GTA 6: 10 Things It Must Do BETTER Than 5

2. Use Celebrity Cameos/Voices To Make Memorable Side Characters

GTA Officer Frank Tenpenny
Rockstar

GTA III? Joe Pantoliano, Michael Madsen, Frank Vincent, Michael Rapaport. Vice City and San Andreas? Ray Liotta, Gary Busey, Sean Ryder, Axl Rose - the list went on and on.

GTA IV, though? A complete slate-wipe, as Rockstar noted that people were hearing the celebrity, rather than the character, which is somewhat fair. By GTA V though, we've got no guest appearances from anyone, or celebrity voices whatsoever.

And to be honest, that's a mistake.

GTA celebrities
Rockstar

Part of the fun and overall bluster of that original 3D trilogy came from this fun mentality of seeing a ton of known names all pile in to embody a range of personalities. This in turn made for great missions, radio banter and a tone that could revel in poking fun at celebrity culture in general.

The nearest thing we have to a mass market game factoring in celebs is Call of Duty's zombie mode(s), and though they're written to suit time periods and age-old genre tropes, simply including many of our favourite actors and voices would go a long way to making GTA feel phenomenal again.

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