It'd be hard to pull of the New Orleans story without it being insulting/patronising, though.

J'aen:
It'd be hard to pull of the New Orleans story without it being insulting/patronising, though.

yea thats true but there is deffentily a story there it take some really good writers to get it right but it could be done. plus i dont see anything wrong with calling out my own goverment on its screw ups.

If you did you'd hate GTA4.

J'aen:
It'd be hard to pull of the New Orleans story without it being insulting/patronising, though.

As opposed to shooting hookers and taking your money back? It'd be nice if they took themselves seriously for once in the story.

That could be a potentially amazing game. The first 1/3 takes place before Katrina, the middle 1/3 is running around trying to stay alive during the flooding, and the final 1/3 is getting the violence and gangs under control. Contrary to insulting people in New Orleans, it would raise awareness and even boost tourism, commerce. At the very least, it could get people talking about FEMA and the issues that so few even understand.

MRMIdAS2k:

Albino Ninja:

MRMIdAS2k:
I wnat it set in the UK.

Let the yanks go through the whole "driving on the wrong side of the road" thing we have to.

Im not sure but I think that "we Yanks" are one of the only countries that drive on the right hand side of the road. so if anyone drives on the wrong side of the road its us.

anyway I would like to see it in some European country that would be a nice change of pace.

well case in point.

YOU drive on the wrong side of the road, let US drive on the correct side, and YOU have to get used to driving on the left, and wonder why you're heading into oncoming traffic.

Actually most countries drive on the right side of the road. As seen by this chart.

The red countries drive on the right, the blue ones on the left. As you can see, YOU are the minority.

Anyway, I'd like to see the next one set in Mexico. I bet it'd be awesome.

edit: damn, somebody beat me to it.

let's do City of God, Brazil

and the protagonsit will be a 14 year old kid

GTA: Sesame street stories

Dublin, Ireland that would be awsome

or Japan Coz of the Yakuza

I've really enjoyed GTA IV, but Liberty City is my least favourite setting, both in GTA III and IV. I think that GTA is at its best when it's in an environment that helps the humour of the game come through, like Vice City; so a return there would be good, or maybe a larger version of Las Venturas in the Seventies.

I like the idea of being able to move between cities that has been suggested by some other people. Perhaps starting in a smaller town in America, moving to one of the big cities I mentioned above, and perhaps having to go to Sicily to do some missions for a family over there. But that would be quite ambitious, and I think we can expect a couple of iterations that don't innovate too much; so I'll save that for GTA V.

Oh, and let's not get in to a big debate over who drives on the best side of the road. They're both good sides of the road.

Small town ontario or britain, that would be amazing.

Smaller in scale, but it could play out really interestingly...

Hmmm....

Probably London, Paris, or other European cities.

Or several of them.

I think they should have a really wacky setting like the old GTA's or a different time like 1950's or 60's

Evilbunny:

Actually most countries drive on the right side of the road. As seen by this chart.

The red countries drive on the right, the blue ones on the left. As you can see, YOU are the minority.

Anyway, I'd like to see the next one set in Mexico. I bet it'd be awesome.

edit: damn, somebody beat me to it.

And as the minority we are destined to conform, but not before we make a big fus and tell you to SHOVE YOUR DODGEY DRIVING UP YOUR EXAUST!

as im sure youve noticed this is a joke and im well aware of the fact my countrys traffic acidents far outweigh yours in percentag per population of course, well mabye we just are more devotet to the GTA ideals than your lot XD.
Im up for a mainland european one would be good.

Does anyone think that GTA IV may be the last game? I think it's just starting to become repetitive, unfortunately.

Neo Tokyo in the year 2019...

The_root_of_all_evil:
GTA by Gaslight

"I say sir, would you mind if I borrowed your horseless carriage?"
"You ruffian, unhand me this instant."
"Toodle-pip, old chap. Most sporting for you to lend me your vehicle. Now if you would just help to wind her up, I can be off."

Thats...just... possibly the best sounding game ever...

Rio Di Janerio? South America/Centrla America should be perfect for the rags to riches GTA style. Start of in the slums/shanty towns and end up in the wealthier parts.

Maybe Cuba or Mexico even?

GTA: Georgia. I'm sure the Rockstar guys would just have a field-day thinking up all of the wacky lines that fit nicely into this extremely racist state. (Yes, I live in Georgia, don't tell me it's not racist, I see it all the time. I plan on leaving this place soon enough.)

That, or maybe Tokyo. It would be fun to drive around in a city thats practically made of neon light bulbs.

Or maybe Sydney, Australia! It'd just be funny to hit some poor Austrailian fellow and hear him shout "Crikey!" as his pelvis snapped.

huh...toyko would be pretty cool.you could run into people like wu zi mu and ran fa li.

Resistance205:

or Japan Coz of the Yakuza

somebody should send Rockster the 6 volume DVD series of the Yakuza Papers. that should seal the deal.

Disney land, who wouldn't wanna shoot parody disney characters?

Sao Paolo or Rio de Janeiro.

laikenf:
Sao Paolo or Rio de Janeiro.

i think that's 3 or 4 votes for that region. c'mon children with guns!

BallPtPenTheif:

laikenf:
Sao Paolo or Rio de Janeiro.

i think that's 3 or 4 votes for that region. c'mon children with guns!

Actually reproducing those shanty towns or favelas would be a pretty big technical acheivement on any console as for those places are EXTREMELY dense and crowded.

GTA: York

Now that The Getaway 3 has firmly been kicked aside (unfortunately so) I think they should tackle a UK based GTA game, along with it's very own UK Protagonist, maybe a cockney gangster or something like that, I really think Rockstar would do an excellent job of a UK based GTA.

As for the location, London is the obvious one, and I think it should be a real city or at least a very good imitation of one like the new version of Liberty City is of New York.

Whatever they end up doing, i'd love to at least see GTA move continents, get out of America, there have been 7 or 8 of them (if you include the PSP games) based in American cities/states and breaking the cycle would be a welcome change.

Evilbunny:

MRMIdAS2k:

Albino Ninja:

MRMIdAS2k:
I wnat it set in the UK.

Let the yanks go through the whole "driving on the wrong side of the road" thing we have to.

Im not sure but I think that "we Yanks" are one of the only countries that drive on the right hand side of the road. so if anyone drives on the wrong side of the road its us.

anyway I would like to see it in some European country that would be a nice change of pace.

well case in point.

YOU drive on the wrong side of the road, let US drive on the correct side, and YOU have to get used to driving on the left, and wonder why you're heading into oncoming traffic.

Actually most countries drive on the right side of the road. As seen by this chart.

The red countries drive on the right, the blue ones on the left. As you can see, YOU are the minority.

Anyway, I'd like to see the next one set in Mexico. I bet it'd be awesome.

edit: damn, somebody beat me to it.

Not necessarily the wrong side, it's just a matter of history and preference. Also, in modern times, right hand traffic is obviously the opposite to left hand, they just both work either way, so really no one is driving on the wrong side.

Anyway, as much as it was irritating getting used to driving on the right in the first ever GTA game... it's pretty natural now whenever I start up any GTA game... straight on the right, no problem.

I'd LOVE to see it set in London, where you'd play a Jason Stathem look-a-like or something in the 60's or 70's (yeah I just saw the Bank Job, but I've wanted the 60's/70's thing for awhile).

Or Chicago, where you play as a tall guy in a suit with a fedora and sunglasses, you also happen to be on a mission from god.

I would like to see GTA in a future, where I highjack flying cars and swing a lightsaber instead of a bat.

laikenf:

Actually reproducing those shanty towns or favelas [of Brazil] would be a pretty big technical acheivement on any console as for those places are EXTREMELY dense and crowded.

yeah, pretty awesome when you think about it... i was bumbed out in the Hulk when all the fights in Brazil took place in factories. i wanted to see some bright colored shanty homes being obliterated like pinatas.

Has to be London, present day.

Imagine: Old Bill with no guns (until SO19 show up), British swearing and cars, driving on the correct, yes I did see the above map, but still: the correct side of the road...ahh.

Just imagining an up-to-date version of The Getaway with GTA4 physics is great (at least now The Getaway 3 has been canned, but hey-ho I don't have a PS3 anyway).

EDIT: Was a little over-enthusiastic on this post so deleted some text accordingly. Just put it down to night-shift giddyness.

Radelaide:
Does anyone think that GTA IV may be the last game? I think it's just starting to become repetitive, unfortunately.

No. On the grounds that it makes Rockstar too much money. Although I do agree that it is getting slightly old-hat.

spungemonkey:
I dunno where people are actualyl coming up with suggestions for REAL places... GTA will has never, and I really doubt it will ever, be set in a real place (San Andreas doesn't really count IMO)

It could be BASED off a city in the UK (Glasgow or London :D) Or maybe Tokyo.

GTA London yes it's real but it wasn't very well known because it kept with the classic form for GTA instead of third person.

I'm not sure if this is true but I heard a rumor that they're going back to Vice City and it'll be Niko again. These are just rumors though so don't get too excited.

I think it'd be really interesting to have a Mafia the game styled GTA. One set in the thirty's that didn't suck as bad as that one. Not being able to drive a running car because you didn't know how to hotwire it was really stupid.

well this may sound a lil crazy but i think itd be interesting to see a gta set in a place thats in a very intresting stage in its history like india