[h=3]Washington D.C
.[/h] If you’re going to make a political satire, and that dollar-font-style V in the GTA V logo suggests that the theme will be financial and political, then what better place to set GTA V than the seat of US political power.
Washington D.C. also has a historically high murder rate. There’s also something about the juxtaposition of rich politicians and a poverty-stricken populace that might appeal to GTA V’s writers.
3/5
[h=3]Philadelphia (Carcer City)[/h] The infamous city that played a central role in Manhunt – and was mentioned at the beginning of GTA III – is already part of the GTA cannon. Carcer City is an industrial city based on Philadelphia, which could tie in nicely with the idea of the financial crisis and the collapse of America’s manufacturing industry.
3/5
[h=3]Anywhere outside the US[/h] London, Tokyo, Bogota – all these cities would make great settings for a GTA game but there’s one problem: GTA has always been – ever since Rockstar got a hold of it – a satire on the American Dream. For the next one to buck this trend is highly unlikely.
1/5
[h=3]Miami (Vice City)[/h] We all remember how cool Vice City was and part of us would love to revisit a PS3/Xbox 360 version. But would Rockstar? It already revisited Liberty City for GTA IV and hasn’t it already said everything there is to say about the Eighties, the drug trade and gangster movies starring Al Pacino?
2/5
[h=3]Los Angeles (Los Santos)[/h] Not only does America’s unofficial second city have lots of potential for GTA fun – lawyers, Hollywood, gang wars, the media – but it was linked heavily as the next setting for GTA V in
a leaked casting call earlier this year.
Los Santos was always the best of the three cities in San Andreas, so this would be our choice for the GTA V setting.
4/5