The Freight side missions in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were bad, and the only thing worse is the thought that a new version of these side activities could be brought back in Grand Theft Auto 6. If bringing San Andreas’ Freight Train missions back is something Rockstar is thinking about doing, they should stop in their tracks, pun intended.
Nothing official has been confirmed about Grand Theft Auto 6’s gameplay, setting, or release. In fact, with Rockstar recently announcing GTA 5 and GTA: Online remastered for the PlayStation 5, it’s led many to wonder if GTA 6 is on the developer’s minds at all. However, with multiple rumors and accredited journalists having reported the game is in some form of development (not to mention the seven year gap it’s been since Grand Theft Auto 5 originally released) it would make sense for some kind of news to be revealed soon.
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Regardless, one thing fans would likely be disappointed to see a return of in GTA 6 would be the freight train missions. For some very obvious reasons, these side activities are underwhelming and do not compare to the variety of other creative missions the GTA franchise has come out with over the years. It seemed like a tacked-on, last-minute addition, and it didn’t add anything to the game’s replayability other than prolonging the experience.
Everything Wrong With GTA: San Andreas’ Freight Mission
Players can access the freight train mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but there’s little reason for doing so other than 100% completion. Although the freight train mission may be challenging because they requires patience and timed precision, basically it just amounts to keeping a steady speed and then stopping in the designated areas, and this does little to make the overall experience entertaining. This challenge is one of Grand Theft Auto’s most boring side missions ever designed, something which does little to engage the player and doesn not provide them with even the hint of a tantalizing gameplay experience. Instead, it requires the player to do a lot of sitting back and relaxing, and while that may sound enticing at first, it seems incredibly dull when compared with GTA: San Andreas’ other intense missions.
Grand Theft Auto could learn a thing or two from the developer’s other big franchise, Red Dead Redemption, which gave players the option to loot and rob trains in its sequel, both during open-world play and select missions. Unless GTA 6 is graced with a freight train mission that offers players these sorts of opportunities for enhanced gameplay, then including a similar side-mission to the one featured in GTA: San Andreas would likely be disappointing. There’s no need to repeat what’s already be done unless it was a smashing success. And considering everything wrong with the freight train mission in GTA: San Andreas, GTA 6 would do well to learn this is one mission that doesn’t need to be repeated.