MiLoGlbc Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Maybe the game will start out in 2008 and end in the present day, however seeing that GTA IV was set in 2009 is not likely unless the events of GTA V happen before IV,just look at the date of the robery in weezel news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtaman_92 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Not much change from 2008 to 2011/2012, is not like its been 7 or 8 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeKid2k10 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Maybe the game will start out in 2008 and end in the present day, however seeing that GTA IV was set in 2009 is not likely unless the events of GTA V happen before IV,just look at the date of the robery in weezel news GTA 4 was set in 2007 and release in April 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abottig Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 2008 is when the economic collapse in the US became evident to those who are able to pay $60 for a video game. The game will focus heavily on the economic collapse, and I think "that line of work" is actually referring to banking or corporate executive work. Or, maybe I'm wrong. 2008 or 2012/beyond... I don't care. V will rule all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiLoGlbc Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Maybe the game will start out in 2008 and end in the present day, however seeing that GTA IV was set in 2009 is not likely unless the events of GTA V happen before IV,just look at the date of the robery in weezel news GTA 4 was set in 2007 and release in April 2008. I agree it was released in 08, however the time frame in IV took place in 09, in the weezel news report you can see the dates of the major events that happened in IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezarawcks Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 R* stated its a "re-imagination" of the present day. That proves that every little detail will not be true to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeebuuus Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 This is a theory of mine. The story starts out in 2008 when the economy takes a nose dive and the mile high club is under construction. Towards the end of the game it is one or two years later and the tower is complete and the final mission has you storming the place looking for the final boss, who is partly responsible for the economic state of LS, to take him and his goons out. Yeah, I'm dreaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrcTOtheJ Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I REALLY HOPE GTA V does NOT take place in 2008. It would kill it for me with the out-dated culture references. Anyway, there is much more to consider than just the license plates and the buildings. 1. The license plates are based on the California State License Plates. Sure, they have an orange sticker, but that's just minor. Also, the plates use a font that is more blocky. In real life, California DID have such a font, but only from 1987-1994. Nowadays, California license plates use a cursive font, not a block font as we saw in the trailer. Does that mean the game will take place in 1987-1994? Obviously not. 2. The building doesn't really matter. GTA doesn't have to follow construction history completely. For example, in GTA: San Andreas, we saw a lot of casinos in LV that didn't exist in 1992, as they were actually under construction in real life time. Therefore, the construction of that building could have been delayed in the GTA Universe. GTA doesn't completely have to follow real life history. The TV could've been invented in the Middle Ages, the South could have won the Civil War, Korea could be one nation under Seoul. Just my opinion... not to mention a lot of cars from the post-2008 period appear in the trailer. Yeah this pretty much sums up my thoughts on it. It's a tab on the License plate, it's a minor Detail, that I think is being looked into a bit to much. The building thing is a bit more valid, but look at LV as the quote above says, a good portion if Las Venturas in LV had casino's that ethier didn't exist at the time or just began construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meow Meow Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Doesn't make much difference to me, 08 or 12 it's all good. Having said that though assuming it's riches to rags to riches. An 08 setting would explain how the protag lost his money and had to resort to a life of crime. I like the idea of him once being a banker or what have you for the straight guy turned bad story it'd provide, we haven't really had that before with the old protags. I say straight guy instead of good guy because working as a banker is a legitimate way to live but not very noble (I know someone who quit that line of work coz they hated trying to force loans on people etc.) There's definitely a shadiness to it i'll say that. Could be about how the same system he made his fortune with f*cked him over and now he's gonna crawl his way to the top by any means necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwandilibro Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I guess the only thing I can say is that R* was too lazy to change the "2008" and figured nobody would notice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbojohn Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 The world is not significantly different from now and then.. so it doesnt matter. Exacly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelipeVinhao Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I REALLY HOPE GTA V does NOT take place in 2008. It would kill it for me with the out-dated culture references. Yes, the game would be SO last decade... And also, there's no proof the game is set in 2008. As some people pointed before, the 2011 sticker have similar color. And Rockstar smartly removed the date from it. Also, if the theme of the game is the economic collapse, it could be set in 2008 or in 2011, as it's not over yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ko3219 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I REALLY HOPE GTA V does NOT take place in 2008. It would kill it for me with the out-dated culture references. Yes, the game would be SO last decade... And also, there's no proof the game is set in 2008. As some people pointed before, the 2011 sticker have similar color. And Rockstar smartly removed the date from it. Also, if the theme of the game is the economic collapse, it could be set in 2008 or in 2011, as it's not over yet. or maybe like in gta iv they are not finished with them yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxmonster Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 1. The license plates are based on the California State License Plates. Sure, they have an orange sticker, but that's just minor. Also, the plates use a font that is more blocky. In real life, California DID have such a font, but only from 1987-1994. Nowadays, California license plates use a cursive font, not a block font as we saw in the trailer. Does that mean the game will take place in 1987-1994? Obviously not. The pesticide van has one of the license plates with the cursive font. Just pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Smitty Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 On a side note.. the plate on the Blue Car and the Police Car says October.. possibly release month perhaps?? This thread suddenly got very depressing. I doubt that has any correlation to the release date. Since license plate tags are just for when you have to renew your registration, the months are different for everyone. And technically, the year is a year later than the current date(depending on time of year). For instance, pretty much everyone's tags right now should say 2012 and not 2011, otherwise they're expired(since it's December). So really, if the tags say 2008, it could mean it's actually 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Pineda Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 well fyi they began to make the game RIGHT after GTA IV and that was in 2008.. sooooo yeah.. probably it will be in 08 but who knows.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizNitz Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 well seeing as they most likely started development on the game in 2008 they could have used the '08 license plate design and plus im pretty sure the license plates say 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElSalvo Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Well, considering the fact that the press release from Rockstar themselves specifically states "...the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present-day Southern California...", one would assume that would mean somewhere in the 2011-2012 range. Of course you can overanalyse the trailer (what's new...) and come to a number of conclusions that are a tad silly and make no sense. Your call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-B Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) I think people are starting to nitpick at the small details a little too much. I know it can be tempting to do it since there really isn't anything in the trailer that hasn't been pointed out a million times. I just think we need to keep level heads. The sticker being on the license plates was probably just some modeler who thought that it would add nice detail without actually doing a deep amount of research into it's purpose. The "mile high club" building was probably under construction when Rockstar sent some photographers to LA and they decided to keep the building under construction possibly for story purposes or just to have a unique building that is possibly scalable. Just my opinion. Edited December 3, 2011 by J-B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Soldier Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 The world is not significantly different from now and then.. so it doesnt matter. Music wise, yes it is - yes it bloody is. Anyway, 2008 was a great year so I hope it is set then - would be strange for them to do so though considering IV was set in '08 and BOGT ran into 2009, but oh well. And in reply to J-B, I think this is a perfectly acceptable find - there's been far worst been pointed out in the past on here with people thinking certain numbers and bullsh*t like that means anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-B Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 And in reply to J-B, I think this is a perfectly acceptable find - there's been far worst been pointed out in the past on here with people thinking certain numbers and bullsh*t like that means anything. I don't really don't have a problem with the thread. I just think you have to take small details like a sticker with a grain of salt. I also think the whole "mile high club" thing could be easily explained given the time frame that V probably started it's pre-development phase. I'm not trying to take anything away from the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zee Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) I guess the only thing I can say is that R* was too lazy to change the "2008" and figured nobody would notice it. You can find many things like this over the course of GTAIV. R* are avery lazy game company. Edited December 3, 2011 by Zee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeKid2k10 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Why u guys complaining if u don't like it then don't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxmonster Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Bump. Did some looking around and found out the new LAPD headquarters building (a building very appropriate for GTA) was being built around 2008. That could explain that building right next to city hall (although is seems to have a fixed crane instead of mobile ones). I haven't been able to find any current construction close to the city hall so...(?) no_snacks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static94 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Then what makes the setting for GTA 4? 2004? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xarichiex Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 my theory is that R* made the timeline 2008 but proably gets arrested in game and then he does time then comes back and everything changes.("I retired from what i was doing.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTMILFDAD Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Then what makes the setting for GTA 4? 2004? what? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.hunt Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I REALLY HOPE GTA V does NOT take place in 2008. It would kill it for me with the out-dated culture references. Yes, the game would be SO last decade... And also, there's no proof the game is set in 2008. As some people pointed before, the 2011 sticker have similar color. And Rockstar smartly removed the date from it. Also, if the theme of the game is the economic collapse, it could be set in 2008 or in 2011, as it's not over yet. he must be like 12 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ispintechno Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 If you get any re-occurring characters, such as Packie just arriving from Liberty... than yes it could be 2008. If so I would be ok with that. Still modern day. If this is isn't the case, and beginning of the recession isn't key, it's probably this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have Mercy Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 It will be set in 2012 because it will be in present time, just like GTA IV was in 2008 because it was relased in 2008. San Andreas was set in 2004, and released in 2004, Vice City was set in 2002 and released in 2002, oh wait..... Someone has pointed out something that may very well be true and your shutting them down on a flawed notion. Present day doesn't mean anything other than modern times. Games take longer to complete than a day, thus even if they decide on a date when production begins it wouldn't be present day (to your standards). He may be wrong, he may be right, but he has more evidence on his side at the moment then thee opposing side. sa was set in 1992, vc was set in 1986, III was set in 2001, IV, EFLC, Chinatown Wars set in 2008... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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