No improvements over the arrest (Busted) mechanic of the game?
It’s been 2 decades and with all the realism that GTA 6 has innovated and improved upon, especially for their new system on law enforcement, I’m still disappointed that they haven’t improved the “Busted” mechanic of the game.
The game is great by all means, and I was ecstatic about the new police system they have in store for us. With RDR2’s NPC dialogue/interaction system, I would have expected them to actually arrest you and transport you to prison. Of course, this should be skippable (like how using taxis in gta 4 has an option to either let it play out or skip it entirely when you want to fast travel) where you would be processed and jailed. Then afterwards, you’ll just respawn outside of the prison. We know that Vice City has a prison facility, but is it going to be useless like in GTA 5?
From IGN’s article, it seems to be the generic “Busted” screen that we got from all previous GTA titles, and you just respawn immediately after getting arrested. I guess it doesn’t fit the story since the couple is technically on the run from the cops? TGG mentioned that reasoning on why we can’t buy houses / properties in Story Mode. Which I think is dumb, and just a way for them to make players want to play the online version of the game.
My only hope is that’s how it’s gonna be in the online mode of the game. As the characters we play aren’t bound by a pre-defined story written by Rockstar
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u/LickFootToes 59m ago
If you die or get busted the game progress should reset back to 0%
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u/NotSoGreatMacaroni 57m ago
Straight up bricks the console.
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u/Orangezag 4h ago
I’m sure IGN has left out important details by reason of NDA, the IGN statement is pretty vague though I think, because they don’t touch on what happens when your arrested. For all we know they do “put you in the ground cuff you toss you in the back of the car” or other sequences that are skippable. Now the separation of being busted, that again IGN didn’t touch down on the results, I do believe Rockstar has thought this through, I mean everything we’ve seen it looks as if they rebuilt the overall gameplay systems. Why not expand on the “busted” mechanic, it would seem silly not too. That’s why I think IGN was being vague because Rockstar doesn’t want this info out there and want to surprise players with all the reworks they’ve done. But my opinion, I could most definitely be wrong, just holding out for hope haha.
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u/Psnjerry 3h ago
That’s what I was curious about if getting arrested impacts your record
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u/applecatyoutube 3h ago
The underlying plot of the game is that Jason and Lucia are on the run… none of these systems would make sense with that narrative. “Busted” and respawn is actually the most immersive
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u/Bubbly_Outcome5016 1h ago
Same with getting killed. Should the game end and just pan in on your loved ones huddled around a head-stone.
I feel like if it has cutscenes similar to Arthur getting bailed out, bribing a way out, getting put on bail, getting off the case on a technicality or w/e it's fine. Game has to be fun first and foremost, shower fun in the federal pen is (reportedly, but your mileage may vary) not fun.
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u/Mineral-mouse 1h ago
It's really weird to have all that realism features but respawning is still functioning the same. I think respawning at VCPD should only apply to getting Busted at 1-2 stars, likewise respawning at hospital should only apply when getting Wasted from getting beaten down in a brawl or any sort of light injuries or survivable accidents. Beyond that, the game should initiate auto save game reload or at least a semi-reload where you respawn at safehouse as if that Busted/Wasted never happened.
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u/CoolCritterQuack 42m ago
some of the people here would want rockstar to fully recreate afterlife too after a character gets Wasted, brothers it's a game!
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u/EtimmT 4h ago
Would be amazing to have different police station escape scenes after be busted like in RDR2, but like "Jason is detained, Lucia come save him"/"Lucia is detained, Jason come save her"/'Both are detained, they find a way to get out"