Californian Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Obviously, the game is called "grand theft auto iv," but shouldn't it be called grand theft auto: Liberty City? I'm just saying since it isn't a sequel from III, and right now it's called IV. Rockstar confirmed it has no connections with the other GTA's (other than in-game brands) What do you think? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
92FaSho Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 since III was in liberty city why not call it IV(a number after III in roman numerals) ..i mean their both in liberty city Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbine23 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 No, its called Grand Theft Auto 4, and there's nothing we could do about it Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phs1234 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I think I don't get you. On one hand you say it should be GTA: Liberty City, and on the other you say since its not a sequel of III, it should be called IV. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceedot Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 GTA:III (based in Liberty City. Not known at all as GTA: LIBERTY CITY) GTA:VICE CITY GTA:SAN ANDREAS GTA:IV GTA:CITY NAME GTA:CITY NAME Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 I think I don't get you. On one hand you say it should be GTA: Liberty City, and on the other you say since its not a sequel of III, it should be called IV. I didn't say it should be called IV, i said it should be called GTA: Liberty City. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
92FaSho Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 GTA:III (based in Liberty City. Not known at all as GTA: LIBERTY CITY)GTA:VICE CITY GTA:SAN ANDREAS GTA:IV GTA:CITY NAME GTA:CITY NAME Couldnt have been said any better Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceedot Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I think I don't get you. On one hand you say it should be GTA: Liberty City, and on the other you say since its not a sequel of III, it should be called IV. I did'nt say it should be called IV, i said it should be called GTA: Liberty City. It's called GTA IV to show that it is a new story and game, otherwise it would confuse and annoy people. Get it? GTA III was the beginning of the III series, and the rest were called GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas because it was part of the III series, not a whole new game(it used the same engine, stories tied in). Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Okay, now i understand Ceedot. My mistake Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbine23 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Okay, now i understand Ceedot. My mistake Hurray! Problem Solved! Yippe-kay-aye motherf***ers @Californian - Yeah its because its a new trilogy and part of the reason may be because when they first announced it, they didn't want us to know the city, and it fit the mood for a new trilogy. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phs1234 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Okay, now i understand Ceedot. My mistake I think you already knew that, you just didn't know you knew it. I'm just saying since it isn't a sequel from III, and right now it's called IV. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
willgtavcs Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 vice city and san Andreas are prequels to gta 3 and stories are prequels to prequels and IV is a sequel in the GTA series and will have its own prequels Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishermanGTA Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 GTA:III (based in Liberty City. Not known at all as GTA: LIBERTY CITY)GTA:VICE CITY GTA:SAN ANDREAS GTA:IV GTA:CITY NAME GTA:CITY NAME Was just about to post this myself. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
92FaSho Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 vice city and san Andreas are prequels to gta 3 and stories are prequels to prequels and IV is a sequel in the GTA series and will have its own prequels yepp hes got that right Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macauley Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 vice city and san Andreas are prequels to gta 3 and stories are prequels to prequels and IV is a sequel in the GTA series and will have its own prequels Good observations, I didn't pick that up, nice work. I wonder how Rockstar are going to title the next game, because they couldn't just go "Grand Theft Auto: (insert name)". It could cause confusion between the engines from an outsider, or something wrong with trademarks. It might be easy to go "Grand Theft Auto IV: (insert name)" but that isn't really to interesting. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourNeighborhoodKiller Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 No because I think naming it IV is much better than naming a city IMO. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_hrkac Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 GTA:III (based in Liberty City. Not known at all as GTA: LIBERTY CITY)GTA:VICE CITY GTA:SAN ANDREAS GTA:IV GTA:CITY NAME GTA:CITY NAME Couldnt have been said any better yeah well said simple and could of not have been said any better have a cookie! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceedot Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 vice city and san Andreas are prequels to gta 3 and stories are prequels to prequels and IV is a sequel in the GTA series and will have its own prequels Good observations, I didn't pick that up, nice work. I wonder how Rockstar are going to title the next game, because they couldn't just go "Grand Theft Auto: (insert name)". It could cause confusion between the engines from an outsider, or something wrong with trademarks. It might be easy to go "Grand Theft Auto IV: (insert name)" but that isn't really to interesting. I think it will still be named after the cities they are in, although they could do it the way you said it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057422994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macauley Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 vice city and san Andreas are prequels to gta 3 and stories are prequels to prequels and IV is a sequel in the GTA series and will have its own prequels Good observations, I didn't pick that up, nice work. I wonder how Rockstar are going to title the next game, because they couldn't just go "Grand Theft Auto: (insert name)". It could cause confusion between the engines from an outsider, or something wrong with trademarks. It might be easy to go "Grand Theft Auto IV: (insert name)" but that isn't really to interesting. I think it will still be named after the cities they are in, although they could do it the way you said it. Well what I meant by "insert name" I meant the name of the city, like what has been tossed around earlier, and what you said. I've just been expanding on it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollabackds Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 because this one is the next revolutionary games as gta3 was, gta vc and gta sa were beta test kind of games, to test new features to put in the next gen badass which will forever be known as GTA IV!!!! P.S Giants Won!!!! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZAZEL Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 They change numbers when they make use of a new game/graphics engine. GTA(1) - London shiz GTA2 GTA3 - Vice City - San Andreas GTA4 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellknightdemon Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 GTA:III (based in Liberty City. Not known at all as GTA: LIBERTY CITY)GTA:VICE CITY GTA:SAN ANDREAS GTA:IV GTA:CITY NAME GTA:CITY NAME that is good and keeping that same idea, the graphics were basicly the same so i think that how u said it means the graphics will be the same for the next 3 gta's Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ryan. Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yeah Ceedot made it pretty clear. GTA IV is a sequal to GTA 1, 2, and 3, but's it's a loose sequal. E.g Butterfly Effect 2 has no relation to Butterfly effect 1, but is still technically a sequal. At first I got confused with Vice City, and SA being set before GTA III, and wondered why GTA III wasn't called GTA: Liberty City. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic_Al Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 They probably didn't have a master plan to create a "GTA3 series". Rather, they created such a powerful engine for GTA3 they were able to keep expanding and wring several games out of it before it was obsolete. It was brilliant having all those spinoffs be set in the past because the retro ambiance made the aging graphics technology seem stylish. As others have explained, GTA4 is chronologically and technologically the first sequel moving forward from GTA3. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derty Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Obviously, the game is called "grand theft auto iv," but shouldn't it be called grand theft auto: Liberty City? I'm just saying since it isn't a sequel from III, and right now it's called IV. Rockstar confirmed it has no connections with the other GTA's (other than in-game brands) What do you think? It IS the sequel to III, m8 III, VC, SA = GTA3. IV is the next game. Actually... Before SA ever came out, R* said we'd get modding tools to make our own mods in "the next gta game"... Didn't deliver... or have they? This is the true sequel, so maybe, this is the next game... They probably didn't have a master plan to create a "GTA3 series". Rather, they created such a powerful engine for GTA3 they were able to keep expanding and wring several games out of it before it was obsolete. It was brilliant having all those spinoffs be set in the past because the retro ambiance made the aging graphics technology seem stylish. Nah, they wanted to do GTA1 in 3D, and they did, they just did it in three discs. Makes sense. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exkabewbikadid Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 It's way too late for them to be changing the name now. Not only that, as it's already been explained, the roman numeral usually denotes the beginning of a new GTA generation. Besides, we already have GTA Liberty City Stories. It would be very confusing to the casual gamer to notice a difference between that and GTA Liberty City at a glance. From a logical marketing standpoint, GTA IV is the only way to go. /end thread Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/307984-grand-theft-auto-renamed/#findComment-1057423145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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