Leslie Benzies left Rockstar North in 2016 following a long sabbatical shortly after the release of Grand Theft Auto V. Since then, Benzies has distanced himself from Grand Theft Auto, a franchise that he has been a part of since 1999 when he joined the Rockstar Games subsidiary. Now, for the first time in years, Benzies is talking about the best-selling franchise ahead of the release of his debut title with his new studio, Build a Rocket Boy.
In an interview with GamingBible at the BAFTA Games Awards (where GTA was ironically robbed in favor of other questionable titles), Benzies shared a few words about the upcoming game, MindsEye. Benzies touches upon how it will inevitably be compared to GTA, particularly Grand Theft Auto 6, which comes out later this year.
"There's always comparisons. The first question that gets asked is always about the old game, but I think that's human nature," shared Benzies. He later expressed his enthusiasm for his former colleagues' work. "Absolutely," he said when asked if he was excited about GTA VI. "There's a great amount of geniuses there always creating something new, unique and of a scale that very few others can actually pull off."
