Setting: Miami, London, L.A.?
We know Rockstar have ideas about creating a GTA 6 and developers have stated that ''we've got 45 years worth of ideas we want to do...'' it will be released on the Xbox One and PS4 but there is no news of development just quite yet. There has been much speculation amongst fans however on where the next instalment will be set.
Many fans have requested a London based game but developers have stated that it just wouldn't seem or feel like a GTA. I personally think basing the game in London would be a nice twist to the franchise. It would be good to show the world the gritty streets of London as well as the expensive high life we're so stereotyped to have and just maybe a small glimpse of how the royals live. Comparing our lifestyle to that of Miami and L.A. would be different and exciting but also surprisingly empathetic for players. However I think Rockstar developers may find it hard to depict the current living standards and communities within London's poorest boroughs.
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| GTA Through the Years |
Miami seems to be at the top of everyone's list and the most likely setting of the next instalment. Vice City has received the most references within current next-gen GTAs and is the only location in the franchise that hasn't been visited twice. Would they do a 21st Century setting or go back in time again? Head of Rockstar Leslie Benzies stated about Vice City ''more than any other GTA game, was as much about the era as the setting''. So maybe a trip to the 1950s/60s when the first Cuban wave occurred. A possible Cuban lead role? Maybe Rockstar likes to keep with the times seeing as Vice City is the only game that's gone back in time or maybe they would prefer to create a separate game all together like for example La Noire & Red Dead Redemption. No 1920's GTA then? DAMN!
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| Game Art from GTA Vice City |
The Future of GTA Dynamics
Benzies said he envisions players being able to travel back and forth to revisit places. ''Of course at some point we would like to have one big world containing all our cities and let the player fly between them and revisit their favourite areas...in that context re-imagining Vice City would be very interesting.'' So maybe a combination of Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City? Or even remaining territories that were never really explored in GTA V like Las Venturas and San Fierro. Benzies was also asked about a possible lead female role but said that they had just ''not found the right game for it. So maybe not GTA. It didn't feel natural - with the right themes, it could be fantastic''. So a possible separate game with a female leading role for Rockstar. Fair enough.
I think gta should continue with the 3 character option but allow one of the characters to be entirely created by the gamer, and somehow tie him or her into the story, or maybe even create a new story - Tiras
ReplyDeleteI think we might lose the emotional attachment if we was to use our own character in the story. I always seem to feel unimportant when I make my own character in a story! Skyrim for example!
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