Will GTA VI be last entry of HD Universe?

[Gamerwind]

3D universe started with Liberty City (2001) and ended with Vice City (Stories) (2006)

 

HD Universe started in Liberty City (2008)

But will it end in Vice City again? (2025)

   

The trilogy of LC,SA,VC is both complete in 3D & HD Universe 

Do you think Rockstar will start another in game universe for GTA 7 or will they continue HD universe cities mentioned in other games (Las Ventura's, San Fierro,Carcer City) 

 

Personally I would love to see VR universe if that's the future of gaming , Rockstar always break boundaries and revolutionary in industry , I think they will make a great open VR world game .

 

 

[mp412rex]

doubt it, i think they'll keep the hd universe from now on

[Short Dawg]

11 hours ago, mp412rex said:

doubt it, i think they'll keep the hd universe from now on

Let’s be honest , this might as well be considered the final one because there won’t be a new GTA game for a VERY long time after VI 

[Kyoto]

If GTA VI was the last entry of the HD-universe then what would the next universe be called exactly? The 4K-universe?

[Gtaman_92]

I think they’ll continue with the HD Universe and possibly branch off to other cities that has yet to be parodied like DC, Chicago, Detroit and etc.
 

Recycling LC, San Andreas and VC for the millionth of times would be plain unoriginal and lazy at that point.

[The Journey]

The only reason the distinction exists is because the 3D era games all came out relatively close to eachother and have similar graphics, engine and a lot of recurring characters.

 

The HD Universe games have a lot more space between them so they’re more standalone. After GTA IV things got more realistic - now GTA VI damn near looks like real life. There is no need to set up a new universe, think of the HD Universe as the final GTA Universe and the 3D Universe as the Classic GTA Universe.

Edited March 13, 2024 by The Journey

[Miss Darko]

GTA games are generally fairly standalone, each game has references and cameos from previous installments but does not act as a direct sequel to one, so continuity is always a bit loose. GTA VI is known to have at least one reference to GTA V because of the leaks, but is also likely going to have some inconsistencies and retcons as well. Florida has been mentioned in IV and V (specifically as the state where Vice City is, IIRC, I know it's sometimes implied that the real locations still exist alongside the parodies in some way or another), but now it's Leonida. I think the possibility exists that going forward, if for instance Liberty City gets revisited again in the next game, we'll just be accepting that the city looks different from GTA IV but the events of GTA IV still took place there. There's really no guarantee that R* will be taking the same approach they did before because the circumstances are different. GTA games release on a wholly different timeframe now, and the distinction between console generations is really different too. R*'s stated rationale for the whole "universe" thing is that the characters from the PS2 era games simply didn't fit in the more realistic vision of GTA IV, that somehow they just wouldn't translate if one of them were to feature in a cameo or something. I don't know if I entirely agree with the rationale (I mean, the characters from IV that returned in V largely looked almost unrecognizable, so evidently that translation problem was an issue even between two games in the same generation with really different approaches to modeling faces; it seems like the same argument could easily be made for separating IV and V into their own "universes"), but it seems they feel that it isn't an issue even given the gulf of a whole console generation between V and VI. I wouldn't put it past R* to do a bit of soft reboot for the series at some point, possibly after VI even, but I don't really expect there to be the same branding of "universes" and that hard boundary in continuity, so that the door remains open to directly reference elements from previous games again should they feel the need to.

[Getzmunney]

The next universe will be damn near real life looking. Probably fully vr optional too. 

[Antaxi]

I think the segmentation into universes was a mistake.

[Short Dawg]

2 hours ago, Antaxi said:

I think the segmentation into universes was a mistake.

How? And besides most people don’t even acknowledge the whole universe thing outside of us superfans 

[Jason]

"SD" and "HD" universe was just a nice way for R* to quickly say the past games aren't canon.

 

They have repeatedly shown that they have no real loyalty to any particular game in terms of story or canon, or any era, and will happily forget, change or retcon anything if it makes for a better story / game in the next GTA.

 

If there's a new "universe", it'll be nothing more than another convenient answer to stop people asking what x/y/z character is doing in the new games, or why they aren't showing up, etc. In reality though, they just wanted to make a new game with it's own story and characters.

[Antaxi]

15 minutes ago, Short Dawg said:

How? And besides most people don’t even acknowledge the whole universe thing outside of us superfans 

Why Cj can't be exist in GTAV, i can't understand. i know its a company decision to start from the scratch after GTASA, but still.

[TheOverlookHotel]

9 hours ago, Gtaman_92 said:

I think they’ll continue with the HD Universe and possibly branch off to other cities that has yet to be parodied like DC, Chicago, Detroit and etc.
 

Recycling LC, San Andreas and VC for the millionth of times would be plain unoriginal and lazy at that point.

We need San Fierro and Las Venturas before any of the cities you just named. 

[helloworld]

Rockstar has literally race swapped major characters, including a protagonist, because they thought it would fit better with the stories they wanted to tell. It’s safe to say lore consistency is not their biggest priority. 

[NewCrossGate]

I hope not.

 

if they start another universe it will just give them an excuse to re-use the same cities again.

 

I mean do you really wanna be back in Los Santos for GTA 8 ? 
 

They should just stay in this universe from now on and give us only new cities/locations for future titles. 

[Aquamaniac]

On 3/13/2024 at 4:55 AM, Gtaman_92 said:

I think they’ll continue with the HD Universe and possibly branch off to other cities that has yet to be parodied like DC, Chicago, Detroit and etc.
 

Recycling LC, San Andreas and VC for the millionth of times would be plain unoriginal and lazy at that point.

 

GTA IV was released in 2008, if there will be GTA VII again in Liberty City/New England in 2038, would it be really the same for the millionth time? And then another GTA California in 2050.

[Antaxi]

1 hour ago, helloworld said:

Rockstar has literally race swapped major characters, including a protagonist, because they thought it would fit better with the stories they wanted to tell. It’s safe to say lore consistency is not their biggest priority. 

Probably GTA series is grow up, R* was moving forward in serious themes, those rely to realism, like 5 star wanted level, and scraping old role side jobs: ambulance, cop, firefighter and others.

[cant remember]

I have a feeling the next step will be to go to an entire new location. We've been rotating between Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City since GTA1. After GTA6 we will have had those three places in three different universes. I don't really see R* remaking Liberty City from scratch yet again.

[NewCrossGate]

1 hour ago, Aquamaniac said:

 

GTA IV was released in 2008, if there will be GTA VII again in Liberty City/New England in 2038, would it be really the same for the millionth time? And then another GTA California in 2050.

I still feel it’s too early to go back to LC. There’s so many interesting cities and regions Rockstar could reimagine - it would be such a shame when it’s all said and done if they only ever gave us NY, Miami and LA/California. 

[Short Dawg]

41 minutes ago, NewCrossGate said:

I still feel it’s too early to go back to LC. There’s so many interesting cities and regions Rockstar could reimagine - it would be such a shame when it’s all said and done if they only ever gave us NY, Miami and LA/California. 

By the time the next GTA comes back around , who would really care if they would do that??

[Cluckin Bell CEO]

1 hour ago, NewCrossGate said:

I still feel it’s too early to go back to LC. There’s so many interesting cities and regions Rockstar could reimagine - it would be such a shame when it’s all said and done if they only ever gave us NY, Miami and LA/California. 

 

Agreed. New York is so overused in media anyway. Rather see Las Venturas and San Fierro instead, or some new city like Chicago.

Edited March 14, 2024 by Darth_Cruiser

[Aquamaniac]

1 hour ago, NewCrossGate said:

I still feel it’s too early to go back to LC. There’s so many interesting cities and regions Rockstar could reimagine - it would be such a shame when it’s all said and done if they only ever gave us NY, Miami and LA/California. 

 

It might be in only 10 to 15 years.

[cant remember]

*only* 10 to 15 years

[GTK0HLK]

On 3/14/2024 at 6:57 AM, cant remember said:

*only* 10 to 15 years

 At this Rate it'll be one game per Two generations if not lifespans. 

 

And depending if technology doesn't advance fast with some large breakthrough, there really wouldn't be much reason for a new installment except for DLC/EXPACS of maps.

 

But I sure hope they get faster at it.

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Much better to have a new title in new locations.

 

If we ever reach a plateau where it's easier for them to add landmass than new titles. at least they'll have the base concept made, just ripe for adjustment.

 

Kinda like if you have a snapshot of old Chicago, and then have snapshot of the Prohibition, 80's, 00's, 10/20/30.

The changes will get slotted in, and out.

 

But they can't have much idea or easy changes without the base landmass to expand or swap in and out. [Base Concept]

 

I've been aching for a Northern(/with a bit of middle) MidWestern location since after V.

[The Journey]

On 3/13/2024 at 1:23 AM, Miss Darko said:

R*'s stated rationale for the whole "universe" thing is that the characters from the PS2 era games simply didn't fit in the more realistic vision of GTA IV

Then GTA Online happened lol, if they used that reason for IV, then you’d think GTA Online would be enough reason for VI to be different.

On 3/15/2024 at 2:35 PM, GTK0HLK said:

 At this Rate it'll be one game per Two generations if not lifespans. 

 

And depending if technology doesn't advance fast with some large breakthrough, there really wouldn't be much reason for a new installment except for DLC/EXPACS of maps.

 

But I sure hope they get faster at it.

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Much better to have a new title in new locations.

 

If we ever reach a plateau where it's easier for them to add landmass than new titles. at least they'll have the base concept made, just ripe for adjustment.

 

Kinda like if you have a snapshot of old Chicago, and then have snapshot of the Prohibition, 80's, 00's, 10/20/30.

The changes will get slotted in, and out.

 

But they can't have much idea or easy changes without the base landmass to expand or swap in and out. [Base Concept]

 

I've been aching for a Northern(/with a bit of middle) MidWestern location since after V.

Ngl, if they ever merged and retconned the universes some day I could see 3D Liberty City and its events retconned as HD Chicago, or maybe Philly.

Edited March 16, 2024 by The Journey

[LitlleKuba]

On 3/14/2024 at 1:49 PM, Aquamaniac said:

 

It might be in only 10 to 15 years.

Is definitely not more than 10

[Guest]

Maybe it'll be the last in the present day of HD Universe. So the next entries will be the past of HDU.

[Aquamaniac]

20 hours ago, LitlleKuba said:

Is definitely not more than 10

 

How will you know?

 

GTA V was released in 2013, VI will be released in 2025 - thats 12 years. With a delay to 2026 13 years, if takes as much time to release GTA VII it will be 2037 to 39, around 30 years after the release of GTA IV. A lot of GTA VII's future playerbase was not born when GTA IV was released and will never play GTA III.

[LitlleKuba]

16 minutes ago, Aquamaniac said:

 

How will you know?

 

GTA V was released in 2013, VI will be released in 2025 - thats 12 years. With a delay to 2026 13 years, if takes as much time to release GTA VII it will be 2037 to 39, around 30 years after the release of GTA IV. A lot of GTA VII's future playerbase was not born when GTA IV was released and will never play GTA III.

It wont be delayed to 2026, and we must remember that GTA VI development was affected by COVID, like everything else

[Aquamaniac]

59 minutes ago, LitlleKuba said:

It wont be delayed to 2026, and we must remember that GTA VI development was affected by COVID, like everything else

 

Even if GTA VII will release in 2030 it were 22 years after the last game set in Liberty City. Don't get me wrong NYC isn't my favorite location but after more than 20 years there is no reason to complain if you revisit a place. Despite NYC not my favorite location I had favored a New England setting over Miami already for VI but I'll give it a chance.