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While many players may think the highest-rated Grand Theft Auto game is GTA: Vice City thanks the the amount of fan fervor surrounding GTA 6's rumored Vice City setting, there's actually another GTA game which ranks even higher - Grand Theft Auto 4. In each game's story, the protagonist - voiceless Claude in GTA III and Balkan war veteran Niko Bellic in GTA IV - is new to Liberty City and begins by working for a criminal organization that betrays him, so his personal need for revenge lead him to being further-embroiled in organized crime as well as doing dirty favors for the political establishment.Although all of the mainline Grand Theft Auto games since Grand Theft Auto 3 have received rave reviews from both critics and players alike, there is definitely one game which ranks higher than the rest of the series, at least according to the review aggregate site Metacritic. The members of each criminal enterprise wore matching outfits and had matching cars - from the Diablo's Stallions with flame paint jobs to the Leone family mafia with their BMW-inspired Sentinels. It was a fun location but, relative to what GTA fans saw later, not a deep one. Grand Theft Auto III's Liberty City also wasn't static, but it felt like a playground, not an ecosystem, populated by flatter characters and generic group stereotypes. These options contribute to the HD Universe Liberty City feeling like a real living place. The player still has the option and incentive to steal cars and shoot people, but they also have the opportunity to play pool and darts at bars with their NPC friends, to give houseless people money, or to take dates to see comedy shows. GTA IV's Liberty City, while not quite in the uncanny valley, is a closer digital approximation of real humanity and lived experience.įrom the introductory cinematic cutscene, the visual design impresses upon the audience that Liberty City is an ecosystem with people going on about their lives, with businesses and adventures that will happen whether or not the player is there, but which they can catalyze and contribute to. GTA III's world is closer to a cartoon with realistic touches, broadly referencing art like The Godfather and Goodfellas by making fun of wiseguy-type characters, evading interior analyses of what those characters mean. The Liberty City of Grand Theft Auto IV feels like a place with history and real lives. The vibrant environment of Liberty City in the latter title also comes from the depth and richness of GTA 4's characters and plot. Grand Theft Auto IV goes further, with the Empire State Building recreated as "Rotterdam Tower," Coney Island recreated as "Firefly Island," a coffee-wielding Statue of Liberty called the "Statue of Happiness," and the Unisphere in Flushing, Queens recreated as the "Monoglobe" in Dukes, just to name a few of the many.
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GTA III's Liberty City landmarks do not stand out as clearly as those in GTA IV, though Staunton Island tries to recreate Manhattan's financial district with "Torrington," Times Square with "Bedford Point," and a park in its center.