Rockstar wants GTA 6's Jason and Lucia to inspire the same sort of "emotional connection" that Red Dead Redemption 2 fans had with Arthur

GamesRadar reports on Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson's comments about the emotional stakes of GTA VI. Nelson compares the team's ambitions for Jason and Lucia with the attachment many players developed to Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2. He describes combining a more interactive world with the consequences of following two protagonists who depend on each other.

This is insight into the developers' narrative goals, not a guarantee that any specific player choice or scene will produce the same reaction. The useful comparison is between a single protagonist's arc and a shared relationship, rather than a claim that GTA VI recreates Red Dead Redemption 2's story.