The level of anticipation around Grand Theft Auto 6 is still absolutely massive, with huge swathes of fans eagerly awaiting the next trailer for the upcoming game to be released by Rockstar. With over a decade having passed since the launch of the project’s immensely successful predecessor, many players have expectations that GTA 6 will be just as defining and culturally impactful, if not more.
A lot of these hopes concern the scale and depth of Grand Theft Auto 6, with many fans hoping for multiple sprawling locations as just one example of how the upcoming game can surpass the experience of Grand Theft Auto 5. While more refined mechanics, customization options, and world-building interaction will also help GTA 6 stand out from the wider franchise, it seems important that the game builds upon the mystery that Rockstar titles are so good at instilling. One of the most famous mysteries around Grand Theft Auto 5 was related to its iconic Mount Chiliad, with fans working together for years to solve it, and Grand Theft Auto 6 needs its own version of this, but with a real and tangible pay-off.
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Grand Theft Auto 6 Can Learn a Lot From GTA 5’s Mount Chiliad Mystery
Many players instantly fell in love with the world of Los Santos and San Andreas within Grand Theft Auto 5 when the game launched back in 2013, with the title taking some iconic pre-existing locations from the franchise and fleshing them out in a way that had never been seen before. The core map of Grand Theft Auto 5 works so well thanks to its seamless blend of bustling urban areas and more rural and wild locations, packing a huge amount of variety into the game’s core experience.
As is the case with many Rockstar games, Grand Theft Auto 5 did not shy away from including hidden secrets and mysteries throughout its map, which has predictably led to huge amounts of community-led theories, debate, and discussion over the years. The most longstanding and complex of these mysteries concerns Mount Chiliad, an imposing mountain to the north of the game’s map that overlooks the city of Los Santos.
Fans were quick to notice a series of complex symbols and drawings around the peak of Mount Chiliad, seemingly indicating a massive mystery hidden within the mountain itself. Theories around these symbols range from alien origin, hidden game mechanics, and 100% completion, with the decade-long attention around the mystery potentially making it the most prominent in Grand Theft Auto‘s history.
The Unsatisfying Conclusion to Mount Chiliad’s Mystery Should Be Redeemed in GTA 6
Despite the longstanding community effort to solve the mystery, GTA 5 developer Ben Hinchcliffe recently confirmed that the Chiliad mystery was simply a way to “mess with people.” While there is still value in the way that the Mount Chiliad mystery brought the community together and led to so much discussion, GTA 6 needs to finally deliver the mystery-related pay-off that fans deserve. More recent Rockstar titles like RDR2 have satisfying conclusions to their own mysteries surrounding vampires and serial killers, setting a good standard that GTA 6 needs to follow.
GTA 6 would not feel complete without one major mystery that spans throughout its key locations, and this could be tied to a specific landmark like Chiliad, or even exist between the different maps that Grand Theft Auto 6 is rumored to feature. While it should still be quite difficult to solve, it seems imperative that the major mystery of Grand Theft Auto 6 should be given a clear and rewarding pay-off, finally rewarding dedicated fans who have spent so much time theorizing about the now infamous mystery of GTA 5‘s Mount Chiliad.
