Map size it is so small?

[Desmond]

Why do they say that this map is bigger? what is bigger?
Sure I played gta San andreas like 10 years ago but when I played this it dont feel very big and of c two amazing towns are missing.
The streets look pretty much the same.
So is there just more landscape of nothing and more water?

[Kawaccino]

Yup, that's exactly it. Knowing that the interesting places of the game ar all in the lower half (and I'm generous saying half), half the map is useless. I don't know what they had in mind but San Andreas as it was 10 years ago was way much better.

[AshHill07]

GTA V's map is easily twice the size as San Andreas', and to say the only interesting part is the City is your own opinion. I seem to find myself driving around the countryside most of the time, especially these days.

[Desmond]

Originally posted by AshHill07:

GTA V's map is easily twice the size as San Andreas', and to say the only interesting part is the City is your own opinion. I seem to find myself driving around the countryside most of the time, especially these days.

Well Las Vegas with pyramids and other cazy casinos is cooler than the same mountain again.

and There were plenty of mountains and countryside in the first San Andreas game. it took like 20-30 min to drive one side to the other.

[AshHill07]

Originally posted by Ragsash:

Originally posted by AshHill07:

GTA V's map is easily twice the size as San Andreas', and to say the only interesting part is the City is your own opinion. I seem to find myself driving around the countryside most of the time, especially these days.

Well Las Vegas with pyramids and other cazy casinos is cooler than the same mountain again.

and There were plenty of mountains and countryside in the first San Andreas game. it took like 20-30 min to drive one side to the other.

20 - 30 minutes is definitely an exaggeration, I don't really ever remember it taking more than 10 - 15. But one thing GTA SA did fantastically was it FELT big. If you turn the draw distance restriction off or watch some videos on youtube with people using a mod that does you realize how small SA really is.

[Dotka]

But the first few days its feel huge!

[Emperor]

Map of GTA 5 is great!

[Zab]

Try and picture out GTA V's map as a business perspective. It was initially for console only, despite me disliking that fact as well as anyone here. Making it the same or bigger than GTA:SA would increase the system requirements, so consoles wont have it, which is like 2/3rds of their profit not to mention 90% of their microtransactions because PC still has hackers TO THIS DAY. And higher system requirements also means less people would be able to play, which leads to lesser sales.

It's not good, I don't like it either. But if it means Rockstar gets their ♥♥♥♥ to make more GTA's or more of their other games, I don't mind a single bit.

EDIT: I also think they want to make San Fierro and Las Venturas into future GTA maps, which is why they didn't include it in GTA V. Also why it's not named GTA San Andreas 2.

[FoRzE]

Trevor