What if GTA games' events were chronologically the same as the game's releases? (GTA 3-VCS)

[Smash Bandicoot]

What drastic changes would happen to the storyline, characters, and maps(Aside from GTA 3, of course)? for example: what if GTA SA took place 3 years after GTA 3 but kept it's own non returning characters and their ages? how would you build a coherent storyline out of this change where every 3D era GTA game takes place in the year it was released in?

Edited August 29, 2021 by Smash Bandicoot

[CynicalMexican]

Well the rap scene circa 2004 would be pretty different.

 

Crack epidemic was long gone by then too. So was CRASH. Maybe the story revolves purely around the rap game.

[Thejeffster]

I can't really think of anything really noteworthy happening in 2002 era Miami that you could implement into Vice City, so maybe they'd focus more on the whole party scene than the crime scene.

Edited August 30, 2021 by Thejeffster

[CynicalMexican]

29 minutes ago, Thejeffster said:

I can't really think of anything really noteworthy happening in 2002 era Miami that you could implement into Vice City, so maybe they'd focus more on the whole party scene than the crime scene.

 

Well there was that USA - Cuba spy scandal that happened around that time. A crime story centered around espionage, now where have I seen that...

 

2004 San Andreas would probably focus strongly on the "bling bling" era that took over rap around that time. Tbh, it's a time period and setting I would love to see again. Probably would have a similar vibe to True Crime LA.

 

2005 Liberty City would likely be drenched with post 9/11 cynicism and paranoia, though I feel the story would still have a strong Sopranos vibe with light influences of Russian Mafia crime.

 

2006 Vice City would be the start of Rick Ross/trap era Miami. That would be kinda interesting.

 

For extra, say San Andreas 2007 (San Andreas Stories) - that one would definitely be influenced by the credit crunch and economic meltdown of the era. SoCal was hit especially hard by that.