'Los Santos Only' Discussion (Merged)

[Halo_Override]

Let's take a different tack on this.  The version of L.A. featured in GTA:SA was massively, massively condensed.  They really had to hack L.A. to pieces in order to come up with something that would fit into one corner of the playing area.  Even though I don't live in L.A. (hell, not even in the U.S.) and don't know L.A. half as well some people here, I know that there are a quite a few significant landmarks (Farmer's Market, La Brea Tar Pits, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood Bowl and many, many others) that didn't make it into the final cut of Los Santos in GTA:SA.  And stuff that did make it in was cut down, compressed, rearranged and massively compromised in order to make it work.  True, L.S. was never intended to represent L.A. street for street, it only had to have the right feel.  And that was enough for the story that was to be told with it.  But it doesn't change the fact that it was completely and brutally butchered to put it into GTA:SA. (Not that SA wasn't a bad game or that LS was a bad city. I like GTA:SA.)

 

In GTA:V, Los Santos now gets a whole game to itself.  It too will not be a street by street representation of the real life city.  But nor is it going to be a rehash of GTA:SA's version of L.S.  But it is going to take centre stage.  L.A. will still be massively condensed, but now they have much more area to play with, so it won't be compressed quite as much.  They are going to be able to get a hell of a lot more of L.A. into the new L.S.  This rendition of Los Santos is going to be an entirely new city.  It will be as different from GTA:SA as GTA:IV's Liberty City was different to GTA:III (albeit that in GTA:III LC wasn't intended to be a direct representation of NYC, but I digress).

 

Furthermore, I think it unlikely that GTA:V will be focusing on L.A.'s street gang culture.  In GTA:SA, it was central to the plot and the lead characters.  GTA:V may possibly have some street gang elements in it, but they are more likely to take a back seat to what ever the central plot is likely to be.

 

Overall, GTA:V is not going to be GTA:SA mk2.  It's going to be it's own game with it's own identity.  It may not be what everyone wants.  But Rockstar do prefer to let their creativity do their talking.  They will give us a game that breaks new ground and is able to stand in it's own right.

 

GTA:V is going to be different in so many ways to GTA:SA.  Deal with it.

 

Peace.

This.. Well said mate.

Yep, great post.

[meson1]

This is a nooby question but, because its only Los Santos, is it just going to be one big island or is it going to have bridges link us to other towns? I'm really confused. Yes, I did play San Andreas and there were 3 towns. But now we know only Los Santos is in, it seems as though there will only be one island, which seems unlike GTA as every game i can remember had bridges leading to other islands.

We just don't know at this time. It probably won't be known until the game actually comes out how and if they will divide up the playing area.

[DarrinPA]

 

Let's take a different tack on this.  The version of L.A. featured in GTA:SA was massively, massively condensed.  They really had to hack L.A. to pieces in order to come up with something that would fit into one corner of the playing area.

But that was the great part about it. It was the highlights of the City. What are they going to add? Probably just more basic buildings, the majority is nothing that is going to make us say "wow, I can't believe that wasn't here last time".

 

No matter how hard R* wants to seperate this game from the last San Andreas, they are going to have accept the fact that people are going to compare them.

[skillz7855]

They said that game will be in Southern California

 

 

 

If you ask me that pretty big plus details.

 

 

 

This is the exact quote of what they said

 

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

 

With that being said they did not rule out other cities in Southern California

[Turin88]

You're all going to feel silly when the next trailer comes along showing San Fierro.

[Jeeebuuus]

Let's take a different tack on this.  The version of L.A. featured in GTA:SA was massively, massively condensed.  They really had to hack L.A. to pieces in order to come up with something that would fit into one corner of the playing area.  Even though I don't live in L.A. (hell, not even in the U.S.) and don't know L.A. half as well some people here, I know that there are a quite a few significant landmarks (Farmer's Market, La Brea Tar Pits, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood Bowl and many, many others) that didn't make it into the final cut of Los Santos in GTA:SA.  And stuff that did make it in was cut down, compressed, rearranged and massively compromised in order to make it work.  True, L.S. was never intended to represent L.A. street for street, it only had to have the right feel.  And that was enough for the story that was to be told with it.  But it doesn't change the fact that it was completely and brutally butchered to put it into GTA:SA. (Not that SA wasn't a bad game or that LS was a bad city. I like GTA:SA.)

 

In GTA:V, Los Santos now gets a whole game to itself.  It too will not be a street by street representation of the real life city.  But nor is it going to be a rehash of GTA:SA's version of L.S.  But it is going to take centre stage.  L.A. will still be massively condensed, but now they have much more area to play with, so it won't be compressed quite as much.  They are going to be able to get a hell of a lot more of L.A. into the new L.S.  This rendition of Los Santos is going to be an entirely new city.  It will be as different from GTA:SA as GTA:IV's Liberty City was different to GTA:III (albeit that in GTA:III LC wasn't intended to be a direct representation of NYC, but I digress).

 

Furthermore, I think it unlikely that GTA:V will be focusing on L.A.'s street gang culture.  In GTA:SA, it was central to the plot and the lead characters.  GTA:V may possibly have some street gang elements in it, but they are more likely to take a back seat to what ever the central plot is likely to be.

 

Overall, GTA:V is not going to be GTA:SA mk2.  It's going to be it's own game with it's own identity.  It may not be what everyone wants.  But Rockstar do prefer to let their creativity do their talking.  They will give us a game that breaks new ground and is able to stand in it's own right.

 

GTA:V is going to be different in so many ways to GTA:SA.  Deal with it.

 

Peace.

This.. Well said mate.

I agree. It should be R*'s statement to explain this question.

[Axl00357]

You're all going to feel silly when the next trailer comes along showing San Fierro.

Tell me about it

 

EVERYONE on the internet is jumping to bad conclusions. I mean this R*, there going to do the biggest and best thing there is.

[gtacrazyz]

You're all going to feel silly when the next trailer comes along showing San Fierro.

Tell me about it

 

EVERYONE on the internet is jumping to bad conclusions. I mean this R*, there going to do the biggest and best thing there is.

fully agree...

 

my 2 pence on the situation (and please actually read it rather than just saying "los santos is confirmed")

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=491288

[DarrinPA]

I agree that if the next trailer shows San Ferrio or Las Venturas a lot of people will feel stupid for what they said. I'm just saying that I wish R* wouldn't leave us in the dark so much. I'm still keeping hope alive for the other two cities.

[bpark8824]

Let's take a different tack on this.  The version of L.A. featured in GTA:SA was massively, massively condensed.  They really had to hack L.A. to pieces in order to come up with something that would fit into one corner of the playing area.  Even though I don't live in L.A. (hell, not even in the U.S.) and don't know L.A. half as well some people here, I know that there are a quite a few significant landmarks (Farmer's Market, La Brea Tar Pits, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood Bowl and many, many others) that didn't make it into the final cut of Los Santos in GTA:SA.  And stuff that did make it in was cut down, compressed, rearranged and massively compromised in order to make it work.  True, L.S. was never intended to represent L.A. street for street, it only had to have the right feel.  And that was enough for the story that was to be told with it.  But it doesn't change the fact that it was completely and brutally butchered to put it into GTA:SA. (Not that SA wasn't a bad game or that LS was a bad city. I like GTA:SA.)

 

In GTA:V, Los Santos now gets a whole game to itself.  It too will not be a street by street representation of the real life city.  But nor is it going to be a rehash of GTA:SA's version of L.S.  But it is going to take centre stage.  L.A. will still be massively condensed, but now they have much more area to play with, so it won't be compressed quite as much.  They are going to be able to get a hell of a lot more of L.A. into the new L.S.  This rendition of Los Santos is going to be an entirely new city.  It will be as different from GTA:SA as GTA:IV's Liberty City was different to GTA:III (albeit that in GTA:III LC wasn't intended to be a direct representation of NYC, but I digress).

 

Furthermore, I think it unlikely that GTA:V will be focusing on L.A.'s street gang culture.  In GTA:SA, it was central to the plot and the lead characters.  GTA:V may possibly have some street gang elements in it, but they are more likely to take a back seat to what ever the central plot is likely to be.

 

Overall, GTA:V is not going to be GTA:SA mk2.  It's going to be it's own game with it's own identity.  It may not be what everyone wants.  But Rockstar do prefer to let their creativity do their talking.  They will give us a game that breaks new ground and is able to stand in it's own right.

 

GTA:V is going to be different in so many ways to GTA:SA.  Deal with it.

 

Peace.

This.. Well said mate.

I agree. It should be R*'s statement to explain this question.

At least someone understands what R* is doing. You're dead on. This should be put in it's own thread and locked so nobody can reply to it after because this is exactly what is going to happen.

[mcstupidfun]

Personally, I wouldn't mind having SF and LV but I don't necessarily want them. I'd prefer they incorporate Malibu or create their own beach towns. I'm not a fan of San Diego having its own space either. Not every space/district is interesting, well known or worthwhile but I hope they really make it huge and varied.

[dewan2000]

I cant believe ppl are actually dissapointed and they actually thought there was going to be 3 huge cities with the amount of detail we are seeing.....Sorry, we arnt going to see that with this Generation of consoles. It would take just way to much time to produce and have to many issues most likely. If they were to do 3 cities, we prolly wouldnt be seeing the game released for another 2 years.

[Phoenix345]

i personally am ok with the idea of having a huge country side and one big city..

 

during the day you can climb mountains and explore the country then at night you can go back down to the city and chill there for a while

[samyG]

Let's take a different tack on this. The version of L.A. featured in GTA:SA was massively, massively condensed. They really had to hack L.A. to pieces in order to come up with something that would fit into one corner of the playing area. Even though I don't live in L.A. (hell, not even in the U.S.) and don't know L.A. half as well some people here, I know that there are a quite a few significant landmarks (Farmer's Market, La Brea Tar Pits, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood Bowl and many, many others) that didn't make it into the final cut of Los Santos in GTA:SA. And stuff that did make it in was cut down, compressed, rearranged and massively compromised in order to make it work. True, L.S. was never intended to represent L.A. street for street, it only had to have the right feel. And that was enough for the story that was to be told with it. But it doesn't change the fact that it was completely and brutally butchered to put it into GTA:SA. (Not that SA wasn't a bad game or that LS was a bad city. I like GTA:SA.)

 

In GTA:V, Los Santos now gets a whole game to itself. It too will not be a street by street representation of the real life city. But nor is it going to be a rehash of GTA:SA's version of L.S. But it is going to take centre stage. L.A. will still be massively condensed, but now they have much more area to play with, so it won't be compressed quite as much. They are going to be able to get a hell of a lot more of L.A. into the new L.S. This rendition of Los Santos is going to be an entirely new city. It will be as different from GTA:SA as GTA:IV's Liberty City was different to GTA:III (albeit that in GTA:III LC wasn't intended to be a direct representation of NYC, but I digress).

 

Furthermore, I think it unlikely that GTA:V will be focusing on L.A.'s street gang culture. In GTA:SA, it was central to the plot and the lead characters. GTA:V may possibly have some street gang elements in it, but they are more likely to take a back seat to what ever the central plot is likely to be.

 

Overall, GTA:V is not going to be GTA:SA mk2. It's going to be it's own game with it's own identity. It may not be what everyone wants. But Rockstar do prefer to let their creativity do their talking. They will give us a game that breaks new ground and is able to stand in it's own right.

 

GTA:V is going to be different in so many ways to GTA:SA. Deal with it.

 

Peace.

Of course this game isn't going to focus on gangs like GTA:SA did, but they will hopefully be present. I mean, if they do justice to a "south central" like area within the game, then we will see street gangs roaming around said areas. I mean, we know there will be an East Los Angeles present and that area is known to be poor and gang ridden.

 

Hell, I'm pretty sure we'll have missions dealing with gangs either by working with one or being ambushed by one during a mission. It's going to happen.

[Guest]

I cant believe ppl are actually dissapointed and they actually thought there was going to be 3 huge cities with the amount of detail we are seeing.....Sorry, we arnt going to see that with this Generation of consoles. It would take just way to much time to produce and have to many issues most likely. If they were to do 3 cities, we prolly wouldnt be seeing the game released for another 2 years.

San Andreas on PS2 only took 2 years. They've had since 2008 to make this, that's almost 4 years, with fully developed technology that they know well how to use. This is why they couldn't do it with GTA IV because they were making the RAGE engine and learning how to use technology on consoles that weren't released yet.

 

It's possible, Rockstar are really good at doing this sh*t.

[SimMaster]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 57 pages of this thread, but there's this posted on Rockstar Games.com:

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/arti...nouncement.html

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

So, while it doesn't confirm only Los Santos, it sorta implies that.

[Ice1980]

You know what I personally believe? There are other cities, but not at first. Hear me out. Just like past GTA's, when you first start out, other islands/cities are locked obviously. Los Santos, surrounding hills and country side are accessible from the start, but the roads/highways that lead to LV and SF are blocked obviously until a further DLC or a seperate add on disk that once available will allow us to venture off in to LV/SF for further exploration and story telling.

 

This is what I think just theories and wild thinking.....lol

 

* Los Santos: surrounding hills, countryside and beaches are accessible from the start. The story will be primarily, as mentioned by R*, in and around Los Santos.

 

* There will be/are other cities in S.A that are being worked on as we speak or possibly completed, yes completed. Just because R* focus is on L.S, doesn't mean they are not working on or have finished LV and SF.

 

* LV and SF will most likely be an additioal disk(s) possibly downloadable. Maybe after we completed the story mode, we are left with to be contiuned, we might see are protag driving off on I-15 heading to LV for example.

 

I just don't think that Los Santos is the Final destination. I believe there are DLC's that will have us leave the city and venture off, possibly on seperate disks when available.

 

Thoughts?

[Halo_Override]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 57 pages of this thread, but there's this posted on Rockstar Games.com:

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/arti...nouncement.html

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

So, while it doesn't confirm only Los Santos, it sorta implies that.

I think that news release was what inspired the merged thread. But yes, I agree their statement was tantalizingly unspecific, and I'm confident that was no accident.

[sabbathfan]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 57 pages of this thread, but there's this posted on Rockstar Games.com:

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/arti...nouncement.html

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

So, while it doesn't confirm only Los Santos, it sorta implies that.

YES! Exactly!

 

It implies only Los Santos.

 

But doesn't say so.

 

If it were Liberty City or Vice City the implication would mean nothing. We're all familiar with those locations as standalone cities. But when referring to a city in San Andreas, the implication means a lot.

[Has]

Good god there just has to be something over those damned mountains. I'll wait for Rockstar to either tell me or show me what that is because I am done jumping to conclusions.

[chokeslamcena]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 57 pages of this thread, but there's this posted on Rockstar Games.com:

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/arti...nouncement.html

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

So, while it doesn't confirm only Los Santos, it sorta implies that.

I think that news release was what inspired the merged thread. But yes, I agree their statement was tantalizingly unspecific, and I'm confident that was no accident.

I think they pretty much told us that it's only Los Santos.

 

 

You have to remember that they're still trying to hype the game. They have to make it sound good. They can't use words like "only" or "sorry" or "unfortunately", etc.

 

So they're never gonna say "sorry, guys, unfortunately it's only Los Santos". That won't help them sell the game. If anything it just makes people sound like it was a half-hearted effort altogether.

 

They told us it's only LS, but they tried to say it with a positive spin. There'll be no SF or LV. I'm sure of it (though I'd love to see them, and finding out it's only LS has really killed my interest in the game, personally, as it's too similar to IV, now, in my opinion, but I'm sure that's how it's going).

[MA3LK]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 57 pages of this thread, but there's this posted on Rockstar Games.com:

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/arti...nouncement.html

 

We are very proud to officially announce that Grand Theft Auto V is in full development.

 

Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V heads to the city of Los Santos and surrounding hills, countryside and beaches in the largest and most ambitious game Rockstar has yet created.

 

A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.

 

So, while it doesn't confirm only Los Santos, it sorta implies that.

I think that news release was what inspired the merged thread. But yes, I agree their statement was tantalizingly unspecific, and I'm confident that was no accident.

I think they pretty much told us that it's only Los Santos.

 

 

You have to remember that they're still trying to hype the game. They have to make it sound good. They can't use words like "only" or "sorry" or "unfortunately", etc.

 

So they're never gonna say "sorry, guys, unfortunately it's only Los Santos". That won't help them sell the game. If anything it just makes people sound like it was a half-hearted effort altogether.

 

They told us it's only LS, but they tried to say it with a positive spin. There'll be no SF or LV. I'm sure of it (though I'd love to see them, and finding out it's only LS has really killed my interest in the game, personally, as it's too similar to IV, now, in my opinion, but I'm sure that's how it's going).

But hyping up false infomation only bring worse results down the line near release date, when actual hype is more important.

[Krayzie83]

To quote R*'s official announcement "A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California"

 

If in fact the game is said to cover Southern California, or LS and surrounding areas, that is a lot of area to cover. I live in Southern California, have so all my life, so I am pretty familiar with the area. If the game covers Southern Cali.. LA area alone is: Hollywood, Bevery Hills, LAX(airport), Downtown; (Staples Center, LA Live), Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, and not to mention the other international areas, Dodgers Stadium, Southbay, Inglewood, then there's Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier (which were both shown in the trailer). Also there are some casino's in the LA area such as Hustler, Commerce and Hollywood Park where they do horse racing as well. That is just LA area alone but not all of it. Then north of LA is the San Fernando Valley also the porn capital in America. The SF Valley is made up of a bunch of cities and districts such as, North Hollywood, Van Nuys (which has an airport), Reseda, Encino, Tarzana, Northridge, Sylmar, Chatsworth, Canoga Park, Woodland Hills and a few more areas. North of SF Valley is Malibu, which has a lot of beaches and canyons and mountain passes as well as nice beach houses and what not. Then there's Pacific Coast Highway which one could take from Zuma Beach to Santa Monica, but PCH can be taken all the way up to San Francisco. South of LA there's Long Beach which is more beaches, a nice downtown, more canyons, there's an aquarium and also LB has an airport. Further south of LA is Orange County, more beaches, mountain passes and canyons, not to mention the rich area's, Angel's Stadium, John Wayne Airport and Disneyland. South of OC is San Diego more casino's, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Gaslamp (Downtown SD, where the clubs and bars are), La Jolla which is another wealthy area, and the border into Mexico. This doesn't described much of the area just a small tip but its all a part of Southern California. I haven't even said anything about Burbank (which has an aiport), Glendale, Pasadena. Or also of what's north of Malibu. This is all if the game is Southern California alone, it is a huge area to cover. San Luis Obispo to San Diego is a 320 mile drive, but not even counting what's inland, that's a lot of area to cover. On top of the area they plan to cover there's the landmarks, airports, and the things to do in those areas. I could always see the mountains from my house or even from most parts of LA. I always drive up a mountain hill whenever I go into LA county. Even Universal Studios is on a mountain. California has diverse land areas, with a road going through them. I ask those who aren't familiar with the area to look at pictures of the different areas out here. Based on the trailer it seems like a lot of areas are going to be covered with a focus on LA. If the game's going to cover San Diego to San Luis Obispo but obviously condensed the map could be bigger than LA Noire's and possibly RDR's combined. I do hope for SA again with LV and SF but who knows..we'll see in the next months to year..Just wanted to share this for those who are worried about it being LA alone. Southern California is just not LA alone but a huge land mass, Southern California is considered to be 1/3 to half of the states land mass. Is that too small now?

[dolphyfan]

To quote R*'s official announcement "A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California"

 

If in fact the game is said to cover Southern California, or LS and surrounding areas, that is a lot of area to cover. I live in Southern California, have so all my life, so I am pretty familiar with the area. If the game covers Southern Cali.. LA area alone is: Hollywood, Bevery Hills, LAX(airport), Downtown; (Staples Center, LA Live), Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, and not to mention the other international areas, Dodgers Stadium, Southbay, Inglewood, then there's Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier (which were both shown in the trailer). Also there are some casino's in the LA area such as Hustler, Commerce and Hollywood Park where they do horse racing as well. That is just LA area alone but not all of it. Then north of LA is the San Fernando Valley also the porn capital in America. The SF Valley is made up of a bunch of cities and districts such as, North Hollywood, Van Nuys (which has an airport), Reseda, Encino, Tarzana, Northridge, Sylmar, Chatsworth, Canoga Park, Woodland Hills and a few more areas. North of SF Valley is Malibu, which has a lot of beaches and canyons and mountain passes as well as nice beach houses and what not. Then there's Pacific Coast Highway which one could take from Zuma Beach to Santa Monica, but PCH can be taken all the way up to San Francisco. South of LA there's Long Beach which is more beaches, a nice downtown, more canyons, there's an aquarium and also LB has an airport. Further south of LA is Orange County, more beaches, mountain passes and canyons, not to mention the rich area's, Angel's Stadium, John Wayne Airport and Disneyland. South of OC is San Diego more casino's, Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Gaslamp (Downtown SD, where the clubs and bars are), La Jolla which is another wealthy area, and the border into Mexico. This doesn't described much of the area just a small tip but its all a part of Southern California. I haven't even said anything about Burbank (which has an aiport), Glendale, Pasadena. Or also of what's north of Malibu. This is all if the game is Southern California alone, it is a huge area to cover. San Luis Obispo to San Diego is a 320 mile drive, but not even counting what's inland, that's a lot of area to cover. On top of the area they plan to cover there's the landmarks, airports, and the things to do in those areas. I could always see the mountains from my house or even from most parts of LA. I always drive up a mountain hill whenever I go into LA county. Even Universal Studios is on a mountain. California has diverse land areas, with a road going through them. I ask those who aren't familiar with the area to look at pictures of the different areas out here. Based on the trailer it seems like a lot of areas are going to be covered with a focus on LA. If the game's going to cover San Diego to San Luis Obispo but obviously condensed the map could be bigger than LA Noire's and possibly RDR's combined. I do hope for SA again with LV and SF but who knows..we'll see in the next months to year..Just wanted to share this for those who are worried about it being LA alone. Southern California is just not LA alone but a huge land mass, Southern California is considered to be 1/3 to half of the states land mass. Is that too small now?

Born and raised in California also. That's not even counting the IE with it's grove of suburbs. Will they do Chino with it's array of farms and San Bernardino with it's array meth houses?

[American]

Alright so, it seems like IGN should be issuing a major apology for running an article stating that Rockstar confirmed GTA V would be all three cities since no such confirmation seems to have taken place. Personally, I think we all need to calm down about it and realize that we don't know either way for sure at this point. Rockstar's only press release doesn't say anything definitively. If the same things about location were said of GTA: SA it would be true, would it not? I think what we ought to do is see what Rockstar's press release said immediately after the first SA trailer was released which, as we know, only showed Los Santos as well.

 

Personally, I hope there will be three cities since I am really looking forward to San Fierro and it just wouldn't be the state of San Andreas if it only had Los Santos. I doubt Rockstar, after making us wait so long, would prominently display all the things you all have discussed (SA licenses, jets, etc.) only to let us down. Since the map is supposed to be much bigger than SA, I don't see how they could leave the other cities out. We will have to wait and see.

 

(btw this ten minute flood control is ridiculous. I am super busy but want to sneak in some GTA talk in my life. This shouldn't be discouraged! I run two forums though so I do understand the spam concerns.)

[Schweppez]

Who cares what cities are in it? The main thing is that R* said it's going to be the biggest map yet. That's all that matters. Stop clinging on to the past.

[abottig]

^Rumor.

[American]

I think SA was called GTA IV when it was first announced too. What we are calling GTA V will probably get another name and then the real GTA V will be for the next console generation. Am I the only one who remembers how this works? It is just convenient to call the next one by whatever the next number would be before we know the title.

[shinsta312]

I think SA was called GTA IV when it was first announced too. What we are calling GTA V will probably get another name and then the real GTA V will be for the next console generation. Am I the only one who remembers how this works? It is just convenient to call the next one by whatever the next number would be before we know the title.

I don't think R* would've put the V logo on the trailer if it wasn't the official title.

[MA3LK]

I think SA was called GTA IV when it was first announced too. What we are calling GTA V will probably get another name and then the real GTA V will be for the next console generation. Am I the only one who remembers how this works? It is just convenient to call the next one by whatever the next number would be before we know the title.

I'm pretty sure that the title is comfirmed and fix to GTA V.