Sightseeing in Liberty City is a fantastic Flickr gallery dedicated to contrasting locations from Grand Theft Auto 4 with their real-world NYC counterparts. The bottom image, for example, is a comparison between Brooklyn’s Paramount Theater and Liberty City’s Canyon Theater. I must buy this game already… damn German censorship laws.
Sightseeing in Liberty City [Flickr]
its actually the paramount building in times square not brooklyn. It is in their version of times square as well.
I have to say, when you drive through Time Square in the game it’s jaw dropping as to how close it is.
Every time I see a new GTA, I wonder how they will outdo themselves on the next installment. I haven’t been dissapointed yet.
GTA isn’t my thing, but the renderings are really beautiful. For a guy who doesn’t like shoot-em-ups and wasn’t inspired by the violent nihilism of GTA 1-3, is this actually worth checking out? It seems like a cinematic achievement inside a video game. Any suggestions one way or the other?
Todd: I think it’s a wonderful game that captures NYC like no other game before, but it *is* a shooter/action game, so if you don’t like that gameplay, you’ll probably tire of its repetitive missions quickly.
Pity they’re not comparing photos in the same weather, season and time of day. I gather Rockstar had time-lapse cameras on buildings in NY so they could get the lighting right.
Maybe I am being too picky.
As not an NYC native, grain of salt, but… I was surprised how familiar parts of Manhattan felt (we usually go to NYC once a year – only reason we’re not going this year is because of wedding/house buying financial crunch that leaves no room for a vacation).
In general it’s a caricature of the city, but still very cool to just drive around in.
i love the idea that all this accuracy is being put together in the north half of edinburgh (v1.0 not the Indiana version).