Food, drink and cigarettes

Edge’s cover feature describes Rob Nelson, playing as Jason, pouring “a stamina-boosting cup of coffee” and swigging “a health-buffing protein shake”, then later selecting “a pack of cigarettes from his inventory” and lighting one in the street. Rockstar’s Aaron Garbut tells Edge the game can be “more of a roleplay experience where you’re buying cigarettes and beer in the shop”. The Guardian, shown the game by Nelson at Rockstar North, describes “the way that Jason eats a hot dog” and how, walking around a gas station, “he can take bites of a donut with one hand while sipping a beer with the other”; when he runs, he tucks the six-pack he is carrying into the crook of his arm. Edge gives no figures for the coffee or the shake, and neither outlet says whether the player controls the two-handed eating.

The picture above is a representative Rockstar image, not necessarily this feature: A red convertible seen from behind drives out onto a street with its fabric roof half folded back, the route line showing on the minimap, from An Extended Look