Many fans want the next GTA title to take place in Vice City in the 1980s, but reliable leakers like Tom Henderson believe this will not happen. He claims that it will be set in the present day, despite the fact that the map will most likely be Vice City.

Rockstar Games has set a number of games in past eras like the 60s, 80s, and 90s. However, all of these games are considered standalone titles. The mainline games, like GTA 3, 4, and 5, were all set in the years that they first launched.

2) Liberty City

Contrary to numerous rumors, it is extremely unlikely that Rockstar will return to Liberty City in the next installment. There are several factors that support this notion, the most prominent of which is the city’s prior appearance in the HD Universe. Another less well-known factor at play is that players aren’t permitted to have any flyable airplanes in any Rockstar game that includes Liberty City.

Since Grand Theft Auto 3 was nearing completion at the time of the 9/11 incident, Rockstar had to change a lot of its content to avoid controversy. To avoid representing the NYPD, the police cars’ paint jobs had to be altered, and the Dodo, the only flyable aircraft, had its wings clipped to render it incapable of flight.

The absence of flyable aircraft in a future Grand Theft Auto game is extremely unlikely, which makes Liberty City serving as the title’s setting very improbable as well.

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1) Intense satire

While the gameplay is undoubtedly a key component of a Grand Theft Auto game, the writing is what really sets the series apart. Rockstar spared no effort in creating a compelling and fearless satire of modern culture with the franchise. They satirized everything and everyone, mostly through exaggerated stereotypes and dark comedy.

However, a recent report by Jason Schreier claims that Rockstar will adopt a “kinder, gentler” strategy, taking care not to offend anyone too much. Since then, fans have expressed concern that the company may completely abandon the comic element. After all, the classic definition of comedy is that it ridicules the laughable.

This also foreshadows a rather bleak future for gaming in which developers are too afraid to question or criticize specific aspects of society.

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