Discussion: GTA 6 devs tested “a million” weapon wheel alternatives before circling back

[GAMER2GO Newsroom]

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier says Rockstar spent months on UI experiments as GTA 6 balanced Red Dead Redemption 2-style realism with GTA chaos.

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[potato18]

The funny part is that the weapon wheel surviving after all those prototypes probably means Rockstar tested every clever idea under the sun and still couldn't beat muscle memory. If players need half a minute to learn a new selector, it stops being an improvement and starts being a tutorial tax.

[Bogdan]

yeah, and in a game with cops, cars and switching cover fast, muscle memory matters more than looking novel. i do wonder if the limited carry stuff is what forced all those experiments in the first place, because that is the real problem the old wheel was never built for.

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