Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer Ignites Debate After First Female Protagonist Unveiled
The internet has something new to gripe about (no surprise there), and this time it’s over the announcement that a female character will helm the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI.
On Tuesday, Rockstar Games released the long-awaited teaser for the sixth installment of the game’s franchise on its YouTube channel after the trailer was initially leaked.
In the Vice City-set trailer that’s already amassed 93 million views, fans meet Lucia, the first playable female protagonist to be introduced in the open-world gaming series.
While the plot remains under wraps, the teaser showcases a slew of the typical GTA-style racy scenes you would expect, including a woman twerking on top of a car as it speeds down the street, raucous parties and a massive alligator sauntering into a convenience store.
Though it was first reported last summer that a female protagonist would star in the upcoming game, it seems certain fans were triggered by finally laying eyes on the change in the teaser.
Many accused Rockstar Games of trying to be “woke” by having a woman lead the game.
If the story is well written then kudos but to me this is just another dumb woke pointless thing because which woman cares about gta 6. Trying to appease the wrong crowd https://t.co/YRxOZwFzxr
— saint laurent🗡 (@Emaniiii1) December 6, 2023
woman in gta 6??? more like wokestar studios.......
— happix holidays !!! (@NekoHappix) December 5, 2023
GTA 6 has woman protag? Erm, Rockstar has gone WOKE???!!!
— Soft (@softcustom3r) December 4, 2023
The main character in GTA 6 being a woman is sad, and proof of Rockstar games being woke.
Nobody is more pro-woman than me, but NOBODY wants to play as a woman in that game! This is a SHAME!— Coach Andy Felthersnatch (@AndysnatchNFL) December 5, 2023
We don’t want a woman as a main Character in GTA 6 https://t.co/4qdBMEGKRR
— Rome (@RomezWrld) November 27, 2023
Black woman in the first 10 seconds of the GTA 6 trailer. Yeah I'm thinking its woke trash. Save your money
— Michael Goytard (@AnimeGroyper) December 4, 2023
Others stepped in to defend the gaming studio’s decision to showcase a leading lady.
lol people are really mad that black women are prevalent in the GTA 6 trailer and that one of the main characters is a woman.
…. It’s 2023. JFC GO OUTSIDE. TOUCH GRASS.— 💗🔫🐇 (@Cyber_Kittiez) December 5, 2023
If your one of the weirdos who won’t be playing GTA 6 because one of the two playable protagonist is a woman, you need your priorities checked dawg
Acting as if we haven’t had a playable female lead before 🙄 pic.twitter.com/TPhh2a2MS0— SoapBoxGames (The Batman’s Burner Account 🦇) (@SoapBoxGames) December 5, 2023
If you’re going to bitch about the main character of GTA 6 being a woman, just play a different game.
Not everything is an agenda.— LeeDotJPG (@LeeSince95) December 4, 2023
"GTA 6 IS WOKE NOW"
There is nothing in this trailer that could be perceived as "WoKe'' content.
This ridiculous sentiment reinforces that people crying about this are infact troglodytes who are upset there is a woman in a (co) lead role.
Pathetic incel behavior. pic.twitter.com/YJR7IeCZAb— Sonny Evans (@SonnyFnEvans) December 5, 2023
This whole GTA 6 drama is stupid. Woman are just as capable being psychotic and criminally insane and with no regard of human life as men! Example: Your mother
— 🦈🎸7ebben: The E-boy🦈🎸 (@7ebben_) December 5, 2023
If you’re saying GTA 6 is woke for having a female protagonist, it’s probably because you’ve never been this close to a woman before pic.twitter.com/yeNYrf3zkP
— Steve Vegvari 🔜 The Game Awards ✈️ (@SVegvari) December 4, 2023
Wait. People are pissed that the GTA 6 main protagonist is a woman? Lmao, have these guys never played other video games before?
— Dudge 🐝🇪🇺 (@thatpunkdudge) December 5, 2023
i love that the main character in gta 6 is a woman
— nicole RENAISSANCE SPOILERS (@pttercrux) December 4, 2023
The release of the trailer for GTA 6 comes a decade after 2013’s GTA 5 dropped.
Despite the trailer’s initial mixed reviews, a press release promises that the game will be the “most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.”
Grand Theft Auto VI has yet to secure an exact release date but is set to drop sometime in 2025 on PlayStation 5, computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S.
