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GTA 6 trailers have provided players with glimpses of what they can expect from the game.
The fan theory that takes the most traction is that Jason betrays Lucia in the end. Players claim that the trailer has glimpses of it.
Rockstar hasn’t stated anything. Fans believe there’s a massive twist in the relationship of Lucia and Jason to will change the game in the end.
Ever since the first official GTA 6 trailer was released, fans have been analyzing what the game will offer. After the drop of the second trailer, this hype has reached a new level. Fans have been dissecting every frame to create theories on potential twists and the fate of the new protagonist duo.
The flashy visuals, nostalgic return to Vice City, and action-packed sequences captivated the attention of gamers. A deeper look into the shown storyline reveals a major twist that might be hiding in plain sight. It’s about the betrayal. More specifically, Jason’s real identity and his betrayal of Lucia are what players are speculating about.
Initially, Lucia and Jason resemble a contemporary version of Bonnie and Clyde. The trailer presents them as a passionate, chaotic couple linked together by a life of crime and survival. In the first official footage, players even see them plotting robberies together, growing apart from the law, and appearing to have each other’s backs. But what if their partnership is shaky from the very beginning?
The trailer opens with Lucia in prison, and when she's asked, “Do you know why you're here?” Lucia cryptically responds, “Bad luck, I guess.” This adds a new layer to fan speculations. Nothing more the trailer reveals, but what if Lucia's bad luck is originally a betrayal by Jason? The rest of the trailer shows these two characters together, running around Vice City with relative abandon, but there is a consistent theme that calls Jason's loyalty into question.
The male protagonist hardly looks at Lucia's eyes during any scene. Some scenes even show that Jason has the same weapon and equipment as the cops have in the trailer. Moreover, fans noticed that one prison guard also looks like Jason. These observations created a strong belief among fans that Jason is probably an undercover cop.
Jason's character may be designed like that without any further relevance. Therefore, there's a chance that Jason and Lucia are life partners without any betrayal. However, the previous record of Rockstar Games suggests there may be some twist in the storyline. Still, it's pretty unreasonable that the developer team put hints of an event in the trailers that they have prepared to surprise gamers later in the game
One of the most attractive parts about Rockstar's storytelling is how they manage to plant seeds of major plot developments long before the game is even released. That's what players suspect to happen in GTA 6 trailer 2. Analysts and fans have been analyzing every frame of the trailer and pointed out moments where Jason is calm during panicking moments as well. That most fans find suspicious. While Lucia is tense, Jason seems to be absent from the entire matter.
This is probably because Rockstar joined different clips to make the trailer. However, if someone wants to justify the betrayal theory based on this, one may have a plausible narrative development. Further, Rockstar's use of social media aesthetics in the trailer indicates a game world obsessed with appearances and deception. In there, Jason's cold demeanor, lack of intense emotional engagement, and consistent focus on the next job could all hint at a cold, calculated personality.
The betrayal theory explains the prison scene of Lucia. If Jason turns out to be the betrayer, it will be more than just a narrative twist. It would be the emotional anchor. In that case, GTA 6 could bring a non-linear structure like Red Dead Redemption 2, where flashbacks reveal the cracks and how it finally makes Jason betray Lucia.
GTA 6 is likely to be Rockstar's most ambitious narrative yet. If players track the history of the GTA franchise, one can be sure that the game will bring more than car chases and shootouts. The Jason betrayal theory may be false, but Rockstar never presents a GTA game without mind-blowing twists.
If Rockstar left clues for players in the trailer, it would be something extremely unexpected. It highlights that Rockstar understands its audience and what they look for. In that case, whether or not Jason is a traitor, GTA 6 will have tension, betrayal, convincing moral compromises, and meet the expectations of the community.
