With Grand Theft Auto IV breaking records and taking names, Rockstar has decided that before EA commits it’s hostile take over, they had better get started on GTA V. I’m sure they believe, as we all do, that if Rockstar doesn’t get going on GTA V, they could find GTA IV being re-released without an I. Nobody wants that.
The first order of business is to find a city. They’ve already done New York, LA, Vegas, San Fransisco and Miami, so it’s time to think about a change of scenery. This month, Rockstar will be sending out a team of “specialists” to evaluate a list of cities. An inside source with Rockstar cited, on the condition of anonymity, that the cities would be chosen for their “personality and exotic nature.”
Here’s the exclusive list of the finalists, in no specific order.
Beijing, China
Yao Ming, dynasties, chopsticks, and communism, these are the things that come to mind when I think of China. Well, that and Free Tibet with a few human rights violations thrown in.
One of the “pros” for Beijing is that their citizens are no strangers to having their rights infringed upon. At any moment they could be murdered as part of Police brutality, collateral damage, or just run the f*** over metaphorically and literally. Transforming this into GTA V’s city wouldn’t be that big of a plunge.
Beijing is also major transportation hub. Getting to run around and car jack people deep inside Red China would be quite taboo, especially since the cops are just like the army and will shoot you for looking at them the wrong way, although Rockstar lists this as a positive. The good news is that you will always be able to “third world” someone, since the cops will all be rocking AK-47’s. The downside is that due to massive pollution, most people are ridding bicycles, by order of the government. I guess it would be the first copy of the game with a unicycle race.
One negative is that the ability to do the proverbial “Movin’ on up” will be difficult in this setting because most people don’t live as extravagantly as Tommy Vercetti in Vice City, with his Scarface style lodgings. It will just have to be less modest government issued housing. Sounds like motivation to me.
Paris, France
Ah, France…. the sights, the sounds, the surrendering? Thought by many to be the world center of culture and art, this historic city is full of awesome things to be smashed, blown up and jumped.
The French are considered to be stereotypically snobby and left wing in nature. I could think of no one better to pull out of their car while they cursed at me. Police chases will be a bit different feeling, with the distinct European police siren.
There are tons of expensive art in that city. Much like the car jacking missions, I could see having to run in to a gallery, steal a painting and get it back to a location with out damaging it. Nothing ruins a good painting like a bullet or a piece of shrapnel.
On the down side, shooting French citizens may be too good to pass up, which may overshadow the story that Rockstar spends so much time and money on. I’ll tell you what, there’s no way I’m doing a fetch quest when there’s surrender monkeys to carjack.
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29 responses so far ↓
1 grigger // May 9, 2008 at 11:18 am
they could make this a really good game if they pick the right city
i just hope it isnt Paris,
on second thought go with Paris i would spend days going on rampages
2 Dreaded_Porridge // May 9, 2008 at 11:57 am
it would be cool to see MoH vs GTA
running run, wreaking havoc in wartime berlin…
good times
3 Meresin // May 9, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Cancun would be my choice. You could commit all the usual GTA crimes, all while *being* a cop. The only down side is that Rockstar would have to implement a comprehensive kidnapping/ransom system.
It’d make for an interesting twist to the game, anyway. You would no longer have to do missions that required you steal a cop car.
4 Officer Mudkip // May 9, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Belfast, Ireland
5 Saccia // May 9, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I like Cuba…. that would be a great place for a game. AKs, drugs, cheap hookers, and cigars? Sounds like awesome fun.
6 dobo // May 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm
GTA Glasgow
where riot mode is on right from the start
7 irish boy90 // May 9, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I agree with Mudkip just anywhere in ireland.
8 thefriendlyghost // May 9, 2008 at 1:43 pm
just in Europe alone.
9 Mehar // May 9, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Paris? The moment they see gun fire they would just start running around with their hands in the air, no one would even try to stop you because they would be to scared
I think we might see London in the near future though. The devs of GTA did state they were limited by all those GTA copy cats on the market.
10 bruce182 // May 9, 2008 at 3:19 pm
DONT BE FRANCE IRAQ WOULD BE BETTER THAN THERE!
I mean come on who wants to be a gangster called Piair They might as well call it
“Gay Theft Bum Hole” Mission 1 : A Snaily Surpize : Go to the cafe next to the white flag shop and make the cheif not put any pepper on the enemys dinner
(6 STAR WANTED HERE I COME)
11 Johnny // May 9, 2008 at 4:26 pm
lol I never respong but what Bruce wrote was hilarious
12 Ryan // May 9, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Why not Africa? Frikkin Nairobi in Kenya dude, the gangs there already run the city, and they recently had a showdown with police and everything.
They want to look into exotic places with lots of crime, hell, I can think of no better!
13 whaaa? // May 9, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Rio de Janeiro Brazil! Beautiful city, full of rich ppl and also gangs in the slums, sexy ladies, corruption, violence + many hollywood stars have homes there! Perfect for GTA V
14 Gareth // May 9, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Liverpool!
Who better to shoot than a scouser.
It’s kinda like newyork except you could fly properly and there’s less italian in liverpool.
15 rabid camel // May 9, 2008 at 7:19 pm
its gotta be london or birmingham - plenty of cultural/gang diversity to be had in either & would be an homage to the gta london of old! Asian Rudeboys ( safe, bruv init) / Chinese triads(try-hards-dont mess w their hair…) / chavs / east london gangsters/ emo’s/ community support officers
Source material for satire could include: politicians, london mayor (past&present), nhs, trishaws, 2012 olympics, royalty, bendy buses, tourists ( can we rampage over a whole group of bright orange matching cap/anorak/backpack tourists PLEASE!). You want pidgeons- london has PLENTY…
Anything else i forgot?p.s i love my city for ALL these reasons - lets see it taken the mickey of completely!
16 The Ploogle // May 9, 2008 at 9:50 pm
If it were Paris, I might actually buy a GTA game. No joke. That would be the ultimate game, basically. Who wouldn’t want to be chased by a bunch of police yelling at you en français?
17 lolz // May 9, 2008 at 10:36 pm
buenos aires will be exelent for gta because after 2001 the city get more gangs lol and its conflictive same of more citys of gta
18 Alexis Machine // May 10, 2008 at 6:35 am
They should do it in Johannesburg.. The whole object of the game is for the main protaganist to avoid being hijacked!! People in Joburg dont stop at red traffic lights, coz they might be murdered, and you get mugged on every corner. I swear, it’s like a real- life version of any GTA
19 Joeythehobo // May 10, 2008 at 11:16 am
London has already been done, silly commenters, in GTA:London. Google it yourself.
20 JakubK666 // May 10, 2008 at 12:46 pm
@ Joeythehobo
Liberty City was done 5 times.So what?
London would be f-ing awesome!
21 leedsutd1992 // May 10, 2008 at 2:06 pm
London?
22 Johnny // May 10, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Japan
23 Dace // May 10, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Tokyo, Japan would be the Bomb.
24 Shadders // May 10, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Liverpool would be awesome, so would another London one. America’s been done to death now.
25 Riki // May 11, 2008 at 4:30 am
@ Dace:
No, you’re thinking of Hiroshima.
26 Blood Sith // May 12, 2008 at 1:09 am
My top three votes would be:
1. Italy
2. Cancun
3. Paris
I think that if they pick anyof those 3 it would be an amazig looking game.
27 SilverTorch // May 12, 2008 at 3:29 am
Anywhere in Japan would be sweet…just as long as no one has those horrible fake accents like in Red Steel
28 Tommy3030333 // May 13, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I think that they should do a game where you can go anywhere in the world! like steal a plane and fly from paris to go to japan! or mabey doc could go and get a plane from paris when the game is in japan!
29 Nightmaster // May 14, 2008 at 2:12 pm
It should be Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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