The GTA Universe, True Immersion (Feat. Badger Goodger)

[@BadgerGoodger]

Rockstar really crafted some amazing worlds within their games. Their attention to detail has always been top-notch, even if it's for stuff that hardly anyone would notice. Thanks for letting me be a part of this!

[@detelin61]

yes

[@detelin61]

no problem

[@benpaye9364]

@@detelin61 bruh😂

[@zanasLTU]

stop time travelling

[@StuartLugsden]

As always you do a great job. I always enjoy listening to you talk.

[@ocksie]

“This video focuses on Rockstars older work, not their current “anti consumer” practices” _Likes video immediately_

[@gabrielmartines3510]

@@arthurvice503 Finally someone said it!

[@TheDennys21]

Almost every company that exists today is anti-consumer.

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

I also used to listen to the radio with my mom. She mainly liked KJAH so when she'd watch me play she'd yell "TURN TO THE REGGAE STATION FOR A MIN!" which would turn into like...35mins just like when we'd out into the real world lol. I'd give anything to have just 1 more day of that again.

[@cardenasr.2898]

The radio stations really add to the immersion. My mom would come home from work and I played San Andreas and she would fall asleep listening to the music and ambient sounds, it had a relaxing effect, like traveling through the countryside with K-DST on the radio

[@silveradols0021]

I always Liked The Talk shows & The Spanish Radio Stations Also stations with classic Rock are always to Vibe Too

[@scarecrww]

when youre in blaine country in gta5, always put on the blaine country radio. its my favorite radio station in gta, too bad you cant listen to it in los santos

[@Kaledrone]

@@scarecrww Hold on, you can't? I mostly stay around Blaine in online and do biker businesses and gunrunning to avoid griefers so I never caught that you couldn't listen to BCR in LS.

[@scarecrww]

@@Kaledrone yeah you cant listen to blaine county radio in ls

[@PPablinho]

24:09 Also, to justify the lack of motorcycles in GTA III (and maybe GTA Advance), in the manual of Liberty City Stories says the city are going to ban the vehicle during the events of the game because of its dangerous nature

[@gibustheinfamous]

So that's why LCS has bikes.

[@LividCreature]

The world just wasn’t ready for it at the time

[@dgenerate707]

Yup a continuation of the bike radio ad in San Andreas by Maibotzu

[@shadowking773]

​@@gibustheinfamousI think due to some events between both games these decisions were taken

[@father-lock]

I don’t know what the acronym meant but I know it was ARSE or something close to that

[@HiThere619]

Liberty City in IV felt way more organic and alive to me than San Andreas does in V.

[@ruskflux]

Liberty city has the perfect mix of satirical and human caricatures imo whilst 5 leaned way too much on the satirical aspect

[@jovantesicc]

well nyc feels more alive than la

[@ruskflux]

@@jovantesicc true, weather it was intentional or not, rockstar did nail the soulless high life of la through los santos to a tee, shown mainly through Michael's plot and later on in franklin's too. whereas the people of los santos live with their in reality depressing lives with delusion that they've made it, liberty city feels more aware of it's lonely and depressive state, considering the time it was set in. Makes you appreciate the fact that rockstar took their time to think through the nuances of every and each atmosphere, cant wait to see what they do with vice city next.

[@REXae86]

@@jovantesiccno

[@imdebaws3715]

​@@jovantesicc nah LA >>>>>NY

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

I've always appreciated the little details Rockstar puts in their games. Having all these fictional companies is not only immersive, but also add humour and historical value for what its referencing.

[@automation7295]

While appreciate the details Rikcstar put into their game, but all Burger Shot outlets sharing interiors and all vehicles share interiors isn't as immersive.

[@foodistzen]

@@automation7295 burger shot outlets and vehicle interiors, huh. Exactly what game are you referring to?

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

When you remember some random fast food name from a game you know it's well crafted world.

[@abdorahmanalwaleed220]

Thats what I like most in the series. The heavily satirized world and all the crude jokes in brands names. Gruppesechs (group sex), CNT (cunt) and Pfister (fist her) are one of my favorites.

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

Knowing that GTA4 actually allowed you to watch comedians on TV and on the stage live, really wish GTA5 had something like that. There are comedy clubs but they're just aesthetic. :/

[@SimbaTheGreat]

You can watch tv on gta 5 too

[@garibaldibritann1240]

My favourite one is Ricky Gervais. And it exist on GTA V which it's the same place: Split Sides

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

it would be great to have new ones each month

[@timostedehouder3213]

@@PeterParker-ff7ub i wanna see Josh Wolf in GTA.

[@RayceMonster]

@@SimbaTheGreatyea but it’s just 4-5 repeating shows

[@karimgentile]

I remember a R* dev once Tweeted that the posters you see in Red Dead Redemption 2 inside stores and such have been handmade in the same way they used to make them in the Old West era, then printed them and later transferred them in-game or something like that. Mindblowing stuff!

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

The passion the dedication.

[@TheCriminalHistorian]

I don't even need to watch this before commenting, I already know it's gonna be great. Two of my favourite GTA youtubers join forces.

[@klvy5623]

It was good

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

there's one thing i recently realised that in gta sa the radio los santos has the song express yourself by n.w.a and in the lyrics they talk about radio stations banning their songs "ban my group from the radio hear n.w.a and say hell no" so the only radio that accepted their song is the one from a game

[@notnevertibbs7444]

Wow! great fact.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

Wow! Unfortunately, I think that song might be on the list of removed songs on the definitive edition.

[@peterdaviesracing]

@@DarkSpaceStudios It is, which is... kinda ironic.

[@nitrosodium]

What really made a big impact to the immersion is the Manual and Map they gave you with the boxed games. The Manual was a tour guide to say the least and the Map was unique. VC and SA for me felt like a world on its own.

[@RandommBoyo]

This made me realize how much bigger this series is. Damn, Rockstar really knows how to make another universe from scratch

[@thesenate1799]

I mean, the content writes itself

[@jamertheramer240]

I'm late here but fun fact, covering something in sticky bombs and then detonating it in GTA IV TBOGT makes everyone in the area (including civilians) attack you. I always assumed it had something to do with terrorism fears or something because everyone would just flee if I just shot into the air.

[@rahulverma8774]

i think reason is different here Both gta 3 & 4 npcs attack players if something explodes bcz of us Maybe they are trying to say that people of liberty city are more brave And yes npcs of liberty city are tough whereas npcs of los santos die in one punch

[@shadowking773]

​@@rahulverma8774they are actually implying that you better behave yourself after 9/11 and any terrorism type of acts will not be tolerated specially in new York/liberty

[@studi0651]

Finally someone talking about how good the GTA universe is. It doesn’t get mentioned a lot which is unfortunate bc its a big reason why the games feel so unique and filled with tons of personality.

[@DooBieReBeL]

The cities in GTA games are characters in themselves.. true art

[@elcruz812]

Grand Theft Auto No Way Home: imagine all main characters and villains in a same universe like spiderman: 2D universe 3D universe HD universe Sure Catalina would be the green goblin of the antagonist.

[@fabio.b3711]

What kind of a man are you?! When I say business I mean that I love you! -Catalina 1992

[@cloudshifter]

You forgot the newest entry. Microtransactions universe.

[@ols-c6410]

If Catalina is the green goblin then Smoke is Doc. Oc

[@bendover8317]

This video reminded me how I once felt about gta games. I've played every single gta since vice city and every single one of them had some kind of magic to them. I've been playing a lot of gta online recently and the world there just doesn't feel the same even tho it's basically almost identical to gta 5 single-player world. It's just something about online that is off, I feel like something is missing there. But then again online experience and single-player experience is different I guess. Thanks for making me feel the magic I once felt from these games for at least half an hour.

[@dgurevich1]

I feel like online players are the ones breaking the immersion. In SP, you are on your own and the world and NPCs are your playground, you feel like you're part of their world from their point of view. Online, you quickly realize the whole playground, the whole world is nothing but a facade for other players to hunt you down and kill you, so you're constantly watching your surroundings in search of other players. Surviving gta online requires us to learn to differentiate players from NPCs, and over so many years, it has become so wired in our brains. To me, online world feels like the matrix, where I treat NPCs as completely insignificant, an obstacle at best. It feels gray compared to SP.

[@AverageAlien]

lower NPC population in online, if you're on console, lower frames and worse graphics in online too

[@ONomeManeiro]

Also, no animals in online.

[@uum6]

GTA Online's world is massively downgraded as far as NPC events. The uniquely animated activities which bring all its pockets to life are all but gone, on top of the much lower pedestrian and traffic densities. After a month of it back in 2013, I just couldn't take it anymore.

[@Kaledrone]

@@ONomeManeiro They did that for better performance but yeah, I still miss running over cattles with Trevor's truck.

[@GoatmanBDX]

When the games came out on the PSP I was delivering pizza at the time I would turn my PSP on plugged my headphone jack into the car. Listen to Grandtheft auto radio while I delivered pizza better than real radio 100%.

[@TheSuckoShow]

Even movies and shows will make up fake car brands sometimes. Automakers are real touchy about how their products are presented, hence lots of license-based racing games having no body damage. It's a mix of smart business and fun worldbuilding how GTA's always made up fake brands.

[@serialhater7360]

Midnight Club:Hehe lamborghini go ➡️↩↗️↪↩⬅️↖️💥💥💥

[@shnubdawg7730]

If the Burnout series had licensed cars the games would lose their charm for me, not only that but the damage models would suck. If anything I really like the fictional cars of Burnout games, particularly Burnout Paradise. I’ve always loved their designs for some reason.

[@tylercouture216]

@@shnubdawg7730 And midnight club 2

[@shnubdawg7730]

@@tylercouture216 yeah

[@automation7295]

Having fictional cars in open world games is indeed mix of smart business and fun, but also allow developers to name them whatever they like and make every parts such as bumper, doors, trunk, hood, side mirrors, etc fully detachable. I like how open worlds like Burnout, Grand Theft Auto, Just Cause, Saints Row,, Sleeping Dogs, Watch_Dogs has fictional brands, often parodying real life brands and/or even combining multiple brands. Bogen from Watch_Dogs seem to be multiple European cars and brands combined, for example Bogen 200 seems to besed off a Ford Ka, while Bogen 50 is based off a MINI Cooper. Vapid from GTA is clearly based off Ford, but they do take inspiration from Chevrolet and Dodge. Strangely Youga Classic isn't even made by Vapid, despite being based off a Ford Econoline

[@IAmFromTheYear]

Need for Speed might 'feature' illegal street racing but I wouldn't say it 'promotes' it. In the same way GTA features crime but also shows the consequences of partaking in such activities. The more I think about Toyota's statement... that's such a weird thing to say. Does Toyota promote pollution by creating and selling cars that pollute the environment?

[@AgentDanielCross]

Or does it promote terrorism by selling their utes to terror cells?

[@IAmFromTheYear]

@@AgentDanielCross For a moment there, I thought you were a Grime music artist based in Blackpool, England.

[@AgentDanielCross]

@@IAmFromTheYear Wait what?

[@IAmFromTheYear]

@@AgentDanielCross Google search your username. What's the first thing that comes up? Edit: I don't know why my comment was removed... Okay, this comment seems acceptable for some reason...

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Toyota promotes you not being able to stop your car lol.

[@nay4658]

THE sad part is that RP servers are the only alternatives to gta online and its BS magical flying vehicles. I tried a few, and you cannot just play around listening to music while doing missions and objectives with friends, people will come to you and expect to be roleplayed, even when you are not in the mood. Ive even been put in jail by moderators 2 time juste because i was roaming around minding my own business and exploring the servers while not in the mood to be stopped by random roleplayers to entertain them with fancy stories.

[@MrTwille]

Lmaoooooo

[@pigaboyAKAthecoolestguyonearth]

I'll admit that i... actually haven't played the game so i lack knowledge, but isn't there anything like private servers or something like that? and if there aren't then there surely has to be a mod or something that adds them right?

[@nay4658]

@@pigaboyAKAthecoolestguyonearth I think there has been a few servers since then that mirror GTAO content without forcing you to RP. TBS, i don't know if they are successful or still running, since i stopped playing Gta altogether, since i got bored by the grind and lack of originality (new grind dlc, try new dlc for a couple of days, then stop playing for a year until next one)

[@elmaster48]

I remember reading the article in tv tropes about the radio in gta. a couple of interesting jokes are that in chatterbox some guys who hate the internet mention that they tried training pidgeons to send messages but abandoned the plan because they keep dissapearing. in another call other guys says that he hunts pidgeons but found weird to see notes attached to them. that and one of the radio host in gta 3 also appears in vice city... also as a radio host. there si mentions that she plans to eventually move to bigger things that a mere radio host... looks like she got stuck as a radio host lol my favorite is that in liberty city stories the guy who won for mayor made the promise that even thou he is going to finish the bridges he is not going to left the people who works on the ferrys out of a job... yeah 3 years later on gta 3 the ferrys are long gone.

[@Kev24]

I would say rockstars creativity when it comes to their open worlds like this, is why people still play the game

[@aaronp4689]

it blew my mind when Vice City came out and had so many little references to III. World building just wasn’t super prominent outside of major franchises like the Mario games. especially when I realized Toni from Flash FM was the same Toni that hosted Flashback FM 🤯

[@mrroadstuff6869]

Hey dude. Remember to delete commandline file from your GTA v directory. Playing grand rp will put it there, it will lover your gta v graphic setting to normal, and when you delete it, you can put your graphics back to high. I see from your video that your texture quality is normal

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

I was wondering what on earth was wrong! I kept changing it and it wouldn't change back! Thank you for telling me this! It was infuriating

[@MaytayMaya]

"My mom and me laughed at Lazlow's interviews." Good to see not all my mom's are like mine and don't want to see you playing GTA until you move out.

[@criscrosxxx]

😂😂😂 get rekt

[@bluscout1857]

@@criscrosxxxshut up lil bro

[@jwconglomerate332]

The stand up acts and tv shows in GTA 4 are still some of my favorite content. I love the history of the city videos, although of memory serves (and that's no sure bet) I seem to recall they never finished the series with the DLC

[@BlazingOwnager]

You know, did it ever drive anyone nuts that one of the arcade locations in the game isn't the Santa Monica Pier arcade? I mean, it's GTA equivalent.

[@thedawsonator1628]

I had an American friend who actually said that once when first going into Casino...it's nice to know they aren't the only one.

[@AntwunTheDancer]

One thing that stood out 19:56 is he said GTA IV introduced street names which takes away the fact that Grove St. was a thing in GTA San Andreas and to my memory, there were other streets named in that game, years before GTA IV Other than that, amazing video

[@lordfenix17]

I do believe that older gtas named neighborhoods and such mostly.

[@killpuddle9977]

isn't it ironic that take two is starting to sound like one of the companies rockstar made for gta

[@jeepmega629]

Incredible how much detail goes into making these worlds feel alive.

[@islamicjoker5127]

Can't help but notice how clean and smooth the editing is, no wonder these take a while to make.

[@derosiflo6524]

Not to forget that they made a fictional scottish rock/metalband for Vice City and had *2* songs made for the game. Also you do missions with Phil Collins in Vice City Stories

[@DanyalArcadio]

the intro has caused me some god damn goosebumps my dude. epic work.

[@tootlingturtle7254]

Correction: you *tried* to ride down Mt Chilliad on a bike. *Nobody* rides down Mt Chilliad on a bike!

[@Milty2001]

I love how rockstar added tons of advertisements and places that you can visit in game or listen to the radio about whatever is happening in the game world it makes their game feel alive and offer more content I remember playing gta 4 around Christmas and my dad watched me drive around Algonquin in star junction listening to liberty rock radio he asked me if it was time Square and I was like yup lol

[@WelshTurkey]

Yeah about the “separation” of universes. That’s kinda been blown away now by the Contract DLC. The line is reallllllly thin now

[@foodistzen]

It's a new dev team who doesn't care

[@thomasskjdt-gyldenvang7903]

How what changed in the the contract that made the line between universes thinner?

[@ivankelecevic252]

Nothing really changed, only characters from the HD universe appear in the DLC, so I dont see what that has to do with the other universes.

[@thebadwolf3088]

@@thomasskjdt-gyldenvang7903 it's just because Franklin mentions "something that happened in the 90's, possibly referring to GTA San Andreas

[@thomasskjdt-gyldenvang7903]

@@thebadwolf3088 but they mention the same kinda thing in single player

[@gummi9948]

When you hang out with either Jimmy or Lamar, They'll sometimes talk about how Grove Street used to belong to the families. Also an npc in the area nearby can say 'OG Johnson' which is a reference to Sweet. Also in franklin's house there is a gold record with OG Loc on it.

[@guy2316]

6:57 not really a major complaint but the brand in GTA is Pißwasser with the eszett (ß) making a double s sound. So in pronounciation it would be more like Pisswaser which was chosen by Rockstar for obvious reasons.

[@Palexite]

Despite the age of some of these games now in days. I have to say, Rockstar is probably the first to achieve what the future of gaming were desired to look like when technology was advanced enough to allowed it.

[@davidgouyaie8027]

its what make me play gta5 even if not playing online.. the detail and parody in its world, every single things from a simple sign is a parody of something, the design and immersion is so great its the perfect Role playing world if you want.. am sure do it won't denied it.. 2 hours doing nothing and listening or watching their tv is great time spent.. ❤📺👍🙂

[@visassess8607]

I wish you listed the actual examples of HD characters mentioning 3D characters. In the video you just said that happens and that's it.

[@saulman12]

One of (I think) the most funniest commercials is in San Andreas. It's a proposition whereas the smoke by smoking kills or something like that. The way that the woman says, “You murderer! I might have children one day!” always kills me. Then the proposition proceeds to say to vote for the said proposition to kill smokers. There's so many great and funny examples but this one stands out.

[@Zsolt_Peter_Kodner]

Yes, these are detailed outside worlds, only! The players can not enter buildings to buy a frankfurter... 2013-2022 and R* did not opened up the interiors to make it more realistic open-world game!!!

[@Fetidaf]

I actually laughed at “big pointy building”…

[@Albert._]

Ayo has there already been a theory that the reason there's three universes and the consistency of the Epsilon Program is because each universe is created when Francis makes a mistake during his time travels?

[@TigerChamp99]

5:42 Thank you for covering the NFS vs Toyota incident in this video.

[@NGFXZ]

no one talks about gta vice city stories and vice city, the story behind the two and how they link and the characters is just amazing. I grew up playing vcs on the psp and played vice city after and was shocked to know that vic vance died at the start. Personally i think its the best gta out them all

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Could be because it's not released for pc

[@TheMelMan]

For me, San Andreas was peak emersion. I might need to make a video on how I feel about that game 😅 1:06 In the recent online DLC, Franklin talks about events from San Andreas so I think they were either just dropping it as fan service or they gave up on that hardline between the 3D and HD universes.

[@Xegethra]

It can be two universes still. If a city can get two universe equivalents then so can people and events. Clones of each other sort of.

[@TheMelMan]

@@Xegethra That's possible. I just imagined that things changed. San Andreas is over 20 years in the past so it's possible that the city just evolved.

[@LividCreature]

I bought the GTA: SA soundtrack on CD back in the day and would listen to it in my car all the time and would hear something new or something I never noticed before every time I listened to it.

[@princedakkar2251]

Amazing video, but it just makes me sad that the R* of yesterday is no more; at least we’ve all grown up with the amazing quality of gameplay R* once gave us.

[@MattCurrieImprov]

I love how you can play GTA peacefully, just going out with friends or driving around and hitting jumps with fast cars or investing in stocks, listening to music, flying around, or exploring the world.

[@therandomgamer18]

Fr. Just cruising around in GTA games hits different

[@romanblaunt]

Another banger of a video! Idk how you keep coming up with interesting ways to complement Rockstar’s past talent in world building but it’s just as impressive every time!

[@VinnieMuckeyMusic]

Welp time to break out my GTA’s again. Especially GTA 4 and the dlc with it. Fantastic story telling and truly immersive experience

[@goodafternoon5172]

Even in their newest games, the devs still care about making the world's as perfect as possible, the rockstar higher-ups are the reason the online systems are complete dogshit

[@war_devourer9618]

The things that was wrong in Gta 5 are the developers fault. You think higher ups are the reason that we have to do so much to fix gta or something? The higher ups are preventing them from fixing it, yes, but a developer had to create it first..

[@BevvRatBites]

@@war_devourer9618 1: Yes...And the higher up ordered it. Thats like getting upset at a fast food employee when you can hear the manager yelling at them to do it the way you don't like it. 2: Time restrictions exist, plus most of the team is likely going full power on their next project, plus they put out the monster projects: red dead 2 and GTA 5 in a single decade, plus they went through major changes of hands in the company in the last five years, plus they've had several management issues iirc. I'm willing to give the devs the benefit of the doubt, all that considered on top of the major hate and criticism the comparative skeleton crew working on online is getting for doing their best. I swear, while criticism is a good thing, i doubt a lot of the community who gets up in arms about this has ever had a real job.

[@moneymusa5607]

@@BevvRatBites it’s the devs fault and the higher ups. It’s the consumers fault and It’s the whole gaming community’s fault too. People need to stop playing gtao if there’s features in it they don’t like and developers need to call out their higher ups on their greedy bs and go on strike or quit if they aren’t allowed creative expression.

[@BevvRatBites]

@@moneymusa5607 agreed. But would you quit your dream job because you have mild moral quandries with what your employer makes you do?

[@moneymusa5607]

@@BevvRatBites would it be your dream job when there’s an alternative dev team that would let you finish your games completely? Instead of some half ass rushed product that will sell but has no lasting value. Or In r* case making a fun game and slowly breaking it for monetary gain. I can say I’d quit.

[@snafu6765]

I previously mentioned this to you on twitter but I just need you to know that your videos are insane. the quality of your content is absolutely next level and Im so glad that I am able to say that I was here from the start. Also as I previously mentioned but, I know you probably don't remember especially because my youtube name is completely different to my twitter name, I hope you don't feel constrained to the GTA and Rockstar Videos and Although I love them I would hate for you to feel burned out over talking about one company. We are here for the excellent quality of the editing script writing and your perspective and views of these titles. Also Also You don't even know how much I fuck with these videos cuz I deadass be saving these videos for otherdays so I can watch them at my most comfortable or for a day where I need a pick me up. Im genuinely not watching the "How Big Are Video Games?" Video till Saturday so I have good content to watch on my flight.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

That really means a lot to me to read this. Thank you for watching my videos man, I'm happy you enjoy them.

[@JamieDombroski]

Love your videos. Love gta since the OG. pißßwasser is pronounced piss-vasser. Wasser being the German word for water and pißß almost certainly meaning urine. Fun fact. Around the world, american beer is known as weak, often called piss water. Likely what this is a play on. As a kiwi thats been to the states, your beer is pretty good 😉

[@minignoux4566]

Pißß? With 2 ß? PissssWasser

[@JamieDombroski]

@@minignoux4566 haha yes! Good call!

[@drrJdm]

Pisswasser is Budweiser

[@andychangotaco5134]

I love when this collaborations happen ❤ much love and respect to Badger Goodger... Great video Dark space !!

[@SpuddyWesker]

i always thought "CNT" was meant to be CNN and weasel is clearly a parody of fox news

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

CNT doesn't do news tho, it's all shows and reality TV so I always felt it more like various other 3 letter channels who do the same like say TLC.

[@SpuddyWesker]

@@ThexDynastxQueen good point, i think now it might just be all of the above a amalgamation of TLC,TNT , CNN and TBS even with some just being the fonts and name similarities basically what they said in the video seems to be correct. until now i always thought it to be cnn but what dark space says and you just said makes sense and i tend to agree.

[@DNA.WARCRY]

CNT is a parody of TNT Also CNT being short for “C*NT”

[@muhammadazeem1346]

Badger Goodger'd voice is just too impressive and overshadows all

[@TonyG8992]

I still believe all GTA games take place in the same universe, just different eras.

[@robtz759]

I mean, with how many hints R* gave about them being in the same world, it's basically confirmed

[@seaque.]

i think parallel universes. Like CJ definitely exists in V universe, but not the one who broke into Area 69.

[@CaptainAmercia]

GTA 3 Library City though may as well be a different city as the GTA 3 rendition of Liberty City was based on New York City, Philadelphia, Detroit and Baltimore, no overall inspiration from one city in particular. This is very different to most other GTA games like Vice City and San Andreas which features a city based solely on a real world locations with very accurate layouts. buildings, cultures, history and landmarks such as Los Santo's from GTA SA and GTA V being based on L.A. GTA IV rendition of Liberty City was solely inspired by New York City which you can tell right away. Liberty City in GTA 3 is also divided into three boroughs, comprising 25 defined districts and neighborhoods, while having an outskirts of the city all having different names for it's islands, streets, landmarks, gangs, and boroughs compared to the GTA IV counterpart which has four Boroughs all with there own names only connection between these two renditions is the name Liberty City they may as well be separate places. The GTA 3 version is more of a unique city which could've co existed with places like New York kind of like how Gotham City from D.C and Lost Heaven and Empire Bay from Mafia co exist with places like New York and Chicago. With the GTA IV's version it's just a parody of New York meaning it's impossible for New York and other parody cities to exist in the GTA Universe. This pretty much counters out the concept of GTA 3 being in the same continuity as GTA IV as pretty much everything about the city would've had to change in just 5 years at the max with both GTA SA and GTA Vice City using the GTA 3 rendition of Liberty City.

[@wendellnovais]

Rockstar only created this "different universes" bullshit because before GTA V was launched people were going crazy over the possibility of CJ being in GTA V because the game was set in San Andreas,it's just a lame excuse to not bring back old characters and deal with their voice actors,all the games are connected.

[@anindoin4330]

@@wendellnovais Saying that both Universes are connected is stupid.

[@MrStart-nh6yi]

Interesting facts is that the new GTA Online DLC franklin, lamar and some others characters mention gta sa characters, like OG Loc, Grove Street, even mentions when The Truth and CJ burn up the weed in the GTA SA mission

[@codyaddison8347]

This is the best aspect of these games.

[@sylokthedefiled3047]

Always a good day when Dark Space posts a video! Fuck yes, great editing and writing to match! Sick beats, too!

[@PolarisCastillo]

So refreshing to see you guys talk about Rockstar and GTA in such a positive light! ♥

[@Elhamburitto]

I like how the voodoo from vice city and San Andreas is an almost exact copy of the 1960 Chevrolet Impala

[@dark_hood7]

25:37 actually those lights are called "ufolights" in the game's files. There are three files on the GTA:SA disk called "ufolight1" and "ufolight2" and "ufolight3", nothing about a plane.

[@shadowblade9385]

I absolutely love how the GTA 1 soundtrack seems to go above and beyond what is normally expected of a video game soundtrack. It’s just an analogue of different music and formats, but it completely blows it out of the water. It’s like an LSD trip in audio form. It’s like it has the quality of a big long budget production crammed into 7 minute segments. It’s just incredible! And sends shivers down my spine!

[@xGettinxMoneyx]

“Outside of a methadone clinic, Weazel News” 😭😂

[@SlimSamari]

The cars in 4 and 5 were going to run on gas at one point during their development put was cut from the games. Some pieces of this can be seen in 4 with npcs pulling up to the gas pumps at gas stations and in 5 cars can leak gasoline when shot in a certain area of the vehicle. If you keep driving while leaking gas, your vehicle will eventually come to a complete stop.

[@alvaro_novaes-br3296]

As a game developer, I love how Rockstar puts effort in their worlds.

[@simmethaboi5232]

The eplison also owns the fib and the lspd. If u look at the lspd logo u can se the eplison logo in it which means it is corrupt. The fib building has teves where the eplison program shows up if u shoot the tv screen in game in a fib office

[@3timezentertainment449]

2D, 3D, and HD are like different realities with consistent characters

[@SpuddyWesker]

constants and variables

[@Xegethra]

Yeah like Batman and what not. Same but not the same each time we see him. Many clones.

[@extremeboss5282]

Maybe for 3D and HD, but not 2D and 3D, as the universes thing wasn't around until 2008, only to be killed very shortly and silently, unannounced.

[@ROCKSTARMANIC12]

Indeed great overall video. They managed to create a world within a world and have filled it with everything real life can provide. Great edit, voice overs and such!

[@konstantinpakhomov3910]

3d universe events are just urban legends within HD universe

[@lucidlocomotive2014]

The history of Liberty City TV show in GTAIV proves that Algonquin was never called Manhattan, and Liberty City was never called New York. The show explains it was called New Rotterdam at first, in the 1600s, before becoming liberty city.

[@Nitroh-]

i hope gta 6 is more immersive than 5, i want to be able to enter every single shop and building in the game, and interact with a solid 80% of NPCs in a bigger capacity then them just grunting if i hit them. i hope R* adds some things to the main game that you could do in gta 5 roleplay like actually get a job or own a buisness where you have to actually hire staff and run it professionally. Just little details like that makes all the difference. if gta 6 takes 10 years to make and we dont get any sort of realistic aspects that make gta 5 look like a tech demo then imma be real sad.

[@Forte_Pachino]

This is why rockstar is my favorite game company period..it’s the attention to detail,while actually being a joy to play🙂

[@brody4145]

too bad they are ruining their reputation

[@Forte_Pachino]

I agree

[@killazUS]

This video is insane. What a great script, editing, voices...

[@AFEAKI]

The ads between songs, tv stations, and the wide range of radio station are just some that are very impressive that other, non r*, AAA open world games can’t seem to comprehend. Maybe because of deadlines or just wanting to put it out quick for money. Also, watching Jimmy play righteous slaughter is kinda cool. They re-used civilian screams, there’s loading screens with tips, and special weapons you don’t see in the actual game

[@cartierglizzy6641]

One thing I feel they really missed out on in gta 5 was car dealerships from gta 4 it would make buying cars more realistic than just ordering it off a phone you could give us the option buy it there and test drive the car before buying so you know if you want to buy it I wish they would make that a thing

[@cartierglizzy6641]

And before anyone’s says LS Car meet and auto shop stfu it’s not the same it’s like a slap in the face to the people who want the feature there’s serval used car dealership locations that they could let us buy like a business and renovate it too an actual dealership and we can sell cars to Npcs and other players online with ways to set the pricing similar forza horizons auction house that’s another way they could make cars buyable too in a more realistic way than ordering it off a damn iFruit phone even tho now with stuff like carvana (or However you spell it) it’s becoming more of a reality

[@SlenderGray59]

@@cartierglizzy6641what about simeon.

[@AnthonCast]

It amazes me how Rockstar created a complete world immersion. Despite it's a world supposed to mock real world, they make it in some way that... you feel it's real. Even Niko says it in one of Roman's hang outs. It's just beautiful how original minds in Rockstar created a reality that feels real.

[@Resident4Island]

Bruh Niko and Claude lool like partner's in crime in the thumbnail. It's a shame Claude didn't appear in Gta 4.

[@gunbladelad7772]

You forgot the Hari Krishnas in the original GTA game - pedestrians in orange walking in a line who - if you ran them over - would result in the "Gouranga" message being displayed on-screen. GTA London also has the Elvis impersonators which fulfil the same role.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Sorry to be That Guy but it's pronounced "Pisswasser", the ß represents a double s (not a b) so translated it means "piss-water". Outstanding video otherwise. Crammed full of as much affection and detail, much like the universes it discusses. Kudos, gentlemen!

[@xMetalhead2000]

Know I’m late on this but gta radio stations really are part of a multiverse Lazlow and Fernando Martinez both appear in 3d and hd and have a continued story in theory even more characters cross over not as counterparts but as them selfs

[@240p_is_enough]

I miss head radio btw I'm pretty sure the idea to have 3 protagonists was a thing when they started on San Andreas but was scrapped due to tech limitations at the time.

[@minignoux4566]

Someone actually modded the feature in PS2 San Andreas

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

game fm gang

[@Wandering_Nowhere]

Rockstar are definitely the most creative developers out there. Their open-worlds, lore, and satirical jabs at society, are what got me into gaming and still do to this day. Other studios make good crime and open-world games, but they barely scratch the surface of world building that's seen here.

[@ericsandstrom8561]

Part of the reason that car manufacturers wouldnt want to be feature in the GTA series is mainly because they wouldnt want their cars to be seen as killing machines... Using an a4 to run over civilians wouldnt be a good image for audi lol. Just speculation but it seems to make sense

[@Frankie-xu6sr]

He pretty much explained that in the video

[@trixter2009]

I remember being severely disappointed as a kid when I found the Zombie Lab in San Andreas, completing the game and realising zombies wouldn't be making an appearance. After undead nightmare, I thought for sure they would add zombies into the next GTA installment, 5 came out and we got given aliens instead. I think its such a missed opportunity. What an amazing DLC that would be.

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

I couldn't agree more, maybe with 6 we'll both get what we're wanting

[@trixter2009]

@@DarkSpaceStudios I thinking its best to keep those expectations tucked away, im so worried for 6, its gonna be an amazing game no doubt, but will it suffer the same fate as 5 and dry up quickly 😢

[@andreibaciu7518]

Something most other games don't do is make fictional brands, which gta does to perfection. Not only is it realistic but it's also a good dose of humour hearing the bat shit crazy fake advertisements, like the cock-adoodle-do song from gta san andreas.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Watch dogs tries that. But of course it's not deep as gta.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

Nuka Cola? Vim? Sunset Sarsaparilla? Vault Tec? ring any bells?

[@mush857]

Remarkable editing and attention to detail in your scripting. I love this mini-series so far and I'd love to see more.

[@GT-EH]

Look out for time travel to connect everything when consoles can handle it, they threw us a Delorion from the past to be more then a flying car, and they gave us the MK2 from the future to be more than a griefer's best friend. Cayo showed they can transport us to alternate maps, The airport connecting Vice City and Las Ventura's, Liberty City and San Fierro with Los Santo's is the endgame, and GTA online will become an ever expanding universe with limitless possibilities.

[@minignoux4566]

I really doupt that R will put the effort for that to happen, they are already set with the shark cards.

[@saintakins187]

Side note while playing as Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto 5 single player, I ran into Ursula you know that crazy character in Grand Theft Auto V. Had Trevor Phillips drop her off at the Altruist camp, figured crazy with crazy besides Trevor wasn't feeling her anyway.

[@schalitz1]

The immersion is completely gone especially in online. Got on recently for the first time in a while for the new dlc its literally all children and man childs flying around on oppressors blowing you up. I'm pretty much done with it ruined a perfectly decent game.

[@RandomPerson0646]

Ditto, Got on today, Half the Lobby sounded like children, and bloody hell, the mk2s are relentless. Just trying to make cash is basically, try to survive every mk2 who can see your location

[@chindaddyisdaddy]

Just go into an invite only lobby or do a solo public glitch

[@frensplace5576]

Plus with more recent DLCs they’re bringing more real life characters and brands now into GTA Online and making them centric around the game and breaking immersion of the fake logos and not making satirical characters anymore. Every DJ back then was a parody of real life but now it’s like they want to imitate it instead of doing their own thing

[@tootlingturtle7254]

@@frensplace5576 real brands? Only one im aware of is Dre, what are the others?

[@automation7295]

GTA V had never been immersive, all Burger Shot outlets sharing interiors and all vehicles share interiors isn't as immersive.

[@joeldeakin2003]

This video has got me more hyped for GTA 6 than any of the 'leaks'. It's the immersion of these world's that gets me excited.

[@dash_r_media]

This is the first GTA since moving into 3D that is going to let gamers down. Bank it.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

I know right?! Can't wait for all these brands coming back. Especially Burger shot and cluckin bell.

[@cawashka]

6:57 Little correction: it’s pronounced pisswasser, ß = ss. Which is also ironic since it’s a beer brand.

[@peterdaviesracing]

I guess that describes how... "refined" it is :p Gulp it down and done!

[@chasemef1]

You guys make INSANELY good content !!

[@dilfateh]

The original multiverse

[@icecreamsocial123]

I don't like how it's not one world just makes it feel smaller

[@truelies9187]

What made these games great has been watered down

[@Ooog__]

what made the games great and how has it been watered down?

[@minignoux4566]

Nothing, nothing has been watered down.

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

ah yes, i went from a top down view shooting game into a 3d open world racing crime game, what a downgrade.