That GTA article has got me wondering about GTAV again though, dreaming of rallying down St John's Wood High Street in a 4x4, mowing down elderly billionaires, swerving into London Zoo, shooting a giraffe in the neck with a sniper rifle, and then crashing into the pond at Regent's Park before taking potshots at layabout couples from a pedalo.
Glory!
If GTAV was set in London I would cream myself. But they would have to call the city something else and "recreate it" in the spirit of the next-gens, and I can't really imagine a name that would evoke London anywhere near as effectively as... well, London. It's just such a weird name for a city. And we don't call cities "X City" like they do in the US. So it couldn't be something like " - in fact, you know what? I can't even think of anything to put there. I mean, what the fuck is London? It's unique, really, more of a melting pot than any where else, and it's too many things to really characterise in one or two words. But it would make an awesome new GTA. It might actually be a bit too difficult to pull off, though, thinking about it.
All this speculation is dreadfully useless though. Just as long as the next one isn't set in Vladivostok or Penrith, I'll be happy.
Tokyo sounds awesome but would actually suck. It's one of my favourite ciies but christ, it's just way too big and besides Yakuza has basically got that one covered.