GTA 6 features over 600,000 NPC animations and behaviors

Rockstar Games revealed that Grand Theft Auto 6 includes more than 600,000 different animations for pedestrian NPCs. The studio created a dedicated internal team to handle the NPC residents of the game's Leonida setting.

Each NPC will have their own personality traits within the game. Pedestrians will react differently based on their own demeanor and aggression levels.

Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson shared information about the process behind creating the NPCs in an interview with Edge Magazine. The team determined how aggressive NPCs will be and whether they will go for a weapon.

Rockstar has developed a sizable library of dialogue for the NPCs. Differences in an NPC's tone will be affected by factors like weather, time of day, and the player committing a crime.