Which Grand Theft Auto Map is the Best of All Time? (GTA Islands) 

Lets be honest GTA San Andreas map is the biggest achievement in map design ever. With it's limmited tech they created a map that feel more alive, unique, huge in scope (even in much smaller in reality), and just fun to explore, than most other great open world games. Sure GTA IV and V both have incredible maps (well GTA V has amazing locations, and Los Santos is perfect but the overall map shape and how elements are place is actually a huge step down), Mafia 3 and Watch Dogs had great cities, and Ghost Recon Wildlands managed to create huuuge map that doesn't feel like randomly generated, but San Andreas did all that with vastly more primitive tech. As a bonus i would say when it comes to cities themselfs probably my favourite one from 6th gen was Istambul from Driv3r (the remaining two cities were also great). And as a side note when it comes to map design in general i also love S.T.A.L.K.E.R, most Ubisoft games (strictly map design), some City Interactive shooters (Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 has top tier map, and both Contracts games are also awesome in this regard, even Enemy Front had really good map design), and pretty much every single Hitman game. Ok and every Gothic game XD

i used to be obsessed with vice citys mall everytime i hopped on

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The fact that you have to put "trigger warning" in your video's title says a lot about today's people and how they feel about opinions. Me personally, I love each and every map equally and contribute & fit uniquely to their respective games, their atmosphere and the vibe they give off.

Excellent video! My favorite island is San Fierro, because I'm a huge fan of the cloudy, gloomy weather, and of course, who can forget the Mount Chiliad? 😍 Las Venturas would be my second best, it's very fun indeed!

Vice city and LC have a cool vibe to it BUT SA map even if GTAV map is bigger, SA map remains UNMATCHED 20 years later. 3 major cities, one big state, lots of variety and iconic locations full of details. This is what gta 6 needs. a map like SA

What's my favorite GTA City? Easily Las Venturas.

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Vice City has that Mall. San Fiero in San Andreas has that one of a kind Auto Shop where you can modify those special car's.

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I play almost all GTA game but kids from 2004 era to see GTA San Andreas is really really outstanding

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Kinda disagree with the score on las venturas. I think the casinos are a fun little addition, but I wouldn't really rate them much higher than the car crusher that you mentioned at the beginning. They're a nice little thing and fun for a couple minutes but it wears off quickly and all the casinos are pretty much the same, they just look differently. Like, it doesn't matter if you go into the sphinx one or the castle one, they're still using the exact same mechanics and offer the same gambling options. So, like, to me it feels a bit as if you had like 5 differently themed car crushers all next to each other. Fun and interesting for about 5 minutes and afterwards I'd just drive by without even really paying it any attention. Overall, I'd say my personal favorite is los santos but in terms of score I'd say San Fierro should probably get the highest score because it also introduces the street racing side missions (which in my opinion are way better than the casinos because you're actually doing stuff instead of just putting money on the table and hoping that rnjesus will give you more money back)

To say the gta 3 map doesn't "introduce much that feels fresh" ingornes the fact that when it was released most of it was new to the fans. It laid the ground work for other gta games that naturally built upon it. But then I was a kid when it came out so I might be bias

I will add just one thing. You said that gang tags are unique for Los Santos and you are right, but San Fierro and Las Venturas have its own unique collectables; San Fierro has photoshots and Las Venturas has horseshoe collectables. So San Fierros photoshots are unique because this is only time we saw this tipe of cellectebles.

San Andreas is the king

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San andreas yes its small by todays standards but you had multiple cities and things to do and see especially compared to 5

GTA 3 Flashbacks : Portland . Every gang will attack you overtime once you damaged their businesses , bosses.

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If I where to rank every Gta map. 1st Gta San Andreas, 2nd Gta 5, 3rd Gta 4, 4th Gta Vice city and in last place Gta 3.

I think the obvious answer here is SA as it's 3 fantastic cities and loads of countryside towns, all in the 1 map. But after that, would be GTA IV. Liberty City, as small as it is, just felt so alive and immersive. Even though there wasn't much to do after completing the story

Vice City feels like home to me. But I probably spent more time in Portland, Liberty City than anywhere else

For me gta vc map is short and sweet, san andreas was like I am an explorer finding new areas and shops

GTA 4 AND GTA 5 map rating needed!!

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I love GT3 map and San Fierro the most.

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7:01 Btw it is Vice City Beach Island.

I think it's cool that canonacly (not sure if that's a word) the maps aren't actually Islands, that's why gator keys and swamps are mentioned in VCS and VC

Im from las vegas so i have a lot of fun exploring las venturas and there are iconic locations in the city that only locals remember like the baseball stadium and the historical westside (the apartments and neighborhoods west of the strip) easily my favorite GTA city. I dont like how you have to make it 3/4 through the game to get there

San Andreas because its very diverse

Las Venturas every time for SA. Staunton is amazing, it’s so detailed but so is Portland. Vice Beach is so damn iconic in the case of VC.

GTA 3 overall is the best for me, the map loops and flows so well plus I love the art style

Mainland Vice City has less variety? It has downtown, which varies from Little Haiti and Havana. Then we got the docks that look different from rest of the city, and then there's the airport, military base. Compared to the first island which is just beach, hotels and the whole thing is just a fancy place.

GTA San Andreas

San Andreas without a doubt

San Andreas. While it has some vast empty areas between the cities, for its time it still holds up very well. Has three major cities. Even ~10 years later, GTA V only had one major city. Imagine GTA V with San Fiero and Las Venturas? Would easily be first. Yes, GTA V looks prettier and is probably larger, but that's the nature of progress. GTA III map is a bit less pretty than Vice City, San Andreas improves upon Vice City, GTA IV is a noticable graphical upgrade over San Andreas, and GTA V improves on IVs visuals. Technology is better. Graphics are better. But San Andreas pushed the envelope farther than any of these other games. It's far more ambitious. To compete, GTA V would have to have all of the state of San Andreas, and GTA VI would have to have all of the Eastern Seaboard.

For every question about map and anviroment the answer is GTA Vice City. Perhaps GTA 6 will be better.

GTA San Andreas' map was my personal favourite, the variety of environments to 3 fairly large cities with different activities to do in all 3, even down to the little towns scattered in between the cities, it was perfect.

I actually agree that San Fierro and Las Venturas are overall better islands than Los Santos. I do like Los Santos, but just feel the others offer more overall. Only one I disagreed with was Staunton being last.

Scoring GTA Maps 1) GTA III Map A) Portland: Fun - 2.5/5 Variety - 2/5 Uniqueness - 3/5 Total: 7.5/15 B) Staunton Island: Fun - 1.5/5 Variety - 2/5 Uniqueness - 2/5 Total: 5.5/15 C) Shoreside Vale: Fun - 1/5 Variety - 2/5 Uniqueness - 2.5/5 Total: 5.5/15 2) GTA Vice City Map A) East Vice City: Fun - 3.5/5 Variety - 4/5 Uniqueness - 4/5 Total: 11.5/15 B) West Vice City: Fun - 3.5/5 Variety - 3/5 Uniqueness - 4/5 Total: 10.5/15 3) GTA San Andreas Map A) Los Santos: Fun - 4/5 Variety - 4/5 Uniqueness - 3/5 Total: 11/15 B) San Fierro: Fun - 4/5 Variety - 4.5/5 Uniqueness - 4/5 Total: 12.5/15 C) Las Venturas: Fun - 5/5 Variety - 4.5/5 Uniqueness - 5/5 Total: 14.5/15

I think gta 3 has the most atmospheric map

San Andreas is the most fun PS2 game with the most fun map. The worst map IMO is GTAIII

valid opinion your right about the scores

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I'd have to go with Liberty city from gta3 for the fact that the closed tunnels in Shoreside Vale gives the illusion that the world goes on.

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the worst thing in gta sa is that all of houses have the same enterior, exept the rular

GTA: San Andreas-Los Santos is not an island.

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San Andreas is the best

Now do a GTA 5 one

Las Venturas is best place

all of the origibals are better than gta 5 ls

What about gta 4 and gta 5???

Vice city and San Andreas without orange atmosphere feel bland,hey vice city fit with orange atmosphere

what about gta 4?

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i like the gta 3 map

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For me GTA VC for interiors GTA SA for exploration GTA IV for immersion

Bro dude, listen here, how much ever u speak about the maps of GTA 3, GTA Vice City and their DLCs, they will still remain crap 💩💩in front of San Andreas and other 3D GTA games maps

Vice City map is too short, main land is rushed buildings and all are badly designed the beach looks like a toy area, the water is useless as you can't swim Vice City Stories utilized the map better. GTA SA Los Santos and countryside are extremely well developed and fits their themes, skydiving from mount chiliad was amazing. GTA 3 map is dark and gloomy and a great atmosphere for a crime game.

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