Why a realistic Los Santos in GTA 5 would be unconvincing

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One amazing aspect of both last year’s Grand Theft Auto V and its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto IV, were the size, scope, and detail of each game’s cities

In a recent interview with Edge, Rockstar North Art Director Aaron Garbut commented on the process of building a city, and how it precludes the developers from actually creating a 100% replica of the real thing. “I’d never want to rebuild a city. I think that would be a lot less satisfying both for us to build and for the player to play. In a lot of ways, it would be less convincing, too. At least that’s how I rationalise it to myself,” Mr. Garbut explained, “we take the feel of a city, the one we get through visiting and through experiencing it our whole lives through media, and build that. We compress, we edit, we emphasise certain things and we end up with something that in some ways, I think, feels more like the popular perception of the place than the actual city. Only because the popular perception isn’t the real city, if that makes sense.”

Grand Theft Auto V was developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games on September 17th, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Grand Theft Auto Online launched on October 1st, 2013.

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CarpioPosted:

Based on my opinion GTA V is a good game but they need to make it more similar to GTA IV, I believed that the games purpose was to blow up cars, kill people, etc.

GTA IV was more fun, GTA V is like a game where you have to work for your money it's more like a game just to play with friends and cruise around, the fact that they have the "Badsport Lobbies" is one of the reasons I hate the game but otherwise the game is really good in general.

970Posted:

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Laze I really want GTA 5 Now! The hiests?


Still no heists online but you should defiantly get the game the story is just amazing.


the story is the best one yet

970Posted:

Asbo Been waiting for these hiests for far too long, get to adding them.


yeah im ready for them also

970Posted:

Flacco To be honest I would rather visit the fake world of Los Santos rather than the real Los Angeles. I love the irony and satire engulfing Los Santos.


i love how it is kind of like los angeles but has its own spin on it too

970Posted:

Mortar I think when making these sorts of games, it is better to have a map that is not completely based upon a well known location as it would be boring. The map design for GTA V is great, it includes a range of settings, from a rural city, to the desert and mountains which gives the player a more fulfilling gaming experience.


it would be either really boring or really for the people that live in those cities too

970Posted:

im glad its not a replica of a real city. shows they have some imagination also

MortarPosted:

I think when making these sorts of games, it is better to have a map that is not completely based upon a well known location as it would be boring. The map design for GTA V is great, it includes a range of settings, from a rural city, to the desert and mountains which gives the player a more fulfilling gaming experience.

Martin_Luther_PingPosted:

To be honest I would rather visit the fake world of Los Santos rather than the real Los Angeles. I love the irony and satire engulfing Los Santos.

XenoChristPosted:

Asbo Been waiting for these hiests for far too long, get to adding them.


I heard they will be out in March.

AsboPosted:

Been waiting for these hiests for far too long, get to adding them.


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