Nostalgic Vice City fans should prepare to be disappointed by GTA 6

Fans of Grand Theft Auto franchise will finally return to Vice City when GTA 6 launching later this year, so they can see what has become of this Miami-inspired city since it was last playable. Although there is still much that is unknown GTA 6it has been confirmed that the game will have a setting in Vice City and the surrounding state of Leonida for players to explore. Some longtime fans may be excited to revisit all their favorite Vice City locations to see what has become of the city since it was last seen in the series' timeline, but they may want to prepare for disappointment.

Vice City originally debuted as one of the three playable maps in the original Grand Theft Autobut would not become playable in the 3D universe until the release of GTA: Vice City 2002. With its Miami-inspired aesthetic, Vice City has a distinct personality that mixes the beach party lifestyle with the drug and gang wars the series is known for. Although these features will likely remain GTA 6s version of the city, the design of the map itself will likely look completely different than what fans of Vice City remember.

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GTA 6 probably won't look like the series' Vice City fans remember

The Grand Theft Auto the series has three major locations that it tends to visit in each entry: Liberty City, Vice City, and Los Santos. These three cities represent the original locations that existed in the first GTA game and has expanded with each subsequent appearance. As the series progressed from the 2D universe to the 3D universe and finally the HD universe, these cities have grown to look drastically different between the games they appear in, and the Vice City of GTA 6 will likely follow the same trend.

How Los Santos changed between GTA: San Andreas and GTA 5

Rodeo became Rockford Hills
Mulholland became Vinewood Hills
Santa Maria Beach became Del Perro
Verona Beach became Vespucci
Ganton became Davis
Jefferson became Rancho
Idlewood became Strawberry

In the jump from the 3D universe to the HD universe, Los Santos changed quite dramatically, both in size and representation. The city of Los Santos itself i GTA 5 is almost as large as the whole GTA: San Andreass map, and that doesn't include the other surrounding locations that players can visit GTA 5. Most notable, however, are the changes to some of the locations in Los Santos, such as the Ganton neighborhood, where Grove Street and CJ's home are located, and became Davis in GTA 5.

How Liberty City changed between GTA 3 and GTA 4

Portland becomes Alderney
Staunton Island becomes Algonquin
Shoreside Vale becomes Broker and Dukes
Bohan is added
The map is mirrored

Liberty City undergoes another rather drastic set of changes between GTA 3 and GTA 4. Not only are specific neighborhoods renamed, but the Bohan neighborhood is also added, and the entire map of the city is basically mirrored between the 3D universe version and the HD universe version. These changes make Liberty City almost unrecognizable between these two games, further reinforcing the inevitability of a drastic redesign for Vice City in GTA 6.

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Vice City has not been visited in the series' timeline since the 1980s

Apart from the fact that the maps over Grand Theft Autos iconic cities have undergone many changes in the jump from the 3D universe to the HD universe, GTA has really only shown Vice City in its heyday in the 1980s. Both GTA: Vice City and Vice City Stories is set in the 80s, and the town is only revisited in the timeline of the original series GTA1997 setting. As such, many of the iconic locations that flourished in the 80s are likely defunct by 2026, and while there may still be some vestiges of the past, the city that players have grown to know will likely be something completely different from the original Vice City in GTA 6.