What time period do you want GTA V to be set in?

[allhailkingryan]

By modern day I mean from now (I.E late 2010 - early 2011), not when GTA V will be released. Thank you for all of the replies, they are some cracking points and opinions!

Edited December 24, 2010 by allhailkingryan

[BrownBear]

60s and 70s should definately be done, maybe even the 50s.

 

[JasonAW]

I voted 1980s, only because I love that decade. And hoping that someone won't ring you all the time asking to go bowling etc.

[Emm Ell]

Modern day/very near future, I think the next game should take place not long after IV's era.

[silentsharklol]

Modern day, or the 70's, but i voted for modern day. But definatley not the 80's or 90's, we have had 2 games set in the 80's already and 3 set in the 90's. The 80's and 90's can f*ck off.

[jnzooger]

It will either be the 50s, 70s, or Modern day depending on the era its set in. 50s and 70s are the only ones that haven't really been done by a GTA Universe game, 2013 was covered by Manhunt 2.

[The Zone]

Modern Day. The 80s and 90s are already done and I don't give a f*ck about any period before that because it is ancient history. R*, don't f*ck it up and do some 70s GTA and you will lose a customer like me.

[NickRad]

I'd hae to say the modern day or at least add Independence FM so that I wouldn't have to listen to 60s to 80s music

[ajrunke]

80's Vice. Tis all.

[AceRay]

I'd love to play as an astronaut floating around in space, around the year 2989!

[Duxfever]

 

Modern Day. The 80s and 90s are already done and I don't give a f*ck about any period before that

Yeah!

 

 

because it is ancient history. R*, don't f*ck it up and do some 70s GTA and you will lose a customer like me.

No..

 

I would want GTA V to be set near the year it releases.

[MostOfAll]

Modern day or very near future seems good. I don't want anything that has to do with the past, and the further future would make everything unrealistic.

[Finn 7 five 11]

 

R*, don't f*ck it up and do some 70s GTA and you will lose a customer like me.

 

You know im a little sick of people saying the won't buy the game if this or that was in it or not in it, you are lying big time, you would buy the game anyway.

 

The 80's for me are great, as well as modern day, but i really like the 80's atmosphere, and also i wouldn't really care if they took cellphones and internet out, they weren't of that much use were they? There could be other ways to meet friends and do missions ect anyway, (like going into the marker). Modern day would be ok, but it would not have that same feel to it.

[Algonquin Assassin]

I want the past again. Do you know why VC, and SA are so popular? It's because they give people an insight into two respective eras most GTA fans never got to experience.

 

Modern settings IMO are boring. If I wanted a modern setting I would walk outside. It's pretty much the same reason why I like older movies compared to new ones. I'm also not a big fan of future, or near future settings, because it's for the most part just made up, and not based on any actual facts.

 

So it's hard to relate to. The past is great, because there are so many possibilities. Assassin's Creed II has got me into 15th century Europe, because I like interpreting history.

 

Anyway 1970s FTMW.

Edited December 3, 2010 by Miamivicecity

[Redketman]

In modern time.

 

My second choice would be the 90s. That was good century.

[jnzooger]

In modern time.

 

My second choice would be the 90s. That was good century.

I hope you mean decade, because the 90s were in the 1900s century.

[Redketman]

In modern time.

 

My second choice would be the 90s. That was good century.

I hope you mean decade, because the 90s were in the 1900s century.

Yes, I mean decade. I thought of something else when I wrote my post.

 

I don't think the next game will be set in the 90s though. San Andreas (in 1992) and Liberty City Stories (1998) were released in 2004 and 2005, and those games aren't really that old yet.

 

 

[James_4991]

Modern day, 90's or late 80's.

 

I will love the game regardless, but would be a little pissed if its set in an earlier time or in the future.

Late 80's to modern day will make me happy.

[Official General]

I would like to see a modern-day setting again for the next GTA game. The 1980s has already been very well-done with the Vice City games, while San Andreas and Liberty City Stories had the 1990s covered nicely. I personally don't see the point of going back into a 1960s or 1970s setting for the next GTA, I think it would feel too dated and restricted - old cars, old weapons, old technology and gadgets etc. As for anything before the 1960s/1970s, just forget that, I'm totally against it. The Mafia 1 and 2 games already cater for that period. I say Rockstar should just stick with the modern-day setting, a continuation of what they did with GTA 4. The mobile phone, internet and satnav stuff in GTA 4 was very good, I loved using that stuff. A modern-day setting would bring plenty of opportunities for more gameplay elements invloving new technology and gadgets that could be improved from GTA 4. Plus many of the real-life cities previously used in earlier GTA games set in earlier decades, like Miami and Los Angeles have very much changed in the last few decades, they much very different places now in the present-day.

Edited December 4, 2010 by Official General

[Pac.]

I would have to go with Modern day, simply because i like the feeling of playing a grand theft auto game, seeing what kind of groups and gangs are in that area/city and then like to relate them to real life gangs or groups, this is one of the key elements i enjoy about GTA. Obviously i love GTA for it's gameplay and fictional story the most though, however i think modern day is easier.

[Secura]

I would have to go with modern day , the reason for this being that all the new innovations of IV would have to be thrown out the window if they were going to do any time period less then 2006. Very rarley do you find rockstar eliminating parts of their games and a whole lot of extra features would have to be eliminated in the process if they were to go back to the 90's 80's or 70's.

[Little William]

I would have to go with modern day , the reason for this being that all the new innovations of IV would have to be thrown out the window if they were going to do any time period less then 2006. Very rarley do you find rockstar eliminating parts of their games and a whole lot of extra features would have to be eliminated in the process if they were to go back to the 90's 80's or 70's.

The 90s is not a problem if you talking about cellphones and the internet features. I was thinking if they do a 70s GTA, they will have payphones everywhere, and whenever walk near one, a small phonebook will appear at the bottom right corner of the screen, in place of the cellphone in IV. You scroll thru the phonebook, like what do with the cellphone, to look for the number you want to call and select it, then you will see the protag dialling the number on the payphone and call. And you can have telephones in safehouses to receive calls for missions and use payphones to call for missions. I guess that is one way to make up for lack of cellphones if there is a 70s GTA.

[Finn 7 five 11]

 

I would have to go with modern day , the reason for this being that all the new innovations of IV would have to be thrown out the window

 

Very rarley do you find rockstar eliminating parts of their games and a whole lot of extra features would have to be eliminated in the process if they were to go back to the 90's 80's or 70's.

 

WE lost bunch of features from San Andreas when GTA IV was released, whats the difference? Sure some of those features were a little crappy/dodgy but they could have been improved upon rather than being eliminated, i don't think rockstar has a problem with removing stuff.

 

1980's FOR SURE!

Edited December 5, 2010 by finn4life

[Duxfever]

I would have to go with modern day , the reason for this being that all the new innovations of IV would have to be thrown out the window

 

Very rarley do you find rockstar eliminating parts of their games and a whole lot of extra features would have to be eliminated in the process if they were to go back to the 90's 80's or 70's.

 

WE lost bunch of features from San Andreas when GTA IV was released, whats the difference? Sure some of those features were a little crappy/dodgy but they could have been improved upon rather than being eliminated, i don't think rockstar has a problem with removing stuff.

Sigh...

[krashdown]

1970s for me

 

i like the cars from that era but i cannot think of anything else that was much good

[jnzooger]

1970s for me

 

i like the cars from that era but i cannot think of anything else that was much good

50s and 70s are both great eras for cars, music, and historical satire. There are other things too, but they are mostly subjective and I don't feel like getting into that right now.

[Secura]

 

WE lost  bunch of features from San Andreas when GTA IV was released, whats the difference?

Two words: NEW ERA.

 

 

WE lost  bunch of features from San Andreas when GTA IV was released, whats the difference?

Ask anyone with a brain on these forums and they will tell you that Rockstar couldn't manage this straight away since the next gen hardware had never been used by their company before, add to the fact that it wouldn't fit Niko's image pimping cars and parachuting out of buildings, if you could imagine a Serbian war veteran doing that, then my friend you are certifiably insane. The idea for SA was to make CJ somewhat like you, IV however was about you being Niko get it?

 

 

The 90s is not a problem if you talking about cellphones and the internet features. I was thinking if they do a 70s GTA, they will have payphones everywhere, and whenever walk near one, a small phonebook will appear at the bottom right corner of the screen, in place of the cellphone in IV. You scroll thru the phonebook, like what do with the cellphone, to look for the number you want to call and select it, then you will see the protag dialling the number on the payphone and call. And you can have telephones in safehouses to receive calls for missions and use payphones to call for missions. I guess that is one way to make up for lack of cellphones if there is a 70s GTA.

I guess that could work but I don't want to have to go all over the freaking city if I'm being hunted by the cops, the mob and everyone else in the game wanting rip or blow my head off my F*CKING shoulders just to reach a pay phone. Although the 90's would be good we have nothing to look forward to in it, cell phones looked like bricks, the internet was a thousand times smaller and that's not all. I like the general funny scheme of THE WAR AGAINST TERROR or TWAT for short, the facts state quite obviously that Rockstar would have to make an even better story which would be good, but not much gameplay after the game is finished and that'd be bad.

 

With that in mind if they keep with the modern era they in a way have more fresh stuff to work with. Such as better weapons tech. Larger scale missions and be able to reference past games with more ease, you know without the time space continuum getting in the way. Just saying. The next game or the one after it will have some scrap of Packie in it, so in a way it has to be set in the present with the information that they gave us it is in my mind at least, highly improbable that it will not be set in the modern day and age.

Edited May 15, 2013 by Lightning Strike

[xrk]

I want the past again. Do you know why VC, and SA are so popular? It's because they give people an insight into two respective eras most GTA fans never got to experience.

 

Maybe it was actually because most Gta fans grew up during the 80's & 90's?

How many times have you heard/read the word nostalgia when reading or hearing someone speak about vice city being a good game.

Also the 90's had only been over, what? just under four years when San andreas was released and its not exactly far off being relevant to today in lots of ways, if you think about it.

 

Anything before the 80s and it falls out of the nostalgia range of the huge majority of "gamers", I would think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mr Vice City]

The 1980's. An awesome decade. About time we had another game there.

[cidamelo]

I think the 40's would be interesting!