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Grand Theft Auto IV screenshots compared with actual New York City landmarks

Posted Apr 1, 2007 at 1:50AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: London, New York, playstation 3 updates

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It has only been a few days since the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer finally hit the Internet and there's already a sizable backlash against the game coming from New York's political camps. This backlash may have been fueled (additionally - we mean, somebody's already made enough of a stink about Take-Two, Rockstar and this series that almost everybody and their mother's waiting to see what all the fuss is about) by the mention of a "mythical city that bears a striking resemblance to New York" in the NY Daily News.

So, just how striking a resemblance does the city in Grand Theft Auto IV bear compared to the actual New York City? By way of a few screenshots and images of New York's recognizable landmarks, GamesRadar decided to try out a little side by side comparison. You can check 'em out below this hunk of text.

A quick perusal of the comparisons shows that, indeed, fictional Liberty City is as close to new York as you can possibly get without having the whole city take you to court for plagiarism or some such. As GamesRadar reports, Grand Theft Auto IV is "approaching the whole city thing in the same manner as The Getaway did for London."

All of this realism could also mean a less-cartoony style of gameplay, but somehow, we just couldn't see this title losing the flamethrowers.

Via Games Radar

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def going to be a great game no matter what anybody says rockstar is great at making controversial games ands this will be no different. i live by nyc and hell there is going to be millions of things you can go in the city and also elsewhere i am sure meaning other citites or even another country with the extra content

# Wow wow wee wa — Guest 2007-04-01 06:06

Dang this is going to be sick. Agree with the sky dive comment, I want to jump off the empire state building.

Hope this game will have a demo like Saints Row.

# This Game — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-04-01 06:07

Every time I see info on this it makes me want to play it even more.

# This IS Liberty City — Guest 2007-04-01 06:18

If you look at the posters in the trailer (specifically the signs that say "Welcome to Liberty City", and "I Love Liberty City", it IS Liberty City. Just a newly designed Liberty City that looks almost exactly like NYC.

# yup u are — Guest 2007-04-01 06:46

shut up u dumb ***** before i kill you, your wrong its a re-vamped liberty city u kno-it-all F@ck, go kill yourself as well as you family so that we can rid the world of such stupidity

# wow — Guest 2007-04-01 07:09

Some of you idiots still believe that GTA4 is just a revamped version of Liberty City. Well then explain the Coney Island Cyclone image comparison? That's not in NYC, proving that GTA4 takes place in the entire STATE of NY. Those bridges shown in the trailer, in real life, go to brooklyn and queens.

# NO SH*T — Guest 2007-04-01 10:46

Please point out to me where someone said the game takes place ONLY in NYC. The idiots above were arguing whether or not this is a direct copy of NYC or a revamped Liberty City (which it is), no one ever said the games takes place ONLY in Liberty City.

# free xbox 360 — Guest 2007-04-01 11:05

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# Your an idot — Guest 2007-04-01 12:00

Coney Island is in NYC retard. Its in Brooklyn. Brooklyn and Queens are in NYC, along with Manhattan, Staten Island and The Bronx I know, I live here.

# Give Me One Then — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2007-04-01 14:06

Or piss off!

# yo greekassasin — Guest 2007-04-01 15:26

Coney Island is NOT in NYC. Brooklyn is NOT in NYC. Queens is NOT in NYC. NYC is another name for Manhattan, which is a totally different borough, jackass. And yes I lived in Brooklyn for 10 years, I have family in Queens and in NYC, and I visit Coney Island.

# no — Guest 2007-04-01 15:29

That's a common misconception. NYC encompasses the five boroughs.

# Nope — Guest 2007-04-01 16:37

I guess you either never knew much about the place you lived in for a decade and still don't or it was different then. A quick Google search of "map of new york city" and you will find this

http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey+15

I live on the other side of the country and have never left it and even I know those are boroughs of New York City.

# Um why? — Guest 2007-04-01 17:33

Do the screenshots of IV look better than actual new york? lol

# ***** nyc — Guest 2007-04-01 20:01

why they ***** did rockstar take us back to city of pussies . they should went back to cali with compton and who map . really this sucks . im not going buy this , uma go by 2days to vegas exclusive;y on ps3 . ***** xbox360 and gta4 sold out after *****ing with microsoft.

# which is the ps3 shot? — xche78x 2007-04-01 22:55

anyways im just joking.

it looks like the city of liberty, so whats to be frantic about it. these politicians are really annoying. there are a lot of sex and violent movies shot at places and used real name places but still shown to people.

ok so to stop these politicians or fame riders, rockstar should just make the next gta's location on ANOTHER PLANET. politicians will pissed when they dont have fame to ride on.

# yeah — xche78x 2007-04-01 23:10

we know! new york citizens are perfectly sane, its the leading fame hunters who is the problem and are crazy all the wal.

# Liberty — Guest 2007-04-01 23:55

Wheres the statue of liberty?

# stop being dumb — Guest 2007-04-02 02:17

its not liberty city

liberty city has been in almost 4 gta games

they won't use it again

its a slightly differbt version of new york

BRONX ALL DAY

# sdfs — Guest 2007-04-02 07:07

im so special i live in a city there making a video game about, that must make me almost as special as the 8 million other people who live in nyc. go jump in front of one of those great subways nyc is so famous for.

# who whoooo — Guest 2007-04-02 07:09

get a map you twit.

# asfdaf — Guest 2007-04-02 07:14

You have to wait before you can post comments again in this article.

with all this stupidity goin around i barely have enough time to keep you twits in check. how can people be so confident when there so wrong, ignorance i guess. NYC Encompases all five boroughs that includes the boroughs that your geographically retarded relatives live in.

# lol, who cares which — Guest 2007-04-02 07:57

*Based on NYC, but knowing Rockstar, they will give it another name.

# haha — Guest 2007-04-02 08:21

libery city was a replicated newyork...the new GTA IS NEW YORK

# Fkin moron — Guest 2007-04-02 08:35

Fanboys are so retarded. Oh looks at me exclusive to ps3 (which by the way prob wont be for long at the rate sony is going). Im a gamer not a fanboy. Uma go by? Learn some fking grammar retard

# Liberty for all — Guest 2007-04-02 08:37

LIBERTY CITY, not New York, pay attention to the video. LC is based on NYC, but it is different.

# no — Guest 2007-04-02 09:49

Liberty City is just one of the boroughs; GTA4 takes place in New York. Did you see the cyclone rollercoaster in the trailer buddy? That rollercoaster is in coney island...that means that GTA4 has other NYC boroughs.

# NYC FTW — Guest 2007-04-02 12:39

I actually wouldn't have bought it if it was set in Cali again, NYC is so much more fun to play. SA is my least favorite game of the series, organized crime is much more interesting that the pathetic gangs of CA

# new york — Guest 2007-04-02 12:53

Where are the twin towers? Can we get a comparison shot of those?

# Not cool — Guest 2007-04-02 13:58

Don't even go there bud, it's not funny.

# libery city/new york city — Guest 2007-04-02 14:49

ok so obviously the gta city bares a huge resemblance to New York City but i doubt it will be called GTA New York so it is most likely that the city will be called liberty city!.........bananas!

so stop arguing you douchbags!

p.s. why the flidduk do you keep having to go on about coming from new york....no one gives a $hit!

# I'm not sure — Guest 2007-04-02 18:15

I think people are arguing whether or not the whole city (all five boroughs of NYC) will just be called "Liberty City" or if the digital recreation of Manhattan will be called Liberty City and the other boroughs will have their own names.

# NYC? — Guest 2007-04-03 00:27

so does NYC encompass all 5 boroughs?

excuse my ignorance but I'm english

and yes i fliddukin love scones and tea and i have rotten teeth.......Pow!

# Wow. — Guest 2007-04-07 04:05

Does it matter?

And as a matter of fact I'll say that I am from NY just to make people mad.

Anyway, this GTA is in New York. "The Cyclone" in CONEY ISLAND and the BROOKLYN BRIDGE. --__--

Hello. Need I say more. That's much more than Liberty City could offer.

Do you know why? Because Liberty City has none of these because the game's setting is in NEW YORK!

# ya douche — Guest 2007-04-18 16:45

i think it's called the statue of happiness

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