What would be the GTA VI version of Arthur’s diary?

I know both are different games, and we shouldn’t expect too many crossovers, but Rockstar tends to build upon mechanics they’ve tested in earlier games. So, it’s not out of the question that they could implement something that gives us a deeper look at Lucia’s and Jason’s individual personalities, aside from the dialogue and cutscenes.

I think the phone will play a bigger role than ever before in the series, especially given the significance that parody apps like TikTok and Twitch will likely have. Snapmatic will most likely evolve into a fully functional app.

Arthur wrote down his thoughts and made his cute little drawings, which was a big part of making him a complex and believable character. I think people who never read the diary experienced Arthur in a different and definitely colder way. Maybe Jason will record audio memos instead of keeping a diary on his phone. Maybe Lucia will create some sort of video diary—not in an influencer-style, selfie-vlogging way, but more on a deep, self-reflective level, where she calmly explains to her phone camera what she did and how she feels about it.

Furthermore, the phone could also be used to remind us of mysteries and little puzzles we haven’t solved yet. For example, if Jason stumbles upon some weirdly shaped trees in a forest, he might automatically pull out his phone to take a picture as a reminder that there could be a mystery here, similar to how Arthur captured special moments or places with drawings. These pictures could be stored in a dedicated folder in your phone gallery, and perhaps later you’ll overhear someone talking about “the face in the forest that only appears at night.” Then, when you return to that location at night under the moonlight, you might see that the shadows cast by the oddly shaped trees resemble a crying face. Jason takes another picture, mystery solved.