Status: 16.12.2023, 11:27 a.m.
By: Jonas Dirkes
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Of course, GTA 6 can't do without biting social criticism either. Florida Man, Karen or TikTok – these are the best swipes from the reveal trailer.
Hamburg – GTA is back. Not only via the trailer for GTA 6, no, the mammoth game from cult developer Rockstar is also back on the pulse of time. In the run-up to the release of the big reveal trailer, some fans were still worried that Rockstar might have lost its bite in a whole decade without a new GTA, but players are now living with the certainty that this fear was completely unfounded: Whether it's Florida Man, Karen or TikTok - Rockstar is finally dishing out a lot again.
The best memes and swipes in the GTA 6 trailer
Florida Man in GTA 6: The setting of GTA 6 is set in Vice City, which according to Rockstar is located in the fictional state of Leonida. However, the real-world equivalents of this are basically Miami and Florida. Of course, developer Rockstar doesn't miss the opportunity to include the infamous archetype of the Florida Man in GTA 6. In the game, there even seems to be a social media account called PlanetLeonidaMan that collects Florida Man incidents.
Colloquially, the term Florida Man is used to refer to a crazy man from... well, titled from Florida. Because many of these crazy men are said to live in Florida. Most of the time, the punchline of these Florida Man memes is an action with an alligator: The Florida Man then fights with one of the animals, preferably undressed. Since a GTA is usually inhabited only by insane decals of American society, some people are already jokingly calling GTA 6 Florida Man: The Game.
GTA 6: Florida Man, Karen and TikTok – Rockstar finally shares Rockstar © Games again
Florida Joker in GTA 6: The conspicuous offender in the first trailer for GTA 6 also exists in real life. Lawrence Sullivan became known to the world as the Florida Joker after his mugshot and has sat behind Swedish curtains several times. Most recently, Sullivan was in jail for concealed carrying weapons.
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Toxic Karens in GTA 6: Is there a phenomenon that screams more GTA than that of the raging Karens? So it's no wonder that GTA 6 takes a slice of madness from reality here as well. Karen incidents immortalized on social media, i.e. middle-aged women who like to call the manager of a restaurant or simply take the law into their own hands, are a dime a dozen. In fact, the Karen from the GTA 6 trailer has a real-life role model with two hammers in her hands.
TikTok and Social Media in GTA 6: Of course, a GTA in 2023 can't do without the massive use of TikTok. Apparently, social media will play a prominent role in GTA 6. It is not yet known whether players in GTA 6 will also be able to create their own postings. But the short clips from the trailer can also be seen and have real role models. The twerking woman on the roof of a car, for example, is a phenomenon that can often be observed in Florida during spring break.
Advertising and trademarks in GTA 6: Capitalism has always been one of the biggest targets for the GTA franchise. It is precisely here that Rockstar usually sinks his arrows particularly unerringly. GTA 6 doesn't seem to be an exception. The well-known beer brand Pißwasser in the games gets a light variant with the beautiful name No. Alcoholic sparkling water drinks and flimsy pharmaceuticals also get their fat off in the first trailer – the latter apparently even heal emotions in GTA 6!
That's not all: If you want, you can lose yourself much deeper in the first trailer for GTA 6. In fact, most of the scenes in the trailer are based on a real-life model. After these first impressions, however, players can rest easy for now: GTA apparently hasn't lost its bite with Part 6 either.