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What The Next Grand Theft Auto Should Be About
Date posted
February 8, 2010 at 5:39 pm
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February 8, 2010 at 5:39 pm
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Grand Theft Auto is a great franchise, especially because Rockstar have the ability to take a city and a basic character, and bring them to life. Rockstar are the innovators of creating living, breathing, authentic worlds. Ever since Grand Theft Auto III arrived on Playstation 2 in 2001, developers have made sure to pay close attention to detail when it comes to creating characters and environments. While the world craves for a new Grand Theft Auto title, many people begin to ask the same questions. What city will the next GTA be based in? Who will be the next GTA character? What should it be about?
With that being said I would like to give a few suggestions of where Rockstar could go with the next GTA game. I will suggest a city and create a possible scenario for Rockstar to consider. Dan Houser are you reading this?
I know Rockstar like to base their games around real life cities, but they always rename the city, making it more of a spoof. However for the purpose of normality, in this article I will use real city names.
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GRAND THEFT AUTO: LONDON
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You knew I was going to go there first right? Well it has been too long since the Grand Theft Auto series visited London. When they last made a game based on London, GTA was still in it’s 2D top down view days. I know Sony’s The Getaway has since made a 3D replica of London, but wouldn’t it be great to see it done GTA style? London has some of the greatest attractions in the world, and living so close to the city myself would make me overly excited to shoot the place up (Can I say that?).
As for a character, he could be a street wise criminal (let’s call him Jamie Stack), who has been forced into a life of crime due to low employment rates. Jamie and his friend one night decide to steal a truck full of dope. Unfortunately for Jamie and his friend, the cops we’re onto them the whole time. They then get chased up the M1 (a British freeway), then they manage to get to a spot where they can bail out from the truck and loose both the cops and the drugs. The drugs are then ceased by the coppers, and there is a big news story about it. Later Jamie finds out that the dope belonged to a very important crime lord, who is now out of millions of pounds.
Instead of having Jamie killed, the crime lord (lets call him Archie) opts to have Jamie work off the dept. Sending Jamie on some of the most frantic missions seen in a GTA game. Then perhaps later Jamie finds out that the reason Archie kept him alive, was because he had an affair with his mother years ago. Perhaps they can have a Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker moment.
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GRAND THEFT AUTO: NEW ORLEANS
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First of all, congrats to the Saints for winning the Superbowl. Now we have that out the way, I think a New Orleans GTA would be very smart if done right. You have a City that suffered an unfortunate disaster, so that leaves a whole lot of options to create a great touching storyline. Due to the events of Katrina, New Orleans suffered an uprise in crime rates. This would give Rockstar the chance to create a very real, controversial and touching experience. Let’s be real though, New Orleans deserves some kind of attention that will make people take notice.
The main character could be somebody who lost everything when the hurricane hit. As the city struggles to rebuild itself, he is left with only one option. To hit the streets and try to build a foundation for himself. Rockstar would have to be very careful to do it in a way where they will not suffer any backlash. Which is probably why this would never happen, it is a little too risky for them. However I feel like Rockstar could do it right; and hey, David Simon has a new show based in New Orleans (Treme), so why can’t a video game touch on it too.
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GRAND THEFT AUTO: TOKYO
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Eastern developers have done a lot of games based in western settings, so how about Rockstar do the opposite. I know automatically you are thinking of the game Yakuza, and the Yakuza is obviously the biggest and most recognized crime organization related to Japan. But Rockstar could show us a completely different side of Japanese organized crime. Though I am sure spoofing other countries will be seen as racism, but heck GTA has always been controversial right?
The character could be someone not directly associated with the Japanese crime syndicates (such as Yakuza), but someone who is possibly on the run from them. Maybe Ryo’s (Generic Japanese name #2) family are in great danger, after Ryo’s older brother died and left a great debt to the organization. The Organization now wants Ryo’s sister to work off the dept in one of their brothel’s, but Ryo and his family have too much pride for that. Ryo moves his family out of town, but knows the organization will track them down, due to the amount of connections they have. So he has to find a way to get the strain of the organization off of his back, using the underground crime scene as his tool. Rockstar, please hire me.
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GRAND THEFT AUTO: DETROIT
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Let’s bring it back to the US, perhaps Rockstar could focus on one of the most violent cities in America. It would be good to see the motor city brought to life in a spoof world, it could be a very dark and gritty edition to the GTA series.
In an attempt to clean up Detroit and bring value back to the city, maybe the government has founded special police tactical units to hit the streets and shut down crime. Putting a strain on all criminal activity. You play as an infamous stick up kid in the area, who has his own team, and stays getting paid from their criminal activities. You and your team are constantly on the move trying to pull of huge robberies, kind of like a small time oceans eleven team. Maybe Rockstar could even have a class system, with one class focusing on engineering jobs (shutting down security systems). One class focusing on scoping out the area for possible threats (a tactical class), and another focusing on stealth. Of course there will also be a full blown assault class, where that character would be right in the middle of a bullet heavy shootout. You could assign classes to each of your team before every mission, to ensure maximum success. Due to all the special tactical units flooding the streets, you are under heavy pressure from the authority, creating a constant cat and mouse scenario in the gameplay.
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So there are four possible scenarios that would be a refreshing look for the the Grand Theft Auto franchise. No doubt Rockstar are already cooking up something great for us, as far as the next game goes. At this point though, there is nothing for us hungry GTA fans to do other than speculate and come up with our own ideas. Perhaps you readers have some ideas of what you would like to see in the next GTA game, if so don’t be a stranger. Leave your comments below, or express your ideas in our new forums.
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I dont think they should do an new orleans game because its kind of taking an advantage to get money from somthing that killed lodes of people. I hope its in london
Like I said Swiff, GTA:WORLD needs to be the next step……
New Orleans would be HELLA interesting. Tokyo would be too. Great article
New Orleans? NO! Detroit? NO! Tokyo? Interesting but it would be too much of a rip off of Yakuza. London? YEAH! It makes sense! OR!!!!!!!!! Return to their roots. Italian mafia! Set in a fictional Italian city with mobsters out for you!
i agree with joekilla, going large scale would be the best ticket, if they do an open world london game i'd rather have getaway brought back into production, and as for tokyo, theres already yakuza 3 coming as well as the new true crime game set in tokyo (not that tokyo wouldnt be awesome). i also agree with tom about the new orleans setting, after what happened with katrina, the last thing they need is people virtually killing more helpless people in the streets. i'm suprised you didnt touch upon los angeles!? i know san andreas took place in a faux l.a., but in my opinion, i thought san andreas was the worst gta of the series, the gameplay seemed off and although i liked how in depth they made parts of the game, (bikes, home invasions, parachutes and whatnot) i didnt feel the polish was anywhere near III, vice, or IV. i'd love to see los angeles done right with the euphoria engine and a plot that would capture all the best movies that have taken on los angeles. to name a few, (heat, collateral, the limey, boogie nights, etc etc) i just feel like there was so much wasted potential in san andreas, not to mention it came around the time that it should have been put off for next gen. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ROCKSTAR! PLEASE PUT A CHARACTER CREATION SYSTEM, OR AT LEAST GIVE THE OPTION OF PLAYING DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES! it would make everyone happy and allow for unique gameplay experiences
GTA: Glasgow
London, been there, done that.
GTA Africa. Bring it to the mother land. Have 3 cities (Cape Town, Cairo and say Nairobi). Have an airport to go from city to city and you can have different terrains (since Cape Town is on the water, Cairo in the desert and Nairobi close to the jungle. Shit would be dope to learn about the underworld of Africa and all three cities have different cultures and crime. Think big. Think Africa.
I find it funny how you all talk about “We don't need them killing helpless people” in New Orleans like killing people period isn't controversial..haha.
Bring The Next Grand theft auto to Miami
That was Vice City if I'm not mistaken dude.
Detroit and New Orleans would both suck SHlT. They're lame locations with no significant history and story behind them. Not even a good story line and character could make a game set in either two of those places good.
I want a real GTA Mafia based game. like liberty city stories. Have it in Boston since we already have New york in 4. and have parts right in Sicily.
why not make it 2 state and have the main character be a corrupt cop
GTA world!!
if not Vice City THE GREAT will do
you must not live In America Homie, Detroit was the murda capital for a big number of years, Low unemployment= HIGH GANG RATE and itz called the MOTOR CITY because Ford and other car makers headquarters where started there,
and N'awnls is one of the most prolific gang towns from back in the day, its one of the most poorest states and so much American History happened their,
Marti Gras, its near the Bayou, its a river port town, a lotta back door stuff There homie
or you must be from Kansas lol STL In this thang BABY
We should have GTA w/a state with Chi town, Jeffcity/Kansas, and Memphis
STL has Jesse James, The Arch, Nelly, Cedric the Entertainer,Tom crusie went 2 Mizzou Chi has the Trains, Common and Kanye OBAMA, they both have a good Downtown, and airports and M-Town and Jeffcity/Kansas have some of the same things, So yea BOWWWW
HMU
AJ
NOOOOO, THEY DON'T NEED an MMO GTA JOE, THAT WOULD BE DUMB
@ the very least the backbone of it would be GTA IV's Multi-player modes strung together
then you have to make a story around around everybody, NA, well @ least this GEN'
I think Detroit would be fun if set in the 1970's…
I believe there's an easter egg in GTA: IV about it being in France. Not sure how reliable it is but if it's in France it would be hella awsome!
I also like the suggestion of it being in New Orleans! They could go all out on the hurricane tragedy and what not.
And for those that say “Not in NO because of what happened” so what! 9/11 Happened and they still made 4 in New York! Yes it was sad and yes it was horrible but it was YEARS ago. The only way to ove on is to MOVE ON!
What about GTA: Sydney (Australia)
That would be great for everyone because it will be a new type of 'gameplay' and scene that most people in the world can't get.
Bring GTA DownUnder!
knifes, buckfast and neds, i dont think that will work
There's more to Glasgow crime scene than that.
That's the small time jabronis. There are some serious bananas in Glasgow GTA can base their game on.
Rockstar are a Scottish based company after all. SURELY at some point they will bring it here at some point.
i doubt it, i think they are happy with sneaking Scottish landmarks into the games.
Tokyo wouldn't work because it would just be too much like Yakuza. London or Paris would be interesting but there's one obvious location that i can't believe nobody's mentioned:
Grand Theft Auto: Washington.
Think of the possibilities Rockstar would have making a story about a small – time crook trying to make it big in the President's backyard.
GTA Alaska. A Sarah Palin lookalike could be the main character.
south africa lmao…nah but seriously