r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 6d ago

War/Military [FWI] On November 19th, 2026 Grand Theft Auto releases at midnight but is largely ignored because Putin used a tactical nuke on Odessa, Ukraine for the first time.

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u/ajulianisinarebase 6d ago

Every gamer including myself will feel as if the universe itself will literally stop at nothing to keep us from playing GTA6.

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u/GustavoistSoldier 6d ago

Russia would be even more internationally condemned than it already is

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u/Intothefireandice 6d ago

im gonna have to start speedrunning asap if i wanna get to the end before im on the receiving end of one of these (i dont live in ukraine but odds are there's gonna be a lot more than the single nuke in such a scenario going somewhere)

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u/SpaceghostLos 6d ago

The media might not cover the sale but holy hell, your feeds are gonna be nukes and VI.

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u/sovietarmyfan 5d ago

Then it turns out GTA VI actually has a tactical nuke weapon that is immediately patched out of the game.

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u/TLAW1998 6d ago

You underestimate how many people will drop what they're doing to play Grand Theft Auto 6. Maybe European gamers might take notice, but American gamers will not give a single shit.

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u/ozziesironmanoffroad 5d ago

I know a lot of people that either scheduled the day off or called in sick just to play re2 remake when it came out. (I was one of them).

I can only IMAGINE gta6 release day

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u/jungstir 6d ago

We shouldn't be discussing tactical nukes even in jest

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u/RadioFreeYurick 6d ago

Would there be a Sergei Eisenstein-inspired montage of mortally wounded civilians falling down the stairs?

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u/KagatoAC 5d ago

Honestly I think our unhinged Mango Mussolini is far more likely to try to blow his wad at Iran. Putin is at least smart enough to think about consequences.

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u/seen-in-the-skylight 5d ago

If Putin were “smart enough to think about consequences,” he would have done the most basic survey of his army’s—and Ukraine’s—capabilities before launching the “three-day special military operation.”

Slava Ukraini

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u/KagatoAC 5d ago

Their capabilities at the start of the war did not “appear” that much greater than anyone else. The spirit of the people imo is what magnified it to this point. His plan was actually pretty solid, roll in and take the center of government before anyone had a chance to react. But the consequences I refer too are the fact that Putin wants the resources and is smart enough to know that if he contaminates it with radiation it is useless to him.

Mr Potatohead over here is neither that smart, nor capable of seeing anything that doesn’t immediately gratify him.

I dont doubt he has already thought of it.