Huge GTA 6 Leak - Everything You Need To Know

5. Overhauling Combat & Damage Models

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Out of the AMA chatter, several body-based notes came up.

In the triumphant Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one unique quirk was that players were able to alter Carl 'CJ' Johnson's body shape by hitting the gym, with different results given based on how often CJ worked out. And for GTA VI, the word is that this element of San Andreas will be revisited - but with the caveat that any body transformation will not be quite as dramatic or extreme as those that were possible to achieve with CJ.

On the more gruesome side of things, GTA VI will reportedly allow players to dish out a whole new level of wince-inducing brutality on anyone they come up against. By that, the game is said to include more precise, nuanced damage - as in, those close to a bomb explosion will lose limbs, those slashed with a machete will be left with deep wounds, and close-range shootings will result in bone fragmentation.

Elsewhere on the body front, GTA VI will include nudity to the same sort of standard seen in last year's Cyberpunk 2077.

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