online has remained consistently popular even seven years after the release of GTA V.

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