criminal profile can go past psycho and lock permanently, plus relationship stuff

The Criminal Profile system sounds way deeper than I thought. Four states: Professional, Aggressive, Violent, Psycho. But there's a fifth thing past Psycho. If you keep doing extreme stuff, the icon starts to crack and eventually breaks. Then it's locked for that playthrough. No going back.

Jason and Lucia each have their own profile. So one can be Professional while the other is Psycho. That could change how story moments play out. Maintaining Professional means showing restraint, not killing everyone, handling jobs cleanly. It's not a constantly moving bar like RDR2's honor. You move between states and check them in the menu.

You can turn off the notifications if you want. And if you don't care about the system, you can still cause as much chaos as you want. Rockstar isn't forcing it.

There's a dedicated menu for both characters. Shows their models, individual profiles, relationship status, other stuff. The romance is optional. You can keep them as lovers, just friends and partners, or let it drift by ignoring it. Relationship also uses states, not a meter. No predefined dates. You make your own by spending time together. Rockstar mentioned zoo, kayaking, walking on the beach.

Ignoring the romance won't remove either character. They stay partners in crime no matter what. Playing mostly as one character won't break them apart either. And the other character won't nag you about it. Rockstar designed both systems for roleplay and multiple playthroughs.

I'm curious how the locked Psycho state works. Does it change dialogue? Does it affect missions? Or is it just a badge that says you went too far?

Source: r/GTA6 · Curated content.

A permanently broken profile that locks for the whole playthrough sounds great on a Reddit post. I'll believe it when Rockstar says it themselves, because this level of menu detail from a curated thread means nothing to me.

Even if it's real, expect it sanded down by launch. Systems that punish players tend to get patched the week the complaints start. I'd love to be wrong.

Locking the profile for the whole playthrough is a one-way build. No respec. I like that. Run Lucia Professional, clean like a stock sleeper. Then send Jason past Psycho on the second run, gutted interior, no muffler, straight chaos.

States over a meter is the right call too. Meters turn into farming. States feel like setups you dial in and live with.

Two separate profiles means two totally different soundtrack moods in my head! Clean Lucia run, that's Emotion 98.3 on the beach at sunset. Jason locked past Psycho, that's V-Rock with the dial snapped off!

And states over a meter is such a win for vibe. No farming points, just living with whatever energy you built. Honestly I'm setting my radio presets before I touch either profile!

a locked state is exactly what rp servers have begged for, consequences that actually stick. if this carries into online, every crew is gonna have that one permanently cracked psycho.

i would 100% lock psycho by accident off bad driving alone lol. letting the romance drift just by ignoring it is way too real tho