Map Expansions?

[FannoF]

Seeing the LV license plate in the GTAO dlc made me wonder, how big is the chance we get a Las Venturas expansion in VI? 
 

Like, rational me is thinking the chance is 0, because when I look at the VI map so far, it seems impossible they’ve spent any time at all working on a LV expansion, so if they started after the release they would just be better off making a completely new game. 
 

But emotional me is thinking Jason Schreier said there will be expansions and therefore a LV expansion would definitely be possible. 

[SMC TBane]

2 hours ago, FannoF said:

Seeing the LV license plate in the GTAO dlc made me wonder, how big is the chance we get a Las Venturas expansion in VI? 
 

Like, rational me is thinking the chance is 0, because when I look at the VI map so far, it seems impossible they’ve spent any time at all working on a LV expansion, so if they started after the release they would just be better off making a completely new game. 
 

But emotional me is thinking Jason Schreier said there will be expansions and therefore a LV expansion would definitely be possible. 

I believe we’re getting Liberty City in a shape of form in VI. Why? The leaks in 2016/2017 from @Tez2 and few others that were getting  LC in GTAV. The Middle Park screenshot in V’s graphics.

 

but nothing happend. R* probably saved it for GTA6. As End game map to visit, expansion  for Online or few visits in single player like Guarma and North Yankton. 
They surprised us with New Austin in RDR2. 

 

imagine the contrast between paradise city like VC and a dark gritty city as LC

 

a man can dream 
 

Edited December 12, 2023 by SMC TBane

[Agent Edward]

16 minutes ago, SMC TBane said:

I believe we’re getting Liberty City in a shape of form in VI. Why? The leaks in 2016/2017 from @Tez2 and few others that were getting  LC in GTAV. The Middle Park screenshot in V’s graphics.

 

but nothing happend. R* probably saved it for GTA6. As End game map to visit, expansion  for Online or few visits in single player like Guarma and North Yankton. 
They surprised us with New Austin in RDR2. 

 

imagine the contrast between paradise city like VC and a dark gritty city as LC

 

a man can dream 
 

But Liberty and Alderney really are the most realistic options for a future map expansion in GTA6, not only Rockstar was already remaking these locations back in the day, but they also are much closer to Leonida than San Andreas is.

[Emmi]

1 hour ago, SMC TBane said:

I believe we’re getting Liberty City in a shape of form in VI. Why? The leaks in 2016/2017 from @Tez2 and few others that were getting  LC in GTAV. The Middle Park screenshot in V’s graphics.

 

but nothing happend. R* probably saved it for GTA6. As End game map to visit, expansion  for Online or few visits in single player like Guarma and North Yankton. 
They surprised us with New Austin in RDR2. 

 

imagine the contrast between paradise city like VC and a dark gritty city as LC

 

a man can dream 
 

That'd be so amazing!

[Nawaf]

I’ll believe we can see liberty city expansion if the city is not what GTA 7 will take us.

[Emmi]

7 minutes ago, Nawaf said:

I’ll believe we can see liberty city expansion if the city is not what GTA 7 will take us.

It's a tough call. On one hand I want to see them making a Liberty City expansion in GTA VI on the other hand I want to see an even better Liberty City in GTA 7.   Why not both?

[Nawaf]

9 minutes ago, Emmi said:

Why not both?

The question is do you like another los santos with GTA 6? let’s not forget VI will be with us for the next 10 years, you will get board with the city that you don’t want to see it in GTA 7

[SharksFlyUp]

I think there's a good chance we'll get map expansions, but my guess is they'll be contiguous with the current map and come in the form of new islands, hopefully linked to new story content. We might get some outlying islands in the base game, we have no way of knowing, but I think there are a bunch of great candidates that could be tied to Leonida - somewhere based on the Bahamas, or Cuba, or Bermuda, or the Cayman Islands, or Puerto Rico. Perhaps with future updates, we'll get closer to what was allegedly originally envisioned for "Project Americas". 

[Emmi]

12 minutes ago, Nawaf said:

The question is do you like another los santos with GTA 6? let’s not forget VI will be with us for the next 10 years, you will get board with the city that you don’t want to see it in GTA 7

I hate Los Santos (Los Angeles). It's my least favorite city in the world so this says a lot.

[Nawaf]

59 minutes ago, Emmi said:

I hate Los Santos (Los Angeles). It's my least favorite city in the world so this says a lot.

The only way everyone can be justified with GTA 7 is adding all the cities

[Klyredata]

27 minutes ago, Nawaf said:

The only way everyone can be justified with GTA 7 is adding all the cities

GTA 7 will be a post-apocalyptic USA 

[Nawaf]

Just now, Klyredata said:

GTA 7 will be a post-apocalyptic USA 

I’m not a American, so I’m not sure I’m fan of that

[BeauCaliente01]

1 hour ago, Emmi said:

I hate Los Santos (Los Angeles). It's my least favorite city in the world so this says a lot.

Ngl I can understand why.

Edited December 12, 2023 by BeauCaliente01

[wqx]

People here over-interpreting into what Jason Schreier said about "map expansions". What he said could mean new buildings with new interiors like the casino in LS we have got or an additional island like Cayo which both we have got in GTA V's online.

 

I don't think that we'll ever get a fully-fledged city like Liberty City as a map expansion. They'll probably and hopefully increase quality and scale of these expansions like seamless entering of interiors and seamless traveling to these locations, but a whole city requires way too much time and resources for them. It's better to just work on the next game then.

[Dostoyevskiy]

12 minutes ago, wqx said:

People here over-interpreting into what Jason Schreier said about "map expansions". What he said could mean new buildings with new interiors like the casino in LS we have got or an additional island like Cayo which both we have got in GTA V's online.

 

I don't think that we'll ever get a fully-fledged city like Liberty City as a map expansion. They'll probably and hopefully increase quality and scale of these expansions like seamless entering of interiors and seamless traveling to these locations, but a whole city requires way too much time and resources for them. It's better to just work on the next game then.

"Rockstar's plan is now to continually update the game over time, adding new missions and cities on a regular basis, which the leadership hopes will lead to less crunch during the game's final months." bruh

[wqx]

We don't know if that is supposed to refer to online (continous updates) or storymode (one time buyable DLCs as standalone games), but it seems like it would refer to storymode/singleplayer mode, which in this regard kinda does not make any sense to me. The way he expresses this ("the game's final months", refering to its development?), it seems they won't give us the full story and will add the missing bits later (missions and cities)? Why would they do such thing?

 

Not super vague what he said there, but still not enough info to conclude we'll get a fully-fledged city like almost Vice City. I still think he wrote that off the cuff with "cities" with not much thought to it. We should also not forget that even something like Paleto Bay or Sandy Shores count as cities. Therefore, I wouldn't rule out something like a bigger Cayo Perico with a city near the size of Paleto Bay.

[igrobar]

2 hours ago, Dostoyevskiy said:

"Rockstar's plan is now to continually update the game over time, adding new missions and cities on a regular basis, which the leadership hopes will lead to less crunch during the game's final months." bruh

This method is not very good, the graphics will become outdated, and technically it is not advisable to transfer the entire game to a new updated engine. There will be updates, expansions, I don’t argue, everything is possible. But sooner or later there will be GTA 7.

[tony da boss]

4 minutes ago, igrobar said:

But sooner or later there will be GTA 7.

 

One day there will be a GTA 69 too 

[Xayias]

3 hours ago, wqx said:

People here over-interpreting into what Jason Schreier said about "map expansions". What he said could mean new buildings with new interiors like the casino in LS we have got or an additional island like Cayo which both we have got in GTA V's online.

 

I don't think that we'll ever get a fully-fledged city like Liberty City as a map expansion. They'll probably and hopefully increase quality and scale of these expansions like seamless entering of interiors and seamless traveling to these locations, but a whole city requires way too much time and resources for them. It's better to just work on the next game then.

I think we will only see city expansions if they go the live service route which who knows now. I am just currently waiting for VI and beyond that hopefully the next game will go back to Las Venturas

[neo92boi]

9 hours ago, Emmi said:

I hate Los Santos (Los Angeles). It's my least favorite city in the world so this says a lot.

I’ve said it constantly. Rockstar loves Los Angeles they did LA 3 times as true LA,  2 times as Los Santos, and  3  times as San Andreas (California) totaling with 8 renditions (with 3 being direct representation): (GTA 1 - SA, Midnight Club 2  , Midnight Club LA, GTA : SA, LA NOIRE, GTA V) 

 

They’ve done NYC (Liberty City) 6 1/12 times but only 3 times it was truly called NYC, three times as Liberty (with one only being a true rendition of NYC) and 2 out of the actual NYC depictions were not explorable or severely lacking. (GTA 1 - LC ( decent but still abysmal) , GTA III (not really NYC but kind of in spirit), GTA LCS (same as III) Midnight Club 1 ( only half of Manhattan), GTA IV (best representation of NYC ever besides Spiderman 1&2 and True Crimes : NY), Max Payne 1&2 (only as a setting, it was not explorable or visually scene) , GTA: CTW.
 

They’ve done Florida 4 times and 3 times as Vice City (Miami)  : GTA : Vice City, GTA : VCS, Manhunt 2 ( Cottonmouth FL) , and GTA VI (poised to be the greatest representation of not only Miami but Florida as a whole in all video gaming and possibly media history.

 

Los Angeles should never EVER be touched again. NYC deserves a modern era return as MANY MANY things in NYC and about NYC was not explored or capable to be made due to limited technology, and VC is getting its well deserved return.  IMO, if they do ever go back to Liberty City it has to be the magnum opus , essentially the last Grand Theft Auto to be made. 
 

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by neo92boi

[Dick Justice]

10 minutes ago, neo92boi said:

IMO, if they do ever go back to Liberty City it has to be the magnum opus , essentially the last Grand Theft Auto to be made. 

Grand Theft Auto X - Coming 2085

[rjmthe2nd]

12 hours ago, Emmi said:

It's a tough call. On one hand I want to see them making a Liberty City expansion in GTA VI on the other hand I want to see an even better Liberty City in GTA 7.   Why not both?

I think after this they're going break the Three City cycle. We've gotten every city in the 3D era in the HD era.

 

No LV or SF because that's California and we were just there. VC and LS are both sunny, beach cities. My prediction is we will get a dark and gloomy location: Carcer City + surrounding area in GTA 7.

Edited December 13, 2023 by rjmthe2nd

[Simsalabim22]

1 hour ago, rjmthe2nd said:

I think after this they're going break the Three City cycle. We've gotten every city in the 3D era in the HD era.

 

No LV or SF because that's California and we were just there. VC and LS are both sunny, beach cities. My prediction is we will get a dark and gloomy location: Carcer City + surrounding area in GTA 7.

I dunno, I think a North San Andreas with SF + LV is next. Then we're rounded off on HD cities and then its free game from there. Las Vegas isn't California either but Nevada, so having a North Cali/Nevada hybrid would be different enough from Southern San Andreas/LS

Edited December 13, 2023 by Simsalabim22

[rjmthe2nd]

29 minutes ago, Simsalabim22 said:

I dunno, I think a North San Andreas with SF + LV is next. Then we're rounded off on HD cities and then its free game from there. LV isn't California either but Nevada, so having a North Cali/Nevada hybrid would be different enough from Southern San Andreas/LS

 

In GTA lore LV is in the state of San Andreas aka California. I used to think it was in their fictional version of Nevada but I guess this means Nevada is combined with California.

Edited December 13, 2023 by rjmthe2nd

[GTK0HLK]

25 minutes ago, Simsalabim22 said:

I dunno, I think a North San Andreas with SF + LV is next. Then we're rounded off on HD cities and then its free game from there. LV isn't California either but Nevada, so having a North Cali/Nevada hybrid would be different enough from Southern San Andreas/LS

which had mountains, desert, forests.

Big difference would be in time for the high-speed rail to be built.(but wait, that rail would only exist in Southern CA mostly)

 

so.., I guess just LV and the sphere.

 

everything else is almost the same as V.

 

While it would be new.

it's still the same thing as V.

(I bet people will soon feel fatigue of VI after some time, it really is no different than V. Except for the culture and specific variance in land features. like the everglades instead of the desert)

 

Huge departure needs to be next.

Else we'll be joking that it's all sand.

[iSrirachaa]

33 minutes ago, rjmthe2nd said:

I think after this they're going break the Three City cycle. We've gotten every city in the 3D era in the HD era.

 

No LV or SF because that's California and we were just there. VC and LS are both sunny, beach cities. My prediction is we will get a dark and gloomy location: Carcer City + surrounding area in GTA 7.

Same, VC completes the 3D era as far as having HD remakes. I’m sure they’re gonna want something new after this instead of going back to the same old cities. LV technically isn’t California, it’s Nevada but there’s absolutely nothing in Nevada outside of that that would make an interesting GTA game. I’m honestly thinking Chicago or Texas might be possible

[rjmthe2nd]

11 minutes ago, iSrirachaa said:

Same, VC completes the 3D era as far as having HD remakes. I’m sure they’re gonna want something new after this instead of going back to the same old cities. LV technically isn’t California, it’s Nevada but there’s absolutely nothing in Nevada outside of that that would make an interesting GTA game. I’m honestly thinking Chicago or Texas might be possible

 

Carcer City is Detroit right? A Detroit+Chicago map could work. I think this should be the game where we play as a Cop. Probably a lot of Max Payne inspiration and references.

[Pashaforever]

If we are talking about having Carcer City, let's also talk about Cottonmouth from Manhunt 2. It's supposed to be based on New Orleans.

[Simsalabim22]

29 minutes ago, rjmthe2nd said:

 

In GTA lore LV is in the state of San Andreas aka California. I used to think it was in their fictional version of Nevada but I guess this means Nevada is combined with California.

I know, that's what I said LV was confusing as a acronym for both Las Vegas and Las Venturas, my bad.

 

32 minutes ago, GTK0HLK said:

which had mountains, desert, forests.

Big difference would be in time for the high-speed rail to be built.(but wait, that rail would only exist in Southern CA mostly)

 

so.., I guess just LV and the sphere.

 

everything else is almost the same as V.

 

While it would be new.

it's still the same thing as V.

(I bet people will soon feel fatigue of VI after some time, it really is no different than V. Except for the culture and specific variance in land features. like the everglades instead of the desert)

 

Huge departure needs to be next.

Else we'll be joking that it's all sand.

I feel like you're being super reductive to make your point. Saying a combination of LV + SF would be exactly the same as V and VI is just silliness. SF and LV are super unique cities and their rural surrounds could easily be different enough from V's Southern SA, and could tell entirely different stories. The entire world is just mountains, deserts and forests if we're just being reductive

[Leonida Man]

4 hours ago, neo92boi said:

I’ve said it constantly. Rockstar loves Los Angeles they did LA 3 times as true LA,  2 times as Los Santos, and  3  times as San Andreas (California) totaling with 8 renditions (with 3 being direct representation): (GTA 1 - SA, Midnight Club 2  , Midnight Club LA, GTA : SA, LA NOIRE, GTA V) 

 

They’ve done NYC (Liberty City) 6 1/12 times but only 3 times it was truly called NYC, three times as Liberty (with one only being a true rendition of NYC) and 2 out of the actual NYC depictions were not explorable or severely lacking. (GTA 1 - LC ( decent but still abysmal) , GTA III (not really NYC but kind of in spirit), GTA LCS (same as III) Midnight Club 1 ( only half of Manhattan), GTA IV (best representation of NYC ever besides Spiderman 1&2 and True Crimes : NY), Max Payne 1&2 (only as a setting, it was not explorable or visually scene) , GTA: CTW.
 

They’ve done Florida 4 times and 3 times as Vice City (Miami)  : GTA : Vice City, GTA : VCS, Manhunt 2 ( Cottonmouth FL) , and GTA VI (poised to be the greatest representation of not only Miami but Florida as a whole in all video gaming and possibly media history.

 

Los Angeles should never EVER be touched again. NYC deserves a modern era return as MANY MANY things in NYC and about NYC was not explored or capable to be made due to limited technology, and VC is getting its well deserved return.  IMO, if they do ever go back to Liberty City it has to be the magnum opus , essentially the last Grand Theft Auto to be made. 
 

 

you know what wasn't explored properly? Every place that isn't NY, LA or Miami.

We are another 15 years away from the next entry and we've already* had HD renditions of the big GTA three cities, let's get out of the cycle for once.