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The Ocean View Hotel Returns
The Ocean View Hotel, a landmark of the original 2002 GTA: Vice City, reappears in GTA 6's reveal material — Rockstar's own screenshot caption names it, showing Jason and Lucia standing outside it with the '55 Vapid Stanier behind them, and PC Gamer notes early clips harking back to it. Its return is one of the most direct architectural links between the two versions of the city, separated in-fiction by roughly forty years. Reading it as a deliberate callback is still interpretation; Rockstar has not commented on it.
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- Category
- Series Callback
- Location
- Vice City
Related
Named in this entry
Linked because this entry names them.
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Confirmed Vehicle
'55 Vapid Stanier
The 1955 Vapid Stanier, the series' take on the Ford Crown Victoria of that year, is the centrepiece of the Vintage Vice City Pack that Rockstar…
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Confirmed Character
Jason Duval
Jason Duval is one of GTA 6's two playable leads. Rockstar's official bio says he grew up around grifters and crooks, did a stint in the Army to…
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Confirmed Character
Lucia Caminos
Lucia Caminos is GTA 6's other playable lead and the first female protagonist in a mainline Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar's bio says her father taught…
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Confirmed Location
Ocean View Hotel
The Ocean View Hotel is a direct callback to the original GTA: Vice City, and Rockstar names it itself: an official screenshot released with the…
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Confirmed Location
Vice City
Vice City is Leonida's flagship city and the series' first return to the location since 2002, recast in the present day rather than the neon 1980s…
Other Series Callback easter eggs
Same kind of reference.
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Confirmed Easter egg
The Vintage Vice City Pack
Rockstar's pre-order bonus for GTA 6 is the Vintage Vice City Pack, officially described as a collection of items that flash back to when the neon…
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Confirmed Easter egg
Tommy Vercetti's Palm Tree Pattern
Rockstar's Vintage Vice City Pack includes a weapon finish it bills under the heading "Channel the Original Kingpin": a tropical pattern you can…
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Credible Easter egg
Phil Cassidy's Return at Phil's Ammunation
Trailer 2 features an advert for a gun shop called Phil's Ammunation, fronted by a man closely resembling Phil Cassidy from GTA: Vice City and Vice…