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“I think you can see that with Online and I think going forward we’re going to inject more of that single-player element in there,” Butchard concludes. That seamless blend of solo and multi-play seems to be where Grand Theft Auto is headed next. In all it feels like a big, ultra-refined level reminiscent of something from Hitman – a rich, replayable hub for experimentation and fun and one that rewards you however you play, rather than penalising you for not having a committed group of friends along for the ride. There’s finer points, too, such as getting hold of fingerprint cloners to access other areas. Those types of choice are rife, with absurd options such as sneaking onto the island via a stealth jet or smuggling yourself into one of the island’s docks by sea. You can take more of the secondary objectives, so I could send Tarek off to the control tower to take down air defences while I start looting from the wee cash piles.” With multiple players you can split up and do multiple things at once. If you go in there by yourself, you’re taking 100 per cent of the cut and it’s a lot easier to do stealth and plan when you’re not on comms. But at the same time still allow solo players to still get just as valid an experience out of it. “We want to respect teams and players who want to play co-op. ”It’s something we’re keen to carry forward,” he adds. From a design perspective, the new island was a chance to balance the experience. “It’s something that’s been on our minds for quite some time and the community has been vocal about it,” Butchard says. Perhaps the most appealing part about the update, though, is that it’s designed to be played either solo or with friends. Your submarine captain, Pavel, has more laugh out loud lines in his opening introduction than some entire games. The characters in Cayo Perico have a wit and sense of personality that other games can’t muster. Working from home has been a big transition and Houser’s departure was shocking news to the gaming world, but seeing the introduction to Cayo Perico’s main story mode, something is certain: Grand Theft Auto feels no less funny or sharp in its writing and despite the technology under the hood being comparably old, it still has the flair and personality to carry it through. “There’s been a real effort on every single level that everyone working from home understands that now that we’ve blurred the boundaries between home and the workplace, their home life comes first, that their quality of life comes first.” “I think that at the forefront of everybody’s minds, more so this year than ever before, is that everyone’s quality of life is really protected,” he says. Since then, and with the movement to WFH, Hamad explains how there’s been an increased focus on work-life balances.
This came a year or so after Rockstar reorganised into one almost singular developmental entity – rather than siloed studios working on separate games.įurthermore, in 2018, Rockstar became the focus of ongoing pressure to improve working conditions and reduce “crunch culture” in game development. Rockstar cofounder Dan Houser – brother of existing president Sam Houser – departed earlier this year. The last few years have marked several major changes for the company. Rockstar has become familiar to this sort of adaptation.
We found ourselves really moving as one very very quickly.” “What’s amazing is that, at the beginning, when working from home properly kicked off, there were lots of challenges to overcome,” Hamad says, “but we actually hit the ground running very fast with our support network and infrastructure globally. The challenge of such a large-scale development has been emphasised even further by Covid-19, which shifted the entire Edinburgh-based studio – and thousands of staff globally – to remote working.
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