The very first Grand Theft Auto featured multiple cities you moved between. Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas were all there, unlocking as you progressed. When GTA made its move into environmental 3D, we saw a single-city approach. That was undoubtedly necessary, given the increase in scale and complexity of the games.
Now Leslie Benzies, a producer at Rockstar, has indicated that the developer would like to see a return to a multiple city set up. He told Digital Trends that, in that context, “a re-imagining of Vice City would be very interesting.”
The ’80s sun-bleached sequel has just made its appearance on iOS to commemorate its 10th anniversary but the return of GTA to San Andreas for GTA V seems to indicate that Vice City (which came after GTA III’s Liberty City in the PS2-era trilogy) has been skipped. That disappoints many GTA fans for whom Vice City was Grand Theft Auto at its joyful best.
Given the amount of power and space required to get a sprawling GTA city onto current consoles, a return to the multiple city set up seems like a distant dream but long-time fans might remember a section of GTA San Andreas where you could return to a very limited section of Liberty City. With a new console generation not too far away, perhaps we’ll see enough power to make this dream a reality.
What do you think, a traditional GTA game with three times the city to play in or some kind of enormous GTA MMO with millions of petty criminals teaming up for heists in various cities?
xdarkmagician
I just want a 3D GTA that returns to Vice City 1984. or maybe a future GTA on the moon, but also in 3D. Actually I just want 3D GTA… I should mention 3D means steroscopic 3D, not GTAIII 3D style.