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'''Liberty City in the GTA IV Era''' is the third | '''Liberty City in the GTA IV Era''' is the third appearance of Liberty City, much different from its [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|appearance in the GTA III Era]] and much more closely based on [[wikipedia:New York City|New York City]]. The city has more detail and personality, with many more places which are based on real [[/New York Landmarks|landmarks]] such as the [[Statue of Happiness]], [[Star Junction]] and the [[Rotterdam Tower]]. | ||
This rendition of Liberty City has versions of four of the five boroughs of [[wp:New York City|New York City]], plus [[wp:New Jersey|New Jersey]]. [[wp:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] is '''[[Broker]]''', [[wp:Queens|Queens]] is '''[[Dukes]]''', [[wp:Manhattan|Manhattan]] is '''[[Algonquin]]''' and [[wp:The Bronx|Bronx]] is '''[[Bohan]]'''. The state and city of [[wp:New Jersey|New Jersey]] is [[Alderney]], which technically is separate from Liberty City. The only borough not to be recreated in the game is [[wikipedia:Staten Island|Staten Island]]. | This rendition of Liberty City has versions of four of the five boroughs of [[wp:New York City|New York City]], plus [[wp:New Jersey|New Jersey]]. [[wp:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] is '''[[Broker]]''', [[wp:Queens|Queens]] is '''[[Dukes]]''', [[wp:Manhattan|Manhattan]] is '''[[Algonquin]]''' and [[wp:The Bronx|Bronx]] is '''[[Bohan]]'''. The state and city of [[wp:New Jersey|New Jersey]] is [[Alderney]], which technically is separate from Liberty City. The only borough not to be recreated in the game is [[wikipedia:Staten Island|Staten Island]]. | ||
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*In GTA IV's rendering of Liberty City, [[Middle Park|Middle Park's]] lake takes the shape of an alien. | *In GTA IV's rendering of Liberty City, [[Middle Park|Middle Park's]] lake takes the shape of an alien. | ||
*Liberty City is the largest city in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. | *Liberty City is the largest city in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series. | ||
*The city is still | *The city is still referred to as "The Worst Place in America." | ||
*The phrase: "This is the city where anything goes, so long as you don't get caught", is true in every sense of the word. | *The phrase: "This is the city where anything goes, so long as you don't get caught", is true in every sense of the word. | ||
*Although in the game, Liberty City appears to be an isolated set of islands, the rest of America is actually nearby. Rockstar Games stated that they avoided placing unreachable | *Although in the game, Liberty City appears to be an isolated set of islands, the rest of America is actually nearby. Rockstar Games stated that they avoided placing unreachable pieces of land in the distance to retain the city's "complete" feel. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||