The inside story ofRockstars biggest, deepest, and most beautiful game to date
Rockstar also did this in Grand Theft Auto V, you may remember. The opening prologue was a quick tutorial heist set in overcast, snow-driven countryside, meaning players had to wait for the fantasy promised by the boxart. When the moment finally came, and you were finally dropped into the hazy, shimmering glitz of Los Santos, it was all the more striking for the delay. After an hour or so, Rockstar’s latest game does the same thing: the storm subsides, the thaw sets in and our outlaw posse trudges down a hillside, the sun peeking through the clouds as Rockstar flexes its muscles for the first time in HDR.
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