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== Design == | == Design == | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Liberty-1.JPG|300px|thumb|right|Transportation by train in Liberty City.]] | ||
Weighing against [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|its later counterpart]], the city's geography and alignment of districts in the game are much more reminiscent of New York City, featuring two major mainlands with a Manhattan-like central island (which contains a large park at the center, a reference to Central Park), and several smaller islands along a river of the city, with the mainlands and islands connected primarily by road bridges. Neighboring New Jersey and surrounding boroughs in New York City are also spoofed, the former described as being in a separate state of its own (similar to [[Alderney]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]). | |||
Weighing against [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|its later counterpart]], the city's geography and alignment of districts in the game are much more reminiscent of New York City, featuring two major mainlands with a Manhattan-like central island (which contains a large park at the center, a reference to Central Park), and several smaller islands along a river of the city, with the mainlands and islands connected primarily by road bridges. Neighboring New Jersey and surrounding boroughs in New York City are also spoofed, the former described as being in [[New Guernsey|a separate state]] of its own (similar to [[Alderney]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]). | |||
Like New York City, Liberty City is designed as heavily urbanized city with vast numbers of buildings and only a minimal number of parks and greenery. A looping train line, running along elevated and underground lines, also services locations all across the city. | Like New York City, Liberty City is designed as heavily urbanized city with vast numbers of buildings and only a minimal number of parks and greenery. A looping train line, running along elevated and underground lines, also services locations all across the city. | ||
=== Districts === | === Districts === | ||
Liberty City has | [[Image:LibertyCity-GTA1-comparison.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Side-by-side georgaphic comparison between Liberty City and New York City.]] | ||
Liberty City has the largest number of districts among the three in the game, with a total of 20. The districts are evidently based on real life areas in New York City and New Jersey, while their names are wordplays of those from their real life counterparts. | |||
Although districts within the western landmass are stated earlier to be located within the "state" of [[New Guernsey]], they form part of Liberty City's metropolitan area (similar to the [[wp:New York metropolitan area|New York metropolitan area]]) and do not feature any aesthetic distinctions from the rest of the city. Technically, both the New Guernsey landmass and the rest of Liberty City are treated in-game as a single entity, similar to the wholes of [[City San Andreas|San Andreas]] and [[Vice City in GTA 1|Vice City]]. | |||
The districts of the Liberty City metropolitan area, from west to east, are as follows: | |||
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* Western landmass ([[New Guernsey]]) | |||
*[[Eaglewood]] ([[wp:Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]]) | |||
*[[Hackenslash]] ([[wp:Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]]) | |||
*[[Fort Law]] ([[wp:Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]]) | |||
*[[Schlechberg]] ([[wp:Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]]) | |||
*[[Guernsey City]] ([[wp:Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]) | |||
*[[Central Island]] | *[[Central Island]] ([[wp:Manhattan|Manhattan]]) | ||
**[[No Law]] ([[wp:Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]]) | **[[No Law]] ([[wp:Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]]) | ||
**[[Island Height]] ([[wp:Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]]) | **[[Island Height]] ([[wp:Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]]) | ||
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**[[Island View]] ([[wp:Soundview|Soundview]]) | **[[Island View]] ([[wp:Soundview|Soundview]]) | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||