GTA 6 fans are already joking that Rockstar Games has given them another huge reason to spend countless hours exploring Vice City: a wildlife system that could remind players of Red Dead Redemption 2.

A new discussion on the GTA 6 subreddit has fans talking about the game’s animals and the possibility of spending hours discovering different species across the massive open world.

The conversation started with a post titled “I am already going to be tired bro”, where a fan joked about how much time they expect to spend searching for animals in a possible GTA 6 animal collection system.

The joke quickly turned into a much bigger discussion about one of the more surprising parts of GTA 6: the amount of wildlife and animal-related activities Rockstar appears to be adding to the game.

One of the biggest reactions came from fans who immediately remembered Red Dead Redemption 2.

Rockstar’s western game became famous for its huge wildlife system. Players could discover different animals across the world, study them, track them and add information about them to the game’s animal records.

Now, GTA 6 fans are wondering whether Rockstar is bringing a similar idea to modern-day Vice City.

One Reddit user compared the situation to the amount of work needed to complete Red Dead Redemption 2, joking about the memories of trying to finish everything in the game. Another commenter said they were completely fine with GTA 6 taking a similar approach.

That reaction makes sense because GTA 6 appears to have a much bigger focus on wildlife than GTA 5.

The latest discussion also brought attention to the zoo in GTA 6, which fans say has been confirmed as one of the activities players can visit.

One Reddit commenter said they were surprised that the next GTA game would feature a zoo, especially considering how different the series is from Red Dead Redemption.

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The idea of a zoo is especially interesting because it suggests Rockstar is not treating animals as simple background objects.

Instead, wildlife could become another part of the world that players can explore and interact with.

That would fit with Rockstar’s approach to GTA 6 as a much more detailed open world. The studio appears to be filling Vice City and the surrounding areas with activities that can keep players busy even when they are not following the main story.

And animals could be a big part of that.

Players may have plenty of reasons to leave the city and explore beaches, forests, wetlands and other areas looking for different types of wildlife. The game’s Florida-inspired setting gives Rockstar plenty of options when it comes to the kinds of animals that can appear across the map.

The Reddit discussion also shows that fans are already thinking about GTA 6’s completion and exploration.

For some players, the idea of having to discover every animal sounds like another massive task. But for others, that is exactly what they want from the game.

One commenter basically summed up the positive side of the idea by saying that GTA 6 feels like Red Dead Redemption in a modern setting.

That comparison has become increasingly common among fans.

GTA 6 still has the cars, crime, humor and chaos that define Grand Theft Auto, but Rockstar appears to be bringing some of the deeper world systems from Red Dead Redemption 2 into the new game.

That could make Vice City feel much more alive.

Instead of having a world that exists mainly for missions, Rockstar seems to be building an environment where players can simply wander around and find things to do.

The wildlife system is a good example of this.

You might start GTA 6 with the goal of completing a mission, get distracted by something happening on the road, drive into another part of the map and eventually end up exploring wildlife instead.

That kind of distraction has always been one of the best parts of Rockstar’s open-world games.

The zoo could add another layer to that experience.

If Rockstar has designed the zoo as more than just a location to visit, it could become another place where players can spend time away from the main story. Fans are already curious about what animals will appear there and whether the location will have its own activities or secrets.

Of course, players should keep in mind that the Reddit discussion includes plenty of speculation. Not every detail being discussed by fans has been officially explained by Rockstar, so the exact depth of the animal system remains unclear.

Still, the reaction shows just how much players are thinking about GTA 6’s world.

The excitement is no longer limited to the main characters, missions and vehicles. Fans are now talking about small systems that could keep them busy for dozens of hours.

And that may be one of GTA 6’s biggest strengths.

Rockstar appears to be building Vice City as a world that players can explore at their own pace, rather than simply a map connecting one mission to another.

If the wildlife system is as detailed as fans expect, completing every animal-related activity could become one of those optional GTA 6 challenges that players spend months working through.

For completionists, that could be both exciting and terrifying.

For everyone else, it could simply mean another reason to get distracted while exploring Vice City.

Either way, GTA 6 fans are already preparing themselves for the possibility that Rockstar’s next game could be much more packed with things to discover than they expected.