GTA VI: Almost a Period Piece? Should GTA Revisit a Different Decade?

[@weegee_hates_the_blind]

Honestly, GTA four is my go to place for getting a hint of 00s nostalgia. They put their priority on making the world feel real, and it pays off so well even for modern game standards.

[@boydj777]

I agree 100%, GTA 4 has a much darker feel to it, the physics and colour pallette make it feel alot more real

[@TheBoostedDoge]

@@boydj777 many people criticize the color palette choice, how dark it feels. Looking back at it now though, the darker and more muted colors fit the era perfectly, 2008 when most people lost their jobs, their homes and wealth, even the rich got poorer, it was a pretty dark period of time for everyone. I don't know if it was also one of the reasons why they went with that color palette but fck does it fit the time period

[@Rrodfer]

4 is my favorite! The best plot and city

[@tylercouture216]

@@boydj777 By the time t b o g t came out the color palate had plenty of color in it

[@chrxs61632]

@@TheBoostedDoge Why yes I remember when 2008 suddenly had a grey and brown filter over it because of the recession.

[@FrankMontes24]

If you grew up in the 2000’s almost heading into the 2010’s then you get nostalgic when you see GTA IV’s environment. Perfectly captures the turmoil that was leftover after the 2008 recession started

[@Dalt1n999]

That game's environment makes me feel so miserable.... I love it so much!

[@danielsmokesmids]

I grew up in the early 2010s but it still makes me nostalgic

[@chadmann69420]

Its almost like every time a Democrat or Former democrat is elected we lose a bit of out freedom 🤨😤

[@danielsmokesmids]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 yes? I'm 16 but most of my early memories are in the 2010s. My parents were far more lenient than they probably should've been.

[@chief2632]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 Not everyone plays games the year they came out. When I was a kid the games I got were a few years old because they were cheaper.

[@snusemcgoose1001]

We all think of vice city as a period piece but GTA IV is so old now that it could be its own piece. It perfectly encapsulates the 2008-2010 vibe that is gone nowadays

[@imrealipromise8984]

Oh yes, I've been playing GTA IV and EFLC recently and it's a perfect time capsule. The technology and the music really puts you in that era.

[@NotBen101]

I miss the old kanye

[@imrealipromise8984]

@@NotBen101 Flashing Lights and Love Lockdown. The Beat 102.7 was a great radio station. Remember The Classics (the old hip hop station)

[@MrNayru]

You mean the time before wokeness became mainstream?

[@imrealipromise8984]

@@MrNayru Wokeness was growing since

[@WestSide1207]

1970s is a decade that hasn't really been explored too much in games. It would provide a very unique backdrop, and bring an amazing style to the game.

[@Rootiga]

we could enjoy carters disastrous presidency all over again!

[@unbakedsub]

I had this exact idea after watching Shane Blacks "Nice Guys" Movie with Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe. Man it would be so nice to see the 70's style with the cars from that time. But we know rockstar will never do that because they need to make money with shark cards on supercars and flying bikes. But just having maybe a DLC or a expansion pack that changes the enviroment.

[@masteroutlaw100]

I've been wanting to see a GTA that takes after The Warriors, Taxi Driver, and Goodfellas for a while now

[@CBlixk6300]

The 90s havent fully it was more than LA that had problems what about the Midwest Detroit and the projects of Philly New York And Cities like Newark and Trenton etc and hood game set in those areas especially the midwest Chicago Drill is big and people are obsessed with the history of gangs like the Gangster or Black Disciples Black P Stones Vice Lords etc the only games that referenced these gangs is saints row with the saints bein basically the GDs and Almighty Saints and the Vice Kings Bein the Vice Lords and Latin Kings together

[@iane7474]

It would have been a great era to set it in, I don't see a lot of media taking place during the 70s, the only one that comes to my head is taxi driver and dirty harry, I loved the dirty and grimy atmospheres in those movies and I feel it would fit GTA

[@Spoggi99YT]

Playing GTA IV gives me a similar feeling to watching The Sopranos - I love the 2000s New York/New Jersey mob atmosphere!

[@BadgerGoodger]

Something like a prequel to GTA IV's mob story and set in the early 2000s would be awesome! They could take a ton more inspiration from The Sopranos

[@patrik_x86]

I'd say GTA 3 is more in line with The Sopranos, It even has Phil and Ralphie :P

[@EmperorDank]

One of the main reasons i love IV so much

[@caseylayton4898]

@@patrik_x86 so does San Andreas

[@mrscruffles801]

@@BadgerGoodger Yeah It could be about Mikhail and Dimitri establishing their dominance in Broker as Dimitri manipulates Faustin and slowly drives him crazy.

[@TheKillerDonuts]

It's crazy to think Vice City was set only 16 years before its release. And now it's over 20 years old.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

Yes, but have you considered that the 1980s were culturally much further away from the 2000s than the current times are from the 2000s? Everything has stagnated, since the mid/late 2000s. The 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s were all super distinct; from 00s onwards, things have stagnated to such a degree that there has only been slight changes. I saw videos from high schoolers in 2008, and it looked the same as kids today. The early 2000s were the last 'distinct' time period, where people actually dressed different; even modern styles have stagnated and haven't changed much

[@Mattened]

and San Andreas was set only 12 years before its' release.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

@@Mattened Crazy how GTA V is almost old enough to be its own 'set in the past' 'game right now, lol it'll be 12 in 2 years

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Only?

[@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU]

@@pyropulseIXXI That could be true. But I don’t think we will know for sure until a few more decades into the future. As the saying goes, a fish doesn’t know it lives in water. Maybe it seems that way now but perhaps it won’t later.

[@aboutsoundandvision]

It would be interesting to see a game set in the 70s/80s with an online component set in modern day which calls back to the events of the main game with older characters

[@henryhawthorne8460]

That is a fantastic idea tbh. T2 gets to sell shark cards for hovercars n shit and Rockstar can have creative freedom in the single player.

[@mrscruffles801]

That's such a good idea that I'm almost certain modern Rockstar won't do it.

[@panzer4720]

Exactly what i was thinking, like i said in my comment i think the reason why they rebooted it was because of online and how the time setting wouldnt allow for as many dlc themes as the one we have currently does, also it would be easier to just use all the assets they created over 10years then build on top of it

[@aboutsoundandvision]

@@mrscruffles801 sad but true haha

[@Jimmy-1919]

@@aboutsoundandvision pretty sure it's set in a similar time as gta5. I remember seeing a leak where their next to a pool and one of the npc's start going on about jay Norris and how the chinese wants to download people's brains

[@jyllianrainbow7371]

I want a GTA set in the year 2000 that captures the blue skies, endless summer, peak X-Treme late '90s vibe of that time.

[@christopher7804]

I want one set in the 2020s

[@hexonn9355]

@jbiehlable ong

[@kerstas10]

​@@christopher7804 no offence but from 2010, till today. Nothing really major happened. I feel like we are just living in upgraded 2010. Smartphones, just got better, internet got more ads then ever, everyday cars now have the same things what luxury cars had in 2010, clothes? Same, hair styles same, architecture, same. The only thing that got more popular are battery powered tools, drones and vacuum robots. Thats it. 😂

[@lisavauhti7675]

@@kerstas10 Social media has more limitations of freedom for the public than 10y ago but don't forget that back then in 2000 only kids and nerds and some ebay dads used internet which would partially sell as a nostalgia run

[@hezhekov2798]

@@kerstas10 we are living in a time of financial, technological and cultural stagnation.

[@Ritchie472]

I remember when Driver did parallel lines. They started in the 70s then you went to prison and got out in the 2000s. That was actually a really good game.

[@aaronlange8756]

Classic

[@codeman3564]

Yeah it was really cool

[@PolarisCastillo]

Love to see Driver getting some love

[@KojiGaming]

Parallel Lines is an underrated classic. I'm thankful it's on Steam. Reflections knocked that concept out of the park.

[@N.N.77]

Mafia 2 also did that.

[@JALC-x]

I actually think GTA V is beginning to become a period piece despite being set only a decade ago. the early 2010s were a completely different time compared to now thanks to how quickly things like social media, smartphones, cars and social norms have advanced in the last 5-10 years. I really think that 2010-2020 has been the most drastic world change for a very long time; and it's very noticeable through playing the GTA V story

[@StatiCRjm]

If we're going from 2013 to present day, not much has really changed. We went from Vine (2013) to Tik Tok, Instagram and Twitter is still here, women still twerk, rap is still the most popular genre...you must be under 21

[@JALC-x]

@@StatiCRjm the car industry alone has arguably had the most drastic shift it's ever had in a 10 year period, which reflects how quickly we've been able to make technological advances in all areas. if we're purely comparing 2013 to 2023 or whenever GTA 6 comes out; the economy was stabilising after 2008 whereas now we're entering extreme economic decline, there was no worldwide pandemic, the first world was only just having access to 4g whereas 5g is now allowing connectivity between things we never imagined, society has shifted dramatically where a lot of what we were saying / doing would be unacceptable from a 'politically correct' viewpoint, and social media only had a fraction of the influence that it has on the world today. it's hard to get across well but the world 10 years ago had many small differences that seem irrelevant but when added up and analysed you notice how much has changed

[@chocov1233]

@@JALC-x Well said.

[@rudytabooty8640]

Bro is saying a whole lotta nothing

[@Kyuschi]

they've kept adding stuff to the online so much that it nearly feels like sci-fi, but going back and playing the actual campaign post covid definitely gave it a wierd vibe like that, it definitely seems a bit dated now

[@revenant4252]

I would love to see a GTA set in the 70s as (from what I hear from my mother) the 70s was a crazy time in NYC or in general

[@Julius_FL5]

Driver Parallel Lines would like a word with you

[@snusemcgoose1001]

In a lot of ways its funnily similar to today besides the cell phones

[@JaKingScomez]

No

[@RedDeadVegas]

It was a scary place at night

[@Spider-Pope]

You should play The Warriors video game it is made by rockstar games and is set in 1979

[@porthub3553]

It's spine chilling to me you covered this topic, because i have said the same thing and used GTA4 as an example of a period piece before. It's insane how much gta4 is an actual TIME capsule of life in NYC in 2008. Hell its a time capsule of a fully explorable digital city in 2008. The details are insane, an example is people still using SOME CRT TV but other richer people using Flat screen HD tvs with grayboarders, we even see those big backed computers at places like public hospitals but flat screen computers at the internet cafe. all very VERY real things you'd see in NYC and all around america. Technology now is mostly "standardized". I remember 2008 was the year you could no longer use an antenna and it made the jump to digital wireless signal tv if you didn't have cable. I think that's partly why gta5 is so disappointing. Maybe it's just the fact i'm an east coaster but genuinely, gta4 feels more like how it felt to live in America on the east coast than GTA5 feels like living in LA, idk the 2013 gta5 shows just isn't what I felt at the time and funnily enough despite gta online taking place in 2022 the LA landscape is so dated and seeing things like cellphone booths is silly. Now i am very aware that NYC had tons of new buildings and sky scrappers that now are in the sky forever changing the silhouette of nyc the being in the streets STILL feels the same of actually BEING in nyc to this very day. GTA5 just doesn't feel like LA. and if GTA5 did show LA in 2013 it certainly isn't the LA that exists anymore. Yet NYC is still the NYC it always has been and the still the one shown in GTA4.

[@azurekite6547]

A GTA set in the 70's in San Fierro and Las Venturas would have been an awesome idea, the shinny Las Venturas and urban, and hippe vibe from San Fierro would be cool.

[@DeadSpacedOut]

I agree and it would be likely bigger than GTA V by a bit. Honestly i'd prefer almost a side game like you explained to give the devs a few more years to work on this next foray into Vice City. No Multiplayer or anything, or simple GTA IV style Multiplayer and a story based on 70s San Fierro and Las Venturas, especially because we still haven't seen what they'd look like in the HD era. I always wondered if GTA V was gonna have an "Episodes from San Andreas" like GTA IV had "Episodes from Liberty City" but much more ambitious where a couple years after GTA V released, there would be story DLC for San Fierro and then after that, story DLC for Las Venturas. There was going to be story DLC for GTA V in some capacity as Rockstar did announce it on their website, however it never came and was rumored to have been scrapped after GTA Online's "Hiests" Update from 2015 Released, I believe.

[@Jackspiring]

70’s anywhere would have been cool, the soundtracks for their games are always great and 70’s rock was the best, what a combination that would be

[@AverageAlien]

Nah, 80s Miami in HD would be the best

[@NotDingse]

EXACTLY!

[@latinobunny9882]

60s San Fierro, 70s Las Venturas, 80s Vice City, 90s Los Santos and 00s Liberty City.

[@Imperial__Remnant]

I want a scenario set in the 1980s. Where your a Cuban drug kingpin smuggling Coke into Liberty City by way of Vice City, and doing jobs for the New York Mob. But you can switch between Mobsters or Cartel. Godfather meets Scarface all in one.

[@dakostek]

Driver Parallel Lines was such a cool concept of having a game set in two time periods, I'd love to see a GTA approach spanning few decades

[@chilbiyito]

Same

[@AJ-po6up]

Also I always thought that one of the reasons that GTA was never set in the 70s was the the fact that Driv3r was set in the 70s, it's obvious that GTA3 was heavily inspired by Driv3r 1 and 2, but they didn't want to outright copy it.

[@jonathand7531]

I always remembered being blown away by that as a kid. I had very limited access to the internet, so I had absolutely no idea that it was going to split the game between the 70's and modern day until it happened. They did it so well too, at least for a game of that era. Completely new cars, weapons, city overhaul. Very unique concept that's not really ever been done before.

[@xPsykho]

@@jonathand7531Red Dead 2 sorta does that with the jump from 1899 to 1907 when you get to the epilogue but obviously not as radical as what Driver PL had and I was hoping GTA VI would do it too with a cross between the 80s and the 2020s but apparently not :(

[@GLKHD]

surprise surpise, z0omers have ruin3d yet another franchise. gta 6 will be a sh1tty cancer0us game which earlier gta games made fun of parodied. SJW kuk life matters bs made by a bunch of trans feminists. just lol if ur actually looking forward to this crap. houser leaving isnt a positive thing unless im unaware and he is also a redditor virtue signalling blm feminism canc3r

[@nicestguyinhouse6112]

Just so people know "gonnaenodaethat" is a phrase used in an absolutely brilliant scottish comedy called chewing the fat. The same people also done "Still game" which is even better. Just incase anyone wondered or fancied a trip down the rabit hole of youtube. Also the people in high up (or were) in Rockstar were from scotland to so probably the poster was connected to someone they know or the Studio there

[@aftermath20]

GTA games took place in 60s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and probably 2020s with GTA 6 but no 70s. I would love to see a GTA game taking place in 70s, it would be awesome.

[@thestig7603]

60s?

[@henryhawthorne8460]

@@thestig7603 GTA: London. A sort of sequel to the original GTA game iirc

[@thestig7603]

@@henryhawthorne8460 thanks

[@NicklausHaynie]

Didn't gta vcs take place in the 70s?

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@NicklausHaynie Nope that was 1984, "Welcome to the 80s Vic EVERYONE IS ON COCAINE!"

[@timothymarcoux6569]

We could also see an event such as GTA 6 having an atemporal setting, kind of like in Bully where there's technology, cars, weapons, objects and architecture from various eras.

[@sunsetman22]

there's some of that in the Arkham games. the old clashing with the new, a nondescript mix of the 40s and the 2000s

[@chocov1233]

@@sunsetman22 Just like Batman and Superman's animated series by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.

[@Xegethra]

GTA 2 was sort of that. A mix of eras, even had a lot of futuristic stuff in it. Doing that again would be kinda cool. Well, when GTA inevitably reboots again and we see Liberty City kicking it off, then maybe it's an idea for then.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

architecture is pretty mixed across all hd universe games. you can see how liberty city was built with certain areas being more modern or less modern

[@dreammfyre]

Early 00s is a great idea actually. That kinda nostalgia haven’t really been done either so it would be innovative and a bit of a trailblazer, like Vice City PS Please give me a mission where I get to “have a talk” with not-Britney Spears’ relatives

[@malletUsergaming]

Well we have gta 3, Max Payne and manhunt set in the early 00s

[@latviankhan2989]

@@malletUsergaming They all came out in the 00s thats why, we are talking about modern games

[@sunsetman22]

@@malletUsergaming the 2000's are not yet being treated as a "nostalgia" era in media. compare that to the 80s that were, almost immediately afterwards, already immortalised as a nostalgic time. Vice City was released merely 16 years after 1986, the year it's set in. meanwhile 21 years have passed between its release and the present day. if a GTA game set in, say, 2002, were to be released today, it would do for the 2000's what Vice City did to the 80's, just like Badger said.

[@malletUsergaming]

@@sunsetman22 well not really, the 2000s is being treated as nostalgic nowadays, Maybe not as impactful as the 80s but nevertheless is being treated that way. That’s one of the reasons why those games I mentioned are still being played, pure nostalgia. I’m not disagreeing with having a modern game set in the early 2000s and yes maybe it could have a big impact like gta vc had but I wouldn’t say it would be much different from the games I mentioned as they have already done it, in many ways they can be considered nostalgia. Overall though I agree in the sense of having a gta set in that time period being amazing.

[@MirelRC]

This period should feel like a mix of late 90's and mid/late 00's.

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

Personally I kinda like GTA VI being set in modern era. Every GTA game is set so deep in the culture of the eras they are set in that unintentionally they are a time capsule of when they came out and if they do it with GTA VI (probably now well aware of the time capsule effect IV and V have) then GTA VI very well may be seen someday as a nostalgic piece of the early to mid 2020s that it was born out of. When I play GTA V it's a very nostalgic for me as not only does it take me back to 2013 when the game came out, but also because I was a kid back then and playing the single player now and even some of the early Online updates I keep catching myself going "fuck I remember when that was a thing and was trendy. People stopped caring about that in like 2015"

[@-kenjo-421]

i bet by the time gta 6 would release in far future it would be a period piece and people would feel nostalgic about early 2020s

[@Wabu_227]

​@Grant Todd lmao thats what people say every decade. Everyone who is a child in this era would definitely find GTA6 nostalgic when they become adults, same as any other decade.

[@gamertardguardian1299]

@granttodd3118 More like depressing culture

[@korysovec]

​@@Wabu_227 not only child. I was an adult during GTA V release, yet playing that game makes me feel nostalgic for the time setting.

[@Wabu_227]

@Vojtěch Kuchař I guess so, its been almost 10 years since it came out

[@justanothererd01]

Hearing your tinfoil hat theory on what possibly could have happened around the time Dan Houser left the company was honestly super depressing. A GTA epic that spans three to four decades would've been one of if not the greatest single-player video game of all time, and would've definitely justified the decade long gap between GTA 5 and GTA 6. Shame that we will never get to see this now thanks to the greed of Take Two Interactive and Strauss Zelnick.

[@runarvollan]

Just HAPPY that Body Harvest, San Andreas, Manhunt and GTA 4 exists:D

[@deweybunnell9069]

Couldn't agree more. The Narcos inspired theme would have been a unique and extremely engaging storyline. The no cellphones and no social media would have been such a breath of fresh air, and the 70s 80s vibe would've been immaculate. unfortunately, rockstar realises this would push away younger players, reducing revenue. So we are stuck with yet another game that has all the bullshit from irl, and a gameplay pace overriden by oppressors and jets that ruins any satisfaction of unique, slow, challenging and rewarding progression.

[@fenn_fren]

It might come back for GTA 7. My idea is that right now they're just trying to push something new out for Online, while GTA 7 might release a lot sooner after GTA 6 than that will after GTA 5.

[@ToeTag9899]

2002 is not bad but for me I would like to go back to 1999 to the Y2K panic I know they touched on that little with liberty city stories but I would like more of that. There's a whole Y2K aesthetic with tech, fashion and music that would be a great fit from old school nokia phones and nu-metal music to the retro futuristic design that would be my dream setting.

[@CevicheGato]

Gta 2 setting anywhere city could’ve been remade into a 3d city. With some retro futuristic architecture and tech. Set in an alternate 1999 where it does set in that alternate timeline. More technologically advanced. Maybe not too sci fi esque. But maybe a bit advance for those kids living in the present 2020s. The world could be both past and present and some future. The flying bikes could’ve been nerfed to the point that they don’t cause problems online.

[@forrestcommander6283]

Y2K hysteria was absolutely hilarious. I remember asking people I knew who panicked if they thought the computers would get to that day and tell themselves they hadn’t been invented yet. When some said yes, I pointed out that it would make sense if any person ever woke up and realized they hadn’t been born yet. So I made fun of them relentlessly.

[@PARSA-POWER]

One of my dreams is to have a nu metal radio station in gta

[@Xegethra]

@@CevicheGato GTA 2 was 3D. It's just a camera angle, the buildings are 3D models and you do move in all dimensions. But yeah, another retro future GTA would be really cool. Some of the concept art for GTA 2 was really nice too.

[@funjunkyy]

In Gta 4 is a website abot the Y2K scare. The blog is from 1999.

[@maydaymemer4660]

I'd love to see you compare VCS to VC, specifically talking about the city/level design and atmosphere compared to eachother

[@BadgerGoodger]

I'll have to consider that! They did make quite a few changes to the maps, and both games felt distinctly different from one another.

[@peteophelia3424]

@@BadgerGoodger that'd be a great idea please make a video on vcs

[@Verchiel_]

VC being my favourite GTA having played it ever since I was 5, it was super cool seeing a city I knew like the back of my hand be so different yet so nostalgic.

[@domasavpedzivin]

@@BadgerGoodger *Vice City stories is even more 80s - esque* ❤️ *It's an underestimated classic*

[@MillywiggZ]

Setting the game in the 2000’s would be popular, it is in now. Speaking of the music Warp Records were really catching their stride at the time and influenced a load of today’s electronic music. Not to mention the lounge and chillout genres. Speaking of the internet they could parody Flash sites and how insane web design was back then. The cars too. The ‘Need for Speed Underground’ frachise has seen a resurgence in interest. Everyone remembers Skyline… err I mean Sultan.

[@javierito750]

Sultán, lol

[@therandomgamer18]

Skyline is elegy classic tho

[@grandreddithotel8059]

Vice City was released closer in time to the era in which it was set, 1986, than to today. 2002 was 16 years after the events of Vice City, and 2002 was 21 years ago.

[@ReceitaFederal2]

This hurts Fuck

[@meelsie143]

Jesus Christ

[@fl570]

Quite depressing, to be fair. Time goes by so quickly and the future appears to be anything but bright.

[@TraPortal007]

@@fl570 u tripping. God tell us to focus

[@cito1809]

@@fl570 why are you so pessimistic? Do you base this off the media or your own original experiences in life?

[@TimesInfinity101]

Around 2003, before San Andreas was announced but after when everyone had come to the conclusion that the next GTA would be set in San Andreas (following the cities featured in GTA1), I imagined SA would be set in 1970s San Francisco, taking inspiration from Bullitt, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, Starsky & Hutch etc. I was suprised that they went with 1992 because it felt "too soon" at the time.

[@Овсяный]

Did you mean "too late?"

[@ragreff5603]

@@Овсяный Too soon to our time. by perspective

[@Adam_X78]

You already know it’s a great day, when my boy badger uploads.

[@Abdulaziz_Saud91]

It is a good day 😎

[@efficiencygaming3494]

A GTA set around 1979 would be exactly the sort of thing I'd be into. Could you imagine how awesome the soundtrack would be? Disco, new wave, classic rock, and more! As far as I know, the late '70s are a pretty rare setting for open world games. Only other one that comes to mind is Driver: Parallel Lines (remember that game?) I think it's time they added a new city to the GTA universe as well. Is there a reason why Chicago hasn't shown up in a GTA game yet? I feel like they would've added it in at some point. You also mentioned Boston, another rare setting for open world games. I wonder what Rockstar will come up with...

[@Pfplays]

Just imagine getting in a car and hearing clint eastwood by gorillaz. The early 2000’s would be incredible for an open world game.

[@rymacreeks2k07]

GTA 3 is set in 2001

[@crf80fdarkdays]

Love the name dude, me favorite bike on GTA 4 for sure

[@mattwolf7698]

@@rymacreeks2k07 Sadly it has little licensed music though, probably mainly from them not having a much of a budget back then.

[@FoxUnitNell]

​@@mattwolf7698maybe that's a good reason to have them done vice city and get cheap deals done with artists and rights owners that are hurting from the Napster and drug addictions to even lose more payment as well in exchange for brand advertising.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

We've had multiple GTA games set in the early 2000's, and GTA VI was originally supposed to take place between the 1970's-1980's, you'd gradually see a change in cars/clothing/construction of buildings/music etc, which all sounded infinitely better than another shitty poop butt modern day setting . . Can't turn GTA into Saints Row if it's set before like 2013, then they couldn't muddy the entire game/aesthetic/setting with flying motorcycles that shoot rockets, or use a lame ass smart phone for an in-game menu, or any of other nonsense Grand Theft Row V had . . .

[@EverythingGeek]

Im very thankful they arent making a gta game in a different era. It would just mean worse cars to drive and less to do

[@d-phoenix2198]

I have been dreaming for a GTA based in the 2000s ever since I started replaying GTA IV back in 2020. Your analogy that the 2000s are as far back from now as was the 80s from the 2000s is a thought I have been thinking regularly as well. The 2000s currently hold a very special place since it was the last decade that you could leave offline and they feel both pretty familiar yet so distant from the current day.

[@PhantomFelix211164]

This was very interesting. Another key thing to note is that IF the leaks were true, it makes sense that Take Two wouldn't want the GTA game to be set in the past, as that would cripple their Online Multiplayer like it happened with RDR2. Maybe it was a business decision and that's why they started over and what they had developed at that point was instead made part of the Cayo Perico DLC. And seeing how RDR2 is set in two different time periods 1899 and 1907, it makes sense that maybe they were experrimenting with a narrative set in different time periods

[@WJINTL]

It would be cool to see London make a return in the 1960s/70s So much stuff was going on back then it would be the perfect place to build a world. I know Rockstar probably said the weren't going to go outside the United States but they also probably said they wouldn't sell out either. That ship has sailed into space.

[@robertlucas1435]

I'd love to see more 70s cars in this universe.

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

70s 80s and 90s 👍🏻

[@fatman1288]

ive been really nostalgic for the past, A Gta set in the 1950's to 1970s would be really cool!

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

This is why I wish Rockstar owned the mafia series, a mafia game by Rockstar set in that period or even earlier would've been a  banger, I wish take 2 revokes 2k autonomy and just hands the series to Rockstar

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

If you want a weird GTA mod set in the 1940s then you might want LA Noire.

[@fatman1288]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 ive played La Noire, great game but its not Gta

[@uncharted6197]

Play the Mafia games and you have it

[@fatman1288]

@@uncharted6197 i love the mafia games but again not really Gta

[@kylesoler4139]

Honestly flashback missions would be cool. Something similar to the prolouge in GTA V but more fleshed out. Give us a small area to explore during the missions.

[@kendrinawaskoro3031]

Going back to the 1970s could be fun. Accepting missions on payphone (just like Vice City), classic cars, with a war veteran storyline (that Mafia 3 sucked at) is something that could be explored. But as fans, we can only hope

[@train_go_boom2065]

Vice city stories and gta 4 had a war veteran story

[@chief2632]

If you're looking for that game I would suggest Driver, it's set in the 70s, only problem is you can't get out of the car

[@ImplodingSubmarine]

Mafia 3 really wasn't that bad a game. Never got the hate for it.

[@madamebkrt]

@@ImplodingSubmarine I think because it was very different to what Mafia I and II were. But personally, while Mafia II is my favourite, even that game had serious shortcomings (I think management pressured the devs to release the game before it was ready so they cut a lot of content).

[@ImplodingSubmarine]

@@madamebkrt I suspected that myself. The more racist folks would argue that Lincoln has no place in it because of who he is, which is ridiculous. Others argue that it's not realistic, none of the Mafia games were completely realistic. I do remember a lot annoying bugs in M3 with the weather, visual and sound effects, but nothing that caused a catastrophic crash. I loved M2, but I get what you mean there. I remember hating the added content to that particular installment.

[@LadiesMan217.0]

A GTA set in the 70s would've been so awesome. Just imagine all the cool muscle cars, the guns, the clothing, the music, and the technology we could've experienced. I have faith that GTA 6 will be fun even though the co-founder left the studio and they had to restart the project from scratch.

[@Xegethra]

I think the 70's would be cool, you'd get those muscle cars like you say but you'd also get a few 50's/60's cars too. I like those a lot as well. Rockstar can do the 70's, they made the Warriors game which is set in the 70's because the film is. So I think they could easily do a GTA set there. I want Liberty City to look like the dingy New York they made in that game.

[@CBlixk6300]

In Chicago yeah I’ll play that

[@rodimusmaximus3912]

@@CBlixk6300 I think there's enough shooting in GTA as it is

[@Sedan57Chevy]

I love period pieces. I love seeing different clothes, different cars, and most of all the epic music. While I was personally hoping for a game set in the 1970s, a totally untapped era for games, I'd have been happy with just about any setting. Really, I hope that there's at least a good classic rock station in GTA 6. Maybe even a golden oldies station. At this point I'm sure GTA 6 will be fine but it is kinda disappointing that we could've had something based on narcos, just oozing with period pieces style. No wonder this is probably why it's been so long without a new game. Im just tired of contemporary jokes, parodies of reality, modern cars and music- who doesn't want to escape to some cool old past location?

[@peterstepanov8062]

Mafia III is set in the 70s

[@st3v3n41]

@@peterstepanov8062 it's actually set in 1968

[@Xegethra]

We have some 70's set games, but not many. I can think of Driver 1 and 2, Driver Parallel Lines, Driver 76, Starsky and Hutch, Interstate 76 and Rockstar's own Warriors (based off of the film.) The cancelled Taxi Driver game. Seeing some more 70's wouldn't be too bad.

[@tonysoprano4883]

I think one of the reasons what makes the time period of GTA IV so unique compared to today, is that they didn't try to emulate a feeling of nostalgia. It seems like since 2010 or so, all we do is trying to live in a past decade. In 2008, we were proud of the technology we had. The game just happened to be a very good time machine several years later. Now we are actively trying to replicate everything that is retro because our modern age kind of sucks in comparison. Not much has changed in the last 10 years, only the world becoming slightly crazier. The 00's were still an innocent time period and now we're just chasing something older because modern times are slowly making us unhappy. Something like that...

[@CassandraPantaristi]

People thought the same way in the 2000s about the 1990s.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

The 2000s were an innocent time? 9/11 happened in 2001, we got the Patriot Act which started the mass surveillance of the US's own citizens, and housing and financial crisis in 2008

[@ZigZagHarbor]

Damn bro, it’s true tho

[@xsct878]

"The 00's were still an innocent time period" what an insane thing to say.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

@@xsct878 Yea, 9/11 and the War On Terror defined the decade, it was far from innocent. The rock scene didn't have the same energy grunge in 90s had. Counterculture anti-authoritarian irreverent attitude among Gen X in the 80s-90s was fizzled out by then. Many Counterculture things of the 80s-90s started to be considered mainstream. It was watered-down and pop culture never gets counterculture correct and I think I know why. It's not irreverent. It doesn't challenge the status quo. The 2000s was more a transitional of media becoming stagnant (at least later in the decade), and the beginning of corporate greed from companies (and not just gaming companies) in the new millennium. The 2000s was the beginning of smaller game companies getting bought out by EA, or simply died. The 2000s really planted the seeds of everything we were not fond of in the 2010s and aren't fond of in present day.

[@Super-my9ob]

GTA 6: Will be in 2099 or 2113 ( GTA 5 100 Year Anniversery )

[@Senti17]

Man this joke played out now I get it already 😒

[@Super-my9ob]

@@Senti17 Sorry For that... But thats the Sad reality... Yesterday i was on Rockstars Page and found an old Post called #Mouthoff, in which a Fan asked Rockstar when GTA V is coming Out and they Said: We are working hard on it and..... Other Things... They even posted some Pictures of early footage of the Game and Fans could "Rest easy"... But with GTA VI ? They give us nothing ! I personally lost my Interest about GTA VI at some Point... Until some Hacker leaked some legit footage. On one Side Rockstar deserved it and the Other Side i feel Bad For them... But after that we dont get any teaser or Trailers from them and i think thats a Bad Marketing strategy, because If GTA is Going bigger and bigger and the development is getting longer and longer, it would Not Wonder me If R* Games considered as Dead or so... But yeah... Sorry i Had to Rant a Bit... But right now, there is a fucking war in Europe (im from there) and i want to See the Release of GTA 6 before WWIII starts ! Atleast i would die in Peace.

[@Senti17]

@@Super-my9ob sighh I just gotta accept the fact that my favorite game company is not the same no more 😔 it hurts to see if it's 2 years left till VI the coo but my question is will they be the old R* we know will there be another game after VI MC5 LA Noir 2 Bully 2 or MP4. Ok.. I'm done bitchin.

[@Super-my9ob]

@@Senti17 i dont know man... Let me Tell a wise sentence i have learned from LS in 1992... "Same Things make us laugh... Makes us cry..." - Big Smoke aka Melvin Harris, Los Santos - 1992

[@logandobransky7457]

Being very young in the late 2000s particularly in 2008 Its cool to play GTA 4 and see the world that I never really remembered and the idea of revisiting eras in games would make many happy, I wish rockstar would do this.

[@Овсяный]

I was 7 when GTA IV was released and set.

[@ROM30S]

the 70s is a perfect setting. Mafia 3 was the closest we got to that era and I loved the atmosphere and the cars of that game. Also thinking back to DRIVER 1it was set around the 70s and that covered miami, san franscisco, LA and New York.

[@SquidgyPixel]

Problem is, whilst Hangar 13 were happy to embrace the societal attitudes of the time in Mafia 3 (Louisiana, South US, 1968... yeah... THOSE attitudes.), I fear Rockstar, at least over the past 4-6 years wouldn't want to touch that because of how easily it seems to be to offend people nowadays. (Come on Zoomers, us Millennials can only take so much flak from the Boomers for you before we'll stop defending you... Can't you take a joke!?!) Yet the irony is, GTA IV (2008) and GTA V (Story) (2013), even now you can't really compare those times to now, they've kind of become nostalgic periods of time on their own; yeah Badger mentioned the 00s only just starting to have Smartphones appear (2006/7) but even in 2013, Data plans were not generous, yeah, you had smartphones, but typically you'd still be using a PC (etc) for anything data-heavy. A modern day (2023) GTA... would there even be a need for someone like Lester or would it be more the Watch Dogs approach? EDIT: In regards to Mafia 3, when you start the game, it warns you explicitly that the attitudes of the 60s were quite racist and that, whilst they considered censoring it, it wouldn't do the time period justice as the whole point of the story was you fighting against Racist bigots.

[@Xegethra]

Yeah Driver was set in the 70's and I think Driver 2 also was. We did get Driver: Parallel Lines though, that was set in the 70's for the first half and the second half went to 2006. Rockstar are no strangers to the 70's, they made the Warriors game based off the film of the same name. They could go back to the 70's easily. Although I'm not too keen on the casino/Vegas idea but something else in the 70's maybe.

[@rymacreeks2k07]

yeah if you want to experience the hippy type 60s/70s, 1964-1973, play mafia 3, if you want the actual, run down, shitty, ripe for GTA 70s from 1974-1981 play driver: parallel lines

[@darkninjacorporation]

I’d love to see a more Vintage take on GTA, maybe during the 60’s or early 70’s. More range of dealing with organized crime. Maybe even late 50’s, that’d be a dream come true.

[@Xegethra]

GTA London was the 60's. But a more modern game doing it wouldn't be so bad.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

I don't know, if a GTA game took place in the 50s or 40s, what would separate it from the likes of the Mafia series?

[@Xegethra]

@@CassandraPantaristi They could do the rockers and their gang squabbles and focus on hotrods and whatnot and just avoid the Mafia. Like Grease, but not Grease. Or a game version of Happy Days.

[@CBlixk6300]

Like Chicago and there gangs that are still around frm the 50s 60s and 70s

[@LNCRFT]

It's just interesting to see that the 2000s can be already seen as pretty old. Sure, tech wise it's pretty old but it's just not really believable for me personally that my childhood era (I'm 22 now) is already that long ago. Time is just flying these days.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Honestly, for me, 2000-2009 was so long and passed so slowly that it literally felt like it lasted forever. I still cannot wrap my brain around how much changed in that decade, how fashions and the look-and-feel of the world changed, how _I_ changed. It just doesn't feel like the same decade at all - by the time 2009 landed, I'd totally forgotten about the sorts of music and movies I liked back in 2000 etc. 2010-2020 flew by and it felt like nothing changed. We are now 30% through this decade and even with the pandemic and bad economy, to me the world doesn't look or feel much different to January 2020.

[@GLKHD]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 ''pandamic'' lmao. okay bruh, dont forget to get ur booster shot tmrw

[@Xegethra]

The last 20 years felt like yesterday to me. I'm only 35.

[@LNCRFT]

@@Xegethra It's quite impressive to see how time just flies. It feels like yesterday I've graduated, yet it's almost 5 years ago

[@ThatCarGuy1983]

Really... Try turning 40 in july 😫

[@GarethWallace907]

Love your videos! And thought this longer piece was great! I’m looking forward to GTA 6 but the more it’s spoken about the more nervous I get about it. I’m worried that after Dan House left they lost a key storyteller, and might suffer for it. But we’ll have to see. Keep up the great content!

[@ZayaVII]

Badger really got that buttery smooth voice

[@kipdaedricartifact]

I would love a GTA set in the 70s. A gritty 70’s crime drama would be amazing. GTA IV tangled with the idea a bit with those missions that replicate scenes from The French Connection. Some of the cars you can drive in that game really make you feel like you’re driving something from the 70’s too.

[@CBlixk6300]

Or in southside Chicago

[@nouryy]

I just hope we get a game that's radically different from GTA online gameplay wise. Seems like they hit a wall when it comes to that. NakeyJakey's "Rockstar's game design is outdated" really highlights their shortcomings.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Rockstar's more recent games all look, feel, play almost exactly the same. Even Bully had the same Wasted/Busted camera transitions and HUD system as the other games. And from what we've seen in the GTA 6 leaks I think it's the same again. Looks like modded RDR2 and the same tired mechanics.

[@latviankhan2989]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 but those mechanics work, why change a winning formula

[@Helvigster]

@@latviankhan2989 that's what I think. I don't get NakeyJakey's criticisms because all of Rockstar's games work good enough (at least in my opinion)

[@youmakenosense7437]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 RDR2 definitely doesn't look, feels or plays exactly the same as GTA V, neither does GTA IV, what are you talking about? They literally are night and day in terms of direction and their versions of the RAGE engine are drastically different.

[@youmakenosense7437]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 I don't remember any GTA game featuring weapons in the inferior left part of the screen, or the minimap in the upper left, or a big needle clock instead of a timer, the wasted/busted screen literally has its camera placed on Jimmy up until the screen goes black, unlike the 3D era GTA games where it went top-down, did you even play Bully? Lmao. You're talking as if Rockstar's games were copypasted or anything. You're literally talking about Ubisoft, not Rockstar.

[@LightStrikeZ0]

I feel like rockstar forgot one simple detail. The name of their game. Grand Theft Auto. Nowadays in online there's never a car worth stealing. Not even for fun. Now you can just instantly get your flying bike and fly to your bunker. I think GTA 6 should focus alot more on stealing cars than buying cars

[@dkthales]

Good to see someone having nostalgia for the early 2000's. I would really love that.

[@wookyfeet1416]

Hey Badger! Just going to throw in my 2 cents here. Project Americas might have been scrapped due to multiple reasons, part of which would be Dans departure and another thing could be hardware limitations. A map that sized set over 3 decades would need alot of rework/remodeling for each incarnation so its possible that it got scrapped like the tri-state area in early GTA IV development. Also Dan vs beancounters: Dan wanted a love letter, beancounters said you cant make an online mode like that and you couldnt monetize as much as a modern day game. So modern day ease of use, familiarity and online component is what i think forced the current itteration of GTA. Also i agree that the heist island is possibly a prototype with the vehicles and weapons as leftovers that were too good to pass up, so they put it in a fridge then microwaved them for GTA Online. Love the series keep it up. P.S. pretty iconic voice

[@conceptualfoxsky]

Honestly something set around 2004 could be pretty good for a open world game. either that or something set in the late 70s. Back on 2004, it could be set somewhere like Houston or New Orleans on the gulf coast, which would be fun new places for a big open world crime game.

[@Crazybenbros8988]

I feel a game in the 1950’s would be cool to see, it could be like Lost and Damned, a biker gang full of young ruffians making there way up. Or even a game in 1970’s at Las Venturas maybe about a mob.

[@Narvie04]

It would be really cool if it took placed in the modern day, but also had multiple missions taken place maybe in the 70s, 80s or 90s. Could be cool to see how parts of the city would change throughout the years, I won't get my hopes on that since depending on how big they would go about doing it.

[@orion.2072]

i'd love to see another GTA in anywhere city (gta 2's city). it was perfect, that mix of retrofuturism and dystopia worked so well (and burning members of a mega corporation for yakuza gangsters while listening to dnb was such a vibe)

[@malletUsergaming]

Exactly, could even be better then cyberpunk

[@orion.2072]

@@malletUsergaming if the game is well made, true. a game like this wouldn't fit the rpg tone new rockstar games are trying to achieve, it's clearly made for a fast paced almost arcade style. tho with 4's physics and gunplay it would work perfectly imo

[@dr.woozie7500]

They should make online modern day but the storyline is 70s 80s… I think the kids born in 2010 playing gta would complain of the lack of flying bikes

[@dybixs1400]

I don't hive high hopes por GTA 6.. at all. Considering all the recent products and stuff Rockstar has done prior the RDR2 release, I think they're going for the easiest money printing route, and it's sad and scary, because people who play GTA Online can say how horrible Rockstar is doing with his storytelling and innovative ideas.

[@LanceVanceDance84]

The people that write the stories for GTA Online are _not_ the same as those who write the singleplayer stories. GTAO is managed by a small team of people who are unconnected to GTA VI.

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

Yeah bro especially how popular the GTA 5 story was about committing robberies and playing with 3 protagonist , I think from now on there is a 80% chance every GTA will be set in modern day and it will be about robberies cuz it's much easier to do this than to be innovative and the public will love it , it also by keeping the story like this they'll be able to milk the new versions of online

[@mrscruffles801]

What worries me is that they're gonna make it as safe as possible, not offending anyone, getting as wide of an audience as possible and making as much money as possible. I really hope not cause that's not what Rockstar used to be about, it used to be about innovation and pushing social barriers to the limit as well as technical barriers. I don't know if they still have the stones to have radio ads that say the things they did in IV.

[@sunsetman22]

if it is true that they scrapped an almost complete game, then I fear for this "rebooted" GTA VI, that is, if the rumours are even accurate.

[@bahshas]

its probably going to be good tbh every single main rockstar release has been good since they start releasing them, dont pre-order it thouthg

[@rayray44325]

THANK YOU! I've been saying it for years now - next gta game will not be set in the pre internet era because of how important internet is in gta online

[@Rootiga]

Rockstar won't set any new GTA games in the past because they can't keep the online mode on life support flooding it with garbage like flying cars

[@El_Donahuego]

I think San Fierro in the late 1960s, Las Venturas in the early 1970s, Vice City in the 1980s, Los Santos in the 1990s, and Liberty City in the early 2000s would be the perfect set up.

[@holad-jlsegovia-423]

I honestly like that GTA games in the HD era take place in the year they are released and would like it to continue that way... BUT, it would be nice if there were flasbacks to another time period, like they did with RDR 2 and it's map changes after the time skip. If not, maybe the next era should go back to other time periods and maybe make the Online multiplayer take place in modern times for more gameplay opportunities (mainly using phones to buy stuff and all that, it's comfortable)

[@GlennDavey]

LOL GTA V is a period piece. Imagine people in 2003 playing a game from 1993. Or 2013 playing a game from 2003. It almost explains cultural stagnation, that people still view the world of GTA5 as "current"

[@AspirationHD]

I would like to see Vice City in the 1960s. The Beach Boys' music etc bright colours I think it would look great. To be honest with you, I would also like Rockstar to make a GTA game with the RenderWare engine again.

[@hothmandon]

After Vice hit the scene, I then wanted to see a 50s GTA Game. Dealing with Heroin and mixing it with powdered milk, and when they called weed reefers. That was my grandparents day.

[@warshallwathers7971]

God I love the early 00s! And if you’ve noticed many people who are Gen-Z like me have had this obsession with that Era when it comes to music and style, because the fashion of that time has come back too

[@ScottThePisces]

​@Sanctus Paulus 1962 baggy clothes, especially the massive trousers (cargo pants). Been seeing girls in berets, the whale tail underwear is also back.

[@ScottThePisces]

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 and those stupid juicy sweatpants have made a massive comeback lool

[@forrestcommander6283]

You are aware the fashion you are describing began in the 90s

[@snusemcgoose1001]

I've felt like I've seen a lot of 1970s clothing style coming back in the past few years

[@RainyWolf7]

I had a blackberry when I was younger. Why have they gone from calling people millennial, to calling them genz?

[@RarebitFiends]

Nobody remembers GTA London 1969, the original period piece GTA anymore.

[@Bovium]

Hopefully most of the people who grew up with GTA are, also now working on it. I bet they have a lot of respect for GTA as a franchise and wouldn't want to tarnish the legacy that Dan left. Surely though Dan leaving was definitely a problem between Take Two and Dan not agreeing on something which is probably why they restarted development after he left. Dan had no interest in online, but Take Two did, hence when they saw Dan making the game set in the "3 decades", they saw it as compromising the winning cow formula they have with GTA Online.

[@latinobunny9882]

Sam doesn’t care about the online component either, I’m sure he still cares about making the best single player game ever but is forced to compromise for T2.

[@bodhi6769]

I didn't think sam was still with the company either

[@luka7337]

Imagine if VI ends up being a completely different game to what we are used to from a GTA game if they really restarted development after Houser left. V felt like a farewell to III, VC and SA while RDR2 felt like a love letter to what R* used to be. Can R* make a true GTA without most of the people who made the series what it is? I don't think so.

[@acreaterz]

It's a really interesting fact that Cayo Perico was initially designed for the first version of GTA 6, set in the 70s and 80s. However, the island looks like it's from that era, and since Cayo Perico is based on Canouan Island, Canouan Island has a much more modern appearance nowadays than Cayo Perico. I don't think it's a coincidence, especcially if you take into account the older vehicles...

[@zarghamahmad5571]

I think Rockstar will release the cut content of GTA VI set in the 70's, 80's and 90's as separate DLC's after the release of GTA VI. They should do that. It will be a great idea.

[@JohnRDVSMarston]

Not only that, but people are starting/ already started a wave of 2000's nostalgia, in the same way 80's/ 90's have/ had

[@McLennox]

You guys gotta remember that the average GTA Online player is 8 years old. A GTA in any era other than modern wouldn't speak to them, so R* (sans the proper founders) wouldn't do it. Whatever they gotta do to make an extra buck, they'll do.

[@lovepreetgames]

I honestly like the main GTA games to be set in modern time, GTA IV and GTA V were set during modern time and they were great, though I agree the 2000’s are the best era for GTA style games, still GTA VI should be modern so it’s not limited and so we can see the story of the HD universe continue and see some returning characters

[@Bladez5]

Same

[@KevinSheppard]

I'm torn. I think the early 00s would be a really fun nostalgia trip, but a Narcos inspired GTA with a serious storyline would be something I can really sink myself into.

[@horrorknight3096]

You could mix the two into one I guess.

[@KevinSheppard]

@@horrorknight3096 That's a good idea, but I think that given the latest Narcos ended in the 90s, it'd be a weird mismatch of tone. Kind of like setting Vice City, with its obvious Scarface references, in a different decade.

[@mappingshaman5280]

@@KevinSheppard I think setting it in the early 2000's but still being narcos could be good. It could have the "we're a dying breed" vibe from the red dead series.

[@tiko4621]

@@mappingshaman5280 that’s not a good thing Two games in a row where you’re the dying breed… I’m always gonna be incredibly sad about what happened with Dan houser

[@mappingshaman5280]

@@tiko4621 but it's not two games in a row since rdr2 and gta vi are completely different franchises

[@borginburkes1819]

The fact that Leslie benzies and Dan houser aren’t at Rockstar anymore makes me worried about how subsequent games will turn out. They’re the two lead writers for all of their most acclaimed games. That loss of talent can’t be good

[@terryjohnson8373]

Pretty sure they worked on gta 6’s story

[@mwrench4185]

Add Lazlow who wrote all the radio stations stuff and Weasel News stuff. Also gone. Something definitely happened at Rockstar to have all the main creative people leave at the same time.

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

@@mwrench4185 Strauss Zelnick or what ever the fuck his name is happened, he's just another boomer corpo fuck, just another suit who doesn't give a fuck about the fans or videogames , he sucked the soul out of Rockstar games

[@hossbonaventure]

​@@mwrench4185 I think it was Strauss Zelnick. I also have a theory about that. In RDR2 Arthur was sent by Mr. Strauss to collect money from Thomas Downes which ended up being how he got tuberculosis and subsequently dying. Dan Houser had a major part in creating Arthur's character if I'm not mistaken. So this was a backhanded and final fuck you to Strauss Z. Why? Zelnick is T2 aka only cares for money and shareholders and a main reason of GTAO $$$ exploitation at the creative expense of more projects. Dan saw the writing on the wall and knew he was out and wrote Arthur's death as symbolic of his own end at Rockstar at the hands of greed and money. Strauss killed Arthur and Zelnick killed the original Rockstar. Money moved in and killed the wild west.

[@muderer_executioner]

@@hossbonaventure Dan got that honor boost after resigning from rockstar

[@vitman2409]

The Mafia-series is probably the only way to go to explore already bygone eras. Like you mention yourself, the GTA-series will probably never again go outside the modern world theme due to the online mode and the cash-cow that it is with modern stuff.

[@Ms.Fowlbwahhh]

I am actually not looking forward to being in modern day Miami in GTA VI. If you wanted to go back to Miami they should have gone back to the 80's, or even the 60's.

[@bradyrethman942]

Badger, I love the content and this video is nowhere near to long. Keep up the good work, you're videos are great and I could listen to your voice talk about anything for hours.

[@slerbahuuli]

I think that the most "valuable" thing with "Vice City" was the pure 80's vibe in it. Firstly, it was just so much different than anything else back in the day. Best 80's funk, rock, etc. Neon lights, flashing lights, 80's Miami plus those countless references to most iconic 80's movies and franchises. Secondly, because of that (playing in a kind of a different universe) it was the best way to relax and forget anything relating to "today's" world. No matter how terrible of a day you've had, how bad you were doing in your personal life/work, etc., just boot up the PS2, jump in the plane, car, helicopter, or whatever, and turn into your favorite radio station, and let those beats HIT YOU HARD! At least for Me, it was a way to run and hide my loneliness and misery. It's still the best overall GTA game ever because they (RockStar) hit spot-on with it. Another GTA game that is at least as good, or even better is GTA IV. It is a "current era" game of its time, but they managed to give it different vibes. You could just play it casually, grinding on... Or turn that in-game radio on with your favorite radio station and LET THOSE BEATS KICK YOU AGAIN! Seriously, it was a masterpiece with the storyline, the music, all the characters, the attention to detail, and so on. I think after Dan Houser left, we won't ever see another masterpiece like GTA IV, VC, GTAIII, or San Andreas again... Those days are gone forever and it makes me sad :(

[@Xegethra]

If they do the 80's again it should be a different place where the 80's wasn't quite like that. Not everywhere was Miami or even sunlit at that time but that's the rep the 80's get. Everyone I know who lived through it tells me it was different for them because they aren't from Miami, or even America. A lot of actual media from the 80's also isn't like Scarface and what have you either, some is, some isn't. The 80's wasn't just one thing in one place.

[@thebigzan]

If i had to guess, the reason they scrapped the whole thing after Dan left was probably because the suits didnt want the game set in an era thats not in the 2020s because they lose a lot of freedom on how they can exploit the players with the online.

[@letheas6175]

Its all about cars and stuff, so no current-day America seems like a good choice. There's no place in the world more car-dependent than the US. Also, the crime/gun aspect is exquisite in the US, if you want to have a game about crime, guns and cars, well.. you know, that's basically the slogan for the US. Not freedom, for that they rank too low on the freedom index.

[@ToiletGrenade]

You know what setting i'd love to see in a GTA game? San Fierro in the 1970's, themed around car chases.

[@zacharyreynolds4303]

I would love to see a newer game set in the same period as IV or a little bit back for variety's sake, like from 2002 to 2006! that'd be such a cool way to expand upon IV's lore and depth that's already fascinating. a IV prequel like they did with RDR1, with more added map area and boroughs, like the original planned GTA 4 map

[@darkwoodmovies]

It's absolutely wild that the 2000s are as far from today as Vice City was from the 80s when it came out.

[@momojafar9385]

nah I want a GTA set in modern time, not the past.

[@Matt-dc8yq]

Would be cool if they went "The place beyond the Pines" route and give us small time jumps, but I don't know!

[@streamtrollmike5348]

I'd love to see a early 2000's or 1970s GTA game too, but I still think that the 2020's can be a good setting. I still haven't seen many games that really capture this decade well like GTA 4 did for the 2000s or GTA V did for the 2010's. on a side note, hearing about a Vice City set in 2002 reminded me of an old flash game called "Ray" which was made in 2003 and drew heavy inspirations from GTA VC.

[@Овсяный]

Oh yes! Sadly, Ray part 3 was never released.

[@FastCarsNoRules220]

The GTA 6 trailer showed that it's gonna be set in the present, but it would be interesting if the game had two time periods similar to Driver Parallel Lines and Mafia 2. I imagine the first half of the game taking place in the early 2000s, then Lucia goes to jail for 20 years, and the second half of the game being set in the present.

[@nikugabip9637]

IMO they could make the 70s ,80s ,90s stories that got cut, to paid DLC's and they solve the Story Mode DLC's problems that GTA V had sadly (lets hope the stories are not forever deleted)

[@ganondorf66]

If they ever do a GTA in the past again I would like to see 60's/70's San Fierro

[@Ebalosus]

While I’m partial to another modern GTA*, I’d rather it be set in a group of cities that we _haven’t_ seen before in a GTA game. Like, yes, I’m glad we’re going to see VC again after what feels like a lifetime, but I’d much rather see a GTA game set in a location that we haven’t seen before. *(NGL I’m not a big fan of the GTA’s set when they are released, as I find their cultural references very dated and cringe-inducing)

[@zackkorth2410]

i had a good time in the early 2000's, i wouldn't mind a game set in that time.

[@Gideon7014]

As a huge fan of those gritty 70s crime flicks, I think it's a huge miss that Rockstar opted for a contemporary setting. The 70s seems like a perfect setting for a GTA game. For Context, Across 110th Street (1972) and The Driver (1978)

[@CBlixk6300]

Bro they can make a darker Cooley High based on the real Chicago gangs at that time like The Black P Stones and Black Gangster Disciples

[@JegMak]

Dan Houser is gone so I’m not very optimistic about GTAVI.

[@NicolasChiribelo]

Honestly, I despise a lot of things about the times we live in, and I like to see much simpler times reflected in the older GTA games. I would LOVE a GTA game set in the early 2000's, that's the era I grew up in. And I would have 100% preferred that ambitious idea of a three-era game focused on the drug trade over what GTA 6 will most likely be. I don't think any GTA game has made the drug trade proper justice, perhaps with the exceptions of VCS and Chinatown Wars. And Vice City to me is less of a drug-focused story and more of a revenge tale like GTA 3, but instead of a betrayal at the beginning, you were already betrayed long before the start and you get betrayed again at the end. Last year I played Scarface's game from 2006, and although it's quality is nowhere near GTA, that is indeed a game about drug trade. It's a shame to see the need for that insane flow of cash that GTA Online is, forcibly shaping (no, rather limiting) the scope of what GTA can do. They used to be bold game devs, not scared of what others might think of them. Sign of the times, I guess.

[@RageRaccoon]

Gta 6 is going to be a time period piece like gta 4 is, we just need to wait a decade to see the differences

[@burpo9]

Everyone saying that there needs to be a GTA set in the early 2000s has either never played III, or they just choose to ignore III's existence because you can't swim in it. III's atmosphere, radio stations, and cars all nail the era; and the aged graphics have honestly helped it out too.

[@gazasaurus3142]

The modern setting is now boring to me and done to death. I want something older.

[@Adam_X78]

Me too

[@imrealipromise8984]

@@Adam_X78 I agree, as much as I like the modern day settings, setting in the early 2000s/late 90s would be amazing for rockstar to do.

[@Adam_X78]

@@imrealipromise8984 Yeah like what badger said the war on terror would be a good subject to tackle

[@imrealipromise8984]

@@Adam_X78 Yeah it would, I mean they already got experience on tackling the war on terror so this time they can really lean in on it.

[@dusky2049]

i do genuinely feel that out of all options they couldve went with, that modern day bonnie and clyde is the most lame one. i really do like the early 2000s option, my mind will never let go of that romanticized quieter, simpler time feel. imagine all the legendary early 2000s cars, pop culture to parody, significant world events, and just the atmosphere over all. best comparison i could make, atmosphere wise, is need for speed most wanted 2005. good video bro