Map Size Thread

[Choco Taco]

What happened to chocolate taco?

What about chocolate taco?

[GTA5forEVER]

What happened to chocolate taco?

What about chocolate taco?

Maybe he melted?

[kjacked]

And would that mean this will be GKP shortly after release?

 

 

 

Poor guy.

I have nothing against Andy Rooney - he just has the perfect face to illustrate my point.

andy rooney is a badass motherf*cker

[iiConTr0v3rSYx]

What happened to chocolate taco?

What about chocolate taco?

Banana Pudding!

 

Haha, I'm sure a few members here don't know you're on other forums.

[kjacked]

What happened to chocolate taco?

What about chocolate taco?

Banana Pudding!

 

Haha, I'm sure a few members here don't know you're on other forums.

one can only guess at what those forums might be.........

[TheAdmiester]

Here's something to reassure you guys.

You can clearly see that the car is absolutely microscopic compared to the road on the map. Just imagine being that small in contrast to the city, how long it'd take you to get around.

[kjacked]

^great post. very nice

[PHOENIXZERO]

And would that mean this will be GKP shortly after release?

 

 

 

Poor guy.

I have nothing against Andy Rooney - he just has the perfect face to illustrate my point.

Didn't say you did.

 

 

55 (well, more like 54 now) days until we're exploring Los Santos and find out how accurate the size estimates really are!

[josephene123]

 

You can clearly see that the car is absolutely microscopic compared to the road on the map. Just imagine being that small in contrast to the city, how long it'd take you to get around

 

What I find more amazing is how small those two roads with the massive gap between with all the trees all looks on the blueprint map. And also, imagine how absolutely tiny the car would be if it was a whole map of the game

Edited July 25, 2013 by josephene123

[evoluon--720]

I keep saying this,but the map is looking really massive now that you guys posted these observations.

 

Really hopeful for the size of South Los Santos- one of the only areas we havent really seen too much of

[GKP]

My 1000th post -----

 

 

 

 

Just to clarify a few things people. I was never a troll - never wrote anything that was my true feelings on the size of LS. Depending on your perspective it could be seen a little pathetic to continue arguments or opinions (just or unjust) over such a protracted amount of time. Quite honestly if R* showed a side by side map of LC and LS to Magics (or the true scale) I would of been a little less confrontational. The reality is I STILL would liked to have seen much more extensive 'poor' suburbs but ultimately compromises have to be made . I AM quite happy about the large vinewood hills area and the potential for decent chases there. This area is only half complete on the map, I would really like to see how much more there is to that area.

 

I think value wise - GTA is a bargain, for £45 or $60ish we are getting a LOT of entertainment for the money - a bit of perspective about this would of let me 'see the light' earlier than I did.

[Miss Darko]

Is the world going to end now?

[LibertyPrime]

Here's something to reassure you guys.

You can clearly see that the car is absolutely microscopic compared to the road on the map. Just imagine being that small in contrast to the city, how long it'd take you to get around.

Sh*t, now I believe it. LS is huge.

[Ferocious Banger]

My 1000th post -----

 

 

 

 

Just to clarify a few things people. I was never a troll - never wrote anything that was my true feelings on the size of LS. Depending on your perspective it could be seen a little pathetic to continue arguments or opinions (just or unjust) over such a protracted amount of time. Quite honestly if R* showed a side by side map of LC and LS to Magics (or the true scale) I would of been a little less confrontational. The reality is I STILL would liked to have seen much more extensive 'poor' suburbs but ultimately compromises have to be made . I AM quite happy about the large vinewood hills area and the potential for decent chases there. This area is only half complete on the map, I would really like to see how much more there is to that area.

 

I think value wise - GTA is a bargain, for £45 or $60ish we are getting a LOT of entertainment for the money - a bit of perspective about this would of let me 'see the light' earlier than I did.

I'm pretty content too. But like GKP, one day, I'd love to see a true LA, an LA that makes you feel absolutely lost!

[KrushLTx10]

 

My 1000th post -----

 

 

 

 

  Just to clarify a few things people. I was never a troll - never wrote anything that was my true feelings on the size of LS. Depending on your perspective it could be seen a little pathetic to continue arguments or opinions (just or unjust) over such a protracted amount of time. Quite honestly if R* showed a side by side map of LC and LS to Magics (or the true scale) I would of been a little less confrontational. The reality is I STILL would liked to have seen much more extensive 'poor' suburbs but ultimately compromises have to be made .   I AM quite happy about the large vinewood hills area and the potential for decent chases there. This area is only half complete on the map, I would really like to see how much more there is to that area.

 

  I think value wise - GTA is a bargain, for £45 or $60ish we are getting a LOT of entertainment for the money - a bit of perspective about this would of let me 'see the light' earlier than I did.

I'm pretty content too. But like GKP, one day, I'd love to see a true LA, an LA that makes you feel absolutely lost!

Next gen my friend... next gen. But in about 2 months we'll forget about looking towards the future because we'll finally have the game we've been looking forward to all of this gen.

[Red XIII]

 

My 1000th post -----

 

 

 

 

  Just to clarify a few things people. I was never a troll - never wrote anything that was my true feelings on the size of LS. Depending on your perspective it could be seen a little pathetic to continue arguments or opinions (just or unjust) over such a protracted amount of time. Quite honestly if R* showed a side by side map of LC and LS to Magics (or the true scale) I would of been a little less confrontational. The reality is I STILL would liked to have seen much more extensive 'poor' suburbs but ultimately compromises have to be made .   I AM quite happy about the large vinewood hills area and the potential for decent chases there. This area is only half complete on the map, I would really like to see how much more there is to that area.

 

  I think value wise - GTA is a bargain, for £45 or $60ish we are getting a LOT of entertainment for the money - a bit of perspective about this would of let me 'see the light' earlier than I did.

I'm pretty content too. But like GKP, one day, I'd love to see a true LA, an LA that makes you feel absolutely lost!

Next gen my friend... next gen. But in about 2 months we'll forget about looking towards the future because we'll finally have the game we've been looking forward to all of this gen.

Next gen games wont contain games will real life sized cities, people don't want to spend half an hour to get from one place to another. There has to be a balance between what's fun and what's tedious, and driving around a real life sized city in a video games is tedious and takes too much time, time that a lot of people don't have.

[Magic_Al]

My 1000th post -----

 

 

 

 

  Just to clarify a few things people. I was never a troll - never wrote anything that was my true feelings on the size of LS. Depending on your perspective it could be seen a little pathetic to continue arguments or opinions (just or unjust) over such a protracted amount of time. Quite honestly if R* showed a side by side map of LC and LS to Magics (or the true scale) I would of been a little less confrontational. The reality is I STILL would liked to have seen much more extensive 'poor' suburbs but ultimately compromises have to be made .   I AM quite happy about the large vinewood hills area and the potential for decent chases there. This area is only half complete on the map, I would really like to see how much more there is to that area.

 

  I think value wise - GTA is a bargain, for £45 or $60ish we are getting a LOT of entertainment for the money - a bit of perspective about this would of let me 'see the light' earlier than I did.

I'm pretty content too. But like GKP, one day, I'd love to see a true LA, an LA that makes you feel absolutely lost!

Next gen my friend... next gen. But in about 2 months we'll forget about looking towards the future because we'll finally have the game we've been looking forward to all of this gen.

Next gen games wont contain games will real life sized cities, people don't want to spend half an hour to get from one place to another. There has to be a balance between what's fun and what's tedious, and driving around a real life sized city in a video games is tedious and takes too much time, time that a lot of people don't have.

And people have to create these game worlds. You can have size OR detail easily but both is hard and takes a long time.

[GKP]

To be fair Watchdogs is looking huge...at least 4 miles across. With a huge number of square blocks.

[freakydude20]

To be fair Watchdogs is looking huge...at least 4 miles across. With a huge number of square blocks.

But Watch Dogs doesn't have the countryside.

 

(right?)

[GKP]

dont get me started

[GTA5forEVER]

dont get me started

Watch Dogs is a next gen game

 

On the PS3, I guarantee it's not going to be as detailed as V.

[Raavi]

GKP - Doesn't that kind of refute the exact argument you're desperately trying to make to prove Los Santos is small, 'it looks big, so it is big'.

[kesta195]

Was anyone able to give an estimated size of the city from Magic Al's scale? Surely it wouldn't be too hard - just comparing the two circles that represented the two landmasses of LS and LC.

[GKP]

Raavi - Watchdogs is huge by the relationship between the tallest buildings and the 'width' of the map (which may be wider still)...

 

Its at least 20 'tallest' towers wide - approx 300 maybe 400m (if a Sears type tower is there) - that equates to a 4 /5 mile wide city.

 

Kesta - approx 4.3-4.6 sq miles....

[kesta195]

Kesta - approx 4.3-4.6 sq miles....

Wow, good enough when you compare it to LC's landmass, surely that has to be larger than LC including the water in between the islands.

[kjacked]

GKP - Doesn't that kind of refute the exact argument you're desperately trying to make to prove Los Santos is small, 'it looks big, so it is big'.

easy raavi... you were one of the doubters of los santos' vast size

[JohnnyVendetta]

WTF does Andy Rooney have anything to do with LS Map size?

[GKP]

FB to answer your question a few days ago - Watchdogs is gigantic - as you have seen from the aerial shot of the map. Worth a look (Il be getting PS4 version).

 

Ontopic...in regard to LS AND the sea between the islands you can see from my cutout below there is sufficient space for LC land and the sea .

 

 

 

 

Just about Kesta.

[Magic_Al]

Kesta - approx 4.3-4.6 sq miles....

Wow, good enough when you compare it to LC's landmass, surely that has to be larger than LC including the water in between the islands.

A city that's a bit over half of L.A. Noire's size is a good example of being ambitious (biggest GTA city ever) but having a goal of greater density and life than L.A. Noire did.

[GKP]

Magic - whats your take on the entire island size - does it tally with 21 / 22 sq miles that was the 3.5 times RDR everyone seemed to accept ?