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Los Angeles definitely takes the cake here but to me Grand theft Auto 4 didn't do any justice for New York at all.
They liked L.A so much that they made San Andreas and Grand theft auto 5 about that city.
I think NewYork and San Francisco would blow every other city out the water if they made games based on a post apocalypse setting or a horror story.
They did such an incredible job with LA in GTA V I'm willing to bet that's one of the main reasons LA is winning this poll. It might even be the best city recreation in video games of all time.
GTA IV was already almost a decade ago (wow ) and technology has come a really long way since then. I think they did a good job given the times.
They did such an incredible job with LA in GTA V I'm willing to bet that's one of the main reasons LA is winning this poll. It might even be the best city recreation in video games of all time.
GTA IV was already almost a decade ago (wow ) and technology has come a really long way since then. I think they did a good job given the times.
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Watch Dogs was the most recent and probably most famous. Also fairly close to GTA in gameplay, but obviously wildly different in tone and financial backing. I remember playing Driver 2 back in the day (and Cruisin USA while we're at it), but that's much more of a racer. I think one of the most recent Hitman games did Chicago very well--I remember a mission where I had to blend in with a crowd in Chinatown, and another section was on top of the El.
I think Chicago's video game probably is, outside of the El, it doesn't offer anything from a gameplay perspective that NYC doesn't. And NYC does the claustrophobic, buildings on all sides better than anywhere else in this country. Those canyons provide for a myriad of gameplay abilities, from sniping to jumping to tight racing to web slinging. Landmarks don't do much for a video game unless you can either climb them, or destroy them. Very few games provide for landmark destruction in a third person, GTA format (unscripted). That's probably why LA is winning this poll because, from a gameplay perspective, it's varied topography offers the most. You've got water, skyline and mountains all in one package.
Although, who knows? They finally got Spiderman out of New York for two movies straight now (and on the Washington Memorial!), so maybe this is the era where video games also subvert tropes and truly branch out of the box. I'd love to see a destructible sand box game in Chicago a la the Transformers movie (maybe incorporate LA Noir elements as well), or a military shooter in the city. I think the city would also lend itself well for a stealth game, or zombie outbreak.
Call of Duty was set in Los Angeles as well and i think that's one of the best selling games of all time.
Internationally there should be more games set in London and Tokyo
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) and technology has come a really long way since then. I think they did a good job given the times.
