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Tell GR: Where Will Grand Theft Auto V Take Gamers?

Posted on Tuesday, October 25 @ 12:40:05 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

Today's announcement that Grand Theft Auto V was indeed on its way, even to the point that Rockstar Games was ready to show off an announcement trailer, was surprising to no one. We're very ready for the latest installment of the world's most controversial video game.

Spending hours upon hours in Grand Theft Auto IV's version of Liberty City has left us with quite the impression, but now that Grand Theft Auto V is officially on its way, let's examing what we know so far (very little) and narrow down the possibilities for GTA V's next location.

We'll start off by saying that Rockstar Games will not be taking players back to Liberty City for the latest GTA installment. That's stale. If we know anything about the elusive mega-developer, it's that Rockstar likes to keep things fresh.

We've really only got a logo to go on at this point, but there are some telling details inherent in the massive splash page. Grand Theft Auto V's logo features a roman-numeral 5 with the word "Five" spelled out in front of it. Since Grand Theft Auto III, numerical entries in the series have meant a return to Liberty City. Our guess is that the V in this logo will mean something.

Obviously, we're talking Vice City, but will a modern day Miami make for the amazing narative Rockstar is sure to cook up? We're not so sure. Once you've done 80s Miami, there might not be too much to go back to. Instead, the currency-esque V in the latest GTA's logo suggests a locale with a big focus on money and business.

We're thinking Los Santos, the San Andreas stand-in for Los Angeles. With California acting as the eighth largest economy IN THE WORLD, it make sense for a Grand Theft Auto to focus on the land of stars, business, drugs, police, race, and lower-, middle-, and upper-class citizens. Los Angeles presents the optimal locations for a totally varied cast of characters and a totally varied landscape.

It certainly helps that Rockstar Games has a ton of assets and research already built up in their recent development of crime-caper L.A. Noire. It makes sense that those utilties could be put to better use by the in-house development teams at Rockstar Games.

Where do you want Grand Theft Auto V set?

Tags: Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar Games

Comments

quiknkold
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I want outside the US. some place like London or even Tokyo. Its just America has been done to death in Sandboxes already.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
The logo looks like a monetary symbol to me, like off of a dollar bill. I'm thinking probably a Vegas themed setting.

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UghRochester
Joined: Jun 2006

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Yeah, I'm hoping it has something to do with Las Venturas (Las Vegas in GTA: San Andreas).

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
GTA: Springfield

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Bretimus_v2
Joined: Jan 2009

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Boise, Idaho. Breaking into the world of potato hustlin'.

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MrrClean
Joined: Aug 2010

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Come on, dude, it should be Salt Lake City, Utah. There is nowhere in the world more badass than Salt Lake City.

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MrrClean
Joined: Aug 2010

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I don't really care where it takes place, but if they could create another game with the huge geographical scale of San Andreas, that would be awesome. San Andreas is still my favourite GTA game for simply that reason, there is just so many places to see, explore, cruise around, fly Harrier jets into... I always prefered that to the actual story of these kind of games, which is one of the reasons that I love Just Cause 2 so much.

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damo_rox619
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
i'll tell you where GTA V takes me; away from my tv, doing something else

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J03
Joined: Aug 2011

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I'm hoping for a fake city in texas were your hired by some oil tycoon to take out the competition. Only to be betrayed and you take your revenge out on him. I doubt they'll do that but being able to shoot some big oil guy in the face would make it easier to go to the gas station.

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sandineyes
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Bangkok. Always double check your prostitute for an Adam's apple, and watch out for the police with the Hello Kitty armbands; they are the violent ones among the police force. Haven't seen Hangover Part II by the way, so my stereotyping is rather limited.

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TurinAlexander
Joined: Sep 2006

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Location doesn't concern me. The painfully outdated and clunky controls and boring and pretty damn annoying relationship mechanics do. I hope they do a serious upgrade to the former and just plain drop the latter. The game will be much better for it.

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Squiggy
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
There needs to be a Grand Theft Auto game set in Alaska.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Oct 25th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Grand Theft Snowmobile.

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