The briefing
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The development discussion drew on a GQ interview with Rockstar’s Tarek Hamad and Scott Butchard. Music helped shape the Cayo Perico project, while moving the action outside Los Santos opened room for a new environment and a different kind of heist.
Solo participation was a major part of the design conversation, changing the relationship between a large Online operation and players who did not want to assemble a full crew. That does not make every multiplayer activity a single-player mission or guarantee the same design for future releases. The interview is most useful as an account of the choices behind this particular update: a new destination, music and flexible participation were linked parts of the expansion rather than unrelated additions.
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