small but official tidbit of information has been dropped by Dan Houser in a recent interview.
it's the very last question and it's not much but it's the only thing to leak since the trailer came out.
GameInformer: You just released the GTA V trailer. Can you talk about that project in any respect? Obviously, it looks like its going back to San Andreas.
Dan Houser: I've got to be real careful here, or they will drag me through the office and whip me with barbwire. I will stick to exactly what's in the press release. It's Los Santos and the surrounding country side - and a very big map.
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so from what is evident in the trailer and this latest detail (about revisiting Los Santos specifically) this much is clear: GTA 5 is at least going to be similar to 4 in the way that it refocuses on a city from past games while adding a shitload of detail and expanding the map by a large degree. we can basically expect to see a fresh, highly polished, and much more faithful recreation of Los Angeles and the surrounding hills/countryside; meaning Hollywood and the beach. much like how GTA 4 brought us an updated and much more focused version of New York. it's also clearly going to be set in relatively current times. the 00's more or less. there doesn't appear to be any flair from any specific era.
whether or not any aspect of San Francisco or Las Vegas will be included is obviously yet to be seen. but at this point I'm going to assume not unless they're hiding A LOT. granted this is early for any kind of speculation, but in my opinion there's also A LOT of content that can be covered by a going with a strict and detailed focus on LA/Hollywood.
you've got mountainous countryside, sweeping valleys, oceans and beaches, forests and farms all just a short trip down the highway from the heart of a thumping urban center.
what's not to love?
remember, it's pretty much exactly what the trailer has given away so far.
I also love that we're getting planes back. helicopters are so boring.
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one of the closing images from the trailer really says it all I think.
we're getting a massive recreation of LA.
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